Mike Fahey

A Powerful New World Of Warcraft Boss Hides In One Of Its Oldest Dungeons

More players are dying in the depths of World of Warcaft’s Gnomeregan dungeon than there’ve been in years, thanks to the revelation of a ridiculously powerful new boss tucked away in its depths. Say hello to Endgineer Omegaplugg, and then goodbye very quickly. The recently-introduced uberboss has has been making the rounds over the past…

Eagle Flight Is The VR Experience I Was Hoping For

For as long as humans have dreamed, we’ve dreamed of flying. We’ve built machines to launch us into the heavens, ever aware that we’re merely visitors. Reality falls short, but virtual reality brings us a bit closer in Ubisoft’s Eagle Flight. Eagle Flight takes place in a post-apocalyptic Paris. Nature is slowly reclaiming the city,…

A Pro-Grade Mic Made For Console Streaming

Normally, if you want really good voice on your console game stream, you’ve got to run through a capture card to a system equipped with a nice mic. Turtle Beach’s new Stream Mic promises professional results while connecting directly to an Xbox One or PlayStation 4. Most headset microphones sound like ass. Even the really…

The Latest Razer Laptop Wants To Be A Gaming Desktop

Razer’s ultra-thin line of Blade gaming laptops has traditionally been about balancing power with portability. Housing a Geforce GTX 1080 without adding anything to its .88 inch thickness, next month’s new Razer Blade Pro aims to be the best of both worlds. Yes, Nvidia’s made mobile versions of its GTX 10 series GPUs that are…

Watch The First Trailer For Red Dead Redemption 2 

As promised earlier this week, here’s the debut trailer for the eagerly anticipated follow-up to Rockstar’s Western opus, Red Dead Redemption. It’s not much, but it sure is pretty. In case you need a refresher, Rockstar Games announced Red Dead Redemption 2 on Tuesday of this week, following a couple days of teasing images. Here’s…

8-Bit Five Nights At Freddy’s Figure Series 2 Goes Straight For The Frontal Lobe

Some of my favorite Five Nights at Freddy’s toys so far have been McFarlane’s series of buildable characters inspired by the series’ retro mini-games. Coming in March, series two lets fans explore one of the series’ most important, most tragic moments. Packaged in blind bags and retailing for a mere $3.99, the first series of Five…

That’s Just BloodRayne In A Wig, Paragon

The latest hero to join the roster of Epic Games’ PC and PS4 MOBA is Rayne, hero of vampire hack and slash action series BloodRayne, only here they call her The Countess and she has mostly black hair. Coming to Paragon on October 25, the Countess Rayne blinks in and out of battle, twirling her…

Be very afraid, The Amnesia Collection arrives on PlayStation 4 November 22. Collecting Amnesia: The Dark Descent, the Amnesia: Justine DLC and sequel Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, the horror compilation should have been released in time for Halloween. Maybe they just forgot.

One-On-One Jump Scare Game Hide And Shriek Launches Next Week

Comingto Steamon October 25, Hide and Shriek is an online game that tasks two players with scaring the living shit out of each other. Developer Funcom has released a new trailer demonstrating exactly how that works. Are jump scares more frightening when someone else is controlling them directly? On one hand there’s the element of…

Super Mario Hot Wheels, Ranked

Last month Nintendo and Mattel teamed up to create the first ever Super Mario character cars. Each is a wheeled work of art, but with eight different vehicles at $.97 a pop, snagging the whole set might be tough. Don’t worry. We’re here to help. We’ve created the definitive ranking of Super Mario Hot Wheels…

Heroes Of The Storm‘s New Brawl Mode Is A Good Reason To Check In Every Week

Heroes of the Storm’s weekly Heroes’ Brawl launched today, bringing a regular rotation of entertaining game variants to Blizzard’s MOBA. I played several rounds of the Punisher Arena mode earlier today, and while I’m not any better than last time I played, I didn’t care nearly as much. Punisher Arena, available for the next week…

A Candy Crush Saga TV Show Is In The Works

Just when we thought we were over the Candy Crush Saga frenzy, CBS, Lionsgate and King reveal plans to turn the hit mobile game into an hour-long, live-action TV game show. According to the official press release from CBS, 18 billion rounds of Candy Crush Saga and its spin-offs are still played every month around…

Hasbro is starting its own fan convention next year. The toy and game company behind everything from Dungeons & Dragons to My Little Pony will hold the first Hascon in Providence, Rhode Island September 8-10. It sounds like heaven. Find out more here.

Hearthstone-Style Plants Vs. Zombies Spin-Off Launches

The battle between flora and the undead has taken many forms over the years, from the original flower defense to full-blown third-person shooter. Now we can officially add collectible card game to the list, with the launch of Plants Vs. Zombies Heroes, aka Hearthstone with lanes. The free-to-play card game, now available on iOS and…

Who’s Who In Anime Girls That Are Also Sega Game Consoles

This week marks the launch of Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls, a game in which one group of anime girls representing Sega game consoles faces off against another group of anime girls representing Sega game consoles. Since 2010, Idea Factory’s Hyperdimension Neptunia series has been acting out the console wars with anime characters representing…

World Of Final Fantasy’s Standalone Demo Is Worth Playing 

If you were worried the World of Final Fantasy PlayStation 4 (and Vita) demo would spoil the full game experience, you can stop. The standalone demo is just a quick romp through the game’s mechanics with a special treat at the end. Rather than give players the first level or specific scenario from the upcoming…

World Of Warcraft: Legion Hidden Artifact Skins Are Hard To Get, Except When They’re Not

Behold the owlcat hidden skin for the Fangs of Ashamane, the Feral Druid artifact weapon introduced in World of Warcraft: Legion. To obtain it I had to spend nearly two weeks on research and another two weeks waiting on randomly occurring quest objectives. Meanwhile, on my Gnome Hunter… Artifact weapons are essentially how players gain…

Lego needs to make all of these Sonic the Hedgehog figures. Lego Dimensions tweeted out this teaser image for next month’s Sonic the Hedgehog Level Pack, showing off minifig versions of Tails, Knuckles, Big the Cat and Gun Hedgehog.

Skylanders: Imaginators: The Kotaku Review

After a bit of a stumble with last year’s Superchargers, Skylanders is back and ready to go toe-to-toe with Disney Infinity in the creativity side of the toys-to-life battle. Had the competition not folded, Imaginators would have given it a run for its money. Skylanders was always a better game than Disney Infinity. Disney spent…

Toy Time Plays With The First Batch Of Skylanders: Imaginators Figures

Skylanders: Imaginators puts a lot of stock in letting players create their own characters, but they’re only half the battle. The new sensei characters are here to guide freshly-crafted Skylanders on their way. We’ve got the first 17 or so, plus one of the special 3D printed figures. Check them out! Sensei characters serve several…