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New Hotline Lets You Pay $3/Minute To Talk To Game Developers
If you have ever wanted to pay $3/minute to talk to game developers on the phone—and who hasn’t?—today is your lucky day, thanks to the launch of Callvention, a wild new website that will no doubt be used by many people. Over at Callvention, you can pay varying amounts of money to get some quality…
By Jason Schreier Published December 6, 2016 -
UncategorizedEven Dunkey Likes Final Fantasy XV
“All they do is kill shit and eat spaghetti” – perhaps the most fitting description of Final Fantasy XV, as described by YouTube funnyman videogamedunkey. The usually negative dunkey was charmed by Square Enix’s latest, mostly because of Gilgamesh. For another take:
By Jason Schreier Published December 6, 2016 -
UncategorizedParagon Is A Much Different Game Today
Multiplayer arena game Paragon has been in a weird place since it debuted last year. Harnessing the full power of the Unreal Engine, it looked like an action game, but played like a slow and plodding MOBA. Today’s Monolith update speeds things up a great deal. I’ve been feeling the disconnect between Paragon’s look and…
By Mike Fahey Published December 6, 2016 -
UncategorizedUpcoming action RPG Indivisible, from the creators of Skullgirls, announced today that anime studio Trigger (Little Witch Academia, Kill la Kill) will direct its opening animation. Last year, Indivisible received nearly $2 million on IndieGoGo.
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published December 6, 2016 - Culture
The Art Of Battlefield 1
Despite being set in one of the darkest periods of human history, Battlefield 1 is a beautiful video game, matching the grim browns of trench warfare with some of the most striking weather and landscapes we’ve ever seen. It’s a pleasure, then, to highlight the work of some of the artists involved in concept and…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 6, 2016 - Uncategorized
Pokémon Sun and Moon Players Find Cut Walking Feature That Fans Have Wanted For Years
For years, Pokémon fans have begged developers Game Freak to let monsters follow the player around in the overworld, as Heart Gold and Soul Silver once did. Well, it looks like that feature is actually contained within the files of Pokémon Sun and Moon. Hacker @KazoWAR discovered the latest Pokémon games hide something very interesting:…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 6, 2016 - Kotaku East
Poll: Ten Anime And Manga With The Most Unhappy Endings Ever
Not everything turns out like you hope it does. Not life, not manga, and certainly not anime. Goo Ranking conducted this this poll last month, asking 500 people in Japan (a 50/50 split between men and women) to list anime with “miserably” bad endings. Below you can see the top ten. This article doesn’t have…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 6, 2016 - Kotaku East
First Look At The Live-Action Gintama Cast In Costume
Next year, a live-action Gintama movie based on the popular manga and anime is slated to hit Japanese movie theaters. Here’s a first look at the movie’s leads. That’s Shun Oguri, who you might remember as Lupin in the live-action version, as the titular Gintoki Sakata Oguri is joined by actor Masaki Suda as samurai-in-training…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 6, 2016 -
UncategorizedBoxBoy 3 is Coming In 2017 (Also AMIIBO)
BoxBoy, the hero Nintendo’s 2016 needed and star of our “best games of the year” list, will return on the 3DS in February (at least in Japan) with a third game in the series, called Goodbye! BoxBoy! And, more importantly, with BoxBoy Amiibo Above is the Amiibo. Below is the box that includes the game,…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 5, 2016 -
UncategorizedOverwatch Players Create Their Own Version Of Hide-And-Seek
Overwatch’s new 3v3 elimination mode is much more tense than your average match. If you wanna make it downright frightening, though, try playing hide-and-seek. Muselk and friends decided to create their own objective in 3v3: hide (and, you know, don’t die) until the timer runs out, rendering the match a draw. Their results were… mixed.…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 5, 2016 -
CultureTotal RecallOne Game, Many Versions
Defender of the Crown, first released in 1986 on the Amiga, was at the time one of the best-looking video games ever released. Or, at least it was on the Amiga. Some of the game’s ports to other systems weren’t quite so hot, yet in today’s world of YouTube nitpicking they remain useful as examples…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 5, 2016 -
CultureWatch Dogs 2 Player Strikes Sick Pose During Car Crash
Today on Highlight Reel we have good grappling hooks, bad ones, titan streaks, bad driving, photographic failures, and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more!…
By Chris Person Published December 5, 2016 - Uncategorized
Russian MPs Say FIFA 17 Is “Gay Propaganda”
Some members of Russia’s parliament have sent a letter to the state communications oversight agency, alleging FIFA 17’s support of a recent LGBT-friendly initiative in England breaks Russia’s “gay propaganda law”. And it’s not about dudes kissing. Well, not explicitly. As The Guardian reports, last month England’s Premier League ran a weekend campaign called “Rainbow…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 5, 2016 -
CultureModder Recreates Classic Counter-Strike In CSGO
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is one of the most popular shooters in the world, but some still prefer The Old Ways. Counter-Strike: Classic Offensive is a mod that brings key aspects of Counter-Strike 1.6 into Global Offensive, preserving some of the game’s beloved rough edges and giving them a glossy sheen. Here’s mod maker Z00L’s description:…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 5, 2016
