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Holy Crap, Trails in the Sky: SC Comes Out Next Week
Yesterday, the publisher XSEED tweeted a picture of pigs flying. Today it’s clear why: Trails in the Sky SC is actually coming out. NEXT WEEK. On October 29. XSEED announced the news in a press release this afternoon, specifying that the game will cost $30 on both PC and PSP. Also: “A release on the…
By Jason Schreier Published October 23, 2015 - Esports
Why We’re Going To Keep ‘Spoiling’ eSports Results
Ever since I began covering the League of Legends World Championship this year, I have received complaints from readers asking (or demanding) that I stop spoiling the outcomes of games in my articles. After a lot of deliberation, I’ve decided that I can’t do that. You all deserve an explanation as to why. Spoilers are…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 23, 2015 - Uncategorized
New Assassin’s Creed Changes Series’ Signature Message About Diversity
Since the first Assassin’s Creed in 2007, games in Ubisoft’s history-hopscotching series have always begun with an on-screen message about the diversity of the people who made the game. You see it as the game boots up, before you can play anything. For this year’s Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, the 10th major release in the series,…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 23, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe First Full Jessica Jones Trailer Is Creepy and Great
Here’s our most in-depth look yet at the next Marvel Comics superhero show from Netflix. Watching it, you can see Jessica Jones that has been through hell. And it looks like creepy villain Killgrave is going to send her right back. In true noir detective style, the two-minute clip is narrated in the first person,…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 23, 2015 - Reviews
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate: The Kotaku Review
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is—wait for it—an Assassin’s Creed game, with all that that implies. It’s a really good Assassin’s Creed game, mind you, my favorite since Assassin’s Creed II took us to Renaissance Italy way back in 2009. We’re in Victorian London this time, in 1868. As with most games in the series, Syndicate shifts…
By Chris Suellentrop Published October 23, 2015 - UncategorizedBy Stephen Totilo Published October 23, 2015
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Kotaku EastTwitch’s Uphill Battle For Japan
In the West, Twitch is an internet superpower. In Japan, things couldn’t be more different. Mainstream success will be tough, but not impossible. Nothing is impossible. Originally launched as part of streaming site Justin.tv, Twitch carved a unique niche through game streaming. It’s not only a live-streaming pioneer, but with with over one hundred million…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 23, 2015 - Kotaku East
Sony says it’s not currently developing any first-party PS Vita games and is instead focusing on its newer hardware, the PS4. According to Sony exec Ito Masayasu, third party studios have been working really hard on Vita games. All the releases Japan sees appears to be proof of that!
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 23, 2015 - Kotaku East
Exciting Adventures in a Zombie-Powered Steampunk World
Ever wonder what the world would be like if the British Empire had been built upon a working class of reanimated corpses? Well, the new anime film Empire of Corpses brings that world to life—and it is fantastic. Empire of Corpses begins in the year 1878 and is set in a world quite similar to…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published October 23, 2015 - Kotaku East
We’ve already seen the official Metal Gear timeline, which helps keep the games in chronological order. Now, we get the complete—or damn near complete—timeline of the epic story, including how The Phantom Pain fits in (click here). Warning, there are spoilers!
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 23, 2015 - Kotaku East
The Up All Night Stream Plays Uberdimension Blanc + Neptune Faction Vs. The Zombie Army [Stream Finished]
Anthropomorphic video game consoles become school girls and fight zombies? …Alright, you talked me into it. Let’s give it a go. Update: The stream over, but you can watch the replay in two parts: here (15 minutes) and here (around two hours)! Uberdimension Blanc + Neptune Faction Vs. The Zombie Army (Geki Jigen Tag Blanc…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published October 23, 2015 - Kotaku East
The Kenshin Musical Cast Looks Perfect in Costume
Well, except for Sanosuke. But, in all fairness, it might distract from the play if his actress went around bare-chested. On Wednesday, all-female acting troupe Takarazuka Revue held an event to show off the cast of their upcoming Rurouni Kenshin musical. Better still, the cast was in full costume; and Japanese website Natalie was there…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published October 23, 2015 - Kotaku East
The Reason Why Final Fantasy XV‘s Main Characters Wear Black
It’s not simply because the color looks cool. Or because the characters hate pastels. On the Final Fantasy XV forums, the game’s director Hajime Tabata answered a question as to why all four characters were in black. Here’s Tabata’s explanation: The clothing worn by the four main characters is the official battle gear of the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 23, 2015 - Kotaku East
Tokyo Xanadu is… Okay
Japanese high school kids fighting evil in secret. I’ve never heard of that premise before. No, wait. I have. Tokyo Xanadu is the latest JRPG from Nihon Falcom for the PS Vita. Knowing what time sinks RPGs can be, I figured I’d pass on this one. Falcom has been around the block a few times…
By Toshi Nakamura Published October 23, 2015 - Uncategorized
Here are the patch notes for Assassin’s Creed Syndicate’s first two patches, both available for download as soon as you get the game. Capped from a PS4. For the record our reviewer had no major performance issues with his version of the game, which we believe was running with at least the first patch (the…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 22, 2015 -
UncategorizedMario Maker? No, This Is Zelda Maker
It’s unofficial as hell, and Nintendo are probably in the process of nuking it from space, but for now you can totally download this Legend Of Zelda maker and start making your own version of a Zelda game. Hurray! We covered this in September, when the project was in its infancy, but now it’s been…
Mark Serrels Published October 22, 2015 - Culture
Hello…Kitty
Reno Levi is an artist who works at Call of Duty developers Infinity Ward. He’s also worked on games like Halo Aniversary and Hawken You can see more of Reno’s work at his ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 22, 2015 -
CultureKingdom Strips Strategy Games To The Bone
Strategy games sometimes get dinged for being too complicated. Kingdom strives to be minimal. Kingdom is a sidescrolling strategy/management game that just launched on Steam, where it’s been in and out of the top ten best-sellers for the past day. It’s not hard to see why: true to its regal nature, the game’s got luxurious…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 22, 2015