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Great, Ryu, NOW look at what you’ve done
Always breaking things… via Reddit
By Yannick LeJacq Published August 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
This Developer’s App Icons Will Haunt Your Dreams
At iTunes, there’s a selection of nearly one hundred apps in the Kids Fun Club by TabTale collection. The icons are nightmarish: You can see more at the Kids Fun Club page at iTunes. Via Mark Brown You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs…
By John Struan Published August 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Another Microsoft-Published Xbox One Launch Game Is Coming To PC
Xbox One launch game Ryse is coming to PC this fall, according to the folks behind the game, though not via the game’s original publisher Microsoft. There’s a little bit of a curious pattern developing here with Xbox One launch titles. A third-person action game set in ancient Rome, Ryse was developed by Crytek and…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Streak about to be broken? Nintendo has released a new handheld—or iteration of an existing handheld—in North America in each of the past five years. Nothing announced for this fall, which means 2014 might break the streak. Unless… anyone want a 2DS XL to be announced by December? A 3D XL Lite? Game Boy 2?…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedLara Croft’s Manor, Remade As A Counter-Strike Map
It’s a pretty big map to play CS:GO on, but definitely a fun one. The level takes the maze, the pool, the training area, and all the colorful locations from Lara Croft’s various manors from the Tomb Raider games, and mixes together in the form of a Counter-Strike map. There’s no butler though, so we…
By Gergo Vas Published August 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: School Trips to Game Worlds: A Space Station for All Subjects • Koda’s Top 10 Summer 2014 Anime Openings • Game of The Week — Island Paradise (And Some Monsters. And Yo-Yos): StarTropics • Video Games As More Than Gameplay TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY…
By András Neltz Published August 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedNintendo Finally Brings 1986 Video Game To America
It’s taken more than 25 years but a NES game made by Nintendo itself will finally be coming out in North America. You may have seen or heard homages to The Mysterious Murasame Castle in Nintendo games but the real deal comes to the 3DS this week. Get ready, but this sucker looks hard. Originally…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
LEGO Steampunk Diorama Is All About The Rusty Vehicles
Logan‘s Steampunk-themed “SWAT team bust” diorama is not a typical LEGO build. He named it “The grand arrest of Professor Filius Bertram” and that arrest includes coal-powered airships, a tank and something that looks like a tripod. Very cartoony. The Ghibli-style house is cool, but the best part of the whole build are definitely the…
By Gergo Vas Published August 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedAladdin And Princess Jasmine Are Coming To Disney Infinity
Seeing how the movie came out 22 years ago, Aladdin isn’t exactly “a whole new world” at this point. Disney Infinity certainly took its sweet time bringing the nineties-era classic back in video game form, though. Today, Disney finally revealed its plans to bring Aladdin and Princess Jasmine to the Disney Infinity Toybox 2.0. Don’t…
By Yannick LeJacq Published August 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedModder Turns StarCraft II Into Warcraft, Sort of
Modder Steven Luo is working hard to convert StarCraft II into a new Warcraft game with the help of SCII’s map editor. In the latest version of his “Warcraft: Alliance and Horde” mod—which can be found on StarCraft II‘s arcade page—he added quite a lot of things: the Burning Legion and the Undead Scourge as…
By Gergo Vas Published August 7, 2014 -
Kotaku EastSquare Enix is Bringing Back Its First Game. It’s Not What You Think
When game companies Square and Enix merged in 2003, JRPG fans were on edge as to what masterpiece the new juggernaut was sure to make. They made a game. And now, 11 years later, they’ve brought it back. It’s not the game you think it is. The first game that was developed and released in…
By Toshi Nakamura Published August 7, 2014 - Kotaku East
The PlayStation Optimus Prime Transformer Looks Glorious
Last month, Kotaku first reported that Optimus Prime was getting a special PlayStation Transformer. But that was concept art only! Now, we get a look at the actual toy. It’s wonderful. Website Radio Kaikanattended a figure event in Tokyo’s Akihabara where the 19cm-tall Optimus Prime PlayStation Transformer was on display. [Photo: Radio Kaikan] [Photo: Radio…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Why Are Nintendo Characters in This Chinese Smartphone Promo? [Update]
Many game developers are rushing towards mobile phones as a place to release their games. Nintendo, however, has preferred to stick close to its own gaming hardware. Which is why it’s so odd that Nintendo characters appeared at this mobile phone booth at the recent China Joy gaming expo. China Mobile, China’s largest telecommunications carrier,…
By Eric Jou Published August 7, 2014 - Kotaku East
I Can’t Believe These $18,000 Evangelion Statues Sold Out in Minutes
Often, when Japanese companies offer ridiculously expensive, limited edition products, I kind of shrug my shoulders. “Nobody’s gonna buy this,” I think. Well, this time I was wrong. Yesterday, Kotaku reported that 7-Eleven Japan was offering twenty five limited edition Evangelion Unit-01 statues, priced at 1.836 million yen (or US$17,892). According to Sankei News, within…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 7, 2014 - Kotaku East
There’s a Good Reason Why This Game Is Japan’s Current Best-Seller
Yokai Watch 2 (妖怪ウォッチ2), the sequel to the exceedingly popular Yokai Watch, has been selling like gangbusters in Japan. And for good reason. Not only is the TV anime going strong and related toys disappearing off of store shelves faster than they can stock them, but the game itself is a whole lot of fun.…
By Toshi Nakamura Published August 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedVideo Shows How Far Project CARS Has Come in Two Years
One racetrack, one car, one game, two years apart. From the foliage to the road textures and the overall colors, the changes are quite noticeable. The eight-minute clip comes courtesy of Adrián Bermúdez, aka ADRIANF1esp, who is also responsible for this spring’sProject CARS-to-real-life comparison video. Here, he races across the same track in two different…
By András Neltz Published August 7, 2014 - Kotaku East
Every Dorm Room Should Come With an Inflatable Pool
It’s summer. It’s hot. In China, some college students have figured out a way to beat the heat: Inflatable pools in their dorm rooms! In Chinese, these are called “college student dorm inflatable pools” (大学生宿舍充气泳池). Summer sessions are notoriously hot, and Chinese university students have come up with a variety of ways to cope, including…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 7, 2014 - Kotaku East
Your Rival in Keiji Inafune’s Next Game is Basically Mega Man
In Azure Striker Gunvolt, you play the role of the electricity manipulating Gunvolt. If you thought that with Keiji Inafune as producer, Gunvolt would be just another enemy power-stealing Mega Man clone, worry not – That’s your rival character. Produced by Keiji Inafune and developed by Inti Creates, Azure Striker Gunvolt is an upcoming 2D…
By Toshi Nakamura Published August 7, 2014