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UncategorizedStar Wars: Battlefront PC Benchmarks: A Small Show Of Force
It’s been a big year for PC gaming with plenty of blockbuster releases including GTA V, The Witcher 3, Fallout 4 and Project CARS, but there was one more game on everyone’s radar since its first teaser videos were unveiled by EA in 2013. Star Wars Battlefront has been met with tremendous anticipation. Its 5-day…
By Steven Walton Published November 24, 2015 -
UncategorizedThat Time Someone Else Was Making Fallout 3
The open world Fallout 3 that Bethesda Game Studios shipped in 2008 was not the original idea for a third Fallout game. Until it was cancelled in 2003, Fallout 3 was to be a turn-based RPG in the same vein of the original two games. Yes, that actually happened. Fallout didn’t become a blockbuster until…
By Patrick Klepek Published November 24, 2015 - Uncategorized
If The Legend of Zelda Were A Ghibli Movie
It’s a collaboration that won’t happen anytime soon, but that doesn’t mean one can’t imagine it. Matt Vince made these fantastic concept illustrations of a Studio Ghibli x Zelda movie and its posters. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]
By Gergo Vas Published November 24, 2015 -
UncategorizedAn Early Look At World of Warcraft: Legion‘s New Wardrobe Feature
We already knew WoW’s transmogrification system—a feature that allows players to alter the appearance of their gear—would get a complete revamp in Legion and now, that selected players can access the very early alpha of the expansion, we also have an idea of how it’ll look. So instead of keeping cosmetic gear in a Void…
By Gergo Vas Published November 24, 2015 -
UncategorizedA Minecraft Spider Mech, Crawling Under the Night Sky
Very serene, up until the point when the spider mech starts shooting boxes of TNT at another mech. But that’s just what Minecraft mechs do. This spider-bot is the latest from Minecraft enthusiast Cubehamster (whose other, similarly awesome creations we have discussed here and here). Called the Stryder, the mech is fully controllable, and can…
By András Neltz Published November 24, 2015 - Kotaku East
Watch Out America, McDonald’s Japan Is Releasing a 48-Piece McNugget Meal
In case you’re counting, and even if you’re not, this bucket of 48 nuggets clocks in at well over two thousand calories total. But who’s counting? Seriously, don’t count. While in the U.S., you can order a 40-piece Chicken McNugget meal, which is kind of amazing in itself, in Japan, the most you can get…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 24, 2015 - Kotaku East
Extreme Minimal Living in Japan
Could you live like these Japanese minimalists? Then again, maybe you already do. In Japan, a recent buzz word is “minimalist” (ミニマリスト or “minimarisuto”). The word has a long history and various associations with art, design, and literature, but here, the idea is to simplify one’s life with a bare minimum of possessions. [Photo via…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 24, 2015 - Kotaku East
My Love Story Expertly Makes Its Jump into Live Action
Mere months after finishing its wildly popular anime run, My Love Story debuted on silver screen as a live-action film. My Love Story is the tale of three teens: Takeo, a hulking man’s man; Suna, a pretty-boy ladies’ man; and Rinko, a petite girl with a love of cooking. After Takeo saves Rinko from a…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 24, 2015 - Kotaku East
It’s Street Fighter Plus Horse Racing
Oh, plus sumo wrestling. But since E. Honda is already a Street Fighter character, that’s not as unusual as hadokening from a moving horse. To promote the upcoming Japan Cup, the Japan Racing Association has teamed up with Capcom for a horse racing game with SF characters and real sumo wrestlers. It’s a rhythm game…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 24, 2015 - Kotaku East
Starting November 24, Nintendo will sell Wii U GamePads as stand-alones. Only one GamePad can be used per console, so that hasn’t changed, but if you need a spare, you can get one for 12,800 yen (US$104). No word yet about similar offers outside Japan.
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 24, 2015 - Kotaku East
Harmony Explores the Unique Hell of Living in a Utopia
Last month we looked at a zombie-powered steampunk world in the first film adapted from the works of Project Itoh, Empire of Corpses. Now we are back with the second film, Harmony, which shows just how terrible life in a utopia could be. The main star of Harmony is the setting itself. In the world…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 24, 2015 - Culture
Gimme Dat Bebbie
The Elder Scrolls Online might not have taken the world by storm, but it has its fans. It also has some rather nice concept art. There’s a new book out called The Elder Scrolls Online: Tales of Tamriel – Vol. II: The Lore, which sounds like a giant Tolkien-esque tome, but like the first volume…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 23, 2015 - Culture
Watch Me Play A Game That Looks Like Hotline Miami With Cowboys [Update: Finished]
12 Is Better Than 6 is a top-down shooter in the same vein as Hotline Miami. Oh, but it has cowboys. And cool hand-drawn graphics. Watch me find out if it’s as good as it looks right now. As ever, feel free to click over to Twitch and join the chat. It’ll be more fun…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 23, 2015 -
UncategorizedFan Fixes, Then Improves Star Wars: Republic Commando
Republic Commando is one of the best—if not also underrated—Star Wars games ever made. Thing is, if you’ve wanted to play it on PC recently, you’ve been shit out of luck, since the game ran poorly (and didn’t look great) on modern graphics cards. Thankfully, there’s now one hell of a fix. Earlier this yearLeon280698…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 23, 2015 -
CultureHard West Is A Wild West Strategy Game, And It’s Great
Taken at face value, Hard West looks like what would happen if you took XCOM and replaced aliens with cowboys. And it is that… sorta. But it’s also a lot more (and a little less). Let’s get this out of the way upfront: the world we live in—Earth C.117358, Dimensional Subsection IX, the sole dimension…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 23, 2015 - Uncategorized
My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week
Last week was… interesting. We ran some huge reviews, discovered a flaw in a widely-reported piece of news and stirred up some controversy over some blacklist. Now it’s Thanksgiving week and time’s been short today. This round-up is going up laughably late. This one’s for posterity, at least. Why A ‘Bad’ Steam Game Has Good…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 23, 2015 -
UncategorizedThanks Rock Band And Guitar Hero, I’m Playing A Real Guitar Now
Rock Band 4 got me ready to pick up an instrument again. Guitar Hero Live got my fingers moving back and forth. Together they convinced me to take the next step—buying the cheapest guitar possible and a copy of Rocksmith I got my first real six string. Bought it via Amazon Prime. Played it til…
By Mike Fahey Published November 23, 2015
