Mike Fahey

Brilliant Fan Remake Of Metroid II Arrives Just In Time (Update)

Metroid II: The Return Of Samus was released in 1991 for the Game Boy. Project AM2R, some six years in the making, takes that Game Boy game and makes it look, sound and play so much prettier. The fan project got its first full release today, to coincide with the series’ 30th UPDATE: Womp. UPDATE…

Winston And Reaper Take On McCree In One Raw Overwatch Diss Track

YouTube’sCheezy McWiggles weaves together voice clips from Overwatch into a double-team takedown of the game’s resident cowboy, bluntly titled “Fuck McCree.” Warning: immature language, profanity, Reaper trying to be all cool. While some of the lyrics rub me the wrong way, I have to admit the technique Cheezy used to build words from sound slips…

30 Years Of Galactic Bounty Hunting With Metroid

Thirty years ago today the platforming of Super Mario Bros. and the exploration of The Legend of Zelda coalesced into science fiction action adventure starring a person in a powerful suit of armor. Shh. Don’t want to spoil the Metroid surprise. Launching in Japan for the Famicom on August 6, 1986, Metroid combined elements of…

You Can Only Hope To Look This Cool Wearing A Pokémon Z-Ring

Destructoid’sChris Carter inspired me to go shopping for one of those fancy Z-Ring bracelets being released withPokémon Sun and Moon, but after seeing the kids modeling them in the official product shots, I’m not so sure I can pull one off. Made by Tomy, the Z-Ring accessory features special crystals (most sold separately) corresponding with…

The Perfect Box Art For The Stanley Parable

Nothing evokes a life of cubicle-bound drudgery like a white box with four differently-colored things arranged in a square on front. It’s the oddly wonderful The Stanley Parable in box form. Also inside the box. With a tie. The IndieBox subscription service takes independent PC games there’s a good chance you already own and places…

Rather than releasing on Tuesday in North America, the PC release of No Man’s Sky is now a global Friday, August 12. Hello Games’ Sean Murray announced the date via Twitter this evening, adding “It’s so important we get it right and make the best version we can.”

Destiny‘s Weekend Vendor Gets A World Of Warcraft Counterpart

Located conveniently next to the Bank of Dalaran in World of Warcraft’s Legion expansion, Xur’ios stands ready to exchange your Curious Coins for rare recipes, weapons, mounts and more. Anyone need a Gjallar’s “Horn?” It’s easy to forget that both Destiny, a game that’s part of this complete breakfast and World of Warcraft are ultimately…

What’s Inside The Xbox One S

As they do with most shiny new gaming tech, the brave folks at iFixit have taken apart Microsoft’s smaller, slightly faster Xbox One S to see how repairable it is (very) and answer questions like “Is the hard drive easier to upgrade?” (hahahaha no). It’s surprising how few things go into assembling a system capable…

Playing The Elder Scrolls Legends, AKA Brown Hearthstone With A Twist

To be fair, it’s a pretty big twist. While The Elder Scrolls Legends beta has a whole lot of Hearthstone going on, it’s going on in two lanes at once, which is actually pretty cool. I just got into the beta test for The Elder Scrolls Legends yesterday afternoon, so I hopped on last night…

Paragon Unleashes The Ultimate Weapon Against Robots And Monsters: A Fairy Princess

To be fair, I’m not 100 percent positive that The Fey, joining Epic Games’ action MOBA today to battle against laser commandos, bunnies in mech suits, killer robots and mutant beasts, is an actual princess. I am completely positive she seems a little out of place. Or maybe she’s just an important step in establishing…

Snacktaku Is Afraid Of Ghostbusters Twinkies, Eats Them Anyway

One of the most requested snacks in Snacktaku history has us convinced you really, really hate us. Even Logo Ghost is afraid of Key Lime Slime Twinkies, and he’s already dead. Originally published 8/1/2016, reupped for breakfast, the most important meal of the day. Obviously your plan to kill me failed, though at least half…

Many Robots Die In The First Episode Of Transformers: Combiner Wars 

When calculating robot body count, do combiners count as one or five? Either way, a ton of sentient machinery is decommissioned in the first episode of Machinima and Hasbro’s Transformers: Combiner Wars. Death is not a spoiler in the adult-aimed series, having pretty much been part of the push from the beginning. The first episode…

All The New World Of Warcraft: Legion Stuff

As Kotaku’s resident non-Final Fantasy MMO player, I pretty much have to play through World of Warcraft’s upcoming Legion expansion. You have a choice. Blizzard’s dropped a video covering all the major new places and things meant to help you make that choice come August 30. Ten more levels, a new class with only 12…

Lucasfilm Gently Removes The Star Wars From Popular Battlefront Fan Project

Mod team turned development studio Frontwire Games been making a lot of noise over its free fan recreation of the cancelled Star Wars: Battlefront 3. Turns out Lucasfilm is fine with them making the game, as long as there’s no Star Wars in it. Back in June, Frontwire announced its fan-crafted version of the cancelled…

Yo-Kai Watch Season Two Premieres Today With A Special Presentation From Steve Jaws

The second season of Yo-Kai Watch cartoon kicks off today on Disney XD, introducing U.S. viewers to the latest in wearable supernatural tech. And who better to usher in the next generation Yo-kai Watch than a shark in a turtleneck and jeans? I love the game and the toys, though I’m not sure what I’m…

The Week In Games: The New Adventures Of Old Batman

After years of playing as a man in a bat-themed armor brutally beating thugs, this week we finally get to play that same man pretending to be a normal, everyday billionaire. Is Bruce Wayne Batman, or is Batman Bruce Wayne? It’s a question that’s been asked several dozen times in the comic books, but so…

Rated E For Sexual Content

Gal*Gun: Double Peace is a game about shooting schoolgirls with your love.It is not for everyone, and especially not for Everyone with a capital E, as shown on the back of the physical Vita release of the game. Caught by Wario64 on Twitter (via Destructoid) and corroberated by other early recipients, while the front of…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Being Detective Pikachu: Winners! 

Last week we asked our ‘Shop-savvy readers to show us who could play Detective Pikachu in the upcoming live-action film. It all came down to a coin-toss. I couldn’t decide between Hans Maulworf’s excellent Magnum P.I.K.A.C.H.U. entry and MrDeadScott’s equally amazing Chu Detective. And so I flipped a coin. Magnum won. Then I flipped again,…

Pokémon Go Players Requesting Refunds Over Lack Of Tracking

With the broken in-game trackingpatched out and third-party services getting shut down, Pokémon Go players are now requesting refunds for in-app purchases, and in many cases they’re getting them. AReddit thread started earlier today is steadily filling with stories of players requesting refunds for their in-app purchases through Google Play or iTunes, citing that Pokémon…

Ghost Of A Tale Is A Cool RPG About A Mouse

In 2013, Lionel “Seith” Gallat got our attention with footage of his one-man game, featuring a tiny mouse on a big adventure. Three years later, Ghost of a Tale is a playable Steam early access game, and it’s even more impressive. Ghost of a Tale is a stealth action RPG starring Tilo, a mousey bard…