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Han Couldn’t Have Shot First With A LEGO Blaster
LEGO builder CaptainInfinity is the man behind this beautiful Star Wars blaster, which has such intricate detail on the finer points you’d think it was a very expensive, official set. If you were wondering, yes, it’s to scale, so if you had a 1:1 scale LEGO Greedo in the house, you could get some bricky…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 29, 2013 -
Video Games vs Children’s Books Is About As Inappropriately Adorable As You’d Expect
Joey Spiotto, a former video game concept artist who worked on series like Dead Space, now works on things a little less brutal. Like these terrific images crossing some of the best video games of the last decade with that staple of childhood literature, Little Golden Books. In some ways it’s a shame these are…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 29, 2013 -
Shark vs Mermaid Death Squad Is A Free Game With A Rad Name
Unlike their fellow activists at PETA, whose efforts at employing video games for their cause usually just cause palms to smack against foreheads, Greenpeace’s new game gets it. It’s smart. And pretty good to boot. With an awesome name – Shark vs Mermaid Death Squad – it’s basically a Pac-Man clone where you play as…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 29, 2013 -
I Would Invisibly Kill A Man With Rats To Get My Hands On This Dishonored Control Pad
Reader Devin Smith, aka End Of Line Designs, has just put the finishing touches on this amazing Dishonored Xbox 360 control pad that goes way beyond simply painting a mask on a standard pad. The buttons have all been changed, the 360 light has been changed to fit the game’s look and there’s even some…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2013 -
There’s A New Total War Game Coming, But It’s Not What You Think
Creative Assembly will later this year release Rome II, a proper Total War Game. They’ll also, presumably, one day take the wraps off a Warhammer title. As of today though there’s another Total War game coming, and it’s a weird one, because it’s not the Warhammer game, and it’s not the next true Total War…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2013 -
Space Hulk Is Kicking Turn-Based Butt For The Emperor (And His PC, Mac & iPhone)
If you’ve never played Space Hulk – either the original board game orthe 1993 video game adaptation – you may not be as excited about this as I am. You are also someone who is missing out. This 15-minute demonstration video from GDC, courtesy of GameSpot, shows the new game in action. It’s as clunky,…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2013 -
Darksiders’ Creators Want To Buy The Series Back
David Adams, the CEO of Crytek USA, has tweeted that he (or at least his company) is looking into buying the rights to the Darksiders series when it hits the auction block as part of the last sale of THQ properties This would be a big deal because Crytek USA is made up of refugees…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2013 -
The Ouya console will go on sale in the US, Canada and UK on June 4. It’ll cost $99.
By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2013 -
See Some Of Destiny’s Characters In Action In This New Video
It’s not a trailer, but it’s still pretty neat; to go with the concept art shown during Bungie’s Destiny panel at GDC was this short video, which is all about turning character designs into in-game models.
By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2013 -
Here’s A Ton Of New Concept Art For Destiny, Bungie’s Next Big Game
During Bungie’s GDC panel earlier today, which was all about world-building, was this bucketload full of concept art, most of it unseen until today. Update – Here’s some video from the event as well, an animation showing off how characters went from the drawing board to the game The images you’ll see cover all aspects…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2013 -
A First-Person Video Game Where You Play A Person Playing A Third-Person Video Game
Say that headline ten times fast, I dare ya. This video shows the game Atum, which is a student entry in the Independent Games Festival at GDC. In it, you play as a person in a room with a PC game, and to solve the puzzles in the game, you have to use objects from…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 28, 2013 -
Video Games That Make You Feel Like Indiana Jones
Indiana Jones is not the only one solving annoying ancient puzzles in haunted caves, armed with a whip and dynamites, far from civilization. A setting like this is perfect for video games, so it is no surprise that many were influenced by the character, and the similarities in some cases are amazing. Well, obviously, all…
By Gergo Vas Published March 28, 2013 -
The X-Men Are in Good Hands. The Massive Might Not Be Deep Enough. Let Panel Discussion Tell You Why.
These might be the most important words in comics: “Hey, have you read that?” The medium’s lifeblood has always been the word-of-mouth that passes from one reader to another. The only query that might surpass the above is “So, what’d you think?” Hence, this recurring feature in Kotaku‘s slice of comics programming, where comics critics,…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 28, 2013 -
Here Are All Of BioShock Infinite’s Secret Musical Covers
If you’ve played any Bioshock Infinite, you may have noticed a few familiar things about the soundtrack — some songs that really seem to ring a bell. Why is that? Well, it’s because the Bioshock Infinite soundtrack has a bunch of of 1912-ear covers of famous pop songs. With that in mind, I decided to…
By Chris Person Published March 28, 2013
