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The Xbox One’s First Week Sales in Japan Are Pretty Bad
People did buy the Xbox One in Japan. Not very many people, mind you. For a new console’s first week on sale, these numbers are, well, not good. According to Famitsu, the Xbox One sold 23,562 units in Japan in its first week on sale, which dates from September 4 to September 7. In comparison,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
These Vehicles Are Ready To Star In A Science Fiction Thriller
Ubisoft Art Director Rasmus Poulsen’s gallery is full of one awesome vehicle after another: You can see more of his work here and here You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published September 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
Here’s A Better Look At The New Deluxe Eddard Stark Figure
Threezero posted photos and detailed information regarding the Eddard Stark, the next addition to their Game of Thrones line: In the time we have offered the Tyrion Lannister figure from the hit HBO® series Game of Thrones® for pre-order, a common question we have been asked is who will be next! Today we can officially…
By John Struan Published September 9, 2014 - Uncategorized
Download the Wasteland 2 Manual
Want to get ready for Wasteland 2, or just enjoy perusing the numerous attributes? You can download the 99-page Wasteland 2 manual right here You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published September 9, 2014 -
CultureA Single Painting Can Transform A Movie
Alex James is a matte painter who has worked in both the video games and movie businesses. If you’re wondering what a matte painter does, that gif you’re seeing above might help explain it. Some of the movies Alex has worked on include Sin City 2, Pacific Rim, Elysium and Oblivion. You can see more…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 9, 2014 -
CultureCosplayAttack On Titan Cosplay Defeats Giants With Cuteness
D Piddy’s Colossal Titan cosplay, last seen being a total creep on the streets of Tokyo, takes a break to break some hearts with a tiny little Mikasa. That’s Cheese cosplaying as Mikasa, and her outfit and gear was made by Yuto Akaboshi
By Luke Plunkett Published September 9, 2014 -
UncategorizedCrawling Inside This Video Game Is Strangely Peaceful
My copy of Destiny didn’t arrive yesterday, so I had to scramble to find something else to play, what with my schedule having been cleared to play Destiny. So I sat down with Ultraworldinstead. Lucky me. It’s an open-world exploration game, one where you play someone inside a video game, tasked with helping out one…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 9, 2014 - Culture
Destiny Players, Which Class Did You Choose?
Before you shoot a single moon wizard in Destiny, you’ll have to choose a class. Titan, Hunter, or Warlock…pick one. As time goes on, it’ll get more common for people to make a couple of alternate characters in different classees, but for your first time through, you gotta pick one and stick with it. So,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 9, 2014 - Uncategorized
Between the masterpiece that is “Tanooki Bowser” (pictured above) and the amazing Robin Williams tribute from the other day, it looks like the Art Academy: SketchPad community on Miiverse is one to keep an eye on. (Via Bad Miiverse Posts, though I’d argue this is a Great Miiverse Post)
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 9, 2014 -
UncategorizedOctober Xbox One Update Will Make Gamerscore A Bigger Deal
The October system software update for Microsoft’s frequently-evolving Xbox One console will add a Gamerscore leaderboard that will rank Xbox One owners and their friends by the amount of Gamerscore they’ve attained in the last 30 days. Microsoft showed the new Gamerscore ranking system last night in a video highlighting several October firmware system software…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 9, 2014 - Uncategorized
Report: Microsoft Trying To Buy Mojang, Creators Of Minecraft [Update]
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that, according to “a person with knowledge of the matter”, Microsoft is in “serious discussions” to buy Mojang, the studio that made smash hit Minecraft. The deal is reported to be worth a whopping $2 billion, and “could be signed as early as this week”. UPDATE – Bloomberg now…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 9, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe First Game Announced For The Apple Watch Is… Arm Wrestling
What fresh new wrist-based interactive entertainment can we expect to see when the Apple Watch launches next spring? How do you feel about arm wrestling? Flying Tiger Entertainment, so excited the press release subject was in all caps, seems quite pleased to announce the first game for the Apple Watch and Android smartwatches, iArm Wrestle…
By Mike Fahey Published September 9, 2014 - Uncategorized
Kratos Is Even More Imposing Without Arms
Kratos. Now there’s a rage-filled video game character for you. Just look at him, perched there, glaring through the screen. He doesn’t even have limbs and I’m still scared he’s gonna come beat me up. For $600, I can let him try. Gaming Heads has finally pulled the curtain back on its new bust of…
By Yannick LeJacq Published September 9, 2014 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Says They’re Replacing Abnormally Noisy Xbox Ones
Is your Xbox One making too much noise? Send it to Microsoft and they’ll give you a new one. The folks behind the Xbox say they’re offering replacements for the “small number of customers” affected by a noise issue that seems to have grown more prevalentafter the Xbox One launched in a number of new…
By Jason Schreier Published September 9, 2014 -
UncategorizedWhat Video Game Characters Do When You’re Not Controlling Them
Yeah, video game characters are great when they’re hopping, bopping, and shooting everything in sight, but the best reveal themselves when they’re standing still. No, not like that, you pervert and also me after I wrote that sentence. Idle animations. I’m talking about idle animations. The above video contains some great ones, although I wish…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 9, 2014 - Tips & Guides
Tips For Playing Destiny
Greetings, Guardians! You’ve picked up Destiny for your gaming console of choice, loaded up your pulse rifle, and you’re getting ready to head to the Cosmodrome to fight The Darkness. It’s dangerous to go alone, you know. IMPORTANT UPDATE FOLLOWS 9/17/2015: Hi there! It’s Kirk from the future. It’s been a long time since I…
Kirk Hamilton & Tina Amini Published September 9, 2014 -
UncategorizedHopeful Smash Bros. Fans See Ridley Everywhere They Turn
Truthfully, I’m not the biggest Metroid fan. Still, all the the hype around the possibility that maybe, just maaaaybe, Ridley will be included as a playable character in the upcoming Smash is starting to infect me, too. Take this video by EWNetwork, for example, which analyzes the hell out of a shadow we saw in…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 9, 2014
