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Rumors Swirl About Trouble At Crytek

Crytek, the multinational video game company behind games like Crysis and the new Homefront, appears to be facing financial difficulties, according to numerous rumors and reports. For the past few months I’ve heard rumblings of employees going unpaid at Crytek studios. Though Crytek representatives have denied that the company is facing payment issues, a handful…

The New Online LEGO Game Is Diablo For Kids

Meet Bumblebee Girl. Isn’t she adorable, with her little wings and pot of honey and ability to completely obliterate skeletons, pirates and trolls with her area-of-effect attacks? It may look cute, but LEGO Minifigures Online is a challenging Diablo-style game. Combining the joy of collecting little LEGO people with the endless-clicking of an isometric action…

Be Careful: Major Witcher 3 Spoilers Have Leaked

A major Witcher 3 leak has left spoilers all over the web, and the leaked material “may heavily impact and spoil your future gaming experience,” according to the RPG’s developer, CD Projekt Red. The files, as Eurogamer reports, originate from the hacked Google Drive of a CD Projekt Red employee, and are currently making rounds…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Mushi-Shi Zoku Shou: The Ani-TAY Review • TAY Explores Comics: Magical Exam Student • Nanana’s Buried Treasure: Rockmandash’s Ani-TAY Review • That Time When Digital Domain Made A LEGO Game TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

God Save Us All From The Batmen of the Future

If Ben Affleck can take on the role of Batman, it means almost anyone can. It’s only a matter of years. Here’s Animation Domination‘s glimpse into a dark future where Aaron Paul, Mark Wahlberg or even Adam Sandler can be Gotham’s guardian. Future Batmen [YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

Fan-Made Fallout Laser Rifle Is Every Cosplayer’s Dream

For a mere £395 ($670) you can get yourself a life-size laser rifle from Fallout 3. It’s the Wazer Wifle, a unique version of the AER9 rifle, remade using wood and fiberglass by the talented Thomas Hughes. Doing crit damage with it would probably be more difficult, but apart from that it’s basically the same…

Kids Don’t Trust Luigi Anymore. Thanks Mario Kart 8

Was the notoriety worth it, Luigi? Now that the Luigi Death Stare meme has run its course, the Fine Bros. assess the damage those dirty looks have done. Somebody think of the children! Sure, Mario’s brother never really owned the spotlight, but at least he was beloved by children everywhere. Now Luigi doesn’t even have…

Praise… the Moon? I can see where mintyfreshmango‘s Zelda and Dark Souls crossover is going. The Moon from Majora’s Mask would actually fit right in as a boss and the warriors of sunlight would find themselves in a tight corner really quickly. Zelda and Dark Souls by mintyfreshmangos [DeviantART] Dayshot is an image-based feature that…

Civilization Revolution Is Getting A Sequel On iOS

Way, way back in 2008, Sid Meier’s strategy game, Civilization Revolution, was released for consoles. It had some rough edges, but ultimately, it was a good Civilization game. Then, in 2009, an iPhone port of the game was released. And now, five years later, iOS is where the sequel makes its debut. Civ Rev 2…

Super Rare Arcade Game Now Playable Like It’s No Big Deal

If the experts are correct then there are only two Primal Rage 2 arcade boards in existence, giving it a near legendary status. Now there’s one sitting inthe Galloping Ghost Arcade ruining all that elusive mystique. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Galloping Ghost’s Doc Mack says below that this is an original 0.36…

It’s Still ‘Minecraft In Space,’ But It Looks So Much Better

About a year ago, an indie sandbox space sim named Xeno Galaxies tried to gather some development money for itself. Sadly, it didn’t work out. Now, it’s back, and it looks like that year off did it a lot of good. Check out the trailer from 2013. As you can see, the game was literally…

I Always Wondered How A Space Marine Got Dressed

If you don’t remember it from the last time we showed you, Lord Inquisitor is a fan-made Warhammer 40K short film that promises to be a lot better than anything Games Workshop has managed officially. Around this time last year, we showed you a couple of trailers for the project. This year, there have been…

Paper plates (I think) used to create a giant Minecraft monster (the resident experts in my home couldn’t decide if it was a zombie or creeper). Via R/Minecraft You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Most Of Homer’s The Odyssey In One Giant Lego Build

A group of master Lego builders combined their talents to build an enormous map featuring the highlights of The Odyssey (and the end of The Iliad): Most of the map. Polyphemus’s Island by Mark Kelso. The Cheron’s Ferry, Gates of Hades, Cerberus, and Hades’ Portal by Adam Reed Tucker, Lee Jones, and Leo Shifu. Island…

This Is Strategy Gaming, Just Not As You Know It

I finally got a chance to play Ultimate General: Gettysburg over the weekend. It was a lot more important than I thought it was going to be. If you want to read up on the background – and why people are quietly excited about this game despite it coming from seemingly nowhere – here’s an…

The Worst Ridge Racer Game Is Basically Dead

Ridge Racer has come a long way since the first arcade game was released over 20 years ago. Sadly, for a while now a lot of it has been downhill. A champion of the earlier PlayStation eras, the game’s been on a sharp decline since its infamous appearance at Sony’s 2006 E3 appearance, culminating in…

Ice Climber tribute by Gary Musgrave. (The NES box art featured a polar bear with red swimsuit and sunglasses): You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

In 2014, US City Ends Ban On Pinball Machines

As absurd as it may sound, the humble game of pinball was once declared illegal across large swathes of the United States. And the law being the law, some of those swathes are only just getting around to fixing that. It was announced last week that the city of Oakland, which criminalized pinball machines in…

169 People Died In The Last Season Of Game Of Thrones. Here They Are.

There were 169 people killed on-screen during the fourth season of Game of Thrones. For those in need of a recap, here they all are. WARNING: OBVIOUSLY, THIS CONTAINS SPOILERS

There’s No Way He Should Have Won This Hearthstone Match

Down to two health and two armor against a player with multiple Legendaries on the board, it looked like prolific streamer Trump was doomed. Then Frost Mage magic happened. Through a stunning combination of stalling, missteps from his opponent, the right cards and plain old dumb luck, Trump managed to pull off a win so…