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UncategorizedWho Should Have Been Street Fighter’s Latest Character?
You can’t please everyone, especially on the internet, so the people at OutsideXbox have offered up 9 suggestions for characters that should have been the latest addition to Ultra Street Fighter IV, instead of “Cammy with a mask”. I’m not a big Street Fighter fan, so I didn’t have any strong feelings on this issue……
By Steve Marinconz Published March 24, 2014 -
UncategorizedMetal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes – PS4 vs. Xbox One vs. PS3 vs. 360
With every new cross-gen video game comes a new opportunity to compare technical performances across most of today’s big gaming consoles, and Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is no exception. The super-technical folks at Digital Foundry have put together a great breakdown of the technical specs in the latest MGS game, complete with video…
By Jason Schreier Published March 24, 2014 -
UncategorizedSomeone’s Pretending To Be Obama While Playing Titanfall
Probably the best thing about these videos from GameSocietyPimps is that everyone involved is such a good sport. Often these “character plays a multiplayer first-person shooter” pranks lean toward the cruder side, but this impression artist stays in fairly true character. Imagine Key & Peele’s Obama skit but a little less…angry. But in these rounds,…
By Tina Amini Published March 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
Your PS3s and PS4s are about to get 37% more radical. OlliOlli—the hit side-scrolling skateboarding game that came out for PlayStation Vita earlier this year—will be coming to Sony’s home consoles this summer. There’s also an update on the way that will fix a crash bug and include other stuff, too.
By Evan Narcisse Published March 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
If Disney Characters Were In The Middle of a Zombie Apocalypse
They would survive and adapt easily, or at least that’s what deviantART artist Kasami-Sensei‘s artwork suggests. He put several Disney characters into the Walking Dead universe, making all the appropriate changes. It’s weird to see Anna from Frozen with an M4 carbine, but you can’t survive otherwise. Here are some highlights. My favorite is definitely…
By Gergo Vas Published March 24, 2014 -
UncategorizedEverything Happens In The Latest X-Men: Days Of Future Past Trailer
I think we might have gathered a few too many X-Men, you guys. Not that I mind a whole lot of X-Men. It just makes for a very scattered theatrical trailer, where it feels like all of the things are happening at once. Maybe Bryan Singer is making them cut the X-Men: Days of Future…
By Mike Fahey Published March 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
Imagine what MacGyver could do with a modern day smart phone. Fairplay Digital has announced it’s cobbling together an official mobile game based on classic action-adventure TV series. Fairplay will reveal the game in the coming weeks, after which it will explode as Richard Dean Anderson leaps away from it in slow motion.
By Mike Fahey Published March 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Cuccos from The Legend of Zelda are making an appearance in Super Smash Bros Wii U, and in the picture above, Toon Link is in trouble if he’s really about to hit one of them. You shouldn’t bully them… they might hurt you Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some…
By Gergo Vas Published March 24, 2014 - Kotaku East
Chinese Game Company Wants To Sell Raw Pork
You read that headline right. Chinese internet giant NetEase will soon be selling pork. NetEase operates Blizzard’s World of WarCraft in China. It funds and publishes its own online massively multiplayer online role-playing games, on top of running a highly trafficked internet news portal. It’s also into the business of raising organic free range pigs.…
By Eric Jou Published March 24, 2014 - Kotaku East
How To Draw a Tiger from a Penis
You will probably never look at dick faces, I mean tigers, the same way ever again. Twitter user Milkuzz recently posted these very helpful how-tos that explain how to use a dick drawing to create tiger doodles. Below, you can see the explanations. While they are in Japanese, just go in numeric order, and you…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 24, 2014 -
UncategorizedYouTube Stars Play Blizzard’s Upcoming Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard’s upcoming MOBA, looks fun when big YouTubers, like TotalBiscuit, StarCraft’s Husky, Jesse Cox and a few others team up to try out the game, which is currently in alpha—a fact that explains why it looks a bit empty at the moment, compared to, say, DOTA. The clip above is from…
By Gergo Vas Published March 24, 2014 -
Kotaku EastA Look At China’s Dizzying “Rubik’s Cube” Buildings
Architecture is art. Some buildings are just cool to look at. Others are mesmerising and hypnotic, like one compound in East China’s Jiangsu province, which has been dubbed by Chinese netizens as the “magical Rubik’s compound”. Located in the Kunshan district of Suzhou in east China’s Jiangsu province, the residential compound on Kong Xiang road…
By Eric Jou Published March 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
That’s One Way To Build Titanfall‘s Giant Mech
Though jumping in that titan would probably be a bad idea, one of the employees of an EB Games store in Melbourne, Australia came up with the best way to use up empty Xbox One and 360 boxes: he built an almost life-sized titan from Titanfall to guard the store. UPDATE – Kotaku Australia has…
By Gergo Vas Published March 24, 2014 - CultureCosplay
Little Dogs Make Attack on Titan Cosplay Cuter
Attack on Titan isn’t exactly an adorable anime. But this doggy cosplay sure is. Twitter user 30miomio3030 created an Attack on Titan dog outfit, complete with Three Dimensional Maneuver Gear made from Amazon boxes. Bravo. miomio3030 [Twitter via Otaku News] To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 24, 2014 -
Kotaku EastTaiwan Holds a Superhero Race
Over the weekend, the Avengers assembled in Taiwan! Well… sort of. This past weekend in Taipei, thousands of superhero fans and running enthusiasts hit the ground running in a 5k marathon. That’s right, thousands of people gathered in Taipei’s MaChangTing Memorial Park to take part in what is probably better described as a fun run…
By Eric Jou Published March 24, 2014 - Kotaku East
Well, Someone Has To Make Erotic Anime Character Sheets
People in the textile industry work hard. But imagine instead of spending the day making Polo shirts or slacks, they churn out adult anime sheets. Note: This article contains imagery that some readers might find objectionable. Recently on Chinese site TTmop, photos emerged of a domestic factory where hug pillows are made for Japan (and,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 24, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Latest Unreal Engine Gives Us The Prettiest Lighting Effects
Hopefully we’ll get to see something similarly pretty in our lifetimes—well, that’s not the main problem. Something similarly pretty but in-game, and with an acceptable framerate. Yeah, that’s it. Until then, we have videos to gawk and “ooooh” at. Like these two, spotted by DSOGaming, which showcase the lighting effects Unreal Engine 4 is capable…
By András Neltz Published March 24, 2014