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No, Konami Isn’t Disabling Your Copy Of P.T.
Konami might have cancelled Silent Hills, but contrary to an image floating around, they’re not going to disable your already downloaded version of P.T. I checked my copy of the game, and there’s no apocalyptic countdown timer. Compare this to the image everyone’s been losing their mind over: What happened? It’s linked to when your…
By Patrick Klepek Published May 6, 2015 - Uncategorized
D&D‘s Next Storyline Is All About That Drizzt
Wizards of the Coast is calling the next big global Dungeons & Dragons storyline “Rage of Demons,” but the theme running through D&D tabletop, board and video games later this year is a dark elf wielding a pair of scimitars and his pet panther. One of the most borrowed dark elf names in MMO history,…
By Mike Fahey Published May 6, 2015 - Uncategorized
So What About Wonder Woman?
DC Comics did some big things to Superman and Batman over the weekend. But, once again, it feels like Wonder Woman’s getting the short end of the stick. This past Saturday, The Man of Steel’s relationship to Lois Lane turned decidedly less warm. And the Free Comic Book Day one-shot called Divergence also revealed that…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 6, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Oculus Rift Will Go On Sale in 2016
The retail version of the Oculus Rift will be released in the first part of next year, Oculus VR revealed today. According to official site Oculus.com, the retail version “builds on the presence, immersion, and comfort of the Crescent Bay prototype with an improved tracking system that supports both seated and standing experiences, as well…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 6, 2015 - Kotaku East
Please, Look Inside Pikachu’s…Vagina?
Oh god. Surely, the people who made this inflatable Pikachu know? They have to. Warning: This article contains content some readers might find objectionable. A few years ago, images surfaced of a Pikachu bouncy house in Japan with the entrance in a rather interesting place. To refresh your memory: Yep. But if you thought that…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 6, 2015 -
UncategorizedWho Would’ve Thought The Punisher Could Inspire So Many Puns
Frank Castle might not have super powers, but the folks over at ADHD gave him a very suitable one: The ability of dropping silly puns… non-stop. The puns in Age of Ultron have nothing on this. These are so bad they’ve gone past good and back to bad again. But they all fit The Punisher…
By Gergo Vas Published May 6, 2015 - Kotaku East
It’s Condom Day in Japan, and People Keep Screwing Around
Today is May 6th. Online in Japan, that’s Condom Day. On Twitter, people keep effing around. Glad to see they’re playing it safe! There are numerous unofficial “days” in Japan. For example, there’s Pocky Day. There’s Sushi Day. And yes, Condom Day. None of them are official national holidays. Why is today Condom Day? In…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 6, 2015 - Kotaku East
Found It, My Favorite Studio Ghibli Cosplay
Look. At. That. A Robot from Castle in the Sky walking around the streets of Osaka. With long arms and a thin neck, the robotic proportions don’t exactly lend themselves to cosplay. I’d imagine coming up with a wearable Robot outfit would be harder than, say, a Totoro costume. It’s certainly not a logical choice…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 6, 2015 - Uncategorized
Kojima’s PT Eradicated From PSN; Can’t Even Be Re-Downloaded
The mess at Konami keeps getting messier, and weirder, with the discovery today that PT—a playable teaser for an upcoming Silent Hill game that has since been cancelled—has been completely removed from Sony’s PSN servers, even for people who had downloaded it while it was still available. Normally, when a game, demo, beta, whatever is…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
X-Wing, Crysis Devs Want To Make A New Space Shooter
The creators of STARFIGHTER INC say their game is “a hardcore team-based PvP multiplayer space shooter in the vein of X-Wing vs. Tie-Fighter”. And they should know. One of the co-founders of developer Impeller Studios, David Wessman, worked at Lucasarts’ on the X-Wing series, first as a mission designer, then as gameplay and story lead…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2015 - Culture
Half-Life 3: Fake Concept Art For A Game That Will Never Exist
Concept artist Shane Baxley knows. He knows deep down, like your or I do, that Half-Life 3 is never coming. Only instead of letting it hurt him, he got to work drawing. Dreaming. Baxley—who just finished work on Black Ops III, and has also done stuff for Subaru, Disney and MLB—figured Dog was in need…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2015 -
CultureSolarix Wants To Be A Scary Deus Ex, But Something’s Missing
Should I care about Solarix? Yes and no. I really love what Solarix tries to achieve—a new game in the mold of the original Deus Ex or System Shock 2—but it lacks their spirit, their soul. What’s it about? Here’s a general overview of the game, via its Steam page: “Solarix is a science-fiction stealth-horror…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedWhat’s Actually Inside a GTA UFO
Though GTA V has a number of UFOs littered around Los Santos, you can’t really get a close look at most of them. Which means it’s easy to miss the fact that the UFOs sometimes do have things inside of them. GTAForums member xHaviiHx recently shared images of the UFO at Fort Zancudo, pictured above,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 5, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Witcher Cosplay Bends Genders
What is it with these Witcher cosplayers, being so relentlessly professional and amazing and stuff? This gender-bent Geralt (with some bonus shots as Ciri), by Aelirenn, is just incredible. That’s real chainmail, pieced together by a blacksmith, and as you’ll see in other pics below, the make-up work on the scars is also super impressive.
By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
The next hero coming to Heroes of the Storm is Warcraft character Kael’thas Sunstrider, Blizzard revealed today in a not-so-cryptic tweet. The Heroes developer will be holding an internet Q&A about the dude on May 12th, they also said. Oh boy, another Warcraft hero!
By Yannick LeJacq Published May 5, 2015 - Culture
Valve Finally Fixes Years-Old Steam Bug
Oh thank goodness. The latest Steam beta update includes the following note: “Fixed bug where in-game overlay could take two screenshots for a single hotkey press in some games that process input via DirectInput and Win32 input messages.” This is a bigger deal than it sounds like. Some bugs get squashed, others don’t. And sometimes,…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 5, 2015
