Evan Narcisse

The Sad, Strange Fates Of Live-Action Video Game Actors From The 1990s 

Back in the 1990s, folks thought that video games that relied heavily on filmed sequences were the future. That future never really came to pass, but the cheesiness of 1990s games like Night Trap and Harvester earned them places of affection in gamers’ collective subconscious. However, some of the onscreen talent from those games wound…

How to Find the Powerful Secret Weapons in the New Final Fantasy XV Platinum Demo

The newest playable teaser for Final Fantasy XV is short, but it still has a few cool things secreted away inside the dreamscape of young Noctis. The best thing players have found so far is a weapon that makes the final boss fight a breeze. Obviously, spoilers if you haven’t played the FFXV Platinum Demo…

High-Powered Cast of FFXV Movie Won’t Be In FFXV Game

Last night, Square Enix announced Kingsglaive, a splashy CGI movie connected to Final Fantasy XV which will feature big-deal Hollywood actors in major roles. But the talent best known for playing characters in Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad won’t be playing those parts in the actual game. In a tweet from earlier today, Square…

Cursing Is Still Allowed In Nintendo’s Miitomo App

Today is the day that Miitomo launches in the United States and many other countries. When Nintendo’s first mobile release came out two weeks ago in Japan, you could get your Mii character to say curse words. As of right now, your Mii can still drop f-bombs to friends and family. After Miitomo went live…

Yep, the leak earlier today about Final Fantasy XV’s release date was right on the money. It’ll be out on September 30. A new standalone Platinum Demo drops tonight, which lets players control a young Noctis. You can see the demo trailer below.

Final Fantasy Movie Coming This Year With Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad Actors

“Final Fantasy, bitch!” One spin-off attached to Final Fantasy XV isn’t enough. Aside from the anime prequel that’s coming out before the release of Square Enix’s long awaited game, the publisher showed off a trailer for a full-length CGI feature film. Kingsglaive Final Fantasy will tell the story of Noctis’ dad King Regis and the…

Out This Week, A Comic Book Where A Black Street Dude and A White Racist Get Superpowers

People hate Superman because he’s an alien. The X-Men get giant robots sicced on them because they’re mutants. Racial prejudice has informed the subtext of loads of storylines in superhero comics. But Power Lines moves it to the foreground, giving people who hate each other powers and abilities beyond those of mortal men. Out this…

Telltale’s New Walking Dead Episode Holds A Special Pain For Players Who Are Parents

While playing the newest Walking Dead video game miniseries, it’s pretty easy to convince yourself that lead character Michonne will be okay no matter what scenarios unfold. But, she’s not okay and never will be because she’s a parent in a world gone wrong. Spoilers follow. The Walking Dead is all about up-close horror intruding…

Microsoft just announced a new feature that should be make it easier for game developers to create on Xbox One. Shown at the company’s annual Build conference, Xbox Dev Mode will turn ordinary retail Xbox One units into developer kits.

A Beautiful Video Game Puzzle

Maybe you haven’t heard of Samorost 3. It’s a very lovely adventure game by Amanita Design that also happens to be wickedly hard. The only way I can think to try to get you to play it for yourself is to spoil one of its best puzzles. Don’t worry; it’s only the first part. The…

Awful New Look for Ken and Hidden Costumes Discovered in Street Fighter V DLC Update

The first part of the March update for Street Fighter V has already hit, bringing new modes and improvements to Capcom’s latest fighting game. It’s also got some stuff players aren’t supposed to be able to see, including a new alternate look for Ken that is definitely not an upgrade. The earlier part of this…

The New Tomb Raider DLC Looks Like an Homage to Resident Evil 4

So far, Lara Croft has battled mercenaries, wild animals and ancient mystical warriors in Rise of the Tomb Raider. Today, she starts fighting against enemies that used to be human but are now more like feral animals. The Cold Darkness Awakened add-on comes to Rise of the Tomb Raider today, bringing with it bipedal humanoids…

11 Stories That Have Better Batman-Superman Moments

The storyline that pits Clark Kent against Bruce Wayne in Batman v Superman isn’t very good, barely held together by the flimsiest of threads. But this grudge match/team-up has already happened a lot in comics, and most times it’s been more compelling than Zack Snyder’s mess of a movie. Superman and Batman have been around…

That Weird Time DC and Marvel Joined Forces

In 1996, something happened that most superhero comics fans thought was impossible: DC Comics and Marvel mashed their characters together into an all-new fictional construct. The Amalgam era was truly a once-in-a-lifetime event, because the comics published during this brief experiment probably aren’t getting reprinted anytime soon. Originally published 3/22/16 It’s long been a ritual…

What We Liked and Hated (Mostly Hated) About Batman v Superman

Last night, two of Kotaku’s staffers went to see DC Comics’ biggest superhero icons duke it out on the big screen. World’s Finest, it ain’t. Mike Fahey and myself are probably the most superhero comics-loving people here at Kotaku. But we both went to Batman v Superman out of a sense of duty rather than…

1979 Revolution: Black Friday, the ambitious long-brewing game set during Iran’s bloody regime change more than 35 years ago, finally comes out on April 5. It’ll be landing on Steam, GOG and Humble Store

We Wrote Two Kick-Ass Avengers Movies in Slack Last Night

Last night, a member of Kotaku’s editorial team grappled with the fact that Avengers: Infinity War is supposedly going to be stuffed to the gills with, like, 67 characters. This is what happened next. Superhero movies are now a staple of Hollywood’s output, with Marvel’s franchise success leading the way. They keep churning out blockbusters,…

Not sure yet how you feel about Battleborn? Folks all around the world can start figuring out what they think when it launches an open beta next month. The beta starts on April 8 for PS4, followed by an April 13 debut for PC and Xbox One.

Lara Croft’s going to fight zombies in Rise of the Tomb Raider’s next DLC. The Cold Darkness Awakened add-on hits next week, bringing with it a mini-campaign that has the heroine facing off against infected, rabid enemies.

How Batman Has Changed Over 70 Years

There’s been a different look and feel for the Dark Knight just about every time he’s been the subject of a new TV series or movie. Come bask in the many flavors of darkness. When Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice comes out this week, it’ll be the latest in a string of Bat-adaptations that…