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League Of Legends Team Is Selling Its Spot In Next Year’s Championship Series
The North American League of Legends team Team Impulse (TiP) is putting itself up for sale following an unsuccessful 2015 season. Impulse has already qualified for the 2016 League of Legends Championship Series (LCS), however, so whoever buys the team will also acquire their spot in the tournament. First reported by GameSpot, Team Impulse’s decision…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 28, 2015 -
UncategorizedWhen Batman Becomes a God, He Goes for the Revenge He’s Always Wanted
In the main Justice League comic, some of DC’s preeminent superheroes have become infused with the power of gods. All that increased might hasn’t exactly changed Superman, Batman and the Flash for the better. The Dark Knight’s campaign for justice was already obsessive but, when he becomes the God of Knowledge, it gets extremely personal.…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 28, 2015 -
UncategorizedNovember Xbox Games With Gold Lineup Is Boring, But At Least They’ve Got Backwards Compatibility
Microsoft’s Games With Gold lineup for November isn’t super exciting, with Pneuma: Breath of Life and Knight Squad leading on Xbox One. However, it’s also the first month in which the company is guaranteeing every Xbox 360 game featured in Games With Gold will be backwards compatible with Xbox One. In that sense, Games With…
By Patrick Klepek Published October 28, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Protoss warrior Artanis is now live in Heroes of the Storm, and he’s a lot of fun! I’ll have more detailed impressions on the new StarCraft hero by tomorrow. Blizzard still hasn’t said who/what they’re going to add to HOTS after Artanis, which is uncharacteristic given the game’s fast-paced release schedule.
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 28, 2015 -
UncategorizedSniper X Is Deer Hunter With Humans. Also Jason Statham.
I guess Human Hunter 2016 would have been too on the nose, even with the celebrity endorsement. That doesn’t stop Sniper X from being pretty much exactly that though. Oh they are bad humans doing bad things like patrolling camps filled with beige buildings and standing too close to trucks filled with explosive barrels, but…
By Mike Fahey Published October 28, 2015 - Uncategorized
Quake Live Fans Are Angry About A $10 Switcheroo
Out of all the games to get patched today, the last thing I was expecting to see was a 1GB patch for Quake Live. This story originally appeared on Kotaku Australia As it turns out, I wasn’t the only one. But what nobody saw coming was the fact that the game is no longer free-to-play…
Alex Walker Published October 28, 2015 -
UncategorizedArtist Completely Redraws Final Fantasy IV‘s World Map
Final Fantasy IV’s pixelated original overworld and all the locations on it got a beautiful facelift from artist TJ Townsend. Now it looks like a proper world map from a modern JRPG. And he recorded the entire process and shared it on YouTube. Pretty cool to see how it all came together. The best part…
By Gergo Vas Published October 28, 2015 -
UncategorizedArmy of Darkness As An NES Metroidvania Game
The setting and the story of the third Evil Dead movie would have been perfect for a Metroidvania game. Something similar to the first Castlevania. We never had one, so CineFix imagined how it’d look. The biting Necronomicon would have been a tough boss fight, that’s for sure. And instead of a whip, Ash would…
By Gergo Vas Published October 28, 2015 -
UncategorizedBehold, The Zelda Ukulele
Dubbed the Ocalele of Time, this is an Ocarina of Time-inspired, handmade ukulele that also happens to look like an ocarina (albeit with tiny guitar parts attached). It was made by Nobo13, a man on a mission to craft one ukulele a month. He’s made two other gaming-themed instruments so far: one with a Triforce…
By András Neltz Published October 28, 2015 - Kotaku East
Anime Actor’s Cocaine Arrest Proves You Should Never Do Drugs in Japan
You’re an adult. It’s your life. Your body. Make your own choices. But if I’m going to offer one bit of advice, it’s this: Don’t do illegal drugs in Japan. Just don’t. Case in point: The Japanese media reported that voice actor Ai Takabe, who starred in the comedy-slice of life anime Kill Me Baby,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 28, 2015 - Kotaku East
How To Improve Fortune Cookies: Add Cats
Fortunes are nice and all, but getting little felines in your cookies are way better. IT Media reports that these cat cookies are available via Japanese site Felissimo. Each one comes with a small cat that is as big as a fifty yen coin—which is about the size of an American nickel. Japanese websites like…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 28, 2015 - Kotaku East
Japan Now Has Anime Contact Lenses
And they’re called, wait for it, “Anime Contact.” Clever! For well over a decade, there have been contacts designed to make your eyes look larger. These aren’t just worn by cosplayers, but regular folks, too. The difference here is that these lenses attempt to make your eyes not only look expressive, but like they belong…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 28, 2015 - Culture
Here’s A Ton Of Concept Art From Halo 5
Back in 2012, wefeatured the work Kory Hubbell—a concept artist at 343—did for Halo 4. With Halo 5 now out, we’re circling around and checking out his contributions to the latest game in the series. You can see more of Kory’s art at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 27, 2015