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It Doesn’t Take $9,000 Of In-Game Currency To Enjoy Marvel Future Fight
In order to give reviewers an idea of what they can do with crystals in the new Marvel Comics action RPG Future Fight, developer Netmarble provided special builds packed with more than $9,000 worth of in-game currency. Just a tad bit overboard. The highest number of blue crystals, the in-game currency that’s used to enhance…
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How Long Can I Survive Spooky’s House Of Jump Scares? Not Very.
One of my Twitter friends, who shall remain nameless, suggested I play a free early access Steam game called Spooky’s House of Jump Scares. That nameless Twitter friend is obviously trying to kill me. He almost succeeded. I do not do well with jump scares. Where others gasp lightly, perhaps chuckling at the silliness of…
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The First Five Minutes Of My Favorite Star Wars Game
No Jedi. No lightsabers. Just four hardcore Republic Commando clone bros with a long row to hoe. What makes a good Star Wars game? Judging from Luke Plunkett’s declaration of the best video game from the franchise and my own personal pick, the first step is getting rid of the space wizards altogether. Just toss…
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The Week In Games: More Wolfenstein And Gravy
Beloved by several prominent and sexy Kotaku editors, Wolfenstein: The New Order gets a standalone prequel this week. Everything else is just gravy. Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker? Gravy. Syberia II for PS3? Gravy. Cosmophony? Gravy. You know what I love almost as much as more Wolfenstein? Gravy. Tuesday, May 5 Shin…
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Like Twitch Plays Pokémon, Only With More Confused Naked People
Omegle is a random web chat service often used to find partners for cybersex encounters. GoodguyGastly is using it to help him defeat the Elite Four in Pokémon Omega Ruby. He’s a very brave man. Unlike Twitch PlaysPokémon, in which random chatters offered up command inputs that were parsed and communicated to the various installments…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Force Awakens Stuff
Disney has announcedthat September 4 is the day all the toys and merchandise for Star Wars: The Force Awakens will hit store shelves. Accompanying the announcement was a blank box with easy to mimic placeholder fonts. IT’S A TRAP! I know we did a Star Wars ‘shop contest last week, but some opportunities are too…
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Batgirl Makes Her Playable Debut As Arkham Knight DLC
Well, my interest level in Batman: Arkham Knight just skyrocketed. Fresh details on the DLC coming in the game’s season pass reveal Batgirl’s Arkham game debut. While Rocksteady’s Arkham trilogy comes to a close with the release of Arkham Knight in June, the developer has a packed schedule of side stories and additional content to…
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Sunday Comics: Dark Spirit Has Invaded
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 May 2. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 27. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Bling Side Of The Force: Winners!
Last weekwe challenged our Photoshop-savvy readers to out-bling a Darth Vader helmet covered in gold. We’re going to need more precious metals. While many of this week’s entries took a more modern approach to making sure everybody knows how much money Star Wars characters have, ‘Shop Contest regular uscg_pa took a more…traditional approach? Sure, we’ll…
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If Every Game Was A Pokémon Clone
Pokémon’s turn-based battles and exploration have been delighting gamers for nearly two decades, but does the formula work when applied to Halo, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mario and more? According to Hat-Loving Gamer’s excellent mash-up video, it certainly does. Sure Pong might be a little boring while taking turns (Paddle, Block attack!), but the likes of…
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The First Five Unskippable Minutes Of Ys VI: The Ark Of Nap-Something
One of my favorite PlayStation 2-era action role-roleplaying games is now available on Steam. How much Ys nostalgia can I cram into five minutes? I’ll tell you this much—I would have crammed in a whole lot more if it weren’t for those pesky teens and their unskippable opening animated sequence. I could have shown you…
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Don’t Miss Free Comic Book Day 2015
One day a year comic book stores across the country and beyond seek to lure readers new and old into their musty lairs with a selection of colorful free reading material. Today is the Day of Free Comic Books. Or Free Comic Book Day. I like my way better, but if I had my way…
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Old Folks Are Not Okay With Mortal Kombat X Fatalities
In the latest installment of The Fine Bros. “Torturing The Elderly” series, a group of older folks don’t take kindly to seeing people graphically slaughtered. As it turns out, ripping apart a guy’s skull and using his lower jaw (complete with bubbling esophageal hole) as an ashtray makes older people uncomfortable. While the jury is…
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Hawkeye’s Super Powers Include Free Guacamole at Chipotle
Addressing criticisms that he’s outclassed by the rest of the Avengers, Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye gifted The Tonight Show audience with a soulful song about his secret super powers, which include collecting scarves, free guac and Mario Kart. And singing, apparently, as Renner belts out a pretty wonderful parody of Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud.” I’d…
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The World Is Ending And I’m Choreographing A Dance Number
In the dark future of Omega Quintet the world is being overwhelmed by an evil force and the last vestiges of humanity—some 20,000 souls—huddle together for survival. Time for an idol group dance number! The greatest weapon humanity has in Omega Quintet is hope, and what’s more hopeful than big-eyed anime girls dressing up in…
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Choose Your Shadowrun Games Wisely
Today marks the launch of Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown on Steam, a game that’s not at all related to the other two Shadowrun games on Steam or the recently Kickstarted third. Confused? Great! That’s why I wrote this. So Shadowrun Chronicles is completely unrelated to Shadowrun Returns? Well, not completely unrelated. Both are digital takes…
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Okay, Maybe The Gameplay Isn’t My Favorite Feature Of Smite
Thelatest patch for action MOBA Smite dropped today, adding achievements, a brand new god, a revamped store interface and all sorts of item and god balance tweaks. Great! I’ll just watch this menu animation for the two dozenth time then. As much as I enjoy playing the free-to-play PC (and soon Xbox One) game, there…
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Stan Lee Teaches The Art Of The Cameo
While some of us aren’t too keen on seeing comic book legend Stan Lee’s name in front of things, there’s something about the idea of a Stan Lee Cameo School that just makes sense. In this Audi-sponsored short, directed and co-starring incredibly lucky comic book fan Kevin Smith, we see Stan the Man in his…
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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: 7 Classic Video Games that need a remake! • Otome Novice – part 1: Shackin’ up with the Shinsengumi • Unboxing: OMEGA QUINTET LE • The Superb SHMUP Jamestown+ TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
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