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UncategorizedSuperman and Wonder Woman Take Over the World in Injustice: Gods Among Us
The Injustice comic series, hitting shops and digital stores today spells out why Superman is fighting Batman (as they do from time to time) in Injustice: Gods Among Us, the fighting video game. But if you’re not picking that up, or just need the cliff notes, this trailer above fills you in on a very…
By Owen Good Published January 30, 2013 - Uncategorized
California Senator (Sorta) Sorry For Telling Gamers To ‘Quiet Down’
“Gamers have just got to quiet down. Gamers have no credibility in this argument.” The guy who said those words has eaten them, via Twitter. Leland Yee, author of the California anti-video game bill that the Supreme Court struck down in 2011, apologized yesterday to video gamers for remarks he made in a San Francisco…
By Owen Good Published January 30, 2013 - Uncategorized
Let’s Rank the Pokémon Games, Best to Worst
We did it with Halo, Grand Theft Auto, and Final Fantasy, and now we’re back at it again to rank the Pokémon series. The Pokémon world is an enormous one, one that spans over 20 core titles (mostly with slight variations) and countless other side stories (30 by my count), but for newcomers into the…
By Eric Jou Published January 30, 2013 - Uncategorized
The Words with Friends Craze Justified By One Perfect Piece of Clothing
No matter how you feel about the popular social/mobile game Words with Friends, you have to appreciate a property that spawns a piece of art in which Cobra Commander shoots Captain Planet through the chest as Shredder, Boba Fett, Skeletor, the Terminator and a Dalek look on. Fantastic work from The Atomic Rocket, available today…
By Mike Fahey Published January 30, 2013 -
UncategorizedIn-game broadcasting from Call of Duty: Black Ops II comes to Twitch today
By Evan Narcisse Published January 30, 2013 -
UncategorizedThis leaked trailer could be for a Chinese New Year-themed Sleeping Dogs DLC.
By Holden Miller Published January 30, 2013 - Uncategorized
This Week’s Android Charts: A Temple Run Triple Play
It’s all Temple Run, all the time in this week’s Android charts, as the launch of the smash-hit sequel brings all three games in the franchise into the spotlight. I wonder if Imangi Studios’ other games ever get jealous. They make other games, you know. Remember Max Adventure, the dual-stick shooter about a kid saving…
By Mike Fahey Published January 30, 2013 - Uncategorized
A $350 Representation Of Nathan Drake’s Half-Tuck
First revealed earlier this month, here’s a better look at Sideshow’s giant, expensive Nathan Drake statue, which will sell for $350. NATHAN DRAKE PREMIUM FORMAT FIGURE PHOTOS, PRE-ORDER INFO, AND MORE! [Sideshow]
By Luke Plunkett Published January 30, 2013 - Kotaku East
How a Banana Becomes Art
Back in 2011, Keisuke Yamada became an internet sensation. His art was spectacular. It was also bananas. See, Yamada sculpts using bananas—a material which is very tricky to work with because the color and the texture rapidly changes. Yamada must sculpt quickly. This month, Yamada appeared on Japan’s biggest morning program, showing off some of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 30, 2013 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Sells Three Million Wii U Systems, But Expects To Take A Hit
Nintendo sold just over three million Wii U systems worldwide from the system’s November launch through to the end of December, with over 1.3 million of them selling in America. Both Nintendo Land and New Super Mario Bros. U have sold over two million copies. The sales don’t offset some bad news from Nintendo—bad news…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 30, 2013 - Kotaku East
Donate blood in Japan and get Naruto schwag from the Japanese Red Cross.
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 30, 2013 -
Kotaku EastSomeone Made the ‘Gangnam Style’ Video into a Flipbook
You might be burned out on “Gangnam Style”. Even if you are, this deserves your attention. It shows a flipbook of the “Gangnam Style” video. The entire music video. The video was made by Etoilec, who is becoming internet famous for flipbooks. Flipbook STYLE GANGNAM Par Etoilec1 [etoilec1@YouTube via Beijing Cream] Kotaku East is your…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 30, 2013 - Kotaku East
The Chinese government says it’s not considering ending its console ban (via TechInAsia).
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 30, 2013 - Kotaku East
Legendary Sega Consoles Turned into Colorful Anime Ladies
In fan art, there is a long, proud history of turning video game consoles into female anime characters. This is not fan art. Sega is releasing a set of downloadable content for its free-to-play PS Vita game Samurai & Dragons. The set of 13 character cards are personifications of Sega’s game consoles. They’re dubbed “Segakko”…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 30, 2013 - Kotaku East
North Korean Gulags Receive Less Than Stellar Reviews
On Google Maps, there are locations of several North Korean prison camps: Gulag 16, Gulag 22, and Chongjin Gulag. Very serious reviews are appearing on Google Plus, and many of them are hardly flattering. This must be worrying as North Korea is apparently opening new interment resorts. No doubt these reviews will hamper expansion plans.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 30, 2013 - Culture
A Man Who Made Jason Brody (And Master Chief, And A Badass Nord)
Mathieu Aerni is a character artist at Blur Studio, they of amazing video game trailer fame He’s worked on trailers and cinematics for games such as Halo 4, Far Cry 3, The Elder Scrolls Online, Lord of the Rings: War in the North and Dishonored Over the years he’s also worked on a number of…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 30, 2013 - Uncategorized
Kids Play Call Of Duty, Get Raided By Police
Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan (via The Local) is reporting that over the weekend, a group of kids playing Call of Duty got a little more than they bargained for when they got all excited about the game. When one of the teenagers was killed in a round, he jokingly fell to the ground and started screaming…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 30, 2013 - Uncategorized
After 35 Years, Star Wars Action Figures Might Actually Be Growing Up
For such a massive series, the standard Star Wars action figures have never exactly set the world on fire. The originals had a range of movement last seen at the Nuremberg Rally, and subsequent ones haven’t improved much. For 2013, though—and perhaps spurred on by Star Wars‘ fresh ownership—Hasbro has pulled out all the stops,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 30, 2013 - Uncategorized
Sweet Mother Of Dragons, Get A Load Of King’s Landing Recreated In Minecraft
We’ve seen some amazing Game of Thrones stuff from the people at Westeroscraft in the past, but these latest shots of King’s Landing just may take the cake. Check ’em out: Good lord. You can practically smell the place. Those images come from Imgur via reddit and pretty much everyone on Twitter. You can find…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 30, 2013