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Why Microsoft Spent $2.5 Billion On The Makers Of Minecraft

When we first heard rumblings that Microsoft was looking to buy Minecraft studio Mojang for a swimming pool full of hundred-dollar-bills, the amount of cash sounded absurd to just about everyone. $2.5 billion! Not only is that an astronomical number, the type you’d expect to come signed on a giant novelty check, it seems like…

Downton Abbey, Made In The Sims 4

Continuing the tradition of giving popular TV shows the Sims 4 treatment, one talented player has recreated the iconic setting and main cast of Downton Abbey. Impressively, this was done using the game’s modern set-pieces. I mean, sure: they’re not perfect. The Sims version of the Downton Abbey estate… …doesn’t exactly measure up to the…

An Inkjet Printer? Of Course, It Runs Doom.

Another device, Canon’s Pixma printer, has joined the endless list of things that can run Doom. We might still have to wait for the “police radar gun” but security researcher Michael Jordon‘s mod is just as good. The mod, which took months to create, was made to demonstrate certain security issues. You can read about…

​Somehow, Somebody Transformed Trials Fusion into Donkey Kong

How? How this is possible? Last time I saw anything retro-centric in the latest version of Ubisoft’s super-tough motocross game, it was an homage to old-school games of yore. That was cool. But this—an incredibly accurate remake of the first Donkey Kong—is insane. It’s the work of track creator PATI-I, who nails the look of…

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Well-played, Google.

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Live Action Trailer For Middle Earth: Shadow Of Mordor

A weak and craven orc finds his fortunes shift when he stumbles upon a wraith in this live action trailer for Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor: Previously: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

“We are also incredibly excited to be bringing GTAV to the PC, but the game requires a little more development time in order to ensure that it is as amazing and polished as possible.” Rockstar Games on why the PC version of Grand Theft Auto V isn’t arriving until January 27

Diablo III’s Endgame Dungeons Can Be Disappointingly Empty

Greater Rifts in Diablo III are unforgiving sometimes—not because they’re hard, but because you have 15 minutes to kill a huge amount of monsters, even if the dungeon doesn’t actually have that many of them. YouTuber avtorouc entered one of these dungeons where the monster density was, well, quite low. He was lucky it wasn’t…

Microsoft Buys Minecraft Maker Mojang for $2.5 Billion

Microsoft just announced in a press release that it has acquired Mojang, creators of Minecraft, in a $2.5 billion deal. Furthermore, all three of Mojang’s original founders, including Markus “Notch” Persson, will be leaving Mojang following the acquisition. Head of Xbox Phil Spencer talks about the acquisition in an Xbox Wire blog post, where he…

Five Things You Might Have Missed In Dark Souls II’s Second DLC

Bosses that act differently if you wear certain items, hidden areas, secret alternative death animations: Dark Souls II‘s second DLC, Crown of the Old Iron King, has a few cool things even veteran Souls players could miss. Vaati‘s here with his latest guide (including minor spoilers!) to show us all the cool stuff hidden in…

Nintendo Fans, Given The Chance To Post Porn, Crack Jokes Instead

Something went wrong today with the Mario & Luigi section of Nintendo’s Miiverse community, allowing users to post any kind of image (so long as they could view it on the Wii U’s web browser), not just a screenshot of the game they’re playing. Yet given the opportunity to post anything, the fans there –…

Conan O’Brien Sang The “Monorail” Song Live

It’s one of the most famous Simpsons episodes of all, and its trademark musical number one of Phil Hartman’s most memorable turns in the series, so it was fitting that over the weekend the man who made it all happen – Conan O’Brien, who wrote the episode – performed the Monorail song live. This looked…

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Nope Nope Nope NOPE NOPE NOPE (Or, F**k Sharks)

Long-time readers will know that I am terrified of sharks. Like, I can’ even watch them on TV. I can’t even fall in the water in Wind Waker without screaming. So the fact someone I know sent me this trailer should tell you just how much they hate me Depth: Blood and Gold is a…

Expensive Trailer Is Kicking Dudes Across The Room

This year’s Madden trailer may have been impressive, but FIFA’s have been impressive for a verylong time. I’m pretty sure this wasn’t the intent, but all the clip does is make me wish FIFA actually did include a kind of first-person mode, ala the old NFL2K games.

RIP Douglas E. Smith, Creator Of Lode Runner

On September 7, the video game world lost one of its early greats, with Douglas E. Smith passing away at the age of 53. Smith is most famous for being the creator of Lode Runner, a classic 1983 PC puzzle game – ported to numerous systems, including the Famicom, as you can see – that…

Mortal Human Pulls Off Video Game-Like Bike Stunt

This kind of thing shouldn’t be possible in real life. It’s the kind of silly thing you can only do in a video game like Trials. Right? Nunh-unh. This is mountain bike rider Szymon Godziek successfully pulling off the “tsunami flip”, a trick that has never been completed by a human being (in competition, at…

Darth Vader: NBA Superstar?

Who could have guessed that in between choking dudes and fighting his kids Darth Vader would find the time to be a video game baller. This clip, by MkEliteWorksX, shows exactly why PC gamers get so interested in major sports games appearing on the platform: mods. Not only does Vader make an appearance in this…