Mike Fahey

The Week In Games: Assassinate Everything

Oh, it’s this week, isn’t it? Time for two more Assassin’s Creed games to come out. Along with LEGO Batman 3 and the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game for the 3DS, that’s more running across rooftops in one week than most of perform in our entire lives. Okay, any one of those games would…

Happy Tenth Anniversary, EverQuest II

Ten years ago today, Sony Online Entertainment released the follow-up to the game that put massively-multiplayer online role-playing games on the map. Two week’s later Blizzard came along and set the map on fire, but some of us will never forget EverQuest II November 2004 was a magical month for MMO fans. Up until that…

The Best 3D Castlevania Is This Custom-Made Board Game

A massive game board inspired by the original NES classic, 11 characters with upgrade-able weapons and abilities, battle dice, movement dice and more than 100 item and monster cards — this is the ultimate Castlevania board game. This amazing creation is the work of Redditor XsimonbelmontX, who last year crafted an outstanding Fallout-themed Monopoly board…

The Origin Of Battle Network And Other Fascinating Mega Man Trivia

Did you know that every time I hear the opening theme to Mega Man 2 I start singling the lyrics version created by Brentalfloss in 2008? That’s not a fact presented inDid You Know Gaming‘s second look at the Mega Man franchise, which mainly deals with fan-created bots and the excellent Mega Man Battle Network…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Design Your Dream Console

We’ve got black boxy consoles, white boxy consoles and limited-edition recolors that are either beyond our reach ortoo ugly to live. If you were a custom console painter, what would your Xbox One, PlayStation 4 or Wii U look like? Last month at a special event in Hong Kong, clothing line A Bathing Ape gave…

Sunday Comics: Want To See A Live Body?

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 November 8. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published November 3. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: A Date With Death: The Winners!

Why try so hard to get a date with theDeath of Sims, when you can have the real thing? Our ‘shop-savvy readers envisioned countless last-date scenarios with the Grim Reaper in last week’s contest. The results are in: Death wins. Death always wins. In comparison, uscg_pa almost never wins, which is a real shame considering…

The StarCraft II World Championship Series Ends Tonight. Let’s Watch.

The biggest crowd draw at BlizzCon every year is the global finals of the StarCraft II World Championship Series. With $100,00 on the line and a returning champion in the final bracket, this year the crowd should be bigger than ever. Thank goodness we don’t have to bother with them. The grand final was supposed…

Up Close And Personal With Nintendo’s Amiibo Figures

Because the Skylanders and Disney Infinity figures weren’t enough, the toy population of my desk has been increased by a dozen Nintendo icons. Let’s meet the Amiibo! Nintendo’s Amiibo figures utilize the Wii U’s built-in near field communication feature to interact with games like Mario Kart 8, Hyrule Warriors and the eagerly-anticipated Super Smash Bros.…

Watch The Hearthstone World Championship Finals Live, Right Here

When I win a Hearthstone match I gain a lovely sense of accomplishment. When Tiddler Celestial or Firebat win the Hearthstone World Championship, they’ll get that plus $100,000. I feel like I’m doing something wrong. With the second place winner scoring $50,000, this final best-of-five round is technically one player’s chance to split the other…

Day-One Overwatch Cosplay At Blizzcon

Yesterday afternoon, during the Blizzcon 2014 opening ceremonies, Blizzard announcedOverwatch, a character-driven competitive first-person shooter. At the show’s costume contest few hours later, the first two Overwatch cosplayers appeared. First up is Rachel Day as Widowmaker, the emotionless assassin of theOverwatch cast. Here’s what the character looks like: And here is Rachel’s spot-on interpretation of…

We’re Dangerously Close To Getting An Official Doctor Who LEGO Set

The results of the latest LEGO Ideas review are in and at least two fan-built projects will soon be official LEGO sets. The ornithology-focused LEGO Birds Project and a set based on The Big Bang Theory are coming, but the real exciting news is that the board is still considering two different Doctor Who sets…

Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare: The Kotaku Review

“Hold X to review Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.” If only it were that simple. It’s easy to take a screenshot from asingle tactless momentin Advanced Warfare‘s campaign and hold it up as an example of this being just another Call of Duty game. Just another five or six hours of mindless military porn, included…

Our Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare review will run tomorrow morning. I know Fahey promised Wednesday, but Fahey promises a lot of things, and has a tendency to talk in third-person. That guy, I swear. Tune in bright and early tomorrow morning for his full review.

The Disney Proper Infinity 2.0 Figures Are Here, And They’re Lovely

Now that we’ve gotten all of thatsuperhero nonsense out of the way, it’s time for the Infinity 2.0 figures that true Disney fans have been waiting for. Available starting yesterday, the Disney Infinity: Toy Box Starter Pack is a special pakcage for Disney fans who opted out of the big Marvel Super Heroes release back…

Instant Level 90 Shaman, Just Add Warlords Of Draenor

A couple of week’s back I laid out my plan to prepare for World of Warcraft‘s upcoming Warlords of Draenor expansion — get mynew Draenei shaman to level 60, and then use the free boost to 90. Watch me get 30 levels in 30 seconds. Prachok the shaman hit level 60 about a week ago,…

Baskin-Robbins Creates Camouflage Ice Cream. Good Luck Finding It.

Celebrating the military community all November long, Baskin-Robbins’s flavor of the month is First-Class Camouflage. It’s right there. Follow the arrow. First-Class Camouflage is a delicious blend of leaves, tree bark and sand — oh wait, it’s chocolate, salted caramel and dyed cake — served in a waffle cone or bowl decorated so we can’t…

There’s a Nintendo Direct tomorrow focused on upcoming Wii U and 3DS games. What’s Nintendo putting out in 2015 and when? Expect those questions to be answered and maybe a few surprises in tomorrow’s Direct, scheduled for 5 pm Eastern time.

How McDonald’s McRib Sandwiches Are Made

Is it that time of year already? Of course it is, I’ve already had three limited-time only McRib sandwiches since they came back a week or so ago, and there are more in my future. It’s probably a good time to find out how they’re made. Responding to a strong detractor of Micky-D’s ground pork…

A Haven For Horrible Call Of Duty Players

Along with the return of players-versus-bot multiplayer, Advanced Warfare introduces the wonderful Combat Readiness Program, a mode where people who really suck at Call of Duty multiplayer can anonymously feel better about themselves. There’s no voice chat. There are no names — soldiers are labeled either ‘Friendly’ or ‘Enemy’. Not all of the participants are…