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Rise Of The Dark Spark Is A Tale Of Three Optimus Primes
We knew Activision’s upcoming Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark combined two Transformers continuities. Now it’s three, as the original Optimus Prime arrives to show the other two how it’s done. Maybe that’s not a good thing. Having recently rewatched the entire original Transformers cartoon series, I’ve come to the realization that Optimus Prime was…
By Mike Fahey Published March 26, 2014 -
Oculus Addresses Some Of The Internet’s Biggest Concerns
Palmer Luckey, co-founder of Oculus, has been known to show up on Reddit to respond to fans since the virtual reality’s Kickstarter first showed up two years ago. Yesterday, he took to Reddit again to reply to many angry fans about their concerns. The internet was up in arms immediately after it was announced that…
By Steve Marinconz Published March 26, 2014 -
Xbox Live Prepares to Warn and Punish Players With Bad Reputations
There are a lot of people on Xbox Live. Some of them are cool and do incredible things. Others are jerks who ruin the multiplayer experience for everybody else. New changes coming this month to Microsoft’s online service will soon be doling out penalties and rewards to the trolls or decent people you’re playing with.…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 26, 2014 -
Movie Anthology Mania, PSN and LIVE Updates, Pulse Headset [Deals]
We’ve got multiple motion picture anthologies at price lows. Make room on your shelves. Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology | $50 Lord of the Rings Trilogy Extended Editions | $45 Terminator Anthology 5 Disc Collector’s Edition | $20 X-Men & Wolverine Boxed Set | $35 Dragon Tattoo Trilogy: Extended Edition | $33 Jack Ryan Collection|…
By Shane Roberts Published March 26, 2014 -
Oculus Kickstarter Backers Are Demanding Refunds
When you give money to a Kickstarter, do its creators owe you anything beyond the rewards that were promised? Is there an implicit understanding that those creators will stay scrappy and independent? Or can artists and designers do whatever they want once they’ve got your money? Yesterday’s news bombshell—Facebook buying the virtual reality company Oculus…
By Jason Schreier Published March 26, 2014 -
Anti-Video Game Senator Leland Yee Arrested On Bribery Charges
California state senator Leland Yee has been indicted on charges of corruption and bribery, according to multiplenews reports Yee, a Democrat, is the senator who attempted to criminalize the sale of violent video games to children. That law was struck down by the Supreme Court in 2010 during what became a landmark case for free…
By Jason Schreier Published March 26, 2014 -
$100 Wolfenstein Panzerhound Edition Comes With A Sweet Dog, No Game
That’s okay, I didn’t want the game anyway. Now gimme that tank dog! See, the Panzerhund Edition (Panzerhund is my favorite new word) is not a collectors edition of Wolfenstein: The New Order. It is a collection of game parephenila, which conveniently comes with an empty steel case where you can put your game once…
By Mike Fahey Published March 26, 2014 -
I Can’t Stop Laughing At Sega’s Sonic-Zelda Crossover
There is free Zelda-themed DLC coming out for Sonic: Lost World. It’s out tomorrow on the Wii U eShop, and IGN’s got one of their exclusive preview things right here. (The gist: Sonic gets to run around a zone filled with Zelda references.) More importantly, look at that screenshot. LOOK AT IT. Sonic the Hedgehog…
By Jason Schreier Published March 26, 2014 -
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster: The TAY Review! (Kind of) • How Do You Value Games? • Anime No One Watched: Listen To Me, Girls, I’m Your Father! TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published March 26, 2014 -
Super Mario Bros. 3, More Classics Hit Wii U Virtual Console in April
Advance Wars fans, break out the champagne. The much-loved strategy game from Nintendo, along with fan-favorite Metroid, Yoshi and WarioWare titles, will be hitting the Wii U next month. There’s a first-party gem in every week of April 2014’s Virtual Console release schedule. Just take a look: April 3: Advance Wars (Wii U, $7.99) Mario…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 26, 2014 -
Diablo III‘s ‘Deadmau5’ Easter Egg Will Make Enemies Dance
I always thought Blizzard devs were mostly metalheads, but it seems that’s not the case anymore. With Reaper of Souls, they’ve added a rather special item called ‘Halcyon’s Ascent’, which has electronic dance music artist Deadmau5 written all over it. It is a legendary amulet, with relatively bad stats (see below) except one: If you…
By Gergo Vas Published March 26, 2014 -
An Army Of LEGO Simpsons Invades America In May
For those of you unable to drop $200 on the extravagant LEGO Simpsons house released earlier this year, The LEGO Group is rolling out its first ever licensed minifigure series in May, just in time for a special LEGO episode of The Simpsons. I came this close to spending the $200 on the house, but…
By Mike Fahey Published March 26, 2014 -
Here’s an adorable reinterpretation of rampaging Nintendo characters from Smash Bros by the talented Paperbeatsscissors. If nothing else, this piece proves that Yoshi should finally join the battle in the new Super Smash Bros games for Wii U and 3DS. Paperbeatsscissors [Tumblr] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the…
By Gergo Vas Published March 26, 2014 -
Street Fighter‘s Dhalsim Should Lose Those Baby Skulls
In the real world, Dhalsim would have been arrested a long time ago with those skulls around his neck, as the latest Pete Holmes ‘Red Tape’ sketch points out. I hope there’ll be a video with a raging Blanka, because so far these sketches put every single Street Fighter character to shame. Street Fighter Red…
By Gergo Vas Published March 26, 2014 -
How Much It Would Cost To Be Captain America
We could get off relatively cheap without his vibranium shield, and even with the shield, it would be still nothing compared to building Iron Man—at least according to this financial breakdown of how much being Captain America would cost. Too bad vibranium metal doesn’t exist. It’d be cheaper to equip an army of Captain Americas…
By Gergo Vas Published March 26, 2014 -
Puzzle Platforming Has Never Looked So… Pleasant
Yes, it’s another quirky indie puzzle platformer. With physics and stuff. But come on, just look at it. I want to frolic amongst the twirly grass things. The Land of Eyas has apparently been languishing on Kickstarter for quite some time, even though it looks, well, not phenomenal, but nice. Simple. Clean. Satisfying on a…
By András Neltz Published March 26, 2014 -
Japanese Man Spends $150,000 To Look Like Michelangelo’s David
Meet “Alan” (アラン or Aran). He’s 20 years old. And in one year, he’s spent a fortune to look like an ageless beauty. But it wasn’t Alan’s money, because he doesn’t have a job. Older women forked out the cash. Above, you can see a comparison of Alan last year, at the age of 19,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2014 -
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By John Struan Published March 26, 2014