Mike Fahey

Don’t Expect Much From Lego Marvel 2‘s Black Panther DLC

In today’s downloadable Black Panther level for Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2, Everett K. Ross is kidnapped by Erik Killmonger, setting up an epic showdown that doesn’t actually happen. I don’t expect much from a $2.99 piece of Lego game DLC. A few extra characters, a ten-minute mini-adventure—that’s par for the course. But I don’t…

The Longest Five Minutes: The Kotaku Review

The Longest Five Minutes presents its basic fantasy tale as a series of flashbacks experienced by its amnesiac main character during the game’s final battle. It takes an otherwise generic retro turn-based RPG and turns it into something special. Wait, I’m already at the end of the review? How did I get here? Oh wait.…

Alto’s Odyssey, the follow-up tosuper-chill endless snowboarding game Alto’s Adventure, is launching for iOS devices on February 22 for $4.99. Originally scheduled for release last summer, the game was delayed in August as part of a sinister plot to make me cry.

Of course there’ll be Pearl and Marina Amiibo. Figures of Splatoon 2‘s premier performers were announced at the end of the game’s Koshien event in Japan earlier today, along with a new stage and a pair of Tetra Dualies. Isn’t one of them perfect, and if so, which?

Next week’s update for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 adds a ‘New Game Plus’ mode, allowing players to restart with all the power they amassed the first time through, collect some familiar Blades that were previously off-limits along the way. Will it change Jason Schreier’s opinion of the game? Nope.

Mobile MOBA Vainglory Upgrades To 5V5 Next Week

Back in 2014, Super Evil Megacorp launched Vainglory, a mobile multiplayer online battle arena game featuring streamlined three-on-three battles on a simple one lane map. On February 13 the game updates to Vainglory 5V5, bringing it closer to both its PC cousins and its main competitor,Tencent’sArena of Valor. Super Evil Megacorp is calling Vainglory 5v5 “no…

Two weeks after release Dragon Ball FighterZ’ online still isn’t working reliably. Players complain of disconnects, matchmaking issues and problems connecting with friends. Bandai Namco says the devs are focused on improving online play. Thank goodness. I’d hate to think they’d given up and wandered off.

Fire Emblem Warriors’ second DLC pack arrives on February 14, adding three characters from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon for the Nintendo DS. The pack also includes new costumes, weapons, history maps and armor break models, including one for Tiki, the 3,000 year old 13-year-old.

My Little Pony Season Eight Turns Friendship Into Schoolwork

In season eight of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, debuting March 24 on Discovery Family, Twilight Sparkle and friends leave the pony empire of Equestria to found a school teaching friendship to the friendless hordes beyond. Is there a toy of this school? Of course there’s a toy of this school. The show that…

Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition Keeps Things Nice And Simple

Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition is an abridged Final Fantasy XV for players without the time, patience or attention span for the full game. What a brilliant idea. I am one of those players. I own the original version of Final Fantasy XV on two different consoles, and I’ve launched into the early moments of…

Our First Look At Injustice 2‘s Ninja Turtles In Action

Cowabunga, dudes. By far the oddest addition to the Injustice 2 roster, all four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will soon join the super-powered fights, leaping in and out of battle to support one another, as ninja brothers do. Check out the first footage of the foursome in action. Players will select which turtle they want…

Final Fantasy XIV’s Almost Got Its Player Housing Problem Under Control

The release of new player housing in Final Fantasy XIV has traditionally meant a mad dash for sparse land followed by angry forum posts about how bad the housing system is. Thanks to new guidelines and restrictions limiting the amount of land players can own, today’s land expansion went relatively smoothly. Previously, when new housing…

Agents Of Mayhem Gets A Second Chance As A Board Game

Volition’s Saints Row spin-off didn’t make much of a splash as a video game when it was released last fall, but there’s still hope for Agents of Mayhem’s raunchy team of G.I. Joe rejects, courtesy of a company known for creating serious historical board games. At the top of Academy Games’ website is banner promotingFreedom:…

Them’s Fightin’ Herds, the four-legged fighting game that started off as a My Little Pony fighter until Hasbro shut it down, is coming out on Steam February 22. Owners of BlazBlue Central Fiction, Guilty Gear Xrd Rev. 2 or Skullgirls 2nd Encore unlock items for the game’s lobbies. Not bad for what started off a fan…

How To Pick The Right Mechanical Keyboard

A good mechanical keyboard can make any computer setup really click, but with so many different layouts, mechanical switch types and extra features to choose from, finding a good starter board can be a daunting tasks. We’re here to help. We’re not going to talk about building a keyboard or decorating it with multicolor orcustom-printed…

Not Even Cinnamon Toast Crunch Can Make Shredded Wheat Good

In an effort to make one of the world’s oldest, most boring breakfast cereals slightly more palatable, General Mills has blasted pieces of shredded wheat with a metric f***ton of cinnamon, sugar, chocolate and peanut butter. It doesn’t help. There are few breakfast cereals quite as wholesome as shredded wheat. It’s wheat cooked, tempered, rolled…

Let’s Open Some Pokemon Ultra Prism Cards And See If There’s Anything Good

It’s new Pokemon Trading Card Game expansion day, and fans are tearing into thousands of Sun & Moon Ultra Prism booster packs, searching for powerful new additions to their decks. I’ve only got four boosters, but no deck, so I like my odds. I do most of my Pokemon TCG playing online, but I still…

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT Is Pretty Bad At Telling Players How To Play

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT is a highly technical online fighting game featuring 28 different characters. Each character has their own special moves and abilities, none of which are referenced in the game whatsoever. That’s not good. Dissidia Final Fantasy NT is a console port of a Japanese arcade game, so an amount of console unfriendliness…

Ys VIII Is Much Better Now

Anexcellent game marred by rough localization, Ys VIII: Lacriomosa of Dana is now fully re-translated and largely re-voiced, just like NIS America promised back in October. Now is an excellent time to play Ys VIII. Unless you’re waiting for the delayed PC version. Or the upcoming Switch port. It took a bit longer than the…

My Final Fantasy XIV Character, From 2010-2018

The Rise of a New Sun update hit Final Fantasy XIV this week, and for the umpteenth time since the launch of the ill-fated original version back in 2010, I’ve transformed my Warrior of Light into someone new. Being able to change my character’s look, race and gender on the fly for a nominal fee…