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Destiny‘s Beta Characters Aren’t Transferring to the Final Version
Millions of players might have been hoping—assuming, even—that all the work they’d put in leveling up and customizing characters during the Destiny beta would continue on in the final version of the game. Nope. The characters built in this summer’s pre-launch test are being wiped and all players will be starting fresh. News of this…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 11, 2014 - Uncategorized
So how about some awesome Minecraft wallpapers? Here’s a few great-looking screenshots from Darastlix’s Minecraft landscape portfolio, shared recently over at r/minecraft. You can check them all out in the embedded album below. My Minecraft landscaping portfolio [Imgur, via r/minecraft] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest…
By András Neltz Published August 11, 2014 - Kotaku East
Giant World of Warcraft Bird Wins Cosplay Competition
During this year’s China Digital Entertainment Expo, or China Joy, Blizzard held their annual Blizzard themed cosplay contest. And while China Joy’s known for some rather revealing cosplay, the winner of Blizzard’s event was covered head to toe. Not even her face was showing. The winner of the Blizzard China Joy cosplay competition won the…
By Eric Jou Published August 11, 2014 - Kotaku East
Porn Star Vacation? There’s a Catch.
In Japan, a talent agency is holding a raffle to see who can win a chance to go on a porn star vacation. But there’s a catch. Actually, there are several. Note: This article contains content some readers might find objectionable. As pointed out by 2ch, Japan’s largest internet forum, an adult actress talent agency…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2014 - Kotaku East
A Look Back At Chinese Net Cafes Through The Years
Since time immemorial, Chinese internet cafes have been the hub, the nexus of all gaming in China. That’s soon to change now with access to mobile devices, home computer setups and the advent of video game consoles in the Chinese living room. Chinese news site NetEase has dedicated a slideshow to the “passing” of the…
By Eric Jou Published August 11, 2014 - Kotaku East
Chinese Government Pledges To Support Game Developers
In an almost “weird that it didn’t happen sooner” kind of way, Chinese state media reports that two Chinese ministries will join together to help develop and support burgeoning animators and game developers. Economic Daily, a state-funded paper in China, reports that the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Finance have set up a…
By Eric Jou Published August 11, 2014 - Kotaku East
This Parade of Pikachus Looks Like a Pokemon Invasion
Last Friday, a bunch of Pikachus began marching through Yokohama. Your typical Friday, this wasn’t. As previously reported, this is part of a Pikachu event this summer in Japan. Friday was the first day of the “Greet Pikachu” event, which features a stream of Pikachus. It’s like these cute, yellow overlords have taken over, and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2014 -
UncategorizedVideos About Minecraft Doors Are a Lot More Fun Than You’d Expect
Generally, when you build your lair in Minecraft, you need a door. There are two ways you can go about getting one: either craft one out of wood or metal, or engineer a clever gate using redstone machinery. These videos are about the latter, but they’re fun even if you don’t care about the doors…
By András Neltz Published August 11, 2014 - Kotaku East
Getting a Job at Studio Ghibli Could Involve Fresh Fruit
Recently, When Marnie Was There director Hiromasa Yonebayashi talked about how he got his job at the famed animation studio. The application process might surprise you. Maybe not! As part of his application, Yonebayashi had to submit two drawings. Then, he had to go to Ghibli and take a rather simple examination. Then, at the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2014 -
Kotaku EastUnusual Japanese Bank Commercials Feature Magical Girls
These are commercials for Bank of The Ryukyus, an actual bank in Okinawa, Japan. Like, a real bank. Here, you can see one of its loan ads from earlier this year. The virtual idol animation is all kinds of awful! Apparently, this was made for broadcast television. And here is the bank’s latest commercial, for…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2014 -
UncategorizedReal Smash Bros. Is Way More Brutal Than Video Game Smash Bros.
A bunch of friends, some props, some shitty costumes, a production company…yeah, this Smash Bros. vid looked like a good time. Well, good for us. Things start getting a little weird when the lines between play-fighting and fighting get blurred.
By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2014 - Uncategorized
Bioshock Infinite Songbird Cosplay
Impressive, menacing Songbird cosplay: By this Tumblr user, I believe. Photos via Twitter and R/Gaming You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published August 11, 2014 - Uncategorized
Video Game Novels Suck (Especially Their Sex Scenes)
There have been novels based on video games for as long as there have been video games. Thing is, you could probably count the number of good ones on one hand. Pity writer Richard Cobbett, then, who spent the last week readingsome of the very worst of them. He’s recordedthe torment on his blog, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 10, 2014 - Culture
King Of The Crabs, I Don’t Think You Realize How Cute You Are
Based in San Francisco, Tuan Vo is a freelance concept artist and illustrator who has been working in the games industry for around three years now. You can see more of Tuan’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
You Can Buy The Secret History Of The Sega Genesis
Last year, I fell in love with a very fancybook about the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. Well, that book is now ready to buy (for everyone, not just those who backed its Kickstarter), and it looks amazing It’s not just a coffee table book full of pretty photos and technical diagrams, though. There’s a book book…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
Like XCOM, But In The Wild West? You Have My Attention.
“In a nutshell, Hard West is a turn-based squad tactical with adventurous world exploration. Think X-Com combat with Heroes of Might and Magic world map”. Well hello there perfect game description. Hard West, currently on Kickstarter, is looking very much like its sales pitch: you explore a Wild West overworld then, when it’s time to…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
Wait, The GameCube’s Pikmin Could Run In Windows?
Huh. In today’s installment of “things I wish I’d known in 2001” comes this page on The Cutting Room Floor, via Brandon Boyer, which both outlines the fact the original Pikmin on GameCube could run on a PC, and shows you howto do it. Turns out there’s a Windows executable file on the wee disc,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 10, 2014