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Adidas, Make These Zelda Sneakers
As part of his application process for a design internship with Adidas, student Paxton Porter—a lover of both sneakers and The Legend of Zelda—came up with these designs. Both of which I would cop in a heartbeat. Figuring that Nintendo would be down for a footwear collaboration, and rightly believing that the brand deserves better…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 19, 2016 - Uncategorized
Dishonored 2’s New Game Plus Is Really Good
I finished Dishonored 2 last weekend and immediately jumped into a New Game Plus. Turns out it’s a fantastic, downright essential addition to the game. New Game Plus (NG+) was added to the PC version in a beta patch late last week, and the update just went live for everyone today. Provided you’ve finished at…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 19, 2016 -
UncategorizedLucky Man Gets The Stanley Parable‘s Voice To Narrate His Wedding Proposal
If you play games, you’ve thought about which voice actor you want to narrate your daily goings-on. For me, it’s GLaDOS. She’s reciting a fruit tart recipe. For Kotaku reader Chad Oliver, it’s The Stanley Parable’s Kevan Brighting, and he’s narrating his marriage proposal. On Oliver and his now-fiancee Morgaine’s 8-year anniversary in November, Oliver…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published December 19, 2016 - Kotaku East
The Rise of Japanese Geek Tattoos
From anime girls to abstract shapes, Japanese tattooing has changed. Or has it? Throughout my book Japanese Tattoos, a wide variety of classic motifs are presented. Some of them are well over a thousand years old, while others are much newer. Japan’s visual vocabulary is not static. Irezumi (Japanese for tattoos) aren’t, either. They’re as…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 19, 2016 - Uncategorized
EVE Player Acts Like A Jerk About Secret Santa, Gets Sent 6,000 Pieces Of In-Game Coal
In games as in life, it’s not a great idea to complain about Secret Santa presents. In the wake of a recent fan-organized EVE Online Secret Santa event, one player wasn’t too pleased with the gift he received—a skin for a Purifier ship—and decided to voice his frustrations publicly. “I don’t even use fucking Purifiers,”…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 19, 2016 - Culture
Ask Dr. Nerdlove: Am I Not Enough Of A ‘Real Man’?
Hello, all you electric love treats. Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating column that can help you wrangle your chocobos and canoodle your moogles. Let’s get right to it. Hi Doc. I don’t have a dating question per se, but I know you like to touch on toxic masculinity a lot, and I…
Harris O'Malley Published December 19, 2016 - Uncategorized
It Took Five Years For One Man To Find The First NES Advertisement
A neat little piece of gaming history has been archived in full thanks to preservationist efforts. The original advertisement for the Nintendo Entertainment System has been catalogued after a five year search. Archivist Frank Cifaldi managed to get his hands on an issue of Consumer Electronics containing the advertisement after an extended search period. The…
By Heather Alexandra Published December 19, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Best Teams For Overwatch’s 3v3 Elimination Mode
Overwatch’s 3 vs. 3 Elimination mode, out since November, turns on its head everything we know about team composition. Heroes beloved in 6 vs. 6 Quick Play and Competitive modes, like Lucio and Torbjorn, are damn near useless in 3 vs. 3, where your priorities are a bit different. That makes composing a viable team…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published December 19, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe State Of The Wii U In 2016
The Wii U spent 2016 on life support, relying on a slow trickle of exclusives to keep owners from pulling the plug completely. As Nintendo prepares to release the Switch in March, the Wii U readies its dying breath. This is part of our 2016 “State of” series, a look at how the major consoles,…
By Mike Fahey Published December 19, 2016 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy XIV May Let You Pay To Catch Up
The biggest barrier for entry in Final Fantasy XIV, a tremendous video game, is that you have to catch up with the entire story to play each new expansion pack, which can take dozens and dozens of hours if you’re behind. Square Enix wants to change that. Over the weekend, FFXIV director Naoki Yoshida published…
By Jason Schreier Published December 19, 2016 -
UncategorizedHuge Skyrim Mod Enderal Gets A 20-Hour Expansion Pack
The massive total conversion mod for Skyrim, Enderal, is getting DLC that will add 10 to 20 hours of quest content. It’s scheduled to arrive sometime in 2017. Enderal is less a Skyrim mod and more a completely new game built upon the bones of Skyrim, taking place in its own world with its own…
By Gita Jackson Published December 19, 2016 - Uncategorized
Sources: WB Montreal Cancels Unannounced Suicide Squad Game, Shifts To Batman
Warner Bros. Montreal has cancelled their long-rumored Suicide Squad video game, sources tell Kotaku. The studio will now focus mainly on their other big project, a Batman game starring Damian Wayne Executives at Warner Bros. decided to axe the Suicide Squad game earlier this month following a long period of turbulence at WB Montreal, according…
By Jason Schreier Published December 19, 2016 - Culture
Final Fantasy XV, Now 30% Dreamier
Final Fantasy XV, a game about cute boys driving around, is now even cuter thanks to the animated treatment given to the game’s cast by artist David Adhinarya Lojaya. We featured David’s Final Fantasy art last year, but now that XV is out he’s returned to the series to draw the new game’s cast in…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 19, 2016 - Culture
What We Liked And Loved About Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
The Star Wars universe expanded in a whole new way with the release of Rogue One, the first in a series of live-action films exploring the bits between the main episodes. We assembled a ragtag band of Kotaku writers to talk about this very different sort of Star Wars movie. Set between the events of…
By Mike Fahey Published December 19, 2016 - Kotaku East
Here Is The Latest Yu-Gi-Oh Hairdo
Oh, and the protagonist sporting it, too. This weekend, a new Yu-Gi-Oh! anime was revealed. Know what that means? New Yu-Gi-Oh! anime hair. Because previous duelists have had amazing hair, with Yami Yugi, perhaps, having the most amazing. How do you top this? Easy, you don’t. Though, this was pretty great, too. The latest protagonist…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 19, 2016
