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UncategorizedCrytek’s VR Game Has Dinosaurs, My Attention
Crytek’s virtual reality experiment is turning into its own…game? Experience? What are we calling these things? Either way, say hello to Robinson: The Journey. A few months back, Crytek released this VR demo: Is Robinson: The Journey full of moments like this? Gosh, I hope so. Here’s how Crytek describes it: Harnessing the power of…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
We Hear There’s A Rare Collection Coming To Xbox One
For months now we’ve been chasing down a rumor that Microsoft plans to release a collection of Rare games for Xbox One this summer to mark the storied company’s 30th anniversary. Today, a Kotaku reader sent over a retail image that seems to corroborate this rumor. GameStop is listing an entry for something called “RareReplay,”…
By Jason Schreier Published June 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
We’re at E3! And I’m doing something different this year. I’m planning on recording our journey through the socially connected world of the Internet—Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Vine, even Periscope. These will all be experiments, but if there’s something you want to see, let me know in the comments and I will try to make it…
By Tina Amini Published June 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
Your Guide To This Year’s E3 Press Conference Schedule
E3 2015 doesn’t officially start until Tuesday, but the publisher press conferences start tonight, which means it’s time for all sorts of surprises, reveals, and potential megatons. Get ready. Over the next few days it’s likely we’ll see Fallout 4, Halo 5, Uncharted 4, Star Ocean 5, and a ton of other video games that…
By Jason Schreier Published June 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
Very Early Screenshots Of World of Warcraft
Outland as a single zone instead of an expansion, Undercity without the undead, main characters without textures… Blizzard’s Dave Wilson shared some screenshots on Twitter from the early development years of World of Warcraf. They show a completely different game. World of Warcraft is more than 10 years old, but some of these screenshots goes…
By Gergo Vas Published June 15, 2015 - Kotaku East
Final Fantasy XV Likes to Wrestle, Play Grab Ass
In Final Fantasy XV, you’re on a road trip with your buddies. You pitch a tent, sit around a campfire, and get close. You know, butt slaps, wrestling, and fingers up the bum. That kind of thing. For example, one of the members of your party, the blond-hair dude named Prompto, keeps getting his tush…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 15, 2015 - Kotaku East
When Anime Characters Have the Same Damn Face
Love Live is an incredibly popular anime with incredibly devoted fans. But, you know what, the characters kind of all look the same. Here, you can see the Love Live’s Museunit characters in their frilly outfits and with their different colored eyes and hair. [Photo via 96egoak] But if you isolate only their faces and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 15, 2015 -
Kotaku EastA Theme Song for Sex Lube Athletics
Last year, Kotaku introduced Japan’s “sex lube Olympics.” People into lube, “lotionists,” were competing in a variety of athletic events. Fast forward to 2015, because now, there’s an official theme song. Note: Some readers might find this article’s content objectionable. The name of this track is “Theme of Lotion,” and that’s rapper Cypress Ueno going…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 15, 2015 - Kotaku East
Um No, Mad Max Isn’t Ripping Off Fist of the North Star
Mad Max: Fury Road is finally coming out in Japan. And someone people think the movie looks like it’s aping the iconic manga and anime Fist of the North Star. Wait. Really? Really. Even manga artist Nawoki Karasawa seemed surprised by this, tweeting, “Ri-right now, at work, all of my assistants asked me, ‘Why does…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 15, 2015 - Culture
Remembering Fallout 3’s Fantastic Concept Art
There are lots of people to thank for the distinctive look of the Fallout series, across multiple studios and decades, but in more recent times Craig Mullins should be top of your list. Mullins, who has worked as an artist on everything from Assassin’s Creed to the Matrix movies to Halo to Jurassic Park, was…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedFallout 4’s Crafting System Looks Awesome
We saw a lot of new Fallout 4 footage tonight, but the most impressive bit has to be a new robust system that lets you craft the environment around you, essentially letting you play house, dress-up, and handyman. Almost anything you see, you can rebuild and retool. You can scrap items in the world for…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 14, 2015 -
UncategorizedAn Up-Close, Ultra-Violent Look At The New Doom
Tonight at Bethesda’s pre-E3 press conference, we got our first extended (extremely violent!) look at the new Doom, which will be out in Spring of 2016. First, we got a lengthy look at a single player battle in the game, which combines the fast-paced ultraviolence of old-school Doom with some ridiculous slow-mo kill animations: Next,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 14, 2015 - Uncategorized
Fallout 4 Is Coming This Fall
You’ll be able to play the fourth Fallout pretty damn soon. Bethesda says it’ll be out on November 10, 2015 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Five months to go. (For more on Fallout 4, check out our footage and gifs from the demo they showed off at tonight’s E3 presser.)
By Jason Schreier Published June 14, 2015 -
UncategorizedDishonored 2 Announced, Lets You Play As Emily
We knew it was coming, but still, it was nice to see a trailer: there’s a second Dishonored, and this one has you playing as two characters, both of whom appeared in the first game. One is Corvo, who we’re all familiar with. The other is Emily Kaldwin, the Princess orphaned in the intro to…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 14, 2015 -
UncategorizedFallout Shelter Announced, Out Tonight
Oh hey, so aside from Fallout 4, Bethesda has another Fallout game coming. It’s a strategy game where you have to build a Vault and keep a ton of cute little people alive. It looks cool! You have to build it, manage it, expand it, care for the Vault Dwellers…it’s called Fallout Shelter, and it’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 14, 2015 -
UncategorizedOur First Real Look At Fallout 4
Bethesda closed their E3 presentation with a bang today: a demo of Fallout 4, which shows us a whole lotta gameplay footage. What you’re seeing in that GIF above? That’s the character creator. You’ll be able to play as a lady too, of course. Here’s the start of the demo, which starts out in pre-war…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 14, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Elder Scrolls Is Getting A Card Game
Looks like Hearthstone is going to get some competition. Today, Bethesda announced a new card game coming to Elder Scrolls Online. It’s called Legends, and it’s a strategy game. Free-to-play, you can expect it to come to PC and iPad later this year.
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 14, 2015
