Mike Fahey, Author at Kotaku

How’s $99 For A Year Of PlayStation Now Sound?

Overshadowed yesterday by things like the gameplay reveal of the Final Fantasy VII remake and the announcement of Ni No Kuni II, Sony also announced a limited-time 12 month subscription to… man, that Ni No Kuni II looks amazing. What were we talking about? Oh yeah, PlayStation Now, Sony’s streaming game service, gets a $99…

By Mike Fahey Published December 6, 2015

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas: Winners!

Last week I tasked our lovely communitywith dressing up their favorite video game images for the holidays. There are many wonderful entries besides Christmas Tree Pyramid Head, but come on—it’s Christmas Tree Pyramid Head. I celebrate Gorillanator’s winning Silent Hill entry with a song. Dashing through the hills / trying to find my missing adopted…

By Mike Fahey Published December 6, 2015

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Sunday Comics: Super Liberated

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 December 4. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published November 30. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

By Mike Fahey Published December 6, 2015

There Are Fourteen More Games For Sale On PSN Today

In celebration of the PlayStation Experience event, today 14 more games were added to the PlayStation Network, with the promised PS2 (and one remastered PS1) classics, PC titles making their PlayStation debut and a couple all new titles. Let’s see what we’ve got. First off is the the first batch of PlayStation 2 games. I’ve…

By Mike Fahey Published December 5, 2015

We’re Live At The PlayStation Experience With The Last Guardian‘s Man-Eating Eagle

Now that the PlayStation Experience keynoteis over it’s time for our man-on-the-floor Nathan Grayson to play some games, but not before a quick visit with The Last Guardian’s Trico. Trico is making an appearance at the show as part of an interactive installation where the big wet-eyed beast reacts to visitors’ hands positively, while colorful…

By Mike Fahey Published December 5, 2015

Yakuza 5 arrives on PSN for the PS3 on Tuesday, December 8. The release date, confirmed during the PlayStation Experience keynote today, also comes with news of Yakuza 0 eventually coming to Western PS4 consoles.

By Mike Fahey Published December 5, 2015

Getting Started With Devilian, The Mildly Awkward Diablo-Style MMO

There are four character classes in Trion Worlds’ Diablo-style MMO Devilian, launching next week in North America—busty woman, stout man, Dante from Devil May Cry and uncomfortably young-looking girl with a gun. Their official names are Evoker… Berserker… Shadowhunter but secretly Dante… and uncomfortably young-looking Cannoneer. Having dabbled with all four classes now, I regret…

By Mike Fahey Published December 5, 2015

Playing Rooster Teeth’s RWBY Game With Three Like-Minded Huntresses

Released last year as a fan game for Rooster Teeth’s hit animated webseries, RWBY: Grimm Eclipse returns as an official four-player co-op action game on Steam Early Access, and it’s a blast. Jordan Scott created his original version of RWBY: Grimm Eclipse as a love letter to the late Monty Oum’s fan-favorite animated series, and…

By Mike Fahey Published December 2, 2015

A Video Game Tour Of The New Star Wars Planet Jakku

Star Wars: Battlefront’s Battle of Jakku downloadable content is now live for preorder customers, giving Star Wars fans their first taste of The Force Awakens. As it turns out, it tastes a lot like Tatooine. Remember when the first trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens came out and everybody was like “Oh great, another…

By Mike Fahey Published December 1, 2015

Disney Releases The Coolest Star Wars Infinity Figures In The Most Annoying Way Possible

Disney harnessed the light side of the Force to create six variant Disney Infinity Star Wars figures with Lightsabers that actually light up. Then they tapped into the dark side to make each of the six exclusive to a different retailer. Using the same sort of portal-based wizardry that makes Light Core Skylanders figures flare…

By Mike Fahey Published December 1, 2015

Culture

Chef Turns Splatoon‘s Biggest Stars Into Tasty Squid Recipes

The most important factor in creating Splatoon-inspired dishes, as Food Network’s Justin Warner does in his latestFoodie Call video, is to make sure the main ingredient is a squid now. Once that’s confirmed, cook away. Warner, winner of the eight season of the Food Network Star series, is a pretty big fan of the game,…

By Mike Fahey Published November 30, 2015

Farming Simulator Is Much More Fun With A Complicated Controller

Real farmers do not operate their tractors using keyboard and mice. They don’t operate their tractors using Saitek’s $300 Heavy Equipment Precision Control System for PC either, but it’s much closer and a hell of a lot more entertaining. I love Giants Software’s Farming Simulator series. Or maybe I just love the idea of it.…

By Mike Fahey Published November 30, 2015

Disney Infinity, LEGO Dimensions Or Skylanders: Which Toy-Based Game Is Right For You?

First Skylanders, then Disney Infinity and now LEGO—the video game sections of major retailers everywhere are slowly being taken over by toys. Which plastic portal of power should you be plugging into your game console? Let’s see if we can help. In a perfect world where no one needed to care about cost or shelf…

By Mike Fahey Published November 30, 2015

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

Thanksgiving is over, and you all know what comes next—a Photoshop contest involving decorating your favorite gaming images for Christmas. We skipped a week due to the holidays, but this week we’re getting back at them for it. Today’s games are wonderful and immersive and all sorts of amazing buzzwords, but they’re generally not all…