Ethan Gach

Guy Turns His Steam Link Into An Arcade Cabinet

The Steam Link is a nice way to play PC games when you’re not at your computer. Usually people set it up in their living room to so they can play on a TV while sitting on the couch, but the device can be turned into a nifty arcade machine as well. Inferno156 recently turned…

The Week In Games: Dragon Balls And Monster Hunters 

The release calandar is ramping up with two of 2018’s most anticipated games dropping this week: Dragon Ball FighterZ and Monster Hunter World. I honestly can’t even begin to explain why a ridiculous anime adapted from a manga that originated decades ago about alien ape-men beating the crap out of one another and other progressively…

Tight Controls Define This Retro Homage To Ninja Gaiden 

At first glance, The Messenger looks like any number of pixel-art projects trying to recreate the magic of decades-old games. Beneath the nostalgic presentation, however, lies an action platformer focused on not just reliving the past but also improving on it. Sabotage Studio, located in Quebec City, is developing it based on the Ninja Gaiden…

The Directors Of Monster Hunter World Try To Explain Why It’s Not Coming To The Nintendo Switch 

Monster Hunter World is due out January 26 on PS4 and Xbox One but not the Switch. According to the game’s directors that’s because it was in development well before Nintendo’s handheld had been revealed. The Monster Hunter series is a familiar sight on portable consoles, including Nintendo’s starting with Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on…

So There Are Now PlayStation Figures Called ‘Totaku’

The PlayStation-licensed line of Amiibo-looking toys comes by way of ThinkGeek, the merchandise outfit owned by GameStop, and are due to launch on March 23. There are a total of seven different figures including God of War’s Kratos, Tekken’s Heihachi, Bloodborne’s hunter, Wipeout’s Feisar FX 350, LittleBigPlanet’s Sackboy, PaRappa the Rapper and Crash Brandicoot. Called…

If The Rock’s Jumanji Were A Retro Beat ‘Em Up

It might look something like this. Created by artist Castpixel, the screenshots show what the recent movie might have looked like if it were translated into the style of a 90s arcade game. Destructoid, which spotted the lovely renders, pointed out that it wasn’t so long ago games like this would have actually been made…

Fans Are Still Working To Remaster Fallout 3 

The fan project titled “Fallout 4 : The Capital Wasteland” is still in development and continues to look stunning. According to the mod’s latest monthly update, the bulk of it’s nearly 40% complete. Capital Wasteland attempts to remaster Fallout 3 using Fallout 4’s engine. The results so far have been impressive and will leave anyone with…

Sunday Comics: A Cardboard Piano

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published January 20. Read more of Nerf NOW!!  Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published January 15. Read more…

Joy-Con Grips Are A Lot More Useful With Smartphones In Them

Ever since the Nintendo Switch released last March, people have been painting them, modding them, and 3D printing all manner of accessories for them. One of the latest is a Joy-Con grip that can fit your phone inside it. The creation belongs to Nathan Becker and comes by way of htxt. With slight alterations, the…

There’s A Chiaotzu-Sized Hole In Dragon Ball FighterZ‘s Roster

After a prolonged drip feed of new trailers and character announcements, Dragon Ball FighterZ comes out in less than a week. Unfortunately, while the playable roster is 24 characters strong, one of the series most beloved little dudes isn’t among them. Technically, Chiaotzu is in the game. Once again reprising his role as a side-kick,…

Mercenaries Saga Chronicles heads to the Nintendo Switch in February. The collection of three, small tactical RPGs are best thought of as sort of Final Fantasy Tactics-lites. They join Tiny Metal and a few other games (notably Mario + Rabbids) to build out the handheld’s library of strategy games.

Hyper Light Drifter is currently 50% off on Steam. For the next 46 hours you’ll be able to get the neon-colored Zelda-like for just $10, assuming you don’t already have it which, why wouldn’t you?

The Weekend In Esports: League Of Legends‘ Spring Season Returns 

Things are picking up as the Overwatch League continues with its second week, Hearthstone’s World Championship wraps up in Amsterdam, and League of Legends returns for the spring season. The Shanghai Dragons and Dallas Fuel are the only two teams remaining in OWL without a victory to their name, while the latter has already been…

Super Metroid Hack Continues To Get New Speedrunning World Records 

Super Metroid: Project Base is a hack for the original game that adds some new missile packs to collect, reroutes the map a bit, and most importantly: plays even faster thanks to tighter controls. StuntCoyote knows Project Base like the back of his hand. Probably better, in fact. He’s been speedrunning the hacked ROM since…

Enter the Gungeon just got a new patch for the Switch version to address a number of bugs. While it plays great on the handheld overall, crashing at random points has been an issue. Hopefully no more. A hotfix for a few smaller glitches is also on the way.

The Gorgeous Indie Game Vane Won’t Be Out For A Long While

Vane is an exploration game where you play as a young kid that sometimes transforms into a bird. The trailers released since it was revealed in 2014 have each beenbeautiful, moody cinematic shorts unto themselves. It was supposed to be released last year, but wasn’t. And it might not come out this year, either, said…

Battlerite Gets A New Champion In Its Latest Update

Patch 1.3 released today. In addition to tweaking the UI and making some other slight quality of life adjustments, it also reworked Battlerite’s existing champions and added a new one: Zander.   The magician character is all about card tricks and misdirection. As such, he can create portals, transform into a rabbit, and also create all…

The Internet Reacts To Nintendo Labo 

Nintendo Labo is basically high-tech cardboard, so naturally the internet is still trying to process the Japanese developer’s “new interactive experience.” While some people hoped for news of new Switch functionality, or perhaps Smash Bros., nobody guessed it would end up being DIY arts and crafts. Leave it to Nintendo to continually subvert expectations and…

Claymation JRPG Hylics 2 Is Looking Twisted As Heck

Designer Mason Lindroth released the first Hylics back in 2015, the culmination of his various experiments combining abstract claymation with JRPGgame systems. Hylics 2 has been in the works ever since, and as the latest preview trailer shows, it seems to be coming along nicely. While the presentation of Hylics 2 is reminiscent of the…

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux releases on the 3DS on May 15. A remake of the 2010 JRPG dungeon-crawler on the DS, Strange Journey Redux will add some new story beats as well as a new character, Alex. While 2018 will probably mark the end of the 3DS, so far it still has some…