TheWorse mod, which pumps up Watch Dog’s graphics to more closely resemble the visuals shown during E3 2012, has now released its final update. You can see the mod in action here, and download the final release here.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution‘s Starting Area, Recreated In CryEngine

Not that Deus Ex: Human Revolution didn’t already look great. It did. But the game’s unique environment, and the room we start in, Megan Reed’s office, recreated in CryEngine 3 by fan artist Jovcem, just look super. Check out his site for more cool close-ups. It really makes me want a new Deus Ex game.…

Here’s Halo‘s newest character. Played by actor Mike Colter, Agent Locke will be showing up in the live-action Halo: Nightfall series being produced by Ridley Scott. The character will then appear in next year’s Halo 5: Guardians. Variety has more details.

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High Level Starcraft II Play Starts Here

StarCraft II might be off the radar nowadays, but that doesn’t mean the pros stopped getting better and better at the game. One highlight was a recent matchbetween two Koreans, Parting and Byul, where the Protoss veteran basically destroyed the Zerg with perfect control of only a few units. Here’s the full match below. After…

Nvidia’s New Tablet Tries Damn Hard to Earn Real Video Game Respect

What would a tablet have to do to be seriously considered as the best place for you to play games? Native Twitch streaming? Good-as-console versions of popular games? Play-from-your-couch capability? Nvidia’s new gaming tablet can do all of that. And some extra stuff besides. You can use a controller with it, too. It’s been about…

Ghibli’s Newest is a Tale of Friends, Family, and the Supernatural

This last weekend in Japan saw the release of When Marnie Was There, the newest film from the acclaimed Studio Ghibli. It is an excellent tale of friendship and family all set against the backdrop of an incredibly personal supernatural story. Good – A Supernatural Mystery When Marnie Was There is one of those movies…

“Kimchi Slap” Looks Painful and Gross

You know kimchi, right? I love kimchi. I could eat it all day long. Just don’t try to slap me in the face with it, though. As tipster Sang points out, Everbody Kimchi is a South Korean drama set in the kimchi industry. On a recent episode, one character got slapped in the face with…

A South Korean court ruled that the cancelled One Piece exhibit can be held because the manga does not glorify Japanese imperialism and portrayed the Rising Sun imagery in a negative light. “Taking these reasons into consideration, the court concluded that the museum cannot unilaterally cancel the showing,” reports Asahi (via ANN).

The Luigi Death Stare Is Lethal Enough for a Japanese Commercial

Yes, the meme might be over, but that doesn’t mean the Luigi Death Stare can’t be used as a Mario Kart 8 selling point in Japan. マリオカート8 TVCM3[Nintendo@YouTube via Siliconera] To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture,…

Oh Hey, It’s Inflatable Pikachu Vagina

Ages ago, a particular Pikachu bouncy house was noticed in Japan. The entrance looked like, for lack of a better word, a Pikachu vagina. Earlier today, it was reported that the “giant Pikachu” was once again making an appearance. Eager folks, climb right on in! Note: This article contains content some readers might find objectionable.…

Family Of Dead Internet Addict Compensated $120,000

How much is a life worth? In China, apparently about $120,000. That’s how much the family of a 19-year-old young woman received after she died at an internet addiction camp earlier this year. Chinese internet website iFeng.com reports that the family of the young woman, surnamed LingLing, will be given compensation for her death amounting…

Sony Is Selling the PS Vita with a Dick Joke

As part of a PS Vita summer campaign, Sony has released a new Japanese ad on YouTube that can be described as ballsy. That, or a cheap sight gag. In the spot, schoolkids are getting changed for their summer swimming lessons, and after one kid drops his towel, another kid’s jaw drops and he says,…

Who wants to mainline and/or liveblog this

This is the closest I’m going to get to binge-watching the entirety of The Simpsons once it finds its way onto Netflix (unlikely) OR I dig up all my old DVD collections from my mother’s storage unit (also unlikely):