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UncategorizedLeague Of Legends Is Buffing Its Master Troll Champion Teemo
Ladies and gentleman, it’s time to panic. Teemo, theundisputed king of troll champions inLeague of Legends thanks to his infuriating poison attacks that’ve caused many a painful and infuriating death for his opponents, is getting a few adjustments that are expected to make the cute and deadly creature more powerful in a few key ways.…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 24, 2015 -
UncategorizedRandy Pitchford Tries To Defend Aliens: Colonial Marines
It’s Friday, which means a new installment in Worth Reading, our weekly roundup of the best writing about games in the past week. Except, of course, when one story is from four years ago. Hey, You Should Read This “An hour with Randy Pitchford” by Wesley Yin-Poole It’s tough to hoodwink game fans, and though…
By Patrick Klepek Published July 24, 2015 - Esports
Suspended League Of Legends Pro Admits He Leveled An Account For Money
Following his suspension for the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) earlier this week due to allegations that he’d leveled another player’s account for $1,300, professional League player Yu “XiaoWeiXiao” Xian has come clean. He says he didn’t realize he was committing a “severe” offense. Xian’s team, Team Impulse, issued a statement last night confirming…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 24, 2015 - Uncategorized
Street Fighter V Beta Taken Offline Immediately After Launching
Intended to launch yesterday on the PS4, the highly anticipated beta for Street Fighter V suffered an inauspicious debut last night. Now it looks like it’ll be a while before the beta gets fully up and running again. Or ever get up and running, really. The game’s servers were deactivated barely an hour after the…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 24, 2015 -
UncategorizedBest iPhone Gaming Surprise This Week: Prune
Fascinating video games come out of nowhere these days. Take Prune, a new $4 iOS game about growing and pruning trees. I never heard of it until it popped up on the app store yesterday. I played a bit of it for you in the video above. It’s good! Here’s a trailer, too: Good stuff…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 24, 2015 -
UncategorizedWorld of Warcraft Hyperlapse Shows How Big Azeroth Really Is
With flying and a number of portals added to the game, the days of traveling 20-30 minutes just to finish a quest, and exploring Azeroth on foot or on a ground mount might be over—but BigCliffy’s cool hyperlapse video will bring some of those memories back. Even though the video only features Kalimdor, the Eastern…
By Gergo Vas Published July 24, 2015 -
UncategorizedMortal Kombat. For the Atari 2600.
If Mortal Kombat went back in time and made sweet love to Pitfall, the result would look something like this. Yes, that’s Scorpion up there. What? Yes, I’m sure it is. Just squint and you’ll see how the yellow-and-black bits evoke the garb of the gory fighting game franchise’s undead ninja. Mortal Kombat: Netherrealm Journey…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 24, 2015 -
UncategorizedPeople Are Already Making Overwatch Fan-Movies
Blizzard’s upcoming multiplayer shooter Overwatch is not even in beta yet, but some fans are already done with their first live-action video, with some of the characters fighting around the Overwatch HQ. RP WhaBam’s clip—called Overwatch Legacy—has Tracer and Reaper from the game’s roster, and man these are some really well made costumes. To contact…
By Gergo Vas Published July 24, 2015 - Kotaku East
A Cleaning Service Just for Cosplayers
Costumes are slightly different from regular clothes. Some are delicate and handmade or use unusual fabrics and material. These outfits are tricky! They can need special care. No wonder why in Japan, there’s a dry cleaning service specifically for cosplayers. It’s called Layer Support(“layer” is Japanese slang for “cosplayer”). According to the service’s site, the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 24, 2015 - Kotaku East
Pokémon Trainers Cosplaying as Pokémon
In the most recent episode of Pokémon XY, Ash dressed up as Snorlax for, pretty much, most of the show. He wasn’t alone. The episode was set against a local festival. All the trainers decided to dress up as Pokémon. [Image: The Pokémon Company | TV Tokyo viaAnicobin] Who the hell wouldn’t want a Snorlax…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 24, 2015 - Kotaku East
Persona 4: Dancing All Night Has Great Music and a Dark Story
There were many things I expected from Persona 4: Dancing All Night: Persona 4 music, the cast dressed up in various costumes. But what I didn’t expect? A plot that fits right in with its acclaimed RPG predecessor. While a music game, Dancing All Night comes with a meaty plot of at least a dozen…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published July 24, 2015 - Kotaku East
Japan Knows It: Chips Make Burgers Better
Think of this as a more sensible version of the Thickburger. I’ve always been a big fan of putting potato chips in burgers, and it looks like in Japan, fast food chain Lotteria is, too. Lotteria, never one to shy away from interesting burgers (here, here, here, and here, for example), is offering two kinds…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 24, 2015 - Kotaku East
Unlimited Blade Works is an Excellent Fighting Anime
Beautiful animation? Check. Amazing fights? Check. Though-provoking conflict? Check. Looks like we’re good here. [Note: This review contains massive spoilers for both seasons of Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works. For a non-spoiler look at the anime, check out our review of the first season.] At the end of the first season of Unlimited Blade Works,…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published July 24, 2015 - Kotaku East
Japan Is Getting a Neon Genesis Evangelion…Bullet Train
You might be looking at concept art, but this is really happening. I imagine the inside is a rather-looking bullet train, but damn, the outside is striking. It’s designed after Evangelion Unit-01. [Photo: 500 Type Eva] Don’t see it? Here’s a comparison. [Photo: 500 Type Eva] According to Buzz News, the Neon Genesis Evangelion-covered bullet…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 24, 2015 -
UncategorizedRed Dead Redemption’s Title Screen, Running On PC
You can’t stop progress The Xenia emulator is still a long way from actually playing Red Dead—this is just the boot sequence, the game itself isn’t playable—but if there’s one game more than any other people want to get running on their PC, it’s this one.
By Luke Plunkett Published July 24, 2015 - Culture
Blacksmithing, The Hard Way
Florian Zenz is a freelance concept artist currently based in Berlin. You can see more of Florian’s work at his Behanceand ArtStation pages To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 23, 2015
