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It’s Condom Day in Japan, and People Keep Screwing Around

Today is May 6th. Online in Japan, that’s Condom Day. On Twitter, people keep effing around. Glad to see they’re playing it safe! There are numerous unofficial “days” in Japan. For example, there’s Pocky Day. There’s Sushi Day. And yes, Condom Day. None of them are official national holidays. Why is today Condom Day? In…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 6, 2015

Kotaku East

Found It, My Favorite Studio Ghibli Cosplay

Look. At. That. A Robot from Castle in the Sky walking around the streets of Osaka. With long arms and a thin neck, the robotic proportions don’t exactly lend themselves to cosplay. I’d imagine coming up with a wearable Robot outfit would be harder than, say, a Totoro costume. It’s certainly not a logical choice…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 6, 2015

Kotaku East

The Twitter page of missing Japanese game exec Ryoei Mikage has been deleted. It was still online early last month. It’s not now.

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 6, 2015

Kotaku East

Track: Kaze wo Atsumete | Artist: Happy End | Album: Kazemachi Roman Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 6, 2015

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Kojima’s PT Eradicated From PSN; Can’t Even Be Re-Downloaded

The mess at Konami keeps getting messier, and weirder, with the discovery today that PT—a playable teaser for an upcoming Silent Hill game that has since been cancelled—has been completely removed from Sony’s PSN servers, even for people who had downloaded it while it was still available. Normally, when a game, demo, beta, whatever is…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2015

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X-Wing, Crysis Devs Want To Make A New Space Shooter

The creators of STARFIGHTER INC say their game is “a hardcore team-based PvP multiplayer space shooter in the vein of X-Wing vs. Tie-Fighter”. And they should know. One of the co-founders of developer Impeller Studios, David Wessman, worked at Lucasarts’ on the X-Wing series, first as a mission designer, then as gameplay and story lead…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2015

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Crowfall is an upcoming MMO that I am not interested in because it’s an upcoming MMO. I do wish, however, that this sub-game thing where you design your own fantasy kingdom could be broken off and turned into its own game. It looks great!

By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2015

Culture

Half-Life 3: Fake Concept Art For A Game That Will Never Exist

Concept artist Shane Baxley knows. He knows deep down, like your or I do, that Half-Life 3 is never coming. Only instead of letting it hurt him, he got to work drawing. Dreaming. Baxley—who just finished work on Black Ops III, and has also done stuff for Subaru, Disney and MLB—figured Dog was in need…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2015

Culture

Solarix Wants To Be A Scary Deus Ex, But Something’s Missing

Should I care about Solarix? Yes and no. I really love what Solarix tries to achieve—a new game in the mold of the original Deus Ex or System Shock 2—but it lacks their spirit, their soul. What’s it about? Here’s a general overview of the game, via its Steam page: “Solarix is a science-fiction stealth-horror…

By Nathan Grayson Published May 5, 2015

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What’s Actually Inside a GTA UFO

Though GTA V has a number of UFOs littered around Los Santos, you can’t really get a close look at most of them. Which means it’s easy to miss the fact that the UFOs sometimes do have things inside of them. GTAForums member xHaviiHx recently shared images of the UFO at Fort Zancudo, pictured above,…

By Patricia Hernandez Published May 5, 2015

CultureCosplay

Witcher Cosplay Bends Genders

What is it with these Witcher cosplayers, being so relentlessly professional and amazing and stuff? This gender-bent Geralt (with some bonus shots as Ciri), by Aelirenn, is just incredible. That’s real chainmail, pieced together by a blacksmith, and as you’ll see in other pics below, the make-up work on the scars is also super impressive.

By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2015

Culture

Track: Neon Beams | Artist: Take | Album: Only Mountains Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment

By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2015

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The next hero coming to Heroes of the Storm is Warcraft character Kael’thas Sunstrider, Blizzard revealed today in a not-so-cryptic tweet. The Heroes developer will be holding an internet Q&A about the dude on May 12th, they also said. Oh boy, another Warcraft hero!

By Yannick LeJacq Published May 5, 2015

Culture

Valve Finally Fixes Years-Old Steam Bug

Oh thank goodness. The latest Steam beta update includes the following note: “Fixed bug where in-game overlay could take two screenshots for a single hotkey press in some games that process input via DirectInput and Win32 input messages.” This is a bigger deal than it sounds like. Some bugs get squashed, others don’t. And sometimes,…

By Nathan Grayson Published May 5, 2015

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Mortal Kombat Spammer Gets What They Deserve

You know that saying, don’t hate the player, hate the game? Fuck that. I prefer the whole “crush the skulls of your enemies using the white hot rage of justice” approach…when we’re talking about Mortal Kombat, at least. If you’ve played Mortal Kombat before, then you’ve probably come across spammers. The most famous spammer is…

By Patricia Hernandez Published May 5, 2015

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Incredible Mod Adds Schools To The Sims 4

Sims modders have always been some of the best in the business. But even by their high high standards, this new “Go To School” mod for The Sims 4 has to be the coolest, most ambitious player-made project I’ve seen for the game so far. It adds a whole school system to the game. Impressive!…

By Yannick LeJacq Published May 5, 2015

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Seven Easter Eggs Buried In Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

With decades of gaming’s most iconic offerings at their fingertips, MachineGames has no end of material with which to craft secrets scattered throughout Wolfenstein: The Old Blood. Here’s what we’ve seen so far. Note: If you don’t want to spoil the goodies tucked away inside Wolfenstein: The New Order’s standalone sequel, turn away now. There…

By Mike Fahey Published May 5, 2015

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Here’s EA’s upcoming (announced) lineup for the next year or so. The news? Mirror’s Edge is slated for Q4 (January-March 2016), as is a new Plants vs. Zombies game. (Screengrab via EA’s presentation for Q4 2015.)

By Jason Schreier Published May 5, 2015

Culture

What Are You Playing On Steam This Week?

Steam releases approximately one hundred million billion (give or take a zillion) games every week. So let’s help each other out: tell me what you’re playing on Steam this week and whether or not it’s any good. Let’s recommend games to each other. Me, I’ve been splitting my time between Power Ranger strategy goof-’em-up Chroma…

By Nathan Grayson Published May 5, 2015

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Ambitious Half-Life Remake Has Entered Early Access

While fans wonder if Valve will ever continue the Half-Life series, you can download an expanded version of long-in-development fan remake of the original, Black Mesa, right now. Technically, though, it’s still not done yet! Black Mesa is now available in Early Access for $20. You can still totally download an older version of the…

By Patrick Klepek Published May 5, 2015