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The Loneliest Game At Sony’s E3 Booth
Sony’s spot on the E3 show floor is mostly bustling with activity—people playing games, posing for photos with dressed-up mascots, and waiting in line to try out Project Morpheus VR. I say mostly bustling because, well, there’s also Minecraft for PS3. Poor Minecraft for PS3. You’re a known quantity. No one wants to play you.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 11, 2014 -
UncategorizedSony Unveils The Assembly, A Mysterious Virtual Reality Adventure
Sony just revealed a new game for the PS4 and its nifty virtual headset Project Morpheus. It’s called The Assembly, and it looks pretty scary. Writing in a post on the PlayStation blog, The Assembly developer Patrick O’Luanaigh described it as “a mysterious VR adventure game that we have designed for VR from day one.”…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 11, 2014 - Uncategorized
Grim Fandango Merchandise You Can Buy Now
GameTee has a selection of Grim Fandango merchandise: The mug, polo, and prints are available now You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published June 11, 2014 - Uncategorized
Your Mother 3 Non-Update Of E3 2014 (Sorry!)
Kotaku to Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime on Tuesday: You guys did make a joke about Star Fox in the [Nintendo digital event] and then Miyamoto showed up with a Star Fox game… Fils-Aime: Don’t go there! Kotaku: So… Fils-Aime: Don’t go there! Kotaku: You did make a joke about it. [laughs] Fils-Aime: Where…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 11, 2014 -
UncategorizedPleasant E3 Surprise: A Game Called White Night
You might think you know what you’ll see in a big E3 booth like Microsoft’s: some Forza, some Fable, some shooters, some indies, but there still always some surprises. Case in point: White Night. Black-and-white, Hitchcock-esque, and very cool. Where did this thing come from??? We don’t have a lot of detail on the game…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 11, 2014 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Cut Plans For Female Assassins In Unity (UPDATE)
The next big Assassin’s Creed game and the first to appear exclusively on next-generation consoles won’t let people play as female assassins in a new cooperative multiplayer mode, Ubisoft said this week at E3. Speaking in an interview with Polygon, Unity creative director Alex Amancio said that while they originally planned to include female assassins,…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 11, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Rockmandash Reviews: Bokurano: Ours [Anime] • The Moment I Fell Out Of Love With Zombies • Game Of The Week—Control Robots With This One Weird Trick • Rockmandash Rambles: Where Did Variety In Games Go? TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published June 11, 2014 - Uncategorized
The New Titanfall Toy Will Come With Different Guns
Threezero’s new Titanfall Titan will come with different weapons depending on where you buy it. The retail version will come with a XOTBR-16 Chaingun: And figures bought from the Threezero site will come with the Chaingun and ARC Canon: The set will be available for preorder June 16 at 9:00 a.m. Hong Kong time. You…
By John Struan Published June 11, 2014 - Uncategorized
An Elegant Keyboard Solution For Couch-Based PC Gaming
I would play PC games in the living room all day long if I could just find a comfortable, no-compromise solution for mouse and keyboard placement. Perhaps Roccat’s Sova will do the trick. When I do attempt PC gaming in the living room, I either use a gamepad or a tray table set up next…
By Mike Fahey Published June 11, 2014 -
UncategorizedSomeone Turned Starcraft II Into Diablo II
StarCraft II‘s Galaxy Editor is really powerful. We’ve seen FPS mini-games, hockey with Protoss zealots, but things go wild when someone starts to remake Diablo II using it—in HD, no less. Here’s egodbout‘s mod, showing off Diablo II‘s good old Rogue Encampment with a new look. You might ask why the hell would someone do…
By Gergo Vas Published June 11, 2014 - Uncategorized
A Handy List Of Nintendo’s Big E3 Event Moments
47 minutes in length and packed with games, Nintendo’s special E3 direct was intense, to say the least. And then there were all the announcements that came after As we did for the four other big E3 events, let’s take a look, in (a mostly) chronological order, at all the new stuff we’ve seen from…
By András Neltz Published June 11, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe classic N64 shooter GoldenEye 007 lives again for a few minutes, thanks to a modder, William Kjellgren, who remade one of the most known maps of the game, the Facility, using the Far Cry 3 engine. The original N64 music already gave me chills. FarCry3 – James Bond 64 Goldeneye – Facility [YouTube] To…
By Gergo Vas Published June 11, 2014 -
Kotaku EastRecreating Popular YouTube Clips Seems Difficult
It looks so easy to make a viral YouTube clip, right? Wrong! On television show Itte Q, comedian Souichi Nakaoka recently tried his hand at doing just that. So, here is the famous drill corn video: And here is Nakaoka attempting to recreate it. Here is a man hitting himself in the face 81 times…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 11, 2014 - Kotaku East
Pokemon Butt Meme Finds Its Way into a Supermarket…Again
This is Froakie. In Japan, his name is “Keromatsu” (ケロマツ), with “kero” referring to “ribbit” in Japanese. Yet, a couple of supermarkets have mixed that up with something else: Ass. As you can see in the image uploaded by Twitter user zinrai_bastar, this isn’t Keromatsu bread. Oh no, it’s “Ketsumaro” bread, with “ketsu” (ケツ) meaning…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 11, 2014 -
UncategorizedSurprisingly, Realistic Mortal Kombat Wouldn’t Be That Brutal
Or at least, some fatalities in Mortal Kombat wouldn’t be brutal, because physics. Sub Zero has to face the harsh reality in the latest clip from Pete Holmes Realistic Mortal Kombat [YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]
By Gergo Vas Published June 11, 2014 -
UncategorizedHey, remember that other Kickstarted space sim? Elite: Dangerous? Since its successful campaign at the end of 2012, the game has been through four alpha phases, and is now in beta, looking as good as ever. You can check out its progress for yourself in the new E3 trailer above.
By András Neltz Published June 11, 2014 -
UncategorizedDeveloper Announces DLC For 11-Year-Old Game
Running With Scissors’ Postal 2, the insane first-person shooter where you rampage through the small town of Paradise in Arizona, was released on April 14, 2003. It’s old. You can get it for a few bucks at GOG, it’s that old. And yet, over eleven years after it first came out, Postal 2 is getting…
By András Neltz Published June 11, 2014 - Uncategorized
Why Hideki Kamiya Hates the Bayonetta 2 Wii U Box
Okay, let’s be clear. The guy is happy with the character design. And the character’s pose. And the outfit. But there are a couple things that are ticking Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya off. “I hate the logo of WiiU ver.,” tweeted the outspoken game creator in English. “Junk.” In Japanese, Kamiya was slightly more salty,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 11, 2014