Behold the Majestic Power of Karate

This is Rika Usami. An her karate kata skills are truly a sight to see. Recently, a World Karate Federation clip featuring Usami has been getting lots of YouTube play, racking up over a hundred thousand views in the past month. The clip is actually from earlier this year at the World Championships in Paris.…

North Korea Might Be Unleashing a Cyber Attack with Online Games

South Korean police are warning that downloadable games might contain North Korean malware. It’s believed these could be part of a cyber attack. According to The Wall Street Journal, South Korea’s National Police Agency made the warning after it nabbed a citizen for illegally trafficking in North Korean developed online games. A North Korean hacker,…

The Bayonetta Anime Looks Enchanting and Sadistic

Bayonetta Bloody Fate is the upcoming anime, starring, well, Bayonetta. Bloody Fate was first revealed earlier this fall with a short teaser trailer. This trailer shows a bit more footage, if you’re into that kind of thing. 劇場版 「ベヨネッタ ブラッディフェイト [KagayakiJapan@YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on…

PC Game Lets You Play As The Mighty Conquering Jews

For something that’s such a big part of many people’s daily lives, religion doesn’t play a terribly big role in video games. It does in Crusader Kings II, however, and that role is about to get a lot more interesting. Sons of Abraham is the latest expansion to one of the best games ever made,…

Do You Have A Real Master Sword? This Guy Does.

Reader Adam had a smith craft him a replica Master Sword. It’s so good I hope he goes and hides it in a temple somewhere. The sword was built by Australian Brendan Olszowy, who stresses “The swords I make are REAL swords. Fully functional. Built for durability, and to perform as a live sword for…

McDonalds Names Burger After…Video Game Team

So McDonalds in Sweden held a competition earlier in the year. The winner got to name a burger. And now we have a burger named after an eSports team. Seems the winner was a big competitive gaming fan, so decided to name the burger the McNiP, after Ninjas In Pyjamas, one of the most successful…

Cosplay So Good They Made A Movie For It

I’m not sure what’s more impressive about this RoboCop cosplay. That it moves so well, that it looks so good, that this fan recreation of a movie scene is so perfect or that the outfit is made out of cardboard YouTuber Comicbookgirl19 made this costume for this year’s Dragon-Con and Comic-Con, but to really show…

It Is Awfully Difficult To Catch A Boat With A Helicopter In GTA V

As you can see in this video from Rooster Teeth, it is actually quite difficult to catch a ramping boat with a helicopter in GTA V. Which, naturally, makes it all the more satisfying when you finally do. (Skip toward the end to get to the good part.)

Frute Brute: The Snacktaku Monster Cereals Review Spooktacular

A man cursed with the form of a wolf, or a feral creature desperately attempting to shake of its vestigial ties to humanity? Whatever the balance of beast and boy in cherry-flavored Frute Brute be, both sides felt the sting of betrayal. Both have returned for their revenge. Imagine yourself lost hound, wandering a world…

Indie Dev Removing Racially Charged Gag From Game After Complaints

Most people seem to really like the indie PC sensation The Stanley Parable, but not everyone enjoys one of the jokes in the game. Specifically, a jokey 50s-style PSA video that shows a black child being given cigarettes and set on fire by a white guy. In response to a couple player complaints, The Stanley…

We Might Be Getting A Luigi-Themed 2DS [Update: It’s Fan-Made]

It’s the year of Luigi, and so if there was ever a time to launch a Luigi 2DS, it would be now, right? Well, it seems there might be a Luigi 2DS in our future, based on these pictures of what seems to be an unannounced 2DS that a tipster sent in. [Update, 10/26] This…

There’s a rumour that the next Call of Duty runs at 1080p on PS4 and 720p on Xbox One. For those who care, we’re looking into it with Activision, and will get back to you if we hear back.

The sequel to Candy Box—the surreal, text-based flash game that grabbed attention back in the spring—will release tomorrow morning. Completing Candy Box 2 will give players “access to a special area featuring quests written by the players.” More details here.

Watch Dogs and AC IV’s exclusive PS3/PS4 content will be exclusive for six months. As shown in Sony’s new PS4 sizzle reel, PS3 and PS4 players will have first dibs on those hour-long extra missions for AC IV and Watch Dogs for half a year, then everyone else will likely get to play. Not a…