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ReviewsLEGO Dimensions: The Kotaku Review
Gandalf, Batman and Wildstyle walk into the Aperture Science Enrichment Center. Stop me if you’ve heard this one. Chances are you haven’t, as up until now the only place you could have stumbled upon that particular combination is your wildest imagination (or perhaps the imagination of a fan fiction author.) The LEGO Group is no…
By Mike Fahey Published September 28, 2015 - Uncategorized
Mobile Gaming Didn’t Kill The Vita — Sony Did
I have long been a fan of the PlayStation Vita. So this quote from one of Sony’s head honchos about portable gaming seriously bums me out. Here’s Shuhei Yoshida at a recent Q&A, as transcribed by Eurogamer, when asked if Sony will ever develop a Vita successor: “That’s a tough question. People have mobile phones…
By Jason Schreier Published September 28, 2015 -
UncategorizedMy Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week
Marvel Comics used to have Assistant Editors’ Month, and last week, for reasons planned and unplanned, Kotaku had its version of the same. The top two editors of the site were out, but the rest of the team more than compensated with perhaps the strongest week of stories for September. It was hard for me…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 28, 2015 -
UncategorizedA Five-Minute MOBA Is Exactly What I Needed
There are quick fixes, and then there are incredibly quick fixes. When Spacetime Studios says Call of Champions is a five-minute MOBA, they mean it—five minutes is all you get. Available now for iOS, Call of Champions isn’t the first mobile MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) game, but it’s certainly the quickest. I still love…
By Mike Fahey Published September 28, 2015 -
UncategorizedCaptain Planet Saves The Day In GTA V
Captain Planet was the only 90s edutainment show that had enough charm to fit into the heavy line-up of Saturday-morning cartoons. And we probably all remember its intro. If not, Merfish’s perfect GTA V version, including an environmental-friendly Trevor and all the Planeteers, will help to bring back memories. So, with Captain Trevor Planet on…
By Gergo Vas Published September 28, 2015 - Uncategorized
Twitch’s Boss Plays Hearthstone With Blizzard’s Boss At TwitchCon
One of the coolest things at Twitch’s very first convention this weekend was a bunch of Hearthstone matches, in front of an audience, between two very laid back CEOs: Blizzard’s Mike Morhaime and Twitch’s Emmett Shear. You might think someone like Mike Morhaime would easily obliterate anyone with some kind of perfect developer’s deck, but…
By Gergo Vas Published September 28, 2015 -
UncategorizedMinecraft Can Now Do In-Game Tutorials
Visually, this Minecraft map is nothing fancy, but it does demonstrate how the game could be used as a teaching tool. The map’s the result of a collaboration between Marc Watson, who works at Mojang, and Dragnoz, a renowned Minecraft builder. Here’s Marc explaining the goal of their map: This map is a simple demonstration…
By András Neltz Published September 28, 2015 -
Kotaku EastThe Game Boy That Can Walk
Here’s how you redline on the adorable meter. Niconico user Lamman turned a Game Boy Color into a WALKING GAME BOY COLOR. The Evangelion box is a nice touch! (You can watch the full clip on Culture Labo.) This isn’t Lamman’s first rodeo. In the past, he made a moving GameCube. Nintendo should seriously consider…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 28, 2015 - Kotaku East
Dungeon RPG Glitch Erases Panties
There’s a bug (apparently!) in PS Vita exclusive Moero Crystal that is rendering characters without their underpants. Warning: This article contains content some readers might find objectionable. The suggestive, tongue-in-cheek game, which features anime girls, came out in Japan last Friday. It’s a real game from a real developer—even if this is a game about…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 28, 2015 - Kotaku East
Don’t Have Sex with This Robot
If you were planning on buying Pepper the robot for your pleasure, you might want to reconsider. The four-foot tall robot, which talks, tells jokes, and dances about, but should not screw humans, sold out in a minute earlier this summer in Japan. AFP Jiji Press reports that Pepper’s usage agreement states, “The policy owner…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 28, 2015 - Culture
Why So Sad, Call Of Duty?
Yan Ostretsov is a visual designer at Call of Duty developers Infinity Ward. Prior to that, he was at id working on games like RAGE. You can see more of Yan’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 27, 2015 -
UncategorizedSomeone Swallowed The Internet And Vomited On Dark Souls II
Mods are great. I love them. They made Skyrim feel relevant for like a million years. I’m excited about Fallout 4 and mods being available on console. That feels like a game-changer to me. But this Dark Souls 2 mod. Why would you do this? Why? Yes. This is a mod of Dark Souls 2…
Mark Serrels Published September 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
Look At This Dog That Loves Animal Crossing More Than You Do
From Tumblr You Booze You Lose, this Bull Terrier is way better equipped to express his love for Animal Crossing’s KK Slider than our ridiculous human bodies could ever be. The video’s caption reads: So my dog loves KK Slider from the Animal Crossing games and when he hears him he runs over and watches.…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 27, 2015 -
CultureCosplayWhen Cosplay Hits The Catwalk
We’re used to seeing cosplayers at stuff like conventions and gaming shows, but strutting the catwalk alongside models and designers? That’s exactly what happened last week, though, when Vicky Lau, aka Vivid Vision (and some friends) were invited to show their stuff as part of Western Canada Fashion Week Lau designed and made all the…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 27, 2015
