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Borderlands‘ Creators Are Making A First-Person MOBA
The next big game from Gearbox is Battleborn, a first-person multiplayer game that appears to be their take on the MOBA genre. It’ll be out for PC, Xbox One, and PS4. Here’s the first trailer: Gearbox announced the game through this month’s issue of Game Informer, and they’re promising more information in the GI cover…
By Jason Schreier Published July 8, 2014 -
Cliff Bleszinski’s Next Game Is A Free-To-Play Shooter
It’s been a long time coming, but Cliff Bleszinski has finally taken the lid off his next game and the first project he’s embarking on since he left Epic Games two years ago. It’s code-named “Blue Streak,” and he describes it as a free-to-play sci-fi arena shooter for the PC. The game is being made…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 8, 2014 -
Greenpeace Ruins A Perfectly Good LEGO Diorama To Make A Point
LEGO children and animals drown in oil as a downbeat cover of the song “Everything is Awesome” plays in the latest Greenpeace protest aimed at the partnership between the toy creators and Shell Oil Company. LEGO and Shell Oil have been collaborating on promotions as far as 1966, with the former creating service station sets…
By Mike Fahey Published July 8, 2014 -
Watch Things Get Built And Destroyed In Fortnite
Despite putting the game out in the open way back in 2011, Epic has remained relatively quiet about its cartoonish shooter Fortnite ever since. Now it’s finally starting to put the game back in the spotlight by releasing promising footage like this new gameplay trailer. The short clip shows off some of the game’s fast-paced…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 8, 2014 -
24 Recap: Next Week’s Finale Sure Will Be Insane
PREVIOUSLY ON 24: Chinese psychopath torturer Cheng Zhi gets his hands on a magical override that can control the world, then kills a bunch of lame hackers including Adrian whatever; Mark is mad jealous of Jack Bauer and betrays him to a Russian guy with the facial hair of a circus clown; Jack and Kate…
By Jason Schreier Published July 8, 2014 -
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Trainime – Summer Season 2014 Impressions Part 1! • Trainime – Summer Season 2014 Impressions Part 2! • Adventures In Blind Gaming 1: Some GameStop Managers Rock Hard TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published July 8, 2014 -
League of Legends Cosplayers Swarm Anime Expo 2014
The one good thing about the crazy amount of champions in League of Legends is the endless cosplay possibilities it can lead to. And this year’s Anime Expo was full of LoL cosplay. MLZ Studios put together a nice video with the usual ones like Jinx or Ahri and with some unexpected ones like Ziggs,…
By Gergo Vas Published July 8, 2014 -
Now Final Fantasy XIV Has Private Quarters And Chocobo Raising
Role-players and giant chicken aficionados rejoice! Today’s the day Final Fantasy XIV’s “defenders of Eorzea” patch arrives, giving players private rooms, the ability to raise chocobos, and plenty of questing and hunting to keep others occupied while you’re in your private rooms. Sure, some of you may be excited by the three-faction Frontline player-versus-player content,…
By Mike Fahey Published July 8, 2014 -
Hiding Corpses In Sniper Elite 3 Is Not As Easy As You’d Think
Nazis become transparent when you shoot them in Sniper Elite 3, thanks to the gruesome x-ray killcams. But throwing them into water? That’s different. Here’s YouTuber Skacik showing us one of the funnier glitches of the game. Sniper Generic 3 [YouTube] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,…
By Gergo Vas Published July 8, 2014 -
Bowser Gets His Own Converse Sneakers In Japan
Converse will launch two new Super Mario-themed sneakers for no less than ¥20,000 (roughly $200) in late August in Japan, with Bowser and Mario on them. The stars in Super Mario games match Converse’s ‘All Star’ brand after all. They’re a follow-up to a black-and-white series, released back in 2012, this time the design is…
By Gergo Vas Published July 8, 2014 -
Look How Much Smash Bros. Has Changed Over Nine Years
The first Smash Bros. came out for the Nintendo 64 in 1999. The latest Smash Bros. came out for the Wii in 2008. So of course, the differences in looks are rather dramatic. This video from YouTuber Master0fHyrule focuses on how the original twelve Smash Bros. characters’ taunts have evolved over the years. However, it’s…
By András Neltz Published July 8, 2014 -
A Fun New Way To Build In Minecraft: ‘Chunk Houses’
A few days ago, on the r/minecraft subreddit, redditor Spelunkding shared pictures of what they called a “chunk house.” Since then, chunk houses have been popping up all over the place. In case you’re unaware, chunks in Minecraft are the building blocks of the world. Each world’s surface is composed of an infinite number of…
By András Neltz Published July 8, 2014 -
Lost Bioshock Game Would Have Been Based On Final Fantasy Tactics
Ken Levine had a bit to say today about the Bioshock Vita game that never materialized. One, 2K and Sony never reached a deal. And two, it would have been a “Final Fantasy Tactics style thing set in pre-fall Rapture.” Via Twitter You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best…
By John Struan Published July 7, 2014 -
Heist Movie Comes To Life As Samsung Factory Raided
In what even Reuters admits sounds like the script of a “daring crime movie”, a group of around 20 armed criminals in Brazil have got away with $36 million worth of Samsung gear after robbing a factory. First, having waited for the sun to go down, seven of the thieves stole a company shuttle bus,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2014 -
When Video Games Are Illegal, The Cops Are…Idiots
Well, this is nice. Vid Agents is a video game series that, instead of doing the usual thing of blending cosplay with fanfic, is actually entirely original. It’s called VID AGENTS, and is about the cops tasked with policing a ban on video games. It is, in case you can’t tell from the gif, not…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2014 -
Why Pools and Toddlers Won’t Be in The Sims 4
When it was announced that pools and toddlers wouldn’t be in the next installment of The Sims, longtime fans got pretty upset. Now, EA’s explaining why those elements will be missing See, the game’s going to be totally different. A new post on the official Sims website acknowledges the displeasure voiced by Sims devotees and…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 7, 2014 -
Link Retires From Adventuring, Takes Up…Wrestling
Oakland’s Hoodslam indie wrestling events, which we’ve actually covered before, outdid themselves over the weekend with theatrically combative tributes to not just Street Fighter, but Zelda as well. These clips were taken by @jjsignal (artist on the very cool Read Only Memories, check it out), who had a way better Saturday night than any of…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2014 -
GameStop’s Preorder Plans Sound Like Bad News [Update]
Of all the things wrong with big, blockbuster video games, few are as shitty as the obsession with preordering. So you’ll be just thrilled to know that GameStop’s plans for the future of the practice are, should they ever come to fruition, pretty much a nightmare scenario. According to a report on GamesBeat, the retail…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2014 -
Racing Car Gets Joke Half-Life 3 Sponsorship
The reader blog over at Jalopnik got a pretty sweet deal last month: for just a few bucks they could get their names on a car that was competing in the famous 24 Hours Nürburgring endurance race in Germany. Thing is, not everyone who contributed went with their real name. One contributor, Savant, saw his…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2014