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Watch The Blizzcon Keynote Right Here
Is Overwatch free-to-play? When’s World of Warcraft: Legion coming out? Where’s the Warcraft movie trailer? We’ll hopefully get some answers to those questions and more this afternoon at Blizzcon. Watch the keynote, which starts at 2pm ET, right here:
By Jason Schreier Published November 6, 2015 -
UncategorizedA PS4 Game’s Quest To Create A Realistic Woman
Hellblade, Ninja Theory’s upcoming action game that explores mental illness, wants a protagonist that looks as believable as possible. This means two things, as far as the developers are concerned: nailing the protagonist’s expressions so they look human, and giving the character a body with realistic proportions. Two weeks ago, Ninja Theory detailed all the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 6, 2015 - Uncategorized
Activision Blizzard Launches Film And TV Studio
You might think that, after this week’s surprise $5.9 billion acquisition, Activision might be out of big announcements to make. But it turns out they’ve got at least one more. The mega-publisher announced today that they’re launching a studio for film and TV projects in their huge stable of francises, which includes Call of Duty,…
By Jason Schreier Published November 6, 2015 -
CultureSplitscreenThe Dumbest Video Game Marketing Moves
This week’s terribly generic announcementof Paragon got us thinking—what were the worst marketing moves in video game history? That’s the main topic for this week’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen, where Kirk and I regale you with all sorts of video game talk. Our special guest this week is Matthew Burns, a writer and game developer…
By Jason Schreier Published November 6, 2015 - Uncategorized
Riot still isn’t working on adding a sandbox mode to League of Legends, developer Jeffrey “RiotLyte” Lin confirmedlast night on Twitter. This comes three months after a tremendous outpouring of anger and disappointment from fans who really wanted a sandbox mode. Riot’s working on a ton of other cool stuff, though.
By Yannick LeJacq Published November 6, 2015 -
UncategorizedStreet Fighter Character’s Motivational Speeches Are Hype As Hell
R. Mika really knows how to get people pumped, let me tell you. Earlier this year, we wrote about R. Mika’s special V-Skill ability, which allows her to become so powerful, she can almost one-hit-kill her enemies—provided, of course, that she can finish the entirety of her speech beforehand. It looked really rad! That’s not…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 6, 2015 - Uncategorized
Why Bad Pro Wrestling Injuries Can Often Be Good News
Pro wrestling injuries suck for the wrestlers who get hurt. For everyone else, they are, weirdly, a good thing. That’s true even this week as one of the WWE’s best performers, its top champion Seth Rollins, suffered multiple knee injuries during a non-televised match in Ireland and will be shelved for the next six to…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 6, 2015 -
UncategorizedBlack Ops III: Last-Gen vs Current-Gen
You’d think from hanging around the internet that by 2015 most people would be playing Black Ops III on a PC, Xbox One or PS4. But remember, there are still a lotta folks out there with last-gen hardware. Now is the time to be reminded of their predicament. When the latest consoles were still brand…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 6, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Gamer Who Didn’t Leave His House For Over a Year
“I went to GameStop a couple of months ago and even that wasn’t a far trip at all,” says Troy. He pauses for a few seconds, as if lost in thought. “I wanted some Wii U games,” he laughs. “That was interesting.” This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Troy, a video game streamer from…
Joe Donnelly Published November 6, 2015 -
EsportsThat Was One Close Mortal Kombat X Match
Two pro players, Xarakamaka and st9rm, played one of the best Mortal Kombat X matches I’ve recently seen last night, during the ESL Pro League Season 2 semifinals. It was full of perfect combos, block strings and last second comebacks. They’re both character specialists at their finest, playing the same character from day one. So…
By Gergo Vas Published November 6, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Japanese Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer Has Lots of New Footage
This is not simply the old trailer with Japanese subs on it. This is much more. You can watch the one minute and fifty-three second trailer below. Lots of hot stuff in this trailer! Like… …and… Thanks RaviCNN and JohnTV! To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter@Brian_Ashcraft
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 6, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Best Xbox One To Play Fallout 4 On
A very post-apocalyptic Xbox One, straight from Vault 111, brought to you by RobCo/Vault-Tec/Fallout fan Thorhack. Shame it’s not nuclear-powered. This custom Xbox One was built by Thorhack, who spent two weeks working on it. It’s made using actual rusty metal (one of the few contexts where this is a good thing) and comes with…
By András Neltz Published November 6, 2015 -
ReviewsAlice Otherlands Is a Rocky Experiment in Filmmaking
American McGee’s Alice is easily one of my favorite twisted re-imaginings of classic literature, so when I saw there was a Kickstarter for Alice short films, I pitched in without a second thought. However, even with my nostalgia turned up high, the final products are a mixed bag to say the least. The first short,…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 6, 2015 - Kotaku East
First Look at the Ghost in the Shell Theatrical Play
While the Hollywood Ghost in the Shell movie with Scarlett Johansson lurches forward, a new GiTS stage play recently opened in Tokyo. It’s called Ghost in the Shell Arise: Ghost is Alive. It’s totally official, and the poster looks totally terrific: [via Dengeki Online] The play has gotten a decent publicity push. [Photo:cafemoca516] Here’s where…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 6, 2015 - Kotaku East
The Up-All-Night Stream Plays Yomawari [Stream Complete]
Aww. Look at that cute little girl with her little flashli—WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!? Update: The stream is now complete. You can watch it in its entirety at the links below. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Yomawari was released in Japan for the PlayStation Vita…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 6, 2015
