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Tom Clancy’s The Division: The Kotaku Review
Tom Clancy’s The Division is exciting enough that I don’t mind how dull it can sometimes be. It’s fun enough that I can usually live with spending most of my time shooting virtual poor people. It’s well enough made that I don’t mind how clumsy and unbalanced it often is. The Division is a shared-world,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 22, 2016 -
UncategorizedFallout 4 Players Are Turning Codsworth Into A Monster In The New DLC
Here’s Codsworth, like you’ve never seen him before. As you might already know, Fallout 4’s Automatron DLC is all about robots. You can build them, you can customize them, you can pit them against each other. It’s not just random bots, though. You can also outfit your loyal Codsworth, and the options are pretty ridiculous,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 22, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe Skywalker Ranch Has A Treasure Trove Of Old LucasArts Games
In Northern California, Star Wars creator George Lucas has a sprawling complex called the Skywalker Ranch. If you found your way inside, you might stumble upon a big room full of concept art, design documents, and files for all sorts of old games. When working on Day of the Tentacle Remastered, Double Fine boss Tim…
By Jason Schreier Published March 22, 2016 -
CultureSnacktaku Presents Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Breakfast
While the ultimate showdown between DC Comics’ iconic heroes doesn’t hit theaters until Friday, the battle begins now, in your mouth. Originally published 1/30/16, brought back to prepare you for what’s to come. Or in my mouth, unless you want to run out to your local purveyor of fine breakfast grains and pick up a…
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2016 -
UncategorizedHow The First Resident Evil‘s Been Censored And Changed Since 1996
Plenty of games have been touched up and altered as the years went on, but few games have seen as many changes as the original Resident Evil. This piece originally appeared 1/19/15. Ports of old games are common, but what’s interesting about Resident Evil is how often Capcom has actually censored, changed, modified, and added…
By Patrick Klepek Published March 22, 2016 - Uncategorized
Telltale has announced a third season of The Walking Dead for later this year (via Mashable), in addition to new Minecraft episodes—three total—in 2016. The Walking Dead will reportedly pick up on threads from the last season, but in an “unexpected” way, whatever that means.
By Patrick Klepek Published March 22, 2016 -
ReviewsDay of the Tentacle Remastered: The Kotaku Review
For nearly 23 years, Day of the Tentacle has been resoundingly praised as one of the greatest adventure games of all time, a shining example of point-and-click glory. Two decades later, how does it hold up? Pretty damn well, it turns out. Even without the graphical overhaul offered in Day of the Tentacle Remastered, which…
By Jason Schreier Published March 22, 2016 - Uncategorized
Sony Shuts Down Driveclub Developer Evolution Studios
Evolution Studios, the developers behind Motorstorm and Driveclub, have been shut down, Sony confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz Sony told the publication the decision came after a regular review of every developer within Sony to ensure “a competitive landscape can create and produce high quality, innovative and commercially viable projects.” “It is regrettable that this decision will…
By Patrick Klepek Published March 22, 2016 -
UncategorizedMake Sure To Wear The Silver Shroud Costume In Fallout 4′s Automatron DLC
Fallout 4’s DLC debuts today, and if you go into it prepared, you’ll find a few cool surprises. By now, you probably know that Automatron’s villain is none other than the Mechanist, a character that exists within Silver Shroud lore. And as it turns out, if you wear your Silver Shroud costume in the DLC,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 22, 2016 - Uncategorized
IO announced today that they’ve delayed the release of Hitman’s Elusive Targets until April. The unfortunate news is that we’re pushing out the Elusive Targets until closer to the planned release of the next episode, Sapienza in April, but you’ll get two Escalation Contracts coming each week until the release of Sapienza and between these…
By Riley MacLeod Published March 22, 2016 -
UncategorizedSmite Celebrates Second Anniversary With PS4 Open Beta
Hi-Rez Studios kicks off a week of second anniversary shenanigans in its god-powered multiplayer online battle arena with an open invitation to PlayStation 4 owners to play. Plus daily special events, some dancing, and a ridiculously low price on every character in the game. Following tremendous success on the PC and Xbox One, the PlayStation…
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2016 - Uncategorized
One Does Not Simply Prepare for World of Warcraft: Legion
Anduin, the Prince of Stormwind is not just a Hearthstone priest hero everyone hates. As Dark Legacy Comics shows, the heir to the throne of Stormwind has his issues in World of Warcraft as well. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]
By Gergo Vas Published March 22, 2016 -
UncategorizedLaputa LEGO Castle Is Also a Tiny Music Box
As the tiny LEGO version of the castle in the sky rotates, a music box beneath is playing the theme tune of the Studio Ghibli classic. It’s an awesome, compact build (via Brothers Brick) by Bangoo H and Yeom-E, small enough to fit inside a glass bottle. To contact the author of this post, write…
By Gergo Vas Published March 22, 2016 - Uncategorized
It’s a high-tech encyclopedia! Celebrating Pokémon’s 20th birthday, 3D artist Jason Voet created a rather good-looking 3D Pokédex model in the span of a couple weeks. Look here for work-in-progress shots. Dayshot is an image-based feature showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art we can find. Send us suggestions if you’ve got…
By András Neltz Published March 22, 2016 - Kotaku East
Meet South Korea’s High School Esports Team
Forget basketball or baseball. These students are members of their school’s official League of Legends team. And like many young esports hopefuls, their dream is to go pro. According to Daily Esports and Fomos (via tipster Sang), principal Bang Seung Ho of Ahyeon Polytechnic High School in South Korea created an esports department (which was…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 22, 2016