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UncategorizedFinal Fantasy XIV: Stormblood‘s New Zones Are So Pretty
Final Fantasy XIV is one of the prettiest massively multiplayer online role-playing games going, and with next month’s Stormblood expansion it’s only getting prettier. Here’s a video tour of some of the new lands (and waters) players will be able to explore come June 20. There are plenty of fresh sights in the Eastern lands of…
By Mike Fahey Published May 31, 2017 - Uncategorized
Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Rockstar and 2K, said today that it has purchased the space flight simulator Kerbal Space Program. “The current team at [developer] Squad will continue to provide support and ongoing development for the title through game updates and expansions,” the company said.
By Jason Schreier Published May 31, 2017 -
UncategorizedI Can’t Stop Playing This Busted Survival Game
Impact Winter is a snowy, post-apocalyptic survival game that came out last week for PC. Some of its design decisions are bizarre, and a lot of the game is downright broken, but I’ve been playing it obsessively anyway. Development studio Mojo Bones released Impact Winter on Steam through publisher Bandai Namco after an unsuccessful 2014…
By Riley MacLeod Published May 31, 2017 - Uncategorized
The Powerpuff Girls And Teen Titans Go! To Lego Dimensions In September
Just when you thought that it had passed, Traveller’s Tales goes and saves the best for last. The second season of Lego Dimensions wraps up on September 12 with the release of five new sets featuring The Powerpuff Girls, Teen Titans Go! and Beetlejuice. The introduction of three new properties to Lego Dimensions should finish…
By Mike Fahey Published May 31, 2017 - Culture
Lightning Strikes Once
Gabriel Beauvais is a character sculptor who has worked on movies like Edge of Tomorrow, Alien: Covenant, Fantastic Beasts and Jupiter Ascending You can see more of Gabriel’s work at his personal site. To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2017 - Kotaku East
Introducing A New Pokémon App Called Pokéland
In Pokéland, toy Pocket Monsters duke it out on various in-game islands. Think Pokémon Rumble, but for smartphones. Slated for iOS and Android, this app requires an internet connection and uses your Nintendo Account (meaning that your Mii can appear in Pokéland). The app is going into an Android-only alpha test in Japan. The test…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2017 - Kotaku East
The Hunter X Hunter Manga Returns This June
It looks like Hunter X Hunter’s latest hiatus is drawing to a close. The manga will resume regular publication on June 26 in Weekly Shonen Jump Earlier this month, there was speculation that Hunter X Hunter was returning to print. At that time, its publisher replied, “Regarding the serialization’s resumption, that is undecided at this…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2017 - Uncategorized
Maybe it’s a calling card?
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2017 -
UncategorizedLook At These Space Channel 5 Figures
Good Smile Company are going back to the Dreamcast days for a couple of upcoming figmas, with two figures based on Space Channel 5’s Ulala. Out in December, there’s a “Cheery White” and “Exciting Orange” version, with both shipping with different Morolians.
By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2017 - Uncategorized
The next time you’re playing board/tabletop games, or even just working or playing a grindy kind of video game, consider firing up Tabletop Audio, a website that loops ambient background noise for situations ranging from “Lunar Outpost” to “Medieval Library”.
By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2017 -
UncategorizedA Game About Geckos Battling Each Other With Vomit
Gecko Ridemption, a game about the very real struggles geckos face in captivity, is not entirely “good” in the traditional sense. But it’s extremely good in many others. Published by Adult Swim, it’s a 1v1 gecko combat point capture sports game… I think? Yeah! Sure! Basically, though, you and your opponent are both geckos, and…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 30, 2017 - Uncategorized
There’s A Starbucks At Blizzard’s HQ, And The Menu Is Great
Blizzard’s company headquarters in Irvine is a big, fancy place. So big that it has its own Starbucks, selling coffee with a Blizzard twist. While the main menu is of course the same as any other Starbucks, the specials at the moment are based on WoW: And Overwatch: And StarCraft: As you can probably tell…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2017 -
ReviewsBlame!: The Kotaku Review
Tsutomu Nihei’s Blame!, first published in 1998, is a masterpiece in comic story-telling. Its 2017 animated adaptation, recently released on Netflix, is nothing like it. Blame! the manga is a sprawling, desolate exercise in environmental story-telling, about a gunman wandering the ruins of an endless cyberpunk cityscape. It doesn’t have much to say, and makes…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2017 -
UncategorizedDanger Zone Is A Great Revival Of Burnout‘s Crash Mode
At age 16, many teens learn how to drive. When I was 16, I learned the opposite of how to drive, by which I mean I spent hundreds of hours playing Burnout 3‘s Crash Mode. For years, I waited for some kind of successor to that gleeful demolition derby, but it never came. Until now.…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 30, 2017 - Uncategorized
We’ve destroyed two giant robot bosses and continued to slash our way through the post-apocalyptic Souls-like The Surge on Twitch. Will we survive or will a giant mech stomp us into bloody paste? Tune in to the archive to find out. Also, if you’re interested in helping decide what we stream on Thursday, cast your…
By Heather Alexandra Published May 30, 2017