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GameFAQs Celebrates 20 Years of Tips, Tricks, Cheats and Walkthroughs
On November 5, 1995, a gamer called CJayC created the Video Game FAQ Archive. Later known as GameFAQs, the site was a hub for video game walkthroughs and FAQs, and later cheats, savegames, screenshots and so on. And that’s what it is today, only it’s a lot bigger than it used to be. While GameFAQs…
By András Neltz Published November 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 will be out on February 23. Popcap’s sequel to its plant-and-zombie-based third-person shooter, which is coming to current-gen consoles and PC, will feature a total of 8 new classes, along with a single-player mode and multiple new multiplayer modes.
By András Neltz Published November 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
Fans Are Making A 1:1 Scale Minecraft Version of Vienna
Vienna is a city full of historical sites, exciting architectural styles and most importantly, it’s not a giant metropolis. So it’s the perfect candidate for a crazy Minecraft project. Making a 1:1 scale version of the Austrian capital isn’t something one can do over a few days. The folks over at MCVienna have been working…
By Gergo Vas Published November 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
Fallout 4 LEGO Garage Has Everything The Sole Survivor Needs
Inspired by the rusty garage home from Fallout 4’s announcement trailer, LEGO builder Pierre made a detailed, large, awesome LEGO version of it. It’s 5 feet wide and almost 2 feet high, so it’s absolutely not minifigure-scale. Large enough for a power armor, Dogmeat, a bobblehead figure, a minigun, a couple of Nuka-Cola bottles and…
By Gergo Vas Published November 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedBlack Ops III‘s Solo Experience Is Surprisingly Deep
There are certain things I’ve come to expect from a single player Call of Duty experience—bombastic set pieces, an in-your-face message, some sort of betrayal and a slow motion enemy take down. Black Ops III delivers three out of four, plus a whole lot more. The latest installment of Activision’s biggest franchise that doesn’t involve…
By Mike Fahey Published November 5, 2015 - Kotaku East
This Year’s Most Insane Anime Episode Won’t Get a DVD or Blu-ray Release
The first episode of the new Mr. Osomatsu anime is hilarious, trippy as hell, and won’t be getting a re-release. In case you missed it, here are Kotaku’s impressions of that episode. Even for a gag anime, it was totally bonkers. This, basically: Of course, the most suitable reaction to this is “What the fuck…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 5, 2015 - Kotaku East
South Korea Is Building a Giant Monument to… ‘Gangnam Style’
The Seoul district of Gangnam has announced a proposal to build a huge bronze sculpture of the horsey dance. No, really. Well, with 2.4 billion views, it is the most watched video on YouTube. The Korean media (via tipster Sang) are reporting that the district set a budget of 418,320,000 won (US$366,301) and are currently…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
Celebrating The Game Boy Micro
The beautiful little Game Boy Micro launched 10 years ago in the UK, and I fell in love with it at first sight. Unfortunately, I was 17 years old and had just moved out of my parents’ house, so I had no money to buy one. I’ve been looking to pick one up every since,…
Keza MacDonald Published November 5, 2015 - Kotaku East
Old Nintendo Instruction Manuals Are Truly Wonderful
Don’t you miss instruction manuals? Or even just paper? I know I do. And these photos make me miss them even more. Over on 2ch, Japan’s biggest online forum, a series of Famicom-era instruction manuals were recently posted. [via 2ch] Like the Famicom instruction manual, for example. This dates from 1983. [via 2ch] A look…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 5, 2015 - CultureCosplay
No One-Punch Man Cosplay Will Ever Top This
It’s impossible. This is the best that there ever will be. Promise. Here, we have cosplayer Sly Kucing as Saitama, the bald-headed hero of One-Punch Man. He’s joined by a host of talented cosplayers that includes Hara Takumi, Soo Hon Pong, Tony Liew, andRei Chan. Wonderful work, everyone! The above photo was taken by Le…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 5, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Over The Garden Wall Cosplay!
Haha, it’s so good. Wirt by Daishota, photo by Nuwanda Cosplay
By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2015 - Culture
Duke Nukem, Being Duke Nukem
Kurt Miller is an American artist who has done work for companies like Nintendo, Activision, EA, Take-Two and Hasbro. You can see more of Kurt’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 as wallpaper), click…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2015 - Uncategorized
Great, Another Promising Star Wars Board Game
Fantasy Flight has a pretty good track record with its Star Wars tabletop games, with two of them—X-Wing and Imperial Assault—in my crew’s regular rotation. They might soon be joined by a third. Star Wars: Rebellion is a new game just announced by the company, and while the name and basic look may remind of…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2015 - Uncategorized
Get This Game Of Thrones Mod, PC Gamers
The perfect Game of Thrones video game—a lot more perfect than Telltale’s one, which ate my save game—is a mod I’ve been writing about for years. So it’s awesome to see that it’s finally out of beta and wearing v1.0 after its title! You can get it from the mod’s official site here. It’ll turn…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Actual Cosplayers Are The Stars Of A New Zombie Game
Cosplayers being around video games, that’s pretty normal. But cosplayers in a game? Z. Year One is a “roguelike card game” that’s looking to come to PC, mobile and as an actual card game. I haven’t played it, so I have no idea how good it is, but what they’ve done for their card art…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2015 - Uncategorized
Overwatch Player Steamrolls Entire Team With Kamikaze Strike
Overwatch’s giant hammer-wielding tank of a man Reinhardt has a powerful charge move that rockets him forward, catching any enemies caught in his path and dragging them along with him. Overwatch also has a lot maps with dangerous precipices to fall off of. You probably see where this is going. In a recent match (via…
By Yannick LeJacq Published November 4, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Witcher 3’s Quests Keep Getting Weirder (And Darker)
The Witcher 3’s first expansion, Heart of Stone, contains three main quests. The first involves getting a ghost laid at a wedding. The second is a heist that goes wrong. The third is, well. The third is going to stay with me for a very long time. USE YOUR WITCHER SENSES TO AVOID THE SPOILERS…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2015 - Uncategorized
New Steampunk Outfits For Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Are Nearly 1GB Each To Download
Here’s a modern day video game mystery we haven’t been able to solve: Why are the download files for new Assassin’s Creed Syndicate outfits so enormous? A new free download that gives players a single Steampunk outfit for Syndicate’s twin protagonist Evie Frye is an 820MB download on Xbox One. The PS4 lists it at…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 4, 2015
