According to Chosun Ilbo, one of South Korea’s biggest newspapers, some people in South Korea are apparently getting cosmetic surgery for their pets. One unnamed veterinarian told the paper (via tipster Sang), “Plastic surgery for pets in the past were for medical reasons but the result also brought better looking dogs, so there is a…
Attack on Titan, of course, is a massively successful—and popular—manga and anime series. This live-action entry is the Japanese film industry’s latest attempt to parlay manga and anime into cinema. Parlay? Sorry, plunder would be more fitting here. The first live-action Attack on Titan film from director Shinji Higuchi is volume one in a two-part…
Tangiers is a stealth game like no other. Its art style is derived from dark surrealist landscapes, its levels alter and rebuild themselves based on how you play, and your weapons are pieces of dialogue that you snatch out of the air. It’s also set in “a parody of 1970s concrete Britain.” This post originally…
According to a report on Nikkei, the corporate culture at Konami—home of Metal Gear, Silent Hill and Pro Evolution Soccer—hasn’t only soured over the past few years, but has become almost terrifyingly Orwellian. Nikkei’s report alleges that the culture at the corporation’s video game division, famous for its console games, worsened in around 2010 when…
Track: God is War | Artist: All Pigs Must Die | Album: God is War Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
If you run away from him, he runs towards you. His steps make a noise like ‘teeter-teeter-teeter’. A noise you might recognise from any cartoon. If you walk towards him? He bumps straight into you. With a BOING. He looks up. He just wants your attention. He only wants to talk to you, to play…
Back in 2012, we featured the art of Michael Pedro, who had worked on Halo 4. In the three years since, he’s been busy. Having then moved onto the Master Chief Collection, he’s got way more art to show off, both from Halo and other stuff. You can see more of Pedro’s work at his…
Amplitude, the team behind two of our favourite games of last year—Endless Legend and Dungeon of the Endless—announced a new game over the weekend. It’s a sequel to another of their Endless games, Endless Space. Endless Endless Endless. Endless. I’m excited! The first Endless Space was OK, hinting at some of Amplitude’s future strengths (like…
If Assassin’s Creed works as a cartoon, then Metal Gear can too. Each episode would probably run for 127 hours, 126 of which was verbose political dialogue, but fans wouldn’t have it any other way. These pics, by msynowicz(via Super Punch), may not be as anime as some would hope for, but I’m digging the…
As we’ve talked about before, arcologies aren’t just wacky buildings from the future of a video game. They’re an actual architectural concept, one that a couple of French companies are interested in reviving. As our buds at io9and Fast Co. report, Nicholas Laisné Associés and OXO Architects have drawn up plans for La Ville Tour…
We’ve all been there. You pick up your keys, pick up your jacket, grab your bag and suddenly you’re over-encumbered. jaysonghas gone and illustrated this obsession, turning a “late for work” dash, a run for tacos and a grumpy cat into some Skyrim quests, complete with armour, supplies, weapons, skills, monsters and a terrifying dungeon.…
I want to close out my time as your Kotaku ancient sentient robot weekend overlord with a final, Zen-like moment, thanks to the wonder that is Rocket League Sometimes, things just don’t go your way. You have to let it wash over you and through you, refocus your energies, and persevere. Laugh at yourself, repeatedly,…
Crank up those PC settings and The Witcher 3 becomes pretty damn beautiful. Redditor R_Spc was captivated by CD Projekt’s work on the latest installment of their RPG franchise, and went and created some huge panoramas to showcase just how great they can look—because not even regular screenshots are enough. The photos do a great…
Batman: Arkham Knight sets up from the beginning to be one of the best Batman stories out there—and then it falls flat at every key moment. Here’s the thing about Batman: The more time you spend with him, the more you realize that he’s not actually that interesting a guy. Sure, he’s broody and dark,…
What’s the Internet rule number for everything eventually becoming a body pillow? Reddit user Red_Cheddarz posted this pic, purporting that a (potentially ill-advised) friend liberated this delightful curiosity from a local thrift store. Now hopefully begins his epic quest to determine who had the wherewithal to turn Sanic Hegehog into a body pillow, and much…
Take heart, League of Legends pirate fans: Champion Gangplank didn’t actually “die,” he was just … maimed. Last week, developer Riot Games killed Gangplank off during its big crazy League story event, Bilgewater: Burning Tides, which added new related game modes and rewards while spooling out new lore about League’s characters. Gangplank was murdered in…
All you do in Little Red Lie is lie. You lie constantly, about everything, to everyone—even yourself. Think of an adventure-style game like Secret of Monkey Island, creator Will O’Neill told me, except instead of verbs like “Look” or “Pick Up” to interact with the world, instead you get “Lie.” Little Red Lie follows two…
The weeklong speedrun event Summer Games Done Quick has come to an end, inspiring the games community to give a whole lot of their money to Doctors Without Borders The event’s final tally was some $1.232,441.90 across 28,466 donations. The highest donation SGDQ 2015 received was a huge $21,498, although your average gamer pitching in…
A pair of Resident Evil 4 fans are working to improve the graphics of 2014’s “Ultimate HD Edition” on PC, and the results are pretty dramatic. Called the “RE4 HD Project,” the mod is cleaning up the game’s textures and producing some very pretty screenshots. The differences between Capcom’s definition of HD and those of…
Don’t expect the upcoming remake version of Final Fantasy VII to be exactly the same game you remember excitedly talking to your friends about over the school lunch table. At least when it comes to FFVII’s battle system, things are going to be different the second time around, according to Game Director Tetsuya Nomura. Speaking…
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