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League Of Legends Bug Doesn’t Let Champion Stop Being A Bird
“Sometimes I swear that bird is just showing off,” Quinn will often say in League of Legends. I don’t think she meant it like this Quinn is a ranged champion in League of Legends who fights with a mechanic crossbow and a big fearsome-looking eagle on her shoulder. Except for when she triggers her ultimate…
By Yannick LeJacq Published September 3, 2015 -
Emily, Who Is The Worst, Deserves To Die In Until Dawn
Until Dawn is a game about survival, unless we’re talking about Emily, in which case I’m waiting for the first opportunity of death’s sweet embrace. The characters in Until Dawn largely play into well-known horror archetypes, whether it’s the sexpot blonde who’s always getting herself into trouble, the character who can’t die and seems destined…
By Patrick Klepek Published September 3, 2015 -
Here Is A Good Way To Get Quiet In Metal Gear Solid V
When you’re stuck in a video game, sometimes the only way through is to get creative. Most people who’ve been following Metal Gear Solid V probably know about Quiet. Even if you have no interest in playing the game, it’s been hard to miss the boobed-out bikini warrior with the sniper rifle who’s been featured…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 3, 2015 -
What Happens When GTA Online Players Band Together To Stop The Train
Ten brave GTA Online players line up with their favorite cars in a tunnel. A train looms in the distance. Can they stop it? Maybe not. But what happens in this clip by Redmar Belle instead is hilarious. Pure, sweet chaos. The very spirit of GTA, captured in a few seconds. Probably not surprising, given…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 3, 2015 -
Street Fighter V’s Wrestler Has An Amazing Ability
R. Mika has a few work out tips for you. They’re pretty good! They also turn her into an absolute monster. When R. Mika was originally announced, the Capcom detailed her special “Mic Performance” V-Skill—she basically pulls out a microphone and gives you a little motivational speech. It’s a skill that beefs up her throws.…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 3, 2015 -
Binding of Isaac Designer’s New Game Is Both Uncomfortable And Funny
Edmund McMillen is known for games with a twisted sense of humor, but none of them have made me feel as bad for laughing as his latest, Fingered. The premise is simple. There’s a police lineup of bizarre characters being investigated for a crime that’s never disclosed. Murder? Theft? Jaywalking? That’s irrelevant to the matter…
By Patrick Klepek Published September 3, 2015 -
Backlash Over Supposedly Educational ‘Slave Tetris’ Video Game
This is a screen shot from Slave Tetris, which I can assure you was a very real mini-game once featured in Playing History 2: Slave Trade. Originally released in 2013, the mini-game has now been removed, following a backlash after the developer promoted a Steam sale. The Playing History series comes from Serious Games, a…
By Patrick Klepek Published September 3, 2015 -
Sgt. Doomhammer Orcs Up Heroes Of The Storm’s Siege Tank
Sgt. Hammer has always been one of the best specialists in Heroes of the Storm. But the MOBA-fied version of StarCraft’s iconic siege tank unit didn’t have any great skins to match—likely because it’s hard to dress up a tank in anything more more imaginative in a WWII-era guide. Blizzard’s finally changed that. “Sgt. Doomhammer”…
By Yannick LeJacq Published September 3, 2015 -
First Trailer For BBC’s Movie About The Battle Over GTA
Man, seeing Daniel Radcliffe with a beard sure is strange. What you’re seeing above is the first teaser for the upcoming BBC movie about the old-school GTA controversy back in the early 2000’s. Remember Jack Thompson and that entire thing about banning violent video games? Yeah. It’s about that. Daniel Radcliffe plays Sam Houser, whom…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 3, 2015 -
One Of Metal Gear Solid V‘s Most Important Story Scenes Was Cut
Rumors have suggested that Konami was unhappy with how much money Hideo Kojima spent on his most recent epic, which might explain why one of Metal Gear Solid V’s most pivotal story missions isn’t actually in the game. Fans who bought the Collector’s Edition of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain found that the…
By Jason Schreier Published September 3, 2015 -
Rocket League’s next big patch is coming in a few weeks, and it’ll let you immediately play another ranked game when a match is over (finally!), filter out PS4 players while on PC, fix the endemic of ******** usernames, kick off the game’s first competitive season, and more. You can reach the author of this…
By Patrick Klepek Published September 3, 2015 -
Fallout Monopoly Is Coming [UPDATE]
Continuing their quest to destroy all of your free time this fall, Bethesda announced Fallout Monopoly this morning, and although details are scant, we can already imagine what’ll be in there. Bottle cap bankers? SPECIAL cards? Monopolies in the Commonwealth? Pip-Boy pieces? FALLOUT FOR EVERYONE. Bethesda says it’s coming in November—just in time for Fallout…
By Jason Schreier Published September 3, 2015 -
Homeworld‘s Giant Battlecruiser, Remade With LEGO
The Vaygr Battlecruiser, the super capital ship from the classic strategy game Homeworld now has an amazing LEGO version, thanks to One More Brick’s Tim Schwalfenberg Took him 7 days to finish and it looks like the perfect replica! Here’s the ship from all angles: Here’s a breakdown shot showing the frame and the paneling:…
By Gergo Vas Published September 3, 2015 -
World of Warcraft Players Can Finally Use Flying Mounts In Draenor
After the initial plan of a WoW expansion without flying, the folks at Blizzard changed their minds—and now, the patch that adds the ability to fly is here and it completely changes our time on Draenor. We’ve seen Draenor from above by using flight paths and certain items, but those only revealed parts of the…
By Gergo Vas Published September 3, 2015 -
This should be familiar if you’ve watched basically any school anime, ever. It’s an Unreal Engine 4 scene done by environment/prop artist Jason Wesner, who used both real-life and anime references while working on the project. The HD shots are below, along with a flythrough video that shows off the map really well. Dayshot is…
By András Neltz Published September 3, 2015 -
Goku Kicking Everybody’s Ass in Street Fighter II
Who do you think would win in a fight: Goku or Ryu? What about Goku versus Chun-Li? Or against Guile? Kotaku reader Nabil at GamebillStudio always wondered what it would be like if the Dragon Ball Z character appeared in Street Fighter II. So he decided to take SFII sprites, Goku sprites (made by Balthazar),…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 3, 2015 -
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By Luke Plunkett Published September 2, 2015 -
Check Metal Gear Solid V On Your Birthday For A Cool Surprise
When you start a new game of Metal Gear Solid V, it asks you for your birthday. There’s a reason for that—the game actually uses it in a pretty sweet way. Obviously, if you don’t want to be spoiled on this, you should stop reading now! If you happen to play Metal Gear Solid V…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 2, 2015 -
That Pokémon Slowpoke Song Is Kind of Messed Up
Remember the official Pokémon reggae song that wasreleased last year in Japanese? Today, it was translated/tweaked so that it’s in English—which means we can take a closer look at the lyrics. And, well…they’re kind of uncomfortable! Let me preface this by saying that we all know that people eat Pokemon. That’s just a fact. In…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 2, 2015