Mike Fahey

The Honest Destiny Trailer Celebrates “Gaming’s Hottest 7 Out Of 10”

“The storytelling of Halo, the scope of World of Warcraft and the co-operative fun of Borderlands — may eventually get patched in.” Thus begins the brutally Honest Trailer for Destiny, “The video game equivalent of a beautiful mansion full of cheap Ikea furniture.” Okay, easy target, but Smosh Gamescompletely nails Bungie’s latest, especially with one…

Evolve Looks Good, But Is It $750 Statue Good?

Everybody loves 2K Games’ upcoming competitive monster shooter Evolve, but do they love it enough to start paying off a two and a half foot tall, 35 pound polystone statue of the game’s Goliath? As lovely as the Goliath statue from TriForce is, it’s an incredibly hard sell for me. I can see shelling out…

The Saturday Morning Stream Of Mordor (And We’re Done)

For the past two weeks I’ve had to hear or read about how much almost everyone on the site playing Middle-earth: Shadows of Mordor is loving the game. Now it’s my turn to exterminate some orcs. I’ve spent the past several weeks exclusively playing games involving colorful plastic toys, so something I only need a…

The SteelSeries Siberia Headset Line Is All-New, Relatively Different

SteelSeries launched its Siberia v2 gaming headset back in 2009, and for five years I’ve not been able to attend a gaming function without seeing them everywhere. Now the peripheral maker has announced a four model family of next-gen Siberias, ready to proliferate supernaturally this holiday season. First we have the beating heart of the…

Who Is Kevin Smith Playing In LEGO Batman 3? Hint: It’s Kevin Smith.

In what I feel is a horrible example of miscasting, film director and rabid Batman fan Kevin Smith has been tapped to voice film director and rabid Batman fan Kevin Smith in LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham. I probably would have gone with someone younger, maybe mixed things up and had him voiced by the…

What’s Different About Skylanders: Trap Team On 3DS

Skylanders: Trap Team launches on October 5 in North America, and while Vicarious Visions has somehow crammed the console experience onto tablets, the 3DS version is a completely different animal. How so? A Whole New Story The prison break story in the console version of Skylanders: Trap Team? Forget about it. The 3DS version instead…

Getting Started With The Pokémon Trading Card Game

Every year I watch the Pokémon National Championships, and every year it gives me the itch to return to the Pokémon Trading Card Game something fierce, but with store shelves flooded with countless colorful card packs, I didn’t know where to start. So I turned to The Pokémon Company for help. Why did I need…

Another Damn Assassin’s Creed Game Just Snuck Out

Let’s see now, there’s Assassin’s Creed Memories, Assassin’s Creed Unity, Assassin’s Creed Rogue and the recently-announced Assassin’s Creed Chronicles. That’s not nearly enough Assassin’s Creed. How about a new 3D action-adventure game for the iPad? Available for free download today in the Australia and New Zealand iTunes App Stores, with a planned international release date…

Your Dragon Age: Inquisition Characters Can Look So Pretty

In a stream broadcast live via Twitch earlier today, the makers of Dragon Age: Inquisition showed off the game’s character customization, a system so in-depth there’s an eyelash selector. I’m generally surprised when a game has a selection of pre-painted makeups to place on my character’s face. Inquisition has multiple levels for the eyes alone…

Check out Dragon Age: Inquisition character creation and more, live on Twitch. The stream, also showing off fresh gameplay features and a new in-game area, kicks off at 1 PM Eastern time. You can watch it live over at BioWare’s Twitch channel

Doctor Doom Invades The Upcoming Marvel Heroes‘ Roster

Playable Magneto? Sure, I can see that making sense. Playable Loki? That’s a bit of a stretch. Making the main villain of Marvel Heroes 2015 a playable hero? That’s just nuts. The recently-announced upcoming roster for Marvel Heroes 2015 contains some really interesting characters. The increasingly important Kitty Pryde is a welcome (to the X-Men…

Fun Facts You Might Not Know About The Nitro, AKA Nintendo DS

From Iris to Nitro to Nintendo DS, the dual-screened “developer system” went through hell and high drop tests before becoming what it’s known as today — the predecessor to the 3DS. Did You Know Gaming’s video is full of nifty tidbits about Nintendo’s first foray into dual-screen gaming, the butt of jokes from its unveiling…

We Need More Taco-Themed Multiplayer Modes In Our Shooters

Over the years I’ve defended countless flags from the enemy, but I can’t recall defending a single grilled taco. This gross oversight is fixed tomorrow, when the free “Legends of the Lawn” update launches for Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare. If you were to seat me at a table and arrange in front of me…

Nevermind The Classic, Give Me LEGO Doom

I’ve played plenty of Doom in my day, from the original shareware to the most recent re-releases, and I think it’s time for a change. The talented Ochre Jelly’s masterfully built LEGO Doom should do nicely. Not content to simply build a few figures, Iain “Ochre Jelly” Heath has created an entire multi-level LEGO Doom…

The Week In Games: Shadow Walking Into Mordor

With surprisingly positive reviews all over the place, this week belongs to Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor. That’s right, Super Smash Bros. 3DS, get in line. This week is packed! Not only do the underdog and the sure thing face off, we’ve got a new Forza, an updated Persona fighting game, Sherlock “Mother-Fornicating” Holmes and the…

The Sunday Afternoon Stream Played Ar Nosurge: Ode To An Unborn Star

There has been a distinct lack of sci-fi song-based turn-based role-playing games being streamed live here at Kotaku. Let’s fix that with a little Ar Nosurge: Ode to An Unborn Star. (All done!) A massive fan of the Ar Tonelico series, I’ve been looking forward to Ar Nosurge since it was announced for North American…

There’s Much More Star Fox In Bayonetta 2 Than The Costume

Dressing Bayonetta up as a sexy vixen might do it for some, but hardcore Star Fox fans need a little more love. In a recently-revealed Bayonetta 2 Easter egg delivers all the Star Fox love. Don’t want it spoiled? Stop reading now. Thanks to the magical nature of the game’s lead character, the gameplay possibilities…

A Dignified Death For A Beloved Gaming System

When the battery exploded inside Redditor tommyboy601’s PSP, he decided his time with the Sony portable was at an end. Rather than trade it in at his local GameStop for pennies, he built a fitting memorial to an old friend. Mind you this particular old friend in an inanimate object. Just to be clear, if…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Refilling Destiny‘s Loot Cave

After a whirlwind week of shooting into a gaping hole, Bungie has killed our precious Destiny loot cave, leaving it empty and barren. Fortunately that’s nothing a little creative image manipulation can’t fix. Okay kids, this one should be relatively easy. You’ve got an empty cave. Fill it with people, places or things. Put nouns…

The Sound And Fury Of 251 Angry Pokémon

The first venture into full 3D for the second generation of pocket monsters, Pokémon Stadium 2 gave fighting poses and battle cries to all 251 Pokémon from the first and second generations. Now they’re all in one video. YouTuber MasterOfHyrule utilizes what I can only imagine is a heaping pile of disposable free time, all…