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Skyrim And Winter Have A Lot In Common
And it’s not just the snowy setting. These similarities—five really serious ones— presented by Dorkly are much much deeper. And most of them work with other RPGs as well. 5 Reasons Winter Is Just Like a Bethesda Game [Dorkly] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]
By Gergo Vas Published November 17, 2014 -
WoW Subreddit Taken Down To Protest Login Problems [Update]
One fun thing to do while waiting for expansion-pack related technical issues and sever queues to resolve is read up on r/WoW, unless the top mod sets the subreddit private until he can log on to the game, which is exactly what happened last night. Update: moderator has quit following alleged doxxing and harassment. As…
By Mike Fahey Published November 17, 2014 -
Warlords of Draenor as a PS1 Game
Ian Beckman‘s recreation of Warlords of Draenor‘s intro takes not just the game’s story, but also its graphics and sound back in time to the simpler, late PS1 era. A perfect fit for Draenor in the alternate timeline. And it just reminded me of Warcraft Adventures. Damn. Warlords of Draenor 8 Bit [YouTube] To contact…
By Gergo Vas Published November 17, 2014 -
Sadly, ‘Realistic Minecraft‘ Is Not a Real Game
Instead, it’s a series of 3D-animated shorts showing what Minecraft could be if it was, well, not more “realistic” per se, but rather more smooth and rounded around the edges. The animations are made by YouTuber Flashcode using a variety of programs, including Blender, MakeHuman, and Adobe Premiere Pro. Seven shorts have been uploaded so…
By András Neltz Published November 17, 2014 -
Awesome Cosplay Takes Star Wars, Superheroes Back To The 16th Century
Over the weekend,photographer Sacha Goldberger took part in an exhibitionat the Grand Palais in Paris. His show was all about taking cosplayers back to the Renaissance. Both his images and the costume work are simply out of this world. I mean, just look at them. Everything about them is perfect. The demure modelling, the photos…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2014 -
New Korean PC Game Wants To Be A Prettier Diablo
LostArk is an upcoming PC game from Korean studio Smilegate. It looks nutso. Once you get past the visuals in this trailer – and yes, most of this is showing what looks like gameplay – know that this isn’t a straight action/RPG like Diablo. It says it’s actually fusing that style of action gameplay with…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2014 -
Game Of The Year: 420BLAZEIT Is, Ahem, One Of The Games Of The Year
Mountain Dew. Doritos. Noscopes. Sonic. Game of the Year (aka 420BLAZEIT) by Andy Sum has all this and more. I’d “review” it, but I never get that far since I keep dying. Because I can’t stop laughing You can play it (though downloading is probably preferable) here, with some gameplay footage courtesy of Orions Angel…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2014 -
Images Of The New Game Of Thrones Game (Probably) Leak
Poor Game of Thrones hasn’t had the best of luck with video games so far, but people are way more optimistic about Telltale’s (The Walking Dead) upcoming take on the franchise. Over the weekend these images, reportedly of the as-yet-unseen game, appear to have leaked. As you can see, Cersei is not impressed. They weren’t…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2014 -
Cat Doesn’t Know Why It Keeps Playing Destiny Either
This feline is experiencing exactly the same compulsion I feel whenever Destiny comes on the screen. Destiny isn’t a great game, but man Destiny is a great game. The story is all over the place when it’s there at all and the post-20 leveling mechanic is just plain odd, but no game this year grabs…
By Mike Fahey Published November 16, 2014 -
The Man Named PlayStation And Other Fascinating PS2 Facts
The PlayStation 2 was so beloved by its owners that a man in Britain legally changed his name to PlayStation 2 and looked into marrying his system. Did You Know Gaming‘s latest video looks at this and other weird facts about the best-selling console of all-time. If I were to change my name to that…
By Mike Fahey Published November 16, 2014 -
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Assassin’s Creed Elsewhere
What could possibly be more exciting than an Assassin’s Creed set during the French Revolution? I’ve a feeling our imagine-manipulating community might be able to come up with a couple hundred alternatives. I don’t know about you guys, but between Assassin’s Creed III and Assassin’s Creed: Unity I’m pretty much revolution’d out. Let’s go somewhere…
By Mike Fahey Published November 16, 2014 -
The Saturday Evening Stream Plays Warlords Of Draenor (All Done!)
I’ve been waiting all damn day for this, keeping my character online as I worked to make sure I didn’t have to queue up. Let’s play some World of Warcraft, Warlords-style. What will I be doing? I don’t know. Tidying up the garrison, cleaning up some Shadowmoon quests. Maybe queue up for a dungeon as…
By Mike Fahey Published November 15, 2014 -
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Design Your Dream Console: Winners!
Last week I asked our community to create their dream custom video game console. One of them created mine, which wasn’t technically the contest, but I’ll accept it. So many excellent entries this week, but there’s just something about RattleheadXYZ’s fun take on Xbox One VCR comments that grabs me by the youth and shakes…
By Mike Fahey Published November 15, 2014 -
I Can’t Wait To Play In This Fantastic Clay-Animated World
When the Kickstarter backer exclusive gameplay debut for the spiritual successor to The Neverhood hit the web, developer Pencil Test Studios sent out a hi-res version to share with the class. Here’s our first look at Armikrog in action. Featuring the unmistakable art style of The Neverhood creator (and Earthworm Jim character designer) Doug TenNaple,…
By Mike Fahey Published November 15, 2014 -
Dragon Age: Inquisition on PC vs PS4 vs Xbox One
Given what I’ve heard so far about the third game in BioWare’s fantasy epic, I’m of the opinion that you should play Dragon Age: Inquisition. In case you need a platform qualifier to that statement,IGN has made a lovely graphics comparison video. Judging from the video alone, the differences between PC and the two console…
By Mike Fahey Published November 15, 2014 -
Loot Crate’s $150 Amiibo Subscription Deal Is Certainly Something
Last week Nintendo announced it was teaming up with stuff-in-a-box subscription service Loot Crate to offer fans a different way to purchase Amiibo figures. Now we know the pricing for the deal, and spending $155 to $165 on $130 worth of figures is definitely different. Loot Crate is actually a rather nifty little service, especially…
By Mike Fahey Published November 15, 2014 -
Warlords Of Draenor MMO Log One: Love Hurts
You know those early stages of love, when you just can’t seem to get enough of the other person, yet it feels as if the entire world is conspiring to keep you apart? That’s exactly the first few days of Warlords of Draenor. If I hadn’t woken up from a lengthy nap at 3 AM…
By Mike Fahey Published November 15, 2014 -
Squirrel Steals Man’s GoPro, Because Squirrels Are Jerks
It may look like this adorably chubby squirrel is just innocently scampering about, but that’s just what it wants you to think. This tree rat is about to commit a crime. I supposed we can’t really blame the squirrel. YouTube video maker Viva Frei (via Tastefully Offensive) tied a piece of bread to his GoPro…
By Mike Fahey Published November 15, 2014 -
11/10/2014: Disney Looks Really Good On Nintendo
I can definitely see an old school Disney/Nintendo crossover thanks to this art by Julián Cantillo Here are a few others: If you need to catch up on some reading this weekend, you can head over to Kotaku Selects as per usual to find all our best stuff from this week, rounded up by yours…
By Tina Amini Published November 15, 2014 -
The Story Of Fallout 3‘s Most Evil Item
Everyone knows that things got bad in the Fallout universe when the bombs dropped. But even before that, it’s been said that something… wrong was stirring. It all started with this book. The latest video in ShoddyCast‘s absolutely not shoddy Fallout Lore series gives us a grimly narrated look at the Krivbeknih, an ancient evil…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 14, 2014