Mike Fahey

Look What The Creator Of Kingdom Hearts Has Done To Batman

This is what happens when Final Fantasy character designer and Kingdom Hearts boss Tetsuya Nomura gets his hands on the Caped Crusader. Part of Square Enix’s DC Comics Variant Play Arts Kai line of re-imagined figures — the first of a series designed by Nomura — this Batman is almost more of a Bahamutman, all…

Honest Game Trailers’ Names For The Original Pokemon Are Much Better

Why is Smosh Games’ honest trailer for Pokemon Red & Blue nearly six minutes long? Because those insane bastards decided to rename each and every one of the original 151 (or 152, depending) pocket monsters, from ‘The One No One Ever Picked’ to ‘Space Fetus.’ You might as well just skip the surrounding bits of…

LEGO Green Lantern Gets His Own Set, (Almost) Escapes Batman’s Shadow

I love LEGO’s DC Super Heroes line, but up until now it’s pretty much been the Batman and Superman show. Coming in January 2015, Green Lantern vs. Sinestro (76025) is Hal Jordan’s time to shine. Space Batman is just there to supervise. After a couple years of buying Batman-themed sets to get the Flash and…

The Uncharted Movie Snatches Spider-Man 3‘s Release Date

With the third Spidey movie pushed back to 2018 to squeeze in The Sinister Six movie, Nathan Drake’s turn on the big screen is slated to fill Spider-Man 3‘s June 10, 2016 spot. I smell a conspiracy. Here’s how things are going down, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Spider-Man 3 and 4 were originally scheduled…

Of Course Guardians Of The Galaxy Gets Its Own Disney Infinity Playset

You can stop now, Disney Infinity 2.0. We get it. You really want us to buy you, and you aren’t afraid to recruit a team of intergalactic outlaws to make it happen. You really didn’t have to go to all the trouble of creating an entire playable world based on the Guardians of the Galaxy…

HULK HATES BEING TIMED PLAYSTATION EXCLUSIVE

The Incredible Hulk figure for Disney Infinity 2.o will not be available at launch, except to those who spend $179.99 on this lovely PlayStation exclusive collector’s edition. Rage….building. Available this fall for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, the collector’s edition of Disney Infinity 2.0 comes with the game, the Avengers playset, six figures, including…

Angry Birds Transformers Toys Do Transform, Basically

Roaring into stores at the beginning of October with all the articulation of a Happy Meal toy, Hasbro’s Angry Birds Transformers Telepods toys change from vehicles with heads to robots with heads. They’re Headmasters! Of course they aren’t Headmasters. Headmasters are Transformers whose heads transform into smaller robots. That’s extra transforming. What Angry Birds Transformers…

Mass Effect Statue Captures Liara’s Most Endearing Qualities

Two features attracted me to Asari researcher Liari T’soni in the original Mass Effect — her powerful biotics, and those adorable blue freckles. Gaming Heads’ upcoming 19 inch statue captures both perfectly. Freckles are wonderful things, and I say this not only as a person born with them, but as a lifelong admirer. To some…

Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth has a North American release date — November 25. Let’s celebrate the upcoming star-studded 3DS dungeon crawler by dancing along to its opening movie.

My Favorite Mobile Game, Ruined By Free-To-Play

Brilliant in concept and nearly flawless in execution, Sword & Poker and Sword & Poker 2 were two of the best reasons to own an iPhone. With the release of the free-to-play Sword & Poker Adventures, the whole thing has gone to shit. The first Sword & Poker game, available still for $2.99 on iPhone,…

Watch The $5 Million Dota 2 International Grand Finals Right Here

What does $5 million worth of Dota 2 look like? Find out today, as team Newbee faces off against team ViCi in the grand finals of The International. I’d say the pressure is on, but it really isn’t. With a second place prize of $1, 475, 699, it’s hard for me to imagine either team…

The Skylanders Dark Edition Isn’t A GameStop Exclusive This Year

Last year I gave Activision flack for making its special Dark Edition version of Skylanders: Swap Force a GameStop exclusive. The $99 Skylanders: Trap Team Dark Edition carries no such constraints, so if your children don’t get one it’s merely because you’re some kind of monster. Debuting to the public at this week’s San Diego…

The Week In Games: Go Outside And Play

Is the summer really almost over? No? We’re right in the middle of it? I knew I should have paid more attention to things outside my apartment. This would be a good week to catch up on that. Your apartment, mind you. Or your home. Whatever. Just not mine, because that would be all awkward.…

What about the Guardians of the Galaxy HeroClix figures? They aren’t toys, they’re game pieces so they don’t count. I love HeroClix promotional materials, like the video for the Guardians of the Galaxy sets seen below, because they always look 100 times better than the figures you get in the package. This is because the…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Mario At McDonald’s: The Winners!

Last week Nintendo released a series of publicity photos of Mario and Luigi celebrating Mario Kart 8 toys at McDonald’s just in time for our weekly ‘shop contest. The results are in, and I’m lovin’ them. There were so many strong contenders this week, from Mario at Blimpies (kind of) to the Last Supper to…

Kids Are Neutral In The War Between Old And New Ninja Turtles

While children of the ’80s fight futile online battles against the corruption of their beloved franchise, the children of the ’00s think both old and new versions of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are pretty silly. I just don’t know who to root for in the latest “Kids React” video from the TheFineBros. One moment…

Someone’s Making Diablo In Divinity: Original Sin

We’ve talked about how much fun it is to play Larian’s Divinity: Original Sin, but have we mentioned how easy it is to build with it? In four days, Redditor docalypse has built the doomed city of Tristam from the original Diablo, with plans to reimagine the entire game as Diablo: Original Sin. The screenshot’s…

Watch Day Three Of The Year’s Biggest DOTA 2 Tournament Right Here

Which team will Newbee have to beat in tomorrow’s grand finals? Watch and see, as the multi-million dollar DOTA 2 International tournament continues! “But Fahey, you’re speaking as if team Newbee has already won the tournament, and there’s nothing Cloud9, Team DK, ViCi, LGD or Evil Geniuses can do about it!” Yeah, a little. That…

How The Elder Scrolls Online Plans To Dole Out Justice To Its Players

During the “Future of Elder Scrolls Online” panel at Quakecon this weekend, Zenimax Online Studios explained how it plans on bringing wholesome thievery, mass murder and retribution to its massively multiplayer online world. The lack of a justice system has been a point of contention among ESO players since the game launched, with some arguing…

Sunday Comics: A Sundering We Will Go

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 19. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published July 14. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…