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Shenmue III Breaks Video Game Kickstarter Record

The long overdue Shenmue III racked up over US$6.3 million on Kickstarter. That’s a new record for video-game crowdfunding. The previous record was held by Koji Igarashi’s Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night at $5.5 million. The Kickstarter campaign was announced at Sony’s E3 press conference with a $2 million target. The game reachedthat goal in…

EVO 2015 Winner Triumphs Despite Broken Stick

Momochi is your 2015 Street Fighter IV champ at EVO, and he took out the title in some of the weirdest circumstances ever seen at the tournament. Taking on crowd-favourite Gamerbee (who had been on a hell of a run during the day) in the Grand Final, everything was going fine until Momochi’s stick broke.…

Brand New Street Fighter Character Shown Off At EVO

Have you ever wondered what would happen if a Capcom artist’s two favourite things were Khal Drogo and Asura’s Wrath? This is what would happen. EVO 2015 isn’t just for fighting, it’s also for promo work, and Capcom took the opportunity tonight to show off a brand new Street Fighter character who’ll be appearing in…

New Y-Wing Model Looks Good Enough To Have Died On Film

Bandai’s new 1/72 scale Y-Wing model is a thing of beauty. The detail on it is incredible, but I’m digging the accessories especially. The laser blasts are cool, the Death Star surface tile is a neat touch, and I love how it includes multiple pilot designs, depending on whether you want to rock a New…

Rust Might Make You A Woman, Whether You Want It or Not

First Rust messed with your skin. Then your dicks. Now you might not have a dick at all, even if you wanted one. The indie survival game, which has recently been toying with the idea of randomly-assigned character appearance (the player’s raceand penis size are chosen for them by the game), is soon going to…

Street Fighter? More Like Strip Fighter

There have been miscountsand celebrity appearances, but let us not overlook another highlight of this weekend’s festivities: Shirtless EVO Guys. You might think Casey “Onisan” Dillon is being an asshole here by not only stripping off on stage during a Street Fighter IV bout, but draping his shirt on Poongko, his opponent. But as you’ll…

Tremor Rocks Mortal Kombat X On July 21

Having appeared in two previous Mortal Kombat games in non or barely playable form, the artist formerly known as The Tan Ninja makes his fully playable debut this week in Mortal Kombat X. There’s a slim chance you remember Tremor from his appearance as an enemy in the Jax-powered action game Mortal Kombat: Special Forces.…

Don’t Celebrate A Tournament Win Until You’ve Actually Won

After losing the first round during a best-of-three semi-finals match against one of the best Guilty Gear Xrd Sign players in the world, Woshige pulled off a massive comeback to take the second. Then he turned to the crowd to celebrate. Never turn your back on the competition, especially if the competition is Ogawa, often…

Jamie Lee Curtis And Family Went To EVO In Street Fighter Disguises

Attending the annual fighting tournament as part of a graduation trip for son Thomas, actress Jamie Lee Curtis donned the claws and mask of Street Fighter’s Vega to remain incognito in the crowd. While the flesh-colored top isn’t quite good enough to allow 56 year old Curtis to pass as a slim and sexy Spanish…

Epic Killer Instinct Comeback Is One Of The Best EVO Moments So Far

Kan-Ra is so dead right now. With a sliver of health against Sabrewulf with a full bar of backup, how can he possibly win this match? Watch. Not even Sleep NS, Kan-Ra’s player, can believe he survived the vicious onslaught of UA | My God’s Sabrewulf, but even that miracle should only have delayed the…

Kotaku Shop Contest: A New Ken: Winners!

Capcom gave Ken Masters a makeover for Street Fighter V, so last week I asked our image manipulation savvy readers to see if they could do it better. I believe the results speak for themselves. There were two entries that particularly stood out this week. The first was TulsaMtnBiker’s amazingly subtle application of bacon to…

Watch The Final Day Of EVO 2015 Right Here

It’s the final day of the world’s biggest fighting game tournament. Here’s your source for all things EVO 2015. Here’s the main stage stream, where you’ll be able to catch the finals for Guilty Gear Xrd Sign, Mortal Kombat X, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 and Ultra Street Fighter IV today.…

Crash Bandicoot Could Have Had These Sweet Animated Cutscenes

Back before Sony gots its grubby little mitts on Crash Bandicoot, Universal Interactive Studio toyed with the idea of opening and closing the game with hand-drawn animation. This hand-drawn animation, to be precise. Uploaded by original game producer David Siller (via NeoGAF), this pair of scenes from Universal Animation would have served as the opening…

Street Fighter V Will Be A Constantly-Evolving Fighting Platform

The days of Super/Ultra/Hyper editions may be over. During the Street Fighter V panel at EVO 2015, Capcom detailed its plan to release a single disc with 16 fighters supported by regular digital updates—many of which can be earned simply by playing the game. According to the fine folks at Event Hubs who were present…

Now Everybody Can Stream Xbox One Games To Windows 10

With only a week and change to go before the July 29 official release of Windows 10, Microsoft has gone ahead and enabled the ability to stream games from the Xbox One to Windows 10 devices. With the feature emerging from preview into the hands of the masses, all one needs to remote play Xbox…

Origin accounts are becoming EA accounts. If you’ve got an Origin account, check your email for a message like the one I received today. Then nod thoughtfully, because it’s an automatic process and there’s nothing you need to do.

Arkham Knight PC’s Next Big Patch Slated For Sometime Next Month

Amidst chatter that the troubled PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight wouldn’t be fixed until this fall, Warner Bros. has announced that a patch addressing a large portion of its to-do list of fixes is “targeted” for release in August. Yay. The statement, which actually does nothing to disprove that a fall date for the…

Ant-Man Makes A Good Movie, But How Does He Play?

After seeing the superhero movie Io9 lauded as “perfectly competent” on Thursday night, I felt the urge to get a little more hands-on with Ant-Man. Luckily he’s now in every Marvel video game, including Diablo-esque Marvel Heroes. The powerful Marvel Movie-Verse Engine extends far beyond the silver screen, with a horde of PC, mobile and…

The Prototype Bundle For PS4 And Xbox One Is Pretty Shoddy

Don’t call it an HD remaster, ‘cause Prototype and Prototype 2 have been playing like this for years, sometimes better. It’s a sad state of affairs when a game runs better on the PlayStation 3 than it does on Xbox One. Released this past week with absolutely no fanfare whatsoever, the Prototype Biohazard Bundle for…

Never Stop Adding Lyrics To The Legend Of Zelda Theme

Animation Domination High-Def takes a stab at adding words The Legend of Zelda’s classic overworld theme, and while it covers all the bases—mute hero, chickens, smashing pots, side quests—it’s been done much better. It’s not a bad attempt, though it feels a little forced in places. I imagine someone sitting in front of their computer…