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UncategorizedTurns Out, You Can Counter Hanzo’s Ultimate In Overwatch
Overwatch is a game about interplay between many different heroes, some of whom represent entirely different subgenres of FPS. Despite the potential for unbalanced chaos, it all clicks. The reason? Details like this one. I’ve logged quite a few hours in Overwatch’s closed beta at this point, and until today, even I didn’t know about…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 20, 2016 - Uncategorized
Blizzard Is Nerfing A Bunch Of Hearthstone Cards
Druid combos will be a little less powerful in Hearthstone pretty soon, as Blizzard prepares to nerf a number of classic cards alongside the newest expansion. Newly nerfed classic cards include some core favorites like Ironbeak Owl, Leper Gnome, and Knife Juggler. Powerful Druid cards like Keeper of the Grove and Force of Nature will…
By Jason Schreier Published April 20, 2016 - Uncategorized
Mario Maker Stage Forces Players To Beat It Without Jumping
When I started a Mario Maker level that claimed I wouldn’t be able to jump, I thought the designer was kidding. They weren’t. As part of my Mario Maker Morning series on YouTube, viewers send me letters with their level codes. Given that I can’t play every single stage, I’ve asked people to clear a…
By Patrick Klepek Published April 20, 2016 -
UncategorizedDisastrous New Division Exploit Lets Players Do Unlimited Damage [Update]
The Division has already beenhaving a rough week, and things just keep getting rougher: A newly found exploit lets players temporarily boost their gun’s damage output to game-breaking levels. Update 4/21: Ubisoft has issued a couple of hotfixes, the second of which removed the talent-stacking bug from the game. Original story follows. The exploit requires…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 20, 2016 - Uncategorized
Disney Theme Park Designer Imagines A Totoro Ride
Despite Disney and Ghibli being close, this isn’t an official thing. But it’s not strictly a “fan” pipe dream, either. John Ramirez (whose art we showed off this morning) is an artist at Disney, where he hasn’t just worked on movies like The Lion King and Aladdin, but as a theme park designer as well.…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 20, 2016 -
UncategorizedWhy It Took Two Years To Finish Making DLC For A Rambo Game Nobody Liked
Rambo: The Video Game wasn’t a good game when it came out in February 2014, and not much has changed in the last two years. So when the game’s publisher quietly stopped talking about DLC, it wasn’t surprising. But lo and behold, that DLC is coming out. Why’d it take two years? I asked. Chances…
By Patrick Klepek Published April 20, 2016 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Ends Xbox 360 Production
After a successful ten-and-a-half-year run, the Xbox 360 is officially saying goodbye. One might even say it’s turning around 360 degrees and walking away. Announcing the news on the Xbox Wire today, Microsoft’s Phil Spencer wrote a few paragraphs about the console’s success. And it has indeed been successful, selling upwards of 78 million units…
By Jason Schreier Published April 20, 2016 -
UncategorizedPuzzle Game About Cooking Sausages Is Way Harder Than It Looks
During my first 30 minutes with Stephen “Increpare” Lavelle’s latest puzzle game, Stephen’s Sausage Roll, I felt like a complete idiot. Ten minutes later I felt like one of the smartest people on the planet. I am neither of those things (I hope), but that’s the ride Stephen’s Sausage Roll has been taking me on…
By Mike Fahey Published April 20, 2016 -
ReviewsStar Fox Guard: The Kotaku Review
It’s barely related to the Star Fox series and has mostly been ignored in the year of hype leading to the release of its big brother Star Fox Zero, but the new oddball Star Fox Guard tower defense game from Nintendo and Platinum is well worth your attention. I might be biased, though. I think…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 20, 2016 -
UncategorizedEvery Big Video Game Coming Out This Spring
Spring has arrived, and with it, flowers, greenery, and the promise of games. We’re now more than halfway into April, and the past month brought us plenty of great games, like Hyper Light Drifter, Quantum Break and Dark Souls III, to name just a few. What else is coming? Let’s take a look. April 20.…
By András Neltz Published April 20, 2016 -
UncategorizedBioShock Looks Far More Crisp in Unreal Engine 4
BioShock came out nearly nine years ago and used Unreal Engine 2.5, so it’s no wonder the Unreal Engine 4 project it inspired looks so sharp. The map, a remake of BioShock’s Medical Pavilion in UE4, is a piece of university coursework made by UK-based environment artist Ross Littlejohn., who studies game design at the…
By András Neltz Published April 20, 2016 - Kotaku East
Ghost in the Shell Publisher ‘Never Imagined’ a Japanese Actress in the Lead Role
While Scarlett Johansson’s casting as Japanese cyborg Motoko Kusanagi has been controversialin the West, the original Tokyo-based publisher of the Ghost in the Shell manga seems totally cool with it. Kodansha, one of Japan’s largest publishers, first put out the manga in 1989, and as AnimeNewsNetwork reports, began reprinting the manga after Production I.G successfully…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2016 - Kotaku East
Old Japan Meets Disney
John Ramirez loves Japan. He’s also a Disney storyboard artist. This is where things get interesting. “I try to mix my love of animated characters and old Japanese photos for a laugh,” Ramirez tells Kotaku. Many of the images are from the late 19th century and the early 20th century. Disney and Disney-influenced characters appear…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2016 - Uncategorized
Kerbal Space Program Gets Its First Big Update Since Release
“Turbo Charged” is the name of the 1.1 update for Kerbal Space Program, the space rocket building/kerbal murdering sim released in late April last year. After a year’s worth of development, and a short hype-filled pre-release period this past couple months, the update is now fully released. Taken from the KSP discussion thread accompanying the…
By András Neltz Published April 20, 2016
