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It’s Awesome When Real People Go Into the Woods and Pretend to be Wizards
LARPing, or Live-Action Role-Playing, is when people take what normally goes down on a tabletop or video game and start doing it in the real world. It’s been around forever, lightning bolts and all But ever since the brilliant documentary Darkon was released a few years back, outsider’s interest in the pursuit has changed a…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 2, 2012 -
Kickstart Your Week With Some Terrific Cosplay
Yup. That’s a dog up there. The return of an old friend, this time from a proper photoshoot that truly captures the essence of somebody’s pet dressed up as a famous dog from an awesome video game. On the human side of things, there’s some Korra, a great Elizabeth from BioShock Infinite and, in a…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 2, 2012 -
Let’s Talk About LEGO. Or Play With It. Or Just Even Look At It.
You like LEGO? You’re in the right place. We like it too. No. Wait. We love it. Welcome to Kotaku’s secret clubhouse for all things LEGO. Here, to your right, you’ll see a list of all our stories that have anything to do with LEGO, whether they be official sets, custom builds, video games involving…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 2, 2012 -
GameStop Selling Assassin’s Creed Blade, Police Permits Not Included
Look, they can call this a “Role–Play Gauntlet Replica” all they want. They can put warnings on the site saying “May not be suitable for younger audiences. Parental supervision is recommended.” But still. I’m a little surprised this replica Assassin’s Creed Hidden Blade is an actual thing! While we’ve seen them replicated by hobbyists and…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 2, 2012 -
I Had No Idea Lost Planet Was Also a Space-Age Japanese Music Video
There’s not just a Lost Planet sequel/prequel on the way, there’s also a Lost Planet spin-off called EX Troopers. And while the former stars Frightened Space Jesus, the latter is looking pretty damn neat. Anyone upset that Lost Planet 3 is being developed by Westerners, you only need to take another look at E.X. Troopers…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 1, 2012 -
Meet the Prettiest PS3 Collector’s Edition of Them All
We live in an era where “collector’s edition” usually means “$100 box of crap full of busted action figures, tiny art books and DLC”. So it’s nice to see upcoming RPG Ni No Kuni go and actually make something worthwhile for collectors The game’s “Wizard’s Edition”, selling for USD$100, only contains three things. Well, aside…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 1, 2012 -
World’s Most Overclocked Graphics Cards Look Like a Sci-Fi Movie Set
Indonesian PC wizard Hazzan has broken the world record for…overclocking PC graphics cards. How do you even measure such a thing? The scene uses the scores handed out by benchmark tool 3DMark 11, and Hazzan’s 4-way SLI GTX 680 setup registered a score of P33190, which beat the previous mark by 39 points. To reach…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 1, 2012 -
Kickstart My Heart: Ravaged is Shaping Up to be the Multiplayer RAGE Never Had
One of the benefits of backing as many Kickstarter campaigns as I have is that some days I wake up and find beta keys for up and coming crowd funded games in my inbox. Every day is Christmas when you Kickstart all the things. One of the more promising projects I backed was Ravaged. A…
By Dave Oshry Published July 1, 2012 -
Spec Ops: The Line is 50% Off on Amazon
Spec Ops: The Line was only released this past week but Amazon is already discounting the game up to 50% for the PC version and 25% for the 360 version! Now you may be saying to yourself, “A game that gets a week one discount that deep must be terrible!” But you’d be oh so…
By Dave Oshry Published July 1, 2012 -
BioWare Confirms What You Want To Know About The “Red Ending” of Mass Effect 3 [Spoilers]
The red ending. Is it canon? Who’s to say? It’s the only ending that differs greatly from the others and that’s for one major reason. SPOILERS FOLLOW Got that? No turning back… … Shepard lives. Until now we all thought we knew. There’s that final scene that isn’t present in any of the other endings.…
By Dave Oshry Published July 1, 2012 -
Catch Up on Video Game High School
Freddie Wong is a god among men. Men who make awesome videos on the internet, that is. His latest project is Video Game High School. A nine part web series set in a future where gaming is the #1 sport in the world and only the best of the best can attend… wait for it……
By Dave Oshry Published July 1, 2012 -
Here, Have Some New Resident Evil 6 Gameplay
This is some new gameplay of Resident Evil 6 that was filmed at Capcom’s Summer Jam. Not to be confused with the hip hop festival run by HOT 97 in NYC. That is a very different summer jam. Resident Evil 6 New PS3 Gameplay Footage Surfaces [Gameranx]
By Dave Oshry Published July 1, 2012 -
Remember When This Famous Baseball Player Had a Promising Career in Game Development?
I’ve been cleaning out my hard drive lately and when doing so I tend to come across folders upon folders of old pictures. Recently, one in particular caught my eye. It was titled Comic Con 2010. During SDCC that year a new game developer had emerged with some big name talent and they were about…
By Dave Oshry Published July 1, 2012 -
This is the Video Game My Mom Wants to Play
I got an email from my mother recently. She was very excited about a new video game. As someone for whom video games are a way of life, clearly this intrigued me. My mother? Intersted in a video game? Preposterous! Not so preposterous actually. You see, my mother has very specific interests. Cooking, fitness, sending…
By Dave Oshry Published July 1, 2012 -
I Just Got an Email About a MMO I Haven’t Played in Nearly a Decade
The subject line read T4C Realmud. Two words I hadn’t seen in ages, yet two words I knew very well. T4C, short for The 4th Coming, was the very first MMO I ever played – way back in 1998. An isometric 2D Diablo-esque RPG that was every bit as addictive as its offline brethren, T4C…
By Dave Oshry Published July 1, 2012 -
Source Filmmakers Unmask The Pyro
We all enjoyed Meet the Pyro. It was worth the wait. Except fans still had one question. Who is the man behind the mask?! Well, wonder no more. Thanks to Valve’s new Source Filmmaker, we now know exactly who (or what) is beneath the Pyro’s mask. But be warned, what you are about to see…
By Dave Oshry Published July 1, 2012 -
The Games We Liked or Disliked, As Featured in The New York Times
Welcome. There’s a good chance you arrived at this link from The New York Times‘ Arts Section, which now features condensed, edited versions of games we have reviewed on Kotaku To the right, you’ll find links to reviews or impressions of all of the games that we’ve featured in the Times. We hope that these…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 1, 2012 -
Black Ops II Pre-Order Bonuses Now Include Nuketown 2025
Do you love Black Ops? Do you love Nuketown? Do you wish you could pre-order Black Ops II and go back to Nuketown? Well then today is your lucky day! Major retailers have updated their pre-order bonuses to reflect the recently announced Nuketown 2025 map being made for Call of Duty: Black Ops II The…
By Dave Oshry Published July 1, 2012 -
This Gordon Freeman Action Figure is Officially Official
Earlier this year NECA displayed the prototype for their Gordon Freeman action figure at the international Toy Fair in New York. Now, Mr. Freeman is almost ready to come out and play in all his scientific glory. The fine Valve fans over at LambdaGen spotted that Gordon is going on sale at retailers this september…
By Dave Oshry Published July 1, 2012 -
Still Awake? Let’s Talk About Video Games!
Hey guys, you still awake? I am. Let’s put this new Kotaku discussion making machine to the test – by having a discussion, about video games! I’ll get it started. What is your favorite Final Fantasy and why? Mine is VI. It was VII as an angst filled teen (of course) but then VI grew…
By Dave Oshry Published July 1, 2012