Detailed 3D Map Visualizes The Battle of Stalingrad

Russian art group in[visible] studio created a miniature real life version of the bloodiest battle of World War II. They used projection mapping to bring a small-scale model of the city ruins to life with planes and soldiers fighting. The result is incredibly realistic. Projection mapping a popular process where an image is digitally processed…

What Really Happened With Luke’s Hand After His Duel With Darth Vader

Star Wars’ extended universe might have an answer for the fate of Luke Skywalker’s lost hand after the events of The Empire Strikes Back, but cartoonist Doug Savage’s short is just a better one. It’s a bittersweet tale with a Father’s Day spin: To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

When Virtual Reality Is Fucking Terrifying 

At this year’s E3, Capcom had a Project Morpheus demo called Kitchen. It seems scary as all hell. Chris Jager at sister site Kotaku Australia called the demo “the most disturbing gaming experience” he’s ever played. (Read his impressions here.) If that doesn’t sell you, this clip from VRScout might: Or this one from DvLZGaME:…

Xbox One Reaches a New Low in Japan

Just when you think Microsoft could do no worse in Japan, the console proves that, yes, it can do even worse. Much worse. After a dismal Japan launch and thenhorrible sales, the latest weekly Xbox One sales for Japan are, simply put, awful. During the week of June 8 to June 14, Microsoft sold a…

The 1TB PlayStation 4 Is Now Official

Well, it’s now totally official. Sony is rolling out a 1TB PlayStation 4 that it’s calling the “Ultimate Player 1TB Edition.” More like ultimate storage, am I right? As of writing, the 1TB version is announced only for “select Europe and PAL territories.” It will launch on July 15 and Sony’s PlayStation Blog says to…

Ryu Is Good at Smash Bros. Glitches

It’s that time again! Time for more Super Smash Bros. 4 glitches and bugs. This go round, we have Ryu from Street Fighter. So far, perhaps the most well-known glitch that has been discovered is Ryu’s infinite combo (which, YouTuber Dezmupoints out, you can roll out from). Here are more Super Smash Bros. 4 glitches…

Hatsune Miku in Akihabara. Tokyo, Japan. By RB. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!

Witcher 3 On Super-Low Specs Looks Like A PS2 Game

This is neat! LowSpecGamer(via NeoGAF) used some external programs to tweak the game’s files, reducing the volume and quality of the game’s objects to such a ridiculously low extent that the game can run on a not so great laptop. The proof? The footage captured here was taken on a not so great laptop. Here…

Halo’s Fighter, Looking Pretty At Dawn

Togrul Alekperov is a 3D environment artist who has worked on projects like Halo: The Master Chief Collection. He’s also helping out on Halo Humanity, an ambitious fan film set in the sci-fi universe. You can see more of Togrul’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or,…

There Is A Sale On Video Games, Apparently

You won’t believe this, because they’re so subtle, but every so often EB Games—the Australian outpost of GameStop— has a sale Like the store in the image above. They’re having a sale believe it or not, the biggest sale ever apparently. But you’d never know unless you actually walked into the store. 7/10 Clearly it…

Fallout 4’s Character Creation Will Test Marriages

We’ve alreadyseen how Fallout 4’s character creation system is going to work. At least, we’ve seen how it’s going to work for us as players. Spare a thought for the partners watching on helplessly in the mirror. Art by Simon Nyhus

Here Is A Real Press Release For Real Products

FREE BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT INSPIRED GELATO LANDING IN SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE Batman: Arkham Knight joins forces with N2 Extreme Gelato to release trilogy of frozen flavours in celebration of hotly anticipated release. Sydney, Australia – 22nd June – To celebrate the release of Batman: Arkham Knight, this Wednesday, 24th June, fans will be treated to…

Aussie cosplayer Eve Beauregard wonders what it’d be like if Scooby Doo’s Daphne was actually one of the killers…(photo by What A Big Camera)

Batman Cosplay Is Out Of Control

Julian Checkley is one of the best Star Wars cosplayers on the planet. He is also, as luck would have it, one of the best Batman cosplayers on the planet as well. We’ve seen him do an amazing Bane (WARNING: link promotes my cosplay book), but in honour of the Batman video games he decided…