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UncategorizedNew Batman Animated Movie Does Dick Grayson Justice
The Dark Knight is a terrible dad, generally way too busy brooding and fighting crime to utter “I love you.” In his newest animated movie, his family has to save his life. Does he say thank you? C’mon, of course not. Batman: Bad Blood is the finale of a trilogy loosely based off of story…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 4, 2016 - CultureSplitscreen
Podcast: Hey, The Division Has A Lot Of Potential
After playing the beta for The Division, some of us are cautiously optimistic! We’re also super hooked on The Witness. All that and more on today’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen Joining us for today’s show is Kotaku boss Stephen Totilo, who has all sorts of stories about A) what it’s been like to run this…
By Jason Schreier Published February 4, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe Smash Bros. Roster Has Become Even More Ridiculous In 2016
I still can’t believe that all of these characters are in the same game. Corrin and Bayonetta were added to Smash Bros. last night as purchasable DLC: (Pro-tip: after you purchase them, you have to re-start the game in order for the new characters to appear.) Here’s every single move Corrin and Bayonetta can do,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 4, 2016 - Uncategorized
Warner Bros. has announced the Mac and Linux versions of Batman: Arkham Knight have been cancelled. If you bought a copy, the company said you should request a refund from Steam. This never seems to end, does it? Contact the author at [email protected]
By Patrick Klepek Published February 4, 2016 - Uncategorized
Godus Continues To Be A Mess
Less than 24 hours after releasing their latest game Godus Wars, Peter Molyneux’s studio 22cans is already facing controversy, announcing today that they’ve removed the game’s microtransactions following community backlash. Godus Wars, a simple real-time strategy game that was both announced and released on Steam Early Access yesterday, was presented as something of a fresh…
By Jason Schreier Published February 4, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Mother 3 Rumors Are Getting Intense
It’s been nearly a decade since Nintendo released Mother 3 in Japan, and since then, we haven’t heard a word about an official English release. Until now. Ten years later, rumors are coming hot and heavy that Nintendo finally plans to release their iconic RPG in Europe and North America. Habitual Nintendo teaser Emily Rogers—whose…
By Jason Schreier Published February 4, 2016 -
UncategorizedIt’s Time To Solve A Digimon Mystery
A teenager is granted the ability to move freely between physical and digital worlds and befriend colorful monsters made of code, but that’s not important right now. We’ve got to solve the case of the broken air conditioner! It’s called Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth, and those second two words are just as important as the…
By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2016 - Uncategorized
Fan Remakes Street Fighter III‘s Q In 3D
Unlike the main characters, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike’s mysterious Rorschach-esque fighter never got the 3D treatment. Poor Q always remained a 2D sprite and he’s never appeared in any of Capcom’s newer games ,either. So modder Pior Oberson thought it’d be a good idea to make a slick 3D version, with a similar art…
By Gergo Vas Published February 4, 2016 - Uncategorized
The saddest PS4 yet is a just-announced limited edition Uncharted 4 modelthat comes bundled with Naughty Dog’s next action game and a DualShock 4 controller. How glum is this offering? The new special color is “gray-blue.” Let’s all give Nathan Drake a hug, mkay? Correction: this bundle doesn’t come with a headset, as stated in…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 4, 2016 - Uncategorized
Custom LEGO Helicarrier Is Twice As Big As The Official Set
The Avengers SHIELD helicarrier is one of the largest official LEGO sets out there with its 2,996 pieces. But it’s a baby compared to the Taiwanese Zio Chao’s version His helicarrier is twice as big and made from around 15,000 bricks. And it’s still not big enough for minifigs. Something like that would have to…
By Gergo Vas Published February 4, 2016 -
UncategorizedMorrowind-in-Skyrim Mod Status: Still Not Done, Still Very Pretty
Skywind, part of the Elder Scrolls Renewal project, aims to recreate Morrowind in Skyrim’s engine. It has been in development since 2012 and probably won’t be ready for a while. To help cope with that fact, I look at the team’s progress videos as mere instances of 3D Morrowind fan art. So let’s look at…
By András Neltz Published February 4, 2016 -
Kotaku EastPikachu Tries Picking Up a Lady, Fails
In Great Detective Pikachu: The Bird of a New Duo, our titular sleuth is able to talk. But not everyone can understand him, including the women he tries to pick up on the street. The game’s intro starts with a dream sequence and then cuts to Pikachu in Rhyme City. When he talks to people,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2016 - Kotaku East
Platinum Games: ‘Making Only Original Titles Is Very Difficult’
If anyone would know that, it’s Platinum Games. Whether it’s Bayonetta or even Anarchy Reigns, the studio has churned out a string of original titles over the past decade. That isn’t easy. In the most recent Weekly Famitsu, the magazine celebrates the studio’s tenth year anniversary. Platinum Games talks about how things have changed over…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2016 - Kotaku East
Ash from Pokémon Is Superhuman
As far as Pokémon trainers go, Ash isn’t that potent. As far as little kids go, he is superhuman. The ten-year-old isn’t only strong for a little boy, he’d be strong for a grown man. As Kotaku previously pointed out, this is because Ash is insanely strong. To recap: Ash picks up Pignite, who weighs…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2016 - Kotaku East
How To Become a Manga Editor
Do you dream of making manga? Make those dreams reality. Because there’s more to making manga than drawing and writing. Here’s how people in Japan help shape the characters and stories you know and love by getting jobs as manga editors. Recently, Mami at website Tofugu visited Shueisha, the publisher of Weekly Shonen Jump and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2016 -
UncategorizedUndertale’s Final Boss Fight, Recreated in Mario Maker
The design in the video is not an exact recreation of the final boss, but it’s a pretty good likeness, hence the giant spoiler tag. Even the YouTube thumbnail is a spoiler. So, if you have not yet finished Undertale, spoiler alert. Otherwise, hey, here’s a cool Mario Maker reenactment of the final boss fight.…
By András Neltz Published February 4, 2016 - Kotaku East
Dragon Ball, The Super Huge Snow Sculpture
Tomorrow in Sapporo, Japan, the annual snow festival gets underway. One of the main centerpieces is an enormous Dragon Ball Super snow sculpture. Tons, literally tons, of snow were used to create this frosty relief. Below, via the event’s official site, you can see how heavy equipment moved the snow around. [Image: SnowFes] [Image: SnowFes]…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2016
