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There’s DLC coming for Never Alone, the touching indie adventure produced by an Alaskan Native community. The Foxtales add-onis due on July 28 and will feature all-new springtime environments for Nuna and Fox to romp through. In addition to the DLC, Never Alone is also coming to PS3 and Vita too. Contact the author at…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 16, 2015 -
Superman and Wonder Woman Are Totally Not Breaking Up
A few months ago, DC Comics teased that its big status quo shifts would mean serious trouble for the romance between the Man of Steel and the Amazing Amazon. But don’t worry, guys: Clark and Diana are doing fine. Just ask the Suicide Squad. Recent eventshave made Superman’s secret identity and mountain-moving strength things of…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 15, 2015 -
Arkham Knight’s Batgirl DLC Just Isn’t Good Enough
I’ve been waiting a long time to play as Batgirl in a modern video game. Now the chance has arrived in the form of a new add-on for the latest Batman title. Is it what I wanted? Not really. Starting this week, folks who’ve ponied up cash for Batman: Arkham Knight’s season pass will get…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 15, 2015 -
Jared Leto’s Joker Shows Up in Suicide Squad Trailer [UPDATE]
UPDATE (7/13, 4:06pm): Presumably realizing that the official version looks way better than that off-screen leak, Warner Bros. has uploaded the Suicide Squad trailer. Watch here: Original post follows: Watch it before it gets pulled, kiddies. In the tradition of all trailers surreptitiously recorded and leaked during Comic-Con, this teaser for next year’s villain-turned-black-ops-agents movie…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 11, 2015 -
What We Loved and Hated About Batman: Arkham Knight, With Spoilers
Let’s gather and talk about the newest Batman game. All of it. In the most spoiler-riffic fashion. Last night I got together with my fellow Kotaku writers Kirk Hamilton, Luke Plunkett, and Chris Suellentrop to talk about Rocksteady’s latest interactive Batman saga. We’d all finished the game, and although Chris had alreadyreviewed it for us,…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 10, 2015 -
1979 Revolution is a game that’s caused Iran to brand one of its creators a spy and made another one hide his identity. The long-brewing game set in the Iranian Revolution—is up now on Steam Greenlight. Spearheaded by former Rockstar Games developer Navid Khonsari, the episodic game is expected to be out this fall, with…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 10, 2015 -
Our Comic And Cartoon Recommendations for Arkham Knight Players
Batman: Arkham Knight is in the running for the most disturbing Batman story ever told. But it doesn’t get there without referencing, repurposing and leaning on a bunch of other Dark Knight storylines that preceded it. Rocksteady has done a few things very well in the Batman games that they’ve made. The British studio created…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 9, 2015 -
Lego Dimensions Might Have Little Too Much Fan Service
Yes, that is all of the previous regenerations of the Doctor up there, in Lego video game form. They’re coming to a game that already has characters and elements from Batman, Lord of the Rings, Portal, and Back to the Future among others. This game might be too much for even Fahey. Just in time…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 8, 2015 -
Brock Lesnar Destroys A Car, Street Fighter Style
Brock Lesnar beat up a car on this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw. You know who else does that? Street Fighter characters. You can see where this is going… The folks at Sleepy Bear Gaming Studio did a marvelous thing, expertly overlaying visuals and sound effects from Street Fighter 2’s classic Bonus Stage over…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 8, 2015 -
I Can’t Believe This Is an Archie Comic
No more love triangle. No more cartoony art style with the giant eyes. No more sharing milkshakes. The main Archie comic was rebooted today, and the first issue is damn good. For decades, Archie Andrews has been America’s Favorite Teenager, a likable redhead who lived in a town still tethered to the warm, fuzzy nostalgia…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 8, 2015 -
Did The Batmobile Work In Arkham Knight?
The newest Batman game is something a lot of fans—myself included—have been waiting a long time for. Now that it’s been out a while, we decided to take your questions over Periscope. And, yes, the the merits of Batmobile was discussed, because how can you not talk about it? You’ll need to forgive a bit…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 7, 2015 -
Dragon Age Inquisition’s Next DLC Will Be for Current-Gen Consoles Only
Good news: there’s new DLC on the way for BioWare’s giant-sized fantasy RPG. Bad news: it will only be playable on PS4, Xbox One and PC. Seems like the adventure’s over for last-gen console owners. Spotted via Eurogamer, a post on the official Dragon Age website details an inbound save importer functionality that will carry…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 7, 2015 -
One of Comics’ Best Writers Has America and Canada Fighting an Ugly War
We don’t know why the United States Canada are at war in We Stand on Guard #1. But it sure seems like America is the bad guy that deserves to get its ass handed to it. In the year 2124 of this new comics series’ fictional future, there’s been a war raging between North America’s…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 6, 2015 -
This Week’s Superman Comic Is Basically About Ferguson
Recent changes have made Superman a lot more human than he was just a little while ago. He’s not flying anymore; he’s down on the ground with normal folks. And this week’s new issue of Action Comics has him facing some of the toughest challenges that normal folks are dealing with in America today. The…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 2, 2015 -
Sure Seems Like Marvel Comics Is Ditching the Fantastic Four for a While
In a way, nothing matters in the comics Marvel is publishing right now. The future of the company’s superhero universe just got officially revealed today, via teasers that leaked out earlier this week. And the Fantastic Four—as a team and as a family—is nowhere to be seen. Secret Wars might hold the reason why. Secret…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 1, 2015 -
What Happens to [REDACTED] in Arkham Knight Is Really Not Good [UPDATE]
Something happens in Arkham Knight that puts it way up in the running for Darkest Batman Story ever. Massive spoilers follow. I’m not done playing the latest Batman game yet. Overall, I’m enjoying Arkham Knight a lot. Many of the game’s features—upgraded implementation of existing gadgets, introduction of new ones, stealthy Batmobile sequences—have kept me…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 30, 2015 -
Marvel Comics Has Turned Thor Into The Wire And It’s Awesome
Marvel’s current mega-crossover has put one of its biggest villains in charge of everything. And the law enforcement officers making sure that Doctor Doom’s will gets obeyed are all Thor. All of them Thor; all of them cops. Thors #1—by Jason Aaron and Chris Sprouse—is a comic that digs deeper into one of Secret Wars’…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 29, 2015 -
The man who plays Nathan Drake says that eight months of story/performance work on Uncharted 4 was thrown out when Naughty Dog changed the creative leads on the game. In a video from a panel discussion at this past weekend’s MetroCon, North said that the scrapped work came from the script and ideas of former…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 29, 2015