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Which Game Has The Best Intro Sequence?
Most of the best video games grab your attention right from the start. They show you something amazing, or mysterious, or beautiful, and pull you in. Yesterday, Gone Home developer Steve Gaynor made the bold proclamation that the intro to Fallout was the greatest video game intro of all time: It’s a strong entry, to…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 6, 2014 -
UncategorizedIt Took Seven Years To Find 400 Stunts In Halo
The Ultimate Stunting Tutorial is a tremendous effort by dozens of people who came together in the name of doing awesome stuff in the original Halo. Flips. Explosions. Balancing acts. Vehicle launches. Defying physics. UST has it all. Best of all, as the name implies, the video series—which takes place entirely in Blood Gulch—teaches you…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 6, 2014 - Reviews
Nvidia Shield Tablet: The Kotaku Review
Last year’s Nvidia Shield portable was the most powerful Android gaming system on the market at the time. The Nvidia Shield Tablet is the most powerful Android gaming system on the market, but it’s also something its predecessor was not — useful. The original Nvidia Shield, rebranded the Shield Portable in the wake of the…
By Mike Fahey Published August 6, 2014 - Uncategorized
Twitch Cracks Down On Music In Videos, Users Freak Out
Twitch has made some changes today. Some were pretty boring. Another, however, has a lot of people very upset. The streaming giant has implemented audio monitoring tools similar to those used by YouTube, aimed at identifying the use of copyrighted music in archived copies of user’s videos. The software will scan 30-minute sections of videos;…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 6, 2014 -
UncategorizedKratos Is A Loser Even When He Wins
If there was ever a video game character that needed to go into therapy, it’s God of War star Kratos. Even David Jaffe, one of his creators, has said that the guy should calm down But can you really blame him? He lost his entire family before the original God of War even started. And…
By Yannick LeJacq Published August 6, 2014 - Uncategorized
Someone’s Suing Sony Because A PS4 Game Isn’t 1080p
Proving the theory that anyone will sue anyone for anything, a legal firm filed a class-action lawsuit for $5 million against Sony yesterday because the multiplayer mode in PS4 game Killzone: Shadowfall doesn’t run at a “native” resolution of 1080p. Yep, this is for real. The suit, which you can read below, alleges that Sony…
By Jason Schreier Published August 6, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Sims 4 Without Toddlers Looks… Weird
The Sims 4 will have no toddlers. None. You can look in ball pits, on precariously high tables, at Lego-eating conventions—anywhere. You will not find them. Many players are upset. How will the game work without that crucial stage of development? Like this. So that’s a bit, um… strange. Don’t get me wrong: I wish…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 6, 2014 - Uncategorized
I Love That I Can Pause Dota 2
The first time someone paused a match of Dota 2, I was shocked.I didn’t know pausing was possible. I remember thinking to myself, wow, what the hell? What’s happening? Am I seriously playing a multiplayer game that people can pause? Games have done stuff like this before, that’s true. But as I sink more time…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 6, 2014 - Uncategorized
Times I Died Finishing Resident Evil 4‘s Professional Mode RE4 is among my all-time favorite games. It’s a comfortable fall-back. When I get sick of new games and just want to slaughter some pseudo-zombies, it’s always been there for me. Part of that comes from the game’s crazy unlockables and the ease with which you…
By Dan Starkey Published August 6, 2014 - Uncategorized
Yoshi’s Real Name Is Actually ‘T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas’
An old Nintendo character guide lets us know all sorts of things about Mario and his Mushroom Kingdom friends. Like the fact that Bowser invaded Princess Peach’s sovereignity because he can’t stand the thought of ‘happy fungi.’ Over the last 24 hours, writer Blake Harris—who penned the excellent Console Wars book—has been sharing tidbits from…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 6, 2014 -
CultureHighlight Reel: How To Summon 6 Leeroy Jenkins(es?)
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: An anti-aircraft log, a creatively themed Dark Souls 2 hack, and creative ways to use new game mechanics. Link any of your favorite highlights in the comments below,…
By Steve Marinconz Published August 6, 2014 -
UncategorizedTwitch is changing the way its users can edit and archive their gameplay videos, the company announced today. While this is meant to improve the way that videos are stored and made available to watch after they’re originally broadcast, it also means some archived material could disappear. None of this material has to go away,…
By Yannick LeJacq Published August 6, 2014 - Uncategorized
8 Bit And Beyond Art Show
Bottleneck Gallery’s new art show 8 Bit and Beyond 2 opens Friday. Here’s a preview of the posters and custom figures that will be featured in the exhibit: Nick Runge. Kyle Crawford. Electric Fang. Nacho Diaz. Mark Chilcott. Marie Bergeron. Andy Fairhurst. Marco D’Alfonso. Cuyler Smith. Nagy Norbert. Carlos Angeli. Chris Koehler. You are now…
By John Struan Published August 6, 2014 - Uncategorized
Get A San Francisco Giants-Themed Assassin’s Creed Action Figure
September 10 is video gamer night at Giants stadium, and as part of the celebration, attendees will receive a McFarlane Toys Assassin’s Creed Arno figure customized with San Francisco Giants colors and equipment: You can buy tickets here You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and…
By John Struan Published August 6, 2014 - Uncategorized
Dota 2, As Told By Steam Reviews
Dota 2 has been out in the wild for a while now, and this has given players ample time to reflect on the game and its virtues. Or, more accurately, it has given folks time to find the best ways to joke around about Dota 2‘s quirks and playerbase. Enter the ever-amusing (and sometimes eyebrow-raising)…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 6, 2014 - Uncategorized
Blizzard Sets Corgis On Fire For WoW‘s Tenth Anniversary
It’s World of Warcraft‘s tenth anniversary, and to encourage people to come celebrate Blizzard is offering—among many other nostalgia-tacular goodies—a molten corgi. You know, like classic mega-dungeon Molten Core only… yeah, you get it. Cue uncontrollable squealing. A flame-wreathed pet is just the tip of this iceberg (fireberg?), though. All of WoW‘s tenth anniversary treats…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 6, 2014