Mike Fahey

The Old Nintendo 3DS Turns Five

The Nintendo 3DS was released in North America five years ago today, and we’re still using at least two of its Ds. Do you still have yours, or did you trade it in for something sexier last year?

Five-Year-Old Two Worlds II Gets New Story DLC And A Sequel

The open-world fantasy role-playing series that opened with a horrid whimper but continued with a refined bang is getting bigger. Polish developer Reality Pump and TopWare Interactive announce fresh DLC for Two Worlds II and the beginning of work on Two Worlds III I made a lot of fun of Two Worlds II when it…

The Week In Games: Hyper Light Rifter

In case you hadn’t been paying attention to the calendar, this coming Friday is April 1. As I don’t work on Fridays, I plan to spend the day curled into a tight ball under my desk playing Hyper Light Drifter. Before that I will likely be playing some Nights of Azure, a strange hack-and-slash sort…

It’s Been A Mythical Month, Celebi

Time’s almost up for the second Mythical Pokémon in this year’s monthly celebration of two decades of pocket monsters. As collector fever begins to ramp up, we say goodbye to the toys of Pokémon #251. I was wandering around Toys’R’Us the other day, as you do, and noticed a small swarm of toy collectors circling…

Everybody’s favorite seagull wannabe, Marin joins the cast of Hyrule Warriors on Wii U and 3DS later this year in the Link’s Awakening DLC pack. Squawk!

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Bring Back The Beard: Winners!

Last week I lost my beard in a tragic shaving on-purpose, and some of our readers were quite upset. So I had them put the beard back, which they did—just not the way they found it. Damien Fate’s mash-up of my face with the famousYukon Cornelious has been haunting me all week. I see it…

Everything Is Easter

LEGO artist Chris McVeigh’s Double-Decker Basket, “So everyone can collect eggs together and be bunnies.” Check out Chris’ website for more amazing things, while I go try to find my Arctic Batman and grab a Classic White Spaceman off eBay.

Sunday Comics: Nobody Has To Die Here Today

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published March 24. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published March 21. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

Palmer Luckey Braves Alaskan Cold To Deliver First Oculus Rift

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey traveled to Anchorage, Alaska today to personally deliver a signed package the first preorder customer and freeze his ass off.Watch his warm breath crystallize in the frigid air in the video below. Anchorage’s Ross Martin was the first person to preorder the consumer Rift, so while everyone else has to wait…

EA is passing out Star Wars: Battlefront credits to anyone who logs into the game this weekend on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 or PC, in case the Outer Rim downloadable content wasn’t enough motivation. I plan on logging in later. I will forget. I will not get 5,000 credits.

Cadbury Creme Eggs: The Snacktaku Review

Ah, springtime. A time when young men’s thoughts turn to the sweeter things in life, like milk chocolate molded eggs filled with white and yellow fondant, the world’s tastiest faux embryo—the Cadbury Creme Egg. A snack I once held in the highest regard, though as of late our relationship has changed. Originally posted on 3/04/14…

An Unhappy 15th Birthday For Black & White

Lionhead Studios’ debut game went on sale on March 26, 2001. Fifteen years later the studio is closing. That’s one sad anniversary, but take heart little animal-based god game—you’re the most requested game on GOG.com this week, so the love is real.

Infinite Arms Takes Toys-To-Life To A Whole New Level

With a game by developers who’ve worked on Elite Beat Agents and Gears of War and toys—real articulated action figures—from one of Transformers’ most prolific designers, Infinite Arms is exactly where I wanted the toys-to-life genre to go. Infinite Arms is the creation Jumo, Inc., a new entertainment company run by familiar faces. CEO and…

Pokken Tournament‘s Shadow Mewtwo Has An Infinite Blockstun Problem

The simple two-move combination being performed is this GIF? Shadow Mewtwo can do that all day in Pokken Tournament. That’s bad. Demonstratedon Twitter and captured on video by YouTube’s Shofu, the one-two punch of Shadow Mewtwo’s backward-Y ranged attack and the transformative power of its Miracle Eye move combine to form an endless attack combo…

What Makes LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens Different From Other LEGO Games

With 18 LEGO movie games released since 2005, the developers at TT Games are constantly finding new ways to spice up the standard stud-collecting adventures. The first gameplay trailer for LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens shows off the three they’ve come up with this time around. The game’s new Blaster Battles essentially add third-person…

Toy Time With Marvel Legends’ Red Skull Build-A-Figure Series

In all my years of toy collecting I’ve never managed to fully assemble one of Hasbro’s Marvel Legends Build-A-Figure sets. I’ve also never recorded a Toy Time video without a beard. First time for everything, I suppose. The six inch Marvel Legends line (the smaller Marvel Universe line has recently been rebranded under Legends as…

Snacktaku Presents Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Breakfast

While the ultimate showdown between DC Comics’ iconic heroes doesn’t hit theaters until Friday, the battle begins now, in your mouth. Originally published 1/30/16, brought back to prepare you for what’s to come. Or in my mouth, unless you want to run out to your local purveyor of fine breakfast grains and pick up a…

Smite Celebrates Second Anniversary With PS4 Open Beta

Hi-Rez Studios kicks off a week of second anniversary shenanigans in its god-powered multiplayer online battle arena with an open invitation to PlayStation 4 owners to play. Plus daily special events, some dancing, and a ridiculously low price on every character in the game. Following tremendous success on the PC and Xbox One, the PlayStation…

Blizzard Channels Pixar In The First Overwatch Short

Back in November I said I was more excited about the upcoming Overwatch animated shorts than the actual online shooter. Now that the eight-minute short teased at Blizzcon is here, I stand by that statement. This is wonderful. Valve did some amazing things with its Team Fortress 2 character movies, but this is on a…

Filled Cupcake Oreos: The Snacktaku Review

Only the dedicated food scientists at Nabisco could create a chocolate and cream cookie that tastes slightly different from another chocolate and cream cookie. Or maybe a cupcake? It’s hard to say. Originally published 3/17/2016 In this video cautionary tale about shaving completely just before recording a Snacktaku review, unaware that you’ve cut yourself twice…