Mike Fahey

The Week In Games: Summertime

In case there was any doubt about it (there wasn’t) it’s officially summertime, time to put down our video games and go outside to play in the deadly, deadly sunshine. No thank you. It’s also an excellent time to go through one’s backlog of games. Most of this week’s releases are either re-releases or relatively…

It’s the final day of the 2015 Pokémon US National Championships. While the Trading Card Game champion has already been crowned, the video game competition is kicking off any minute (3PM Eastern, running late). Watch it live here.

Every Physics Demo Should Star Mario

If you’re going to put together a tech demo for Nvidia’s Flex physics simulation in Unreal Engine 4 you might as well make it fun, and what’s more fun than Mario? YouTuber CryZENx (via Taltigolt) has injected Nintendo’s number one plumber into a quick and dirty physics demo that sees Mario wading through and pelted…

Mighty No. 9 Makers Set Their Kickstarter Sights On Mega Man Legends

With theirspiritual successor to the original Mega Man slated for release in September, Keiji Inafune’s Comcept has launched a pair of Kickstarters for Red Ash, a video game and anime project that’s pretty much the spiritual successor to Mega Man Legends. One half of the Red Ash project, announced this weekend at Anime Expo 2015,…

The Digimon Game Fans Have Been Waiting For Is Coming To America

A couple years of jealous drooling and suffering through the release of Digimon All-Star Rumble have finally paid off—Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth is coming to North and South American PlayStation 4 and Vita in 2016. I’ve made my desire for an English port of this Japanese game plain on several occasions, so the news that…

Square Enix Suspends Final Fantasy XIV Mac Sales, Offers Refunds

Citing thewidespread disappointment with performance and poor communication of system requirements, Square Enix has temporarily halted sales of the Final Fantasy XIV Mac client. Good call. Having spent the better part of two years using alternative methods such as Boot Camp to run Final Fantasy XIV on their systems, Mac had been clamoring for a…

Sunday Comics: Jerk Bastards Must Die

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 July 3. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published June 29. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

Snacktaku Nibbles On Taco Bell’s Fried Cap’n Crunch Balls

When Taco Bell initially announced its cream-filled Cap’n Crunch Delights, Icompared them to testicles. Now that I have had them in my mouth I must amend that comparison to read “delicious testicles.” Or maybe just toss out the word “testicles” altogether. I’m not a food marketer, I am a snackologist, so it’s not my job…

The First Five Minutes Of A Brilliant New First-Person Puzzler

In the first five minutes of Zachtronics’ Infinifactory you’re abducted, scanned, fitted with a red jumpsuit, nearly sucked out of an airlock and introduced at length to your new alien overlords. Then the real fun begins. The real fun is your new life as an engineer tasked with building assembly lines out of cubes in…

The Biggest Mobile MOBA Finally Launches On Android

Super Evil Megacorp’s mobile MOBA has been a big success on iOS, with some 1.5 million active users frantically touching turrets each month. Today the game officially launches on Android. Welcome, fresh meat. Vainglory made its debut during Apple’siPhone 6 press conference last year, a showcase for iOS’s Metal graphics API. It’s a very pretty…

Smite continues to stretch the definition of “god” with Ravana, the Demon King of Lanka. Available in today’s big Combo Breaker update for the PC MOBA, Ravana achieved something akin to godhood by cutting off his own head 10 times. Show off.

So That’s What A LEGO Angry Bird Looks Like

Earlier this month LEGO and Rovio announced LEGO Angry Birds, a series of playsets coming in 2016 to coincide with the big budget CGI movie. Now we’ve got our first look at Jason Sudeikis’ Red in LEGO form. In case you missed it, Sony and Rovio amassed quite a cast for the Angry Birds movie,…

Celebrate 15 Years Of Diablo II With The First Five Minutes

Can you believe it’s already been a decade and a half since the release of Blizzard’s second installment of Diablo? I sure can. It certainly looks like a 15 year old game, not that looks matter for much around these parts. It may have lost a little of its luster in the face of today’s…

Let’s Compare Old Darksiders 2 To The ‘Deathinitive’ Edition

Death rides one more time in the upcoming Darksiders 2 Deathinative Edition for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Let’s see the difference a rewritten renderer and enhanced lighting can make. Gunfire Games is handling the move to new-gen, and it’s a much more involved process than simply upping the resolution. Design director John Pearl explains.…

Going Pay-To-Play Was Very Good To LEGO Minifigures Online

What a difference getting rid of microtransactions and adding a price tag makes. I’ve been playing Funcom’s LEGO Minifigures Online forages now, digging its simplified, child-friendly take on Diablo starring LEGO’s little plastic collectible pals. I’ve enjoyed purchasing real-world minifigure packs and using the codes to unlock characters in game, each with their own unique…

Your big-ass phones won’t fit in Fallout 4’s replica Pip-Boy. According to a recently-updated post on the Bethesda Blog, the sought-after replica comes with inserts for iPhones 4 through 6 (not plus) and Samsung Galaxy 4 and 5, and a customizable insert for other average-size devices. Anything larger will need to ride outside or be…

How To Make Your Own Crappy Arcade Stick Out Of Old Junk

Redditor Gioppi wanted an arcade fight stick, so he built one out of an old keyboard, some cardboard and a broken pencil. It’s not very good. Here is Gioppi’s Dell keyboard from 2003, from his project gallery. Here is Gioppi’s keyboard upside-down with many of the keys taken off. He remapped the number keys and…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Everybody’s Robin

Last week’s release of DC Comics’ We Are Robin #1proved that anyone can become the embodiment of Batman’s sidekick by careful application of red, yellow and the letter “R.” Anyone. See where we’re going here? Just look at this comic book cover. All it takes is a black and white image of someone—a celebrity, game…

The Week In Games Chrono Phantasma Extend

It’s a previous Week in Games, only with new systems, an extended storyline and new playable characters! Isn’t that just fine? This week is dedicated to quirky Japanese fare, word games and the odd indie adventure. Everyone else is resting up after last week’s blockbuster release of that game whose name I cannot for the…

Batman: Arkham Knight Mod Makes Everybody Playable In Free Roam

The PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight is abit of a mess at the moment, but it’s also the only version with a mod that allows you to swap between any playable character in free roam with the push of a button. Tired of playing as Batman? Press F2 and play as Harley Quinn, the…