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Fable Legends is Indeed Free-to-Play – And it’s Not a Bad Thing

To be honest, the first time I ever saw Fable Legends – Lionhead’s 4v1 multiplayer remix of Fable, due out later this year – I could have made a confident educated guess that it would be free to play. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Its reliance on team play and selection of different,…

The Japanese Birdman Poster Looks Dumb

This is (part of) the U.S. poster for Birdman. It’s a rather simple poster. Surely, there’s no way you could screw this up, right? Right? Well, actually… Here is the rest of the poster—in case you don’t live in North America or, if you do, haven’t been near a movie theater. Not bad! I mean,…

The New Batman Trailer Hides a Puzzle

Being ‘the world’s greatest detective’ is one of Batman’s things, so it makes sense that the new Arkham Knight trailer had a rock hard mystery hidden inside. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Here’s the trailer, see if you can spot the clues: No? Don’t worry, the codes are insanely hard to find, apparently…

McDonald’s Introduces Honey Butter French Fries in South Korea

It was bound to happen. This isn’t out of the blue. It makes perfectly good sense. In South Korea, McDonald’s is rolling out honey butter french fries. Last fall, Honey Butter Chips exploded in popularity across the country. As The Korea Times reported, the chips contained “sweet, sweet honey from beehives” and French “gourmet butter.”…

School Attracts Students with Manga-Style Uniforms

Usually it’s the other way around. Manga artists either take inspiration from real uniforms or draw fantasy uniforms they wish they wore. Not this time. Manga artist Zakuri Sato, known for Otona Pink and Taihen Yoku Dekimashita, designed these uniforms, which might look normal for an anime, but real uniforms aren’t always this stylized—or cute.…

KFC Is Serving Edible Coffee Cups 

When you get tired of the fried chicken, try the Seattle’s Best coffee and eat the cups. In the U.K. this summer, KFC is testing what it’s calling the “Scoff-ee,” a coffee cup made from cookie. According to Metro UK (via Mashable), the cup can be laced with different aromas, such as “coconut sun cream,…

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Years Later, Blizzard Finally Fixes Obnoxious World of Warcraft Bug

World of Warcraft update 6.1 just launched, and it adds all sorts of new stuff: a selfie cam, racing, new blood elf character models, and more. On top of that, players have discovered many hidden fixes, among them the satisfying squashing of a bug that’s been plaguing the game for years. As documented by ZwuckeL,…

42-Player Civilization Game Is Destroying The Planet

The 42-player, AI-only Civilization game that’s currentlygoing down is already one of the most amazing things the Civilization community — no sloucheswhen it comes to weird and wonderful spins on the game — has come up with. In over 20 years playing the series I have never seen anything like this. Mostly because I’ve never…

What Happens When A Hentai Artist Makes A Soul Calibur Costume 

Well. That doesn’t really look comfortable, does it? As spotted by Shoryuken, here is a costume created by Yamatogawa, a manga artist famous for hentai. Yamatogawa’s outfit is called “Magic Knight,” and characters such as Ivy and Amy can wear it in Soul Calibur: Lost Swords, a free-to-play spinoff for the PS3. So. Would you…