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UncategorizedHere’s 12 More Minutes Of Skywind To Gawk At
Hey, remember Skywind, that breaktakingly beautiful mashup of the two classic Elder Scrolls games Morrowind and Skyrim? Of course you do, because all us here at Kotaku can’t seem to stop posting about it Just look at this new developer diary, though, and you’ll see why. The ambitious plan to transport Morrowind into the engine…
By Yannick LeJacq Published April 18, 2014 -
UncategorizedHere Is The First Male Character In Skullgirls
There’s a brand new male character coming to Skullgirls next week: He’s almost here: Big Band, Skullgirls Encore’s first male character, arrives free next Tuesday, April 22nd! Once a regular beat cop known as Ben Birdland, he fell flat when he got on the wrong side of New Meridian’s corrupt police force. Birdland was broken…
By John Struan Published April 18, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Golden Age Of JRPGs
Last weekend at PAX East, I moderated a panel called “The Golden Age Of RPGs.” This was quite fun, mostly because we spent the whole time yelling at Destructoid editor Dale North for not liking Final Fantasy IX. (I mean… come on.) The crux of our discussion: which was the best era for Japanese role-playing…
By Jason Schreier Published April 18, 2014 -
UncategorizedNew The Amazing Spider-Man 2 PS3 Bundle And iOS Game
Walmart has a new Spider-Man-themed PS3 bundle available for preorder: Swing through Manhattan while fighting Electro and more with The Amazing Spider-Man 2 PlayStation 3 bundle, featuring a PS3 500GB System, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 game, and The Amazing Spider-Man movie on VUDU. Available for preorder for $269 And speaking of Spider-Man 2, the iOS…
By John Struan Published April 18, 2014 - Uncategorized
Surprise! Octodad: Dadliest Catch will arrive on PS4 this coming Tuesday, April 22. The PS4 version will be more or less the same goofy trip as the PC version, though some of the back half has been re-tuned to be less annoying. (The PC version’s been patched, too.) I’ve been playing a bit on PS4…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 18, 2014 -
UncategorizedAtari Rescued This Cool Minimalist Shooter From A Collapsing TimeGate
When Aliens: Colonial Marines co-developer TimeGate Studios shut down, my first concern was for the gorgeously blocky shooter the developer had announced just a month prior. Thankfully Atari thought Minimum was too pretty to die as well. According to a press release from Atari, the publisher had been in talks with TimeGate early on to…
By Mike Fahey Published April 18, 2014 -
UncategorizedCheck Out Blue Beetle’s Claws And Cannons In Infinite Crisis
The Jamie Reyes version of Blue Beetle is the latest playable character for Infinite Crisis (DC’s free-to-play multiplayer online battle arena game). See him in action below: If you just want the highlights without watching the video: Jamie Reyes wandered into a fight between warring super-human gangs and, in his frantic escape, came across the…
By John Struan Published April 18, 2014 - Uncategorized
Xbox One Controllers, New Humble Weekly, Tomb Raider Definitive, TMNT
Newegg has the Xbox One Controller for just $45 today, so pick up a spare or two while you can. The Limited Edition Titanfall Controller is also back in stock. [Newegg] New Humble Weekly If you’re ready to cut the cord, Newegg will sell you everything you need to get started today for under $100.…
By Shane Roberts Published April 18, 2014 -
UncategorizedNot the Fastest Super Mario Bros. 3 Speedrun. Surely the Prettiest.
Nintendo just release their classic platformer Super Mario Bros 3 for Wii U and 3DS yesterday. The NES classic probably looks great on the company’s current hardware. Good for them. But SMB3 looks utterly amazing in this 4K resolution tool-assisted speedrun posted on YouTube. A/V specialist Andy Dick creates insanely upscaled versions of old games…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 18, 2014 - Uncategorized
Cosplaying Nintendo Characters
Pikachu and Toad from Jorge Vargas’s new collection of illustrations. See Princess Peach and more below: Pikachu/Rush Toad/Piranha Plant Princess Peach/Sakura Bomberman/Ryu Knuckles/Falco Kirby/Space Marine Previously: A Link to the Past Running on a Galaxy Gear watch You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs…
By John Struan Published April 18, 2014 -
UncategorizedHow Many Peeps Can A 50 Caliber Rifle Shoot Through?
I suppose it’s an Easter tradition now, so here’s RatedRR showing us some beautiful slow-motion footage of a 50 caliber rifle firing through hundreds of marshmallow peeps. Of course, if that video didn’t do it for you, see what happens when you throw a peep into a vacuum RatedRR [YouTube]
By Steve Marinconz Published April 18, 2014 -
UncategorizedTelling The Story Of The Best Smash Bros. Players Around
Last year, film-maker Travis Beauchamp released a fascinating documentary about the world of competitive Super Smash Bros. Now, he wants to make another. This time, Beauchamp is looking to tell the stories of Armada, Mango, Dr. PP, and other ridiculously-named competitive Smash Bros. experts. Beauchamp is asking for $26,000 on Kickstarter to make it happen.…
By Jason Schreier Published April 18, 2014 -
UncategorizedFirst Trailer For The New Adventure Time Mobile Game
The first trailer for upcoming Adventure Time game Time Tangle has been released. See Finn and Jake, Lady Rainicorn, Lemongrab, and more in action below: Here are the details: +Coming to mobile devices this summer. +Run and punch through the Land of Ooo. +Rescue your pals and use them as special attacks. +Complete randomized quests…
By John Struan Published April 18, 2014 -
UncategorizedA Spaceship Game That Feels a Lot Like Being in a Relationship
Listen, Space Partner, if we don’t figure out how to work together, the space bunnies are going to die horrible, lonely deaths. Stop screaming at me and upgrade those shields! The neon spaceship you’re jumping around in Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime looks like it’s made for half a dozen interstellar explorers. But you and…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 18, 2014 - Culture
Space Invaders And Other Classic Games As Renaissance Paintings
You know what would have made sitting through lectures on early modern European history a lot more bearable? Giant space lasers, and plenty of ’em. Unfortunately, the renaissance painter Fra Angelico would have had to live another 500 years or so in order to get a chance to draw inspiration from the modern-day muse that…
By Yannick LeJacq Published April 18, 2014 -
UncategorizedMajor Duping Bug Hits The Elder Scrolls Online
It’s not exactly abnormal to see bugs in an Elder Scrolls game, but this one’s special: an item-duplication bug has spread all throughout The Elder Scrolls Online, flooding the multiplayer RPG with illicitly-obtained items and gold. This morning, developer Zenimax Online Studios announced that they were temporarily turning off the game’s guild banks, likely in…
By Jason Schreier Published April 18, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Thoughts About Amazon Fire TV and Android Gaming • Should Culture Come Into Play when Understanding a Game? • 10 Reasons EDF 2025 Should be in your Game Device At This Moment TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published April 18, 2014
