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Transformers Recruits Fans To Form Their Own Giant Robot
Two years ago Hasbroasked Transformers fans to vote for a brand new character to join either the Autobots or Decepticons in their never-ending battle. This year they’re asking fans to create five robots that form into one massive monster machine. The first fan-built Transformer promotion resulted in Metroplex security guard Windblade, a female Autobotwho is…
By Mike Fahey Published January 27, 2015 -
UncategorizedOur First Look at the New Fantastic Four Movie Is Here
Marvel Comics’ first family has an all-new look in their next movie. We finally get a glimpse right here. The very first teaser for this summer’s Fantastic Four movie just hit this morning, showing off a slicker, more sci-fi-centric look for younger versions of Reed Richards and his band of explorers. The film is being…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
Someone Built An Amazing Dragon Ball Z Model Set
Dragon Ball Z’s second major story arc, the Namek Saga, is one of the best in the series. Spanish enthusiast Juanpe of Jerez de la Frontera didn’t recreate just one or two figures or scenes from these episodes. He basically rebuilt the entire thing as a huge, amazing diorama. Namek is the rural, nightless world…
By Gergo Vas Published January 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
Even More Disney Characters Go To College
DeviantArt’s Hyung86 has been hard at work on his Disney University series which, as the name implies, depicts Disney characters as members of a real-world university—whether they were originally human or not There’s been a lot of new additions to the DU family since our last look, so let’s jump right in. Don’t forget to…
By András Neltz Published January 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
AOL Shutting Down Joystiq
AOL is preparing to shut down the video game website Joystiq after over ten years of publication, according to people familiar with the situation. It’s unclear exactly when Joystiq will close, but we’ve heard that this is connected to a larger-scale reorganization planned by AOL, the longrunning media company that has had more than a…
By Jason Schreier Published January 27, 2015 - Kotaku East
Sailor Moon Crystal is a Nostalgia Trip
It’s been a long half-a-year, but last episode, Sailor Moon Crystal wrapped up its first story arc. And while it is no doubt a flawed anime on several levels—especially by today’s standards—for many of us, it is a nostalgia trip like none other. The Nostalgia Goggles While I’ve talked about my anime viewing origins before,…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published January 27, 2015 - Kotaku East
How To Join Call of Duty Online
Don’t you hate it when a game that you’re dying for is in private Beta? It sucks being locked out of the fun, even if it is in the name of testing. Well if you’re one the many people who commented that they wanted to try out Call of Duty Online, Kotaku‘s got the guide…
By Eric Jou Published January 27, 2015 - Kotaku East
Final Fantasy Explorers‘ Bosses Make for Great GIFs
Final Fantasy Explorers is a game all about venturing out into the world and slaying monsters—including the summonable creatures that have appeared in numerous games from across the franchise. To make these battles especially epic, the summons have pre-fight cutscenes—each of which looks just as cool in gif form. Shiva Ifrit Ramuh Cúchulainn Diablos Fenrir…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published January 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
If Zelda Had Final Fantasy Logos
The Legend of Zelda has its own logos. They’re great! But what if Zelda logos looked like Final Fantasy ones? Well, I guess they’d look like this. Tumblr site Shattered-Earth did a series of Zelda-meets-Final Fantasy logos in Yoshitaka Amano‘s iconic artistic style. So, The Final Legend of Zelda? The Legend of Final Fantasy? Zeldantasy?…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 27, 2015 - Kotaku East
“No Video Game Day” Starting in Northern Japan
This isn’t nationwide. But next month, Hokkaido Prefecture is rolling out “No Video Game Day.” There won’t be just one of these days, but two—and two every month. NHK reports that among students nationwide, test scores are down in Hokkaido. It sounds like the PTA and the Hokkaido Board of Education are pinning the blame…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 27, 2015 - Kotaku East
The Pokémon Arcade Fighter Has a Dumb Controller
Geez. I know that Namco is trying to make Pokkén accessible to lots of players, but a control pad? For a fighting game you play in arcades? Really? Recently, Kotaku introduced this controller, along with several other new things revealed about the game. According to Namco’s Katsuhiro Harada, who heads up the Tekken team, the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 27, 2015 - Kotaku East
Former Pro Gamer Gives Unborn Child StarCraft Nickname
One of esports’ most famous StarCraft gaming pros, BoxeR (aka Lim Yo Hwan), came up with a fitting name for his baby: the Terran infantry unit from the game. Lim’s wife, Kim Ga Yeon, is six weeks pregnant, and as she noted on herFacebook (via tipster Sang), her husband came up with what in South…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 27, 2015 -
UncategorizedChill Out To This League of Legends Video. Wait, What?
You heard me.
By Yannick LeJacq Published January 27, 2015 -
EsportsTwo Of Pro Counter-Strike‘s Best Matches Yet
MLG X Games Aspen, the year’s first seriously big pro Counter-Strike event, took place over the weekend, and people were expecting big things. It did not disappoint. Not in the slightest. Day one actually saw many of the sport’s top teams—including Dream Hack Winter 2014 champs LDLC—lose in relatively inauspicious fashions, but apparently they were…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 26, 2015 - Esports
Competitive Hearthstone Had Serious DDoS Problems Over The Weekend
One of the most accessible esports going, Hearthstone also proved itself one of the most open to denial of service attacks over the weekend, as three online tournaments were interrupted by attacks in two days. The Daily Dotnot only reportedon the attacks that caused problems with Hearthstats Challenger League, Kinguin Winter and ESL events Friday…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2015 - Culture
The Seedy Side Of The Star Wars Universe
Gustavo Mendonca is an artist who has recently worked on stuff like Halo 5. We sawhis (sadly) abandoned work on Star Wars 1313 back in 2013, but today we’ll be looking at his whole portfolio, including some newer Star Wars stuff (though it’s for other material, not 1313). You can see more of Gustavo’s art…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 26, 2015 -
UncategorizedAustralia Makes Civ V History
A year after we firstgot to play the mod that brought a playable Australia to Civ V, the team behind it has beefed it up to look just like one of the game’s “proper” civs. Normally, when a mod introduces a new leader to the game, the leader screen — which for official Civs is…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 26, 2015
