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The Wii U Gets A Video Game Today
It is May 23, 2017, and somebody just released a video game for the Wii U. Congratulations to the publisher THQ Nordic for this impressive accomplishment, and congratulations to Darksiders Warmastered Edition for coming to the Wii U today. This is, of course, a port of the first Darksiders, which came out in 2010. The…
By Jason Schreier Published May 23, 2017 -
UncategorizedOverwatch Anniversary Event Brings Some Killer Dances
Overwatch’s one-year anniversary event is live—that means tons of new Legendary skins, three new arena maps and a slew of new bringing-me-to-tears adorable dancing emotes. Happy birthday, Overwatch, and may each year bring a new iteration of Sombra doing the Shuffle. First, let’s take a look at some Legendary skins: And my favorite…. The new…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published May 23, 2017 -
UncategorizedFans Take Nintendo Switch Skydiving, Make Rad Trailer
The best trailer for the Nintendo Switch so far was not actually made by Nintendo at all. Watch as the folks at Юзя take their handheld system everywhere, from the woods to the sky, all while pretending to be the characters from Donkey Kong. At one point, Юзя skydives while using the paraglider in Breath…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 23, 2017 - Uncategorized
Battlefield 1 DLC Adds Female Soldiers
Battlefield 1‘s upcoming DLC In The Name Of The Tsar will open up the Eastern Front with the addition of the Russian Army. In doing so, it will bring an underrepresented group to the battlefield: women. Who will kick your ass. In a tweet yesterday, the official Battlefield Twitter account confirmed that the Russian Army’s…
By Heather Alexandra Published May 23, 2017 - Uncategorized
Pokémon Go ‘Cheaters’ Say Niantic Is Punishing Them By Hiding Rare Monster Spawns [UPDATE]
For the last couple of days, the Pokémon Go community has erupted over a new security measure that allegedly hides rare monster spawns from cheaters. By now you’ve probably heard about the myriad of third-party applications that Pokémon Go players use, such as tracking maps that tell people what creatures appear in a given area.…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 23, 2017 - Culture
Hasbro Convention Tickets Are Now On Sale And They Are Not Cheap
Last year the company responsible for D&D, Magic: The Gathering, My Little Pony and Transformers announced Hascon, a three-day fan celebration of the stuff it makes. Tickets for the Providence, Rhode Island show are now on sale, with adult three-day passes ranging from $165 to $600. Wow. Now I’ve been to semi-official (read: not official,…
By Mike Fahey Published May 23, 2017 - Uncategorized
Take-Two Interactive, the publisher behind 2K and Rockstar, won’t have much at E3 this year. In 2016, 2K had a huge booth on the show floor recreating a Louisiana street to promote Mafia III; this year, Take-Two says it won’t be showing any new games. With Red Dead 2 delayed, all Take-Two has coming in…
By Jason Schreier Published May 23, 2017 - Kotaku East
TV Anime Veteran Shares His Depressing Salary
If it wasn’t enough that working in the anime industry is hard, the pay can also be shockingly low. Taiki Nishimura has been making anime for the past twenty years. But as he recently revealed on Twitter (via ANN), he gets around a thousand bucks per month for each show he works on. According to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 23, 2017 -
Kotaku EastEl Shaddai Creator Announces New RPG For PS4 And PS Vita
Sawaki Takeyasu, the director and artist behind El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, is working on a new title called The Lost Child Released in 2011, El Shaddai featured Lucifel who carries a cell phone with God on the speed dial. According to Famitsu, The Lost Child follows in the footsteps of this previous title,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 23, 2017 - Kotaku East
Father Surprises Son With A Nintendo Switch In An Excellent Way
Twitter user Mohikan noticed that his son made a cardboard Nintendo Switch. “Probably because he wants us to buy it,” Mohikan added. After doing that, Mohikan didn’t just give his son the new Nintendo hardware in its retail packaging. What he did was better. His son isn’t alone in making cardboard Switch hardware, but he’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 23, 2017 -
EsportsTwitch Streamer/Gaming Journalist Apologizes For Horrible Tweets About Ariana Grande Concert Bombing
David Leavitt, a freelance writer and Twitch streamer, decided to tweet out a few idiotic jokes after news broke of the fatal bombing at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester. (Leavitt deleted the first tweet, below is the screen grab.) Leavitt has written for CBS Local, the now-defunct Examiner, and AXS.com, which appeared to have…
By Laura Wagner Published May 22, 2017 - Culture
3855 Artists Imagine What Lost Civilizations Could Have Looked Like
Some of the best artists working in video games, TV and film have taken part in a massive competition, judged by folks responsible for the look of series like Halo and Assassin’s Creed Called Ancient Civilizations: Lost & Found, the competition was held over at industry site ArtStation, and featured almost 4000 entries from professionals…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2017 -
UncategorizedIf Overwatch Was A Turn-Based Tactics Game
A modder has brought a little Overwatch to the excellent Invisible Inc., adding two new agents—Sombra and Widowmaker—to the stealth title’s roster of thieves, hackers and spies. The mod, made by Saltrain, may as well be an official and blessed addition. Both agents look great, having had their designs modified to fit Invisible Inc’s art…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2017 -
ReviewsEndless Space 2: The Kotaku Review
There have been a lot of 4X games set in space lately, from Stellaris to the Master of Orion reboot. Some of them have been good! None, however, have been as good as Endless Space 2 A lot of 4X games, and I’m especially talking about ones set in space, often struggle on two fronts:…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2017 -
CultureNew Steam Game Has Over 4,000 Achievements
Most Steam games come with somewhere in the neighborhood of 15-50 unlockable achievements. Running Through Russia has 4,096. Let me be upfront with you: Running Through Russia, which I found out about thanks to PC Gamer, is not good. It’s actually many unique flavors of bad—like a rainbow shaved ice, except all the flavors are…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 22, 2017 -
UncategorizedThe Open Source K-Type Keyboard Makes A Fantastic First Impression
As nice as some of boards you can pick up on Amazon are, the only real way to get the perfect mechanical keyboard is to build it it yourself. Engineered by a small group of enthusiasts known as Input Club, the K-Type is a fully-customizable, completely open source keyboard that’s the next best thing to…
By Mike Fahey Published May 22, 2017
