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UncategorizedGravity Rush Is Great On PS4
If you’d asked me back in 2012 to name a single Vita game that deserved a PS4 version, I would have said “Gravity Rush” with zero hesitation. Good news for me, then! Sony may have all but given up on their Vita handheld, but someone over there appears to have realized they have a handful…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 2, 2016 - Uncategorized
It’s Hearthstone, Only With Kung Fu Panda
Video game tie-ins for children’s films aren’t known for their originality, but this is just silly. Ludia’s new iPad game is Hearthstone, only instead of some kung fu pandas it has the Kung Fu Panda. The mechanics in Kung Fu Panda: Battles of Destiny are basically the same. Each player draws cards and gets an…
By Mike Fahey Published February 2, 2016 - Uncategorized
Nightmarish Remnants of Fallen Heroes
Artist Eric Ridgeway started a fan project with classic heroes, and how they’d look beyond the Game Over screen, after being defeated. Well they certainly look deadly, more like the victims of a Zerg infestation. And if that’s what Mega Man would look like after falling into one of Dr. Wily’s traps, I don’t want…
By Gergo Vas Published February 2, 2016 -
UncategorizedWorld of Warcraft: Legion Is Getting An Artifact… Fishing Pole
As if epic and rare fishing poles weren’t enough to catch fish and slowly level up fishing, the next expansion will introduce an artifact fishing pole called the Underlight Angler, with its own traits and special abilities. One of the biggest new features of Legion will be powerful Artifact Weapons that we can level up…
By Gergo Vas Published February 2, 2016 -
UncategorizedLEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens Is Coming Soon
Xbox’s website has inadvertently announced the next big LEGO game, surprising nobody in this or any other galaxy, regardless of distance, with news that it’s LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens Seems that in addition to letting players fight their way through the stuff that happens in the movie, there’ll also be “exclusive playable content…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 2, 2016 - Uncategorized
Popular YouTubers Stop Trying To Trademark ‘React,’ Apologize
Last week The Fine Brothers drew mass internet hateafter they announced they wanted to let other YouTubers monetize and license its “React” format shows. Tonight, they’re taking all of it back. Over on Medium, The Fine Brothers wrote the following about their short-lived “Reacts” trademark: Hello, We’re here to apologize. We realize we built a…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 2, 2016 - Kotaku East
How Pikachu Has Changed Over the Years
You might know that Pikachu in the Pocket Monster anime now looks, well, like a changed Pokémon. But this isn’t the only instance of different Pikachus. Recently on 2ch, there was a thread about how characters change and one user posted the following image to show the difference between Pikachu variations. (The image, however, has…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 2, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Official Anime Versions of Harry Potter Characters
These are not fan art. You are looking at the official anime-style drawings of many of the major Harry Potter characters. As Get News reports, Warner Bros. Japan has officially licensed these illustrations for a series of Harry Potter goods that will go on sale within the country. So far, the designs have been limited…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 2, 2016 - Kotaku East
Eight-Year-Old Boy Apologizes to Nintendo
While some might argue that it’s often Nintendo who should be saying sorry to fans (ha!), one eight-year-old boy in Japan wrote the company an apology after spilling water all over his 3DS. Japanese Twitter user Illilrecounted how the boy had put the Nintendo handheld in his bag with his thermos, but didn’t put the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 2, 2016 - Kotaku East
Yucky Sounding Desserts from Japan
Would you like some beef with your parfait? What about some raw tuna? Pork? From February 9, an Italian restaurant in Osaka called Del Sole is serving up parfait ice cream desserts with slices of kuro (black) wagyu. It’s part of the restaurant’s special Valentine Day’s menu. According to Entabe, the concept behind the dessert…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 2, 2016 - Uncategorized
Strong Game Sales Are Helping Power Nintendo
Nintendo has posted their financial data for the nine month period between April and December of 2015, showing some rather strong software sales: just Splatoon sold over four million copies, for example. For the 3DS, Nintendo’s best-selling game in this period was Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, selling at a total of 2.93 million units…
By András Neltz Published February 2, 2016 - Kotaku East
Damn, Nintendo Is Selling Lots of Amiibos
People sure do like buying (and collecting) Amiibos. Proof of that: In its latest sales figures, Nintendo announced it’s sold 20.50 million Amiibo figures and another 21.5 million Amiibo cards. In February 2015, Nintendo announced that it had shipped 10.5 million Amiibos worldwide. That’s an impressive number, but the current sales figures are even more…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 2, 2016 -
CultureCosplayMy Little Pony Cosplay Is Ready For War
My Little Pony cosplay isn’t just for furries. It’s also for adults who want to pretend that said ponies are actually the the Gods of Ancient Battle. (video by Beat Down Boogie) These photos were all taken by Mineralblu. The cosplayers are all in the pic above, and from L-R are *deep breath*: Lua Suicide…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 1, 2016 - Culture
A Nordic Version Of Harry Potter
A few days ago, JK Rowling announced a whole new range of magic schools that exist in the Harry Potter universe. Which is good timing, because Blizzard artist Even Amundsen—whose work we’ve featured here before—has for a while now had an idea for a new school of his own. It’s called Vølurheim, and it’s a…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 1, 2016 -
UncategorizedWould You Fuck This Video Game Sex Machine?
Well? There’s currently an IndieGoGo campaign running for a thing called VirtuaDolls. It’s some interactive software married to a peripheral that will, through the power of science and crowd-funded manufacturing, fuck a dick. I guess most of what follows is NSFW? If not by definition then at least in spirit. Allow these gifs to demonstrate:…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 1, 2016 - Uncategorized
NBA 2K16 Studio Sued Over Some Video Game Tattoos
If you ever look at your day job and think, self, I could be making more money, then maybe you oughta consider a career in video game sports tattoo litigation. As ridiculous as that may seem, there’s money in it! In 2012, a tattoo artist was awarded over $20,000 when THQ used one of his…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 1, 2016 - Uncategorized
And Now, A Batman Short Story
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 1, 2016