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Dual-Wielding, An Artist’s Impression
Blake McDermott is a freelance concept artist from the USA. I’m digging his style. It’s got the frantic lines of, say, Ashley Wood, but also the kind of obsessive detail you see in Tsutomo Nihei’s earlier work. You can see more of Blake’s stuffat his personal site To see the larger pics in all their…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 27, 2014 - Uncategorized
Official Civilization LEGO Doesn’t Include Nukes (Or Pottery)
It’s not a smug Gandhi, or a Great Library, but this new project on LEGO’s Ideas platform is nevertheless an official piece of Civilization LEGO. It just needs some votes to help turn it into a real thing you can buy. Unlike most other submissions to Ideas, which come from fans, this actually comes from…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 27, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe End Of The World Doesn’t Always Have To Be Brown
Submerged is an exploration adventure from ex-BioShock devs that takes place in the technology-spattered ruins of a place that’s seen better (and less water-logged) days. If you ask me, though, it looks almost… pleasant? Don’t know about you, but I’d hang out there. I love it when a single shot/gif of a game can make…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 27, 2014 - Uncategorized
Valkyria Chronicles Is Coming To PC!
The original Valkyria Chronicles, a gorgeousstrategy/RPG for the PS3, is getting a late (but very welcome) port to the PC. Sega just confirmed it via Twitter, with more info to come. If you never played it, know that for all its flaws (it got tough), this was a strategy game with a ton of personality…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 27, 2014 -
UncategorizedFallout 3’s First Level Does Everything Right
I’ve been thinking about the apocalypse a lot lately. It’s partly because of the intense drought in California. But mostly, it’s been because of Fallout fans. For the last few months, there has been one thought keeping many Fallout fans afloat: maybe, just maybe, Bethesda will announce Fallout 4 on October 23rd—otherwise known as the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 27, 2014 - Uncategorized
New Minecraft LEGO Kinda Misses The Point Of LEGO
While there have always been jokes about Minecraft LEGO – the toys have done much of what the game does for decades without its help, thanks – this new set takes things to a whole new level of “wha huh?”. It’s called a Minecraft Crafting Box. It’s a box full of LEGO pieces. The box…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 27, 2014 - Uncategorized
No More Getting Half-Naked On Stream, Twitch Says
No shirt, no shoes, no service. Uber-popular game streaming service Twitch has made a slight yet impactful change to its rules of conduct. Where once it merely put a big, fluffy blanket over all naughty bits—banning “sexually explicit acts or content,” which included “nudity, stripping, or performing/discussing sexual acts”—it’s now seen fit to prohibit sexually…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 27, 2014 - Uncategorized
Playing a Fake Arcade Game Will Make a Weird Game Weirder
When first signs of life appeared for The Black Glove, it quickly became clear that the former BioShock devs working on the first-person game wanted it to be a bit bizarre. So, their homage to old-school arcade games won’t just be a fun, nostalgic mini-game. Those creatures are going to break through into the funky…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 27, 2014 -
UncategorizedA Surreal RPG That’s Too Spooky For Me
With Halloween just days away, now is a great time to get in the mood with some spooky video games. So here’s a free action RPG that harkens back to the spookiest gaming machine — The ZX Spectrum. The Midnight Station is such a strange amalgamation of ideas. In it you play as a sentient…
By Chris Person Published October 27, 2014 - Esports
World’s Biggest LAN Party Kicks Out CEO
DreamHack is where some of PC gaming’s elite professional teams go to compete for millions of dollars in prize money. Now, one of the people who helped turn it into one of the world’s largest video game events has been booted from the company. Up until this weekend, Robert Ohlén was the CEO of DreamHack,…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 27, 2014 - Uncategorized
Which Of Fantasy Life‘s Roles Did You Play First?
Level-5’s lovely little life-simulator/role-playing game, Fantasy Life, begins with players choosing one of 12 different lives to serve as their entry point into this colorful little world. Which was your first? Do you begin with a traditional RPG job, asJason Schreierdid with his Wizard, or do you start off with something more mundane? Patricia Hernandez…
By Mike Fahey Published October 27, 2014 -
UncategorizedCaptain Falcon Is Way Better With Space Jam
Okay, yes—what isn’t better with Space Jam? Regardless, it’s rather entertaining to watch Captain Falcon spike a bunch of fools off Smash Bros. stages to that very tune. It helps, of course, that spiking is one of the most gratifying things to do in Smash Bros. games. Of course it’s a joy to watch BushBoyFalcon…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 27, 2014 -
UncategorizedNintendo’s Amiibo Commercial Is the Most Awkward Four Minutes Ever
Toy commercials aren’t really known for their quality, but Nintendo’s new Amiibo commercial is straight-up painful. You’re reading Numbers, a blog on Kotaku that examines games and culture through the lens of math and statistics. To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find him on Twitter @dcstarkey
By Dan Starkey Published October 27, 2014 -
UncategorizedHere’s Why Wolfenstein: The New Order Worked So Well
Before it came out, everybody was expecting to kill loads and loads of Nazis in Wolfenstein: The New Order. Almost nobody was expecting the first-person shooter to tell a surprisingly touching story. If you haven’t played yet—and don’t mind the events of the game getting spoiled —here’s what happens in the alt-history narrative. Nerdist’s video…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 27, 2014 -
UncategorizedSunset Overdrive, Xbox One Price Cut, Logitech G502, and More Deals
It’s too late to get release day delivery on Sunset Overdrive, but it’s not too late to get a $10 gift card with your preorder. [ Sunset Overdrive] Starting on November 2, the no-Kinect Xbox One and two of its related bundles will be sold at a discounted price of $349. The price cut applies…
By Shane Roberts Published October 27, 2014 - Uncategorized
3A Toys’ Doctor Doom Comes In Three Shades Of Evil
I look at the three colorways (color variants) of 3A Toys’ Doctor Doom figure and I see several hundred dollars ready to evacuate my bank account. Evan Narcisse looks at them and sees pointy shoes. Doom is not pleased. Marvel Comics most iconic villain showed his variant colors todayover at 3A’s website (viaSuper Punch), and…
By Mike Fahey Published October 27, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Hidden Treats in… Costume Quest • Killer Queen is a Great Dark Thriller • Lucid9 is Promising, but Unpolished TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published October 27, 2014 -
ReviewsSunset Overdrive: The Kotaku Review
“I started this game collecting trash,” my character quipped late in Sunset Overdrive, “and now I’m collecting trash again.” She was defending a makeshift boat that was trying to escape the zombie-infested wasteland of Sunset City. It was a thrilling chase scene. So why were we collecting trash in the middle of it? Well, see:…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 27, 2014 -
EsportsFive Ways To Lose Like A Winner in eSports
Tutorial Central got me with his third tip of his recent video, which is about losing gloriously in StarCraft II and other competitive games. I’d be stunned if someone paused the game during a carefully planned zerg rush to start talking about a broccoli accident in the kitchen. The other three are classics. And number…
By Gergo Vas Published October 27, 2014
