This video preview of the newest add-on to Blizzard’s mega-successful MMO premiered today at Gamescom. Enjoy the pandas! And the mists!
The Warcraft franchise looks like its entire world was made from children’s balloons. It’s nothing but big shapes and bright, bright colours. Love it or hate it, it’s become an iconic style, something that’s helped World of Warcraft not only run on anybody’s computer, but look unique in doing it. But have you ever wondered…
Square Enix’s new/remade MMORG, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn was shown at Gamescom 2012 in Germany yesterday. During the stage event, producer/director Naoki Yoshida stood on stage to show what has been developed so far. As can be seen from screenshots, FFXIV: A Realm Reborn has some pretty spectacular graphics. Yoshida proudly announced that…
For years now, Team Ninja has been talking up the breast physics in its Dead or Alive fighting games. And now that DOA5 is coming out, Team Ninja is…talking up breast physics. According to website PSU, Team Ninja producer Yosuke Hayashi said the DOA5 development team went “hands on” with partners and other studio staff…
Here’s the latest entry in The Avengers line of collectibles from Hong Kong figure maker Hot Toys. As with other Hot Toys figures, the amount of detail and craftsmanship to marvel at is simply staggering. Staggering ain’t cheap! As with other Hot Toys figs, you’re need to open your wallets for this Hulk (the Japanese…
Beyond: Two Souls‘s script is 2,000 pages long—four times longer than a film script.
UK comedian Adam Buxton (one half of Adam and Joe) recently uploaded this song to YouTube. As Kotaku reader Sam pointed out, it was for a section called Song Wars in which both Adam and Joe have to make a song on a theme and listeners vote on the winner. This is the result. Dubstep…
The PS Vita will be getting a firmware update soon which will allow for a bunch of new features, including the long-awaited PS1 game compatibility. However, by opening the doors to older classics, Sony could potentially be exposing or creating new security holes to hackers who would eagerly exploit them. The new system update, version…
Here’s some gameplay footage of the relaunched Final Fantasy XIV. The presentation shows off some of the game’s drag and drop inventory system as well as jumping. Yes, jumping! First Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Gameplay Footage [Siliconera]
“Haikyo” are abandoned buildings—ruins. Last year, a couple ex-BioShock developers read an account by Gakuranman.com of exploring a haikyo. It inspired their new indie game Gone Home, a game that revolves around exploration, instead of cheap scares. The house featured on Gakuranman has since been known as “The Royal House”. Steve Gaynor on the Gone…
Relationships can be difficult and unstable; even virtual ones. The wizards at Tea Time have taken the dating world online, proving that just because a game doesn’t have swords or guns doesn’t mean there isn’t conflict and war. Tea Time, the makers of the virtual upskirt and other interactive NSFW technology, have a game that…
Earlier today, Capcom announced a new Mega Man game. Usually if Capcom announces a new Mega Man game, I’d do a proper post. But no, not for this game. It’s not a proper Mega Man game. Instead, Capcom is releasing a Mega Man social game for iOS. Look, social games are fine. iOS games are…
Go ahead. Gaze into Mr. Putin’s eyes. What do you see? I see a figure from Hong Kong toy maker DiD. You might get a sense of Putin’s soul. Regardless, here’s a collectible Putin. He comes with two flags, a wooden podium, alternate outfits—and more. The Putin figure will be out this September. Let the…
Just as Comic Market (aka “Comiket”) wraps up in Japan, several of the country’s most popular cosplayers—Enako, Akira Itsuki, and Kuroneko—are releasing their singing debut for Sony Music’s DefSTAR Records label. Their group is called “Panache!”, and the concept behind the trio is that it’s a mix of 2D and 3D—in short, the concept is…
Capcom announces a new Mega Man. It’s a social game. For iOS. Yep.
Sun Jifa lost both hands while constructing a homemade bomb. The explosive was to be used for blast fishing, but accidentally went off. Unable to work on his family farm and unable to afford pricey prosthetic limbs, the 51 year-old came up with a plan: build the arms himself. For eight years, Sun toiled, constructing…
Call of Duty be damned, there’s only one game involving army men that I’m interested in this year, and that’s Bohemia Interactive’s upcoming ArmA III. The more I see of this game, the more I cannot believe that it can look this good while being a single enormous, open-world island, with super-realistic physics bolted on…
There’s not much to Staggering Beauty. Just an instruction to shake vigorously and a warning that those prone to epileptic fits should avoid. Both things to be heeded. It’s the work of artist pals George & Jonathan, whose other work you can check out here Staggering Beauty [Site]
We’ve got games that put you inside the eyeballs of men, and inside the cockpit of aircraft, but rarely do we get to venture into hte space in between. Slower, and lower, but because of that often a lot more fun. I’m talking about birds, who aside from some seagulls in Wind Waker I rarely…
Here’s a fascinating story on how the global economy is, at one level, just one giant game of Tetris.
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