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Meet Some Box Art Specialists

Two Dots are a creative studio who specialise in promotional and cover art. Think book covers, box art, collector’s editions, posters, etc. Recently they’ve worked on games like Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Far Cry 4, Elite: Dangerous and Assassin’s Creed Unity They’ve also worked at a more conceptual stage on games like Watch Dogs. The Far…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 10, 2015

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Star Wars Battlefront In 4k Is Just Hahaha Who Can Even Run This

Regardless of your thoughts on flimsy content, streamlined mechanics and game modes — Star Wars Battlefront is a gloriously pretty video game. Want to watch some footage of it running in 4k at 60 frames per second with fancy mods? Damn right you do. It’s legitimately beautiful. Crank up the resolution, blast it on full…

Mark Serrels Published December 10, 2015

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Not All Multiplayer Shooters Are Abandoned After 12 Months

Some are abandoned and then picked up again years later, when everyone had forgotten all about them. There are a lot of things wrong with multiplayer shooters these days, but not all of them are guilty of costing $60 then dying a year later. I mean, look at Tribes Ascend, a game released in 2012.…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 10, 2015

Culture

Check Out The Robots That Make Steam Controllers

When I talked to Valve about the Steam controller earlier this year, they told me they were manufacturing the divisive hunk of owl-shaped plastic in their own machine factory, one of the biggest in the nation. Here’s what the process looks like. Valve released a video of their factory in action, and it’s kinda weirdly…

By Nathan Grayson Published December 10, 2015

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Even Faces Can Become Rockets In Just Cause 3

Today on Highlight Reel we have rocket faces, Fallout 4 whack-a-mole, good snipes, deathclaws and much more! Watch the video above, then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Bloodborne – Troubling aftermath of a lag fight –…

By Chris Person Published December 10, 2015

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Hannah Solo, Captain Of The Millennium Falcon

Genderbent Han Solo cosplay by tinywings5678

By Luke Plunkett Published December 10, 2015

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By Nathan Grayson Published December 10, 2015

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Ask Dr. NerdLove: I’m Afraid To Get Married

Hello, Internet! Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating column that’s the sole survivor of Vault 111, bringing love advice to the post-nuclear wastelands. This week, we deal with a common issue: getting over that last hump between knowing what you need to do and actually doing it. Sometimes the answer to our dating…

Harris O'Malley Published December 10, 2015

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Fallout 4 Weapons Mod Is Absolutely Bonkers

Normally, you can only attach a select number of mods to any given weapon in Fallout 4. This PC mod, however, gets rid of all those restrictions—which means that you can create completely ludicrous (yet amazing) weapons that would normally be impossible in-game. Seriously, this is some Borderlands-type shit right here. The mod in question…

By Patricia Hernandez Published December 10, 2015

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I’ve Found My New Favorite Mario Maker Level Designer

I’ve got no problem with make-you-want-to-scream Mario stages. There are plenty in Super Mario Maker’s community, and I’ve been playing ‘em for months! But it’s not often you encounter levels as inventive as Nintendo’s own creations, yet that’s exactly how I felt while playing Stank’s—yes, Stank!—stages today. As part of my Mario Maker Morning series,…

By Patrick Klepek Published December 10, 2015

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I Bought An Expensive-Ass PC Gaming Monitor And It’s Really Good

Look, sometimes you spend $709 on a gaming monitor and wind up really happy with your purchase. I’m not saying it happens every time, but it happened this time. After months of hemming, hawing, and talking myself out of it, last week I went ahead and dropped a bunch of bucks on a newfangled G-Sync…

By Kirk Hamilton Published December 10, 2015

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Valve Says 77,000 Steam Accounts Get Hijacked Per Month

Lately, Valve’s been putting a big focus on beefing up Steam’s security—sometimes with measures that players find annoying or limiting. As part of a new security measure’s roll-out, they explained why. Valve began by pointing out that current security measures absolutely aren’t enough to keep precious, precious accounts under lock and key. In a post…

By Nathan Grayson Published December 10, 2015

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The Ultimates Just Became Marvel’s Best New Superhero Team

How do you solve a problem like Galactus? By finding something from the beginning of the universe. It’s only two issues in, but The Ultimates is already the most exciting book in Marvel’s new All-New, All-Different line-wide relaunch. That’s because they’re confronting Galactus, one of the most implacable characters in the publisher’s fictional universe. Last…

By Evan Narcisse Published December 10, 2015

Tips & Guides

Tips For Playing Fallout 4 [Updated!]

It’s a harsh wasteland out there, fellow vault dwellers. Horrors can be found in every corner of the Commonwealth. Making it through Fallout 4 in one piece can be tough—especially at first. Thankfully, we’re here to help. A few of us here at Kotaku have been playing the game non-stop for the last week, and…

By Patricia Hernandez Published December 10, 2015

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Nine More Successful Gaming Kickstarters That Didn’t Deliver

The most important thing to look for in a Kickstarter isn’t a cool pitch video or an impressive roster of talent. It’s someone who knows how to manage money. Here, following our look earlier this year at 12 Kickstarter projects that were funded but never came to fruition, are nine more crowdfunded projects that took…

By Jason Schreier Published December 10, 2015

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Thanks For The Nightmares, Riot

The old “Lollipoppy” skin was, hands-down, the creepiest thing that Riot ever made for League of Legends. The new enhanced version of Lollipoppy that launched yesterday with the champion’s massive overhaul carries on that fine tradition of haunting your dreams. Thanks to the League of Legends news site Lolking, we’re able to see Lollipoppy’s triumphant…

By Yannick LeJacq Published December 10, 2015

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The Jack The Ripper expansion for Assassin’s Creed Syndicate will be out for PS4 and Xbox One on December 15, a week later on PC, according to publisher Ubisoft. It stars Evie Frye and is set 20 years after November’s very good new AC. Now, what happened to her brother, Jacob? Hmmm.

By Stephen Totilo Published December 10, 2015

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The Witcher 3 Riddle That Players Couldn’t Quite Solve

Gaunter O’Dimm, one of the stars of The Witcher 3’s expansion Hearts of Stone, is a mysterious dude. Turns out he’s also a sneaky one, hidden so well in the background of the game that even its biggest fans couldn’t find him. In October, developers CD Projekt Red ran a competition asking fans to “find…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 10, 2015

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Diablo‘s Treasure Goblins Are Coming To World of Warcraft: Legion

Legion will introduce a new type of creature to World of Warcraft that might be familiar from Diablo III. It’s the Treasure Goblin, or as he’s known here, Treasure Demon. People playing the alpha build of the expansion bumped into the rare fella, who looks like a little annoying demon with a huge backpack. And…

By Gergo Vas Published December 10, 2015

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Undertale, You’ve Changed

Talented artist Orioto redrew a great scene from the wonderful JRPG-inspired game Undertale The game’s unique color palette remained the same, but the pixelated look has changed: To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

By Gergo Vas Published December 10, 2015