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Five Nights at Freddy’s Creator Responds To Haters In The Best Way
Scott Cawthon, the creator of Five Nights at Freddy’s, knows perfectly well how his series has been received by the public. There are plenty of fans who adore the games, sure. But there’s also a growing backlash spearheaded by people who think Cawthon is just pumping out games to cash in on his success. Some…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 29, 2015 - Uncategorized
Lois Lane Finally Figured Out That Superman Is Clark Kent
For decades, Lois Lane’s been the butt of jokes involving Superman’s double identity. A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who gets fooled by a pair of glasses? Come on, girl. This week, Lois puts it all together. And, yeah, she’s pissed. We’ve known that she figured things out recently, but we haven’t known how. Two months ago,…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 29, 2015 -
CultureThe Hidden Power Of Oreo Thins
Here at Snacktaku we don’t usually condone playing with your food, but Nabisco’s new Oreo Thins make it too easy. In this video I uncover two secrets. The first is that the new skinny Oreos have the ability to connect together like building blocks to create complex shapes. This might seem like a trivial discovery,…
By Mike Fahey Published July 29, 2015 - Uncategorized
August PS and Games With Gold lineups are out! On PS Plus, it’s Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (PS4), Limbo (PS4), Sound Shapes (PS4, PS3, Vita), Stealth 2 (PS4, PS3, Vita), God of War Ascension (PS3), CastleStorm (PS3, Vita). On Xbox, it’s MGS: Ground Zeroes (XB1), How To Survive (XB1), Metro 2033 (360),…
By Patrick Klepek Published July 29, 2015 -
UncategorizedLEGO Shows DC How Parallel Universe Battles Are Done
This five second clip from the story trailer for LEGO Dimensions is more entertaining than 75 percent of DC Comics’ massive universe-clashing, office-moving Convergence event. Going by the rest of the story trailer it’s safe to say that the licensed property-spanning LEGO Dimensions will also have a cohesive story. So that’s two points for the…
By Mike Fahey Published July 29, 2015 - Culture
Watch The Weeklong Summer Games Done Quick Charity Speedrun Marathon
Forget the sun. Forget the beach. Hang out with us and watch more than 140 video games being speedrun to benefit Doctors Without Borders during the 2015 Summer Games Done Quick Marathon. Easily one of my most eagerly anticipated annual events, the summer companion to January’s Awesome Games Done Quick tournament is an excellent reason…
By Mike Fahey Published July 29, 2015 - Uncategorized
Dying Light Is Getting A Big Expansion Pack With Cars
Just when you thought you were done killing zombies, they give you…DUNE BUGGIES!! Today, Dying Light developer Techland finally confirmed that it’s working on a full-blown expansion pack for its surprisingly excellent zombie game. This comes after months of the developer teasing fans about how they were working on supporting Dying Light well into the…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 29, 2015 - Uncategorized
Miiverse Revamp Available Now
Nintendo changed its gaming social network Miiverse today, adding some new features, cleaning up some others. Check out the new features, as screencapped from a staff Wii U. The Play Journal seems cool, and I like the idea of sections of Miiverse that are just for drawing. And hooray for the upgrade to the 30-post…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 29, 2015 -
UncategorizedSmash Bros. In First Person Would Look Weird
YouTubers SoKrispyMedia show us why Smash Bros. with a VR headset in first person view would be problematic and hard to play. We don’t have to worry about Nintendo making a game like this in the near future, but that doesn’t make this real-life VR concept less funny. It’s an awesomely edited video with Link,…
By Gergo Vas Published July 29, 2015 -
UncategorizedWatch Top Guilds Kill Warlords of Draenor‘s Final Boss
Even though the hardest difficulty for Warlords of Draenor’s current top raid, Hellfire Citadel, has been available for a month now, only four guilds could kill all 13 bosses inside. It’s an extremely hard fight, but things might speed up as the two top guilds, Method and Paragon, have released their kill videos. As you…
By Gergo Vas Published July 29, 2015 - Uncategorized
Smash Bros. is getting two familiar-looking Mii Fighter costumes—the left one’s based on Chrom from Fire Emblem: Awakening, and the one on the right is based on Donkey Kong big bad King K. Rool. They (and the Smash Hoodie in the middle) will be available as Premium DLC for both the 3DS and Wii U…
By András Neltz Published July 29, 2015 - Kotaku East
The Most Unusual Japanese Hamburger Buns Yet
We’ve seen black buns, blue buns, and red buns. All bread buns! Screw that, let’s use tomatoes. It’s called the “Tomami Burger” (“toma” as in “tomato” and “mi” or 実 as in “fruit” or “seed”). [Photo: Model Press] According to Model Press, each burger uses one big fucking tomato. The meal deal (pictured below) is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2015 - Kotaku East
Hello Kitty Doesn’t Want To Die in War
This August, Hello Kitty wants you to think about peace. In the latest issue of the monthly Sanrio magazine, the Ichigo Shimbun, all of the company’s cute characters reflect on the 70th anniversary of Japan’s surrender during World War II. The title of the article reads, “Let’s think about what we can do for peace”…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2015 -
Kotaku EastThe Three Steins;Gate Spin-off Games You’ve Probably Never Heard of
Steins;Gate is an absolutely fantastic visual novel. And while it has been released on the PC in the US (and will be hitting the PS3 and Vita next month), it’s far from the only Steins;Gate game out there. And no, I’m not talking about the upcoming sequel, Steins;Gate 0; I’m talking about the three spin-offs.…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published July 29, 2015 - Kotaku East
The Rip-Off Controvesy Over the Tokyo Olympics Logo
Now that the Tokyo Olympics hasscrapped plans for that stupidly expensive stadium, it can focus on other things. Like questions over its new logo. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics logo was revealed this week with a fancy intro clip. Art director Kenjiro Sano, one of Japan’s top graphic artists, designed the logo. According to the official…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2015 - Kotaku East
Nexon is working with EA and Respawn for an online Titanfall for PC. Yes, the original Titanfall was already an online multiplayer title, so we do wonder how different it will be! The official release mentions free to play and that the game is for the Asian market.
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2015