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One Month With The Steam Controller
Valve’s new Steam controller is a bold experiment: an attempt at fusing a PC mouse with a traditional console-style controller. It still hasn’t entirely clicked with me. [This post originally ran on 10/15/15. It’s been updated with some more impressions, brought about by The Inexorable Passage Of Time. The Steam controller officially launched today.] This…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 10, 2015 - Uncategorized
Why We Like Yo-Kai Watch So Far
The most colorful game any of us are playing this busy video game season is Yo-kai Watch, the creature-collecting Japanese 3DS phenomenon that has finally made it way to America. What’s so good about it? I talked it through with the most youthful member of our staff: Stephen Totilo: Mike, I hadn’t realized you were…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 10, 2015 -
UncategorizedOverwatch’s New Mech Warrior ‘D. Va’ Is A Total Badass
Shortly after Blizzcon 2015 ended, Blizzard added three playable characters to its excellent new shooter Overwatch. Most of the hype is centered around the pro gamer-turned-mech pilot “D. Va,” which makes sense, since she fights with a gigantic friggin’ mech that’s bright pink. Awesome. In Overwatch lore, D. Va is actually a fictional former StarCraft…
By Yannick LeJacq Published November 10, 2015 - Uncategorized
Fallout 4 Has A Ton of Junk, And It’s Stressing Me Out
Everything in the world of Fallout is now useful. And that’s exactly the problem. As you may have heard, Fallout 4 now has a robust crafting system. Anything you find, no matter how broken down or random it is, can probably be used to modify your weapon, customize your settlement, or perhaps even to make…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 10, 2015 -
UncategorizedMetal Gear Solid V Patch Allows Players To Recruit An Old Buddy Again
How do you feel about playing a mission seven times in a row? Warning: There are The Phantom Pain spoilers to follow! Go away! Seriously! At the end of The Phantom Pain, your trusty sniper companion, Quiet, decides to leave you. This isn’t just a story development, either—she’s no longer a buddy you can call…
By Patrick Klepek Published November 10, 2015 - Uncategorized
Virtual reality takes a step closer to a reality on November 20, with Gear VR shipping on November 20 for $100. Pre-orders are up, but remember, it doesn’t work on every phone—no iPhones, notably! It’ll run on Galaxy Note5, Galaxy S6 edge+, Galaxy S6 edge, and Galaxy S6. Contact the author at [email protected]
By Patrick Klepek Published November 10, 2015 - Uncategorized
Watch Us Play The New Tomb Raider’s Twist on Multiplayer [Update: Over]
Rise of the Tomb Raider is out today, bringing with it a new mode that lets players create missions with tweaks to difficulty, weapons and enemies. Check out that guy’s big head! Let’s take a look at some Expedition missions. I’ll be playing Rise of the Tomb Raider’s new Expeditions mode around 12 noon ET…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 10, 2015 -
UncategorizedNobody Expects To Be Killed By Abathur In Heroes of the Storm
…until it actually happens. And then you feel like a fool. Abathur is a weak little Zerg slug monster who usually has to avoid direct confrontation in Heroes of the Storm, choosing instead to use his summon-able hat (technical name: “symbiote”) to power up distance opponents from a position of relative safety: That’s what YouTuber…
By Yannick LeJacq Published November 10, 2015 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy XIV update 3.1 is live, bringing more story, dungeons, missions, hairstyles and a minion-powered strategy mini-game to the second (and gaining) most successful subscription-based MMORPG. Check out thefull update notes here. See you in Eorzea!
By Mike Fahey Published November 10, 2015 -
UncategorizedI Shouldn’t Have Waited So Long To Play The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing
For the past few years Eastern European developer Neocore Games has been releasing a series of excellent gothic horror PC action role-playing games, and I’ve been ignoring them. I blame Hugh Jackman. Every time I saw the title The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing pop up on my list of Steam releases, the first image…
By Mike Fahey Published November 10, 2015 - Uncategorized
New Nintendo Direct Coming This Thursday
The House of Mario will be presenting a new installment of its iconic marketing broadcasts later this week, its first since the passing of CEO Satoru Iwata The Nintendo Direct videos changed the way that the video game giant communicated with their fans, becoming much-anticipated events unto themselves and spawning hundreds of hilarious memes. But…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 10, 2015 -
UncategorizedFallout 4: PC vs PS4 vs Xbox One
Let’s say you own an Xbox One, PS4 and PC, and you’re looking at getting Fallout 4. How does the game shape up on each platform? Like they did with Black Ops 3, Candyland have compared the versions of Bethesda’s new RPG side-by-side. Unlike Black Ops 3, things are looking pretty good in the sections…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 10, 2015 -
UncategorizedDeadpool Would Be An Unstoppable JRPG Character
Deadpool’s personality and power would conquer a naive JRPG world full of awakened evil gods, heroes with amnesia and knee high shoes in a matter of days. Here’s Mashable’s clip with the unstoppable mercenary, cheating his way through a JRPG adventure. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]
By Gergo Vas Published November 10, 2015 -
UncategorizedCrowd Shout From BlizzCon 2014 Is Hidden In The Warcraft Trailer
Remember the moment when last year, director Duncan Jones recorded Alliance and Horde war cries in the audience for the Warcraft movie? The Alliance one is already in the first trailer. It’s not easy to find it due to the music and the sounds effects, but it’s right there. But first, here’s the moment from…
By Gergo Vas Published November 10, 2015 -
UncategorizedDeus Ex Mod Lets You Murder People with Couches
You know how in Deus Ex, you’d throw an item at an NPC, even with level 4 muscle augs activated, and it’d bounce off of them harmlessly and they’d make a snide comment? Thanks to GMDX, those days are over. While GMDX is not a new mod—it’s currently at version seven—it seems this upcoming release…
By András Neltz Published November 10, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Ugliest Characters of Fallout 4
The character creation system in Fallout 4 sure is robust. There are seemingly endless options. But there’s one thing it’s especially good at: making unsightly characters. No wonder some players are trying to make the most repugnant characters imaginable. So far, the rogues gallery is impressively hideous. Of course, you can make beautiful characters, too,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 10, 2015 - Kotaku East
Five Must-Watch Anime for Fall 2015
This season there are 54 new anime on the air, so it can be more than a little difficult to know which ones to watch. But now that the season has reached its half-way point, we at Kotaku East come bearing our recommendations. Fellow Kotaku author Toshi Nakamura and I have spent the past few…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 10, 2015 -
Kotaku EastChampion Martial Artist Started out at an Arcade
This is In Gun Yoo, better known as “Kick Gun.” Last year, he won Red Bull’s Kick-It tournament, cementing his place as one of the best extreme martial artists on Earth. And he got his start in a most unlikely place: at a game arcade. But he wasn’t playing games per se, he was kicking…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 10, 2015 - Kotaku East
When Anime Statues Are Unintentionally Terrifying
What is this, I don’t even. Recently, the latest Detective Conan movie opened in China. According to GamerSky (via Livedoor), one theater rolled out life-sized Conan statues apparently made at a nearby school to help promote the film. [Photo via GamerSky] Oh boy. Obviously, Conan fans in China were surprised and amused by the statues,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 10, 2015