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UncategorizedA Tale Of Revenge, Time Travel, And Pixelly Platformer Action
This is Timespinner, the next big PC indie platformer (I’d say metroidvania, but people don’t like that word). It’s being developed by Lunar Ray Games, a studio headed by an ex-Bungie employee, and it looks quite excellent. Timespinner, which has been in development for over five years, is the story of a young woman on…
By András Neltz Published June 26, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Best Pokémon 3DS Drawings Aren’t the Most Accurate
Nintendo 3DS game Pokémon Art Academy aims to teach players how to draw Pocket Monsters the right way. But what if you don’t want to learn to draw the right way? What if you just want to screw around? You can do that, too. As Kotaku previously covered, the game gives player tips on how…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 26, 2014 - Kotaku East
More Crappy Animated Images for Your Amusement
Making anime is difficult! There are all those frame to animate. There are deadlines. It’s rough work. And sometimes, the end result isn’t quite up to par. Previously, Kotaku showcased bad animated images, which are called sakuga houkai” (作画崩壊). As mentioned before, not all these types of images are accidents! Some are drawn this way…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 26, 2014 - Uncategorized
Rock Simulator 2014 Will Bring EA, Activision To Their Knees
“For a long time, there has been one game missing from the market”, reads the introduction to my new favourite Steam Greenlight project. “A genuine rock simulator.” This simulator is a rock enthusiasts dream. You can watch beautiful rocks in any location in the world. From grass plains to salt flats, there are dozens of…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 25, 2014 - Culture
Cute Mech, You Look So Cute Bouncin’ Around Like That
Kelly Smith is an artist and animator at Capybara Games, the developers of games like Super Time Force. So yeah, this gonna get colourful, and it’s gonna get awesome. You can see more of Kelly’s work at her personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 25, 2014 - Uncategorized
World Of Warcraft’s Humans Now Actually Look Like Humans
Blizzard is continuing the process of sprucing up the visuals of the ageing World of Warcraft, and the next race to have their facelift shown off are the humans. Who now look like Homo sapiens, rather than Homo neanderthalensis. As you’ll see, the basic shape and characteristics are almost the same. The new human is…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 25, 2014 -
UncategorizedMaybe Shorter Boss Fights Would Be Better Boss Fights
Since their inception, video game bosses have been all about challenge, action, endurance and repeated death. But what if there was a shorter, better way? The sad passing of Eli Wallach this week had me watching The Good, The Bad & The Ugly for the 1000th time last night, and the one scene that slapped…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 25, 2014 -
UncategorizedInternet Video Tests Your Endurance For Internet Videos
This three-minute video from College Humor dares you to sit still and watch it. All of it. Can you make it to the end? I made it, but it wasn’t easy. I have things to do, I kept thinking. There’s stuff happening. I should probably be looking someplace else right now. This is taking forever…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 25, 2014 -
ReviewsValiant Hearts: The Kotaku Review
Valiant Hearts is a wonderful story trapped inside a video game. An epic tale set against a (mostly) realistic take on the First World War, Valiant Hearts tells the story of a number of very nice people caught up in the events of one of humanity’s most pointless and bloody struggles. The way it fleshes…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 25, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Witcher 3 Guys Promise They’ll Do DLC Right
Downloadable content (DLC) is often a sore subject, with some gamers feeling shortchanged by map and weapon packs that cost too much, DLC that was originally meant to be main game content, and things of the like. The Witcher 3 developer CD Projekt doesn’t think it needs to be that way. They want to show…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 25, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Penguin Will Not Stop Punching Bruce Wayne
Oswald Cobblepot does not like Bruce Wayne. He’s gonna punch him! And then he’s gonna punch him again. And again, and again… The other day I was playing a little Batman: Arkham City to check something out for a thing I was writing. I started a new game, saw what I needed to see, and…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 25, 2014 - Uncategorized
This New Bar In San Francisco Will Feature Two Robots
The Long Now Foundation, which was founded to foster long-term thinking, recently opened a new bar in San Francisco called The Interval, and designed by Because We Can. The space features exotic drinks, an orrery, a library designed to help rebuild society in case of collapse, and soon…two functioning robots: The Wunderkammer is nestled under…
By John Struan Published June 25, 2014 -
UncategorizedWhat Nintendo’s E3 Would Have Been Like In Tomodachi Life
Last week in my review, I described Tomodachi Life as “a bizarre, alternate universe where everybody had giant heads and spoke in ghostly robotic warbles.” If that’s not weird enough as it is (and it’s already pretty weird), imagine a veritable chorus of Nintendo developers chirping and prancing about in Mii form to hawk their…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 25, 2014 - Uncategorized
Steam Sales Are Great For Counter-Strike Hackers
Everyone loves Steam sales. But wanna know who really loves Steam sales? Counter-Strike cheaters. Here’s why. PC Gamer reports that whenever Counter-Strike: Global Offensive goes on sale, cheaters take the opportunity to re-buy the game on new Steam accounts. Hackers do this so they can cheat on the new accounts, while keeping their “real” accounts—the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 25, 2014 - Uncategorized
Katmari Damacy + Mario = Katamario
Katamario by 8Bit-Artist via it8bit
By Steve Marinconz Published June 25, 2014 -
UncategorizedJuly’s Playstation Plus Line-up Brings The Fireworks
Sony recently announced changes to Playstation Plus, and on July 1st we’ll see those in effect for the first time. However you feel about the more defined game availability window, you’ll probably be pretty happy with July’s list of free games for members, which includes Towerfall: Ascension and Muramasa: Rebirth. [Playstation Blog] PS4 Towerfall: Ascension…
By Shane Roberts Published June 25, 2014 -
CultureHighlight Reel: June 25, 2014
Today’s gaming highlights: A Saving Private Ryan-style helicopter kill, a League of Legends pentakill, a tragic shot to the toe, and more! Battlefield 4 First up, TheMooclear was trying to take down a helicopter with his last stinger missile. When that didn’t work, he turned to his pistol: Next in “how to take down vehicles…
By Steve Marinconz Published June 25, 2014 -
UncategorizedHeads Up, Bikers: A Master Chief Motorcycle Helmet Is On Its Way
Before he let himself go, Marlon Brando was pretty much the pinnacle of American masculinity. Too bad that Halo didn’t come out until a few months after the actor already finished his final role in the 2001 thriller The Score, then. Because you know what he could’ve used 48 years earlier on the set for…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 25, 2014
