-
Skylanders Amiibo Figures Finally Available Without Buying A Skylanders Game
Amiibo collectors who purchased a Skylanders Superchargers starter pack for the Wii U, Wii or 3DS solely to acquire the exclusive Bowser and Donkey Kong combo figures are kicking themselves right now. The most recent installment of the Skylanders toys-to-life franchise piggybacked on Nintendo’s Amiibo craze to create an exclusive pair of figures that allows…
By Mike Fahey -
EsportsThe 2016 Smite World Championship Starts Tomorrow. Here’s What To Expect.
Ten of the top Smite teams from around the world have converged on Atlanta to see which one plays the deity-based MOBA well enough to earn $500,000 doing so. Here’s what to expect. First off, we’ll get a killer new cinematic trailer that prominently features Bellona, my favorite new champion introduced over the past year…
By Mike Fahey -
The Smallest, Cheapest Razer Blade Laptop Yet Has A Powerful Friend
Gaming peripheral and system maker Razer shows up at CES 2016 this week its smallest, cheapest Razer Blade laptop yet. The Razer Blade Stealth is Ultrabook sized, but with the optional Razer Core it can deliver desktop-level performance. They’re calling the Razer Blade Stealth the “Ultimate Ultrabook”, and the specs fit the moniker. A mere…
By Mike Fahey -
Razer’s ‘World’s Most Advanced Webcam’ Is Pretty Much A Kinect
Looking to further capture the hearts of the streaming community, Razer introduces the Stargazer, a webcam with motion and gesture tracking, 3D facial and object scanning, dynamic background removal and it’s pretty much a Kinect. “Webcams have not had any real innovation in several years, beyond resolution quality,” says Razer CEO and co-founder Min-Liang Tan…
By Mike Fahey -
CultureOne-Handed Transformers: Devastation Speedrun Lights Our Darkest 45 Minutes
Here we see speedrunner Halfcoordinated taking out the Autobots’ most feared enemy with one punch during his Awesome Games Done Quick run of Transformers: Devastation on its highest difficulty level. That’d be an impressive feat even if he were playing with both hands. But Halfcoordinated is not playing with both hands. He’s playing with one…
By Mike Fahey -
Esports
New ‘Smart Gaming Mouse’ Has A Tiny Screen On It For Some Reason
What’s the main thing you look at while PC gaming? Besides the monitor. And the keyboard. And the random things on your desk. And the window near your desk. And the ceiling. That’s right—your mouse. That’s why SteelSeries put a small OLED screen on theirs, I guess. To be fair, SteelSeries’ new Rival 700 gaming…
By Mike Fahey -
Pony Island Is One Seriously Twisted Game
Pony Island is not about ponies. It’s about escaping a demonic arcade game developed by the devil to capture the souls of the living. It just features strong pony themes. I downloaded Daniel Mullins’ bizarre adventure on Steam last night at around 2 AM, intending to spend a couple of minutes getting a feel for…
By Mike Fahey -
Rey Gets Premium Placement On The Star Wars: The Force Awakens Pinball Table
The Force Awakens’ biggest star didn’t make it into the Monopoly set and toys are few and far between, but look how much love Rey is getting in the upcoming Episode VII pinball table from Zen Studios. Not only will she be appearing as a 3D figure during some of the table’s more cinematic moments,…
By Mike Fahey -
Clash Of Clans Spin-off Clash Royale Would Like To Sell You All The Cards
Today Clash of Clans developer Supercell soft-launched Clash Royale, a competitive multiplayer defense game in which the goal is to spend as much money as possible on virtual cards. At least that’s the vibe I’m getting. Card games areinvading more and more of our favorite video games lately, but in the free-to-play mobile marketplace they…
By Mike Fahey -
Suddenly An All-In-One Gaming PC Doesn’t Seem Like Such A Bad Idea
I’ve never been keen on the idea of abandoning my tower case for a system with all the gaming guts piggy-backing a monitor, but when the monitor in question is a 34 inch curved ultra HD affair and the guts are full-sized and water-cooled I start feeling a bit swayed. That’s Maingear’s newly-announced Alpha 34,…
By Mike Fahey -
Let’s Murder Mario Over And Over Again
It’s not technically Nintendo’s iconic hero that I’m endlessly ending in the newly-released anti-platformer Kill the Plumber, but it totally is. It’s just the day in the life of a Super Mario Bros. enemy, really. You’re waddling about your screen, minding your own business, and then along comes this mustachioed maniac stomping on your friends,…
By Mike Fahey -
Culture
The Week In Games: The Best Games Of 2016 (So Far)
At a time when everyone is debating which games were the best released during the year previous, it’s good to have some certainty. For a brief, shining moment, the games released this week are the best games of 2016. And that’s great, because we generally completely forget about these by the time late December rolls…
By Mike Fahey -
Esports
Activision Buys Out Major League Gaming [UPDATE]
UPDATE (1/4/16, 5:15pm): It’s official: Activision has purchased MLG, they announced in a press release today. Despite this weekend’s report, CEO Sundance DiGiovanni will actually stay with the company. Original article follows: According to a report from eSports Observer, Activision has entered into an agreement to purchase a majority of North American eSports organization Major…
By Mike Fahey -
CultureShop Contest
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The 2015 Year-End All-Star Extravaganza: Winners!
The winner ofthe final Kotaku ‘Shop Contest of 2015 took everything we loved about the original ‘Shop Contests and combined them into one highly derivative yet incredibly entertaining image. Congratulations, J.J. Abrams! Oh wait, sorry. Got mixed up. Congratulations Ginger Snap, who could be J.J. Abrams for all we know, though it’s highly unlikely. Not…
By Mike Fahey -
CultureThe In-N-Out Burger Pie Is Wrong On Many Levels
Packed with famous burgers,cheese, fries, more cheese, sauce, grilled onions and some cheese, one slice ofFoodbeast’s In-N-Out Burger Pie contains roughly all of the calories, but that’s not the worst part. The worst part is that I live in the Southeast and haven’t had the chance to taste an In-N-Out burger since I went to…
By Mike Fahey -
Culture
Sunday Comics: Happy Blue Fear
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 January 2. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published December 28. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
By Mike Fahey -
Reviews
High-Tech Knights Are LEGO’s Best New Idea In Ages
Transforming robot horses. Cybernetic demons. A king piloting a mech. LEGO’s Nexo Knights line has launched, and it’s the best. Announced back in October of last year, LEGO’s new Nexo Knights line officially joined the animalistic warriors of Chima and the spinning ninjas of Ninjago on store shelves on January first. Slated to be one…
By Mike Fahey -
Spectacular Fallout 4 Fight Pits A Thousand Deathclaws Against Ten Liberty Primes
Who wins when 1,000 malevolent mutant monsters swarm ten massively-murderous mechs? The viewing public. YouTuber EZPlays delivers yet another astounding Fallout 4 fantasy battle, with swarms of Alien-esque Deathclaws attempting to take down ten of the greatest technological achievements of post-apocalyptic mankind. The whole fight reminds me of something out of an Alien comic book,…
By Mike Fahey
Mike Fahey
Mike Fahey's posts