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Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite‘s Collector’s Edition Is Disappointing
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite releases tomorrow and has a sizable collector’s edition. The package includes a number of goodies, including statues and replicas, but some fans are rethinking the $200 price point after seeing early images of its questionable Infinity Stones. In addition to a copy of the game, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite’s Collector Edition…
By Ian Walker Published September 18, 2017 - Culture
Divinity: Original Sin 2 Let Me Turn A Giant Boss Into A Chicken
Divinity: Original Sin 2 pro tip: when all else fails, try turning your enemies into chickens. Seriously. Warning: slight Divinity: Original Sin 2 spoilers ahead. Things were actually going pretty well until a giant worm from The Void popped out of the earth. I wouldn’t say I was fighting a flawless battle against Bishop Alexander,…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 18, 2017 -
UncategorizedFans Love D.va’s Deathwing-Themed Skin For Heroes Of The Storm
A new skin for D.va in Heroes of the Storm was revealed over the weekend, and it’s themed around World of Warcraft’s Deathwing the Destroyer. Fans cannot stop drawing it. In Overwatch D.va is depicted as a feminine, cute gamer girl. With her bunny motif and pink mech, she’s a decidedly girly character. Seeing her…
By Gita Jackson Published September 18, 2017 -
UncategorizedOctopath Traveler‘s Switch Demo Is A Blast Of JRPG Goodness
Last week, Square Enix surprise-released a demo of the upcoming role-playing game Octopath Traveler, and you will be pleased to hear that it’s excellent. The best part? Nobody can complain that it’s not coming to Switch. The full version of Octopath Traveler won’t be out on Nintendo Switch until 2018, but for now, you can…
By Jason Schreier Published September 18, 2017 - Uncategorized
Epic Accidentally Allows Xbox And PS4 Cross-Play In Fortnite, Disables It [UPDATE]
Oops, it looks like for a brief few hours PS4 and Xbox One cross-play was available in Fortnite. Now, Fortnite developer Epic Games says that feature was actually a bug, which the studio is referring to as a “configuration issue” that it says it has fixed. Console cross-play opens up games’ player bases so friends…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published September 18, 2017 -
ReviewsMultiplatformDishonored: Death of the Outsider: The Kotaku Review
Dishonored has always been about the journey more than the destination, discovering secrets in its levels and finding creative ways to fulfill its objectives. Death of the Outsider, the game’s new standalone DLC, stays true to this strength. It doesn’t reinvent the game, but it doesn’t need to. Narratively, Death of the Outsider fits with…
By Riley MacLeod Published September 18, 2017 - Uncategorized
Dragon Ball FighterZ Makes It Easy To Fight Like A Super Saiyan
This weekend I spent hours playing Dragon Ball FighterZ in a closed beta on Kotaku’s Twitch channel. The game is gorgeous, but I’m more impressed with the number of tricks and tools it gives players to turn a match around. I’m an intermediate fighting game player at best. There’s something about the fine motor control…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 18, 2017 -
UncategorizedBlack Mirror’s ‘San Junipero’ Is Great Television Because Of Its Optimism
Charlie Brooker’s body of work is defined by its pessimism. From the pointed critique of lazy hipster irony in Nathan Barley to the gory satire of reality shows depicted in Dead Set, his work pinpoints the worst of humanity. Black Mirror continues that bleak trend, sometimes to the point of parody. Last night, Brooker won…
By Gita Jackson Published September 18, 2017 - Esports
Dominique “SonicFox” McLean is rapidly approaching half a million dollars in total tournament winnings after collecting $120,000 at the Injustice 2 Pro Series Grand Finals this weekend. At just 19-years-old, McLean is the world’s highest-paid fighting game competitor in terms of event money.
By Ian Walker Published September 18, 2017 - Uncategorized
A Melodramatic Game About Foxes
You are a mother fox who awakes to find that your three babies have disappeared. As you set off through the vast wilderness to find them, a voice begins to speak. It’s the voice of a man named Joseph. At first he talks about your journey, but then the focus switches to his own story.…
By Chloe Spencer Published September 18, 2017 -
UncategorizedSure Looks Like This Guy Won Battlegrounds While AFK
It looks like one ludicrously lucky Battlegrounds player managed to be the last one standing and win the game, all while AFK. In survival shooter Battlegrounds, the playable area constricts around a seemingly random point on the map. The game’s inherent tension is that, to stay alive, players must travel to the playable area, thereby…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published September 18, 2017 - Uncategorized
Do You Stand While You Play The Switch?
At my birthday party this weekend, I brought out my Nintendo Switch so I could be as cool as all those people in the commercials. Just like the people in the commercials, we all ended up standing while playing games, as well. It was super weird. On Saturday night, after I hooked up my Switch…
By Gita Jackson Published September 18, 2017 - Uncategorized
Why Video Games Cost So Much To Make
Video game publishers are notoriously secretive about the budgets behind their games, but when a number does slip out, it can be shocking. Games like Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto cost hundreds of millions of dollars to make, which is tough to fathom—until you do the math. While reporting for my recently released…
By Jason Schreier Published September 18, 2017 -
UncategorizedMarvel Vs. Capcom Infinite Could Do Without Story Mode
Marvel Vs. Capcom Infinite arrives this week, bringing a revamped two-character tag-team battle system and cinematic storytelling to the long-running crossover series. The fighting is a blast. The storytelling could use some work. Since X-Men Vs. Street Fighter back in 1996, Capcom’s been pitting heroes and villains from Marvel Comics with its own character creations…
By Mike Fahey Published September 18, 2017 - Uncategorized
Parasite Eve Had More In Common With Final Fantasy Than Horror Games
Square wasn’t pulling punches when they developed their very first M-rated survival horror game, Parasite Eve. In the opening scene, the main character, Aya Brea, attends an opera where the entire audience spontaneously combusts. But what makes Parasite Eve so unique is that it shares more in common with Final Fantasy than it does other…
By Peter Tieryas Published September 18, 2017 - Kotaku East
Nintendo Games Used To Be Released On Japanese PCs
Nintendo characters very rarely appear on non-Nintendo hardware, but that wasn’t always the case. For a few years after the release of the original Famicom in 1983, Nintendo licensed its games to Hudson Soft, which produced versions for the major Japanese PC platforms of the day. As of late, many of the game shops in…
By Chris Kohler Published September 18, 2017 - Uncategorized
This used to be Tokiwa Musen, which billed itself as Akihabara’s “oldest, smallest game shop.” This is where you used to be able to go to get new releases for heavily-discounted prices, conveniently located right near the train station exit. Now it’s three Coke machines. Bummer.
By Chris Kohler Published September 18, 2017 - Uncategorized
Japan Lines Up For Super Famicom Mini Pre-Orders
This Saturday, pre-orders for the Classic Mini Super Famicom kicked off in Japan. At stores in Tokyo and Osaka, fans showed up in droves. The Classic Mini Super Famicom comes packed with 21 games, including the never released Star Fox 2. There were lines at stores across the country. At 5:30am on Sunday morning, there…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 18, 2017
