How much League of Legends cosplay was there at PAX Prime? A lot. For example, there’s a person in that cat costume. Lots of fans paid homage to Riot’s online phenomenon by dressing up as LoL characters at Penny Arcade’s annual fan gathering in Seattle. These pics come from documentary series/social network Cosplay Boom and…
Want impeccably done Borderlands, Judge Dredd and Kingdom Hearts cosplay from the Pacific Northwest? Well, come right on in. As it was yesterday, this round-up of the cosplay happening at PAX Prime 2014 comes courtesy of documentary series/social network Cosplay Boom. (All photos and stills from the upcoming Cosplay Boom documentary were taken by Todd…
Fortnite doesn’t feel like the kind of experience that should be coming from Epic Games. This is the House That Shooters Built after all, with huge slabs of foundation laid down by Unreal Tournament and Gears of War. But, despite being a game that takes heavy cues from Minecraft, Fortnite represents an evolution for the…
The PAX that begat all other PAXes has come back around, bringing thousands of fans of all stripes to Seattle to nerd out together. Is there cosplay? Of course. Take a look at some of the best geek culture get-ups right here. These pics come courtesy of Cosplay Boom, a documentary series dedicated to telling…
The next Mortal Kombat is going deep. Not just in the ‘show you highly detailed internal organs’ kind of way, either. The newly announced Variations feature and other tweaks in Mortal Kombat X are going to give players other layers of options for how they beat each other up. As previously detailed, players will be…
In July, Lindsay Lohan filed suit against Rockstar Games for a Grand Theft Auto V character that she says is based on her. Now the makers of Red Dead Redemption say that the movie star is only suing them to garner buzz. An Associated Press article on the suit quotes court documents that have been…
Violence against women is an ugly reality that’s all too common, no matter what walk of life people come from. Yet, video games tend to portray it in only a few cliched ways, to create a sense of environment and tone and cheaply get a reaction out of players. That’s a problem. The latest Tropes…
Bioware’s upcoming fantasy epic isn’t going to just have a huge single-player campaign. Dragon Age: Inquisition is also going to have co-op multiplayer, too. Get ready to battle for loot. IGN has the first details on Inquisition‘s online component, which sounds like it shares some DNA with the multiplayer seen in Mass Effect 3. Designed…
Who needs colors? Sure, Blizzard’s hit strategy game was made for today’s fancy-pants always-online computers and mobile devices. And it’s great on those platforms. But, this image by artist Pixelpowerluke from Game Boy Demakes teases us with an alternate reality where the digital card game came out 25 years ago on Nintendo’s iconic blocky handheld.…
Call of Duty. Battlefield. Medal of Honor. Many of the biggest-selling series in video game history are all about putting players in the midst of wars that could be happening right outside their windows. But the politics and consequences surrounding these international armed conflicts often get sidelined amongst the set-pieces and explosions. One game wants…
Lego Batman 3 comes out on November 11 for Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, PS3, Wii U, 3DS, PS Vita and PC, sending minifig Bruce Wayne and a whole lot of other DC superheroes out into space for hi-jinx
Here’s a new clip from the upcoming Heavenly Sword movie. There are a lot of ninjas in it. Ninjas who ride giant kites. Let’s watch them die. You’ll hear Anna Torv reprise her performance of main character Nariko in this 90-second preview from the movie adaptation of the PS3 game, which is due out next…
You’ve probably played games that Joe Fielder has worked on. The former Irrational Games creator helped craft the literary voice of BioShock Infinite among others. Those titles were set in far-flung places which, despite being fantastical in nature, were understood to be real in the game you were playing through. His next game happens in…
We got an official Ghostbusters set from Lego earlier this year so, of course, someone recreated a bit of the movie in plastic block form. It’s got some special guest stars, too. Made as part of the BrickFilm stop-motion animation festival in Canada, this Lego Ghostbusters short is the work of YouTuber MonsieurCaron. You can…
For a while there, it looked like Xbox One owners might soon be able to download and try out even more games from Microsoft free of charge. But Microsoft says that the screen teasing this possibility was an error. First spotted overnight by Reddit users who who’ve downloaded the latest XB1 firmware beta, a tile…
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter—a first-person psychological horror game that looks very ambitious—comes out on September 25 for PC. You can pre-order it and learn more at the official site. There’s a PS4 version due out next year.
Konami’s finally giving the world a look at the multplayer component of the next Metal Gear Solid this week. First unveiled at Gamescom last week, The Phantom Pain‘s online portion will have players invading each others’ bases. This video from IGN starts off with the previously shown chunk of the single-player campaign;seven minutes of multiplayer…
A while back, prop master Eric Hart made a sword for a Legend of Zelda musical. But he decided that his replica wasn’t good enough. So he made an even better one. Here’s how he did it. The video above shows highlights of a months-longprocessto turn humble wood and paint into one of Hyrule’s mightiest…
I’ve had to be three people this week. They exist separately, in spaces that I’m better off keeping discrete for the sake of my own health. There’s the guy who checks in at Kotaku and acts like nothing’s wrong. There’s the father who makes sure his kid is smiling and growing as much as possible.…
Fall is coming, and it’s bringing a ton of games for you to enjoy. But maybe you’re having a hard time tracking when the titles you’re looking forward to are coming out. If that’s the case, then the Play Date interactive game release calendar is for you. Developed by software engineer Chris Gregori, Play Date…
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