Mike Fahey

From Rebellion, makers ofthe good sniper game, Strange Brigade is “an exotic safari into danger” for one to four players. It’s a co-op supernatural shooter filled with mythological beasts and high adventure. Look for it on PS4, Xbox One and PC “soon.”

Team Ninja’s Final Fantasy Fighting Game Comes To PS4 Early Next Year

Fighting Final Fantasy fans eagerly awaiting the console port of Team Ninja’s arcade brawler now have a better idea of how long they’ll be waiting, as Square Enix announces Dissidia Final Fantasy NT for early 2018 release on PlayStation 4. Japanese arcade goers have been enjoying three-on-three free-roaming battles between popular Final Fantasy characters since…

The Omega Collection Makes Three Good Wipeout Games Even Better

The Wipeout Omega Collection launches on PlayStation 4 today, combining all the content from Wipeout HD, Wipeout HD Fury and Wipeout 2048 into one gorgeously remastered package. It’s a ridiculous amount of futuristic hover racing for $40. Let’s hit some walls at incredibly high speeds! I’ve played all the Wipeout there is to play, so…

The Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind Expansion Feels Like Coming Home 

Following a brand new tutorial, The Elder Scrolls Online’s Morrowind expansion brings us right back to the docks of Seyda Neen on the island of Vvardenfell. It’s like we never left. This post originally appeared 5/23/17. We’ve bumped it up today because Morrowind is out of early access. The biggest question leading into the new…

Battleborn‘s Competitive Multiplayer Is Now Free-To-Play

Starting today, anyone with an Xbox One, PlayStation 4 or PC can download the free trial of Gearbox Software’s hero shooter Battleborn, gaining instant access to all of the game’s competitive multiplayer content. It’s like it’s gone half free-to-play. Last fall we reported that Battleborn would be going partially free-to-play, with unlimited multiplayer with the…

In 2015 Vanillaware revealed 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, the latest very pretty game from Dragon’s Crown and Odin Sphere director George Kamitani. Today Atlus announced it will be localizing and releasing the PS4/Vita game in the West. The game’s Japanese release date is still TBA, so expect it sometime after that.

Tekken 7: The Kotaku Review

In 1994 Namco released Tekken, an outstanding 3D fighting game with a loose story based on the struggle between a father and his powerful son. In 2017 Bandai Namco gives us Tekken 7, an outstanding 3D fighting game with a loose story based on the struggle between a father and his powerful son. You know…

It’s Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm-Flailing Tube Man The Fighting Game

It was bound to happen sooner or later. There were just too many used car dealerships, too many store grand openings or going out-of-business sales. The flailing inflatable tube people that vie for our attention along our nation’s highways take up flailing arms against each other in Inflatality. Now on Steam Greenlight from indie development…

King of Iron Fist or Master of the Universe? Why not both? Redditor The Director’s Cut uses Tekken 7’s character customization to recreate He-Man’s arch-nemesis, Bryan Skeletor.

Even If The Last Knight Is Horrible, We’re Still Getting A Transforming Cybertron

While each new trailer or snippet I see of Transformers: The Last Knight heightens the foreboding I feel for the upcoming film, some of the toys Hasbro is releasing to go with the movie aren’t half-bad. Officially announced yesterday, converting Cybertron is coming to light our darkest hour. Converting Cybertron, which seems to be the…

Look At Squirtle’s Little Raincoat

Build-A-Bear is killing it with their Pokémon line. Available this week as a special online exclusive, the $60 Squirtle set includes a plush water Pokémon capable of making six different Squirtle sounds. Along with a very fetching rain slicker, Squirtle can also wear its Ultra Ball Hoodie and comes with an exclusive trading card. Sadly…

Tekken 7’s PlayStation VR Mode Is Queasy And Unnecessary

Tekken 7‘s PlayStation VR component isn’t so much a game mode as it is interactive theater. It’s got no health bars, simplified controls and a high probability of making your stomach churn. What you see in the video above is what you get. Pick two characters, enter the virtual reality stage and beat each other…

New Star Trek VR Game Really Is Like Manning Your Own Starfleet Vessel 

There are better Star Trek video games out there, but none that come close to delivering the immersive cooperative experience offered by Ubisoft’s virtual reality-powered Star Trek: Bridge Crew. It’s the closest you can get to being on the bridge of a Federation starship. Announced at E3 2016 and delayed a couple of times since,…

Lego’s Rocking Two New Thor: Ragnarok Sets

While moviegoers have to wait until November to watch the Hulk and Thor battle for Jeff Goldblum’s amusement, Lego fans can get in on the action starting this month with a new pair of Thor: Ragnarok playsets—Arena Clash and The Ultimate Battle For Asgard. How ultimate is it? Eh, middlin’. Available alongside the Arena Clash…

Ubisoft’s ’80s Logo Is Still Their Best

Ubisoftannounced its new logo today, marking the third major brand makeover since the company switched from game distributer to developer back in 1995. That’s what happens when you throw away something as perfect as the magenta and cyan original. Look at those glorious block letters. Behold what looks like two half Ps desperately trying to…

Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood‘s New Zones Are So Pretty

Final Fantasy XIV is one of the prettiest massively multiplayer online role-playing games going, and with next month’s Stormblood expansion it’s only getting prettier. Here’s a video tour of some of the new lands (and waters) players will be able to explore come June 20. There are plenty of fresh sights in the Eastern lands of…

The Powerpuff Girls And Teen Titans Go! To Lego Dimensions In September

Just when you thought that it had passed, Traveller’s Tales goes and saves the best for last. The second season of Lego Dimensions wraps up on September 12 with the release of five new sets featuring The Powerpuff Girls, Teen Titans Go! and Beetlejuice. The introduction of three new properties to Lego Dimensions should finish…

Judging MomoCon’s Indie Games Competition

Each year Atlanta-area anime and gaming convention MomoCon selects five independently developed video games to honor in its Indie Games awards, and each year I help pick the winners. Here’s how games like The Banner Saga 2 and Talent Not Included made it into the top five this year. MomoCon (“momo” is “peach” in Japanese,…

Streamer Jailbreaks Super Mario World Cartridge To Run Mods

Streamer and speedrunner Sethbling has taken Super Mario World hacking to the next level. Using a save glitch discovered by Cooper Harasyn, he’s managed to create a “jailbroken” Super Mario World cartridge with a mod-enabling hex editor built right in. Fooling around with Super Mario World code is usually a pretty complicated thing, as Sethbling…

DC Comics Bombshells Action Figures Are Mostly Great 

Artist Ant Lucia’s 1940’s re-imagining of popular female heroes and villains has become one of DC Comics’ hottest properties, spawning a line of gorgeous statues, a comic book series, clothing, mugs and more. The only thing missing was poseable action figures. Consider that box checked. I love the Bombshells line. Its mix of World War…