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UncategorizedA Fresh Look At The Next Borderlands Game, Which Arrives This Fall
2K Games has released an all-new gameplay trailer for their upcoming FPS-RPG, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel The trailer has it all: new vehicles, new monsters, low gravity, and even a big moon dance number ’cause hey, why not. It’s fun! The game arrives to Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on October 14, 2014 in North America,…
By András Neltz Published June 5, 2014 - Uncategorized
Now There’s A Timed Preorder Exclusive Skylanders Toy
This is Gearshift, one of the new Skylanders: Trap Team toys. She’s not due out until 2015, but if fans preorder her at participating retail outlets, they can have her when the game arrives on October 5. It’s an all-new kind of preorder DLC! Since each Skylanders toy unlocks a character in the game itself,…
By Mike Fahey Published June 5, 2014 - Kotaku East
New Fighting Game Character Spoils Popular JRPG
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is one of the new Persona games coming out later this year. The sequel to Persona 4 Arena, the new game is adding new features and new characters. One of which completely spoils the original JRPG. In this week’s issue of Weekly Famitsu, Persona series developer Atlus revealed some of the…
By Toshi Nakamura Published June 5, 2014 -
Kotaku EastThink You Have What It Takes To Be a Professional Animator?
Anime studio Khara Inc., the folks behind Rebuild of Evangelion, just released a YouTube video aimed at potential job applicants. It shows the skill sets pro animators need. As reported by IT Media, the video has the following challenge: By using the sample scene data, please show a character climbing Box A and jump to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2014 - Kotaku East
New Arcade Joystick Comes with Wrist Rumble
Dubbed the Arcade Stick Inazuma, this is, well, an arcade-style stick, but with a cool feature: Wrist rumble. While using this GameTech stick, you can wear a special strap on your wrist and get force feedback while playing. I’ve never really thought about wrist rumble before, but I’d certainly be keen to give this a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2014 -
Kotaku EastPlayStation Boss Wows with His Phoney Soccer Skills
If only Sony Computer Entertainment Hiroshi Kawano was this good at soccer! The Sony exec recently admitted that he needed some postproduction help for this online clip. Just in time for the World Cup, huh? Hell, if only I were this good at soccer—or computer trickery! ワールドカップに向けてスペシャルメッセージ!~SCEJAプレジデント 河野 弘より[PlayStation] To contact the author of this…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2014 -
UncategorizedPerhaps The Prettiest Morrowind Ruins In Existence
“Perhaps” because it’s not like I’ve seen every mod for Morrowind. Someone might have come up with something better in the past, even with the limitations of an old PC game like Morrowind. But yeah, these look great. The new “Remnants” trailer for Skywind, the ambitious mod which aims to bring Morrowind to Skyrim’s game…
By András Neltz Published June 5, 2014 - Kotaku East
Japan’s Next Big Trend Could Be “Neo Gals”
Pink hair. Ripped jeans. Bling. Meet Japan’s “Neo Gals,” part Americana, part Tokyo, and lots and lots of bleach. During the 1990s, “gal” (ギャル or gyaru) fashion was in vogue with the nation’s youth, with young women tanning their skin, dying their hair brown, and wearing impossible platform shoes. Now, as one of Japan’s biggest…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2014 - Kotaku East
Well, That’s a Good Way To Piss Off Korean Gamers [Update]
Anime, gaming, and cosplay event Japan Expo is underway in Paris. And since Riot Games is in attendance, the studio created a notice on the League of Legends website. The image accompanying the announcement has some Korean gamers up in arms. Over on the League of Legends forum, member Twking pointed out that the character…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2014 -
Kotaku EastPlease Don’t Spoil the New Persona Game, Begs Atlus
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth, the latest game in Atlus’ popular Persona franchise, comes out on the 3DS in Japan today, and the developers want people to be considerate. It’s in our nature to want to talk about or share the things we like and think are cool. But, just because you’ve seen the…
By Toshi Nakamura Published June 5, 2014 - Culture
The Art (Well, Some Of The Art) From Watch Dogs
So, the game itself is…OK . But the beauty of this concept art feature is that the quality of a game is irrelevant. We’re here for the 2D imagery, not the 3D interactivity. The images you see below are all taken from the game’s big official art book, which has been available for a couple…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2014 - Uncategorized
Oh hey. Those awesome action figures from Boss Fight Studios that I wrote about in March? There’s now a Kickstarter to help get them up and running. If you want to support a company that can make badass action figures that can actually pose like real humans, get on it
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2014 - Uncategorized
Bringing Back The Good Old Days Of PC Game Boxes
The idea behind IndieBox is very simple: Sell indie games in a box. Why? Because getting a game in a box, with a colour manual and a poster, is a really nice touch, that’s why. Sure, it’s easy to get an indie game on Steam, or in a Humble Bundle, or however, but that’s not…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2014 - Uncategorized
$5 Mario Game Sounds Worth The Investment
Sometimes, you need to spend millions of dollars on CG trailers, magazine advertisements and TV commercials to sell a game. And sometimes, you need to just tell a story straight from the heart. This craigslist ad for a used Game Boy copy of Super Mario Land sounds worth the $5 asking price just to share…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Terminator 2 Motorbike Chase Recreated In Grand Theft Auto V
Starting with the foot-chase in the mall, this video shows Terminator 2’s motorbike chase recreated in Grand Theft Auto V: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published June 4, 2014