Mike Fahey

From the talented JonasDrawsStuff (whose Rocket Raccoon is my desktop wallpaper) by way of Reddit comes Star Fox in the style of classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Someone go back in time and make this happen.

Asus ROG G751JY-DH71 Gaming Laptop: The Kotaku Review

“You make bad decisions” said a coworker as I pulled the relatively massive Asus ROG G751JY-DH71 gaming laptop out of my backpack during a recent trip to our home office in New York City. I’m not certain I did. On a table dotted with various ultra-skinny Macbook Airs and other assorted ultrabooks, the G751JY certainly…

The top 32 Call of Duty teams in the world are squaring off this weekend in Los Angeles for part of a million dollar prize pool. Catch all the action from the 2015 Call of Duty Championship liveover at MajorLeagueGaming.com. It’s a refreshing change from watching teams of five fight over three lanes.

The First Five Nerve-Racking Minutes Of Spirits Of Xanadu

A derelict spaceship, homicidal robots and the most ear-piercing sound a video game can produce, all in the first five minutes of Night Dive Studios’ Spirits of Xanadu. Spirits of Xanadu is a first-person action adventure game that has many early reviewers name-checking the classic System Shock, so I went into the game expecting some…

A Simple Song Swap Makes The Mortal Kombat X TV Spot So Much Better

While there will always be a fondness in my heart for the music of System of a Down, it does not belong in this television ad for Mortal Kombat X. Let’s swap in something more appropriate. There, much better. Now I’m ready to tear out some intestines. YouTuber shagg187 (viaReddit) came up with the fix,…

Sword Coast Legends Lets Dungeon Masters Screw With Players In Real Time

Last week the developers of Sword Coast Legends demonstrated how players delve the upcoming CRPG’s dungeons. Now take a look at the tools Dungeon Masters can use to make their players’ lives hell. Representing Dungeons & Dragons‘ dungeon master/player relationship in video game form is a real challenge. Giving a DM the power to craft…

DC’s Infinite Crisis Has Officially Launched. Let’s Play. [All Done!]

After an eternity in beta, Turbine’s DC Comics-based MOBA has officially launched, complete with its own Steam page and everything. How about a celebratory stream? The entire DC multiverse is under attack, and heroes and villains from several different planes of unreality join together to battle for the fate of everything. Infinite Crisis, like just…

The First Five Character Building Minutes Of Pillars Of Eternity

If you like RPGs you must playPillars of Eternity. If you like RPGs but only have five minutes, you must play its character creation. Obsidian’s Kickstarted spiritual successor to Baldur’s Gate boasts a great deal of complexity and depth, with a strong emphasis on player choice. At least that’s what I’ve gleaned from the first…

The Banshee Queen Brings Such Wonderful Pain To Heroes Of The Storm

The latest patch for Heroes of the Storm‘s closed beta hits three major beats—a new game mode, the debut of the Banshee Queen Sylvanas Windrunner and Team League play for players that have reached level 40. I can show you two of those. First off we have a new addition to one of my favorite…

First-Person Crossy Road Would Kill Me

Endless traffic hopper Crossy Road is a delightfully frustrating game. Switch the perspective from top-down-ish to first-person however, and it’s a recipe for a heart attack. With its charming block graphics and colorful characters it’s easy to fall in love with endless street hopper Crossy Road. I did it. Mark Serrels ofKotaku Australia did it.…

Smite Celebrates One Year Of Official Existence

Today millions of players around the world celebrate the first birthday of mythological MOBA Smite, the first game Hi-Rez Studios has been able to keep players interested in for an entire year. I tease Hi-Rez—they put a lot of effort into making MMO shooter Global Agenda something special, and Tribes Ascend was great while support…

The NiGHTS Statue Of Your Dreams

The next statue in First 4 Figures’ Sega All-Stars line is a character from a game too good for a proper sequel. NiGHTS Into Dreams was perfect, and the statue follows suit. While the 2007 sequel was okay, the 1996 Sega Saturn original was one of the best reasons to own the console, and one…

See If I Die In The First Five Minutes Of Bloodborne

Being a From Software title in the Something Souls vein, the only thing keeping me from endless death is loading screens and cinematics. Can I beat the clock? If you would like to hear from someone proficient in games of Bloodborne‘s ilk, then I gladly point youin Mr. Patrick Klepek’s direction. I like my 3D…

The History Of The Minigun, Our Deadly Spinning Friend

The Gatling gun was invented in 1861 by Dr. Richard J. Gatling as a means to ultimately demonstrate the futility of war. Now it and its descendants are some of gaming’s sweetest treats. How’d that happen?Ahoy has prepared a video. In games centered around putting bullets into people, there is no greater means of doing…

The First Five Fairytale Minutes Of Woolfe: The Red Hood Diaries

I’d be remiss if I didn’t correct my headline with the official tagline for Woolfe: The Red Hood Diaries. This is no fairy tale. There’s nothing fair about it. Belgian developer GRIN Gamestudio (not to be confused with the defunct Swedish developers of the Bionic Commando reboot) are quite proud of that tagline, as well…

LEGO Matrix Lobby Shootout Improves On The Original

Not only has YouTube LEGO animator Snooperking painstakingly recreated the lobby shootout from The Matrix, he tweaked the ending to solve the movie trilogy’s main problem. Despite the fact that Neo and Trinty are technically slaughtering countless innocent comatose machine batteries on their way to rescue Morpheus from Agent Smith (it’s the smell, if there…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Nintendo Mobile

Nintendo is making mobile games. There will be Nintendo games on our phones and tablets. Wow. While the news is exciting, it’s hard to push aside our worst free-to-play gaming fears. So let’s embrace them. How bad can a mobile Nintendo get? I’ve been paying attention to the comments section all week, and I know…

In Which Anime Girls Make Out And Transform Into Weapons

Making its debut at this weekend’s AnimeJapan expo in Japan, Valkyrie Drive is a mixed-media game and anime project from Marvelous which revolves around girls making out and turning into weapons. It all makes sense when you realize who it’s coming from. From Kenichirō Takaki, the man who brought us the Senran Kagura series of…

The Week In Games: Bloodborne Souls

Forget that last big exclusive PlayStation 4 game—they were only kidding. This week’s big exclusive PlayStation 4 game is the real deal. It’s Bloodborne week, and Tuesday is officially a national holiday (no it’s not) for folks who enjoy games that actively attempt to break their spirit. If that doesn’t sound up your alley, maybe…

Five Nights At Freddy‘s Twitter Roleplay Is Scarier Than The Games

Yesterday on Twitter I bore witness to something amazing—nine hours of Twitter-based Five Nights At Freddy‘s role-playing. It was horrible. I was riveted. It began with Twitter user @Bad123Hoover peaking out of the music box. @Bad123Hoover is playing as The Puppet, one of the more insidious antagonists of Five Nights At Freddy’s 2, who would…