Mike Fahey

How World Of Warcraft: Warlords Of Draenor Goes Back In Time

World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor takes players of Blizzard’s massively multiplayer online role-playing game back to the time of the original Warcraft real-time strategy series. How does that all go down? It’s Garrosh’s fault. During the “World of Warcraft: What’s Next” panel at BlizzCon 2013, Blizzard’s Chris Metzen walked the crowd through how players…

Warlords Of Draenor Brings The Original Warcraft Trilogy To WoW

Before World of Warcraft there was plain Warcraft, the award-winning, genre-defining real-time strategy trilogy. Many players of the MMO have never experienced those classic stories. The next World of Warcraft expansion, Warlords of Draenor, is going to fix that. “What if those dark days could come again?” asked Blizzard’s Chris Metzen on stage at BlizzCon…

Blizzard’s Heroes Of The Storm Looks Spectacular

During the opening ceremonies of BlizzCon 2013, Blizzard showed off the latest gameplay footage for the all-star MOBA they are calling Blizzard: The Game, Heroes of the Storm. That looks spectacular. Almost as good as the cinematic trailer Blizzard opened the Heroes of the Storm segment with. Beta signups for the game should be live…

Way to spoil your own World of Warcraft expansion reveal, Blizzard. Spotted by MMO-Champion in the pre-stream footage for Blizzcon 2013, World of Warcraft‘s next expansion, as expected, is Warlords of Draenor. For more info, check out the free live stream of the convention’s opening ceremony, kicking off at 2PM Eastern.

GameStop Is Super Helpful, Reminds You To Get Xbox Live For Your PS4

The new consoles are coming, and GameStop’s monthly newsletter for November has several helpful suggestions for launch day accessories that’ll maximize your PlayStation 4 experience, like additional controllers, the new Eye Camera, and a relatively useless small plastic rectangle. Pointed out to us by several readers and appearing in my own inbox (I’m a Rewards…

Sony Viral Teases Something Street Fighter For The PlayStation 4

Packed with references to Capcom’s famous fighting game franchise and tagged with the #4ThePlayers hashtag, this viral video from Sony seems to indicate something Street Fighter is happening on the PlayStation 4, but what? VG24/7 looks to have been the first to post the “Hadouken Cabs” viral this morning, sent to them in an email…

Our First, Teasing Glimpses Of The Next Mass Effect

In celebration of N7 Day 2013 (November 7, get it?), Mass Effect producer Michael Gamble tweeted a teasing glimpse at the future of the franchise. Then other BioWare folks got in on the act. “The next chapter of Mass Effect is upon us!!” proclaimed Gamble’s tweet. Then came BioWare Montreal studio director, Yanick Roy: “…with…

Lightning Returns‘ Clothing Options Make Me All Giddy

Oh god. I didn’t realize I could do this. I am going to get stuck playing dress-up in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII for days. Seriously, these are exactly the sort of completely unnecessary features that distract me completely from whatever saving-the-world nonsense I am supposed to be focusing on. They might as well just…

Second Robocop Trailer Is A Damn Good Time, Except For The Robots

If you removed all the bits featuring robots, cops, and any combination of those two from the second trailer for 2014’s Robocop reboot, you’d still have a movie that looks like a blast. That’s great. Also not great. It’s a problem that’s hard to avoid when you bring together a cast featuring Samuel L. Jackson,…

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: The Kotaku Review

What took so long? I’m not talking about a LEGO Marvel game. LEGO getting the Marvel license is a relatively new development, all things considered. They announced it in 2011, video game in 2013 — that’s fairly quick turnaround for a game as massive in scope as LEGO Marvel Super Heroes What I am talking…

Another Practically Perfect Platformer For Rayman

One day Rayman will let us down again. We’ll look into those beady little eyes and feel nothing but sadness and disappointment. That day is not today. Today is a day to party with Rayman: Fiesta Run. There was a time Rayman meant nothing to me — a time before Rayman Origins. Origins established a…

What will you be watching on your PlayStation 4 between games? Sony has announced the entertainment apps available on the PS4’s November 15 launch date: Amazon Instant Video, Crackle, Crunchyroll, EPIX, Hulu Plus, NBA Game Time, Netflix, NHL Center Live, Redbox Instant, VUDU and YuppTV. That cover all the bases?

Gerard Butler, Vin Diesel Tied To Video Game Movie No One Cares About

Dear Hollywood, no one wants to see a Kane & Lynch movie anymore — I’m not sure anyone ever did. Notthen with Bruce Willis and Jamie Foxx, and not now with Gerard Butler and Vin Diesel. Just let it die, already. At one point we had movie posters and an appearance at Cannes. That was…

How To Bring An Award-Winning D&D Board Game To The iPad

Back inAugust, mobile board and card game experts Playdek announced they’d be bringing Wizards of the Coast’s award-winning Dungeons & Dragons-based board game Lords of Waterdeep to iOS. It’s coming out later this month, and this is how it plays. Note the various AI player options. That’s why I love Playdek. The only thing that’s…

Thor: The Dark World Is A Game Unworthy Of The God Of Thunder

While the movie doesn’t launch for a couple of days, the official video game for Thor: The Dark World has been out since last week, proving once more that the might of an Avenger and some clever game mechanics are nothing compared to the power of malicious microtransactions. Another Marvel movie, another incredibly pretty free-to-play…

The First Big Video Game Console, Now The Latest Tiny LEGO Kit

With it’s sexy wood paneling and those iconic controllers, the Atari 2600 is one of the most readily recognizable pieces of video game console history, even when it’s only 3.75 inches wide and built entirely from LEGO pieces. Minature LEGO maestro Powerpig adds the Atari 2600 to his lineup of purchasable kits, joining other seminal…

‘World’s Thinnest 17-Inch Gaming Laptop’ Comes In Any Color

Those are Maingear gaming laptops right there. That’s ridiculous. Also a beautiful trend that needs to be encouraged until our gaming laptops only exist in one dimension. Maingear’s new Pulse 17 is getting there. Riding on the wave generated by Razer’s 14-inch Blade and 17-inch Blade Pro, as well as its own Pulse 14, Maingear’s…

Track: Bang | Album: Gorky Park | Artist: Gorky Park Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.

Franken Berry: The Snacktaku Monster Cereals Review Spooktacular

The vampire. The ghost. The werewolf. The mummy. We’ve tasted four of the five re-released monster cereals. For the fifth and final we’re going to need shovels, and a strong tolerance for ass-heads. What exactly is Franken Berry? What label should we apply, beyond the basic “monster”? Is he a zombie? No, a zombie is…

Hunting Down The Fourth Season Of The Walking Dead Action Figures

With the fourth season of AMC’s hit television series underway and the promise of the second round of comic-based interactive adventure coming from Telltale, it’s the perfect time to peruse the painted plastic people (living and dead) of McFarlane Toys The Walking Dead series four TV figures. Now I am more of a comic book…