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The Tiniest Skylanders Of Them All Are Now Playable Characters

Along with the normal and large-sized Skylanders toys, over the past year or so Activision and Toys For Bob have been releasing these ridiculously cute little promo figures that acted as cosmetic pets in games like last year’s Swap Force. In this year’s Trap Team, they’re fully playable and fully freaking adorable. During my Skylanders:…

NBA 2K15 will be hitting the PC in the exact same form as its PS4/Xbox One console brethren, with enhanced graphics options available for that platform. The screenshot above is from the PC version. That’ll be good news to fans who felt that last year’s release was an under-realized port.

Pokémon, As Giant Beasts From Monster Hunter

Flower armor and explosive tails. That’s a very creative way to redesign Pokémon as giant monsters from the Monster Hunter series. Arvalis on DeviantART likes to make badass-looking Pokémon and this series he recently started looks very cool. Here’s a redesigned Charizard, and the Venusaur in its full glory below: Check out arvalis’ DeviantART page,…

Why Lady Gaga’s Outfit Upsets Some People in Japan

Lady Gaga is in Tokyo. According to her, it’s her “favorite place.” Too bad she’s just pissed off some folks online in Japan. On her Instagram account, Lady Gaga uploaded two photos of herself wearing a colorful outfit with Korean characters written on it. The Korean characters 컬러 appear mean just that: color. Innocuous stuff,…

Four Minutes Of Online Co-Op In BioWare’s Newest Game

Earlier today, BioWare unveiled a new action role-playing game called Shadow Realms. And now, here are four minutes of hands on gameplay from IGN. Have a look and let us know what you think in the comments. 4 Minutes of Shadow Realms Gameplay – Gamescom 2014 [IGN@YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write…

Meta Knight Returns, Looks as Menacing as Ever in Super Smash Bros. 4

Menacing or cuddly, depending on how you look at him. Kirby’s nemesis and the first on Brawl’s pro-gaming tier list, Meta Knight will be appearing for the second time in Smash Bros. He’s going to behave a bit differently according to series creator Masahiro Sakurai, who wrote: Meta Knight’s Up Special Move, Shuttle Loop, changed…

No, You Can’t Bite People in FIFA 15

Sebastien Enrique is the lead producer on the PS4 and Xbox One versions of FIFA 15. He’s been at EA Sports since FIFA 06 – in other words, when the series was still awful – and he’s been there to see its rise to greatness. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK I think he’s…

Models Walk on Insects for Chinese TV

And did so in hopes of winning a chance to work in Italy—as a model, that is, and not as a bug exterminator. Note: This article contains content some readers might find objectionable. As pointed out by That’s and ChinaNews, Guangxi TV teamed up with an Italian fashion agency for a satellite television show called…

Up Close and Personal with Dragon Age: Inquisition’s Combat

Skills. Flashy effects. Spells. Oh, and don’t forget the big-ass flaming swords. At Gamescom, EA showed us what combat looks like up close in Bioware’s upcoming RPG, Dragon Age: Inquisition, along with the systems powering it and the tactics involved. The demo involved both stealth and straight-up hacking and slashing, and we caught a glimpse…

12 Minutes of Battlefield Hardline’s Singleplayer

Today at Gamescom, EA revealed the singleplayer mode for the upcoming Battlefield game. The campaign stars Nick Mendoza, a detective from Miami, and the whole singleplayer mode is structured like a cops vs. criminals TV drama, according to EA, with each level resembling a TV episode-like unit. Here’s the twelve-minute gameplay video: EA also revealed…