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UncategorizedRobocop Vs. The Terminator Toy Line
NECA just announced its new toy line based on the 1993 video game Robocop vs. The Terminator: Series 1 includes two versions of The Terminator with paint deco that re-creates the video game shading. The T-800 includes a Plasma Rifle accessory, and the Endoskeleton comes with a standing Heavy Machine Gun accessory. Both figures are…
By John Struan Published July 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Could the Wii U GamePad Go the Way of the Kinect? • Stumbling around in the dark: Metro 2033 with the English turned off • Stalker: Call of Pripyat Misery Mod. A Noob’s Tale TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published July 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
The isometric Guantlet-style Tomb Raider game Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris is coming out in December, a Crystal Dynamics developer said in a recent interview with IGN. Square Enix first announced it was working on a sequel to the cult hit Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light at E3 last month, saying…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
One Day We’ll Have The Whole Earth Remade In Minecraft
Until then here’s a blocky version of Mount Everest made by the talented imbilio. He used a terrain generator program called World Machine to replicate the mountain range and, well, the result is damn realistic. Minecraft‘s height limit is 256 blocks, so it’s around 15-16 times smaller than the real thing, since the the surrounding…
By Gergo Vas Published July 23, 2014 -
UncategorizedOf Course Guardians Of The Galaxy Gets Its Own Disney Infinity Playset
You can stop now, Disney Infinity 2.0. We get it. You really want us to buy you, and you aren’t afraid to recruit a team of intergalactic outlaws to make it happen. You really didn’t have to go to all the trouble of creating an entire playable world based on the Guardians of the Galaxy…
By Mike Fahey Published July 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
When not busy with Heroes of the Storm, artist Luke Mancini draws wild fan-art, like this cartoony one with Super Mario, Peach, and Yoshi, who transformed into a beast. Or he’s Bowser’s hand, as you can see in the full picture: Maario by Mr—Jack [DeviantART, Gamers for Good] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs…
By Gergo Vas Published July 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
The “Largest Minecraft Project” Will Cover An Area Of Over 5,200km²
A group of people are working on Aerna, described as the “largest [multiplayer] server to ever exist in Minecraft.” Calling it merely ambitious would be a pretty big understatement. Apparently, this will be the third iteration of Aerna— a post on the server’s newly-created devblog describes the history of the project, and how it grew…
By András Neltz Published July 23, 2014 -
Kotaku EastIs This Adult Stealing a Baseball from a Kid? A Special Report.
Recently, the above GIF has been appearing on numerous Japanese sites. Commenters have been criticizing the woman based only on this animated image. But what’s going on? Time to delve deeper. The incident happened recently at a game between the Yokohama DeNA Baystars and the Chunichi Dragons. The Baystars are owned by mobile game company…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 23, 2014 - Kotaku East
Students and Principal Battle Over Cosplay
As Kotaku first reported back in February, some Korean high school yearbook photos can get outrageous. This year, students at Uijeongbu High School had a showdown with their principal over graduation photos. A cosplay showdown. As pointed out by tipster Sang, Twitter user IwantAlbis from Uijeongbu High School recounted how the principal declared that graduation…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 23, 2014 - Kotaku East
“Suspicious” Lady Causes Another Japanese Internet Conspiracy
When the weather is shown on Japanese television, there are often random shots of people walking on hot city streets. To people online in Japan, one person, however, doesn’t look so random. Previously, Kotaku reported how some Japanese people on the internet believe there is a mainstream media conspiracy that results in interviewing phoney people…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 23, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Smash Bros. Where You Can Play As Sora, Naruto, Ichigo, or Goku
The first Super Smash Flash was originally submitted to Newgrounds almost 8 years ago, in 2006. You can play its sequel right now, though it is still in development—in fact, it’s getting a huge update very soon. Essentially, the game is (currently) a stripped down version of Super Smash Bros. Brawl with different stages and…
By András Neltz Published July 23, 2014 - Kotaku East
An international eSports tournament for disabled gamers will be held this October in South Korea. Over two hundred players from twelve countries, including the U.S., South Africa, Germany, and South Korea will compete in League of Legends, StarCraft II, and FIFA Online 3. It’s great to see such an inclusive tournament like this, especially because,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 23, 2014 - Kotaku East
Dragon Ball Is Made in a Very Orange Building
This is “Bird Studio.” It’s where Akira Toriyama churns out new Dragon Ball, and boy, is it orange. Recently online in Japan, photos of Toriyama’s home studio have been posted on 2ch, the country’s biggest internet forum. This isn’t the first time as photos have been floating around for a while now. This is a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 23, 2014 - Kotaku East
Don’t Be Fooled, “Pet Crab Walking” Is Not a Trend in China
Following up on the faux cabbage pet trend that fooled some Western media is this: crab walking. It is not a trend in China! Just trying to cut this off at the pass before some Western media outlet tries to pass this off as an actual trend—which is what happened with the cabbage nonsense. As…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 23, 2014 -
CultureCosplayAn 80’s X-Men Music Video. Just In Case That’s Something You’re Into.
Hey, it’s Dazzler, who is about as 80’s as an X-Men character gets, starring in her own 80’s music video. Yeah, it’s as weird as it sounds. The number of comic in-jokes going on here is bananas. Gentry Roth stars as Dazzler, while costumes were done by Cozday Clothing. Arvin Bautista directed
By Luke Plunkett Published July 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
A Better Look At Halo: Nightfall’s Hero
Mike Colter is Agent Jameson Locke in Ridley Scott’s upcoming series Halo: Nightfall: Via Halo Waypoint and Variety You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published July 22, 2014 - Culture
War Is Hell (Except With Tiny Pigs)
Redsteam is a creative studio based in Shanghai that “maintains an essential role in the production of Gameloft games”. We’ve featured the work of some of their individual artists previously on Kotaku, but today we’re going to look at the studio’s recent output as a whole. You can check out more of their stuff at…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2014 - Uncategorized
LeBron James Sounds Like The World’s Best/Worst Gamer
This ESPN storyon the “mighty mind” of the basketball superstar leads with an unexpected anecdote: LeBron was really, really good at playing….Shaq Fu on the Genesis. “LeBron was the only one who had memorized all the moves and so he’d win every time”, remembers James’ friend Brandon Weems. “We all thought he definitely was cheating.”…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2014
