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My, My, You Certainly Look Different, Ellie
Just as people change, so do game characters. Over the course of development, their appearance is tweaked and altered. Just look how vastly different The Last of Us heroine Ellie looks in the latest trailer The official reason for the change? As Last of Us game designer Neil Druckmann told website IGN, “We decided to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 17, 2012 -
Three Teens Arrested for Stealing $400 Worth of Pokemons
On May 11 at a Walmart in Massachusetts, staff apparently saw three men shoplift packs of Pokémon cards and exit the store. Police searched one of the suspects’ vehicle and discovered a large stash of Pokémon cards worth US$442. According to The Sun Chronicle, the three men—David Danforth (19), James J. Davis (18), and Sean…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 17, 2012 -
Unofficial Skyrim App Gets Legal Note From Bethesda Lawyers
The developer of Dragon Shout, a neat little iPhone app for Skyrim that we’ve previously covered, has been asked by Bethesda’s lawyers to remove the program from the App Store “due to copyright infringement”. Blalock, the creator of the app, says that the request did not come with a cease & desist notice, nor did…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 17, 2012 -
Wind Waker’s King of Red Lions Comes to Life
While it’s got perhaps the strongest lineup of supporting characters of any Zelda game, my favourite (spoilers) person in Wind Waker is the King of Red Lions. He’s so gruff, yet helpful, and impatient, yet so patient, and it helps he’s about the coolest-looking boat ever made. This model is using a papercraft template made…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 17, 2012 -
Robots, Ninjas, Ladies, Dogs and GIANT Robots
Toy company threeA recently launched an online catalogue. Not the commercial kind, just a literal catalogue of all the amazing figures they’ve come up with over the years. If you like toys, or robots, or design, or fashion, or cats, or women’s feet, it’s a great way to waste an afternoon staring numbly while you…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 17, 2012 -
Download Steam Games From the Comfort of Someone Else’s Home (or a Public Bathroom)
Previously in beta, Valve has now properly launched a feature on Steam that lets users remotely download games. What this means is that, if you’re on a browser or a mobile app away from home, you can start downloading things on your home PC at the flick of a button. One first world problem down,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 17, 2012 -
The Mystery of C-3PO’s Giant Golden Boner
In 1977, just as Star Wars was taking over the planet, a series of trading cards was released featuring characters and photos from the movie. Not all of them were grabs from the actual film, though. Some were just taken on set. Like this one, of C-3PO. Which, you know. Looks a little weird Serious…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 17, 2012 -
An Adorable Scott Pilgrim Wedding Game
When reader Simon got married recently, he wanted there to be a little surprise for his new bride. So he and a few friends sat down, took a knife to the Scott Pilgrim game and ended up with this little clip which played after the ceremony.
By Luke Plunkett Published May 17, 2012 -
Blizzard Apologises for Diablo III Launch Mess, Delays Real-Money Auction House
In a statement released tonight, Blizzard has apologised to fans for the technical problems plaguing Diablo III since its launch, and has announced that as a result of these the release of the game’s real-money auction house has been delayed. The statement, signed by “Blizzard Entertainment”, says “we’d…like to say that we’ve been humbled by…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 17, 2012 -
Damn Natalie, You a Crazy Chick
Hi, Kotaku, and welcome to the Wednesday open thread. Let’s have at it. Things from the internet! Revolting Snacks of America tackles the Hello Kitty Marshmallow Pop – “A disintegrating sidewall tire inflated with stale red-velvet cake and stored in a puddle behind the dollar store.” The “Fuck You” pizza from Pizza Hut – Ha,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 16, 2012 -
Diablo Widows Get Dildos in French Sex Shop Stunt
Ladies, have you gone lonely as your lovers have spent hours trying to penetrate the secrets of Diablo III (or, more probably, penetrate the game’s login screen). Well then, the French sex shop Absoloo wishes to soothe your frustrations—with a free vibrator. It helps if you read this in your best Hollywood-affected French voice, but…
By Owen Good Published May 16, 2012 -
Diablo III‘s Error 37: “Don’t Call It A Comeback!”
Last night, Diablo III‘s Error 3003 may have been hot, but tonight, it looks like Error 37 is making a comeback! Like Derek Zoolander himself, Error 37 has risen from the ashes of last night’s failed walkoff with so-hot-right-now upstart Error 3003 and emerged once more as the dominant Diablo III error. The original and…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 16, 2012 -
Even Pikachu Dressed Up For The Premiere of The Avengers
Did you go see The Avengers opening night? Pikachu did. Pikachu is a hardcore fan, didn’t you know? I mean, did you dress up as four of the Avengers, all at once? I didn’t think so. How many evolutions do you think it takes before we achieve Thorchu? I definitely choose you, Thorchu. Mainly because…
By Tina Amini Published May 16, 2012 -
Has Diablo III‘s Rocky Launch Hurt PC Gaming?
There’s no denying that the error-filled launch of Diablo III has been something of a debacle. But has it really harmed PC gaming? Indie game designer Jeff Vogel worries that it may have, sharing the above thought on his personal blog When the highest-profile PC release of the year has a a launch this problem-filled,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 16, 2012 -
Hey, Look at These Max Payne 3 Postcards
Max Payne 3 throws a lot of highly stylized violence at you and almost all of it is beautiful to look at. But you’ve got to keep moving through Rockstar’s latest release in to order to get Max the answers he desperately craves, which means you can’t necessarily enjoy the ambiance as much as you’d…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 16, 2012 -
Which Video Game Controller Is Best? No, Seriously. Which?
For this week’s Burning Questions, Jason and Kirk talk about video game controllers. Which controller is better, Xbox or PlayStation? What do touch-screens like the Wii U and the Vita hold for the future? Is the Kinect good for anything except pausing Netflix videos (and is it even that good at that)? What is the…
Kirk Hamilton & Jason Schreier Published May 16, 2012 -
I Just Saw The Last of Us in Action, and It Looks Amazing
I just watched two people from Naughty Dog play The Last of Us in Santa Monica. It was the best demo for a game I’ve seen since Assassin’s Creed III a few months ago. Here’s what happened. What played out was similar to the trailer that Sony just shared—Joel and Ellie, the series’ two protagonists…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 16, 2012 -
Free-to-Play Football Title Loses Its NFL License
News and notes from around the world of sports video gaming: • QuickHit Football had a solid debut year in 2009 and won an NFL license a year later. Then it lost its director of design, a veteran of the beloved NFL 2K5, and was bought up by Majesco around E3 last year. Now it’s…
By Owen Good Published May 16, 2012 -
Activision and EA Settle Case Over Call of Duty [Update]
Activision and EA have agreed to file a settlement agreement in their dispute over Call of Duty, according to a Bloomberg report The settlement is from a countersuit brought by Activision against EA accusing them of attempting to pry Jason West and Vince Zampella away from them. The initial suit was brought against Activision by…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 16, 2012