It wouldn't be Easter without candy, and it wouldn't be a Sunday evening at Kotaku without LEGO. Let's kill two sugar-coated marshmallow birds with one Creme Egg.
Starship Bridge Demo allows you to explore the bridge of Star Trek's Voyager with an Oculus Rift and trigger story events, including a torpedo launch. See it in action in the video below:
Game releases have slowed to a trickle here at the end of April, but it's not about quantity. With Dark Souls II hitting PC, LEGO: The Hobbit coming to Wii U and a little PlayStation Vita dungeon crawling, owners of at least three platforms will have plenty to do this week.
Do you see them? This is exactly why I watch My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
Last weekend during its panel at PAX East, Firaxis announced the next big project for the Civilization franchise: Civilization: Beyond Earth . After the announcement, Destructoid took some time to talk to some of the designers behind bringing the strategy series into space.
Lead Designers David McDonough and Will Miller were present for the interview along with Systems Gameplay Designer Anton Strenger. The designers discussed the inspiration behind Beyond Earth, some of the world building systems, and the possibility for crossover with other Firaxis science fiction properties. Read it below!
And the hits just keep on coming. Comic-Con may have Tom Hiddleston playing Loki live on stage, but WonderCon has some of the best cosplay we've ever seen. Saturday's cosplay focused on gender-swapped characters, clever puns, and some pretty deep cuts. See for yourself!
Bethesda hosted a livestream recently showing off about 30 minutes of Wolfenstein: The New Order gameplay. This was the demo fans got to play during PAX East, but now you can watch it yourself thanks to the power of the world wide web.
The game will be a fun mindless shooter that will please old school fans, but if you're looking for something with more substance you best look elsewhere. What are your impressions now that you've seen some solid gameplay footage?
Happy Easter, everybody! I'm guessing not many people will be choosing to read the Internet today instead of testing the limits of human chocolate consumption, but just in case, here are some amazing video-game-themed Easter eggs I found on the Internet. Some of them even come with instructions.
Holmes had an extra long interview with Renegade Kid's Jools Watsham during PAX East, and it covers all the games the small studio is currently working on. It's a nice showcase of every thing they got going on, and biggest of all is Cult County.
It's their upcoming survival horror game, and there's just under two weeks left on their Kickstarter.
Sorry you didn't find the golden egg in today's hunt. Here are a whole bunch of deals pulled from our five Twitter accounts to cheer you up. While you're here, you may as well follow them too.
