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Zombie Shooter Epidemic Spreads To Counter-Strike
The series may be an apocalypse or two late to the party, but massively popular multiplayer shooter Counter-Strike is getting a zombie-centric spin-off. Huh. Well, I guess it worked for Call of Duty OK, so something to note here: series creator Valve—aka godking emperor sun lord incarnate of PC gaming—isn’t the main developer on this…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 7, 2014 -
Deals: Sleeping Dogs Definitive, Fox Searchlight Collection, 2DS
Sleeping Dogs, a great example of what open world games can and should be, is getting the definitive treatment. This upgrade packs in all the DLC (and to be clear, there was a ton of content in the base game already), and a preorder nets you a free upgrade to limited edition artbook packaging. [Sleeping…
By Shane Roberts Published August 7, 2014 -
Fallout, Destiny, Half-Life, And More In Lego
The Fallout vertibird and a squad of power armored-troops made out of Lego by Justin Stebbins. He has also made convincing Lego minifigs based on Watch Dogs, Destiny, Metal Gear, Baldur’s Gate, and more: Via TBB You are now looking atScreenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published August 7, 2014 -
A Real Fish Appears To Be Playing Pokémon Right Now
When millions of people typed commands into the internet to play old Pokémon games one at a time, it exploded a whole new way of socializing around games into being and became the weirdest, most popular interactive drama of early 2014. Now a fish is playing Pokémon. And he’s doing pretty well! Y’know, for a…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 7, 2014 -
Great, Ryu, NOW look at what you’ve done
Always breaking things… via Reddit
By Yannick LeJacq Published August 7, 2014 -
This Developer’s App Icons Will Haunt Your Dreams
At iTunes, there’s a selection of nearly one hundred apps in the Kids Fun Club by TabTale collection. The icons are nightmarish: You can see more at the Kids Fun Club page at iTunes. Via Mark Brown You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs…
By John Struan Published August 7, 2014 -
Another Microsoft-Published Xbox One Launch Game Is Coming To PC
Xbox One launch game Ryse is coming to PC this fall, according to the folks behind the game, though not via the game’s original publisher Microsoft. There’s a little bit of a curious pattern developing here with Xbox One launch titles. A third-person action game set in ancient Rome, Ryse was developed by Crytek and…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 7, 2014 -
Streak about to be broken? Nintendo has released a new handheld—or iteration of an existing handheld—in North America in each of the past five years. Nothing announced for this fall, which means 2014 might break the streak. Unless… anyone want a 2DS XL to be announced by December? A 3D XL Lite? Game Boy 2?…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 7, 2014 -
Lara Croft’s Manor, Remade As A Counter-Strike Map
It’s a pretty big map to play CS:GO on, but definitely a fun one. The level takes the maze, the pool, the training area, and all the colorful locations from Lara Croft’s various manors from the Tomb Raider games, and mixes together in the form of a Counter-Strike map. There’s no butler though, so we…
By Gergo Vas Published August 7, 2014 -
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: School Trips to Game Worlds: A Space Station for All Subjects • Koda’s Top 10 Summer 2014 Anime Openings • Game of The Week — Island Paradise (And Some Monsters. And Yo-Yos): StarTropics • Video Games As More Than Gameplay TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY…
By András Neltz Published August 7, 2014 -
Nintendo Finally Brings 1986 Video Game To America
It’s taken more than 25 years but a NES game made by Nintendo itself will finally be coming out in North America. You may have seen or heard homages to The Mysterious Murasame Castle in Nintendo games but the real deal comes to the 3DS this week. Get ready, but this sucker looks hard. Originally…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 7, 2014 -
LEGO Steampunk Diorama Is All About The Rusty Vehicles
Logan‘s Steampunk-themed “SWAT team bust” diorama is not a typical LEGO build. He named it “The grand arrest of Professor Filius Bertram” and that arrest includes coal-powered airships, a tank and something that looks like a tripod. Very cartoony. The Ghibli-style house is cool, but the best part of the whole build are definitely the…
By Gergo Vas Published August 7, 2014 -
Aladdin And Princess Jasmine Are Coming To Disney Infinity
Seeing how the movie came out 22 years ago, Aladdin isn’t exactly “a whole new world” at this point. Disney Infinity certainly took its sweet time bringing the nineties-era classic back in video game form, though. Today, Disney finally revealed its plans to bring Aladdin and Princess Jasmine to the Disney Infinity Toybox 2.0. Don’t…
By Yannick LeJacq Published August 7, 2014 -
Modder Turns StarCraft II Into Warcraft, Sort of
Modder Steven Luo is working hard to convert StarCraft II into a new Warcraft game with the help of SCII’s map editor. In the latest version of his “Warcraft: Alliance and Horde” mod—which can be found on StarCraft II‘s arcade page—he added quite a lot of things: the Burning Legion and the Undead Scourge as…
By Gergo Vas Published August 7, 2014 -
Why Are Nintendo Characters in This Chinese Smartphone Promo? [Update]
Many game developers are rushing towards mobile phones as a place to release their games. Nintendo, however, has preferred to stick close to its own gaming hardware. Which is why it’s so odd that Nintendo characters appeared at this mobile phone booth at the recent China Joy gaming expo. China Mobile, China’s largest telecommunications carrier,…
By Eric Jou Published August 7, 2014
