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UncategorizedHow I Ran My Virtual Game Development Studio Into The Ground
I thought naming my company HyperLeoCorp would save it from any wrongdoing. Video game development simulator Mad Games Tycoon proved otherwise. As an early access game on Steam, Mad Games Tycoon isn’t finished. But even at this stage there’s plenty to get wrong. I mean, I still managed to put my own company into ruin,…
By Leo Wichtowski Published January 21, 2015 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Saints Row IV: Gat Out of Hell: The TAY Review • Worst Anime Jobs: Mecha Pilot • Rockmandash Reviews: Anime Backlog Review Gauntlet #1 • Fabulous Fyst’s Trainime Winter Season Impressions Part 3 • A Whole New World: Stand-out Game Settings TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To…
By András Neltz Published January 21, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Elder Scrolls Online Is Ditching Subscriptions
The Elder Scrolls Online will get a little cheaper this year, with Bethesda removing the subscription fee in preparation for the console release on PS4 and Xbox One this June. This move has been expected for a long time now, as the online Elder Scrolls game failed to make much of a splash when it…
By Jason Schreier Published January 21, 2015 - Uncategorized
The games headlining Evo 2015 were announced last night, with two Smash Bros. games making it into the line-up. Noteworthy additions to this year’s installment of the world’s biggest fighting games tournament include Mortal Kombat X, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, and Tekken 7
By Evan Narcisse Published January 21, 2015 -
UncategorizedMax Payne Can’t Hold Back His One-Liners In This GTA V Parody
Some well-placed witty puns might have helped Max Payne 3‘s cutscenes too, because it definitely sounds funny mixed with the dark story-telling of Max Payne. Here’s 8-Bit Bastard’s clip, starring a completely down and out Max / Michael hybrid in GTA V, loaded with the worst first-class jokes. To contact the author of this post,…
By Gergo Vas Published January 21, 2015 -
EsportsThe Best StarCraft II Moments from Last Year
Even though we still have to wait for the second expansion, Legacy of the Void, the competitive StarCraft II scene is well and alive and had a great 2014. SC2HL‘s compilation is proof of that, showing the highlights of some incredible games from last year. Goosebumps/10 edit from beginning to end thanks to the commentary…
By Gergo Vas Published January 21, 2015 - Uncategorized
3D Artist is Really Into Half-Life
Evidence number one: a highly detailed (and awesome) Unreal Development Kit recreation of Dr. Kleiner’s Lab from Half-Life 2 Level designer/environment artist Charlie Pharis started by painting over a screenshot of the original HL2 location to create a concept: Then, after several weeks of work, he came up with the finished map: Exploring Pharis’ website…
By András Neltz Published January 21, 2015 - Kotaku East
Japanese Twitter Users Stand Up to ISIS with…a Photoshop Meme
Yesterday, a video allegedly uploaded by ISIS demanded that the Japanese government pay $200 million for two hostages. In it, a cloaked man waving a knife told the Japanese people to pressure their government to pay or the men would die. Online, the country’s Twitter users have responded. With a meme. The political reality here…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 21, 2015 - Uncategorized
Steam Now Lets You Compare Download Speeds with the Rest of the World
Annoyed with your crappy internet provider, bad connection and slow download speeds? Well, as Steam’s stats show, you are not alone. Spotted by r/steam and r/games, the Steam Global Traffic Map’s newly-implemented feature lets you look at a list of average download rates for each country, grouped by service providers. So you could, for example,…
By András Neltz Published January 21, 2015 - Kotaku East
Japanese Pop Star Swallowed by Microphones in Hong Kong
Singer Sakura Miyawaki of the pop groups HKT48 and AKB48 was recently in Hong Kong to promote Japanese ramen chain Ippudo. First there was a photo op. Then, this. As one 2ch commenter pointed out, it’s hard to tell if the press is interviewing her or promoting itself! That was nice of them to create…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 21, 2015 -
UncategorizedPutin Looks Disappointed With Russia’s Latest Robot
Who can blame him? This military robot doesn’t exactly inspire fear. However, it does appear to be quite slow. As RT reports, Putin recently visited a research facility outside Moscow, where he was shown this combat bot. Granted, while making robots like this is incredibly difficult, it’ll be a few years before this one, forgive…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 21, 2015 - Kotaku East
Eating Pokémon Food Can Be Frightening
Well, that certainly is scary. Website Omo69 visited the newly opened Pokémon Cafe Ω Ruby & α Sapphire in Tokyo, ordering the Pikachu rice omelette with blue “aqua sauce.” You can also order magma sauce, instead. This is the meal. Its official name is “Rice Omelette that Would Also Make Pikachu Smile.” And the aqua…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 21, 2015 -
UncategorizedI Need A Little More Romance In My Adult Dating Puzzle RPG
SuccessfullyKickstarted back in November 2013, HuniePop is one part puzzle role-playing game, one part dating sim with a dash of hentai on the side. Is it strange that the element I’m most excited by is the puzzles? First things first, HuniePop is an adult game in which the objective is for your male or female…
By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2015 - Uncategorized
Children of Morta—aka the most GIF-able game ever—is now on Kickstarter. If you need a refresher, it’s a story-driven hack ‘n slash with roguelike elements (read: lots of dying, but you learn a little something about yourself in the process). It looks gorgeous, not to mention pretty interesting. Check it out
By Nathan Grayson Published January 20, 2015 - Culture
Valve Looking Into Steam Linux Bug That Deletes Hard Drives
Steam on Linux users, beware! Your hard drive(s) could be in grave danger. Per PC Gamer, here’s the skinny: last week Github user Keyvin found that, after moving his Steam folder to a new location, it suddenly and inexplicably stopped launching. After a crash, he restarted Steam. It seemed like things were in working order…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 20, 2015 -
CultureTotal RecallStar Wars’ Most Explosive Moment, Captured Perfectly In A Video Game
Since it’s out today on GoG, meaning a bunch of people are going to be playing it for the first time, let’s talk about X-Wing Alliance. And how it has the best ending of any Star Wars game ever made. X-Wing Alliance, the third in Lucasarts’ trilogy of space shooters, took away years of my…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2015 - Uncategorized
Beautiful Portraits Of Nerd Stars Look Too Good To Be Paintings
While they might look like photos, these are actually digital portraits, all done by Euclase, one of the best fan artists on the planet. Her work is absolutely phenomenal. The lighting, the texture she manages to capture on everyone’s clothes, the warmth of their skin…truly impressive stuff. You can see more of Euclase’s work at…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2015 - Culture
Do Not F**k With Mikasa
Anna Nikonova is a concept artist from Russia who works in the video game business. You can see more of Anna’s work at her personal siteand Behance gallery To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button in…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2015
