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UncategorizedBecoming A Raider In Fallout 4: Nuka World Really Pisses Preston Garvey Off
Preston Garvey is famed for sending players on endless settlement liberation quests. Often, these settlements will be threatened by raiders. Incidentally, the latest Fallout 4 DLC lets you become a raider. You see where this is going, yes? The first thing that popped into my mind when I started the new DLC was, “what would…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 6, 2016 - Uncategorized
Pokémon Go Glitches, Turned Into Nightmare Fusions
Sometimes, Pokémon Go borks everything up and displays different monsters merging with one another. One artist is using these glitches as inspiration for completely new (and often disturbing) creations. @BrachyZoid’s Twitter feed has, for the last few weeks, been re-imagining screenshots sent by Pokémon Go fans. Originally the screenshots were just bugs, but BrachyZoid transformed…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 6, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe Final Station Never Quite Reaches Its Destination
Perhaps fittingly for a game littered with half-eaten human corpses, The Final Station is a game full of half-finished ideas. A 2D shooter/survival horror experience, The Final Station has you play a train driver on a journey from “regular working day” to “zombie ghost monster apocalypse”. Set in a sci-fi world whose history is hinted…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 6, 2016 -
UncategorizedBiker Mice From Mars Gets An Advance Wars Style Prequel
Classic ‘90s cartoon Biker Mice From Mars follows a trio of alien rodents attempting to save the Earth from the evil army that destroyed their home planet. Mobile strategy game Biker Mice: Mars Attacks tells the story of the Plutarkian war on Mars. Weird. Well, not so weird considering that Biker Mice From Mars has…
By Mike Fahey Published September 6, 2016 - Culture
In Space, No One Can Hear You Relax
Wangjie Li is an artist based in California who has worked in the video game business. You can see more of Li’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 6, 2016 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Took Down No Mario’s Sky Fan Game, So Creators Renamed It DMCA’s Sky
Last week, Kotaku reported on No Mario’s Sky, a procedural game where you could make the plumber leap in a spaceship and explore different worlds. Two days ago, the team received a copyright takedown notice. Undeterred, they rebranded their game and pressed forward. After the team received the takedown notice from Nintendo, the project was…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 6, 2016 -
UncategorizedPokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon Will Take Place During Different Times of Day
If you’re debating which Pokémon game to pick up later this year, developers Game Freak just highlighted one of the biggest differences between the games: they don’t take place at the same exact time. As the trailer above shows, Sun and Moon are set 12 hours apart from one another—which means that events will play…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 6, 2016 - Reviews
Origin Omni All-In-One Gaming PC Review: Everything In Its Place
I spent my first hour with Origin PC’s Geforce GTX 1080-powered, 34-inch ultra-wide curved screen Omni all-in-one gaming PC just staring at my desk. There’s a lot more of desk now. I didn’t know I had so much desk. Technically I spent the first hour looking for my power screwdriver to extricate the system from…
By Mike Fahey Published September 6, 2016 - Kotaku East
Yakuza 6 Features Cam Girls
Previous Yakuza games let players talk with virtual hostesses in bars and clubs. As a sign of the times, the upcoming entry in the long-running series features cam girls. Yep. According to Famitsu (via Siliconera), Yakuza 6 has some sort of “Live Chat” cam girl feature. It looks to be point-based, and details, which should…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2016 - Uncategorized
A Look At Spielberg’s Ready Player One Shoot
Steven Spielberg is bringing Ernest Cline’s book Ready Player One to the big screen. The famed director is currently filming in the U.K., and here’s a peek at the production. As The Birmingham Mail points out, the production has turned the city’s historic Jewellery Quarter into a dystopian American future. Our colleagues at io9 already…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2016 - Kotaku East
Naruto Spin-Off Might Get a TV Anime
Don’t be surprised if Naruto’s son got his own anime TV series. I won’t be. The homepage for the upcoming Jump Special Anime Festa was updated with listings for 上映アニメ (jyouei anime) or “screening anime” during the festival. Included in that was Boruto: The tagline reads, “Watch next-generation ninja!!” (次代の忍見参!!), with Boruto also saying that…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2016 - Uncategorized
Is a Red Dead Redemption remaster coming? According to Korean site Game Focus (via tipster Sang), a Red Dead remaster for PS4, Xbox One, and PC is in the works. Kotaku is following up with Rockstar and will update this story should the company comment.
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2016 -
Kotaku EastLooks Like The Unannounced PS4 Slim Already Has A Teardown
If folks are apparently reviewingand unboxing the unannounced PS4 Slim, you can bet they are taking the console apart and looking inside it. YouTuber Links-Tech upload a video that allegedly shows a PS4 Slim teardown. Below is a longer version of the above clip: Via website Segment Next and Rectify Gaming, here are some stills:…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2016 -
UncategorizedAlan Becker’s Minecraft recreation of Totoro is just fantastic.
By Luke Plunkett Published September 6, 2016