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Three New Mortal Kombat Fighters
This is D’Vorah, one of the three newly revealed Mortal Kombat X “kombatants.” Check out Kotal Kahn, and the Ferra/Torr team below: These were posted at Facebook without any further information You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published June 19, 2014 - Culture
The Witcher 3 Art Is Very Bewit-I’m Sorry
Marek Madej is a concept artist at CD Projekt, the developers of The Witcher series. In addition to his contributions to that series (and in particular Witcher 3), he’s also done card games, board games, film and album cover work. You can see more of Marek’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page. To…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
FTL: Faster Than Light Modded To Run A Marriage Proposal
While his/her loved one was in the shower, a Redditor patched her computer’s version of FTL: Faster Than Light to turn it into a marriage proposal with multiple dialog options: Via R/Best of You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published June 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
$900 Blade Runner Gun Looks Totally Worth It
Yes, you read that right. This costs $900, not $90. But whatever. If it means I can walk around muttering “enhance” and shooting at robots, I’ll pay it. Limited to just 50 pieces worldwide, it’s as faithful a reproduction of Harrison Ford’s sidearm as we’re ever going to get, with each component exactly the same…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 19, 2014 -
CultureCosplayCosplay Panorama Turns Humans Into Superstars
Attendees at Sydney’s Supanova convention last weekend got to try out something pretty neat: a 360-degree camera rig just like the ones E! uses on the Oscars red carpet. The results are pretty cool. Cosplayers acting out can sometimes look a little naff, but the way this freezes them in the middle of a pose…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Explains Why Watch Dogs On PC Had Hidden Graphics Files
Earlier this week, Watch Dogs made headlines after modders discovered hidden graphical files that transformed the game to something that more closely resembered the dazzling E3 demo presented in 2012. Today, Ubisoft took the time to explain why these files weren’t used—and responded directly to accusations that they “downgraded” the game. From the official Watch…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 19, 2014 -
UncategorizedWhy 2014’s Battlefield Is ‘Just Avoiding’ Uncomfortable Topics
Adding police to a series about large-scale warfare can create some… odd scenes. At the E3 demo for EA’s mega-budget cops and robbers game Battlefield Hardline, we saw action more commonly relegated to a warzone. Countless explosions and military-grade weaponry in the streets to stop a… truck robbery. Buildings crumbling. Havoc. No civilians. No one…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Snowpiercer Comic Is Pretty Damn Good
Snowpiercer is a very, very good movie. It’s not an original concept, though, being based on 1982 French comic Le Transperceneige. Which, despite being regarded as something of a cult classic, has only now been translated into English. Titan has translated and published not just the original Le Transperceneige, but its 1999 sequel (which was…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
Pokémon’s Officer Jenny, Reporting For Duty
Every officer Jenny might look the same in the Pokémon anime, but when it comes to cosplay, it’s way easier to pick out the unique quirks that a cosplayer brings to the uniform. This officer Jenny by Siren’s Belle, for example? Way different than another officer Jenny we’ve featured before in a round-up—and you don’t…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
One Brave Reporter Went Inside America’s First Video Game Rehab Center
Video game addiction has never received an authoritative classification in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the American Psychological Association’s criteria-setting publication on all things related to mental illness. But that hasn’t stopped Americans—health-conscious and prone to cultural panic people that we are—from addressing it in other ways. Books have been written…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 19, 2014 -
UncategorizedWe Tried PlayStation Now–Here’s How It Went
Back in January, Sony announced Playstation Now, a system that lets you stream older Playstation games. It’s in beta now, so you can finally watch it in action. The overall Now experience was really smooth. You can skim through the library and get games up and running really quickly, and they work well once they’re…
By Steve Marinconz Published June 19, 2014 -
CultureThe Internet Reacts To The Steam Summer Sale
One of the most anticipated days of the summer is here: the Steam summer sale. PC gamers everywhere are examining their bank accounts and backlogs, wondering if they should drop some dollars on a enticing, cheap game. This means lots of people are talking about the Steam summer sale. What they’re saying depends; there are…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 19, 2014 -
UncategorizedShigeru Miyamoto: ‘We’ve Had Tough Times Before’
The Wii U has struggled since it was launched in late 2012. That might be bad news for Nintendo bean-counters but it might be good news for Nintendo fans, especially if this month’s big E3 show is anything to go by. Despite the gaming press and fans seeming to be agog over PlayStations and Xboxes,…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
Old EGM Articles Are Full Of Beauty And Irony
Rumors about Nintendo launching a handheld. Genesis/Turbo Grafx debates. Charmingly illustrated level maps. Things were very different in the heyday of video game magazines. Used to be that you could only get tiny photographs of upcoming games as a preview of what you’d be playing at home. Gamers of a certain age may remember what…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 19, 2014 -
UncategorizedA Game For People That Love To Spam Twitch
People love watching livestreams of people duking it out. People also love spamming the living heck out of Twitch chatrooms with inane comments. Seems like a great idea to combine the two! At E3 this year, we interviewed Frank Cifaldi from Other Ocean about their game #IDARB. You may remember it as one of the…
By Chris Person Published June 19, 2014
