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Why Indies Should Complain Less About Clones

I think most people are worrying way too much about most clones. The only clones that should be considered a big problem are direct rips that add nothing and are clearly only intended as a moneygrab. Most infamous clones are not of this type and indie developers should complain less and instead spend that time…

Spring Fighter Tournament Poster

Poster by RVSA for NYU Game Center’s upcoming Spring Fighter tournament. I posted the art without text below, as well as the poster for last year’s tournament. And here’s last year’s poster by the same artist: Previously: Poster for the Shadowloo Showdown Street Fighter Tournament You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated…

Jon Snow’s Sword Remade, Goes On A Smashing Rampage

This is a weird one from master swordsmith Man At Arms, because he’s normally making real versions of swords that don’t actually exist. But Game of Thrones being what it is, there already is a version of Jon Snow’s Longclaw. It’s the one he uses in the show. But hey, whatever, the world needs more…

Soccer With Guns. Oh, Video Games.

Did you think sports games would be safe from the industry-wide insistence on turning everything into a first person shooter? I hope not. Yes, Supraball might add guns to soccer, and that might sound like an awful idea—but hey, it genuinely looks like it could be fun, judging from this trailer. From the game’s website:…

If Famous Books Were Actually About Pokémon

What do the people in the world of Pokémon actually read, you think? My guess is that they’d read the same things we do, only their versions of classic books have Pokémon in them. The reason I’m giving this any thought at all is because yesterday, Nintendo tweeted out stuff with the hashtag #pokemonbooktitles: Naturally,…

The Last Of Us Sequel Idea Isn’t Real, But Maybe It Should Be

You could call this beautiful image of Ellie “fan art”, but that would be a weird definition, since the artist actually worked on The Last Of Us. That artist was the exceptionally-talented Marek Okon, whose work we’ve featured here a few times before. While unrelated to any actual TLoU work going on at Naughty Dog,…

Kingston Makes An Excellent Gaming Headset, Sort Of

When one thinks of Kingston Technologies, memory and storage are what immediately come to mind. The Kingston HyperX Cloud Gaming Headset is a step towards adding high-quality game audio products to that list. How’d they do? WHAT IS IT? The HyperX Cloud Gaming Headset from Kingston is a device that people can place upon their…

Wedding Cake Covered With Pikmin

Pikmin-themed wedding cake decorated by Regina Wu: Previously: Facehugger Egg Cake You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

One Reason There Still Isn’t A Wonder Woman Movie

Despite being one of the most iconic superheroes in the sprawling DC Comics universe, Wonder Woman still hasn’t received the same big-screen treatment as her male counterparts like Superman, Batman, Thor, and the Green Lantern. What gives? I mean, come on…the Green Lantern? Remember how that cinematic reboot turned out? I’m still trying to forget.…

Why Is Swordfighting In So Many Video Games Terrible?

Swords are great and games are great, so why don’t two great things go great together? Video games let us hack ‘n’ slash, sure, but it’s often ultra-basic or even clunky. Why are games so good at giving us realistic guns, but not realistic swords? Let’s find out. Eurogamer decided to pit its pen against…

Goat Simulator Does Have A Story, And It’s Pretty Dark

To the unobservant eye, Goat Simulator is simply about destroying things and causing chaos as a goat. But there’s more to it, according to the developers. (Ibrisagic is a developer at Coffee Stain Studios, the folks behind Goat Simulator, in case you’re curious.) Well then. That’s…surprisingly heavy for such a goofy game. Mind, I’m pretty…

Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, one of the most visually unique RPGs for the PS2, is out today on the Playstation 3. You can pick it up here on the Playstation Network Store.

For The First Time Since 1996, There’s No Need For Speed This Year

Think back. Can you remember a year when there wasn’t a Need for Speed game? The long-running racing series has punched in at least once every twelve months. It’s a bit of a surprise, then, that calendar year 2014 will come and go without a Need for Speed entry. Annual releases for the Need for…

You Can Play The Dinosaur Hunting Game of Your Dreams Later This Month

We’ve told you a lot about The Stomping Land, the great survival game that looks like a cross between DayZ andJurassic Park. But now, with this new trailer, you can see a lot of the stuff we’ve written about before in action. You can see how various dinosaurs act, for example—each one has its own…

Classic Adventure Shadowgate Has Come A Long Way Since 1987

Shadowgate started life in 1987 as a point-and click adventure game for the Apple Macintosh. This summer Shadowgate is reborn for the PC, Mac, iOS and Android, and it looks so lovely. From a simple, black-and-white, largely text-based adventures to wondrous hand-painted beast designed to look amazing at even 4K resolutions, this new version of…

Announcing a new contender in the category of games with names that are difficult to pronounce, Zenzizenzic is a old-school bullet-hell style shmup that looks about as crazy as a game with that name should. Check it out on Kickstarter

Watch Video Game Weapons from Zelda and Final Fantasy Come to Life

Swords are great, sure. But we all want to shoot things with a bow and arrow from The Legend of Zelda, don’t we? The work done by Tony Swatton and his Man-At-Arms crew is formidable. But they’ve mostly stuck with replicating one kind of video game weapon. The new season of Geek and Sundry’s Arcade…

Buffy The Vampire Slayer Imagined As A LucasArts Adventure

Today in Awesome Video Game Concept Art That Makes Me Wish LucasArts Was Still Alive, here are some shots by artist Andrew Scaife, who visualized the iconic Joss Whedon series Buffy The Vampire Slayer as a point-n-click adventure game. (via Whedonesque)

The digital version of MLB 14 The Show is experiencing a game delay. Several tipsters alerted us to the digital delay earlier today, upset that the game, slated for release at 12:01 am this morning, was still a no show. An update to the release announcement post on the PlayStation Blog cites “unforeseen technical issues”…

Humble Spring Sale, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Sony 65″ 4K

You probably didn’t have to watch the recent Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare reveal to know whether you’d be picking it up or not. Pre-order your version of choice and get $10 Best Buy credit. [Best Buy] Humble Spring Sale Humble has launched their Spring Sale, which runs for two weeks, has flash sales, and…