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ReviewsBatman Arkham VR: The Kotaku Review
The hero of Batman: Arkham VR is a little clumsy. His hands shake from time to time. He sometimes drops his Batarangs. He doesn’t drive his own Batmobile, and he spends a lot of time standing in place as other people move around him. This Batman is not the aspirational, acrobatic crusader game creators usually…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 5, 2016 - Kotaku East
This Pocky’s Flavor Is Whisky
If you’ve ever been to a bar in Japan, you probably have been served Pocky at some point as a snack. No doubt that’s why Glico decided to make this whisky-infused Pocky. Chocolate is a long-time favorite to pair with whisky. But for this Pocky, Glico went one step further and decided to made the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2016 - Kotaku East
Helpful Tips For Drawing Manga Art
Do you like to draw manga style art? Would you like some tips? Professional artist Takuya Yoshimura is here to help out. Yoshimura’s credits include manga for Young Jump, including one about hair dressers. Which sounds rad. On his Twitter (via IT Media and Rocketnews), Yoshimura has been uploading short clips that show how to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2016 - Kotaku East
Square Enix Made A Restaurant Where You Watch People Game
In the past week, Square Enix has opened two restaurants. The first one Kotaku previously introduced, but not the second one. Let’s change that. This is “Storia.” It’s located in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro, and the concept is that patrons can watch people play video games while they eat. It vaguely reminds me of a karaoke bar.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2016 -
CultureCosplayA Cosplay Wedding Proposal
Kona Cosplay was doing her thing at DragonCon the other week, filming this nice video with AKIOBOY, when she was suddenly interrupted. By her boyfriend. Cosplaying as himself, he dropped to one knee and proposed right there, to a woman dressed as Nidalee from League of Legends Kona said yes. Congratulations guys! If you want…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 4, 2016 - Uncategorized
May God Have Mercy On Beyond Good & Evil 2
Beyond Good & Evil 2 was first announced in May 2008. That was over eight years ago. Now, today, in October 2016, series creator Michel Ancel says the game is “in pre-production”. OK. We posted last year about how things were looking grim for the sequel to the 2003 cult classic, with rumours of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 4, 2016 - Uncategorized
Kerbal Space Program Is Done [Update]
Kerbal Space Program has been massively popular over the years because it’s a smart/funny game, of course, but it’s also remained on people’s radars thanks to the tireless development and update work of the team behind it. Work that’s now coming to a close. UPDATE: Seems not! While most of the original developers are moving…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 4, 2016 -
CultureThe People Fighting To Keep Crappy Games Off Steam
The Digital Homicides are a Steam group with a goal that seems admirable: to keep poorly-made, sketchy, and downright scammy games off Steam. How they go about achieving that goal, however, is far more murky and controversial. The group is cheekily named after notorious Steam shovelware developer/lawsuit lobber Digital Homicide. The Digital Homicides describe themselves…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 4, 2016 - Uncategorized
World Of Warcraft: Legion Post-Expansion Ennui Sets In
The cycle is the same whenever a massively multiplayer online role-playing game gets a healthy dose of expansion content: weeks of glorious excitement followed by a slow descent into lassitude. It’s all a matter of when it hits. For me and World of Warcraft’s Legion expansion, that’s right about now. It’s sort of like finding…
By Mike Fahey Published October 4, 2016 - Uncategorized
Five Nights at Freddy’s Creator Gives Worst Reason For Possible Delay [UPDATE]
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Sister Location is supposed to release on October 7th…unless Scott Cawthon decides his game is too scary. Over at Sister Location’s official Steam page, Cawthon has posted the following update informing fans of a potential delay: Hey guys, I wanted to post an announcement that this game might be postponed, and I’m…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 4, 2016 - Culture
Mortal Kombat X‘s PC Version Is Finally Good
At the start of this year, Warner Bros and NetherRealm abandoned the PC version of Mortal Kombat X, a port that wasn’t super hot to begin with. While the console versions would continue to receive updates and DLC, PC players were left with the one thing worse than pulverized ribs or a spine used as…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 4, 2016 -
CultureVulcan Mind Meld Goes Too Far
Today on Highlight Reel we have helpful Rainbow 6 Siege players, WW1 Dukes of Hazzard, giant Fallout babies 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…
By Chris Person Published October 4, 2016 -
UncategorizedHeroes of the Storm Is Getting A Weekly Brawl Mode
Heroes of the Storm announced today that its upcoming “Arena” mode will be replaced by a new “Heroes Brawl” mode on October 17th. “Arena” mode was announced at 2015’s Blizzcon. HotS’s new “Brawl” mode will change every week, like Overwatch’s and Hearthstone’s analogues. It promises to deliver “surreal twists” and “custom rulesets” with weekly rewards.…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 4, 2016 -
UncategorizedA Tribute To One Of The Most Depressing Moments In Anime
We interrupt your day to bring you perhaps the most depressing moment in anime history. Her name was Nina Tucker, and Fullmetal Alchemist destroyed her and it made me cry. Shou Tucker, Nina’s father, was a kindhearted alchemist who famously gave speech to a chimera, an unholy creature brought to life by alchemically combining two…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 4, 2016
