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We Used Microsoft’s New App To Guess Video Game Characters’ Ages
Microsoft has shared a demo of a new web app that can allegedly guess your age from a single photo. To test it out, we asked it to guess a bunch of video game characters’ ages. Here’s what we found:
Kirk Hamilton & Jason Schreier Published April 30, 2015 - Culture
Months Later, YouPorn’s Pro Gaming Team Looks Kinda Dead
Late last year, gigantic porn site YouPorn announced that they’d acquired a pro DOTA 2 team, and every publication on Earth—probably even Highlights Magazine—gave them a headline. But was it anything more than a marketing ploy? Curious, I decided to look into what’s happened since. Once upon a time Team YP’s plan was to compete…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 30, 2015 - Uncategorized
Magical Snowball Sends League Of Legends Players Flying Across The Map
Man. Is there anything better than an in-game ability so ridiculous people can’t tell if it’s a bug or an intended feature? League of Legends developer Riot added something called “Mark/Dash” to its popular multiplayer game this week. It’s a magical snowball that you can throw at enemies (the “mark”) and then teleport over to…
By Yannick LeJacq Published April 30, 2015 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Asks: Double Fine President Tim Schafer [UPDATE: Q&A Over]
Three years ago, Tim Schafer raised over $3 million on Kickstarter, and today he’s finally here to deliver what he promised: a Q&A with Kotaku Also he made some adventure game that came out in full this week. If you’re not familiar with Schafer, you’re probably familiar with the games he’s helped make, which include…
By Jason Schreier Published April 30, 2015 - Uncategorized
Yep, Yet Another Bad Jurassic Park Game
Jurassic World won’t hit theaters until June, but the mobile game is out now. Against my better judgement, given my experience with Mortal Kombat X’s mobile game, I decided to play it. We haven’t had a good Jurassic Park game since…Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis? That was 2003! Operation Genesis had natural appeal, letting players manage…
By Patrick Klepek Published April 30, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Best Pro Wrestling In WWE Right Now Is Women’s Wrestling
On Monday Night Raw a few weeks ago, a loud contingent of pro wrestling fans found a new way to disrespect the women pro wrestlers in the ring. “You suck Cena!” they yelled, even though controversial World Wrestling Entertainment superstar John Cena wasn’t wrestling in the ring. Nikki Bella, the wrestler he dates, was. “You…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 30, 2015 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft is conducting a charity drive to draw in more donations for the Nepal Region Earthquake Drive, the company announced today. The developer of Far Cry 4—a shooter set in a region inspired by Nepal—will match up to $100,00 in donations given to the Canadian Red Cross for disaster relief. You can donate here.
By Yannick LeJacq Published April 30, 2015 - UncategorizedBy Kirk Hamilton Published April 30, 2015
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UncategorizedGTA Player Snipes Invisible Cheater, Gets Revenge
Being invisible won’t save this asshole GTA cheater from getting their head shot off. At first, things seem a little hopeless for player Hairy Hole, who is getting terrorized by an invisible player that is murdering anyone who gets in their way. But Hole decides to fight back, and after getting a sense of where…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 30, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Japanese Cat Game We Can’t Stop Playing
At least 20 times a day, I check in on my virtual cats. I consistently have the impulse to do so, in fact. Neko Atsume, the Japanese cat game a bunch of us at Kotaku are addicted to, calls to me. It speaks to my soul, and I can’t stop playing it. You can see…
By Tina Amini Published April 30, 2015 -
Uncategorized200CC Is So Fast It’s Starting To Break Mario Kart 8 Courses
The above image gives a marvelous view of Mario Kart 8 racetrack Music Park. It’s also a screenshot the player shouldn’t have been able to capture. Normally, busting outside of the normal confines of a level in Mario Kart 8 requires a) some sort of glitch or bug to be present and exploitable, or b)…
By Yannick LeJacq Published April 30, 2015 - Uncategorized
DC Comics (Sort of) Admits They Reboot Their Universe Too Damn Much
“Reality cannot survive another crisis,” says a character in the latest issue of Justice League. Dare we hope reboots are a thing of the past for DC Comics? There’s another cosmic editorial event coming to the DC Universe. No, not the Convergence that’s happening now. Another one that they’re calling The Darkseid War. Yes, they…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 30, 2015 - Uncategorized
Game Developers Can Now Ban Steam Users
In a move that’s bound to yield some very interesting results, Valve just announced that it was changing the way it administers bans on its ridiculously popular gaming service Steam. Rather than adjudicating the entire process on its own, the company is effectively handing over power to individual game developers. Here’s how Valve explained the…
By Yannick LeJacq Published April 30, 2015 - Uncategorized
Not a huge surprise, but it’s confirmed that Dead Island 2 has been delayed into 2016. Remember, this game was supposed to be released this spring! This is a significant delay. The news was announced on Twitter, and came with a few paragraphs of explanation: We have always set ourselves a big goal for Dead…
By Patrick Klepek Published April 30, 2015 - Uncategorized
This Year’s E3 Will Have A Press Conference For PCs
Here’s a bit of strange-yet-interesting news to make the wait for E3 feel that much longer: in addition to the usual press conferences (and a few showings from newcomers, like Bethesda and Square Enix), this year’s E3 will have a presser dedicated to the most powerful gaming platform in existence: the PC. Organized by PC…
By Jason Schreier Published April 30, 2015 -
UncategorizedThat’s How You Fill A Basement With 250,000 LEGO Pieces
Here’s the basement of architect Jeffrey Pelletier and every LEGO collector’s dream. It has 153 bins and 189 drawers full of bricks, all sorted and organized by type and color. Houzz TV took a tour with the owner, who shows some of his custom buildings decorating the room (good to see the pieces are not…
By Gergo Vas Published April 30, 2015 - Kotaku East
Japanese Animators Give Advice for the Anime Industry
Being an animator in Japan is hard. It’s very hard. But with the myriad of problems in the industry, is there a solution? Here’s what some people in the industry had to say. JAniCA, the Japan Animation Creators Association, is an organization made up of animators, producers, and supporters of the Japanese animation industry. The…
By Toshi Nakamura Published April 30, 2015 - Kotaku East
Getting Caught Using Diablo III Art Makes Nexon Very Sorry
Hrm. This sure looks look familiar, no? Yes, yes it does. As tipster Sang points out, last night, Nexon released a patch for its MMORPG Vindictus. Included was new promo art that quickly reminded many Korean gamers of Diablo III: Reaper of Souls promo art. You don’t need a good memory for that! The expansion…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 30, 2015 - Kotaku East
Dragon Ball Fan Art is Full of Possibilities
What if Vegeta had came to Earth as a child instead of Goku… Twitter user @dragongarowLEE is a massivefan of Dragon Ball. And like most artistic fans of the series, he’s drawn fan art. Lots and lots of fan art. Not only is he damn good, but his stuff is also pretty funny as well.…
By Toshi Nakamura Published April 30, 2015