Watch an Artist Sketch Iron Man as a Samurai

Artist Jack Lee uploaded a time lapse video, showing him working on an Iron Man sketched that’s inspired by Japanese samurai armor. What makes the clip so fascinating is that it also includes what Lee used as reference materials, giving a good insight into his creative process. Below, you can check out the video (via…

Four Hours of Final Fantasy VII Remake Reactions

Do you have plans for the day? How about clearing your schedule so you can watch people’s Final Fantasy VII remake reactions? Four hours. That’s right. Four. Hours. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter@Brian_Ashcraft

Korean Gamer Destroys an Xbox 360, Alleges Microsoft Isn’t Trying

A South Korean gamer named XBOX∞ is infinitely not happy. Today, he uploaded a post titled, “I got a sledge hammer. Message for Microsoft Korea.” The gamer was upset about the Batman: Arkham Knight Korean localization. Or rather, the lack thereof. “Arkham Knight for PS4 got an official localized release while the Xbox One version…

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Full-Blooded Mad Max Cosplay

Based in LA, reader Americo Galli’s world is fire and blood. Oh, and cosplay In addition to those photos above, taken in the Mojave Desert (and a hotel), Americo and some friends also went to Wizard World Sacramento as a Mad Max posse.

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Camila Vielmond is a freelance concept artist and illustrator from Brazil who has worked in video games, card games and books. You can see more of Camila’s work at her 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…

Warner Bros Suspends Arkham Knight PC Sales

Publisher Warner Bros says they’re taking the drastic step of suspendingall sales of Arkham Knight on PC until the game’s technical woes can be addressed A statement just posted on the company’s forums reads: Dear Batman: Arkham Knight PC owners, We want to apologize to those of you who are experiencing performance issues with Batman:…

I Am In Love With The Batmobile

Arkham Knight is a pretty good video game. Good flying, good punching, good comic book action. But the one thing I’ve taken away from it more than anything else is just how damn good the Batmobile is. It’s so fast. And nimble. And powerful. And heavy. And dependable. And… Look, instead of trying to describe…

Bungie Apologizes For Destiny Screw-Ups, Offers Solutions

Following a week full of controversy surrounding the video game Destiny, the developers at Bungie have posted an early “weekly update” apologizing for recent screw-ups and promising to address players’ complaints. The controversy, which was triggered by some tone-deaf comments from Destiny creative director Luke Smith in an interview earlier this week, revolved around the…

Computer Is Learning To Make Mario Levels By Watching YouTube

First they’ll take our jobs. Then they’ll take our Mario. While Nintendo works hard to let us build our own Mario levels, the Georgia Institute of Technology are developing an “artificially intelligent system” that can build its own stages The terror comes not in the fact it can build levels—procedural generation is everywhere these days—but…

The First Big Game That Brought Mods To Consoles

Fallout 4 is gonna let players bring PC mods over to consoles. Years ago, however, another game did it—with mixed results. The game? Unreal Tournament 3, the third main entry in Epic’s pioneering arena shooter series. The console? PlayStation 3. The year? 2007. So then, what happened, how’d it work, and—most importantly—why didn’t it catch…

When Batman’s Grappling Hook Goes Wrong

On today’s episode of Highlight Reel we have caped crusader problems, bored Bloodborne bosses, Evolve characters with smooth moves and much more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. Batman: Arkham Knight…

Mortal Kombat X Has New Gruesome Brutalities

Thanks to a recent Mortal Kombat X update we now have a few more options when it comes to finishing a match as savagely as possible. Up above for example we’ve got the new brutality available in the Quan Chi Fortress level, demoed here by Christopher Thimm: Hammer time! Then you’ve got the new brutality…

League Of Legends Players Leave Team Amidst Hacking Scandal

When Riot Games said that it was suspending the coach of the European League of Legends team Copenhagen Wolves, it seemed like the team had managed to survive its brush with a major eSports scandal. But two high-profile departures this week and a series of leaked documents show the team is still reeling. Copenhagen Wolves’…

Popular Steam Game Offers $100 To Anyone Who Finds An Exploit

Have you encountered a bug, glitch, or hack while playing Steam’s hottest new dinosaur game?You might be sitting on $100. ARK: Survival Evolved, a dinosaur survival game that’s been tearing up the top-selling charts for almost a month now, is trying something pretty unique for an Early Access game. One of the developers took to…

Arkham Knight’s Harley Quinn DLC Is Terrible

Harley Quinn’s one of the most popular new Batman characters to appear in the last few years. She’s finally playable in Arkham Knight, starring in what serves as a prequel to the story in the main game. But, despite being a free add-on, the story pack starring the Joker’s sometime girlfriend isn’t worth the time…

A Bunch Of Zelda: Triforce Heroes Questions, Answered

The next Zelda game isn’t quite what people expected. Announced last week during Nintendo’s E3 presentation, Zelda: Triforce Heroes is a co-op dungeon crawler designed to be played by a party of three—not your average setup for a Zelda game. Last week in Los Angeles, I got to spend a few minutes with Zelda: Triforce…