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Marvel Comics is finally giving legendary comics creator Jack Kirby credit for helping create characters like the Fantastic Four, the Hulk and the X-Men. This week’s new comics include a line mentioning Kirby, which comes after a recent legal settlement ended years of estrangement between Marvel and the artist’s heirs.
By Evan Narcisse Published October 30, 2014 -
UncategorizedAnita Sarkeesian Was Just On The Colbert Report
Critic Anita Sarkeesian just made an appearance on The Colbert Report, in an interview which followed a section of the show devoted entirely to gamergate You can check out the interview in the clip below. The first clip is the set-up; the second is the interview. The full episode will be up on Colbert’s site…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Happy 27th Birthday, PC Engine! • Game of The Week—Choice and Consequences [Radiant Historia] • The Future Diary: The Ani-TAY Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here. Top photo courtesy of Evan-Amos, Wikipedia
By András Neltz Published October 30, 2014 -
UncategorizedThere’s A Great Game Buried Deep Inside Of Call of Duty: Ghosts
Between PC, Xbox One and PS4, I’ve got more than 60 hours logged in Call of Duty: Ghosts. Six of those hours is Story Mode. None of it is competitive multiplayer. I’ve been playing Extinction, the most satisfying Call of Duty experience I’ve had in years. I nearly missed out on Extinction altogether. After spending…
By Mike Fahey Published October 30, 2014 -
Kotaku EastHere’s the Yakuza Zero Trailer in English
You saw the 15 minute JapaneseYakuza Zerotrailer. Now you can understand it. Sega has made no announcement for an international release of their latest Yakuza game, but that didn’t stop us from translating and putting English subtitles to the dramatic story trailer. Check it out below. Note: With no script or Japanese subtitles, I had…
By Toshi Nakamura Published October 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
Shadow Of Mordor’s New DLC Will Put Monsters On Top Of Other Monsters
Is there anything more menacing than Shadow of Mordor’s grisly assortment of orcs and uruks—especially the ones with super creepy taunts that nobody knows how to kill? Well, how about one such grisly uruk riding into battle on top of an acid-vomiting ogre? That’s the new kind of orc-killing Middle-Earth fans will get once Shadow…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
Guns, glorious guns. In this rather mesmerizing gif, the creators of Witchmarsh, the (successfully) Kickstarted 1920s action RPG, show off some of the gun types you’ll be able to pick up in-game when it arrives on PC late next year. Witchmarsh Dev Blog [Tumblr] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some…
By András Neltz Published October 30, 2014 - Kotaku East
The Wild World of Japanese Pepsi Flavors
The world has seen some unusual Pepsi flavors. But the reigning champ for variety and inventiveness is still Japan. Earlier this week, Kotaku reported that Pepsi Pink, a strawberry and milk flavored drink, will soon be available in Japan. That beverage, however, is just the tip of the iceberg. Like Doritos, there is a wide…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 30, 2014 -
UncategorizedArnold Schwarzenegger Impressions Make Assassin’s Creed Better
So imagine if Schwarzenegger, Morgan Freeman, Alan Carr, and David Attenboroughall got together and played co-op in Assassin’s Creed Unity. As our colleagues at Kotaku UK note, Ubisoft roped in impressionist and comedian Terry Mynott to do all four voices. I like the Schwarzenegger impression best. Schwarzenegger, Freeman and Alan Carr Play Assassin’s Creed Unity…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 30, 2014 - Kotaku East
The Creator of Smash Bros. Needs a Vacation
Director Masahiro Sakurai reflects on his workload on the latest Super Smash Bros., and holy hell, what a workload it is. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS is out and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U is almost complete. In his latest column in Weekly Famitsu, Sakurai took a moment to reflect on the development…
By Toshi Nakamura Published October 30, 2014 - Kotaku East
Man Arrested for Selling One Piece Money
A 45-year-old man was arrested in Japan for selling U.S. legal tender with anime characters on it. His crime? Violating the characters’ copyright, reports TBS News. Tomoaki Tanahashi, who works in television in Nagoya, was nabbed for allegedly selling four one-dollar bills with One Piece stickers on them, with each going for between 1,500 and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
After successfully reaching the English voice acting stretch goal, Mighty No. 9’s slacker backer campaign is now raising money for a post-release DLC pack consisting of an extra stage with its own boss fight. The planned release window is Summer 2015, provided they can collect another $190,000 by the end of this year.
By András Neltz Published October 30, 2014 -
UncategorizedPeople Are Testing Out YouTube’s 60FPS
Yesterday, Kotaku reported that YouTube was finally launching a 60 frames per second option. And now, people are testing it out, like they would anything new. What’s so interesting about these test video is people are posting stuff that they might not usually put on YouTube. Instead, they’re seeing what YouTube can do and taking…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 30, 2014 -
Kotaku EastNintendo’s Newest Hardware Will Monitor Your Sleep
Today, Nintendo announced that it has begun work on a new platform. It’s not quite what you’d expect. Developed with US-based ResMed, Nintendo is working on a new QOL (quality of life) platform that uses sensors and the cloud to monitor people’s lifestyles. For example, the non-wearable QOL sensor can be placed next to a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 30, 2014 - Culture
Now That Is A Sweet Spaceship, Dude
Yuriy Mazurkin is a concept artist who works at Yager, the German development studio behind Spec Ops: The Line and Dead Island 2. His art has a very classical style to it, which I’m loving having spent the last few weeks posting a lot of art that was splashy You can see more of Yuriy’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
Broken Game Faces Inspire Awesome Halloween Masks
NBA2K15’s new face tech sounded so good in theory. So of course it was a nightmare in action Rather than hide in shame from the screw-up, though, 2K are having a laugh and getting into the Halloween spirit by turning the busted faces into Halloween masks. You can print them out here. While some look…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
Fake League of Legends LEGO Looks Awesome
This isn’t LEGO. Nor is it an official League of Legends product. But Chinese toy companies Decool and Bozhi care not for international copyright laws. Normally known for their low-price, high-quality knockoffs of actual LEGO products, these offerings from the two companies areactually made up of original designs. Or, well, original in terms of LEGO…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
If Harry Potter Were About DOTA 2
“Harry, yer a DOTA player.” Former Team Liquid admin Ken “Hot_Bid” Chen and Mark “SirJolt” McEntegart are Kickstarting their eSports satire publication in an attempt to turn it into a full-time job. Among many samples of their work is a chunk of the first Harry Potter book rewritten to be aboutDOTA 2, which they’ll rewrite…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
It’s 2014, And Team Fortress 2 Is Still Around
I checked my RSS this morning, and saw – because I am still subscribed to the blog’s feed – this news piece from Team Fortress 2. It’s about the game’s big Halloween festivities. And I thought, wow, I can’t believe I’m still opening blog posts about Team Fortress 2. This is a game that was…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2014 -
UncategorizedA Totally Accurate Guide To The Races Of The Star Worms Universe
Ah yes, the Star Worms universe. So full of unforgettable characters and spooky aliens. Let’s take a trip down memory lane , shall we? As a follow-up to his guide to the races in the Star Trip universe, devoted Trekkie Neil Cicierega put together a guide to the fictional alien races of Star Warp. Watching…
By Chris Person Published October 29, 2014