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UncategorizedHow To Eat When You’re a Marvel Character
Deadpool doesn’t know. Maybe he should watch this video Remember the How XX Eat Their Food meme? That was a bit of a thing last year—they even made one themed around video games. So now we have this video from D Piddy, also known as that-guy-who-cosplays-as-Deadpool-a-lot, and it really doesn’t matter that it’s a year…
By András Neltz Published August 13, 2014 - Uncategorized
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…
Ian Dransfield Published August 13, 2014 - Kotaku East
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…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 13, 2014 -
UncategorizedUp 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…
By András Neltz Published August 13, 2014 -
Uncategorized12 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…
By András Neltz Published August 13, 2014 -
UncategorizedBioWare’s Newest RPG Is Called Shadow Realms
As hinted at during this year’s E3, here is a first look at BioWare’s brand new game. It’s called Shadow Realms. Set in a “modern fantasy world,” Shadow Realms is an action role-playing game. Have a look at gameplay in the trailer below: It has four-versus-one gameplay, with four players able to fight against the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 13, 2014 -
UncategorizedFirst Look at Assassin’s Creed Rogue Gameplay
While the Assassin’s Creed Roguedebut trailer was CG heavy, we now (finally!) get a look at Rogue‘s gameplay—on land and at sea. Set during the Seven Years’ War, it features a Templar named Shay—something Kotaku first reported this past spring. Assassin’s Creed Rogue will be out this November on last gen platforms. Assassin’s Creed Rogue…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 13, 2014 - Uncategorized
Watch The EA Press Briefing Live, Right Here
A new day dawns on Cologne, Germany, and with it, Gamescom 2014. Yesterday, we heard from Microsoft and Sony—now, it’s EA’s turn. In twenty or so minutes, EA’s Gamescom press conference will kick off to tell us all about the new Dragon Age, the new FIFA, the new Sims, the new Battlefield, the upcoming MOBA…
By András Neltz Published August 13, 2014 - Kotaku East
There’s A Female Link, And Her Name Is Linkle
Did you know there’s a female version of Link? I didn’t! But according to a recently released Hyrule Warriors art book, there is. Well, sorta. The art book supplement shows character designs for Hyrule Warriors as well as designs for various “original” characters. Included in that is a “girl version of hero Link” (勇者のリンクの女の子版) called…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 13, 2014 - Uncategorized
Lego Titanfall Titan And Half-Life Hunter-Chopper
Infomaniac’s Lego creations include a Titanfall Titan with opening minifig-sized hatch, Half-Life Combine Hunter-Chopper, taco-themed podracer, and Lego for Girls-colored tank: You can see many more of his creations at Flickr Via TBB You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published August 12, 2014 - CultureCosplay
Angelina Jolie Cosplayer Is A Dead Ringer
It’s impressive how Natalya Blinkova, who from certain angles looks nothing like Angelina Jolie, can use a facial expression and a hairstlye change to suddenly look exactly like Angelina Jolie. Wanted, Maleficent, even Jolie’s weird CG turn in the Beowulf animated flick (which is probably the only shot below where she doesn’t nail the likeness),…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2014 - Uncategorized
Father Takes Kids To Israel To Teach About Real War
When Carl-Magnus Helgegren’s young sons revealed how obsessed with Call of Duty they’d become, he decided it was time to teach them some things about war. And have them taught by people in the business. “They were talking to me like it was a cool game, and everybody else was playing it, and it had…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2014 - Uncategorized
Nice Controller, Call Of Duty
We firstsaw the Call of Duty Xbox One console and controller this morning, but the pic was tiny and generally unhelpful. So here’s a better look. I…kinda like it! It’s like an expensive, militarised coffee machine.
By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2014 - Uncategorized
World of Warcraft Has New Trolls, And They Look Great
Blizzard has today shown off another of its updated designs for World of Warcraft, this time for the Trolls. Thanks to some pretty stellar art design on the original, the differences between the old (shown on the left of each pic) and new male Trolls aren’t that significant (at least until the customisation kicks in,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2014 - Uncategorized
“We actually bought all the graphical assets off the internet. I think we bought the goat for $20 dollars on the internet. It was on sale, 75 percent off.” If you only read one more thing on the internet tonight, ensure it’s this, on how Goat Simulator was made.
By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2014 -
UncategorizedI Can’t Believe It’s Not Mirror’s Edge (And Is Instead Minecraft)
I’ve seen a metric brick-stick-fuck-ton of game location recreations in Minecraft, but I don’t think one’s ever come this close to looking exactly like the original. Look at that. It’s the city from Mirror’s Edge. That’s it. What else is there to say? You can download it here
By Nathan Grayson Published August 12, 2014 - Uncategorized
Night Trap Creators Defend Sloppy Kickstarter… Sorta
More than 20 years after being the target of industry-changing controversy, infamous live-action video game Night Trap has all eyes on it again thanks to a Kickstarter for an HD revival that was sloppy at best. I brought a slew of concerns to its creators, and their responses were… kinda weird. At first glance, Night…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 12, 2014 - Esports
Your Odds of Being an eAthlete Esports is rapidly becoming one of the most popular ways for people to spend their time. League famously has 27 million daily users now, and DotA 2‘s the International was the largest tournament in history with a total prize pool of over $10,000,000. To put that in perspective, according…
By Dan Starkey Published August 12, 2014
