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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 - Uncategorized
Action Figure Accused Of Showing German Footballer As Nazi
Kotaku’s action figure coverage generally extends to “here is a cool action figure”. So excuse this brief interruption to bring you actual news involving an action figure. So, this is Bastian Schweinsteiger. He’s one of the world’s best footballers. Captain of the German national team (the current World Champions) and newly-signed midfielder for Manchester United.…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 22, 2015 - Uncategorized
Destiny’s Trials of Osiris will return next Friday, October 30th. That’s according to the latest Bungie weekly update, which also explains how the next patch (due in November) will improve crucible drops and simplify the much-derided “Crucible Forged” quest.
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 22, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Niche Witcher 3 Cosplay Is Excellent
The Witcher 3 is the best. Witcher 3 cosplay is the best. Like, Priscilla cosplay? Priscilla cosplay! Who would think/bother to cosplay as such a relatively minor character? Corneline would, because she knows there’s no such thing as a minor character in The Witcher 3
By Luke Plunkett Published October 22, 2015 -
CultureProof That Counter-Strike‘s Guns Are Surprisingly Unreliable
Sometimes Counter-Strike’s guns will just miss, even if you’re aiming perfectly. Guns that some people believe are solid at all ranges—like the AK-47—suffer the most. Basically, even if you’re aiming like you’ve got the eyes of an eagle and the steady hand of a stone statue (of someone who’s really great at aiming), there’s a…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 22, 2015 - Uncategorized
PSA: Fatal Frame Might Not Fit On Your Wii U
Since I normally play one game at a time on my Wii U, I’m used to deleting games. Investing in an external HD for my every-so-often console seems goofy. But I almost reconsidered this decision when downloading Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water, which takes up a whopping 15GB, and it’s an eShop only game.…
By Patrick Klepek Published October 22, 2015 - Uncategorized
Losing My Mind In A Mario Maker Level Designed To Troll Me
I’ve spent four days banging my head against a Mario Maker stage called Hypercube. Full of misdirection, false pipe gods, and music notes, it’s (mostly) a clever stage. Eventually, starved of solutions, I broke my rules and used the editor to learn what was going on. What I found made me do a spit-take. Anyone…
By Patrick Klepek Published October 22, 2015 -
EsportsLeague Of Legends Pro Fined $556 For Giving Opponent The Finger
On the last day of the 2015 League of Legends World Championship group stage, European pro player Fabian “Febiven” Diepstraten said in an interview that he expected American team Cloud9 to lose their match that was about to begin. Star C9 player Hai “Hai” Du Lam responded by flipping him off. That cost Hai $556.…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 22, 2015