Mike Fahey

You’re Just Not Scary Anymore, Cthulhu 

I wanted to be frightened of Cyanide Studio’s new Lovecraftian horror game, but the scariest thing about Call of Cthulhu is the sloppy stealth action segments that try to add tension to an otherwise casual adventure game. Back in 1981, when Chaosium first published the tabletop role-playing game on which Call of Cthulhu is based,…

Announced during Twitchcon 2018 and going into testing later this year, Squad Streams allow teams of players to stream all at once, allowing viewers to switch between chats on the fly. Perfect for Fortnite teams and Rock Band groups, to name two equally popular 2018 things.

Starlink: Battle For Atlas: The Kotaku Review

In Ubisoft’s toys-to-life adventure, Starlink: Battle for Atlas, players are given access to a virtual (or physical) armada of starships and set loose in a gorgeous alien solar system, where they’re free to do the same seven or eight things over again until the game ends or they get bored. The opening moments of Starlink…

Tiny Torbjorn Action Figure Is Just The Right Size

Normally when the folks at Good Smile Company create one of their big-headed Nendoroid figures, a little downscaling is involved. Not so with Torbjorn. Overwatch’s resident dwarven engineer was bite-sized to begin with. He’s conveniently cute. That’s right, I called Torbjorn cute. I was afraid the tenth figure in GSC’s Overwatch Nendoroid line would turn…

Only One Of These Fortnite Action Figures Is Super Cuddly

Available for preorder today at Thinkgeek, McFarlane Toys’ Fortnite collectible figures capture some of the game’s most iconic skins as huggable seven inch articulated works of art. Okay, one is slightly more huggable than the others. For such a competitive game, one would think I’d be drawn to the rare Black Knight or Skull Trooper…

Lineage 2 Revolution Adds Hot Anime Orcs

Orcs. The craggly-faced brutes of the fantasy RPG world. Scarred by countless battles, these hideous creatures are the embodiment of brutality and violence. Unless they’re in Korean-developed mobile MMO Lineage 2 Revolution. Then they’re kind of hot. Introduced in today’s big update for the massively multiplayer mobile game that’s eaten a fair amount of my…

Meltan Revealed To Be The First Mythical Pokémon That Evolves (Into An Absolute Unit)

You know Meltan, the weird little hex-headed mythical Pokémon that started showing up in Pokémon Go last month? That’s not even its final form. Get enough Meltan together and they merge to form the massive Melmetal. In the latest Meltan Research Update on the official Pokémon YouTube channel, Professors Willow and Oak witness the evolution…

The Official SoulCalibur VI Arcade Sticks Look Like Candy, Work Like A Charm

While your results may vary, I’ve found that I play fighting games better with a nice arcade style fight stick. Hori’s SoulCalibur VI Edition Real Arcade Pro FightSticks for Xbox One and PS4are very nice, even if I do end up feeling like the guy wearing the band’s T-shirt to the concert. They’ve got nothing…

No Man’s Sky Player Recreates The Nightmare Before Christmas 

What’s this? While exploring the endless universe of No Man’s Sky,Redditor Reefguy007 and a friend came across the perfect planet for Halloween. All it took was a little creative terraforming to transform it into The Nightmare Before Christmas. It’s all about those bizarre pumpkin-ish plants, isn’t it? Reefguy007 discovered and reported on the globular flora…

The Weirdest Soulcalibur VI Character Creations

SoulCalibur IV includes the most robust custom character creation tool in series history. The game’s only been out for four days, and already the internet is flooded with twisted player creations, and not all of them have giant fake cocks. The character creation tool in SoulCalibur VI is ridiculously feature rich. Players can choose between…

Transformers Change Into Tiny Cheap Collectibles

You know Shopkins, those tiny collectible plastic replicas of consumer goods children have been nuts for over the past few years? What if they could transform into robots? Behold, Hasbro’s newest Transformers creations, BotBots. Oh boy. According to the new toy line’s backstory, one day a cloud of energon descended upon a shopping mall, giving…

Some Starlink Copies Bought From Best Buy Didn’t Include The Game, Players Say

A number of Best Buy customers who purchased copies of Ubisoft’s Starlink: Battle for Atlas starter kit for Nintendo Switch received boxes containing everything but the actual game. The publisher says it is investigating. As mentioned inour Starlink buyer’s guide yesterday, reports of missing games began popping up on the Switch subreddit on Tuesday, the…

Several Excuses For Why I Am Still Playing Nintendo’s Latest Mobile Game

When Nintendo and Cygames’ Dragalia Lost launched at the end of last month, I said it was a slick version of the same old mobile action role-playing game. Turns out a little slickness goes a long way, as I’ve been playing the damn thing every day since. Why? Let me pull out my list of…

You Can Now Officially Get The Steam Achievement For Not Playing A Game For Five Years

On October 17, 2013, farcical indie adventure The Stanley Parable was released on Steam. It features an achievement called “Go Outside,” which requires not playing the game for five years. Today is October 17, 2018. Achievement unlocked? There are ways around time-based achievements. For example, one could easily earn The Stanley Parable’s “Commitment” achievement, which…

A Guide To All The Different Ways To Buy Starlink: Battle For Atlas

It’s seldom simple figuring out which, if any, version of a Ubisoft game to buy. Now they’ve made a toys-to-life game that we like, but figuring out which figures and accessories to buy to enjoy Starlink: Battle For Atlas is confusing. Ubisoft complicates things further by allowing players to purchase digital versions of the toys…

Discord’s game store and Nitro game subscription service are now open for beta business. The digital storefront launches with several “first on Discord” timed exclusives, while Nitro gives subscribersaccess to a growing library of games for $9.99 a month. 

Seven Things I Love About Starlink So Far

Ubisoft’s toys-optional toys-to-life space opera arrives this week on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Switch. While I’ve only had a couple of days to dive into the sci-fi adventure, I’ve already found several things to love about Starlink: Battle for Atlas In Starlink, a group of crack pilots headed by genius astrophysicist Victor St. Grand…

There’s A Lot More Star Fox In Starlink Than We Expected

When Nintendo’s Star Fox crew shows up at the beginning of Ubisoft’s new toy-based space epic, Starlink: Battle for Atlas, they’re ready to see the adventure through to the very end. They’re a surprisingly big part of the Switch version of the game. We’ve known since June that Star Fox characters would be in the…

Official Lego Overwatch begins with Bastion. Standing five inches tall with the included stand, the $25 Omnic Bastion set is not a giant Lego D.Va mech, but it’s a good start.It’s available now via the Blizzard store, and will also be on sale at BlizzCon next month. 

We Love How Stupid The Venom Movie Is

Three decades ago Marvel Comics debuted one of its most popular anti-heroes, Spider-Man arch-enemy Venom. Now Eddie Brock and his slavering black and white symbiote pal have gotten a solo, Spider-Man free shot at the big screen. Did that turn out to be as bad an idea as it sounds? Chris Person, Ethan Gach and…