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Let Doc Brown Explain Warlords of Draenor‘s Confusing Timeline
The next WoW expansion, Warlords of Draenor will focus on orcs, but most importantly time travel. As if the lore wasn’t already confusing enough, WoD will make sure we get lost in the history of orcs and humans. But thanks to Redditor trytech, we might have a saviour, none other than Doc Brown from Back…
By Gergo Vas Published November 12, 2013 -
UncategorizedOkay, Maybe Call Of Duty: Ghost‘s Spawning Could Use Some Work
Now I’m no first-person shooter expert, but I’m pretty sure you shouldn’t be able to kill the same opponent four times in ten seconds. Not only does YouTube’s Gold Glove kill one guy four times in that time span during this Call of Duty: Ghosts multiplayer match, he kills another two enemy players while he’s…
By Mike Fahey Published November 12, 2013 - Uncategorized
A classic fighting game based on Dota 2 and its characters would be a really cool thing, right? Redditor Wykrhm played with this idea, inspired mostly by Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter, and created the edit above. The Anti-Mage and Riki fit right in, but some characters, like Juggernaut, would be OP as hell under…
By Gergo Vas Published November 12, 2013 - Uncategorized
There’s a Nintendo Direct coming tomorrow at 11am Eastern. Nintendo says it’ll have “new details and information about previously announced Nintendo 3DS software launching through early 2014.” We’ll have all the details for you right here as it happens.
By Jason Schreier Published November 12, 2013 - Kotaku East
Overheating Consoles Were the Worst Problem of Last Generation
With this past generation, the most terrifying thing console owners could see was a small red or yellow light that meant their several hundred dollar console was dead. Without a doubt, the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 are amazingly complex pieces of hardware—each a powerful computer shoved into a tiny box. Unfortunately, as it turned…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 12, 2013 - Kotaku East
Japan’s “Privacy Visor” Offers Internet Privacy and Incessant Giggles
When you step outside, anyone can snap your photo. And said photo could spread all over cyberspace—Twitter, Facebook, you name it. Heck, it could even end up here! Maybe you don’t want that. Maybe you want privacy. Maybe you don’t mind looking silly. Japan’s National Institute of Informatics is working on a “privacy visor.” The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 12, 2013 - Kotaku East
Can’t Go to the Real Akihabara? Try This Game!
Akiba’s Trip 2 is about two things: stripping vampires (and thus exposing them to lethal amounts of sunlight) and the mecca for otaku worldwide: Akihabara. And as the game sports over 130 stores from the real world Akihabara, I went out and took a few pictures to see just how well the game captured real…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 12, 2013 - Kotaku East
Kingdom Under Fire II Coming to PS4. It’ll Be Out…One Day.
Kingdom Under Fire II has been in development for a long time. A very long time. Originally announced in early 2008 as a PC and home console game, Kingdom Under Fire II was supposed to hit the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360. Delays followed, there were rumors of development problems, and the console game…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 12, 2013 - Uncategorized
And The Lost Twin Brother Of Big Boss Is None Other Than…
So it looks like it’s not just Ellie from The Last of Us with a twin sister. Joel has one too: Big Boss from Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes. Not to mention the artwork looks pretty much the same, too. Plus “Stealth of Us” is an anagram of The Last of Us Joelid Snake –…
By Gergo Vas Published November 12, 2013 - Kotaku East
Eat Totally Fake Maguro Sashimi in Japan
Raw maguro (tuna) is served with rice as sushi or without as sashimi. One Japanese company is now introducing phony maguro you can eat. Imagine that! This faux sashimi is actually konnyaku (こんにゃく), which is a rubbery jelly made from a variety of potatoes. It’s actually very healthy and high in fiber. Natural tomato coloring…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 12, 2013 - Kotaku East
Here’s the Counter-Strike Player Who Won a Real Pig
Last month, there was a Counter-Strike Online 2 contest. The top prize was a pig. Like, an actual pig. Ladies and gents, we have a winner. As previously mentioned, Counter-Strike Online 2 is licensed from Valve, but developed by Nexon Korea for Asia. It runs on Valve’s Source engine. And…twenty-four year-old Yoon Hee Wook was…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 12, 2013 - Kotaku East
A Man Named “Batman, Son of Superman” Sent to Prison. (Really.)
A few years ago, a Singaporean man named Batman bin Suparman, which means “Batman, Son of Superman” in Malay, became an internet sensation. Well, the named crusader is back. He’s not fighting crime. This time, he’s committing it. Reuters reports that Batman bin Suparman was incarcerated on Monday. He is sentenced to two years and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 12, 2013 - Kotaku East
Gamers are Bound to Get a Laugh or Two Out of Neptunia: The Animation
Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation, based on the game series of the same name, was not on my list of the five anime you should have been watching this past summer, but it may be the anime of last season that gamers will get the most out of. This is because it is chock full of…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 12, 2013 - Uncategorized
Mexican Drug Cartel Selfies Show the Pouty Side of Crime
Meet Broly. He’s allegedly a member of the Knights Templar Cartel. Maybe make that “was.” He might have been killed or captured. But one thing for sure, this guy sure snapped lots of selfies. According to website Vice (via Borderland Beat and Kotaro), Mexican drug cartels dig their social media and are using it for…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 12, 2013 - Uncategorized
The New Amazon Playstation Network Store
This is the new Amazon Playstation Network Store, an alternate venue to purchase digital Playstation content for Playstation 3, Playstation 4, and Playstation Vita. The downside of going all digital for the next-gen consoles was going to be restricting yourself to only one storefront for potential deals, but now that’s not an issue. To celebrate…
By Shane Roberts Published November 12, 2013 -
UncategorizedSimCity Mod Tries To Make Game Useful
Educational outfit Glasslab Games have taken Maxis’ misguided SimCityand tried to wrestle something genuinely useful out of the thing. They’ve come up with a modified version of the game called SimCityEDU: Pollution Challenge!, which not only modifies the core experience, but also can be used to track the way students are learning – and applying…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 12, 2013 - Uncategorized
Hey Sega Fans, Get A Load Of This Mega Drive/Genesis Book
SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works is an upcoming book by Darren Wall that looks like one of the best pieces of Sega nostalgia you’ll ever get your hands on. It features 20 interviews with “original Sega team members”, and has all kinds of stuff like design docs for Mega Drive games and hardware concepts. This…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 12, 2013 - Uncategorized
Fantasy Hospital Game With Sick Kids In Danger Of Ending In Tears
Rakuen isn’t a game about space marines, or fast cars, or professional sports, or multi-hit combos. Instead, you play a sick young boy stuck in a hospital, who is transported to the fantasy world his mother reads him stories about. Its developers claim inspiration from Maniac Mansion, To the Moon and The Legend of Zelda:…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 12, 2013 -
UncategorizedBullet Bros Is What Happens When Contra Meets Monty Python
With it’s co-op shooting, Bullet Bros initially looks like Contra, or Gunstar Heroes, or any other retro game where two bros go guns blazing into a 2D battlefield. But then you see the tanks. And the grappling hooks. And the piggybacks. The game’s loaded with physics, as you can see in the trailer, and also…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 12, 2013