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All 30 Mario Kart 8 characters, reviewed. ReadJohn Teti’s hilarious take on the cartoon cast in Nintendo’s newest kart racer. “Rather than being an empty sad-sack, Luigi has become the personified answer to the question, ‘What if Mario were kind of an asshole?’ And this is awesome.”
By Jason Schreier Published July 30, 2014 -
We’ve Come A Long Way, Baby
Talking with Stephen and Jason about Wolfenstein led me down an internet rabbit hole where I discovered this gem. It’s footage of the very first Castle Wolfenstein game, which was released way back in 1981. Something about the giant pixellated swastikas plastered across the bad guys’ chests makes me giggle: I can just imagine the…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 30, 2014 -
4,638,937 people played the Destiny beta, Activision announced this morning in a press release. That sure is a specific number! Says Activision exec Eric Hirshberg: “This is the biggest beta of this console generation by a wide margin and the largest console beta ever for a new video game IP to date.”
By Jason Schreier Published July 30, 2014 -
Sony Trashes EA’s New Access Program
Wondering why EA’s new Netflix-like Access program is on Xbox One and not PlayStation 4? Well, for starters, Sony doesn’t think it’s any good for their customers. “We evaluated the EA Access subscription offering and decided that it does not bring the kind of value PlayStation customers have come to expect,” a Sony representative said…
By Jason Schreier Published July 30, 2014 -
Making the Case That Sonic the Hedgehog Is Way Overrated
All that love for the early Sonic The Hedgehog games may be very misplaced, according to some gentlemen who recently revisited them. They even go so far to say that they’re fundamentally flawed. This episode of Red Letter Media’s Previously Recorded webseries takes aim at the first few Sonic titles, picking apart the origins of…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 30, 2014 -
Imagining Mortal Kombat With Post-Apocalyptic Characters
On artist Sergey Svistunov‘s Mortal Kombat art, Kabal and Shao Kahn (with Sub Zero hands) look like members of a vicious, post-apocalyptic gang from Mad Max, and not characters of a game with mystic realms and gods. Their masks are so badass. There’s a bunch of characters from the artist below, check out the rest…
By Gergo Vas Published July 30, 2014 -
And the most unexpected launch in Kerbal Space Program history award goes to… Space_Scumbag. No rocket launches when Gypsy Danger is around. Not today by Space_Scumbag [via r/KerbalSpaceProgram] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can find. Send us suggestions if…
By Gergo Vas Published July 30, 2014 -
Fan Creates An Awesome Guild Wars 2 Mega-Trailer [UPDATE: One More]
Carl, who sent us the tip about the trailer, called this “the most incredible Guild Wars 2 video [he’s] ever seen.” Well, I can see where he’s coming from. The video itself isn’t long, but it’s “Mega” for the sheer volume of the source material—it’s a recut of several official trailers and timelapse clips, set…
By András Neltz Published July 30, 2014 -
Smash Bros. Video Puts Mario In Real-Life Tokyo
And since he’s in real life, he has to take the subway to the Smash Bros. tournament. Just like everyone else The trailer was done by Japan-based visual effects artist Dean Wright, who’s worked on the teaser for the upcoming Mighty No. 9 animated series. It’s good! I could even see this used as a…
By András Neltz Published July 30, 2014 -
People Are Buying The Wii U, But Nintendo Is Still Losing Money
Nintendo has released a report detailing their results for this financial year’s first quarter, and the Wii U seems to be doing better. Nintendo itself, on the other hand? Eh. The star of the report is, without a doubt, Mario Kart 8, but the Wii U’s numbers show improvement as well. Between April and June,…
By András Neltz Published July 30, 2014 -
Tokyo’s New Final Fantasy Cafe Is Beautiful
That shouldn’t come as a surprise: Final Fantasy games are usually beautiful, too. But I’ll tell you what, this Final Fantasy XIV themed eatery is a stunner. Behold, the Eorzea Cafe. Modelled after the Carline Canopy, it’s named after Eorzea, the region where Final Fantasy XIV takes place. Inside the cafe, you can see weapons,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2014 -
There’s A Sharknado Mobile Game
Swinging a chainsaw while riding a shark sounds pretty fun, but the reviews of the new Sharknado endless runner mostly just complain about the game constantly crashing. I posted the trailer below: $3 at itunes if you have money to burn. Via Destructoid You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the…
By John Struan Published July 30, 2014 -
Pikmin And Tingle T-Shirts
There’s about 30 minutes left to buy today’s tees at TheYetee, featuring Pikmin and Tingle: Pikmin and Olimar are by Justin Chan, and Tingle is by Louis Roskosch You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published July 30, 2014 -
New LoL Champion Is An Adorable Monster Overcome By Rage
There’s a new League of Legends champion named Gnar. He’s absolutely adorable, until he’s overcome by his rage: A yordle born millennia ago, Gnar was captured and trapped in true ice, frozen – quite literally – in time. Civilizations formed and fell as the prehistoric yordle vacantly stared on, but nothing – not even true…
By John Struan Published July 29, 2014 -
New 80’s Soundtrack-Style Synthpop Album
If you like instrumentals by John Carpenter or Jan Hammer, you’ll like Mitch Murder’s new album Interceptor. Slightly NSFW animated video below: Cover art by Junkboy You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published July 29, 2014 -
Your Favorite Elder Scrolls Character Probably Died A Horrible Death [UPDATE]
An Imgur user has put together reposted an exhaustive list of recurring characters in Elder Scrolls games—from Arena all the way up through Skyrim and The Elder Scrolls Online. Is your favorite character on it? Probably. Did they suffer some kind of cruel, shocking fate between games? Yeaaaaah… probably again. UPDATE 11/24/14: The English-language Imgur…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 29, 2014 -
Yo This Is An Expensive Breaking Bad Figure, Bitch
Taiwanese builder RC has made a range of custom accessory sets (head, clothes, etc) that will transform any standard 1/6 scale figure/doll into your very own Breaking Bad toy. Warning: it is not cheap. Because everything is being made entirely by hand, you’ll pay $115 just for Jessie’s head. Shoes are $85, and his clothing…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2014 -
Screw Space Marines, We Need More 70s Cop Games
Hey, it’s LA Cops! When we lastsaw the game – which my brain registers as the Beastie Boys’ Sabotage video vs Syndicate – it was pretty early code. Now things are looking a bit more structured. In this clip, we see how the two-player mechanic works. We see a cop called Kowalski. We also see…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2014
