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People Sure Like Asking If E3 Is Still Relevant

In the wake of news that game publishers EA and Activision will have reduced presences at this year’s E3—both will show off their games at various press conferences, but neither will have booths—analysts and Hot Takers across the web have been asking a simple question: Is E3 still relevant? This semi-backlash led Rich Taylor, a…

It’s going to be time to get ugly this fall. The Luke Cage show—starring Mike Colter and based on the popular Marvel character—will be premiering on Netflix on September 30th. Contact the author at [email protected]

At First I Didn’t Succeed, So I Tried 45 More Times

On a rooftop in Gotham City in the video game Batman Arkham Knight, I had to beat up six ninjas without getting hit. It took me 46 attempts, one after the other, during one frustrating hour. This article originally appeared in October, 2015. It wasn’t the easiest thing I’ve done in video games, nor was…

Years Later, Blizzard Releases a New Diablo II Patch

Diablo II just got its first patch since 2011 (October 27, to be exact). It’s not a content patch, but it helps ensure that the game can run on current platforms. How cool is that? Here’s Blizzardon Diablo II’s 1.14a patch: This update focuses on system glitches introduced by modern operating systems. In related news,…

Huge LEGO Castle, Inspired By World of Warcraft‘s Horde Capital

No doubt the gates of Orgrimmar were the inspiration for this fantastic custom LEGO fortress made by burlogh. Iron spikes, chains and robust walls. Yup, that’s not a place for humans. In the last year I was a rather inactive builder, though in my mind I planned my new diorama. The wall with the guard…

Diablo Boss Azmodan Returns To Heroes of the Storm With Basketballs

Well, that’s certainly a skin that wouldn’t work in Diablo III, but is completely fine in the casual environment of Heroes of the Storm. Act III’s “Lord of Sin” from Diablo III now has a slam dunk-ready alternate, called… Azmodunk! Because of its original name and its ability animations, Azmodunk was something players have been…

Capcom Offers New Info on Street Fighter V March Update

The publisher of Street Fighter V offered up new details for the first big update to their newest fighting game. Capcom mentions specifics about SFV’s first DLC character and inbound game modes, but is still mum on a permanent fix for rage-quitting. A blog on Capcom Unity runs down major features of the moveset for…

Forging in Minecraft Sure Looks Fun

This is a voxel-style Minecraft model, created by redditor samasaurus6 for a dungeon crawler map and shared on r/minecraft here. It’s a clever build based on custom block models, with the smoke particles being generated by a pressure plate-activated Command Block hidden under the bellows. Dayshot is an image-based feature showcasing some of the prettiest,…

Conan Can Take More of Conor McGregor’s Abuse 

While Conor McGregor might’ve neededto lose last Saturday, he didn’t need to beat up Conan this bad in UFC 2 No. Wait. Maybe he did. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter@Brian_Ashcraft

Block’hood: A Very Quaint SimCity 

Block’hood is a city-building game for people who don’t want to build entire cities. Billed instead as a “neighborhood-building simulator”, it’s all about constructing stuff out of blocks, with an emphasis not just on building functional habitats, but on balancing your environment and ecology. It’s out now on Early Access

Baseball Team Turning Players Into Walking Game Boys

These days most professional sports teams, regardless of where they are in the world, tend to dabble in limited/variant jerseys. But few go as nuts for the ideas as minor-league American teams. I’ve posted about the weird union between video games and sports jerseys before, but most of those cases were relatively straight-up commercial agreements.…

Kinect Involved In Ancient Egypt Kerfuffle 

Last year, a pair of German artists claimed to have “stolen” scans of a priceless bust of Queen Nefertiti—housed in Berlin’s Neues Museum—using nothing but a Kinect. Now, experts are lining up to call bullshit. The artists, Nora al-Badri and Jan Nikolai Nelles, say they used “a modified version” of the Kinect to take the…

It Took A Lot Of Work To Make Destiny‘s Guns Sound Cool

It’s clear that the developers at Bungie put an insane amount of work into the sound effects in Destiny, a video game in which players travel through the solar system waiting for announcements of announcements of announcements of new content. This 15-minute mini-documentary, posted by Bungie today, illustrates just what that work looked like. It’s…

Last Monday, Microsoft closed Lionhead Studios; next Monday, Sony is holding a job fair for the former employees. Ex-Lionhead developers will be able to network with folks from various SCEE studios: Guerrilla, Evolution, Media Molecule, etc.

Overwatch‘s Character Skins Are Getting Ridiculous

When Overwatch’s beta returned earlier this year, it added a progression system that rewards players with cosmetic loot like character skins. Initially, most of them were simple recolors. Now, though, they’re getting kinda ridiculous. The most recent Overwatch update brought with it a handful of new skins that are more in line with the rarest…

I Hope Marvel’s Black Panther Movie Is As Good as These Comics

The Black Panther isn’t Captain America. He’s not Iron Man, either. He’s different than most of Marvel’s big superhero characters and, in the right hands, he’s arguably better. Don’t think so? Read these comics and see. This post originally appeared in August, 2015. Fans got the first look at the movie version of Black Panther…

Seven Easter Eggs Hidden In The Division

The snowy streets of digital New York are hiding a few secrets, if you know where to look. Here are some of the best easter eggs players have found within The Division. Some of them you might recognize from the beta! Breaking Bad Found by mechspectre, this is an obvious nod to Jesse Pinkman and…

Unexpected Job Requirement For Video Game Streamers: ‘Be Comfortable Wearing A Bikini Top’

Well here’s an unusual job requirement: A Craigslist call for a “Lady Video Game Streamer” asks for applicants who are OK with wearing bikinis on camera. “The ideal candidate will have experience working with computers and social networking websites,” reads the advertisement, which was posted earlier this week on Craigslist’s job listings for the DC…

The 12 Best Comics Coming Out Right Now

You want to explore other universes? Get under the skin of some weird, complicated, are-we-even-sure-they’re-human people? Rekindle the love you once had for word balloons and illustrated drama? The comic books being published nowadays are a great place to do that. Here are twelve sequential series that will open you up to all sorts of…

Stardew Valley Creator Says There’s A Secret Nobody Has Found Yet

Pelican Town might seem like an idyllic countryside getaway, but don’t let that fool you. Stardew Valley is full of mysteries, some of which players may never see. Over at PC Gamer, Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone has an interview where he dives into the development of Stardew Valley While the whole thing is worth a read,…