Typhoon Blew The “N” Off “Nintendo” [Update]

Yesterday’s typhoon caused destruction throughout Japan’s Kansai region. Some buildings were badly damaged, while others weathered the storm. Nintendo’s Kyoto headquarters took the “N” out of “Nintendo.” Update September 17 – 6:30am: Nintendo has finally gotten its “N” back. See below. This is what the headquarters usually looks like. Here is a tweet from Florent…

New Assassin’s Creed Board Game Has Miniatures, A Campaign And An Ezio Cameo

In 2014, there was an Assassin’s Creed board game that wasn’t that great. In 2018, there’s a new one that will hopefully be a lot better. That first effort, Arena, had its heart in the right place, but was a bit too abstract and poorly-presented to really nail the look and feel of the games.…

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Kalen Chock is a concept artist from the USA who has worked for companies like Wavedash and Cryptozoic. You can see more of Kalen’s work at his ArtStation page

Fans Are Trying To Remake Half-Life Using Unreal Engine 4

When I reviewed Half-Life remake Black Mesa back in 2012, I said the project “does not look like a modern video game”. A newer (and far more limited) remake, Project Lambda, does. Where Black Mesa eventually remade the entire game—a big reason it took so long for it to come out—Project Lambda has so far…

Japan wastes zero time: Days after its announcement in the Nintendo Direct, there are already rows of empty New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe boxes lining the shelves at Yodobashi Camera in Akihabara. As expected, Peachette—whatever that is—is a major selling point. And those Joy-Cons in the logo!

Destiny Gun Looks Like The Real Deal

Impact Props, the same team responsible for Nathan Fillion’s personal sidearm, have since made a replica Ace of Spades that looks as realistic as a fake Destiny weapon could possibly look. It’s an ornamental thing, so it doesn’t do things like fire pellets, but the cylinder does spin if you like to play space cowboy…

NFL Player Does Naruto TD Celebration

Steelers reveiver JuJu Smith-Schuster scored a TD earlier today against the Chiefs, and to celebrate went all Naruto on teammate Jesse James, hitting the TE with a football-themed Rasengan. The Steelers lost the game 37-42, but JuJu and James were the winners in our hearts.

Explaining Fall Damage In Dark Souls

Dark Souls mechanics explainer illusorywall has created a new video to show exactly how fall damage works in that game. It’s worth knowing about. In this entry of Dark Souls Dissected, we get an explanation of the different kinds of fall damage in Dark Souls. I’ll admit that I wasn’t exactly sure how this worked…

‘Shop Contest: Princess Peach Forever

We learned something shocking this week: the aristocracy of the Mushroom Kingdom is weirder than we though. A crown can turn Toadette into Princess Peach. This will induce Mushroom Anarchy, and it must be stopped. We must restore Princess Peach’s reputation. There is nothing that threatens the peace of the Mushroom Kingdom more than a…

Spider-Man Makes Us Want To Swing With Style

Swinging around in the new Spider-Man is so much fun, it’ll make you look past the Ubisoft-style collect-a-thon. We discuss that and much more on this week’s Kotaku Splitscreen First, Kirk and I talk some more about Destiny 2‘s Forsaken expansion, addressing the question “how much should creators listen to fan feedback?” and talking about…

Sunday Comics: Backpack Bandit

Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published September 10. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published September 13. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…

A D&D Supplement That Makes Your Game More Like Ocean’s Eleven

Wizards of the Coast recently released Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, which asks players to experience a heist, but if you want to play through lots of different heists and capers, you’re sort of out of luck. Here’s To Crime: A Guide to Capers and Heists is all about entertaining those who love crime. There’s not a…

Destiny 2 Team Beats Raid, Unlocks New Activities For Everyone

After 18 hours and 48 minutes of playing, a Destiny 2 team named Clan Redeem were the first players in the world to finish the game’s Last Wish raid that released yesterday. When they defeated the raid boss, some new changes appeared in the game for every other player of Destiny 2 When players entered…