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Batman, Resident Evil Appear To Be Timed PlayStation VR Exclusives
In another sign that the competition between expensive virtual reality headsets will be waged as a platform war, ads for the PlayStation VR releases tied to the Batman Arkham and Resident Evil series indicate they will be exclusive to Sony’s VR offering for quite some time. An ad for Arkham VR, which is a $20…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 3, 2016 - CultureCosplay
Massive Overwatch Cosplay Steals Show At TwitchCon
There was a cosplay competition at TwitchCon last week, and it was won by this enormous Reinhardt getup that just gets better the closer you look. I mean, yes, it’s huge! Impressive scale. But there’s so much more to it. It moves, for one, as you can see when Chad from Hoku Props goes to…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 3, 2016 -
UncategorizedA Giant Super Mario 64 Hack That Reinvents The Game
Super Mario 64: Last Impact is the result of 4,000 hours of work by Kaze Emanuar, and it looks incredible. You may know Kaze from other Mario hacks—he recently also the horrifying mod that replaces every texture in Super Mario 64 with Toad’s face, for example. This time, he’s back with something bigger and more…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 3, 2016 - Uncategorized
Modern Warfare Remastered Requires Infinite Warfare To Run
A lot of Call of Duty fans are more excited over the remastered version of the original Modern Warfare than Infinite Warfare’s future shenanigans, but they can’t have one without the other. Either a full digital purchase of Infinite Warfare or the physical disc is required for the remaster to run. Modern Warfare Remastered is…
By Mike Fahey Published October 3, 2016 - Uncategorized
Our Favorite Games From September
Happy fall, readers! The weather’s getting colder, which means it’s the perfect time to curl up inside and play video games. Here’s all the new games the Kotaku staff enjoyed in September. Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander We enjoyed our time with this indie game, which is a mix of FTL andXCOM You can get the…
By Riley MacLeod Published October 3, 2016 - Uncategorized
Seanbaby’s Math-Based Strategy Card Game Is Getting A Sequel
Two years ago Sean “Seanbaby” Reiley and friends released Calculords, a digital collectible card game powered by math. It was the best thing. Now they’re back with Calculords 2: Rise of the Shadow Nerd, which is supposedly like Calculords, only better in every way. I’m in. The original Calculords was a breath of fresh math…
By Mike Fahey Published October 3, 2016 -
UncategorizedSkylanders Imaginators Players Can 3D Print Their Custom Characters
The latest installment of Activision’s toys-to-life series series allows players to create their own Skylanders characters. Thanks to a mobile app launching alongside the game later this month, they’ll also be able to make 3D printed figures, playable trading cards and t-shirts featuring their creations. My first question after being introduced to Skylanders Imaginators’ extensive…
By Mike Fahey Published October 3, 2016 -
Kotaku EastIn Dragon Ball Super, Goku Has Never Kissed Anyone
Maybe he’s not much of a kisser? Goku is married to Chi-Chi, and they have two sons, Gohan and Goten. We do know that Chi-Chi has kissed Goku as the above image proves. In Dragon Ball Z, it was hinted that Goku kissed Chi-Chi, but never shown on camera. According to the most recent Dragon…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 3, 2016 - Kotaku East
The First Photos Of The Live-Action Bleach Movie Shoot
Set photos aren’t typically flattering. They don’t show the slick, polished image that a trailer does, and instead, give a behind-the-scenes peek. Keep that in mind when looking at the first set photos for the live-action Bleach film. The shoot was near Sagami-Ono Station in Kanagawa Prefecture, and the images were recently uploaded on 2ch,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 3, 2016 - Kotaku East
Not only is Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi creating a new studio, he’s also making new games. According to Gamer, Sakaguchi recently said working is progressing on several smartphone titles as well as a console game. Sakaguchi said he might even release “a few new titles” next year, but I’m assuming he’s referring to the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 3, 2016 -
CultureWorld Record For Super Mario Bros. Broken By A Single Frame [UPDATE]
UPDATE – 10/2 8:30pm: After Kosmic’s speed-run was reviewed further, it was discovered that his time was actually off by exactly one frame. His actual speed-run was 4:57.244, the same as Darbian’s, with whom Kosmic now shares the world record In a follow-up, Kosmic explained where the original recorded time was incorrect, “Basically we know…
By Ethan Gach Published October 2, 2016 - Uncategorized
Pro Gamer Phillip “Phizzurp” Klemenov Killed In Car Crash
Phillip “Phizzurp” Klemenov, a professional Call of Duty player and streamer, has died in a car accident in Colorado. He was 23 years old. The crash occurred early Sunday morning as he was returning home from dinner with his girlfriend Adrianna Lemuss and another friend. He had only been streaming hours earlier A local CBS…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 2, 2016 - Culture
The Week In Games: Don’t Drink The Paint
The Paper Mario series got started fifteen years ago on the N64. In light of the fact that Super Mario RPG never received a proper sequel, it was welcome compromise. Even if the series seemed to have lost its way during the Wii era and more recently with Paper Mario: Sticker Star for the 3DS,…
By Ethan Gach Published October 2, 2016 - CultureCosplay
Margaery Tyrell, Is That You?
This is Russian cosplayer Xenia Shelkovskaya, doing one hell of an impersonation of English actress Natalie Dormer/Westeros Deal Wheeler Margaery Tyrell. Just goes to show that while a costume certainly helps, any cosplayer looking to get really authentic can get as much from a wry smile and a turn of the head as a 1:1…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 2, 2016 - Esports
Valve’s Latest Dota 2 Patch Is Chock Full of Nerfs
It’s been more than a month since TI6, Dota 2‘s largest tournament of the year. After a number of team roster shake-ups and the conclusion of the MDL Autumn 2016 tournament in China this weekend, which saw the newly formed Evil Geniuses beat Team Newbee 3-1, Valve decided it was time to drop the latest…
By Ethan Gach Published October 2, 2016 - Esports
Counter-Strike Pro Clutches Round By Throwing His Gun
In the ESL One New York 2016 semi-finals for CS:GO, European powerhouse Natus Vincere took a three game series against the previously unstoppable Team Liquid 2-1. Despite Ice-T telling everyone not to fuck with Team Liquid, NaVi dared to and came out the other side looking better than ever. Perhaps the match’s best moment came…
By Ethan Gach Published October 2, 2016 -
EsportsRussian Wildcard Pummels Opponent Into Submission In Another Worlds Upset
Counter Logic Gaming has a history of performing unevenly at big League of Legends tournaments, and Worlds is no exception. Founded back in 2010, the veteran LoL team exited the 2015 World Championship before the knockout phase, finish 2-4 during the group stage. After falling to Albus Nox Luna in last night’s match, they now…
By Ethan Gach Published October 2, 2016 - Uncategorized
Artist Yusuke Naora announced yesterday on Twitter that he has left Square Enix. Naora, who was art director on a number of Square Enix games, including Final Fantasy XV, got his start as a field graphic designer for Final Fantasy VI. According to Nova Crystallis, he will still work with Square Enix in the future.
By Ethan Gach Published October 2, 2016
