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Kotaku EastFist of the North Star Meets Japanese Rugby
Japan is doing rugby like only Japan can: with an anime! Here’s the official rugby anime that was screened at the Japan Pavilion in London during the 2015 Rugby World Cup. It’s inspired by the iconic manga and anime Fist of the North Star Japan will host the 2019 Rugby World Cup, and its team…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 26, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Lupin III Anime’s Opening Hides an Optical Illusion
Don’t you love visual tricks? (Be warned, like many optical illusions, not everyone can see this!) As pointed out on 2ch, if you cover one of your eyes while watching the new Lupin III anime opening sequence, the images appear to leap out at you. Here, watch the credits. Be sure to cover one of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 26, 2015 - Kotaku East
Claiming Censorship and Discrimination, Artist Stands Up to… LEGO
Famed artist Ai Weiwei is working on a series of portraits using LEGO. But the Danish toy company wants nothing to do with it. Last year, Ai did a series of LEGO portraits, featuring a series of famous political activists and dissidents who had either been jailed or exiled. The BBC Reports that Ai planned…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 26, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Best 80s Cartoon That Never Was
There was an awesome Toy Story short released last year, about the gang’s encounter with the complete set of a very 80s toy line: The Battlesaurs. Those dinosaur warriors had an excellent theme song. Now they have an excellent fake intro, for the cartoon tie-in show they never actually had. This clip is included on…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 26, 2015 - Culture
The Very Victorian Concept Art Of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
Fernando Acosta is an artist who has done work for companies like WB Games, Square Enix and Hasbro. One of his more recent projects, though, was the just-released Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Below you’ll see some of Fernando’s contributions to the game, which is as Victorian as you could want/need it to be. You can see…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 25, 2015 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: A Very Scare Bear Halloween
You thought you saw the last of scary bear face. You thought wrong. There is going to be so much more. Well I suppose that’s all up to you folks. What can you do with an animated GIF of me in a scary bear mask? Probably not much. Let’s do this instead. And just in…
By Mike Fahey Published October 25, 2015 -
CultureCosplayTerrific Raiden Cosplay Has All The Moves
We showed off Masazi’s Raiden outfit when it floored people at this year’s TGS, but in the meantime she’s gone and made this very cool short film with Rescue the Princess which really showcases what the suit (and helmet) can do. You can see more of Masazi’s cosplay at her Facebook page
By Luke Plunkett Published October 25, 2015 -
UncategorizedNoct Is A Good, Scary Time
Noct is what happens when someone plays too much Hotline Miami, DayZ and maybe Call of Duty then goes and makes their own video game. And it turns out pretty fun. Noct is a game that I saw on the weekend described as “My indie game about being eaten by Nopes”. You spawn as a…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 25, 2015 -
CultureThe Week In Games: My Little Halo
No, that’s not a My Little Pony reference. Here: Anyway, Halo 5: Guardians comes out this week, along with a couple of other things you may be interested in. Check it out. Tuesday, October 27 Divinity: Original Si Enhanced Edition — PS4, Xbox One WRC 5 — PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One Halo 5:…
By Mike Fahey Published October 25, 2015 - Culture
I’m Off To A Slow Start In Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns
I’ve been spending the early days of Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns expansion pack trying to remember how to play Guild Wars 2. So far it’s not going well. For example, after I took the screenshot at the top of this article I tabbed out to begin writing, then tabbed back to this. Not…
By Mike Fahey Published October 25, 2015 -
CultureHaving Way Too Much Fun With Disney’s PlayMation
There is a good chance I am having more fun pretending to be Iron Man with Disney’s PlayMation toys than any child ever could. One of the hottest toys going heading into the holiday season, Disney’s Marvel-themed PlayMation gear and toys is an interactive electronic way to run about the house or yard pretending you’re…
By Mike Fahey Published October 25, 2015 - Esports
Europe’s Best League Of Legends Teams Bulldozed Out Of Worlds
Europe’s Fnatic and Origen have been two of the very best League of Legends teams at the World Championships this year, so fans went into this weekend with high expectations for their semifinals games. Neither team managed to live up to them, as both went 0-3 in their matches against Korean rivals. Yesterday’s Origen games…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 25, 2015 -
UncategorizedRaynor Was So Close To Saving The Day In This Heroes Of The Storm Match Until He Wasn’t
This is hard to watch. It’s just so freaking close. A Heroes of the Storm player walked into one of the situations in-game that fans dream of. Four heroes from the enemy team were all clumped together, dangerously low on health, and focusing on killing on the computer-controlled boss monsters. He was playing as theStarCraft…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 25, 2015 -
EsportsLeague Pro Runs Face-First Into Wall Trying To Escape Opponent At Worlds
We’ve shown you a lot of great plays from the League of Legends World Championship games this month. There are certainly a lot of them. But what about the not great ones? Witness, my friends, the glory of professional eSports stars making the same clumsy mistakes the rest of us do. In game two of…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 25, 2015 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: It Could Be Worse, Luke Skywalker: Winners!
Two weeks ago I asked our readers to picture worse places for Luke Skywalker to be than being teabagged by Imperials in Star Wars: Battlefront. What I got back was a photo tour of Skywalker nightmares. This week’s winner not only picked one of the most nightmarish Star Wars scenarios ever—inside the Star Wars Kinect…
By Mike Fahey Published October 25, 2015 - Culture
Sunday Comics: Unfounded Rumors
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your pretty much weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published October 23. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published October 19. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry…
By Mike Fahey Published October 25, 2015 -
UncategorizedBeing Eaten Alive By Rats In Warhammer: Vermintide Is So Good
Holy shit that’s a lot of rats. I do not use “holy shit” lightly kids, so when I say “Holy shit that’s a lot of rats,” I mean there are enough rats to fill a high school auditorium. Enough rats to make an entire fall fashion line. Enough rats to craft 100 horses made entirely…
By Mike Fahey Published October 24, 2015 - Uncategorized
Batman: Arkham Knight Gets Re-Released On PC October 28
Four months after being pulled from sale due to poor performance, bugs and various other inadequacies, the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight goes back on sale next week, along with all the DLC early PC players have missed. Warner Bros. promised the end of this month, and here we are. The game goes back…
By Mike Fahey Published October 24, 2015
