Some Actual Reasons Why The Star Wars Theme Is So Good

Star Wars’ opening theme is about as memorable as it gets, but have you ever wondered why, exactly, that is? There are a few reasons, which Dan Golding (who has written about Star Wars and music before) explains in this short video for the ABC. Turns out you might be missing the old 20th Century…

198X Is Every 80s Game In One

198X, an upcoming game by a Swedish studio and team of international pixel artists, isn’t just set in the 80s. It’s visiting most of the decade’s biggest genres in the one game, from arcade driving to beat-em-ups to JRPGs. The project is up on Kickstarter—I know, I know—but I’m digging the art so much I…

My Hopes And Dreams For Super Smash Bros. On Switch

Lock a crowd of Super Smash Bros. fans in a room and make them agree on what they want in the series’ next game and it’s likely that, when you open the door again, there will be blood. People ask a lot of Nintendo’s 20-year-old fighting game franchise. With the game’s fifth iteration on the…

Hawaii’s Big Island Is Building A Fighting Game Community From The Ground Up

The fighting game community has never been as expansive as it is right now. Just a few years ago, it would have been impossible for players from regions like the Caribbean and the Middle East, for instance, to make a name for themselves on the global stage. Despite the explosion of popularity driven by the…

For Honor‘s Creation Ended With A Behind-The-Scenes Break-Up

The most interesting moment from a new documentary about the making of For Honor comes just over 70 minutes in when the team at Ubisoft Montreal is celebrating the game getting certified on Xbox One and PS4. Speeches have been made and the champagne is flowing freely when the game’s then creative director Jason VandenBerghe…

I Hate How Much I Want A PlayStation 4 Pro

When I first heard about the PlayStation 4 Pro and Xbox One X, I thought they were the dumbest things. Upgrading a console at the midpoint of a generation was unfathomable to me, and I think developers should design for whatever framerate they want rather than whatever gamers demand. But as more games come out…

Kotaku Reacts To God Of War

Almost everyone at Kotaku is playing God of War, and we cannot stop talking about it. Here’s what we’re saying. Here’s something I need you to know about Jason Schreier. He will sometimes drop messages like this into slack with no provocation or follow up: He offers no details. He sits directly to my left,…

I Still Enjoy Watching People Play Quest 64

Quest 64 is the first game I ever watched someone speedrun. I didn’t know that’s what I was doing at the time. It was the late ‘90s, and the term was not yet in common use. My younger brother managed to beat the game in a single sitting, something I’d never previously imagined being possible…

How Fortnite’s Battle Pass Works

Whether you’re a newbie Fortnite player jumping onto the survival shooter trend or a confused, out-of-touch parent wondering what that $9.99 “Epic Games” charge on your credit card is, Fortnite’s battle pass is a thing worth knowing about. First things first: Fortnite is a free-to-play video game for PC, Xbox, PS4 and iOS in which…

Photo Mode Needed

I have been spoiled by Mad Max, Horizon Zero Dawn and Assassin’s Creed Origins. I have come to expect that I can unhook the camera in the beautiful game I’m playing and take some shots. I am impatient for God of War to get its photo mode. What we know of the photo mode is…

Teenagers Love The Hot New Game Fork Knife

If you’ve heard a young person talking about “fork knife” in the past few days, they not talking about their finishing school curriculum. They’re talking about Fortnite Fork Knife has been slang for Fortnite for a couple of months, but it didn’t truly catch on until April 29th, when Twitter user Kung Fu Renny posted…

How To Follow Complicated Anime And Manga

For some anime and manga, it’s not only hard to keep track of all the characters, but also remembering how they are all connected. Recently Japanese TV show Ame Talk did a whole episode on Hunter x Hunter. In one part, the program tried to explain how all the characters were connected. Complex, no? In…

Pikachu Wasn’t Based On A Mouse, But A Squirrel 

Even though the Pokédex describes as a “Mouse” type, the iconic character was originally based on another rodent. In a new Yomiuri interview, Atsuko Nishida, who previously worked at Game Freak, revealed that she based the character’s original designs for Pokémon Red and Green on a squirrel and not a mouse. “At that time, I…

Eromanga Sensei Comes To Eromanga Island 

In Japanese, the island of Erromango is “Eromangatou” (エロマンガ島), or “Eromanga Island.” The words “ero” (エロ) and “manga” (マンガ) are clearly visible, while the kanji 島 (shima or tou) means “island”. This is why one man, it seems, decided to visit and bring ero-manga themed comics to show the locals. Namely, as Hachima reports, copies…

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Disgaea 5 Complete’s PC Release Delayed, Demo Pulled

Disgaea 5 Complete’s PC release, originally due on May 7, has now been pushed back to “Summer 2018″. Publisher NIS says in a statement: As beta testing has been ongoing, we have been fixing bugs and issues as they were discovered. While working on corrections last night, we came across a new issue that requires…