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UncategorizedTheory Connects All The Far Cry Games
What if I told you that hunky Far Cry 1 star Jack Carver and creepy Far Cry 2 villain The Jackal were the same person? To quote Eurogamer’s Ian Higton: “The clue is in the name, people!” Higton published a thoughtful video today that attempts to connect the dots between the different installments in the…
By Yannick LeJacq Published May 21, 2015 - Uncategorized
Artist Uses Skyrim Glitches To Create Beautiful Nightmares
Artist Martin Olsson uses a combination of Skyrim glitches and CGI software to create some truly horrifying animations. That poor skeleton! Olsson has been publishing his monstrosities on Coub lately, and they’re a wonder to behold. There’s something strangely beautiful about them, no? Olsson’s Tumblr page has plenty more nightmare fuel, if you need it.…
By Patrick Klepek Published May 21, 2015 -
UncategorizedNew Need For Speed Is A Complete Reboot
Electronic Arts has formally announced the new Need For Speed, which appears to be taking some serious cues from Need For Speed Underground, and is a “full reboot” for the series. As with most games announced recently, the big reveal is being saved for E3. But we do know Need For Speed is coming from…
By Patrick Klepek Published May 21, 2015 -
UncategorizedTechland has decided to put its first-person dungeon crawler, Hellraid, on hold. The game was supposed to be released later this year, but the Dying Light developer wants to “send it back to the drawing board.” Here’s the company’s full statement: Dear Hellraid fans, We would like to officially announce that our dark fantasy FPP…
By Patrick Klepek Published May 21, 2015 -
UncategorizedLag Helps League Of Legends Player Kill Four Champions At Once
Normally, Nautilus’ special hook attack is only meant to ensare one enemy at a time. But thanks to the most annoying thing ever to show its face in League of Legends, one lucky player managed to trap four enemies at the same damn time. That’s right. As YouTuber Miguel Pardinas showed in this silly short…
By Yannick LeJacq Published May 21, 2015 - Uncategorized
Splatoon’s Squids Started Out As Blocks Of Tofu
Can you say…killer tofu? No. Actually, you can’t. This is a Nintendo shooter, after all. In a recent “Iwata Asks” conversation between president Saturo Iwata and key members of the Splatoon team, the developers revealed that before the game became a bright and colorful paint-chucking extravaganza, it starred innocuous blocks of tofu. Mmmmm, tofu. So…
By Yannick LeJacq Published May 21, 2015 - Uncategorized
CD Projekt RED is looking into fixing The Witcher 3’s tiny text problem, which I complained about yesterday. A patch just went live on the PC (and coming soon to consoles), but this particular issue won’t get addressed until at least the next one. Here are the patch notes for the most recent update, aka…
By Patrick Klepek Published May 21, 2015 - Culture
What’s Your Worst Rage Quitting Story?
Sometimes that boss just WON’T go down. Or there’s some really annoying kid on your team who won’t stop killing you for some reason? Maybe it was a glitch that did it. Whatever your story is, you rage quit. And you rage quit hard. Rage quitting isn’t just putting the controller down and deciding to…
By Tina Amini Published May 21, 2015 - Uncategorized
Rockstar Suing the BBC Over Making-of-GTA TV Movie
Some folks might find it flattering when the BBC decides to make a movieabout the creation of their blockbuster video game franchise. Not Rockstar Games. They’re suing the British Broadcasting Company over a project all about the making of Grand Theft Auto Per a statement in an IGN report, Rockstar is filing a trademark infringement…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 21, 2015 - Uncategorized
Nintendo’s just announced that they’re publishing a new Pokemon Mystery Dungeon game. Hitting the 3DS this winter, Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon will feature the series’ signature randomly generated levels, along with the ability to use Legendary and Mythical Pokémon. Contact the author at [email protected]
By Evan Narcisse Published May 21, 2015 -
UncategorizedGTA Short Turns Assassination Gone Wrong into Awesome Chase Scene
Listen: contract killings can go wrong sometimes, okay? It’s just something that happens. But, in Los Santos, chasing down the guy you’re supposed to kill isn’t always that easy. Crafted by YouTuber Boris the Blade using the Editor in the PC version of GTA V, The Hit is a stylish action sequence that keeps you…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 21, 2015 - Kotaku East
Inside Tokyo’s Infamous Suicide Train Station
Japan has a high suicide rate. It’s one of the highest in the world. And one Tokyo train station, a known suicide spot, is doing what it can to stop people from taking their lives. If you are feeling depressed or ever contemplate taking your own life, please talk to someone, whether that’s friends, family…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 21, 2015 - Uncategorized
As Far As Hobbies Go, This is Wonderfully Odd
Meet Tomoyuki Shioya. The 32 year-old spends his days at a corporate job. In his free time, he enjoys his hobby: Taking photos in those head-in-a-hole boards. To date, he has over two thousand photos of them. They are fantastic. He’s always on the look out for a new entry in his collection. “I can…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 21, 2015 -
Kotaku EastGodzilla Stomps Out New Features on the PS4 [Updated]
The King of Monsters latest game is getting a much needed upgrade from his original Japanese release. See what’s evolved in the new trailer for the Godzilla’s game PS4 version. Godzilla the game was released last year in Japan on the PS3. The game, while looking to be a wet dream for Godzilla fans, was…
By Toshi Nakamura Published May 21, 2015 - Kotaku East
Capcom, That’s Not How Memes Work
There’s a lot of dumb luck and good timing need for things to go viral online. But the most important thing is that the memes should come from the internet. I know that. You probably do, too. But Capcom? Geeeeeeez… Yesterday, the Dragon Dogma Online Twitter account released an image of in-game orcs, writing that…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 21, 2015 -
Kotaku EastThe Difficulty of Making Manga Turned into a Feature Film
Bakuman, the manga about making manga is getting a live-action movie adaptation. Check out the trailer (with English subtitles). As seems to be the ever increasing trend of live-action adaptations of popular manga/anime, the next upcoming movie is Bakuman, based on the manga of the same name by the authors of Death Note, Tsugumi Ohba…
By Toshi Nakamura Published May 21, 2015 - Kotaku East
The 8GB Wii U Is No More in Japan
The Wii U Basic Set set is no more in Japan, Nintendo announced today. The Nintendo.co.jp page states that the 8GB Wii U is “slated to go out of production shortly” (近日生産終了予定). The 32GB model will continued to be sold, and Nintendo is introducing a white 32GB version in Japan starting in June. This has…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 21, 2015 - Kotaku East
Smash Bros. Creator Gets Bummed Out by Japan’s Game Museum
Taking time off from his insanely busy workload, Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai visited Japan’s Video Game Museum. He was in for a letdown. In his latest column in Weekly Famitsu, Sakurai talked about going to the Huis Ten Bosch amusement park on one of his holidays. “Inside [the park], there is a ‘Game Museum’…
By Toshi Nakamura Published May 21, 2015 - Uncategorized
New League Of Legends System Wants To Reform Bad-Mouthers
Riot Games’ latest attempt to help stop jerk League of Legends players from being such jerks isn’t a different type of ban, it’s a potentially helpful piece of feedback. The new system, which started in North America yesterday, is based on report cards. When a player is flagged as having displayed “negative behavior”, the game…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 21, 2015