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A Fitting Tribute To Miyazaki’s Badass Flying Pig

Get a look at this custom Porco Rosso display, which is as meticulously detailed as the work of the man who created the character. It’s so detailed, in fact, that as you’ll see below, you can lift the chassis off and see the frame, instruments and seating beneath. That’s always the deal-sealer with me and…

Hanged 3DS Either Needed A Charge Or Stole A Horse

Look, sometimes when you’re in a hotel you’ve got to make do with what you’ve got. And if your 3DS needs a charge, and the only open power outlet is up there, then you use it. But…jeez, that’s precarious Ry-Spirit’s Art [Facebook, via Tiny Cartridge]

Xbox One Game Changed Between Reviews And Release

Crimson Dragon, the spiritual successor to Panzer Dragoon, just came out, but already the game is being altered after it received, well, let’s say mixedreviews. Saying he has “heard the feedback” on the game, director Yukio Futatsugi is ringing the changes, which include generally making the game easier. “I’m excited to have the opportunity to…

Welcome To The Next Generation, Everybody

That’s it. It’s past midnight. The Xbox One is now on sale in North America, having gradually rolled out across Australasia and parts of Europe earlier in the day. With the PS4 being released last week and – depending on your definition of “generation” – the Wii U on shelves last year, the “next generation”…

Shock: Pretty PC Game Keeps Getting Prettier

We already know The Banner Saga is a gorgeous game, because its multiplayer mode is out and you can play it and see for yourself. But the real artistic chops are coming in the games’ singleplayer mode. As this clip shows, the game’s singleplayer mode is a lot more involved than simple multiplayer skirmishes, taking…

Xbox, Go To Los Angeles. Xbox? Xbox?

Spike’s Geoff Keighley uses the power of Kinect to throw the station’s coverage of the Xbox One launch event across the country. Or, tries to. I bet it sounded good on paper. If you want to follow along yourself, and haven’t already been doing so, you can catch it here

Here’s The First Human To Buy An Xbox One

The first person to buy an Xbox One in line in New York City tonight is not the first person on planet Earth to buy an Xbox One. That honour, thanks to the placement of the international date line, went to New Zealand’s Dan Livingstone. Beating out my own antipodean purchase by a mere two…

Flight Simulator Has Never Looked So Good

Nope, these aren’t photos of actual planes. They’re video game screenshots. Specifically, they’re high-res shots from Flight Simulator X captured and posted by Duncan Harris at Dead End Thrills. Get a load of this action: There are plenty more shots over at Dead End Thrills

The Most Ridiculous Pokedex Entries In Pokémon X & Y

It’s easy to miss, but boy, Pokémon lore can get pretty bonkers sometime. Case in point: the Pokedex entries for X & Y, where you might learn about things that are either amazing, creepy or just plain nonsensical. Pokemon X & Y, despite having a small number of new Pokemon added to the ‘dex, is…

The first man in the world to buy a PS4 meets the first man in line to buy a North American Xbox One. It’s like a Christmas kick-around in the trenches. Xbox [Twitter]

​We Brought An Xbox One To The Xbox One Launch Event… Chaos Ensued

Tonight in New York, Microsoft is hosting a massive launch party for the Xbox One. In a few short hours, the people in line will have their own new consoles to take home. Ah, but Kotaku already has an Xbox One. Maybe the folks in line would like to check ours out while they wait?…

One Man Doesn’t Need The Xbox One Launch Tonight

Stephen Colbert knows how to spend time with his loved ones. And by “loved ones” I mean he knows how to spend time with hardware like the PS4. The GIF above comes from a segment of last night’s episode of The Colbert Report, where Stephen Colbert takes a jab at consumerism, ultimately urging lonely single…

The Activision Action Figures The Atari Age Deserved

We should have gotten action figure tie-ins for every game Activision released on the Atari 2600, but we didn’t, because marketers were stupid back then. Dan from Chicago Toy Collector makes up for the oversight with this killer custom G.I. Joes. Can you guess which figure goes with which game? Oh come on, at least…

Chased By Bees Is My Favorite Hunger Games… Game, I Guess.

The next Hunger Games movie comes out tomorrow, so while we’re all eagerly lining up for midnight showings, we can play Reliance Games’ latest movie tie-in, The Hunger Games: Chased By Bees. The iTunes listing for this game is actually Hunger Games: Catching Fire Frenum Run, which is odd because you never catch fire or…

Well, Microsoft’s Xbox One Launch Event Sure Seems Interesting

I’m picturing some poor schmuck at Microsoft accounts getting a bill for the Xbox One’s launch event in NYC tonight in a few months’ time, looking at it, then jumping straight out a window The company is going to ridiculous lengths tonight, not only taking over Times Square but doing stuff like having zombies shamble…

Not So Classy

Compare to last week (Sony has since deleted the post. They’re referring to this controversy.)

Sounds like the promising-looking space sim X Rebirth is a total mess. Rock Paper Shotgun‘s Craig Pearson has played a good amount of the game and he’s reporting rampant bugs, crashes and worse. Our own Luke Plunkett hasn’t played quite as much, but reports a similar experience. Developer Egosoft has apologized, saying that they’re doing…

Armored Trucks Full of Xbox Ones Rolled Through New York City Today

Nintendo once delivered me a Wii in the trunk of a police car. Today, Microsoft is delivering some of Manhattan’s first Xbox Ones in armored trucks, as seen in this image spotted via Reddit user Space_Honey. See more of those trucks here and here

Report: The Walking Dead Developers Are Doing A Game of Thrones Game

Telltale Games, the studio behind the critically-acclaimed The Walking Dead game series, is now working on at least one Game of Thrones video game, IGN reports That’s a perfect fit—and undoubtedly cool news to anyone who enjoys the murdery HBO series. IGN says they don’t know when or where the game(s) would be set, but…

A Crazy-Ambitious Sandbox RPG Set In Space

Today in Crazy-Ambitious Kickstarters That Might Wind Up Costing Way Too Much And Getting Delayed But Hey They Sure Sound Cool, here’s The Mandate, a game about space. The premise: you’re the captain of a big spaceship, and you have to manage your crew, explore space, fight against other ships, and so forth. Also there’s…