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Dead Island Movie Back On Track
Deep Silver sold the film rights for the Dead Island franchise to Lions Gate in 2011, but then nothing happened and the rights reverted to the mothership. Now, Deep Silver is partnering with indie production house Occupant Entertainment to put the film adaptation on the fast track. First reported by Deadline, there’s no set concept…
By Phil Owen Published August 2, 2014 - Uncategorized
Bridesmaids Director In Talks For Female-Led Ghostbusters Reboot
Though all the chatter lately has been about the status of Ghostbusters 3, Variety is reporting that Paul Feig, who helmed lady-led comedies The Heat and Bridesmaids, is being courted by Sony to produce a Ghostbusters reboot with female leads. Variety says there has been “conversation” but not negotiations, per se. The trade also says…
By Phil Owen Published August 2, 2014 - Uncategorized
Why Failing In Gods Will Be Watching Is As Good As Winning
There’s a new indie point-and-click game called Gods Will Be Watching out now. The Steam reviews are pretty down on it, and the critics’ reviews aren’t so hot either. But I love it for the same reasons others hate it: it’s a cruel game that dares to make you fail through no fault of your…
By Phil Owen Published August 2, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Last Of Us, Gears Of War, And More As Little Golden Books
Joey Spiotto’s “Storytime” show is now online. His tribute to Little Golden Books includes covers based on Metal Gear, Army of Darkness, Tomb Raider, There Will Be Blood, and much more: You can buy prints at Gallery 1988 You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and…
By John Struan Published August 2, 2014 - Uncategorized
A Cat Rendered On A Game Boy, And Other Sweet Demakes You Can Do
Demakes, where somebody creates a mockup of a recent game that makes it look like it was built for some old, crappier system than what we have now, have been a Cool Thing To Do lately, and now there’s an app for that. Retrospecs, a recent iOS photo app, will take your pictures and make…
By Phil Owen Published August 2, 2014 - Culture
Potato Salad Kickstarter Finally Concludes at $55k
The infamous Kickstarter campaign to fund the creation of a bowl of potato salad wrapped up this morning with $55,492 raised from 6,911 backers for that purpose. And with that money, campaign architect Zach Danger Brown plans to hold a music festival. Brown said in a campaign update this weekthat “PotatoStock 2014” will be held…
By Phil Owen Published August 2, 2014 - Uncategorized
Study: Some Gamers Hallucinate Game Sounds After Playing
A new study from researchers at Nottingham Trent University says that playing games in long sessions may have some surprising side effects, like causing you to hallucinate sounds from that game you played even when you’re doing other, non-gaming stuff. The researchers were looking into “game transfer phenomena” which includes “perceptions, cognitions and behaviours influenced…
By Phil Owen Published August 2, 2014 - Uncategorized
What I Bought At BronyCon
Just this silly little mouse pad. That’s all nothing else. Well… See, I needed a mouse pad because the hotel I am staying at has glass-topped desks, so my laser mouse wasn’t tracking. Thankfully one of the first booths I came across in the dealer’s room sold mouse pads for $15. The guy there seemed…
By Mike Fahey Published August 2, 2014 - Uncategorized
Infinity Ward Picks Up Two Naughty Dog Veterans For Key Spots
Two more important cogs in the machine at The Last Of Us developer Naughty Dog have exited the studio, with two leads making the move to Call of Duty studio Infinity Ward this week. Naughty Dog is losing lead game designer Jacob Minkoff and narrative design lead Taylor Kurosaki, who will be taking on the…
By Phil Owen Published August 2, 2014 - Uncategorized
Gamescom Call of Duty Multiplayer Reveal To Be Streamed On Xbox Live
Activision allots the first half of of the hype cycle for each year’s Call of Duty to its solo campaign, but when we arrive at Gamescom in just two weeks, the multiplayer half of the super hypeness for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare will begin. And you’ll be able to watch this big event from…
By Phil Owen Published August 2, 2014 -
UncategorizedThis Is How You Run A Convention Arcade Room
All you need is a row of projection screens, some colorful lighting and large dark room to put them in. If you do it right, the gamers will bring the funk to finish it off. BronyCon does it right. The best convention arcade rooms stink to high heaven. This is not a comment on the…
By Mike Fahey Published August 2, 2014 - Uncategorized
Welcome To This Philtaku Weekend
Hello! While Mike is hanging out at Bronycon, you get a weekend of me. You ought to know me by now, but if you don’t: I’m Phil, and Idon’t like my games to run at a high framerate That said, if you like playing Wolfenstein at 120hz, more power to you and your PC. I…
By Phil Owen Published August 2, 2014 - Culture
This Week In The Business: Virtual Reality Can Be Bad
QUOTE | “There are a lot of ways you can mess up VR really easily.” – nDreams’ Patrick O’Luanaigh, talking about his studio’s switch to virtual reality and how difficult it is to design good VR games Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “Japan is still stuck in…
By Steve Peterson Published August 2, 2014 - Uncategorized
7/28/2014: Tanooki Mario Caught Red-Handed
Typical. Rifling through the trash, YET AGAIN. You can buy this on Society6. Or you can go read up on our best stuff from this week over at Kotaku Selects, where I hand-pick our articles for you. via nerdsandgamersftw To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find her on Twitter at…
By Tina Amini Published August 2, 2014 -
UncategorizedWhere The Pony Fans Go To Spend All Of Their Money
On the very lower level of the Baltimore Convention Center is a large ballroom filled with My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic plushies, prints, toys, statues, comics, cards, clothes and — most importantly — people with a lot of money looking to offload some. They call the dealer’s room for BronyCon 2014 “Blank Canvas’s Marketplace.”…
By Mike Fahey Published August 1, 2014 -
UncategorizedFans Enraged Over Misleading Steam Racing Game
Colin McRae Rally is a classic (some would even say “legendary”) racing game. So when gamers saw a game claiming to be a “remastered for HD” version of it pop up on Steam, they were ecstatic. Then they got an unpleasant surprise. As players quickly discovered, Colin McRae Rally on Steam is not a graphically…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 1, 2014 -
CultureThe Fastest Ocarina of Time Playthrough So Far, Explained
Cosmo Wright has the current world record for beating Ocarina of Time quickly, with a playthrough that clocks in at eighteen minutes and ten seconds. Even if you’ve watched the incredible near-perfect run before when we initially posted it, it’s worth watching through again just to hear his excellent commentary. Wright explains the history behind…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 1, 2014 - Uncategorized
A Preview Of The Guardians Of The Galaxy Heroclix Miniatures
I posted a look at the movie Guardians of the Galaxy Heroclix back in April. Here’s a preview of more of the upcoming miniatures, including Ronan (in his classic comic book-style look), Annihilus, and the ludicrously-dated 80’s super-villain The Beyonder: Via Facebook You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best…
By John Struan Published August 1, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Basketball World Cup Mascots Look Like Psychedelic Gloves
Meet Ole and Hop, the mascots for the 2014 FIBA World Basketball World Cup. They’re supposed to look like hands—the slogan for the championship is “In Your Hands” (En Tus Manos). Via FIBA You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published August 1, 2014