Mike Fahey, Author at Kotaku

I Downloaded All Of Xbox Game Pass To One Hard Drive (And It’s Not Even Half-Full)

Western Digital’s WD_BLACK D10 game drive is a 12 terabyte, 7200 RPM, powered external hard drive for the Xbox One. In order to test the drive out, I downloaded every game available for the console on the Xbox Game Pass, somewhere around 250 games. It took a week and my ISP is pissed, but I…

By Mike Fahey Published September 23, 2020

Former Blizzard Boss Mike Morhaime Launches Dreamhaven, Which Sounds Like Blizzard 2.0

Blizzard co-founder and bass guitarist Mike Morhaime stepped down from his position as company president in 2018. Now’s he’s back with a whole new game company, Dreamhaven, overseeing two new game development studios packed with former Blizzard talent. We’ve seen a lot of new studios popping up over the years boasting former Blizzard devs, but…

By Mike Fahey Published September 23, 2020

Culture

No Man’s Sky Update 3.0 Drops Today, Updates Entire Universe

Since this year began the procedurally-generated space opera No Man’s Sky has added living spaceships, exo-mechs, creepy derelict freighters, bobbleheads, and crossplay between PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Today developer Hello Games caps off 2020 with Origins, a massive update that adds billions of new planets to discover, ups the diversity of flora and fauna,…

By Mike Fahey Published September 23, 2020

Culture

Here’s A Book Filled With Game Boy Box Art

Quality video game tome publisher Bitmap Books is about to launch pre-orders for Game Boy: The Box Art Collection, a 372-page volume of nothing but critiqued Game Boy game covers and green-tinged screenshots. I love the contrast between the gorgeous art adorning the outside of Game Boy boxes and the actual in-game screenshots. I like…

By Mike Fahey Published September 22, 2020

OpinionImpressions

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim’s Time-Travel Mech Story Unfolds In The Coolest Way

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, the latest PS4 game from developer Vanillaware, tells the story of 13 Japanese high school students who get mixed up in a war between mechs and massive kaiju beasts that spans over a century and a half of history. To get the whole story, you have to weave together chunks of…

By Mike Fahey Published September 22, 2020

OpinionImpressions

One Year Later, Apple Arcade Is Still A Great Deal

On September 19, 2019, Apple launched Apple Arcade, a $5-a-month subscription service dedicated to bringing top-tier, bullshit-free mobile games to iPhones, iPads, and Apple TV. One year later the service has more than 130 mostly great games with more arriving on a semi-weekly basis, and I’ve never once considered canceling. When Apple Arcade launched with…

By Mike Fahey Published September 21, 2020

Culture

Microsoft Buys Bethesda Parent Zenimax Media For $7.5 Billion

Pending the closure of a $7.5 billion cash sale, Microsoft has purchased Zenimax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks, Bethesda Game Studios, id Software, ZeniMax Online Studios, Arkane, MachineGames, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog, and Roundhouse Studios. According to a press release posted by Bethesda this morning, the sale is expected to be finalized by…

By Mike Fahey Published September 21, 2020

ReviewsToys

Lego Sneakers Seem Like A Good Idea

What happens when one of the world’s most notorious instruments of foot destruction joins forces with a brand dedicated to foot preservation? The Adidas Originals ZX 8000 LEGO sneakers, which should have hard plastic stud-covered insoles but probably don’t. Part of Adidas’ year-long A-ZX collaboration event, the ZX 8000 LEGO sneakers trick out the iconic…

By Mike Fahey Published September 21, 2020

Culture

Avengers Patch 1.3.0 Fixes Hundreds Of Annoying Little Problems

While players have been busy leveling up the world’s mightiest heroes, developer Crystal Dynamics has been hard at work addressing all the little issues that have vexed Marvel’s Avengers players since launch. Patch 1.3.0, out now for PC and live soon for consoles, makes exotic items more powerful, tweaks difficulty and enemy behavior, and generally…

By Mike Fahey Published September 18, 2020

ReviewsHardware

The Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Is My New Favorite Gaming Phone

Way back in 2012, approximately three decades ago, Iswapped my iPhone for a then brand-new Samsung Galaxy Note II. The large size and open-ended Android ecosystem stole me away from Apple for at least a couple of years. Now I’m back on my large phone kick with the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. Between its gorgeous…

By Mike Fahey Published September 18, 2020

Culture

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

This weekend is for finally getting temperatures low enough that we can open the windows without instantly being incinerated, and maybe playing through what I’d say is an old favorite if it hadn’t only come out earlier this year. It doesn’t feel like Ori and the Will of the Wisps came for PC and Xbox…

By Mike Fahey Published September 18, 2020

Culture

Beyond Good & Evil‘s Creator Leaves Ubisoft But The Sequel Soldiers On

As Beyond Good & Evil creator Michel Ancel departs Ubisoft to work with wildlife, Beyond Good & Evil 2 senior producer Guillaume Brunier assures fans that the sequel has been and remains in good hands, with the aim of showing actual gameplay sometime next year. Michel Ancel is going, off to work on a wildlife…

By Mike Fahey Published September 18, 2020

Culture

PS5 Out In U.S. On Nov 12, Costs $500 For Main Model

Finally! Announced today during Sony’s PlayStation 5 event, we finally have a release date and price for the company’s next-gen console. November 12 is the date and the price is $400 for digital-only and $500 for the main model with its fancy disc drive. It’s less of a price spread than the Xbox Series S…