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UncategorizedGanon Is Finally Playable In A Zelda Game
Hyrule Warriors may be a spinoff from the main series, but it’s still a Zelda game. And here we have it, a Zelda game where the series’ most famous villain is finally playable (til now he’s only made playable appearances in Smash Bros. titles). As a character who is only usually seen in dark, moody…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 4, 2014 - Culture
Got A Light?
Chinese artist San San works at Activision Blizzard as an illustrator and concept artist. He’s got an impressive resume of big, recent games, having worked on titles like League of Legends, Saints Row 4, The Elder Scrolls Online and the NBA2K series. He’s also done some movie work, like on the latest adaptation of The…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 4, 2014 -
UncategorizedNOTE: The game’s title is actually 90S COPS
By Luke Plunkett Published August 4, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Ladies Of Smash Bros.
Artist Adam Vian has drawn up every single female character announced so far for the next Smash Bros. The Lucina one is just killing it Adam is half of SFB Games along with his brother Tom. If you’ve ever heard of/played Detective Grimoire, that was them!
By Luke Plunkett Published August 4, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Stomping Land Developer Says Game Isn’t Dead
Last year dinosaur survival game The Stomping Land made $114,060 on Kickstarter, and a few months ago it hit Steam Early Access. The developer claimed there’d be weekly updates, new features, and well, anything to round out a barebones experience. Then they disappeared. Until now. In multiple places developer SuperCrit, headed up by Alex “Jig”…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 4, 2014 - Uncategorized
Japanese Arcade Cabinets Are Works Of Art
Is it weird that I am more into arcade hardware than I am arcade games themselves? There’s nostalgia attached to old arcade cabinets, and I get that, but I’ve always been partial to the unique designs employed – and still used – by Japanese companies. Their cabinets always seem…cuter. Like something from the near future.…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 4, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Idiotic Adventures Of Futurama‘s Zapp Brannigan In Fallout
“Captain’s log: the Wasteland just got sexier.” A redditor who goes by the handle NVSK has put together a series in which he roleplays the bumbling, ceaselessly baffling captain Zapp Brannigan fromFuturama, aka Maybe The Greatest Cartoon, in Fallout: New Vegas So far the result has been pretty darn funny, not to mention impressively in-character.…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 4, 2014 -
UncategorizedReal Human Should Probably Have Taken Damage From This Jump
I’ve seen parkour videos where the perspective makes it look like a video game. I haven’t seen many where I actually hold my breath and think, boy, even in a video game that might have been fatal. But nope, not here, because Ethan Swanson – a stuntman – doesn’t just make the jump, he also…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 4, 2014 - Uncategorized
That is a pretty good gif. (via)
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 4, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Inventory Of A Soldier, Over 1000 Years Of War
Photographer Thom Atkinson is to thank for this captivating series of shots that show everything an English soldier has carried into battle (or at least near a battle) over the last 1000 years. As you can probably guess, there are more magazines and snacky treats now than there were at the Battle of Hastings. While…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 4, 2014 -
UncategorizedWatch Dogs Cops vs The Indestructible Crime Car
The law is the law in Watch Dogs. If you break it, you’re getting gunned down—regardless of whether or not you happen to be human. Or at least, that’s what happens in this video by Tom Schneider where the police obsesses over trying to shoot down a car. Likely nothing more than an isolated bug,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 4, 2014 - Uncategorized
GameStop Is Overhauling Trade-Ins, Will Offer More Money [UPDATE]
GameStop is overhauling trade-ins and launching a new program that will wind up giving people more money for the games they sell, Kotaku has learned. The new initiative, which will launch on August 18, will simplify GameStop’s trade-in structure, reducing the complexity of what has become an unnecessarily obtuse service. No longer will you have…
By Jason Schreier Published August 4, 2014 -
UncategorizedWhat Snowpiercer Was All About
If you’ve been readingKotaku and paying attention to the stuff that a lot of our writers like, you’ve probably watched Bong Joon-ho’s terrific post-apocalyptic train-tale Snowpiercer. And while the film’s allegory was likely pretty obvious to anyone who was paying attention, it was often conveyed in some smart, subtle ways. This new video from Evan…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 4, 2014 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Guardians Of Gaming: The Winners!
Before heading out of town last week, I entrusted a simple task to our crack team of Photoshop-savvy space outlaw readers — put The Guardians of the Galaxy in all of the games. Now they are. Excellent. After a bit of a bummer of a homecoming, today was greatly brightened by going through all of…
By Mike Fahey Published August 4, 2014 -
UncategorizedHow Evil Can You Be In The Sims 4? We Did Some Experiments
I tried to be as evil as possible in The Sims 4, and I was not disappointed. You might have heard that The Sims 4 removed a (according to some players) pretty key series feature: pools. While swimming was, in previous games, a great way to build up athleticism and take a load off, many…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 4, 2014 -
CultureCosplayWe Don’t Stand A Chance Against Cosplaying Kids
Comic-Con 2014 had a lot of great cosplay,but what really stole the show for me was all the adorable kid attendees in their cosplay outfits. It’s almost too much. Patrick (H) Willems has a clip featuring interviews with many of these cosplayers, and it’s a joy to hear them tell us about their costumes. The…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 4, 2014 - UncategorizedBy Luke Plunkett Published August 4, 2014
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People Who Went to the Moon in the Destiny Beta Over the weekend Bungie released a detailed infographic with some cool statistics from the Destiny beta. A few of note: 851,264 players went to the moon 1969 claimed to land on the moon but faked it (get it?) 777,000 players also used the Destiny companion…
By Dan Starkey Published August 4, 2014