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Unlimited Blade Works is More Than Just Eye Candy
Unlimited Blade Works is not the Fate/Stay Night anime you remember. The plot is full of new twists and turns and it comes with a visual upgrade that puts other big budget TV anime to shame. Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works is the story of a secret tournament between seven chosen mages that happens in…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published February 9, 2015 - Culture
The Art Of Jupiter Ascending
The general consensus on Jupiter Ascending seems to be this: terrible movie, but it’s very pretty to look at. Which is good for us, because this is a gallery of concept art for the movie. The art you’re about to see was done by Justin Fields, who has worked in both film and games over…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2015 - Uncategorized
Guy Swatted In Front Of 60,000 Viewers While Playing Runescape
Joshua Peters, a US Air Force vet who hangs out on Twitch playing video games, was the victim of a swatting hoax last week, during which his home was stormed and the police reportedly pointed guns at his brothers. Streaming as Koopatroopa787, Peters had around 60,000 people watching him play Runescape when the raid took…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2015 - Uncategorized
So Long, RadioShack, And Thanks For All The Sweet/Shitty Box Art
RadioShack is gone, but it is not forgotten. Amidst all the weekend obituaries for a company that had already been dead for years, though, people seem to have forgotten one thing: the company’s legacy of making its own supremely dorky box art. I mean, get a load of the fonts! The placement! Some of them…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2015 -
UncategorizedTransformers Commercials So Old They Weren’t Even Called Transformers
Hardcore fans already know this, but Transformers weren’t always Transformers. The biggest animated series of the 80s was actually cobbled together following a 1983 partnership between Hasbro and Japanese toy company Takara, who had already released some transforming toys — many of who you might recognise — called Diaclones and Microman. The deal meant Hasbro…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2015 -
UncategorizedCrazy Russian Jumps 98 Feet Off Building. While On Fire.
So, you know how in Assassin’s Creed, the hero can jump off massive buildings, do a little flip in the air and somehow land alive? Turns out you can do that in real life, too. Even if you’re on fire. Of course, there are a few conditions you need to satisfy in order to pull…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2015 - Culture
The Week In Games: Evolve Or Play Something Else
I was going to say “Evolve or die” but that seemed a bit harsh, especially for a week with a new 3DS and an old Zelda game coming out. Between Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and Evolve, odds are I’ll be hunting something this week. Still on the fence about Majora’s Mask—I didn’t like it much…
By Mike Fahey Published February 8, 2015 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: A Live-Action Legend Of Zelda
Netflix and Nintendo may be making a live-action Legend of Zelda television series. Not if we make it first! I guess they’d probably still continue on with theirs if we made one first, especially considering ours will just be a series of images created by you folks imagining what their series might look like. There…
By Mike Fahey Published February 8, 2015 -
UncategorizedLearn About Capitalism With Super Mario Bros. 2
I’ve not come across a finer means of illustrating the origins of our Western work ethic than this video featuring a recycled Japanese game. Why did’t we have 8-Bit Philosophy back when I was in college? In a way it’s ironic. Here I am watching a video about how Calvinism and Capitalism came together to…
By Mike Fahey Published February 8, 2015 - Uncategorized
Six Days To LEGO Left Shark? Not Bad.
It’s easy to crank out a next-day t-shirt for a major Super Bowl happening, but assembling bricks in the form of the only part of Katy Perry’s halftime show that matters takes time and patience. Our friends over at The Brothers Bricktook a different route with their Left Shark coverage this year, so LEGO builderConradoPLG…
By Mike Fahey Published February 8, 2015 - Culture
Sunday Comics: Gently Squeeze Your Pigeon
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 February 6. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published February 2. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
By Mike Fahey Published February 8, 2015 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: ‘Shop Kotaku: The Winners!
What could be better than a group photo featuring the largest number of Kotaku staff ever assembled in one spot? Just about every entry inlast week’s ‘Shop Contest. I was expecting much more cruelty than we received, so thanks for that! Running themes included The Simpsons couch, They Live, head swapping and Battle Royale. And…
By Mike Fahey Published February 8, 2015 -
UncategorizedWith Censorship This Inane, Criminal Girls Should Have Stayed In Japan
Somewhere beyond this eerily silent, pink-mist clogged screenshot is the “motivation” mini-game from the unabashedly risque Japanese game Criminal Girls. Stripping the sound and obscuring the action made it okay for Western release—only no it didn’t. It’s kind of amazing the 2010 PSP game from developer Imageepoch made it to North America in any form,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 7, 2015 -
UncategorizedHow Mortal Kombat X Brings Players Together While Tearing Them Apart
While the fighting is always nice, my favorite elements of modern Mortal Kombat games are the extra bits—challenges, unlockables, and side activities outside of the core one-on-one battles. That’s why I’m excited about Mortal Kombat X‘s Faction War meta game. When players begin their journey in Mortal Kombat X this coming April, they’ll choose from…
By Mike Fahey Published February 7, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Latest Transformers Game Had Me Until I Spent $20 On Nothing
Forming a team of four Transformers characters from throughout franchise history and participating in online turn-based battles? Transformers: Battle Tactics had me written all over it. Then I dropped $20 on… well, nothing much. The core game behind DeNA’s Transformers: Battle Tactics, available now for free on iOS and Android, is pretty sweet. Create a…
By Mike Fahey Published February 7, 2015 - Uncategorized
Live-Action Naruto Play Saved The Best Cast Pictures For Last
No live-action stage spectacle covering the first story arc of the Naruto manga series would be complete without the brave boys and girls of Team Kurenai and Team Asuma. Now where’s Akamaru? Live Spectacle Naruto launches next month in Japan, gathering the most attractive actors the country has to offer and transforming them into top-tier…
By Mike Fahey Published February 7, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Saturday Stream Plays Grow Home, A Wondrous Robot Adventure (Done!)
If it’s worth your time, it’s certainly worth mine. Today the Saturday Stream takes a flight of fancy with Ubisoft’s Botanical Ultility Droid, the kindest BUD of them all. An experimental platformer with clunky controls and strange alien physics, Grow Home is nothing short of delightful. It’s the exact opposite of dark and gritty, in…
By Mike Fahey Published February 7, 2015 - Culture
This Week In The Business: You Do Not Talk About Fail Club
QUOTE | “We’re trying, as an industry, we’re trying so fucking hard to just be fine. We talk about our successes and our achievements, but we shun mentioning our failures.” – Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail, talking about what’s right and wrong with the game industry in a recent blog post Elsewhere in the business of video…
By Steve Peterson Published February 7, 2015 - Uncategorized
2/2/2015: Pikachu Will Make You Happy
I’ve had a really terrible week, but Pikachu waving excitedly at me makes me happy. Thank you, jagzilla You can browse our best stuff from over this week over on Kotaku Selects. Have a good weekend, all. To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find her on Twitter at @tinaamini
By Tina Amini Published February 7, 2015
