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ReviewsEarthcore Takes Rock-Paper-Scissors To A Dark And Twisted Place
Earth beats Water. Water beats Fire. Fire beats Earth. That’s the basis for mobile fantasy trading card game Earthcore. From there it gets complicated. It’s no Magic: The Gathering, nor is it a Magic-esque game like Hearthstone. While I’m sure more seasoned card game players will be able to rattle off a few similar titles,…
By Mike Fahey Published May 27, 2015 -
UncategorizedLeague Of Legends Is Fixing One Key Matchmaking Tool
Or trying to, at least. Team Builder is one of those things in League of Legends that’s always seemed like it could be really great, but didn’t truly live up to its potential. It’s a specific type of matchmaking the game offers. Rather than jumping into an ad hoc chatroom with four other players and…
By Yannick LeJacq Published May 27, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Evil Within‘s Last Expansion Tries Really Hard, Fails
The Evil Within’s downloadable content has been…interesting, to say the least. The first two add-ons were stealth-centric, while the latest one, The Executioner, transforms the game into a first-person brawler. What?! Here’s what The Evil Within normally looks like: A third-person action game focused on shooting zombie-like creatures with guns. Coming from Shinji Mikami, one…
By Patrick Klepek Published May 27, 2015 - CultureCosplayShowcase
Pushing Cosplay To Its Absolute Limits
Earlier this year, five people went to Iceland with a mission: take some of the best, most unique cosplay photos on the planet. What they came home with does not disappoint. That headline is not kidding around. We’re talking some of cosplay’s finest here, going out of their way (and spending thousands of dollars) to…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Witcher 3 Takes Shots At DRM
Above, via Kotaku reader SilentAssassn87, a lovely little dig from the developers of The Witcher 3, CD Projekt Red, who are quite critical of the restrictive anti-piracy method known as Digital Rights Management (DRM). If you can’t read that text—yes, The Witcher 3 has a font problem!—here it is: The Defensive Regulatory Magicon (or DRM…
By Jason Schreier Published May 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
Some Ideas For FIFA 16‘s Box Art
The corruption scandal rocking FIFA since last night has produced plenty of jokes at the expense of the world’s leading football/soccer organization. It also produced some unlikely cover ideas for this year’s edition of the FIFA video game, too. Hard to see EA picking any of these, though. Above, via the Facebook page for Grifone…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 27, 2015 -
UncategorizedDying Light’s New Bow-And-Arrow Is Driving Some Players Nuts
Yesterday, Dying Light added a bow to the arsenal of weapons players can use to kill the undead. You might be wondering: “How does a months-old game justify dropping in a random new gizmo for killing, all of a sudden?” By making it really, really hard for players to get their hands on it. I…
By Yannick LeJacq Published May 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
DC Comics’ Superhero Universe Just Changed In Some Huge Ways
DC’s current big crossover ends today, and we’re finally getting a sense of the effects that Convergence will have on the publisher’s fictional reality. There is a lot of new stuff to digest. You might even call it a reverse-Crisis (Spoilers follow. Hover over the top left of each image and click on the magnifying…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 27, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe New Star Wars Arcade Game Is Worth Tracking Down
Star Wars Battle Pod might not be good enough to justify paying $35,000 to have at home, but there’s no denying it’s the most fun I’ve had with an arcade game in years. I’m not kidding about the $35,000 price tag, either. Bandai Namco announced yesterdayit would let consumers start purchasing copies of Star Wars…
By Patrick Klepek Published May 27, 2015 - Culture
Fans Add Obnoxious Product Placement To Half-Life… On Purpose
Half-Life is one of the greatest games of all time, but it’s missing something. Obviously, that something is hamfisted advertising for Taco Bell. Black Mesa, the impressively ambitious fan remake of the original Half-Life that Valve’s even allowing people to make money off of, has its own Steam Workshop page. Among more expected mods like…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 27, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Witcher 3 Sex Glitch Turns Brothel Into Waking Nightmare
I’m not an expert or anything, but I’m pretty sure sex isn’t supposed to work this way. (NSFW warning!) Check out what happens when Chris Klos encounters a really bizarre glitch during a sex scene in The Witcher 3. Limbs and heads start detaching from bodies, the camera angles goes out of whack, and eventually…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 27, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe First Five Minutes Of Badland‘s Big Screen Debut
Does the magic of Apple’s 2013 iPad Game of the Year carry over into its PC and console port? We’ll know in five minutes. Frogmind’s Badland is a unique mobile game that I’d never imagined playing with a game controller or a keyboard. Guiding the strange little woodland critter along the side-scrolling screen was something…
By Mike Fahey Published May 27, 2015 -
UncategorizedHeroes Of The Storm’s Next Character Is The Crusader From Diablo III
Her name is Johanna and she has a very big shield that she hits people with. Way to remain in character, Johanna! Blizzard hasn’t been doing a very good job of keeping Johanna a secret—details have been leaking out about her for weeks now. And by “details,” I mean the fact that she’s named Johanna,…
By Yannick LeJacq Published May 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
Developer Fights Publisher Over $1 Game Sale
The developers of StandPoint were surprised to wake up on Monday and discover their game was being sold for $1 on a flash deal site. They’ve tried to end their publishing contract for months, alleging they haven’t been paid. Suddenly, that same company was apparently trying to cash-in. “Oh my god….” Unruly Attractions co-founder Nathan…
By Patrick Klepek Published May 27, 2015 -
UncategorizedFirst Person Shooters Get A LEGO Overhaul
With all those Thomas the Tank Engine mods for popular games, it’s weird no one really went into LEGO territory yet. Andrewmfilms fills the gap with his awesomely animated clip featuring Portal 2, Counter-Strike, and Bioshock with minifigures Skyrim’s there, too. Not an FPS, of course, but when it comes to modding, it has to…
By Gergo Vas Published May 27, 2015
