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Designing Batgirl To Fit Chris Nolan’s Batman Movies
Serg Souleiman is a freelance concept artist who has worked on games like Wolfenstein: The New Order, Mortal Kombat X, Forza 5, The Elder Scrolls Online and the Fallout series. I like these two pics in particular; they’re personal pieces, but they’re Serg’s shot at redesigning Batgirl and Nightwing to fit the art design used…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 29, 2015 -
UncategorizedHalo 5 Is Out October 27
The next Halo game will be out this October, Microsoft announced tonight in a trailer that aired during The Walking Dead You can watch the trailer, which is live-action and unfortunately has no actual gameplay, above. Halo 5: Guardians will be released on October 27 for Xbox One. Hopefully matchmaking works then too. If you’re…
By Jason Schreier Published March 29, 2015 - Uncategorized
Kid Arrested, Confesses To Swatting A…Minecraft Rival
A 13-year-old kid from Camarillo, California was arrested earlier this month and has since confessed to three acts of “Swatting“. The Camarillo Acorn reportthat police were initially investigating the boy for one Swatting incident, but in the process discovered he’d been responsible for two more, all three taking place in January. The boy made two…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 29, 2015 - Uncategorized
Mortal Kombat Producer Walks Away From Twitter Over Family Threats
Shaun Himmerick, producer on Mortal Kombat X, is the latest games industry professional to step away from Twitter after receiving threats against his family. On March 26, Himmerick retweeted this message he received, after which he changed his Twitter handle to “come on people”: (WARNING: NSFW language) He then explains his decision in more detail:…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 29, 2015 - Uncategorized
GTA V PC Screens Look Great, Are Not Delayed
Rockstar released these Grand Theft Auto V screens over the weekend. They’re for the PC version of the game, which after delay afterdelay is finally hitting on April 14. They look pretty good! As in, they look good, duh, but if you look closely (click on the magnifying glass in the top-left corner of each…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 29, 2015 - Esports
The grand finals of the 2015 Call of Duty Championships are happening today. Which of the 32 competing teams is going to walk away with $400,000? Head over to the Major League Gaming event site to watch live and see which 29 teams are definitely not winning.
By Mike Fahey Published March 29, 2015 -
UncategorizedGloating Is A Bad Idea In Bloodborne
Just because the boss is dead doesn’t mean it’s time for a victory cheer, as streamer Jeff Ramosdemonstrates in this video. “It’s really the story of my fucking life,” Ramos said as I commented on how beautiful this video is. He downed whichever vile Bloodborne boss this was despite losing his partner in the process,…
By Mike Fahey Published March 29, 2015 - Culture
The Week In Games: Baseball Season
It’s baseball season, which means I’ll be playing just about every game on this week’s release list but the baseball ones! Touchdown! I’ll probably start off with some Axiom Verge on the PS4, maybe see how Toukiden handle the move to current-gen, and then ride out the week with some peaceful farm life in Story…
By Mike Fahey Published March 29, 2015 -
UncategorizedWe Don’t Need To Justify A GIF Of Persona 4‘s Chie Dancing
She’s a non-nonsense tomboy who loves kung-fu and steak. Here she is dancing. *sigh* Fine. The GIF comes from the latest trailer for Persona 4: Dancing All Night, coming in June to Japanese PlayStation Vitas and hopefully pretty damn quickly to other PlayStation Vitas. We just want it for the endless GIFs it will provide.
By Mike Fahey Published March 29, 2015 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.: The TAY Review • Are Bloodborne’s Early Bosses the Game’s Equivalent of Tutorials? • A Lawyer Revisits the Ace Attorney Trilogy (Introduction) • Spacemon: A Pokémon Tabletop Story, Vol. 2: Chapter 21 • TAY Flashback – Bioshock TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY…
By András Neltz Published March 29, 2015 - Uncategorized
New Jersey Game Store Swatting Takes An Uglier Turn
Gamers attending a monthly social gathering at Digital Press Video Games in Clifton, New Jersey Saturday evening had no idea the sudden massive police presence outside the store was pointed their way, until a caller posing as a fire department representative started giving them questionable instructions. According to local reports, the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office…
By Mike Fahey Published March 29, 2015 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Nintendo Mobile: The Winners!
Nintendo is officially making mobile games. While we wait to see what fruit the company’s partnership with DeNA will bear, our readers imagine exciting new ways to play and pay for Nintendo games on their phones and tablets. Maybe it won’t be all that bad? I was expecting last week’s‘Shop Contest to bear dozens of…
By Mike Fahey Published March 29, 2015 - Uncategorized
Pillars Of Eternity Characters Crippled By Ridiculous Inventory Bug
Pillars of Eternity is alovely CRPG, but it’s a lovely CRPG from Obsidian Entertainment, a developer that’s be known to miss the odd bug or two. Like the one that strips your character’s permanent buffs and abilities if you double-click equipment in your inventory. The relatively devastating bug, posted to Reddit by kiror yesterday, happens…
By Mike Fahey Published March 29, 2015 - Culture
Sunday Comics: People Are So Stupid
Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published March 24. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published March 23. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
By Mike Fahey Published March 29, 2015 - Reviews
Asus ROG G751JY-DH71 Gaming Laptop: The Kotaku Review
“You make bad decisions” said a coworker as I pulled the relatively massive Asus ROG G751JY-DH71 gaming laptop out of my backpack during a recent trip to our home office in New York City. I’m not certain I did. On a table dotted with various ultra-skinny Macbook Airs and other assorted ultrabooks, the G751JY certainly…
By Mike Fahey Published March 28, 2015 - Esports
The top 32 Call of Duty teams in the world are squaring off this weekend in Los Angeles for part of a million dollar prize pool. Catch all the action from the 2015 Call of Duty Championship liveover at MajorLeagueGaming.com. It’s a refreshing change from watching teams of five fight over three lanes.
By Mike Fahey Published March 28, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe First Five Nerve-Racking Minutes Of Spirits Of Xanadu
A derelict spaceship, homicidal robots and the most ear-piercing sound a video game can produce, all in the first five minutes of Night Dive Studios’ Spirits of Xanadu. Spirits of Xanadu is a first-person action adventure game that has many early reviewers name-checking the classic System Shock, so I went into the game expecting some…
By Mike Fahey Published March 28, 2015 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Kingdom Hearts II: The TAY Review • Bloodborne – First Impressions on Release Day • Should Open World Games Rethink How They Tell Stories? • Indie HYPE: Dyscourse • What Time is it? Bloodborne • Parasyte -the maxim-: The Ani-TAY Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To…
By András Neltz Published March 28, 2015