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CultureThe Week In Games: Something Something Call Of Duty
Is it Call of Duty week already? Man, I could really use a sandwich. If it weren’t readily evident from the release of the game’s official live-action trailer (starring the Human Torch until that memory gets scrubbed from my brain), Black Ops III comes out this week. Friday, for some godawful reason that I am…
By Mike Fahey Published November 1, 2015 -
CultureSplitscreenWatch GoldenEye 007 Teach Teens The Joys Of Split-Screen Gaming
With the release of Halo 5 leaving at least one of our writers yearning for same screen multiplayer, Fine Bros.’ React channel uses an N64 classic to ensure six photogenic teenagers never forget its fractional majesty. Over the past decade and change we’ve moved from cramming as many players onto one screen as possible to…
By Mike Fahey Published November 1, 2015 -
UncategorizedBlade & Soul Is Going To Kill Me With Adorable
The Summoner class in Blade & Soul, NCsoft’s latest massively multiplayer Korean import, get to choose a feline companion to fight by their side for the rest of their days. There are other classes to play in the current closed beta, but they are not important. It bears noting that the cartoon of me doing…
By Mike Fahey Published November 1, 2015 - Uncategorized
Batman: Arkham Knight PC Refunds Offered Through 2015. Get One.
Following last week’s re-release of a game still broken for many players, Warner Bros. is now offering full refunds on Steam copies of Batman: Arkham Knight until the end of the year. Everyone who purchased a copy should take advantage. As the legend goes, Warner Bros. released a shoddy port of Batman: Arkham Knight for…
By Mike Fahey Published November 1, 2015 - Culture
Sunday Comics: The Third Idiot
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published October 30. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published October 26. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
By Mike Fahey Published November 1, 2015 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: A Very Scare Bear Halloween: Winners!
I just cannot tell. I think this is the winner oflast week’s bear mask Photoshop contest, but I’ve seen such horrors. Such maddening horrors. The picture above wasn’t technically Ozimov’s main entry, but I feel as if his take on one of the strangest moments from The Shining is a great deal more horrifying that…
By Mike Fahey Published October 31, 2015 -
ReviewsThe Snacktaku Caramel Apple Halloween Spooktacular
As snackers around the world prepare for one of the most important holidays of the year—the day after Halloween—Snacktaku celebrates the only flavor combination powerful enough to knock pumpkin spice off the fall charts. While children and sexy versions of non-sexy things around the world may revel in pseudo=pagan ritual on October 31, snack aficionados…
By Mike Fahey Published October 31, 2015 -
UncategorizedWhile We Wait For Fallout 4, Here’s Fallout ’84
Passing some time before their November 10 trip to Boston, chiptune artists 8 Bit Weapon put together a art project to pay tribute to the upcoming sequel—a demo for Fallout ‘84 running on an Apple IIc. With a name like 8 Bit Weapon, what else could they do? The prominent chiptune group (who appear in…
By Mike Fahey Published October 31, 2015 - Uncategorized
Graphics Card Battle 2015: Nvidia Versus AMD At Every Price Point
You might say 2015 hasn’t been the most exciting year for graphics cards, though in many ways it was more eventful than 2014. The only big highlight last year was the arrival high-end Maxwell GPUs in the form of the GeForce GTX 980 and 970. Then this year Maxwell did what many thought was impossible:…
By Steven Walton Published October 31, 2015 -
EsportsSKT Recovers From Terrible Game To Win League Of Legends World Championship
God, SKT. You really scared us for a minute there! The top Korean League of Legends team SKT Telecom defeated the not-quite-top Korean challenger KOO Tigers today after a bitterly contested four matches. SKT is widely considered to be the strongest League team in the World (and in history), so the end result of today’s…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 31, 2015 -
EsportsAmazing Turnaround Saves League Of Legends Team’s Winning Streak, But Not For Long
UPDATE (10:57 am): Well so much for that! SKT’s dream of a perfect run at Worlds is officially over, as KOO just trounced them in the third finals match. Did anyone really see that coming? Original story follows: For a nail-biting 35 minutes this morning, it seemed like SKT might actually lose a game in…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 31, 2015 - Esports
Suits? You Don’t Need Suits For League Of Legends
Despite being in Europe, today’s League of Legends World Championships finals are between two Korean teams. Riot analyst Christopher “MonteCristo” Mykles celebrated the country’s League dominance with a piece of traditional “Hanbok” attire. It’s sparked some bemused and confused reactions. League of Legends Twitter, which is already an almost incomprehensible hype-train during the lead-up to…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 31, 2015 -
CultureUndertale: The Kotaku Review
People don’t just like Undertale; they love it. This game is personal for them. It’s personal for me, too. Undertale is a JRPG-inspired game (think Earthbound, more than Final Fantasy) where you don’t have to hurt anybody, unless you want to. You play as a kid who’s fallen into a world of monsters, and their…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 30, 2015 -
EsportsEverything You Need To Know About The League of Legends World Championships
If you’ve been on the gaming parts of the internet over the past month, you’ve probably seen or heard something about the League of Legends World Championship. Having trouble grasping what’s going on right now with the most popular video game in the world? Fear not, I’m here to help you understand. NOTE: I will…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 30, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Only Reed Richards in the New Marvel Universe Is A Bad Guy
Reed Richards is one of the most important characters in Marvel’s history. He’s the father figure of the Fantastic Four, the first superhero series that began turning a then-unremarkable publisher into a cultural powerhouse. There used to be dozens of versions of Reed but now there’s only one. And he’s not here to save the…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 30, 2015 -
UncategorizedA Cool-Looking Xbox Caveman Game That Never Happened
One of the earliest games shown for the original Xbox was BC. Dinosaurs! Cave men! I was so hyped for this game, and then it was cancelled. Games are canned all the time, but it happens quietly and without much fanfare. It’s not like the developers suddenly release the incomplete game into the wild, so…
By Patrick Klepek Published October 30, 2015 - Tips & Guides
Tips For Playing Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
We’ve been pleasantly surprised by Assassin’s Creed Syndicate ‘round these parts. In the ever-unfolding tapestry that is the Assassin’s Creed franchise, Syndicate is one of the good ones Stephen, Chris and I have been playing the game a lot over the last week, and between us we’ve assembled some tips to help y’all get the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 30, 2015 -
UncategorizedHeroes Of The Storm’s New Protoss Warrior Is A Teleporting, Death Ray-Shooting Badass
The Protoss have always been the coolest race in StarCraft. Proud but adaptable, aggressive yet agile, the ornate alien species embodies what’s great about the real-time strategy and MOBA games they inhabit. This week has been exciting in Heroes of the Storm thanks to the introduction of their fearless leader Artanis. Artanis is a melee…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 30, 2015 - Uncategorized
Shocktober, Week Four: Paranormal Activity Is Dead
October, we hardly knew ye. I’ve been watching a glut of horror movies every week as part of Shocktober, and it’s been an especially fruitful year. It’s a genre best known for jump scares, but that’s selling good horror short—done right, it’s deeply thought provoking. Every week, I’ve been filing reports from the field. So…
By Patrick Klepek Published October 30, 2015