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Sunday Comics: The Bigger They Are …
Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics, chosen by our readership. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon in the lower right corner. Brawl In The Family by Matthew Taranto. Published Aug. 30. Read more of Brawl In The Family Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
By Owen Good Published September 1, 2013 - Uncategorized
PAX Cosplay: Male Tomb Raider, Zangief in Briefs and a Great Mega Man
You don’t need to wonder what Mega Man would look like in real life. One dude at PAX Prime nailed the Blue Bomber’s look. Scroll down and you’ll see a Mega Man costume that effectively channels the feel of the Capcom icon: a short, friendly dude who’s got off-putting proportions and a laser cannon for…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 31, 2013 - Uncategorized
XCOM‘s ‘Flying Spider Shark’ Wasn’t Left on the Cutting Room Floor
At the beginning of the latest video for XCOM: Enemy Within you can see some hideous tentacled thing that turns invisible and sneaks up on a lone soldier to strangle him, facehugger-style. That’s a Seeker, and its original concept looked even more dreadful. “That’s our Flying Spider Shark,” said Garth DeAngelis, putting a sum-of-all-fears capper…
By Owen Good Published August 31, 2013 - Uncategorized
Here’s The Mega Man Spiritual Successor You’ve Always Wanted
It’s called Mighty No. 9, it’s designed by Mega Man co-creator Keiji Inafune, and it’s on Kickstarterright now Inafune and crew want $900,000 to make Mighty No. 9 happen, and they hope to bring it to Steam in early 2015. They just announced the game at Inafune’s PAX Prime panel in Seattle today. It’s basically…
By Jason Schreier Published August 31, 2013 - Uncategorized
New Sherlock Footage Debuts Tomorrow
If you’re anywhere near as obsessed with the BBC’s Sherlock as I am, then you’ll be thrilled to know that new footage will debut in the morning. Season 2 ended on something of a cliffhanger, and we’re all waiting eagerly to see how exactly things will resume. That wait is almost over, as season 3…
By Mike Rougeau Published August 31, 2013 -
UncategorizedWatch the Cast of School of Rock Play That Great Song 10 Years Later
You know the song I’m talking about. “And if you want to be the teacher’s pet / Well baby you’d just better forget it / Rock got no reason, rock got no rhyme / You’d better get me to school on time!” It’s cheesy now, and it probably was back then. But I was a…
By Mike Rougeau Published August 31, 2013 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Unhappy Family: The winners
One family’s domestic discord is another person’s punchline. Who knew The Sims 4’s rather workaday screenshot of an unhappy couple would provide such inspiration to your fertile and disturbed imaginations. There’s a full set of 20 finalists inside, starting with overall No. 1 FAHtastic! Honorable mentions begin with sciteach, who rallied back after I again…
By Owen Good Published August 31, 2013 - Uncategorized
Xbox One TV Features Might Not Require Gold Subscription After All
It’s no secret that Microsoft’s messaging surrounding the Xbox One has been convoluted, and it seems even the company’s own representatives don’t quite have a grasp on all the console’s features and policies. But some of the TV-related features that Microsoft previously said will require an Xbox Live Gold subscription might not after all. The…
By Mike Rougeau Published August 31, 2013 -
UncategorizedThis Bonkers Baseball-Fighting Flash Game is Getting a Proper Release
I had never heard of Lethal League before reading about it in this NeoGAF thread, but apparently the single-projectile fighting game made a splash during the grand finals of Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament 9′s mystery game tournament back in May. Now its developer, Reptile Games, has announced that a standalone version of the Flash game…
By Mike Rougeau Published August 31, 2013 -
UncategorizedIs Miyamoto Really Responsible For Unrealistic Dual-Wielding in Games?
Did you know the infamous pirate Blackbeard (I hear he’s scarier in real life) carried no fewer than six flintlock pistols with him at any given time because they took so long to reload? You wouldn’t know it from playing Assassin’s Creed—Connor is really good at reloading those pistols—but that’s what Youtuber XboxAhoy says in…
By Mike Rougeau Published August 31, 2013 -
UncategorizedThe Next Dragon Age Is Crazy Ambitious
Playable Qunari. Tactical top-down combat. Large armies and controllable keeps. A massive world that the team compares to Skyrim, complete with interactive environments and graphics that scream “holy crap, this is next-gen!” This new Dragon Age is ambitious, and looking extraordinary so far. Originally slated for this fall but pushed back a year to give…
By Jason Schreier Published August 31, 2013 - Uncategorized
Tim Schafer Just Showed Off These Psychonauts Figurines in a Vine
If you’re at PAX and you’re a fan of Tim Schafer’s funny platforming classic Psychonauts, you’re going to want to stop by the Double Fine booth and pick up a few of these figurines. Schafer tweeted about the Psychonauts figurines today, linking to a 6-second Vine video in which he shows them off in quick…
By Mike Rougeau Published August 31, 2013 -
Uncategorized‘I Am Street Fighter‘ Doc Explores the Fighting Franchise for an Hour
Just in case Street Fighter didn’t get enough love during last year’s 25th anniversary celebrations, Capcom yesterday published the 72-minute documentary “I Am Street Fighter.” And it’s a doozy. Created by Area 5, the video was actually originally included as part of the $150 Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector’s Set. This is the first time…
By Mike Rougeau Published August 31, 2013 -
UncategorizedCall of Duty: Ghosts Riffs Off Titanfall‘s Cinematic Multiplayer
Infinity Ward this week showcased the pre-order bonus for its upcoming Call of Duty: Ghosts, a multiplayer map called “Free Fall” that the developer claims will add a touch of the cinematic single player campaign to the game’s deathmatch modes. Does that sound familiar to anyone? Yes, that’s the exact thinking behind Titanfall, the first…
By Mike Rougeau Published August 31, 2013 - Uncategorized
The Unknown Curse Of The Immortal Barry Steakfries
I’ve been playing Jetpack Joyride for what seems like a long time, but the other day I encountered something so strange and different that it set my mind spinning. It was just a glitch, but it was something that I’d never seen before, and my Googling revealed no forum threads or other users mentioning the…
By Mike Rougeau Published August 31, 2013 -
UncategorizedBatman’s Next Portable Game Has Some Castlevania, Metroid and Mega Man
The Dark Knight’s return to handheld gaming will feature multiple endings in an homage to classic old-school games of bygone eras. Set after the end of Batman: Arkham Origins:, Batman: Arkham Origins: Blackgate puts Bruce Wayne’s alter ego inside of Gotham’s max-security prison after an mysterious explosion allows inmates to take over the facility. When…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 31, 2013 - Uncategorized
The Best Halo 4 Players in the World Are Competing This Weekend at PAX
The battle for supremacy in Halo 4 that kicked off at the Rooster Teeth Expo earlier this month and continued at Gamescom will conclude at PAX Prime this weekend. The Halo 4 Global Championship Finals began yesterday at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, and they continue today. Tomorrow’s finale will be live streamed from 4 to…
By Mike Rougeau Published August 31, 2013 - Uncategorized
Foul Play Battles its Demons in a Crowd-Pleasing Way
A daemonologist, a chimney sweep, a stage play in Victorian England. Foul Play could have taken its inspiration from any number of sources. In fact, a music video from 1996 is largely how developer Mediatonic ended up with these themes on this type of game, a sidescrolling beat-em-up coming to Xbox Live in mid-September. “We…
By Owen Good Published August 31, 2013 - Uncategorized
Plants vs. Zombies 2 Already Beat the Original’s Lifetime Downloads
You’re in good company if you’ve been playing Plants vs. Zombies 2 for the last couple of weeks. In fact, your company is nearly 25 million strong, according to figures published yesterday by PopCap. That’s how many people have downloaded the sequel since its release earlier this month, and according to the developer that’s more…
By Mike Rougeau Published August 31, 2013 -
UncategorizedSony’s Latest Shot at Microsoft Comes on a T-Shirt You Can’t Get [Update: Microsoft is Amused]
Last night, Sony held an indie showcase event at Neumo’s, a Seattle music venue that epitomized underground cool. PlayStation exec Adam Boyes took the stage to re-affirm the company’s commitment to working with indies and third-party partners and announced a handful of new games. Whiles most of the games looked intriguing, it was Boyes’ t-shirt…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 31, 2013