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UncategorizedYou Don’t Want To Mess With Team Fortress 2‘s Spy
Fan-made Team Fortress 2 videos are getting better and better, reaching the quality level of Valve’s. The Winglet, a TF2 machinima veteran, is back with an angry Spy trying to take revenge on Demoman for his selfishness. A very serious plot (and flawless animation!) that perfectly fits into the Team Fortress universe. Your Eternal Revenge…
By Gergo Vas Published July 2, 2014 - Uncategorized
How to make soccer more appealing in the U.S.? ESPN’s Keith Olbermann has seven suggestions. The last one? Appeal to kids who love soccer video games. “Baseball doesn’t even have the right video game,” he says. And soccer does. OK? Jump to 5:50 in the video here for more.
By Stephen Totilo Published July 2, 2014 -
UncategorizedLindsay Lohan Is Suing the Makers of Grand Theft Auto
The actress best known for her controversy-filled personal and professional lives has claimed before that Rockstar Games based a character in Grand Theft Auto V on her, without permission. And now she’s suing them. According to an AP report on Yahoo! Finance, Lohan’s lawsuit claims that GTA V character Lacey Jonas is based on her,…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 2, 2014 -
UncategorizedHatsune Miku’s 3DS Game Is Finally Making Its Way To The West
The popularity of Japanese virtual idol Hatsune Miku continues to rise in the West, giving Sega the encouragement it needed to bring Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai Remix to North America and Europe in 2015. With Project Diva F released for the PlayStation 3 and Vita and its sequel coming later this year, this next Western…
By Mike Fahey Published July 2, 2014 - Esports
Male-Only Video Game Tournament Sets Off Controversy
Women aren’t allowed to play Hearthstone in one upcoming multi-national tournament, and the gender discrimination has triggered a great deal of controversy this morning. The South Korea-based International eSports Federation holds competitions in various video games, split up by gender. This year’s games for men are Dota 2, StarCraft II, Hearthstone, and Ultra Street Fighter…
By Jason Schreier Published July 2, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Are Gamers Ready For A High-Tech Zelda Game? • The Difference Between Collectors And Hoarders • Horimiya Is Worth Your Time TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published July 2, 2014 - Uncategorized
EA Can No Longer Call Dungeon Keeper ‘Free’ In The UK
British regulators have ruled that an advertisement calling EA’s controversial mobile reboot of Dungeon Keeper “free” is misleading and must be pulled. The game, which is free to download on iTunes and the Android store, requires players to make progress either by waiting lengthy amounts of time or buying in-game gems using real money. Like…
By Jason Schreier Published July 2, 2014 -
UncategorizedSunset Overdrive Co-Op Looks Pretty Damn Fun
Imagine a Tony Hawk game with crazy guns on a Horde Mode-style map. Insomniac Games did more than imagine. They built something very much like it for Sunset Overdrive‘s Chaos Squad multiplayer. Looks crazy enjoyable. The trailer above offers the first details about the online co-op component, which you can jump into straight from single-player…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 2, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe True Smash Bros. Starts Here
Pikachu, all the Nintendo characters and Smash Bros. itself would look different in the context of a pro wrestling game. Very different. It’s hard to tell who changed the most in madagascarsan‘s WWE mashup, but they’re all convincing. Everything and everyone looks legit in the full video: WWE Super Smash Bros. [YouTube] To contact the…
By Gergo Vas Published July 2, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Original Mortal Kombat Cast, Still Kicking Ass Two Decades Later
Last weekend at the Galloping Ghost Arcade in Brookfield, Illinois, ten of the actors rotoscoped for the first three Mortal Kombat games gathered to show fans they are far from finished. Looking good, aren’t they? This photo is from a massive set posted on the Galloping Ghost Arcade Facebook page, via the fine folks at…
By Mike Fahey Published July 2, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Mother Brain is just as intimidating as a Mayan God on Sita-Cardenas Navas‘ reimagination of the classic scene from Super Metroid. Finally, an ancient stone carving that might be evidence for extraterrestrial life! Samus vs Mother Brain (Maya style) by Sita-Cardenas Navas [Etsy, via Dorkly] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning,…
By Gergo Vas Published July 2, 2014 - Kotaku East
Inside a Chinese Internet Addiction Boot Camp
You like the internet, right? Why not spend your summer in camo, learning to ween yourself from it. As CRI reports, there are around 250 military-style internet addiction camps in China. In recent years, the Chinese government has been trying to “fix” internet addiction, something that is officially recognized in the country as a psychological…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 2, 2014 - Kotaku East
The Anime Poster That’s So Popular, People Are Stealing It
There’s a new Saint Seiya movie. And a new movie means a new movie poster. Well, two new movie posters, one of which apparently keeps getting swiped. Here is the standard Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary poster. [Photo: HiroKobaP] Pretty cool! And here is the special Legend of Sanctuary poster, with a background drawn by…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 2, 2014 -
UncategorizedUK-based mobile developer Neo_UK is trying its hand at PC game making with Congo, a co-op survival horror game set in Central Africa. It looks quite promising and sports some pretty neat lighting and particle effects. The trailer’s above, and you can find out more over at the game’s Steam Greenlight and Indie DB pages.
By András Neltz Published July 2, 2014 -
Kotaku EastJapanese Politician Freaks Out, Spawns Internet Memes
Yesterday, Japanese politician Ryutaro Nonomura, a member of the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly that represents areas like Kobe, held a press conference after being accused of allegedly abusing government funds. Make that, he freaked out and started crying. Last year, Nonomura racked up travel expenditures with tax payers’ money in excess of 3 million yen (around…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 2, 2014 -
UncategorizedVR Diving Game Implements Community-Made My Little Pony Shipwreck
Well, that’s certainly one way to foster community-developer relations. Being a partly community-funded game, supporters of online diving sim World of Diving always had the option to get their ship ideas in the game as explorable underwater wrecks. This wreck, in particular, was thought up by a certain Sgt_Brony, who originally proposed the idea of…
By András Neltz Published July 2, 2014 -
Kotaku EastReal-Life Blockhead Roams the Streets of Taiwan, Looking for Love
You know how in some video games, like Minecraft, characters have blocky heads? And, in turn, block hairdos? Well, one man in Taiwan has that kind of coiffure…for real. Meet Mr. Wu, a 54 year-old medical laboratory scientist at National Taiwan University Hospital with a truly remarkable hairstyle. Just look at it! Do it! As…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 2, 2014