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Chainmail Bikini Anthology Has Women Gamers Telling Their Own Stories
Nearly every gamer has tales about how the imaginary worlds and real-life friendships of their shared hobby has inspired them and gotten them through some rough spots. An upcoming graphic novel anthology takes those moments and turns them in even more inspiration in the form of beautifully drawn comics stories. Due out later this year,…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
Bloodborne players, make sure you don’t summon or invade anyone during the game’s Forbidden Woods section! Right now, doing so will prevent you from acquiring a crucial progression item, the Lunarium Key. Sony says a patch is coming next week. Contact the author at [email protected]
By Patrick Klepek Published March 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Argument Over Whether A Bloodborne Exploit Is Cheating
Bloodborne is a difficult game, no doubt. If look closely, though, there are ways to make it easier. Boss exploits—aka cheesing—are the stuff of legend in Souls games, but is that cheating? So far, I haven’t summoned a friend in Bloodborne, and I’m hoping to keep it that way. I’m not against others asking for…
By Patrick Klepek Published March 27, 2015 -
UncategorizedLester from GTA V Can Kick Butt, Too
Most of the time you see Lester, the awkward mastermind behind GTA V‘s high-stakes robberies fits the stereotype of a maladjusted shut-in who doesn’t know how to do things with people. It’s a different story on the street of Los Santos. Lester will straight up take your bike and stomp a fool. With the cane,…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
The trailer forDead Rising: Watchtower was better than I expected, so I’m hoping the movie follows suit! If you’d like to get a head start on me, the Dead Rising movie is now available for streaming over at Crackle. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek
By Patrick Klepek Published March 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
BioWare boss Aaryn Flynn, Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah, and Dragon Age creative director Mike Laidlaw will be here to take your questions this afternoon at 4pm ET in today’s installment of Kotaku Asks. So start thinking of good questions now. (Don’t post them here — wait for the Q&A article to go live…
By Jason Schreier Published March 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Game of the Week—Shudder Speed [Fatal Frame] • The Rise of Asymmetrical Gaming: Part 2 • Want to improve Final Fantasy? Ditch Kazushige Nojima • The Beginner’s Guide to Digital Importing TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published March 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
R2-D2 Gets Seriously Badass
The force might not, but Yamaguchi Katuhisa‘s creativity totally is with this R2-D2 figure. R2 finally steps up, with its parts getting mixed up with other toys, and becomes the first astromech droid capable of beating the hell out of Imperial forces. He posted all these pics and a bunch of others on his Twitter.…
By Gergo Vas Published March 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
Redditor jessmeixing was commissioned by the creators of Royal Guards, a Zelda web series that’s currently on IndieGoGo, to paint this piece of concept art of Hyrule Castle from Ocarina of Time. It’s pretty darn good, and my crappy GIF really doesn’t do it justice, so make sure to check out the original pic below.…
By András Neltz Published March 27, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Real Story Behind Kumiko: The Treasure Hunter
New release Kumiko: The Treasure Hunter is based on an urban legend that a Japanese woman thought Fargo was real and travelled to America to find the money Steve Buscemi’s character buried. The real story, however, is far more depressing. The urban legend started in 2001 after a Japanese woman in her late 20s named…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 27, 2015 -
UncategorizedModding Group Wins Over $200,000 in Official Arma 3 Contest
Bohemia Interactive, developers of the Arma military FPS series, announced a modding contest, called Make Arma Not War, way back in December 2013. They offered modders a combined €500,000 in cash prizes in exchange for Arma 3 mod submissions in five different categories. Recently, they revealed the list of winners. The grand €200,000 (~$216,000) prize…
By András Neltz Published March 27, 2015 - Kotaku East
Anime Billboard Gets Fake Boobs
Look, I’m not here to judge. People can do whatever they want with their bodies, er, billboards. Earlier this month, a billboard was erected in front of Akihabara Station for TV anime High School DxD BorN. As you can see in these photos dating from March 1, it originally looked like this. [Photos: honya_akiba] A…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 27, 2015 -
Kotaku EastDragon Ball Failure Meme in Collectible Form
Now you can relive Yamcha‘s death over and over again with this upcoming collectible statue. Don’t forget the apple pie, though! Wait. What? In Dragon Ball Z, Yamcha is killed by a Saibaman, certainly not the most difficult foe, after he grabs onto him and self-destructs. If you’ve never seen the scene, watch it below.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 27, 2015 -
UncategorizedDC’s Infinite Crisis Has Officially Launched. Let’s Play. [All Done!]
After an eternity in beta, Turbine’s DC Comics-based MOBA has officially launched, complete with its own Steam page and everything. How about a celebratory stream? The entire DC multiverse is under attack, and heroes and villains from several different planes of unreality join together to battle for the fate of everything. Infinite Crisis, like just…
By Mike Fahey Published March 26, 2015 - Culture
Yes, I Would Watch A Gears Of War Cartoon Series
There’s no such thing, of course, but we can dream. Marcus and Dom, side-by-side, hugging it out, cutting things up, fist-bumping over a guitar solo intro… That piece, and all the ones below, are by Drew Hill, an artist working at Epic Games. You can see more of Drew’s work at his personal siteand ArtStation…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2015 - Uncategorized
Plastic Boxes To Keep Your Amiibos Safe. Because, Amiibos.
Were Amiibos ever truly designed as gameplay additions? You have to wonder. Surely Nintendo knew what would really happen: that hordes of video game nerds in their 20s and 30s would descend upon them like a horde of cashed-up locusts, buy all the good ones them keep them locked away forever. Which explains why this…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2015 -
UncategorizedHere’s Portal Running On The 3DS. Pity Valve Didn’t Make It.
Hey, remember Portal on the DS? Well, Portal (or at least a demo of it) is now also on the 3DS. It’s not an official Valve product, of course—as if Valve would ever make another video game!—but it still does the job. The clip you’re seeing here is from the demo for a homebrew project…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2015
