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Russian Military Vehicles Get Inspiration from Playstation Controllers
This is a Kurganets-25. It’s an infantry fighting vehicle. Covered with armor, it’s outfitted with a turret, a canon, and a controller that is inspired by a PlayStation gamepad. Sputnik News (via Popsci) reports that Albert Bakov, the vice-president of the vehicle’s manufacturer, explained to the Russian media why the military vehicle uses controls that…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Indiana Jones Restaurant Seems Like a Letdown
There’s an Indiana Jones restaurant? There will be this fall at the Walt Disney World Resort. But don’t get your hopes up just yet. Actually, don’t get them up ever. Your initial reaction was probably something like this, no? [Photo: Indiana Jones Wikia] [Photo: Indiana Jones Wikia] No, no, no. Instead of an Indiana Jones…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedDivinity: Original Sin Is Coming To PS4 And Xbox One
Well, this is cool: The excellent PC role-playing game Divinity: Original Sin is getting a new “Enhanced Edition” later this year, and it’ll be coming to PS4 and Xbox One. The Enhanced Edition sounds like a substantial upgrade. Happily, anyone who already owns the game on PC/Mac/Linux will get the new version, “as a complete…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 15, 2015 -
Kotaku EastXenoblade X Lets You Launch Your Camera into the Stratosphere
I had no idea how much I wanted an RPG to let me do this until now. Xenoblade Chronicles X is not an easy game to navigate. It is simply massive and can take hours to run across. More than that, even with waypoints, it’s common to find an unclimbable mountain or area full of…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published May 15, 2015 - Culture
Portrait Of A Doge
Kan Liu is an artist and illustrator based in China. Aside from pooches, he also does some mean paintings of dragon hunters. You can see more of Liu’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 14, 2015 - Uncategorized
New Halo Toys Are Very, Very Cool
There have been hundreds of Halo figures released over the last ten years, but despite advances in technology (allowing for greater detail and “realism”), they haven’t changed that much. Not until these interesting new figures from Kotobukiya, anyway. They’re called Halo Spartan Techsuits, and the idea is that instead of coming as a finalised, completed…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 14, 2015 - Uncategorized
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By Luke Plunkett Published May 14, 2015 -
UncategorizedMortal Kombat Player Takes Revenge After Jerk Teabags His Friend
If you’re gonna be a dick about winning, you probably shouldn’t do it to someone whose best friend is waaaaaaaaay better than you. In the above video, MrGrawrD witnesses his friend get mercilessly pummeled and then tea-bagged—that most disrespectful of video game victory gestures—by some jerk online in Mortal Kombat X. So what does MrGrawrD…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 14, 2015 -
UncategorizedThis Is One Hell Of A Video Game Trailer
In this line of work, you see a lot of trailers. Almost all the trailers. So it takes a lot to make me sit up and go “wow, that’s a good video game trailer”. That’s pretty much what happened with Not A Hero’s launch clip, though. The narration is a masterpiece, a priceless work of…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 14, 2015 -
UncategorizedLeague Of Legends vs Fire Emblem Is Joke, But Should Be Real
There’s one Fire Emblem crossover coming already, but this one—if it was actually real—would be way more interesting. Randy Nova’s excellent video reimagines LoL as a Fire Emblem game, complete with soundtrack, grid, turn-based combat and pithy combat chatter. I’m not the world’s biggest LoL fan, but joke video or not, I would play the…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 14, 2015 - Culture
I Didn’t ‘Get’ DOTA 2 Until I Watched It Live
I’ve tried watching DOTA 2 online. I’ve tried playing it. It just wasn’t for me. Going to a big pro event changed that. Walking into the Red Bull Battlegrounds DOTA 2 event at The Warfield in San Francisco (it’s a venue, not a, er, field of war) was kinda surreal. For one, I’d seen countless…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 14, 2015 - Esports
League of Legends Pro Quits, Burns Every Bridge On His Way Out
Burnt out and tired of playing for a losing team, professional League of Legends player Austin “Link” Shin announced last night that he was leaving the game. He did so in a bombastic way: writing an 18-page screed that called out nearly all his former teammates, coaches, and ultimately the game itself. Link retired from…
By Yannick LeJacq Published May 14, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Best Quests In Fallout 3
With Fallout 4 excitement reaching a fever pitch recently, it seems like a good time to look back on the things that made Fallout 3 so great. I speak, of course, of many amazing missions hidden inside of the Capital Wasteland. Here are our picks for the most memorable quests in Fallout 3. Future Imperfect…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 14, 2015 - Uncategorized
Surprise: Nintendo just released a new Pushmo game. It’s called Stretchmo, and it’s on the 3DS eShop today. The first seven puzzles are free; you can buy the rest separately, or as a bundle for $10. (Pushmo, of course, is one of the 3DS’s best games.)
By Jason Schreier Published May 14, 2015 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Punishes Gears of War Leakers [UPDATE]
UPDATE (7:12pm): Well now here’s an interesting addendum. Earlier today, following a number of video leaks from a wide-scale beta test of the upcoming Gears of War remake, the game testing company VMC said in a memo that Microsoft had both permanently banned the leakers from Xbox Live and temporarily disabled their consoles, rendering them…
By Jason Schreier Published May 14, 2015 -
UncategorizedRock Paper Scissors Video Game Works Surprisingly Well
I never knew I wanted a Western-themed rhythm game with rock paper scissors until just now. Sifting through game jam entries can be thrilling and boring, a chance to explore an endless sea of creativity and an opportunity to drown in games with interesting ideas but poor execution. Now, however, the games have been voted…
By Patrick Klepek Published May 14, 2015 -
CultureAn Unfinished Game About Finishing An Unfinished Game
Sometimes, the stars align a little too perfectly. The Magic Circle, from former BioShock 2 director and recent Kotaku Asks participant Jordan Thomas, is now on Steam Early Access. This means that it’s unfinished, which is wonderful when paired with the fact that the game is about these things: “You are the protagonist of an…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 14, 2015 -
UncategorizedDC Comics’ New Superhero Show Is Basically the Justice Society
The latest seasons of the Flash and Arrow TV series have been throwing new heroes like Firestorm, the Atom and others at viewers left and right. Now, a bunch of them are forming a team. It’s not the Justice League, but it’s damn close. More like a modern-day Justice Society? Legends of Tomorrow will assemble…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 14, 2015