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As Close To Hoverboarding As We’re Probably Going To Get
What do this original Kinect and Wii Balance Board have in common? Aside from a general irrelevance to video games in 2014, they’ve also come together to bring us the hoverboarding future that the real world has sadly failed to deliver. The two peripherals link up with an Oculus Rift headset to form the cornerstone…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 26, 2014 -
Sniper Elite 3 Makes Me Excited To Shoot Nazi Faces
Sniper Elite v2 was disappointingly linear, but it looks like the next installment is shaping up to be much better. Oh, and yes, there are plenty more heads exploding in slow motion. I played about an hour of Sniper Elite 3, running through a campaign level and some co-op multiplayer. Overall, everything that I had…
By Steve Marinconz Published May 26, 2014 -
Meet The Action Movie Bros Of Broforce
Luke and I are united in our love of Broforce, the action game that lets you play as a revolving cast of basically every bro (and lady-bro) who has ever kicked ass in an action movie. The game is currently playable via Steam Early Access, but if you haven’t yet seen all the bros, Trash…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 26, 2014 -
Assassin’s Creed Comes To The World Of Ghost Recon Phantoms
Players of the free to play Ghost Recon Phantoms can now buy futuristic Assassin’s Creed-themed weapons and armor for their characters. I posted wallpapers and closeups of the designs below: Here’s a better look at the designs: And here’s two more wallpapers: You can download the wallpapers in additional resolutions at the official site You…
By John Struan Published May 26, 2014 -
Cosplay Solves Pokémon’s Biggest Mystery
People have many theories as to what the bottom of a Diglett (and by extention, its evolution, Dugtrio) looks like. Maybe there’s a horrible nightmare monster buried down there. Maybe it just has some sort of feet. Maybe there’s nothing down there at all. My favorite theory? Dugtrio is actually a really burly humanoid: Which…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 26, 2014 -
If Grand Theft Auto V Were Made In The 80s
It would still be awesome! Here’s an isometric, Commodore 64-style recreation of some Grand Theft Auto V action by the talented MajamiHiroz with some superb 8bit music added. Atari’s Paperboy would work well as a minigame in a game like this. Grand Theft Auto V (Commodore 64) [YouTube] To contact the author of this post,…
By Gergo Vas Published May 26, 2014 -
What Do You Want To See At E3 This Year?
We’re exactly two weeks away from E3 press conference day—Video Game Christmas—so why not spend some time fantasizing about what we’d like to see there? For example, a few days ago I got this fun e-mail from a colleague, Andrew. Here’s his fanfic wishlist for E3 2014: Sony Press Conference: It would start with all…
By Jason Schreier Published May 26, 2014 -
A Platformer Where You’re A Goddess, And The Levels Are Your Mind
Oh yeah, and you’ve got split personalities. Also it’s a really pretty-looking game. It’s called Red Goddess. An open-world side-scrolling action-adventure (or metroidvania, if you prefer) where you play a young goddess named Divine, taking her on a journey across a planet controlled by her subconscious. This translates to a dangerous but gorgeous alien landscape.…
By András Neltz Published May 26, 2014 -
Gears of War Is Still My Favorite Shooter
Francis is the closest thing to a hardcore gamer I have in my life. He’s the kind of guy that bought a DualShock 4 controller on a lunch break before the PlayStation 4 had come out just so he could hold it. Buying the PS4 over the Xbox One was a calculated decision he can…
By Yannick LeJacq Published May 26, 2014 -
Basketball Is Much Better With The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Casey Jones replaced his hockey stick with a pair of basketball shoes for this one, to join the Turtles and play basketball in this NBA 2K14 mod by MkEliteWorksX Maybe use them against Looney Tunes characters in a follow-up video, to create the coolest basketball match of all time. TMNT Ninja Turtles vs Villains in…
By Gergo Vas Published May 26, 2014 -
It Is Now OK To Wear White Pants
It’s Memorial Day in the U.S., which means you may now wear one of your seasonal wardrobe staples. Just like these folks. You can run over rooftops in white pants. (see above) Or you can run up walls…. You can beat up dudes while wearing white pants. Dressed in white pants, you may slay vampires.…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 26, 2014 -
At This Rate, He Should Just Play Soccer
Could a PlayStation Move wand even survive the landing after such bodacious move? Reading rumors about what a major video game company’s latest patent application could mean reminded me that Context-Free Patent Art exists. Well, existed. In the time since I last checked on it, the Tumblr filled with crazy drawings from intellectual property filings…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 26, 2014 -
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Minor Issues: The Little Problems With Nintendo’s Bigger Console • Hastily Hacking In Watch_Dogs Made Me Regret My Actions • Cooking With TAY: Cookies! • Tonari no Seki-kun: The Ani-TAY Review • Aiden Pearce Is A Better Batman Than Bruce Wayne TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To…
By András Neltz Published May 26, 2014 -
Sin From Final Fantasy X Is Just As Ominous In Minecraft
Recreating Sin—the whale-like gargantuan final boss of Final Fantasy X—in Minecraft was probably a bit harder than usual since you can’t really build it pixel by pixel. Still, Pero‘s piece looks awesome, just like the original from the PS2 game. Here’s a few more shots, and a neat video: Dayshot is an image-based feature that…
By Gergo Vas Published May 26, 2014 -
Game Gets Two Name Changes Before It’s Even Out
How to confuse the hell out of potential fans of an upcoming video game: change its name twice during development. There once was a game called Dirty Bomb, made by the people behind Brink. It later had its name changed to the thoroughly unremarkable Extraction. It’s now had its name changed again. It’s not even…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2014 -
See How Much Fun It Is To Make A Video Game, Fast
Remember GAME_JAM, that horror show that sounded like the worst possible way to feature indie gaming? Yeah, this is the complete opposite of that. Super Game Jam is a documentary series that has a neat/simple premise: pair up some of the best indie devs on the planet, give them 48 hours to make a video…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2014