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UncategorizedThe Guy Behind One Of The Year’s Best 3DS Games
“Creating a game with a new character like Qbby made me feel happier than I’ve ever felt before.” That’s Yasuhiro Mukae talking. He’s best known for making Kirby games, but we’re not talking about Kirby. Mukae is a longtime at HAL Laboratory, the game studio behind Kirby. He was also the director of Box Boy,…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
Portal pinball? Count me in. Then out. Then in, but from a different place. Detailed over at the PlayStation Blog, Valve’s first-person puzzler is getting the silver ball treatment the week on May 25 across all Zen Pinball 2 and Pinball FX 2 platforms. Expect to Chell out $2.99 on consoles and $1.99 on portables…
By Mike Fahey Published May 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
GOG’s Take On Steam Goes Live Today
Last year, the folks behind GOG announced plans to launch their own PC gaming service, GOG Galaxy, to compete with Steam and Origin. Today, it’s finally going public. GOG Galaxy, which you can download here, is now in open beta. Like Steam, Origin, and other PC gaming clients, it’s a stand-alone program with its own…
By Jason Schreier Published May 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
Destiny‘s Old Russia In LEGO Form
Inspired by the game’s original concept art, LEGO enthusiast Hunter Erickon rebuilt a tiny segment of the toxic, burnt grass area of Destiny with LEGO bricks. His set features rusted cars, a destroyed highway bridge, and a 6v6 battle between two Hunters, two Warlocks and two Titans in the ruins of modern day Kazakhstan. Gotta…
By Gergo Vas Published May 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
The New Wolfenstein‘s Main Menu Sure Looks Familiar
Nazi on the ground, shirtless B.J. Blazkowicz’s boot on his chest—where have we seen this before? How about wherever fine PC games were sold back in 1992? He’s a little leaner, a lot less mullet-y and his facial expression no longer suggests he’s passing gas, but B.J.’s Nazi-kicking form hasn’t changed all that much over…
By Mike Fahey Published May 5, 2015 - Kotaku East
The Difficulty of Recreating Anime with Cosplay
Cosplay is often concerned with bringing characters to life in our three dimensional world. One group of cosplayers goes the extra strep by recreating anime scenes. This is Tux Team. Previously, we’ve featured their amazingly accurate Big Hero 6 cosplay. Today, let’s have a look at some of their anime recreations—which aren’t easy to pull…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 5, 2015 - Kotaku East
The Up All Night Stream Plays Xenoblade Chronicles X [Stream Finished]
Xenoblade Chronicles was one of the best RPGs the Wii had to offer; and while we didn’t exactly love last month’s 3DS port of the game, we’re still excited to play the Wii U sequel. So join us as the Up All Night Stream plays Xenoblade Chronicles X Update: The stream is over but you…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published May 5, 2015 - Kotaku East
Love, Loss, and Music Collide in this Heartbreaking Tale
Warning: This anime might just make you cry. Your Lie in April is the story of Kousei, a young piano prodigy who, after the death of his mother, had a mental breakdown and ultimately lost the ability to hear the music he played. Three years later, he meets his playboy best friend’s new girlfriend, Kaori—a…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published May 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
Man Celebrates Vacation with Low-Cost Pokémon Cosplay
If you had a week off, you might relax. You mind unwind. You probably wouldn’t create a Golem cosplay. Maybe you would. I’m not you. I don’t know what you think. Golem, of course, is a Pocket Monster. If you think making a Golem costume would be somewhat tricky, but certainly not too difficult, then…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedArnold Schwarzenegger Acts Out All His Classics In Six Minutes
Snippets from almost all his films, replayed by the man himself. He’s only helped by some stock footage, silly props, and The Late Late Show’s host James Corden. From Conan to Escape Plan, most of his stuff (even Pumping Iron) is there, and he still got it! The only sad thing here is to realize…
By Gergo Vas Published May 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
Rihanna Sure Knows How to Spawn Memes
The Metropolitan Museum of Art just held a benefit gala for the new exhibit “China: Through the Looking Glass.” And celebrities showed up wearing meme-inducing clothes. Thanks, famous people! As noted on Chinese sites Zhenren, CRI and Sina, many people online in the country were throughly amused by outfits American celebs wore at the met.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 5, 2015 -
Kotaku EastSega’s Newest Free-to-Play is a Plot-Heavy RPG
Late last month Sega released their newest mobile game: Hortensia Saga. But unlike many free-to-play mobile games, this one has an expansive fantasy plot to back up its addictive gameplay. Hortensia Saga is a medieval fantasy tale of war and chaos. Three years ago the king was betrayed and murdered by one of his dukes…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published May 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
Here Are Some Animated Mountains That Will Read Your Tweets
Twitter is kinda terrible sometimes. It enables people of all types and backgrounds to come together and get really, really angry at each other, and somehow many of us lose hours to the damn thing every day. These talking mountains, though? They brighten the place right up. In short, Mountains of Mouthness is a bunch…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 4, 2015 - Uncategorized
PC Game Delayed In Australia Because…All The Boxes Got Wet
Australia. Land of open spaces, beautiful beaches, dangerous animals and…storms that flood warehouses containing boxed copies of major upcoming video game releases. As Kotaku Australia reports, severe storms in Sydney recently caused flooding in some areas, and one of those areas happened to contain the warehouse where Namco Bandai has their PC copies of Project…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2015 - Culture
All Hail Hypnoskull
Weston Reid is a concept artist who has worked for companies like CCP and Tripwire. He’s currently helping out at Hi-Rez Studios on Smite. You can see more of Weston’s work at his ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2015 -
UncategorizedGTA V + Gravity Gun = Tomfoolery
Grand Theft Auto V, meet Half-Life 2. Half-Life 2, this is Grand Theft Auto V. You two should get along just fine This gravity gun mod for GTA V still needs a little work—it’s a bit twitchy in parts, especially with pedestrians—but what’s there is still pretty impressive. Hopefully it works as well with whales…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2015 -
UncategorizedMake Your 3DS Region-Free, The Easy Way
One of the best things about the DS was the fact it was region-free. One of the worst things about the 3DS is the fact it isn’t. Or, at least, it wasn’t A simple workaround has been developed by DS superstar smeathat lets anyone regardless of where they’re at play any 3DS game, regardless of…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2015 - Uncategorized
Doom’s Creators Wanted To Pay Modders…In 1995
Last month, Valve and Bethesda pissed a lot of people off with plans to charge for mods. One of the reasons both companies gave for the move was so that mod creators could get paid; a novel idea, but not a new one, since id Software had been planning something similar twenty years ago. In…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2015
