Mike Fahey

Snacktaku Judges Lay’s 2015 ‘Do Us A Flavor’ Potato Chip Finalists

Gyro. Biscuits and Gravy. Reuben Sandwich. Truffle Fries. The creator of one of these four potato chip flavors will be the million dollar winner of Lay’s annual “Do Us A Flavor” contest. Judging from the past two years, it will not be the one I pick. As a certified (probably) snackologist, the week that Frito-Lay…

Street Fighter V Will Be A Constantly-Evolving Fighting Platform

The days of Super/Ultra/Hyper editions may be over. During the Street Fighter V panel at EVO 2015, Capcom detailed its plan to release a single disc with 16 fighters supported by regular digital updates—many of which can be earned simply by playing the game. According to the fine folks at Event Hubs who were present…

Now Everybody Can Stream Xbox One Games To Windows 10

With only a week and change to go before the July 29 official release of Windows 10, Microsoft has gone ahead and enabled the ability to stream games from the Xbox One to Windows 10 devices. With the feature emerging from preview into the hands of the masses, all one needs to remote play Xbox…

Origin accounts are becoming EA accounts. If you’ve got an Origin account, check your email for a message like the one I received today. Then nod thoughtfully, because it’s an automatic process and there’s nothing you need to do.

Arkham Knight PC’s Next Big Patch Slated For Sometime Next Month

Amidst chatter that the troubled PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight wouldn’t be fixed until this fall, Warner Bros. has announced that a patch addressing a large portion of its to-do list of fixes is “targeted” for release in August. Yay. The statement, which actually does nothing to disprove that a fall date for the…

Ant-Man Makes A Good Movie, But How Does He Play?

After seeing the superhero movie Io9 lauded as “perfectly competent” on Thursday night, I felt the urge to get a little more hands-on with Ant-Man. Luckily he’s now in every Marvel video game, including Diablo-esque Marvel Heroes. The powerful Marvel Movie-Verse Engine extends far beyond the silver screen, with a horde of PC, mobile and…

The Prototype Bundle For PS4 And Xbox One Is Pretty Shoddy

Don’t call it an HD remaster, ‘cause Prototype and Prototype 2 have been playing like this for years, sometimes better. It’s a sad state of affairs when a game runs better on the PlayStation 3 than it does on Xbox One. Released this past week with absolutely no fanfare whatsoever, the Prototype Biohazard Bundle for…

Never Stop Adding Lyrics To The Legend Of Zelda Theme

Animation Domination High-Def takes a stab at adding words The Legend of Zelda’s classic overworld theme, and while it covers all the bases—mute hero, chickens, smashing pots, side quests—it’s been done much better. It’s not a bad attempt, though it feels a little forced in places. I imagine someone sitting in front of their computer…

I’m Not Sure What To Make Of Skyforge 

Maybe it’s the fact that original science fiction based MMORPG games come along so rarely, or maybe it’s just that Skyforge is pretty damn strange. Either way it’s keeping me on my toes. Developed by Russia’s Allods Team in conjunction with Obsidian Entertainment, Skyforge is a free-to-play MMO that’s not quite like anything I’ve played…

Bombshells Drop In DC Universe Online 

DC Comics Bombshells started out as a series of pinup-style variant covers. This summer it’s growing into a statue line, a comic book series, another wave of special covers and starring role in a brand new adventure in DC Universe Online. Bombshell versions of Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Catwoman, Harley Quinn and Talia al Ghul make…

This Year’s Lay’s ‘Do Us A Flavor’ Finalists Sound Damn Tasty

Later this month potato chip fans from around the country will vote the determine which of these flavors is worth a million dollars. This is going to be a tough one. For the third year in a row Lay’s “Do Us A Flavor” competition has solicited new potato chip flavor ideas from across the country,…

Tiny Michael Douglas Is The Real Star Of Ant-Man Pinball

This week Zen Studios releases the Ant-Man table for Pinball FX 2 and Zen Pinball 2, the first pinball table starring an old man in a tan suit. Sure, Scott Lang is on the table as well, decked out in his crime-fighting duds. His daughter, Cassie the ever-dying, makes an adorable appearance complete with cuddled…

Ancient Atari 2600 Arcade Port Pops Up, And It’s So Bad

Santa Clara’s Digital Game Museum came across a near-complete version of the cancelled Atari 2600 version of arcade classic Xevious. Behold the primitive glory of what passed for a console port in the early ‘80s. For those of you that haven’t been alive and gaming for as long as I have, Xevious was a scrolling…

I Snagged Five Minutes With Trove Before The Servers Went Down

After waiting to log in for the better part of an hour I finally got five minutes with free-to-play voxel building MMO, Trove. On the sixth minute the servers were brought down. Update: Now with the damn video. In some form of beta or another for quite some time, Trion Worlds’ massively multiplayer take on…

So, Trove seems pretty popular. I had hoped to do a First Five of Trion Worlds’ free-to-play voxel-powered MMO, but with mylogin queue time hovering around an 50 minutes for the better part of an hour, my blocky adventure shall have to wait.

Tony Hawk 5 Is Looking Kinda Rough

The first gameplay trailer for Tony Hawk Pro Skater 5 has arrived, and it’s a good thing fun and pretty aren’t mutually exclusive. I’m looking forward to a new Tony Hawk title that doesn’t require a horrid plastic skateboard to play and returns to the classic level-based goals of the earlier Pro Skater games. Give…

Xidax X-8 Custom Gaming PC: The Kotaku Review

When the folks at Xidax asked if I wanted to review one of its gaming rigs, I asked them for “something impressive.” So they sent a system with two Nvidia Titan X graphics cards. Also, two Blu-ray burners. I’d not heard much about Utah-based Xidax prior to the company contacting me late last year regarding…

The Week In Games: Deception

I have absolutely no idea what’s going on in the screenshot above, but whatever is happening in Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess, I was to be a part of it. I think. It’s been quite a while since I’ve gotten to play a Deception title, and somehow I don’t remember any of this from what…

Final Fantasy XIV Heavensward Log Two: Identity Crisis

I’d love to be able to report this week that I’ve reached the new level cap and experienced some of the high-end content Final Fantasy XIV’s first expansion has to offer, but first I need to figure out which version of my character I want to be. If Heavensward had introduced its three new adventuring…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: A New Ken! 

Read the name of this week’s Photoshop contest in a firm, gruff voice. Put a little anger into it. Now cup your hands together at the palms, pushing away from yourself. We’re not responsible for any fire damage you incur. Earlier this week Capcomrevealed a new look for one of Street Fighter’s most iconic characters,…