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Hollywood Ghost in the Shell Movie Finally Gets a Japanese Actor: Beat Takeshi
Famed filmmaker, actor, and comedian Beat Takeshi is joining the cast of the Hollywood Ghost in the Shell movie. You know, the one that is starring Scarlett Johanssonand some other white people. According to Variety, “The story follows the exploits of a female member of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission’s covert ops unit (Johansson),…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 3, 2016 - Uncategorized
A $289 Statue Of MGSV’s Quiet
Look, people have opinions about Quiet’s character design. If you don’t like it, that’s totally understandable. If you do, there are companies ready to take your money. One of those companies is Japanese toy firm Gecco, who in June/July will be releasing this 1/6 scale (around 30cm high) statue of the silent sniper, which features…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 2, 2016 -
CultureNice Sword, Clown Lady
Al Jerek Torrijas is a concept artist who works at Ubisoft’s Toronto studio. It’s been a while since we had a good splash of colour here on Fine Art. I think this makes amends. You can see more of Torrijas’ work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 2, 2016 -
UncategorizedMirage: Arcane Warfare is the new game from the makers of Chivalry: Medieval Warfare. Mirage looks like it inherits the latter’s first-person sword shellacking, but instead of being all grim and gray, it’s colorful, ridiculous, and full of magic spells. Also I guess one of the characters is a giraffe person???
By Nathan Grayson Published March 2, 2016 - Uncategorized
Even Finn Wants A Star Wars: Battlefront Singleplayer Campaign [Update]
I wanted a singleplayer campaign in the latest Battlefront. You probably did too. You know who else does? John Boyega, the guy who plays Finn in the actual Star Wars movies. It is! It’s also a better way to appreciate all the work that went into the game’s visuals and sound. Boyega then adds: Listen…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 2, 2016 -
UncategorizedA 3D Sketch Of Gabe Newell, Made In VR
The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive aren’t just here for video games. They’re also here for fancy 3D sketches that look like cartoons come to life. This is a sketch of Valve boss Gabe Newell, done using Google’s Tilt Brush and a Vive. It starts out looking like a regular 2D image, then whoosh, it…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 2, 2016 - Culture
Spintires‘ Steam Clusterfuck, Explained
Spintires is a popular Steam driving game. Recently, it stopped working under mysterious circumstances. People came to believe the game’s own programmer, Pavel Zagrebelnyy, sabotaged it because he wasn’t getting paid. That’s (probably) not true. Yesterday, reports emerged that Spintires had more or less become unplayable. Upon digging through its code, players reportedly found tens…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 2, 2016 - CultureCosplay
“Life-Size” WarCraft Cosplay Could Crush Actual Humans
Steven K Smith is one of the best props builders around. This enormous, full-scale WarCraft suit is just one of the reasons why. You don’t see this very often! Normally when someone cosplays as a WarCraft Orc, they paint their skin green, maybe wear a mask and be done with it. Smith, though, wanted to…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 2, 2016 - Uncategorized
Turns Out Ubisoft Used Far Cry 4‘s Map To Make Far Cry Primal
Far Cry Primal is something of an spinoff for the series—a stopgap release meant to fill the hole between Far Cry 4 and Far Cry 5. So it’s no surprise to see it recycling things from its predecessor. As first discovered by the website Gamepressure.com, Far Cry Primal’s map is actually based on Far Cry…
By Jason Schreier Published March 2, 2016 -
UncategorizedPokkén Creators Wanted To Make Pokémon Look ‘Really Realistic’ For Their Fighting Game
Pokémon are usually cute creatures. That’s part of the appeal. But the upcoming Pokémon fighting game is not about that life. A couple of weeks ago, I had a chat with Pokkén producers Katsuhiro Harada (of Tekken fame) and Masaaki Hoshino (of Soul Calibur fame). I wanted to know, what was the most surprising thing…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 2, 2016 - Culture
Steam Users Think Valve’s New Trading Restrictions Go Too Far
Wanna use Steam’s market or trading features? Don’t have a compatible mobile phone for security purposes? Then prepare to wait weeks before anything happens. Valve recently announced big changes to Steam’s trade (directly between individual users) and community market (where you can post listings for virtual items to buy/sell) features. If you’re not using the…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 2, 2016 - Uncategorized
The New Black Widow Comic Is a Master Class in Kicking Ass
The debut of the new Black Widow series makes a great case as to why the Hulk would fall in love with Natasha Romanoff. She wrecks a crap-ton of puny humans in a first issue that’s essentially one long action piece. There are two reasons Black Widow #1 is worth paying attention to. The first…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 2, 2016 - Uncategorized
Black Desert Lays Out Horrible Pre-Launch Problems In Convenient ‘Shitstorm Matrix’
Still in head start access until tomorrow, Black Desert Online’s North American launch has already encountered enough serious issues to fill a chart. The devs are calling it the “Shitstorm Matrix.” I appreciate giving a list of serious problems a less than serious name, but it doesn’t lessen the impact of the problems players have…
By Mike Fahey Published March 2, 2016 - Uncategorized
Even reviewers won’t get to play The Division until it goes live for everyone on March 8, Ubisoft says. So if you’re waiting to see if it’s any good, you’ll have to hold off at least a day or two. We’ll be buying and playing it along with everyone else, so stay tuned to Kotaku…
By Jason Schreier Published March 2, 2016 -
UncategorizedJotun, the gorgeous and difficult hand-drawn action RPG that I loved last year, will be coming to PS4, Xbox One and Wii U this summer. The new, harder Valhalla Mode will be coming as a free add-on for the PC as well. Better brush up on your battle axe skills. Contact the author at [email protected]
By Evan Narcisse Published March 2, 2016 - Uncategorized
Why Gandhi Is Such An Asshole In Civilization [Update]
From the very first game in the Civilization series through to today, India’s supposedly-peaceful leader Gandhi has been famous for one thing: dropping nukes. And there’s a very good reason for it. UPDATE: Series co-creator Sid Meier has now actually debunked this! You can read his explanation here. Original story follows: It’s not your mind…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 2, 2016 - Uncategorized
A Surprising Number of People Feel Bad For Pirating Stardew Valley
Whenever piracy is mentioned, people always whip out the argument that, if pirates actually like the game, they’ll totally purchase it in the future. For Stardew Valley, the farming simulator which is currently tearing up the Steam sales charts, that age-old saying might actually be true for some players. Yesterday, as I was rounding up…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 2, 2016
