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UncategorizedThe Silent Hills Teaser Isn’t Nearly As Scary When It Glitches Out
I think I speak for everyone when I say that P.T. might as well stand for “Pretty Effin’ Terrifying.” That is, of course, unless things stop working in the demo. Then things get kind of hilarious. Obviously, if you don’t want to be spoiled on Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro’s teaser for their new…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 18, 2014 - Uncategorized
Total Crowdfunding for Star Citizen Star Citizen hit a new milestone this weekend, blazing past $50 million raised in total. It is by more than ten times as successful as Torment: Tides of Numenera, the next most crowd funded game. Just two weeks ago the Star Citizen broke $49 million. At the time project lead…
By Dan Starkey Published August 18, 2014 - Uncategorized
Here Are The Disney Infinity Baymax and Hiro Figures
This is the Disney Infinity Big Hero 6 Hiro figure. You can see Baymax below. Via Infinity Inquirer You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published August 18, 2014 - Uncategorized
SteelSeries Gaming Peripherals, Walking Dead Season 4, MSI 770 [Deals]
The Logitech G710+ was one of your top 5 nominations for Best Gaming Keyboard, and today you can grab it for $105. [Logitech G710+] But wait, there’s more. The SteelSeries QcK, the best-selling gaming mousepad and one of your favorites is down to $7. [SteelSeries Qck] And here are a bunch more SteelSeries accessories on…
By Shane Roberts Published August 18, 2014 -
UncategorizedNobody Expected This Pokémon To Win The Championship Last Weekend
This weekend, video game matches at the Pokémon World Championships saw the usual suspects. There was Garchomp. Aegislash. Mega Charizard. Just to name a few. But the championships also saw the delightful inclusion of Pachirisu, a Pokémon used by Masters champion Se Jun Park. Some context. Pachirisu is an electric squirrel-like Pokémon introduced in the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 18, 2014 -
UncategorizedA Rare, Deep Dive Into A Game That Never Got Made
Usually, when you hear about games that never make it out into the world, you get a few screenshots. Maybe a trailer teasing what might have been. But the dev studio behind Heavenly Sword and DmC are showing damn near all the work they did on a title that never saw the light of day.…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 18, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe People Behind A New Indie PS4 Game Will Answer Your Questions [Over]
The developers behind a promising-looking new action side-scrolling indie game that’s about to launch on the PS4 have come from seemingly everywhere. Their team is composed of developers from LucasArts, Pixar, Rockstar, Gearbox, Epic and other studios who have come together to make their first game, CounterSpy, out of the new San Francisco-based studio Dynamighty.…
By Tina Amini Published August 18, 2014 -
UncategorizedIf Michael Bay Directed Pixar’s Up
Say what you want about Michael Bay, but you can’t deny that the one-man blockbuster-movie-making machine has a unique style. It might not appeal to everyone. But hey: let’s all just be glad the guy isn’t making Pixar movies. That would be very…explosive, to say the least. YouTuber MrStratman7 recently offered up this vision of…
By Yannick LeJacq Published August 18, 2014 - Uncategorized
Stitch And Merida Star In The Other Way To Buy Disney Infinity 2.0
As much fun as I’ve been having watching all of these Marvel superheroes come to life in Disney Infinity 2.0, not every child enjoys comic book characters. For those that don’t, there’ll be a Disney Infinity Toy Box Starter Pack starring an alien puppy and a Scottish princess Leaked last week, this new set is…
By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2014 - Uncategorized
Diablo II Maps In Minecraft Will Fill You With Nostalgia
Even though the Arcane Sanctuary and the jungles of Act 3 in Diablo II were not the nicest maps with their unforgiving layout and enemies, there’s something in laztheripper‘s Minecraft recreation that makes me want to log back and run through them again. Here’s a huge gallery with almost every key location from Diablo II.…
By Gergo Vas Published August 18, 2014 - Uncategorized
Here are Özil and Thomas Müller, two stars of Germany’s national soccer team, acting weird in FIFA. This time their body parts are not glitching through the 5th they’re just trying to impress each other. via r/FIFA Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and…
By Gergo Vas Published August 18, 2014 - Uncategorized
How Lady Gaga Finally Delighted Nationalists in Japan
Last week, Lady Gaga wandered around Tokyo. Her outfit made some people (not all!) on the Japanese internet upset. But when she left, she donned clothes with nationalistic Japanese connotations, making some unhappy folks happy. The outfit that originally got under the skin of some Japanese online featured the Korean script for “color” (컬러). The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 18, 2014 - Kotaku East
Is This Blue Burger Amazing? Or Disgusting?
As previously noted, the color blue is an appetite suppressant. Yet, here we are, with a blue burger designed to look Earth. I’m not sure I could eat this, and boy, I love burgers. Part of me thinks it’s amazing that there is a chicken burger that looks like our planet. The other part of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 18, 2014 - Kotaku East
Science Museum Turns Lockers into a Giant Periodic Table
While visiting the Nagoya City Science Museum, Twitter user Kantaku noticed something very cool: the coin lockers. See how they’ve been turned into a giant periodic table? The name of each element is written below each symbol in Japanese, allowing visitors to store their belongings in Helium, Calcium, Oxygen, Potassium, and more. The number of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 18, 2014 - Uncategorized
Smartphone Gamer Dragged Through the Subway
Last week an incident broke out in the Beijing subway system. A young woman got into an altercation with her apparent boyfriend over a mobile phone game, it seems. The end result: she dragged the man onto a subway train. But was this just a PR stunt? Sina Games reports that the incident took place…
By Eric Jou Published August 18, 2014 -
Kotaku EastThe Official Pikachu Maid Costume
Considering how popular maid cafes are in Tokyo’s gaming district, it shouldn’t be a surprise that the Pikachu Cafe got a maid outfit of its own—temporarily, at least! That’s celebrity Rika Adachi working as a maid and restaurant manager in a special event held at the cafe. According to Inside Games, this is the first…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 18, 2014 - Kotaku East
A Look Back at Geek Fashion in Japan
Remember the 1990s? I do! While there were some very cool styles, there were some truly awful ones, too. Then, there’s this: 1990s Akihbara fashion. Recently postedagain online, these scans show off what some people (well, these people) were wearing in Tokyo’s geek district of Akihabara in a much simpler time. Note that some of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 18, 2014 - Kotaku East
Today, Sony revealed that a 500GB Charcoal Black PlayStation 3 is going on sale in Japan from August 28 for 25,980 yen ($253). The current 250 GB models (here and here) are priced at 23,790 yen ($232) each and will ceased being shipped by late August in Japan. No word about how this impact PS3s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 18, 2014