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I Could Watch Civilization: Beyond Earth All Day Long
Debuting during the Firaxis Megapanel at PAX Prime this weekend, the “Master Control” gameplay trailer for Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth teaches us about the Purity Affinity, Virtues, the Orbital Layer and how October 24 can’t come soon enough.
By Mike Fahey Published August 30, 2014 -
A Titanfall Statue Without Those Pesky Titans
What wondrous timing! Just as a new, mech-free game mode is announced for Titanfall, we get a statue that’s 75 percent pilot, 25 percent debris and zero percent giant killer robot. While having a giant robot to boss around is all well and good, the more I played Titanfall the more I, like many others,…
By Mike Fahey Published August 30, 2014 -
The Coolest Cosplay at PAX Prime, Day 1
The PAX that begat all other PAXes has come back around, bringing thousands of fans of all stripes to Seattle to nerd out together. Is there cosplay? Of course. Take a look at some of the best geek culture get-ups right here. These pics come courtesy of Cosplay Boom, a documentary series dedicated to telling…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 30, 2014 -
The Saturday Morning Stream Casts Lichdom: Battlemage [Stream Complete]
In this week’s very special episode of the Saturday Morning Stream, the mildly-medicated Michael Fahey triumphantly returns to get his first-person magic combat on with Lichdom: Battlemage. What is Lichdom: Battlemage? It’s sort of like an Elder Scrolls game, only without the weapons. It tells the story of a person who can suddenly shoot fire…
By Mike Fahey Published August 30, 2014 -
8/25/2014: Bad Plumber’s Mate
It’s not Wario, it’s Bad Plumber. It’s not Waluigi, it’s Bad Plumber’s Mate, as Ben Lee has found. Poor Waluigi. He’s not even “Bad Plumber # 2.” If you’re not wandering around PAX Prime today, like I am, you can feel free to review out best stuff from this week over at Kotaku Selects And…
By Tina Amini Published August 30, 2014 -
Mad Science Cat Game On Hold For Mobile Super Meat Boy
You might remember that Team Meat, two-man studio behind uber-tough platformer Super Meat Boy, was working on a mad science cat breeding sim, Mew-Genics. Moral of the story? Cats are gross, but awwww kitty! Now, though, it’s on hold in favor of a new Meat Boy game—for phones (and Steam). The new game is called…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 29, 2014 -
Peggle 2 No Longer Xbox Exclusive, Coming To PlayStation 4
Peggle 2, PopCap’s previously Microsoft-exclusive black hole time vortex of sheer addiction, is finally coming to PlayStation 4. PopCap confirmed the news on its Twitter account. The game will be out on October 14th. The EA published ball-based rainbow explosion classical music wonderment simulator originally launched on Xbox One late last year. It came to…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 29, 2014 -
Super Famicom Box Art Collection Kickstarter
This sounds wonderful—an art book collecting the box art from Super Famicom games. And the mockup pages also look great: The book is the goal of a new kickstarter by Super Famicom Guy, who explains that the art is from his own large collection of Super Famicom games. However, the kickstarter does not seem to…
By John Struan Published August 29, 2014 -
The Ominous First Advertisement For The NES
A menacing ROB stars in the first advertisement for the Nintendo Entertainment System: Via the excellent Video Game Preservation Dump (and Twitter). You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published August 29, 2014 -
The Good And Bad Of Mario Kart 8’s First Major Update
Nintendo made a few changes to Mario Kart 8 this week—some big, some small, some the size of a luxury car brand’s new SUV. If nothing else, this gives us a good opportunity to pause and reflect on how one of the summer’s biggest games is doing. So let’s do that. I’ve been playing Mario…
By Yannick LeJacq Published August 29, 2014 -
Costume Quest 2 Gameplay Trailer
Poor Candy Corn—see it in action in this gameplay trailer for Double Fine’s Costume Quest 2. Trick, treat and pick a fight with villainous dental soldiers in Costume Quest 2, the sweet sequel to Double Fine’s hit original, Costume Quest, that turned fans of all ages into candy obsessed crusaders. This inspired RPG adventure includes…
By John Struan Published August 29, 2014 -
How Mortal Kombat Is Getting More Complex
The next Mortal Kombat is going deep. Not just in the ‘show you highly detailed internal organs’ kind of way, either. The newly announced Variations feature and other tweaks in Mortal Kombat X are going to give players other layers of options for how they beat each other up. As previously detailed, players will be…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 29, 2014 -
The Most Realistic Fighting Game, In A Manner Of Speaking
I believe that Double Fine’s latest venture into indie publishing, Gang Beasts, is one of the most realistic depictions of combat ever seen in a game. This is because 90 percent of fights are sloppy, awkward affairs where all involved fall down and give each other angry hugs. Gang Beasts is a local multiplayer game…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 29, 2014 -
Eight Big Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Questions, Answered
The first current-gen Final Fantasy will be out within the next year, it’ll serve as something of a stopgap before Final Fantasy XV, and, well, it’s got kind of a silly name. RPG fans have been waiting a very long time for Final Fantasy Type-0, which was released for PSP in Japan way back in…
By Jason Schreier Published August 29, 2014 -
What We Know About The New 3DS So Far
Nintendo woke us all up early this morning with a fresh batch of information about a new and improved 3DS mobile console it’s making. Most of this was geared towards its Japanese audience, however, so let’s break down the relevant parts of the news for gamers outside the company’s home country. Here are the main…
By Yannick LeJacq Published August 29, 2014 -
If Christopher Nolan Directed Pixar’s The Incredibles
The Incredibles is already a dark movie at points — It deals with ideas of individuality and conformity, even if it is in a wacky cartoon shell. I’m just glad The Dark Knight director Chris Nolan didn’t get his hands on it. In the video above, Youtuber Bobby Burns uses the deranged rantings of villain…
By Chris Person Published August 29, 2014 -
New Saints Row Expansion And New-Gen Port Coming in January
As part of its big PAX panel Volition just announced a new Saints Row. It’s called Saints Row: Gat out of Hell, and it’ll be out on January 27th. It’s a standalone expansion pack for Saints Row IV in which you play as the ever… colorful Johnny Gat or the booksmart yet utterly badass Kinzie—or…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 29, 2014 -
Battle A Snow Leopard In The Octagon Courtesy Of Far Cry 4
The Far Cry 4 booth at PAX includes octagon, honey badger, and a leopard costumes for battle They’re also giving away a gorgeous PS4: And there’s a throne photo op: Previously: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published August 29, 2014