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UncategorizedEA’s throwing a Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 multiplayer beta event starting next Thursday, on January 14. The beta, which ends on January 18, will be freely available on PS4 and Xbox One. Check out the GW2 beta page for more info, and eventual download links, if your interest’s piqued.
By András Neltz Published January 7, 2016 - Uncategorized
Fan Improves Pokémon Cards With Stunning Custom Backgrounds
Pretty nice alternates for Pokémon cards that normally had boring plain backgrounds. Artist Lunambra extended the tiny pics on the original cards with some custom paintings. Gotta love the ones with combined backgrounds. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]
By Gergo Vas Published January 7, 2016 - Uncategorized
When Artificial Intelligence Guesses Your Age And Attractiveness
BlinQ is a dating app that has developed a new feature recently. With the help of an AI developed by the University of Zürich, the app now can rank photos by attractiveness on a six-point scale. It’s really generous with the ranks. The worst one is simply “Hmm…” and the best is “Godlike”. But let’s…
By Gergo Vas Published January 7, 2016 - Uncategorized
Oculus Founder Tries Explaining That $600 Price Tag
The Oculus Rift will cost $600. That’s a lot of money, especially when Oculus founder and designer Palmer Luckey had previously mentioned a $350 ballpark for the target gamer audience. Luckey addressed that in a new Reddit AMA. Well, sorta I appreciate when the person at the top (or, at least, near the top), steps…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 7, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Biggest-Selling Games in Japan of 2015
What was the hottest game in Japan last year? Do you know? Let’s find out! Right now, even. The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu has 2015 sales figures for the period beginning on December 29, 2014 and ending on December 13, 2015. Below’s the sales tally, along with the title’s Japanese launch date and the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 7, 2016 - Kotaku East
The New Macross Is Filled with Transforming Fighter Planes and… Magical Girls!?
On New Years’ Eve here in Japan, we got to see a special preview cut of the first episode of upcoming anime Macross Delta. It has things we’ve come to expect—like transforming fighter planes—and things we haven’t—namely magical girls. Taking place eight years after Macross Frontier, the previous Macross anime, Delta follows the humans (and…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published January 7, 2016 - Kotaku East
What Some of Japan’s Biggest Game Creators Hope To Do in 2016
It’s a new year. Can you believe it? Sure you can. While you ponder how you’ll spend it, here is what some of Japan’s most famous game creators hope to accomplish. In this latest issue of Weekly Famitsu, a huge number of game makers revealed their aspirations for 2016. Note that not every Japanese game…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 7, 2016 - Culture
Undertale has an officially sanctioned fan album, and it’s awesome. I’m a bit late to the party on this (the album came out right before Christmas), but if you’re a fan of Undertale’s soundtrack and metal/electronic music, this is an excellent set of covers. Warning: emotions. Also dog marriage.
By Nathan Grayson Published January 6, 2016 - Culture
A Movie From A Nightmare Alternate Dimension
Ronan Le Fur, aka _ DOFRESH _, is a freelance artist from France who has worked for companies like Polymorph and Ubisoft. You can see more of Ronan’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2016 - CultureCosplay
The King And Queen Of The Warcraft Prom
Narga (who we’ve showcased here before) and her partner Aoki cosplay together under the banner Lifestream. And what better couple to cosplay as than Warcraft’s Alexstrasza and Krasus. There’s a little too much work being done after the fact here on some of the shots, but that doesn’t take anything away from the quality of…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2016 - Uncategorized
A Flashier Version Of Kojima Productions’ New Logo
When Hideo Kojima announced his new studio the other day, he did so by showing off a very fancy new 2D logo. Which artist Jarold Sng has decided to unofficially flesh out a little. Here’s the actual logo: And here’s Jarold’s take: Neat! We featured Jarold’s art on Kotaku last year, if you want to…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2016 - Uncategorized
Pirates Worried That PC Games Are Becoming Too Hard To Crack
Some of the world’s most notorious video game pirates, denizens of Chinese hacking forum 3DM, are worried that over the next couple of years video games anti-copy protection will have gotten so good that they’ll be out of a job. As TorrentFreakreport, the forum—normally at the forefront of cracking open PC games for illegal download—has…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2016 - Culture
Someone Is Making Mirror’s Edge In Dying Light
Back when Techland first announced mod tools for their zombie-dropkicking parkour game Dying Light, my first thought was, “OK, how long until somebody makes Mirror’s Edge with them?” Here it is, the moment I ended up waiting longer than I thought I would for. I just stumbled across Elimina’s work-in-progress recreation of Mirror’s Edge’s prologue…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 6, 2016 - Uncategorized
Skylanders Amiibo Figures Finally Available Without Buying A Skylanders Game
Amiibo collectors who purchased a Skylanders Superchargers starter pack for the Wii U, Wii or 3DS solely to acquire the exclusive Bowser and Donkey Kong combo figures are kicking themselves right now. The most recent installment of the Skylanders toys-to-life franchise piggybacked on Nintendo’s Amiibo craze to create an exclusive pair of figures that allows…
By Mike Fahey Published January 6, 2016 - Culture
Ark: Survival Evolved Has Downgraded Its Dinosaurs
Ark: Survival Evolved is one of the most popular survival games ever, and if you can’t see why, you’re the dumb adult in one of those old Cinnamon Toast Crunch commercials. It’s the dinosaurs. So what happens when a patch makes them markedly less useful? Things go south in a hurry. The PC version of…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 6, 2016
