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My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week

Short and sweet this time, topped by one of the best investigative pieces we’ve ever run. The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny Players Are Bending And Breaking Mario Maker, And The Results Are Amazing (Sort of related: Why The Latest Number One Mario MakerCourse Is Such Garbage) How A Game Studio Totally…

By Stephen Totilo Published October 26, 2015

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Nintendo Wanted GoldenEye To End With You Shaking Everyone’s Hands

It’s been nearly 20 years since the release of GoldenEye 007 for the Nintendo 64, but we’re still learning new tidbits about the game’s fascinating creation. Game director Martin Hollis spoke about the game at the GameCity event in Nottingham, England over the weekend, and The Guardian took notes. Hollis revealed some of the early…

By Patrick Klepek Published October 26, 2015

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Criterion Games confirmed on Twitter that Burnout Paradise is getting backwards compatibility on Xbox One, though when it’ll get enabled hasn’t been revealed. Contact the author at [email protected]

By Patrick Klepek Published October 26, 2015

Reviews

Xbox Elite Wireless Controller: The Kotaku Review

The first thing you’ll see upon cracking open the box containing Microsoft’s new $150 premium modular Xbox One controller is a carrying case. You’re going to want to keep that. The care and handling of video game controllers in the Fahey household generally involves trying not to leave it on the floor. Packaging is torn…

By Mike Fahey Published October 26, 2015

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South Park Wants Your Best Gay Fan Art

Are you an aspiring yaoi artist with dreams of seeing your work on national television? Now’s your chance. South Park’s doing an episode called “Tweek X Craig” this week, so naturally, they want drawings of the two titular characters (pictured above) going full yaoi. Just send your best work to the show’s producers by 9pm…

By Jason Schreier Published October 26, 2015

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Halo 5 Day Zero Impressions: Mediocre Campaign, Promising Multiplayer

Halo 5 is beautiful, at times a lot of fun, and at times disappointing. It’s also not yet officially released and is dependent on its multiplayer working well on a large scale. So we’re holding off on a review until well after the game’s October 27 launch. For now, some impressions of one of the…

By Stephen Totilo Published October 26, 2015

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Our incredibly efficient pals at Lifehacker have posted a wonderfully-detailed comparison of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, to help people decide which to buy. Spoiler: They say you can’t go wrong with either.

By Stephen Totilo Published October 26, 2015

Culture

Guy Beats Ocarina of Time While Blindfolded

Runnerguy2489 showed us already during AGDQ 2015 that he’s no stranger to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time by playing the first three dungeons with a blindfold on. Now he completed the entire game, Water Temple included, with the same method. It took him around 103 hours to beat it, but even watching the…

By Gergo Vas Published October 26, 2015

Esports

StarCraft II‘s New Deadly Tactic: Rushing With Pylons

Cannon rushing, a popular early game tactic, was just the beginning. With a patch already out and Legacy of the Void on the horizon, get ready for even more aggressive Protoss, rushing and beating you with the most basic thing they can build: Pylons. An update a few weeks ago added the ability to the…

By Gergo Vas Published October 26, 2015

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In America, The PlayStation 2 Turns Fifteen Today

After its debut in Japan, Sony’s PlayStation 2 arrived in North America on October 26, 2000. Its launch roster featured over 20 names—games like Volition’s Summoner, Rockstar’s Midnight Club, or Eidos’ TimeSplitters. Happy 15th to all of them. Apart from the three above games, quite a few series got their start on the PS2, all…

By András Neltz Published October 26, 2015

Kotaku East

Track: Yasashii Kimochi | Artist: Chara | Album: Junior Sweet Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.