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UncategorizedEight Things To Do Before Warlords of Draenor‘s Massive Patch Hits
Patch 6.2 is shaping up nicely in World of Warcraft’s test realms, and while there’s no release date yet, it should be out in the next few weeks. It’ll be one of the biggest content patches Blizzard ever made for the game, including a new max level zone, naval missions, a new raid, a new…
By Gergo Vas Published June 2, 2015 -
UncategorizedUnique Pinball Machine Is Too Big For Regular Basements
Galactic Dimension, a unique pinball machine built by Niklas Roy, is a bit larger in size than ordinary machines. It has a UFO-styled playfield of 10×20 feet so keeping an eye on all the bumpers and kickers might be an issue. But it looks fun! Here’s a short clip below showing it in action (via…
By Gergo Vas Published June 2, 2015 -
Kotaku EastIt Takes 31 Minutes to Run Across Xenoblade X’s Open World
I’ve spent a lot of time in the sprawling open world of Xenoblade Chronicles X, doing quests and just exploring. And given how much time I’ve spent running, that got me to wondering just how large the main continent was. Thus I decided to quick travel to one side of the map and run to…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 2, 2015 -
Kotaku East
It Takes 31 Minutes to Run Across Xenoblade X’s Open World
I’ve spent a lot of time in the sprawling open world of Xenoblade Chronicles X, doing quests and just exploring. And given how much time I’ve spent running, that got me to wondering just how large the main continent was. Thus I decided to quick travel to one side of the map and run to…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 2, 2015 - Kotaku East
Developer Gets Testy with Konami, Ends His Beloved Game Series
Game creator Akira Sakuma says his popular train-themed series Momotaro Dentetsu is “officially finished.” He names one Konami employee in particular for allegedly crushing the franchise. Oh man. 6/03/15 8:33 Update: Konami has issued a statement, stating that that it wanted to continue the series. “Concerning what form the next entry will take, we are…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 2, 2015 - Kotaku East
Screw Waldo, Let’s Find Pikachu
Where’s Pikachu? Others have been finding the character. Maybe you can, too! Believe in yourself. I do. Over the years, images like this are have been made for desktops. Yesterday, Twitter user Yavazin asked people to retweet the image if they find Pikachu. (Click in the upper corner to enlarge the image.) [Image via GaiaOnline…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 2, 2015 - Kotaku East
A Beautiful Anime Makes for Beautiful Gifs
Fate Stay/Night Unlimited Blade Works’ second season is the most beautiful anime on TV right now—if not the most beautiful of all time. So it’s time to present this visual feast in the best way I know how: (bandwidth-gobbling) animated gifs. *Note: gifs contain spoilers—like who fights who, etc. If you’re looking for more awesome…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 2, 2015 - Uncategorized
Sony Just Registered a 1TB PlayStation 4
Compared to the current 500GB PlayStation 4, that’s twice the hard disk drive space. It is! According to the Federal Communications Commission (via DualShockers), Sony just registered a couple new PlayStation 4 models: CUH-1215A and CUH-1215B. Here’s where it gets interesting: the CUH-1215A model has a 500GB HDD capacity, while the CUH-1215B model has a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 2, 2015 - Uncategorized
Grand Theft Auto V Characters Modded Into Anime Nerds
Not that there’s anything wrong with being an anime nerd! Turning GTA V vehicles and online avatars isn’t new. For the past few years, Japanese players have been doing both to varying degrees of success: [Photo: Ve4_vy] [Photo: syun1204mine] Now with GTA V’s PC release, modders have been creating even more elaborate anime skins, turning…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 2, 2015 - Kotaku East
Monster Strike Is The Free-To-Play Conquering Japan
Monster Strike is one of Japan’s biggest mobile games—currently raking in $3.7 million per day. And since I’ve already covered no less than two of its clones, let’s take a look at the original. Like the Danganronpa and Tokyo Ghoul smartphone games, Monster Strike is based on the game of billards—where you bounce balls on…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 2, 2015 - Culture
So You Wanna Be A Video Game Concept Artist?
Eliott Lilly, an artist who has worked on games like RAGE and Doom, was featured here a couple of years ago. He’s got a new project, though, that’s a little different to the stuff we normally showcase here on Fine Art. He’s written (and illustrated, duh) a book with the very snappy title The Big…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Agony Of Playing The Same Game For Five Years
If you’ve never played Football Manager, everything you’re about to read will sound absolutely crazy. If you have, well, it’ll just make sense. physicalpixels has shared the tale of his 30 seasons in football management over (mostly) a single save game, played out over five actual years (2010-2015). It’s at once both a showcase of…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2015 -
CultureA Hockey Celebration Gets A Little Weird
On today’s episode of Highlight Reel we have bad archers, good snipes, cheeky NPCs, glitchy celebrations and much more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. Sleeping Dogs – Wei doesn’t know…
By Chris Person Published June 1, 2015 -
UncategorizedIf You Tie A Splatoon Match, Bullshit Happens
Ever wonder what happens if two teams cover the field with the same amount of paint in Turf Wars? Is there sudden death? A tie-breaker? I wish. In this footage by TheeIncubusHD, we see two teams that play through a match peacefully. Instead of painting the ground with ink, they instead elect to do a…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 1, 2015 -
ReviewsOrder Of Battle: Pacific: The Kotaku Review
Panzer Corps is one of the best—and most underrated—strategy games available on the PC. Thing is, it’s a bit old-fashioned. Order of Battle: Pacific is what you get when a studio takes the same basic premise and makes it a little bit more 2015. OoB:P is a turn-based strategy game, played on a map made…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2015 - Uncategorized
Thirty Hours In, The Witcher 3 Keeps Surprising Me
If you play a game long enough, you start to be able to predict it. Thirty hours in, The Witcher 3’s still got me stumped. OK, not entirely stumped. I know that I’ll likely be using my Witcher senses to follow some sort of trail to a place, brew some potions, slather myself in sensuous…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 1, 2015 - Uncategorized
New Comic Book Puts Love Stories Back Into the Spotlight
Love gets a raw deal in modern comic books. Sure, leading characters in superhero, crime and other comics genres have romances and entanglements and whatever else, but those are always subplots in service of another larger story element. In the real world, the quest for sex, commitment and affection is something everyone can relate to.…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 1, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Monday Stream Plays Moonrise, The Closest Thing To Pokémon on Steam [Done!]
Here’s what I know about Moonrise. It’s bright. It lets you collect and battle monters. And people keep comparing it to Pokémon—except on PC. Being Kotaku’s resident Pokémon expert, I thought I’d go ahead and give the game a whirl, see what its like. I invite you to join me in my adventure, where I…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 1, 2015
