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3D Print Your Own Destiny Handgun
First you could 3D print a Destiny Ghost, and now you can 3D print a Duke MK .44 hand cannon from the game: You can download the file for free, or order a printed version here. Via R/Gaming You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and…
By John Struan Published August 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
Can You Spot The Gaming PC In This Picture?
Hint: it’s the one with the USB ports. I’ve just received a review unit of Maingear’s miniscule Spark, a gaming PC that’s larger than an ambitious sandwich. Introduced at the beginning of the yearas a Steam Machine, tiny computers wait for no 2015 official release, so a version sporting Windows 8.1 is available for sale…
By Mike Fahey Published August 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedMicrosoft’s Pretty New Platformer Is Looking Great So Far
I went into Ori and the Blind Forest… well, blind. I had seen a trailer for it back at E3, but other than that I hadn’t bothered with any information. Nothing against it, I just hadn’t bothered. [This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK] I came out of my demo session with it at Gamescom…
Ian Dransfield Published August 20, 2014 -
CultureHighlight Reel: The Superman Exists, And He’s A Cannibal
We’ve rounded up some of the best highlights from the past few days in the gaming world and put them all in one place for you. Today, some beautiful explosives work in Titanfall and Battlefield 4, some glitched-out punches, and more! Link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check…
By Steve Marinconz Published August 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
The New FFVII Cloud Action Figure Comes With A Lot Of Swords
The upcoming Play Arts Kai Cloud Strife figure, based on his appearance in Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, comes with a lot of swords. Perfect for playing out the ending of the movie. Incredibly, the backpack actually holds all of them: Via Hidemi Matsuzuka You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to…
By John Struan Published August 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
Low Entry Fee to the 3DS Library, 10TB of Storage, EVO SSDs [Deals]
The 2DS is a very low barrier to entry to the great library of 3DS games. Today the barrier is even lower at just $100, with options. refurb Nintendo 2DS Game System with Mario Party: Island Tour ($100) | Groupon Nintendo Nintendo 2DS Crimson Red ($100) | Best Buy Nintendo Nintendo 2DS Electric Blue ($100)…
By Shane Roberts Published August 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedSomeone Made A Drake-Mario Kart Mash-Up And It’s Great
You’ve really gotta hand it to Nintendo fans. Instead of just moping about not being able to trash talk inMario Kart 8, they keep coming up with bigger and better ways to show off their skills. Not satisfied with taunting people in-game, one player has put his Mario Kart swagger to song: It’s a parody…
By Yannick LeJacq Published August 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
How Much It’d Currently Cost To Set Up Cloud Gaming For The US People have been skeptical of how well game streaming technology can possibly work for quite some time. Early reports from the Playstation Now Beta aren’t doing much to help consumers feel better. Many folks are saying the technology just isn’t there yet,…
By Dan Starkey Published August 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: What Psychologists Are Saying About Video Games & Wasting Your Time For A Decade: Interview With A Video Game Researcher • Breath of Fire: A Series Retrospective • Tales of the Sixth Grade: Anime Friends • Phantom Breakers Battle Grounds – The TAY Review TAY Classic—TAY Open…
By András Neltz Published August 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedTrack: Anaconda | Artist: Nicki Minaj | Album: Single
By Yannick LeJacq Published August 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedAssassin’s Creed Rogue is Actually Pretty Different
My problem with the Assassin’s Creed games is that I always try to play them like stealth games, and Assassin’s Creed is not a very good stealth game. It’s a great action game, when it wants to be, but it’s just not built for stealth as anything other than a side-mechanic. It’s not adaptive enough;…
Keza MacDonald Published August 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedThey Always Make Disney Infinity‘s Toy Box Look So Good
Last year I was assaulted by trailer after trailer filled with the magical possibilities of Disney Infinity‘s Toy Box building mode, only to find the best my imagination could muster was an incredibly high plataeu to drive cars off of. My hopes aren’t quite as high the second time around. I used to love games…
By Mike Fahey Published August 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedAs Evil Plots Go, LEGO Batman 3‘s Isn’t Too Shabby
The evil Brainiac, seeking to upgrade from collecting cities to collecting whole worlds, harness the power of the Lantern Rings in order to shrink the Earth, forcing DC’s greatest superheroes to join forces with the Legion of Doom to stop him. That’s something I’d like to see. It seems my favorite DC Comics moments always…
By Mike Fahey Published August 20, 2014 - Kotaku East
Pink Grasshoppers Are Real, Rare, and Vaguely Cute
A sixth grader in Gunma Prefecture, Japan recently discovered a pink grasshopper—which is “extremely rare.” It and the boy ended up on NHK, the country’s equivalent of the BBC. As The Huffington Post points out, not much is known about pink grasshoppers other than it’s thought the mutation is caused due to the grasshopper having…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
Nintendo, You Should Listen To These Diehard Pokémon Fans
Have you ever played a video game in another language? Maybe you understood that foreign lingo no problem and were fine. Maybe it was difficult. Maybe you just wanted to play the game in your native language. Then, you’ll understand these Chinese Pokémon fans. As South China Morning Post points out, there hasn’t been an…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
People Really, Really Want to Work at Valve
At least, according to those polled for an International Game Developers Association (IGDA) poll. And how bad do they want to work there? More than at their own company. As pointed out on GameSpot, over 2,200 developers were polled as to which game developer or publisher they’d like to work for. Here are the top…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 20, 2014 - Kotaku East
Man Proposes with 1,001 Hot Dogs
Hot dogs are great! I don’t care what anyone else has to say about them, but I enjoy eating hot dogs. Well, it seems I’m not alone in this world as one young man in China has gotten all frank to propose to his girlfriend. This past Saturday, Chengdu Evening News reported that a 28-year-old…
By Eric Jou Published August 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
Here’s What a Live-Action Square Enix TV Show Looks Like
You know that Square Enix games have a certain look. The outfits, the weapons, and the hair all look very Square Enix-y. So if you thought a live-action TV based on a Square Enix game would look like, well, Square Enix, then you’d be right. Based on a card battle game for iOS, Android, and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 20, 2014 -
Kotaku EastJapanese Viewers List This Summer’s Most Popular Anime
It’s so hot! There’s a good way to pass the time: Watch anime. And recently, male and female anime viewers were polled over their favorite shows of this summer. As Zaikei reports, download music site Recochoku polled 578 people between July 25 and August 5, asking them to name which anime of the summer they…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 20, 2014
