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UncategorizedFan Creates An Awesome Guild Wars 2 Mega-Trailer [UPDATE: One More]
Carl, who sent us the tip about the trailer, called this “the most incredible Guild Wars 2 video [he’s] ever seen.” Well, I can see where he’s coming from. The video itself isn’t long, but it’s “Mega” for the sheer volume of the source material—it’s a recut of several official trailers and timelapse clips, set…
By András Neltz Published July 30, 2014 - Kotaku East
Professional DOTA 2 team Rave were given sports visas by the South Korean government to stay in the country as athletes. The players—who are from the Philippines, the U.S., and Canada—can stay in the country for up to a year and play eSports. [Thanks, Sang!]
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2014 -
UncategorizedSmash Bros. Video Puts Mario In Real-Life Tokyo
And since he’s in real life, he has to take the subway to the Smash Bros. tournament. Just like everyone else The trailer was done by Japan-based visual effects artist Dean Wright, who’s worked on the teaser for the upcoming Mighty No. 9 animated series. It’s good! I could even see this used as a…
By András Neltz Published July 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
People Are Buying The Wii U, But Nintendo Is Still Losing Money
Nintendo has released a report detailing their results for this financial year’s first quarter, and the Wii U seems to be doing better. Nintendo itself, on the other hand? Eh. The star of the report is, without a doubt, Mario Kart 8, but the Wii U’s numbers show improvement as well. Between April and June,…
By András Neltz Published July 30, 2014 - Kotaku East
There’s No Reason To Get Out of Bed. Ever.
You know some mornings when you wake up and think, “Why do I have to get out of bed?” Well, you don’t! Behold, the “Super Upward-Looking Dozing Desk.” It’s for folks who like to doze and nap. Folks like me. Going on sale this month in Japan for 8,980 yen (around US$90), the desk can…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
Tokyo’s New Final Fantasy Cafe Is Beautiful
That shouldn’t come as a surprise: Final Fantasy games are usually beautiful, too. But I’ll tell you what, this Final Fantasy XIV themed eatery is a stunner. Behold, the Eorzea Cafe. Modelled after the Carline Canopy, it’s named after Eorzea, the region where Final Fantasy XIV takes place. Inside the cafe, you can see weapons,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2014 - Kotaku East
In Japan, Starbucks’ Secret Menu Isn’t So Secret
Diehard Starbucks drinkers are probably familiar with its secret menu, whipped up by dedicated fans and creative Starbucks employees. In Japan, one furtive drink in particular is now out in the open. In Japanese, secret menu is called “ura menu” (裏メニュー), and, like elsewhere, the country’s Starbucks have numerous customized drinks that aren’t official. Due…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2014 -
UncategorizedThere’s A Sharknado Mobile Game
Swinging a chainsaw while riding a shark sounds pretty fun, but the reviews of the new Sharknado endless runner mostly just complain about the game constantly crashing. I posted the trailer below: $3 at itunes if you have money to burn. Via Destructoid You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the…
By John Struan Published July 30, 2014 - Culture
“And You Say It Has Air Con? What About Cruise Control?”
Stephen Zavala is a concept artist at creative and advertising studio Muv You can see more of his work at his ArtStationpage. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
Pikmin And Tingle T-Shirts
There’s about 30 minutes left to buy today’s tees at TheYetee, featuring Pikmin and Tingle: Pikmin and Olimar are by Justin Chan, and Tingle is by Louis Roskosch You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published July 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
New LoL Champion Is An Adorable Monster Overcome By Rage
There’s a new League of Legends champion named Gnar. He’s absolutely adorable, until he’s overcome by his rage: A yordle born millennia ago, Gnar was captured and trapped in true ice, frozen – quite literally – in time. Civilizations formed and fell as the prehistoric yordle vacantly stared on, but nothing – not even true…
By John Struan Published July 29, 2014 -
UncategorizedNew 80’s Soundtrack-Style Synthpop Album
If you like instrumentals by John Carpenter or Jan Hammer, you’ll like Mitch Murder’s new album Interceptor. Slightly NSFW animated video below: Cover art by Junkboy You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published July 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
Your Favorite Elder Scrolls Character Probably Died A Horrible Death [UPDATE]
An Imgur user has put together reposted an exhaustive list of recurring characters in Elder Scrolls games—from Arena all the way up through Skyrim and The Elder Scrolls Online. Is your favorite character on it? Probably. Did they suffer some kind of cruel, shocking fate between games? Yeaaaaah… probably again. UPDATE 11/24/14: The English-language Imgur…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
Yo This Is An Expensive Breaking Bad Figure, Bitch
Taiwanese builder RC has made a range of custom accessory sets (head, clothes, etc) that will transform any standard 1/6 scale figure/doll into your very own Breaking Bad toy. Warning: it is not cheap. Because everything is being made entirely by hand, you’ll pay $115 just for Jessie’s head. Shoes are $85, and his clothing…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2014 -
UncategorizedScrew Space Marines, We Need More 70s Cop Games
Hey, it’s LA Cops! When we lastsaw the game – which my brain registers as the Beastie Boys’ Sabotage video vs Syndicate – it was pretty early code. Now things are looking a bit more structured. In this clip, we see how the two-player mechanic works. We see a cop called Kowalski. We also see…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2014
