Five Years And Nothing To Show: How Doom 4 Got Off Track

Doom 4 is in trouble, and has been for quite some time now, according to multiple sources. Though publisher Bethesda tells Kotaku they still plan to release the highly-anticipated first-person shooter, Doom 4 has gone through at least one major reboot over the past few years, and sources say even today, five years after development…

Defiance is Off to a Rocky Start, But You Won’t See Players Complaining

It wasn’t until my third hour in the game portion of SyFy and Trion Worlds’ crossmedia project that it struck me — Defiance is the quietest MMO launch ever. I’d run into a couple bugged quests, marveled over the purposeful stupidity of enemies in the tutorial zone, and giggled at the ridiculous vehicle physics, but…

Junk Vader Finds Your Lack of Horns Disturbing

Gabriel Dishaw calls himself an up-cycler or “junk artist.” Basically, what he does is he takes small components from various old, dismantled mechanical devices, and creates something wonderful out of them. Up top is his newest work, something he calls the Red Stag Vader. In fact, he’s done several Vaders: This one’s the aptly named…

It Didn’t Take Long To Have Bioshock Infinite‘s Columbia Recreated In Minecraft

Bioshock Infinite’s floating city is a stunning setting, carefully crafted to capture the imagination, so it was only a matter of time before an enterprising Minecraft artist built Columbia in cubes. Craftsman Ilikecutepeople does an amazing job here, capturing the essence of the city right down to the distinctive color palette. The video was assembled…

Creepy Woody, Angry Link and Friends Make Plastic Benches Fun

Japanese toy line Tomy Tec is releasing a series of train station benches. Boring, you say! Well, just look at all the possible figure hilarity these plastic seats make possible. Below is a series of photos from the Hobby Search Blog. They are wonderful. 駅ベンチ(オレンジ色タイプ/緑色タイプ)で遊ぼう！ [Hobby Search Blog] Kotaku East is your slice of Asian…

Chinese search engine Baidu is working on its own version of Google Glass. According to our pals at Gizmodo, it’s called Baidu Eye.

The Most Awesome Japanese Video Games Where You Can Ride A Horse

One would think, that horseback riding as a feature in video games would appear most of the time in wild west-themed titles, with lots of riding and gunning. But browsing through Japanese games, it quickly becomes clear that it’s not the case. A wide variety of genres have horse companions. Most of the time they…

OXM reports that, in response to a redditor’s complaint to the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority about the visible differences between the playable and trailer-demonstrated versions of Aliens: Colonial Marines, Sega Europe has agreed to put disclaimers stating that the game shown is the demo version next to their videos. Update: Some, but not all, of…

Report: 1.2 Million Chinese Died in 2010 Due to Air Pollution

You’ve seen China’s pollution. While it might look like something out ofscience fiction or a video game, the horrible air quality is very real. And according to a new report, it’s deadly. Chinese newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (via 47News) is reporting that in 2010, 1.23 million Chinese died due to air pollution in 2010.…

Planet Explorers Promises an Otherworldly Adventure of Base Defense, Aliens, Swords and Guns

Pathea Games’ Planet Explorers tries to do a lot of things at once. The developers of this adventuring-base building-RPG hybrid are looking to gather $100,000 from the Kickstarter community to finish up and polish their game—a funding goal that, honestly, seems quite humble for a project this size. The game, on one side, will have…

Relinquish Your Form to this Awesome Mass Effect Lego Reaper

This fantastic piece was created by Imagine Designs for the 2013 MOCathlon, a yearly online Lego tournament organized by MOCpages. The Reaper statue is fully poseable, with movable faceplates that reveal its laser. You know, for added realism. And terror. Mass Effect Reaper: I am the Vanguard of your Destruction! [MOCpages] For reference, here’s the…

Dragon Ball Photo Meme Has New Competition: Darth Vader

It started with a Japanese schoolgirl trend: Kids doing anime style attacks and uploading their pics to Twitter. The trend went global, with people all around the world doing their version of Dragon Ball moves. Now, that meme has some new competition: The Dark Side of the Force. Say hello to “Vadering”. The trend began…

BioShock Takes Cosplay to Infinity and Beyond

Those BioShock titles sure have given us some fancy outfits! And the newly released BioShock Infinite is no exception. That’s probably one reason why people, especially cosplayers, love the BioShock games. Here is some, but not all, of the best BioShock cosplay this side of the internet. Have a look below as you try to…

Blizzard just announced the StarCraft II World Championship Series. More on Battle.net. [Official Site Thanks, Sang!]

It’s Like Temple Run, But with Naked Chinese People and a Sex Doll

Apparently, these photos were recently taken in Beijing. However, it isn’t known who this couple is or what the hell is going on. Well, save for the part about running naked in public with an inflatable friend. We got that part. Warning: This article has content some readers might find objectionable. According to The South…

A LEGO City That Took, Well, Forever To Build

600 hours. Over 200,000 bricks. That’s what it cost Mike Doyle to build this enormous LEGO city, called Odan. It was totally worth it. A lot of thought has gone into both the design and construction of Odan, which you should read about in this lengthy interview over on Brothers Brick Mike Doyle builds massive…

Artist Kyle Hilton did a series of amazing Game of Thrones illustrations for Vulture, turning the fantasy epic into more light-hearted TV fare (via Laughing Squid).

Another Hollywood Director Wants To Make A Half-Life Movie

Fede Alvarez, the 35 year-old Uruguayan (and director of Panic Attack) who has been given the keys to the Evil Dead remake, has bigger ambitions than just reworking somebody else’s old movie. Speaking with Yahoo!, Alvarez says his dream project would be to make a Half-Life movie. “I really want to make a ‘Half-Life’ movie…

BioShock Infinite Ported To Wooden Tables

What the upcoming BioShock Infinite: The Siege of Columbia lacks in surround sound and frantic action, it makes up for with things the video game version is lacking in: a tangible world and, more importantly, little plastic men (and women). Instead of playing as Booker, the game is more strategic in nature, giving you command…

You Won’t Believe One Man Is Making This Game

If you were impressed that one person managed to make last year’s Dust: An Elysian Tail, get ready to be impressed all over again by Ghost of a Tale. Admittedly it’s a smaller project in scope than Dust, but it’s the visuals here that get your attention. Rough as they may be in this very…