OK, We Get It, That Korean MMO Looks Fantastic

After a somewhat quiet reveal last year, Korean MMO Black Desert has been blowing socks off for the last week with its character creation system and ambitious design. This clip, showing the game’s enormous world, isn’t helping people be any calmer about the whole thing. What’s important about this isn’t just the fact it looks…

Guy Makes Adventure Time Sword, Destroys Soda, Candy Machines

The guys at Man At Arms, besieged with requests to make Jake’s sword from Adventure Time, finally caved. They did an awesome job recreating it. Then an even better one testing it out. I love how they make everything so glossy, to really give it that cartoon look. Also, neat touch with the themed destruction…

Blizzard Wants You To Leave The House, Meet Other Real Humans

Blizzard’s latest hit, the card game Hearthstone, can be played online. Just like every other Blizzard game. But for reasons known only to higher powers, the company wants you to leave your home and play Hearthstone with other people. In the flesh. Braving both the elements and direct interaction with another member of your own…

Yep, Infamous: Second Son looks really nice. Last week when Sucker Punch released that super cool Photo Mode for their game, I had a feeling videos like this one would start turning up. And lo and behold, here we are. This video comes to us from Epic Rabbit via Pixelated Cody. When I talked about…

Please, Space Games, Don’t Become The Next Nazi FPS

Space games never really went away. But they’ve been on something of a comeback trail all the same. What happened to give all us neglected X-Wing fans reason to have faith once again? I’m willing to bet it has something to do with a little thing called the Oculus Rift. I mean, the gadget is…

Controversial Game Highlights Flaws In Steam’s System

Earth: Year 2066, a game that was greenlit by the public on Steam earlier this year, is receiving a lot of negative attention recentlybecause it charges $19.99 for a shoddy game that plays horribly and seems unlikely shape up down the line, despite developer promises to improve the game. Worse, the developer, “Muxwell,” is being…

Uncharted PS4 Won’t Sound Like It Did Last November

Uncharted 4 won’t sound like it did during the brief glimpse we got last year—the actor who voiced the teaser trailer for the next Uncharted game says he’s no longer involved in the project. Todd Stashwick, who voices the above trailer (released last November during a PS4 launch event), told IGN today he’s no longer…

A Post-Apocalyptic Game That Isn’t About Humans

Mushroom 11 is a very different type of post-apocalyptic game. Instead of a human fighting zombies and looking for supplies, you play a green blob. Developer Itay Keren showed me some of the game and talked about the concept of playing a blob. The idea for Mushroom 11 came from a game jam with the…

Scientists Use Kinect To Make Instant X-Rays And Freak People Out

Everything’s better with Kinect. Including, apparently, your insides. Okay it’s not actual X-Rays, but rather a simulation using the Xbox camera to match a model in real time to your own movement. Apparently the effect’s so good at least one woman “gasped and covered her breasts, trying to shield herself from view”. It was part…

Dying Woman Uses Oculus Rift To Go Outside One Last Time

Video games can take us anywhere —and that’s a powerful ability that can mean the world for some, like the Firstenberg family. After attempting cancer treatments last year, Roberta Firstenberg was told she had a few months to live. And since she had trouble getting around and being mobile, one of her dying wishes was…

The World’s Fastest Ocarina of Time Player Set Another New Record

Last month, speedrunner Cosmo Wright beat The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in 18 minutes and 56 seconds. Over the weekend, he hit 18:40. That’s with glitches, but without tools or cheats. He plays on a Chinese version of the game that loads text faster than the others It’s not quite as fun to…

Stoic Studio Is Giving Away A Banner Saga Poster

Stoic Studio: Happy Monday Folks! How about we do a giveaway? Retweet and Follow for a chance to win an awesome poster! You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

A Stop-Motion Oculus Rift Teardown That Might Teach You Something

Now that he’s broken down a PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, Jake Roper of YouTube’s Vsauce3 sets his sights on Facebook’s virtual reality headset. I must be the only person at Kotaku who hasn’t tried out the Oculus Rift. That means if we’re ever attacked by the Oculus Rift, I am our last line of…