Mike Fahey

Here’s our first look at the colorful plastic world of LEGO The Hobbit. Announced officially late last month, the 2014 TT Games developed adventure will span the first two movie in the trilogy, paving the way for the inevitable complete version once the third film is out, followed by a bundle of both it and…

Minecraft Comes To The PlayStation 3 Tomorrow

According to a post on the PlayStation Blog, Mojang’s block-building sensation will be available for PlayStation 3 starting tomorrow, December 17. Minecraft: PlayStation Edition will include all the features present in other console editions of the game, barring platform-exclusive content packs. Mojang’s Owen Hill said downloadable texture packs and skins will be available soon after…

Final Fantasy X And X-2 HD Won’t Be Sold Separately On Vita

If you were thinking you could just purchase Final Fantasy X-2 HD Remaster on Vita and forego the game that opens with a stunning musical number, think again. In a post on the PlayStation Blog today which also detailed the PlayStation 3 Collector’s Edition, Square Enix confirmed the Vita version of the remakes are separate…

Dammit, Bravest Warriors bendy action figures, I am trying to Christmas shop here. Pop Culture Shock Collectibles has teamed up with Frederator Studios to create toys based on shows like Bravest Warriors and Bee & Puppycat. Thismeans that every time I go to WeLoveFine to buy Doctor Who leggings for my wife, I am being…

Thanks For Killing All Of The Animals, Mobile Gamers

Now I am no zoologist, but you don’t know that, so when I say the nearly ten billion animals shot in the surprisingly good Deer Hunter 2014 represents all the animals in the world, you should just take my word for it. After all, I am a zoologist. Not only did mobile gamers kill every…

Adult Swim Shows Us What To Do With The PS4’s Share Button

No one wants to look bad in front of Kratos. According to this Robot Chicken animated spot for Killzone: Shadow Fall, God of War‘s heroic brute is very active on Facebook, so think before you hit that share button. This 60-second spot, airing Monday night on Adult Swim before the Robot Chicken Born Again Virgin…

The First 15 Minutes Of WildStar Make A Compelling Case For More

Signing up for a new subscription-based MMORPG is a big decision, especially when it’s an untested brand like Carbine’s colorful WildStar. MMORPG.com helpfully recorded the first 15 minutes of beta play, which just might help your decision along. I’m glad they did, not because I am too lazy to record the first fifteen minutes of…

A Very Depressing Way To Introduce An Exciting Sequel

One of the greatest modern-day adventure games is getting a sequel in Silence: The Whispered World 2! What joyous fantasy landscapes and colorful characters will we be… oh. Oh dear me. This is not what I was expecting at all. The colorful fantasy world we were introduced to in Daedalic Entertainment’s first The Whispered Worldis…

The First Candy Crush Saga Expansion Changes The Way The Game Is Played

Candy Crush Saga players are used to regular content updates adding new levels to the wildly popular game, but today’s Dreamworld expansion is something else entirely. Instead of just another level pack, the Dreamworld expansion, available today across all Candy Crush Saga platforms, takes players into an alternate reality, where they’ll replay classic levels in…

It’s Like Amnesia And Aliens Had A Hideous Baby

Come wander the dark, flickering hallways of Upsilon, the first environment video from Soma, the sci-fi horror game from the makers of Amnesia For my money, creepy wanderings in space beat out creepy wanderings anywhere else. It’s a matter of expectations— if I am in a creepy old house, I expect monsters and ghosts and…

Namco Bandai confirms Tales of Zestiria for North and South American release. The 20th anniversary commemorative entry in the prolific Tales role-playing franchise, which we got our first look at earlier this morning, will eventually make its way to PlayStation 3 consoles in all of the Americas.

Sonic The Hedgehog 2‘s Lost Level Is Lost No More

The remastered mobile version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 arrives on iOS and Android today, bringing with it a zone famously scrapped during the original game’s development — the Hidden Palace Zone is hidden no more. Along with upgraded widescreen graphics and a new Boss Attack Mode, Sega’s remastered Sonic the Hedgehog 2 gives fans…

Fable Anniversary Launches February 4 With Free Day-One DLC

Lionhead Studios’ gorgeous 1080p HD remake of the original Fable is coming to North America on February 4, with an initial print run packed with goodies to insure chicken chasers pick it up on day one. Packed inside each limited-run launch box of Fable Anniversary will be a code for the Launch Day Weapons and…

Grand Theft Auto Online‘s free race and deathmatch creation tools are live. As teased earlier in the week, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 players can now create and share custom vehicle races and kill everybody matches in Grand Theft Auto V‘s online playground. Check out the full content of the update over at Rockstar’s Newswire.

How Do The Angry Birds Go! Toys Interact With The Game? Watch.

Angry Birds Go! launched worldwide today, several months after the game’s scannable toy line hit stores. Since no one keeps instructions for that long, here’s how Hasbro’s plastic and Rovio’s mobile go-kart game get along. Like Hasbro’sAngry Birds Star Wars II Telepods, the Angry Birds Go! racers scan in using a clever combination of mobile…

DC Universe Online‘s next DLC means nothing without playable cats. In The War of the Light Part 1, players meet the hopeful Blue Lanterns and take on the rage-fueled powers of the Red Lanterns, but f they can’t be the greatest of the Red Lanterns, then what’s the point? Read about all the non-lava-vomiting-cat-inclusive changes…

The Most-Viewed YouTube Gaming Videos Of 2013

10. A Minecraft mini-game lays the foundation for YouTube’s top ten trending video game videos of 2013. It’s the only Minecraft-centric video on the list. Can you believe it? 9. Sony’s cheeky takedownof the Xbox One’s original used games policy was certainly one of the hottest (and most parodied) videos of the year. 8.YouTube’s screaming…

Angry Birds Go! Starts Its Engines

Now that fans of mobile gaming’s most furious fowl have had time to collect all of Hasbro’s Angry Birds Go! Telepods figures, Rovio has finally released the 3D kart racing game that goes along with them. The free-to-play Angry Birds Go! is out today for Android and iOS. While I was wary of the free-to-play…

Lightning Returns‘ Collector’s Edition Is So Fancy It Gets A Trailer

Not only is the collector’s edition trailer-fancy, the $90 box set is also exclusive to theSquare Enix store, so if you want a silver-embossed pocket watch, and art book and an Aerith costume, it’s your only hope.

Peggle 2: The Kotaku Review

Peggle is a puzzle game that involves clearing colored pegs from a board by shooting balls from the top of the screen, but that’s not what the game is about. It’s about getting to the explosively colorful celebration at the end of each level, and Peggle 2‘s celebrations are the most satisfying yet. It could…