Mike Fahey

Heroes of Ruin: The Kotaku Review

Heroes of Ruin is an incredibly apropos title for Square Enix and N-Space’s online multiplayer action role-playing game for the Nintendo 3DS. From the moment the game concept was revealed, my hopes began to rise. A handheld Diablo-style RPG adventure? Online multiplayer for up to four-players, complete with voice chat? The promise of endless piles…

Can You Find the Windows Phone 7 Gaming Hiding in This Week in Gaming Apps?

“Diversify!” the people cried, and so our normal weekly roundup of five mostly iOS titles was invaded by a tiny ball of fluff only available on Microsoft-powered smart phones. What, you want Android games? I’m not even sure that’s a real thing. Of course Android games are a real thing, and I fully intended to…

Jet Set Radio Has Never Looked as Inviting as It Does Right Here

Jet Set Radio has always been an incredibly pretty game, but there’s just something about the way Sega framed this latest screen that just ties it all together. Maybe it’s the iPad. Yes, it’s definitely the iPad. Along with the Xbox Live Arcade, PC, PlayStation Network and Vita versions of the best damn rollerblading /…

With the Triforce on Her Flank, Epona’s Friendship Really is Magic

This pretty much had to happen. If this irresistible crossover doesn’t become the best-selling t-shirt in TeeFury history then everything I believe in and hold dear is a lie. Artist Julia “JellySnail” Whittle combines the magic of The Legend of Zelda with the magic of friendship to give birth to My Little Epona, a golden…

Smite‘s Latest Playable Hindu Deity is Decidedly Unsexy

Despite mild controversy surrounding the upcoming free-to-play online battle arena game’s depiction of Hindu gods, Smite isn’t quite done yet. The latest deity to join the online god battle is Bakasura, and he’s pretty damn creepy. Bakasura is an Asura, one of a group of power-hungry deities that are often used to represent moral and…

An Ambidextrous Gaming Mouse So Powerful You Can Use It One-Handed

Not a day goes by that I don’t get an email from left-handed mutants wondering why I don’t review mice made just for them. I believe I just answered that question. What I can do, however, is review a gaming mouse for people both right and wrong-handed. A mouse that weighs its fearful symmetry to…

Jann Lee Takes on Tina in Dead or Alive 5‘s Tag Mode

With Tina and Jann Lee returning to the ring in Dead or Alive 5, there are just too many pretty characters in the game to choose just one. Luckily there’s Tag Mode. Taking place inside an electrified wrestling ring surrounded by screaming fans (hopefully not screaming because they’re being electrocuted, but I’ll take it), Dead…

This Week’s Coolest Nintendo Download Transforms Your DSi Into a Tiny Programming Tool

This week’s Nintendo downloadables include the 3DS release of the Game Boy’s Kid Icarus and Tumble Pop, a new puzzle game by Nikoli and a colorful action adventure game from Aksys, but the title I’m looking most forward to isn’t a game at all. It’s a game creator. Well, Petite Computer isn’t just for creating…

Check Out the Largest Map in Battlefield History

In September Battlefield 3‘s next expansion, Armored Kill, brings five new vehicles, a tank superiority game mode and the sweeping sands of the Bandar Desert, the largest map in the history of the franchise. Let’s take a look at the first gameplay trailer! Look at all that sand. It’s like a budding George Lucas romance…

If I Were Death I’d Probably Use My iPhone to Harvest Souls Too

The sinister sounding Darksiders II: Soul Harvest is more than just an iOS marketing tie-in that let’s fans of all things dark and stalky unlock special goodies prior to the game’s release next month. It’s also how I imagine the anthropomorphic personification of the end of all things would get things done in the digital…

Google’s Nexus 7 Tablet is the Best Way to Play Android Games

Your average Android phone is nice and portable, but the display sure is tiny. A full-sized Tegra tablet is a joy to work with, but a larger profile doesn’t make for hours of comfortable gaming. With its seven inch 1280×800 HD display, Google’s new mid-sized Tegra tablet is just the right size for hours of…

The Next Ratchet & Clank Adds Co-Op Multiplayer and Tower Defense

Along with the classic gameplay fans know and love, the downloadable Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault is going to mix things up with an integrated tower defense game and the ability for our furry friend to fight side-by-side with the legendary Captain Qwark. Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault pits Ratchet and Qwark against…

Rock Band Blitz Dusts Off Your Music Collection in August

Harmonix’s downloadable Frequency-izing of all the Rock Band music begins on August 28 and 29, when Rock Band Blitz comes to the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade for $15. You have no idea how hard I crave it.

The Next Unreal Engine 3 iOS Game is a Completely Different Kind of Gorgeous

With games like Infinity Blade and Dark Meadow, developers have proven that Unreal Engine 3 can do dark and gothic. The colorful adventure role-playing game Lili, crafted by the former Epic developers at BitMonster Games, utilizes the engine’s power to create something much more fanciful. If you screw up your eyes just right you could…

Three Dollars a Month to Watch Comedy on My PlayStation 3? Now That’s Funny

Today Sony proudly announces that it will be the first video game console to feature a subscription-based live comedy service with the September 1 release of The Laugh Factory Live, which should be incredibly popular until the free trial period ends. The Laugh Factory is a popular comedy club franchise based out of Hollywood, California,…

This Child Is an Unfortunate Casualty of Company of Heroes 2‘s PR War

They thought they were doing the right thing. They figured at least one adult in my household would have a normal-sized head. They thought wrong, and a child suffered. Well, Archer slept through the whole thing, but one day, years from now, I’ll pull up this post and then he’ll suffer. Until then he’ll remain…

Fieldrunners 2 Takes the iOS Field on July 19

After a couple of false starts, Subatomic Studios is ready to fire the starting gun on Fieldrunners 2, releasing the eagerly-anticipated tower defense sequel for $2.99 on iPhone this Thursday. (Edit: Removed iPad reference, that one comes later.)

Behold the Glorious Epicenter of Costly Comic-Con Collectibles

From Marvel to DC, Mass Effect to Halo, Star Wars to The Lord of the Rings; the Sideshow booth was the crossroads of fan service at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con. Though I spent less than an hour touring Sideshow Collectibles’ Comic-Con presence last Wednesday night, every time I stepped onto the show floor for…

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This Delightful Xbox Live Windows Phone Game Toys With Your Emotions

Elation, sadness, calm, rage and confusion; these are the tools Mush uses to propel its puffball protagonist through colorful platform puzzle-worlds. Strange that all I feel while playing this award-winning Windows Phone 7 game is joy. It’s been quite some time since I’ve checked into the Xbox Live on Windows Phone 7 game scene, and…