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Let’s Compare Old Darksiders 2 To The ‘Deathinitive’ Edition
Death rides one more time in the upcoming Darksiders 2 Deathinative Edition for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Let’s see the difference a rewritten renderer and enhanced lighting can make. Gunfire Games is handling the move to new-gen, and it’s a much more involved process than simply upping the resolution. Design director John Pearl explains.…
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Going Pay-To-Play Was Very Good To LEGO Minifigures Online
What a difference getting rid of microtransactions and adding a price tag makes. I’ve been playing Funcom’s LEGO Minifigures Online forages now, digging its simplified, child-friendly take on Diablo starring LEGO’s little plastic collectible pals. I’ve enjoyed purchasing real-world minifigure packs and using the codes to unlock characters in game, each with their own unique…
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Your big-ass phones won’t fit in Fallout 4’s replica Pip-Boy. According to a recently-updated post on the Bethesda Blog, the sought-after replica comes with inserts for iPhones 4 through 6 (not plus) and Samsung Galaxy 4 and 5, and a customizable insert for other average-size devices. Anything larger will need to ride outside or be…
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How To Make Your Own Crappy Arcade Stick Out Of Old Junk
Redditor Gioppi wanted an arcade fight stick, so he built one out of an old keyboard, some cardboard and a broken pencil. It’s not very good. Here is Gioppi’s Dell keyboard from 2003, from his project gallery. Here is Gioppi’s keyboard upside-down with many of the keys taken off. He remapped the number keys and…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Everybody’s Robin
Last week’s release of DC Comics’ We Are Robin #1proved that anyone can become the embodiment of Batman’s sidekick by careful application of red, yellow and the letter “R.” Anyone. See where we’re going here? Just look at this comic book cover. All it takes is a black and white image of someone—a celebrity, game…
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Batman: Arkham Knight Mod Makes Everybody Playable In Free Roam
The PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight is abit of a mess at the moment, but it’s also the only version with a mod that allows you to swap between any playable character in free roam with the push of a button. Tired of playing as Batman? Press F2 and play as Harley Quinn, the…
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Final Fantasy XIV‘s New Mac Client Is A Joke
Since Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn’s August 2013 release, Mac players have had to jump through the normal hoops to play a Windows game on their hardware. Now the game finally has an official Mac client, but by most accounts it’s not great. Until the release of the official Mac client, which coincided with…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Man In The Moon-Mask: The Winners!
The winner of last week’s ‘Shop Contest, inspired by the maskNier director Taro Yoko wore to Square Enix’s E3 press conference earlier this month, reminds us that there is always a creepier moon on the horizon. While this week’s runners-up feature some truly nightmare-inducing visions, UI 2.0’s image of the horrible moon from The Legend…
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It’s A Bad Day For Batman When Joker Calls In The Gundams
The Joker finally figures out where Batman gets his wonderful toys in this awesome stop-motion animation. Who can saved the Caped Crusader now? The latest toy animation from YouTube’s counter656 starts off as your average battle between S.H. Figurearts Batman and Joker—dodging bullets, pulling a knife, getting said knife taken away—the normal stuff. But at…
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