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Scrap Metal Hulk is, Well, Incredible
Scrap metal art is not new. Loads of artists made wonderful works out of whatever metal they can get their hands on. Very few, however, can pull off an Incredible Hulk like this. You are looking at the work of Thailand’s BanHunLek. The shop is known for its custom sculptures made out of used car…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
MMO-racer The Crew will be a few weeks late, arriving on December 2 instead of November 11, Ubisoft announced in a blog post. Good news is that this means there will be another closed beta test, which Ubisoft says they’re planning to carry out in November, this time on the PS4 and the Xbox One.
By András Neltz Published October 7, 2014 - Kotaku East
“China’s Youngest Hacker” Says He’s a Good Kid
Meet Wang Zhengyang. He’s being hailed as his country’s “youngest hacker” and has started giving presentations on internet security. And he’s apparently using his powers for good. According to Want China Times, Wang is 13 years old, but CCTV, China’s largest television network, says he is 12 years old. I’m sure somewhere in China there…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Kingdom Hearts III Is Being Made with Unreal Engine 4
In a recent interview, game creator Tetsuya Nomura revealed that Kingdom Hearts III is now being developed on Unreal Engine 4. Oh. Alright, then. It was largely assumed that Square Enix was using an in-house game engine for Kingdom Hearts III like it is for Final Fantasy XV. That would make sense, no? The Unreal…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Digital Storm Bolt II: The Kotaku Review
The second generation of Digital Storm’s super-slim Bolt system has a clear advantage in the gaming PC’s leisurely march towards the living room: tiny little feet. I didn’t realize how important tiny little feet were to a slim gaming PC until I met the Bolt II. Honestly I didn’t immediately recognize the bits of black…
By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2014 - Culture
It’s Break Time For Metroid’s Samus
Alex Figini is a concept artist at BioWare, the developers of games like Mass Effect and Dragon Age. We featured his Mass Effect stufflast year, but today we’re taking a look at his portfolio in general, since it’s so damn good. You can see more of Alex’s work at his ArtStation page To see the…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 6, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Horror Of 554 Simpsons Couch Gags All Going Off At Once
Here’s 25 years’ worth of Simpsons couch gags. All playing at the same time. You (by which I mean your ears) have been warned. The horror. The collective lurching death dirge—as though 25 years of pop culture suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced—weirdly reminds me of the noise Futurama‘s Hypnotoad makes. COINCIDENCE?…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 6, 2014 -
UncategorizedI’m Developing A Serious Racing Wheel Problem
Late last night, during my fourth day of playing Forza Horizon 2 with Mad Catz’ Xbox One Pro Racing Wheel, I began to wonder if force feedback in my hands was enough. Why isn’t my chair shaking? Shouldn’t I feel the vibrations of the road beneath my feet? Oh no. It’s been ages since I’ve…
By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2014 -
UncategorizedWatch People Panic And Die In Alien: Isolation
Alien: Isolation isn’t exactly a “fun” game to play. It’s super stressful and really difficult. It’s definitely fun to watch other people play it, however. Once this game is out, I sense there will be a lot of good times to be had watching people hide, flee, and panic as they attempt to survive. In…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 6, 2014 -
UncategorizedIf A Game Looks This Good In GIFs, It’s Doing Something Right
I am a man of simple tastes. I like games with fluid animation, and I like making animated GIFs. When I get to combine those two things, boy howdy am I a happy camper. That’s the trailer for Children of Morta, an indie dungeon-crawler from the folks at Dead Mage. Its sprites are reminiscent of…
By Chris Person Published October 6, 2014 -
UncategorizedShadow of Mordor Player Pulls Off Massive Betrayal
Sauron’s entire high command, all going after a single warchief at once. He never stands a chance. Confused about what happens in the clip? Shadow of Mordor grants players the ability control and dominate orcs, which in turn lets a player plant orcs in Sauron’s high command. In this case, that power is used so…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 6, 2014 - Uncategorized
A Game That Makes BioShock Look Downright Normal
The Black Glove, which is being made by ex-BioShock devs, looks like BioShock‘s zanier child, but it certainly doesn’t play anything like it. For one, no guns. For two, space minotaurs. Three, it’s about a surreal trans-dimensional 1920s theater. It sounds really, really cool. And super weird. The Black Glove takes place in a trans-dimensional…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 6, 2014 -
UncategorizedAdam Carolla Taunts Children To Celebrate The New Skylanders
In celebration of the launch of Skylanders: Trap Team, Activision planted hidden cameras all over a Toys’R’Us and piped the voice of comedian and podcast master Adam Carolla through the game’s demo kiosk. Then the taunting begins. When a villain is trapped in one of the game’s crystal prisons and inserted into the plastic glowing…
By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2014 -
UncategorizedHow To Mod Your 3DS To Play Smash Bros. With A Gamecube Controller
As soon as Nintendo released a demo for Smash Bros., it seemed like technical-minded people rushed to find ways to be able to play the game as it was meant to be played: with a controller. And now you can do it, too…provided you have the right tools and don’t mind fiddling with the insides…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 6, 2014 - Uncategorized
Disney Added 21 Games To Steam. Here’s What’s Worth Playing.
Last week’s release of the free-to-downloadDisney Infinity 2.0 was just the tip of the Disney PC gaming iceberg. Today Disney Interactive has released a whopping 21 titles on Steam, from traditional children’s fare to arcade racing action. What’s worth checking out? Pure — $17.99 One of my favorite off-road racers of the previous generation, I’d…
By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2014 - Uncategorized
AC Unity Will Have Same Specs On Xbox One and PS4 To Avoid ‘Debates’ [UPDATE]
Video game publisher Ubisoft is taking a whole lot of fire today after one of their developers implied that the company intentionally limited one version of the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Unity in order to maintain graphical parity with the other. It started with a quote from Ubisoft Montreal producer Vincent Pontbriand, speaking to the website…
By Jason Schreier Published October 6, 2014 -
UncategorizedFinal Fantasy’s Gunblade, Forged By Master Blacksmiths
You might not be able to fire blanks from this Gunblade recreation like Squall does, but that sure doesn’t make the weapon any less deadly. It is, after all, still a sharp blade! You can watch the entire creation process by AWE me in the video above, and it’s a pretty interesting watch thanks to…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 6, 2014 - Uncategorized
Fake Smash Bros. Facts Are The Best
Not everything that Super Smash Factstweets out is real, but that doesn’t doesn’t mean the Smash Bros. “factoids” account can’t be funny. In fact, sometimes the parody Twitter account manages to be more truthful than the actual descriptions you’ll find in the Smash Bros. games. Most of the time, though, the Twitter account just likes…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 6, 2014 - Uncategorized
30 Changes That Would Make Destiny A Better Game
First, you play Destiny. Then, you complain about Destiny. Then, you play some more. That’s been our process over the last few weeks, anyway. Several of us here at Kotaku have been playing Destiny regularly, and every time we play, we come up with more things we wish the game did differently. Bungie has already…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 6, 2014