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An In-Depth Look At Metal Gear Solid V‘s Mother Base

We’ve already seen some footage from Metal Gear Solid V, including a tour of one of the most famous oil platforms in gaming, the Mother Base, that will serve as the main hub of the game. YouTuber YongYea is here with a detailed analysis of the Mother Base, along with the inevitable theories—it’s a new…

Dishonored Is Stunning At 4K Resolution

Dishonored came out two years ago. So, you’d be forgiven for forgetting how splendid Arkane’s Victorian stealth game looked. But, thanks to the glory of screenshots done up in 4K, you can marvel at the design of Dishonored all over again. The thing about bumping up the resolution of a game like Dishonored is that…

The Sopranos‘ Opening, Remade In Grand Theft Auto V

Tony Soprano and his family might not live on the West Coast, but 8-bit Bastard‘s remake of the classic opening of the show in Grand Theft Auto V makes me want to load up the original again. This time Tony’s not driving from New York to his home in New Jersey, but from Los Santos…

My PC Is Already Burning Looking At Minecraft‘s ‘Better Foliage’

‘Better Foliage’ is a mod by OctarineNoise and, combined with the LB Photo Realism resource pack, it makes Minecraft‘s blocky environment a lot more fluffy. You might just need to mod your PC as well to run this without frame drops and to avoid burning down your CPU. Better Foliage mod [r/minecraft] Dayshot is an…

Are You Being Controlled Like A Character In The Sims?

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The Shadow Warrior reboot is coming to Xbox One and PS4, publisher Devolver Digital announced in a blog post. The ports will be arriving in late September. The video above is the launch trailer from about a year ago—but it’s good enough to warrant another watch. Easily one of the best things about the game.

Minecraft: Pocket Edition Just Got A Whole Lot Better

The 0.9.0 update for Minecraft: Pocket Edition, which is the mobile version’s biggest update yet, is out today on Android and iOS. It’s quite the game changer. Minecraft PE’s last update landed in December, so there was (and is) a lot of hype surrounding 0.9.0. It even has its own Twitter hashtag. And with good…

Though its Kickstarter didn’t perform all too well, indie parkour game Lemma is still alive and in active development, as evidenced by its new (and quite good-looking) trailer. In a comment on YouTube, Lemma’s lead developer gave an optimistic release date estimate of January on PC.

Halo 3 Easter Egg Found After Seven Years

And you thought it was neat that there’d been a long-hidden Easter Egg in Halo: Reach. Whatever. One that’s been hiding inside Halo 3 – for seven long years – has finally been found. And it’s pretty sweet. Not sweet in a “whoah, that’s sweet!” kind of way. In a “awww, that’s sweet” kind of…

David OReilly’s Mountain Has An Ending And Here It Is

Touch Arcade streamed a 30-hour marathon session of David OReilly’s Mountain and reached a decisive ending. Via Touch Arcade. So how many different endings are there? You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

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Women Make Games

About two thirds of the women working at Naughty Dog: Design, animation, code, level art, concept, character, sound. Name it, we make it. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Whose Bright Idea Was It To Put Mario Kart Underwater, Anyway?

There’s a reason Nintendo keep a very loose leash on “realism” in stuff like Mario Kart. Oh come on, don’t try and tell me you’ve never wondered how they survive so long down there…

If You Play Too Much Civilization, You Need Help

It’s not a problem, OK? It’s a disease I reinstalled Civ V the other day, and it has fucked me up. My family is away on holidays for a few weeks so I’m home alone, meaning that I’ve been sliding back into the very worst habits of a Civ fan, from ignoring my own “one…

You Can’t Fly GTA V Jets Like This Guy Can

Look, for the first few seconds of this video, I was as sceptical as you probably are. “Jet Elite Crew”? Haha, whatever. And this stuff with the bridges, impressive, but doable. But then you see what he does in the warehouse, or the wind farm, and it’s just ok, this is incredible

On Cliff Bleszinski, Zynga & Meetings

Cliff “Cliffy “Dude Huge” B” Bleszinski, formerly of Epic but on a break for a while, has a new gig. It’s being published by Nexon, but before signing on that dotted line, he met with pretty much everyone. And that included Zynga. In a Reddit AMA, Cliff says: I know so many folks at EA,…

Suggested reading: Michael McMaster’s thoughts on Mountain. “It’s not aspiring to anything greater. It’s iconography. This is fine.”

If you liked Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and weren’t already psyched for the sequel, this new trailer should do the trick. See you soon, Monokuma.

Taking Pokémon Cosplay To The Next Level

Dressing like a Pokémon trainer is only part of a good costume. You also gotta get your Pokémon pals right—and this group of cosplayers nails it. Check out these pictures of 4 Itchy Tasty Cosplay head Brett Horn at this year’s Anime Expo. He created a bunch of to-scale Pokemon puppets, modeled above by a…

11 Very Cool Takes On Wonder Woman

The wonderful Sketch Dailies showcase, which gets artists around the world to do drawings based on a theme, focused yesterday on Wonder Woman. Some of the results stuck pretty close to the character’s home turf, while others went a little crazy (in a good way). I’m not sure which is my favourite. I love how…