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UncategorizedAn Embarrassing Way To Lose In League Of Legends
Developing “map awareness” is crucial to playing at your best in League of Legends. Otherwise, you might suddenly find yourself wondering: “How the hell did we lose when I was kicking so much ass?” YouTuber SSF4MANIA recently showed how these worst-laid plans of League players can end up going seriously awry: As one fellow League…
By Yannick LeJacq Published March 2, 2015 -
UncategorizedYour Choice of Gaming Headsets, EA Digital Sale, and More Deals
If you’ve been meaning to get a new gaming headset, it seems that today’s your lucky day. PlayStation Silver Wired Stereo Headset ($34) | Amazon Turtle Beach Ear Force PX22 Amplified Universal Gaming Headset ($47) | Amazon HyperX Cloud Gaming Headset ($67) | Amazon Turtle Beach Ear Force XO Four High Performance Gaming Headset ($60)…
By Shep McAllister Published March 2, 2015 - Uncategorized
I Picked The Wrong Time To Buy A Used PlayStation 2
During January’s sojourn to Kotaku headquarters in NYC, I stopped by the fabled Video Games New York, where I picked up a scratched but serviceable PlayStation 2 for $80. Today GameStop announced it is once again accepting trade-ins of the best-selling game system of all time. My timing sucks. A haven for fans of old…
By Mike Fahey Published March 2, 2015 -
UncategorizedA Video Game Has Launched A Service Called Killstagram
If my most anticipated big-budget video game this year is Bloodborne, my most anticipated indie video game might be Superhot. As part of an alpha version of the time manipulation shooter going out to backers, Killstagram is also a thing now. Admit it: it’s a clever name. The game jam version of Superhot, which is…
By Patrick Klepek Published March 2, 2015 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: NotGoodForReview – Resident Evil: Revelations 2 (Episode 1) • Anime Opening/Ending Song Roundup by Ani-TAY – Week 9 • Grex’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published March 2, 2015 -
UncategorizedMortal Kombat X is coming to iOS and Android next month as a free-to-play fighting/card-game, shades of the mobile version of Injustice: Gods Among Us. The mobile MK will link to the console version for unlockable goodness. I don’t know about you, but “Swipe! Finish Him” doesn’t have quite the same ring.
By Mike Fahey Published March 2, 2015 -
CultureTotal RecallMr. Awesome: Champion Gamer, Playgirl Model
Picture a world-beating gamer. Take your time. Done? Whatever you pictured, you probably did not picture Mr. Awesome. Mr. Awesome, aka Roy Shildt, may be familiar to some of you from his cameo in the 2007 documentary King of Kong, in which he plays a minor, background role. Which was a shame. If you’re sitting…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 2, 2015 - Uncategorized
How To Get World of Warcraft‘s New Super-Rare Mount
The “Voidtalon of the Dark Star” is a new mount added to WoW with patch 6.1, but the patch notes don’t mention anything about how to obtain it. A few days have passed since the update and people are finally figuring out the process. It’s not that easy. The official survival guide only says that…
By Gergo Vas Published March 2, 2015 -
UncategorizedLeague of Legends‘ Fighter Champion Garen in a Nutshell
Here’s a spot on clip made by RHrealism, starring Garen from League of Legends with a couple of other champions and cute minions. The animations mimicking Garen’s personality and abilities are awesome, but the voice acting is what makes this a really funny one: He is… a simple guy. To contact the author of this…
By Gergo Vas Published March 2, 2015 - Uncategorized
My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week
It’s always a pleasure to look back at a week’s worth of Kotaku stories. You get your news, some reviews, some pointed, not-for-kids commentary about Pikachu. All that good stuff. Best five stories? Maybe these… The Sad Story Behind A Dead PC Game That Can’t Come Back | Features editor Kirk Hamilton loves No One…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 2, 2015 -
UncategorizedHuge Minecraft Adventure Map Stars the Wonders of the Ancient World
Twelve world wonders, strewn across a massive landmass, all overrun with monsters. And it’s your job to clear them out, of course. Wayward Wonders is a CTM or Complete The Monument map, meaning that the objective is to collect blocks—in this case, by defeating the monsters at each of the dozen world wonders, seen below:…
By András Neltz Published March 2, 2015 - Uncategorized
Joe Biden Gets Too Close To Anime Girls
What is it with this administration? First the President goes on an anime-is-real crusade, and now Vice President Biden is invading the personal space of anime girls. Sheesh! Twitter user @neontaster recently uploaded these images, showing the V.P. getting a little too close: [Photo: neontaster] [Photo: neontaster] [Photo: neontaster] Of course, a couple of images…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 2, 2015 -
UncategorizedOur First Look at the Next Trine
The last new entry to the Trine action-adventure-platformer series was with Goblin Menace in 2012, an expansion for Trine 2, which itself came out in late 2011. So yeah, it’s been a pretty long time, and it looks like Trine 3 is right around the corner… ish. Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power will star…
By András Neltz Published March 2, 2015 - Kotaku East
Detective Conan Has His Own Airport in Japan
We’re not just talking about an airplane, but an entire airport that’s named after the famous manga and anime character Detective Conan. The character appears in the series known by the same name (though, in North America and the UK, the manga and anime are called Case Closed). [Photo: singo0822] Websites AnimeAnime, Natalie, and ModelPress…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 2, 2015 - Uncategorized
What Comic Books Don’t Show You
It’s not always exciting to be a superhero. There’s downtime, when superheroes go back to their daily lives, screw around, play jokes on each other, and pass the day. Finally, we get to see all this recreated in collectible figures and slick photography. Using Hot Toys figures and little toy props, photographer Edy Hardjo recreates…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 2, 2015 -
Kotaku EastThe World’s Most Advanced Hug Pillow
Technology! It does good things like make our lives better. You know, like making things such as computers, smartphones and talking hug pillows possible. As noted on Japanese site Weekly ASCII, a researcher named Kouchi Uchimura pitched his idea for a talking hug pillow platform called Itasupo on crowd-funding site Makuake (think Kickstarter), with the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 2, 2015
