Evan Narcisse

​Fight Between Batman and Darth Vader Ends Exactly the Way It Should

It’s the kind of thing fans have argued about for ages: Could the Dark Knight take down the Dark Lord of the Sith? The newest video from the Super Power Beat Down web series—which pits heroes and villains from different fictional universes against each other—has the guy who used to go by Anakin Skywalker facing…

First-Person Walking Shows Just How Good Grand Theft Auto V Looks

With all the gunfights, heist prep and car chases in Grand Theft Auto V, it can be hard to appreciate just how lovely Los Santos is. So, one player decided to stroll through the sprawling West Coast gameworld, all peaceful-like. No punching, no stabbing, just moseying. What you’re seeing in Rapskilian‘s sped-up walkaround video—captured off…

Grand Theft Auto V’s Biggest Mystery Is Getting Even Weirder

There were already weird things connected to the highest point in Grand Theft Auto V‘s sprawling fake Los Angeles. Secret messages. Instructional glyphs on an enigmatic mural. UFOs that appear only under certain conditions. Off-kilter stuff for a gritty, mostly down-to-earth game like GTA V. But, with release of new-gen versions of Rockstar’s hit, the…

Insane GTA V Traffic Jam Happens All By Itself

Apparently, when you walk away from the new-gen versions of GTA V, all hell breaks loose. And the stuff that happens at the end with the firefighters is so ironic, you might wonder if it’s some sort of weird, scripted punchline. All YouTuber NasWas did was leave his PS4 version of GTA V running while…

People Are Taking Really Great Pictures in The New Grand Theft Auto V

Many oohs and aahs rang out at the upgraded visuals when Rockstar first started showing off the upgraded PS4 and Xbox One versions of Grand Theft Auto V. Now that the game’s out, players are documenting the game’s beauty themselves with some amazing photographs. In-game tools let readers share in-game photography on Twitter, Facebook and…

This War of Mine: The Kotaku Review

This War of Mine starts off feeling like the most depressing variation of The Sims ever, one where any happiness or woohoo has been bombed out of existence. And, very quickly, it gets to feeling even worse. Like the famous EA simulator series, This War of Mine puts players in charge of a group of…

In response to player complaints about not being able to bring over last-gen GTA Online characters to new-gen GTA V, Rockstar is deploying a patch for to address a GTA Online character transfer problem. PlayStation platforms will be getting the patch today, with an Xbox version to follow tomorrow.

Never Alone: The Kotaku Review

When was the last time a video game told you about a whole other culture? Took you somewhere remote you’d only heard about in passing, and let the people who’ve lived there speak to you in a generations-old voice? Never Alone does that all-too-rare thing and does it very well. A small, independently-produced video game…

​Hate Sonic’s New Redesign? It Could’ve Looked Even More Different.

Ever since Sonic the Hedgehog’s new look debuted back in February, longtime video game lovers have been weighing in on the character’s tweaked visuals. Well, if you feel like the Sonic Boom versions of Sega’s mascot went too far, then you should know they could’ve gone a lot farther. Early concept art from artists who…

Okay, Who Else Wants a Last Starfighter Sequel Now?

A sequel to Buckaroo Banzai isn’t in the works as far as we know. And that’s terrible. But if Hollywood ever comes to its sense, there’s an awesome movie poster ready to tell people about the return of the best genius weirdo action hero ever. You’ve wondered to yourself, “Y’know, a Last Starfighter sequel would…

Here’s How Humanity Could Build Halo‘s Ringworlds

Here’s a scary thought: a creepy, parasitic alien race like the Flood could be out there, waiting for us to stumble upon them. How would we theoretically build one of the gigantic, Flood-killing Halo arrays from the Xbox series of the same name? With super-science, of course. A new video over at Nerdist breaks down…

The Master Chief Collection‘s Multiplayer May Be Getting Better Soon

Been frustrated with the multiplayer matchmaking in Halo: The Master Chief Collection? Microsoft knows it’s a problem and is working to fix it. A big part of the appeal of the Master Chief Collection was getting to experience re-mastered versions of Lockout, Blood Gulch and other classic maps from older Halo games. But finding and…

Hey, it’s a familiar and awesome voice in the latest trailer for Tales of the Borderlands! Patrick Warburton—the dude best beloved for playing the live-action version of the Tick and voicing Brock Samson—will be part of the acting crew in Telltale-developed game spinning out of Gearbox’ RPG shooter series.

Ubisoft Says They’re Working on Fixing Assassin’s Creed Unity

Aside from being one of the dullest entries in the best-selling series, Assassin’s Creed Unity appears to be riddled with bugs. While some of these problems are funny, others make the game hard to play. Today, Ubisoft is talking about how they’re going to start fixing the newest Assassin’s Creed game. A blog post on…

In the Bayonetta Games, Dodging Is Everything

In many action games, offense and defense tend to feel like two separate mechanics that sometimes talk to each other. But, when you’re playing the two Bayonetta titles the way they’re supposed to be played, evasion and attack are parts of the same integrated whole. And, damn, does it look beautiful. In my own review…

Cosplayer Beats WoW‘s Loot Drops By Building Her Own Armor

“I never got it in-game, so I thought I’m gonna make it and I’m going to have my own Lightbringer set at the house.” Makes sense, when you’re a gifted costume-maker. The cosplay at Blizzcon last week featured amazing outfits that looked like they suddenly teleported out of Blizzard’s popular games and onto actual human…

Gorgeously animated strategy game The Banner Saga will be coming to PS4 next year, along with even more small-team-developed games

The Coolest Cosplay from Blizzcon 2014

Basically, some of these costumes look like folks’ World of Warcraft, Diablo and Starcraft characters walked right through the screen and caught a flight to Anaheim. The House of Warcraft held their annual fanfest last week and dropped a big bomb in the form of Overwatch, which had a bit of day-one representation. But most…

Remember the last-gen Assassin’s Creed comes out this week, too. Unity‘s been getting all the hype from Ubisoft but Rogue looks like it might be improving on the best parts of last year’s Black Flag.

​X-Men: Days of Future Past Sure Had Some Messy Time Travel

Sure, X-Men: Days of Future Past threw more X-Men into a movie than ever before and helped people forget about the abomination that is X-Men 3. But is it perfect? Far from it. Spoilers, for those of y’all who haven’t seen the movie yet. The CinemaSins breakdown of director Bryan Singer’s return to the X-Men…