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UncategorizedToday’s Destiny Daily Quest Is Also Full Of Secrets
Destiny, a video game in which players spend hours and hours dropping out of strike playlists, is still full of secrets. Today’s involves a little old place called the Vault of Glass. As we’ve all learned by now thanks to the Black Spindle, the developers at Bungie are putting all sorts of secrets and easter…
By Jason Schreier Published October 6, 2015 -
UncategorizedRiot put out its spotlight for the uber-creepy League of Legends champion Kindred, and their ult looks as bonkers as I was expecting. They also said Kindred’s release is delayed until the 5.20 patch due to “an important, gameplay-impacting issue.” Keep up with Worlds in the meantime with our explainer.
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 6, 2015 - Uncategorized
It’s An Awkward Time To Be A Star Wars Fan
Star Wars is not a series of movies. It’s not a collection of interconnected stories. And it’s not a genre. Star Wars is instead a place, a universe, a setting for a series of movies and other interconnected stories. Now, Star Wars is being refreshed, but it’s still Star Wars. While the events are different,…
By Phil Owen Published October 6, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe First Five Minutes Of Transformers: Devastation: So Far, So Good
I was a little worried about not being able to get my hands on Transformers: Devastation until launch day. After playing for five minutes, everything is just prime. For starters, the game has Transformers in it. Thanks for watching! What, that’s not enough? Weird. Okay, it’s got good the good Transformers in it, voiced by…
By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2015 - Kotaku East
Shin Megami Tensei IV Final Isn’t an Update, But an Entirely New Game
Slated for release in Japan next year, Shin Megami Tensei IV Final isn’t a “definitive edition” of the previously released Shin Megami Tensei IV. It’s an entirely new game set in the same world, featuring a completely different era and setting, all new characters, a branching storyline and multiple endings. The game takes place in…
By Toshi Nakamura Published October 6, 2015 - Uncategorized
Fan’s Remaking The Original 1987 Meal Gear In Unreal Engine
Sounds like an ambitious project, but not an impossible one. Hideo Kojima’s 1987 one-man sneaking title Metal Gear is much smaller game than the ones that followed. A revamped fan-version makes sense. Metal Gear fan Boker posted early shots of this project here. We can see the tanks and the environment of the game’s first…
By Gergo Vas Published October 6, 2015 - Esports
StarCraft II‘s New Patch Won’t Support Old Replays
With Legacy of the Void and its 3.0 pre-patch, a couple of big changes are coming to the game’s interface. The new, revamped UI looks fantastic, but there’s some bad news as well: Replays made before the patch will no longer be supported. Aw, crap. It sounds like a tiny change, but replays were always…
By Gergo Vas Published October 6, 2015 -
Kotaku EastYour Complete Fall 2015 Anime Guide
The leaves are turning red and you know what that means? New anime—54 of them to be exact. So let’s take a look at them one by one so you can see which pique your interest. [*Note: Series ordered by premier date.] Diabolik Lovers More, Blood Genre: Reverse Harem, Romance, Vampires Premier Date: September 24,…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published October 6, 2015 -
Kotaku EastThat’s a Great Fight Scene for a Medicine Commercial
I’m trying to think of the last time I saw a fight scene this well done in a medicine ad. Hrm. Nope. I got nothing. Here, we have Japanese figure Mao Asada fighting against, well, Mao Asada after her sister falls ill. As tipster Ryan points out, the TV spot has shades of Final Fantasy.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2015 - Uncategorized
Konami Goes Microtransaction Crazy with Metal Gear Solid V…Insurance [Update]
Metal Gear Online is launching today. We previously checked out the game at this year’s Tokyo Game Show. It’s a lot of fun as is Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain. You know what isn’t fun? Charging people for what’s essentially a cheat mode. 10/6/15 – 8:35am Update: The title and text were changed to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2015 - Kotaku East
Japanese Vending Machines Now Taking Selfies
But is it really a selfie if you cannot hold the vending machine in your hand? Maybe you can! IT Media reports that Kirin Beverage is rolling out a “selfie” (自撮り or jidori) vending machine in Japan. A collaboration with the popular social network Line, the vending machine has a large LCD display and is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2015 - Kotaku East
Spot the Anime Mistakes
Making anime is hard! The pressure is high. The pay is low. All this combined, no doubt, leads to anime mistakes. Many of these misses are kinda understandable considering the gruelling environment in which animators work! Via 2ch (here and here) as well as Twitter, here’s an assortment of composition and drawing mistakes in anime.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2015 - Culture
Category 6 Kaiju Requires Urgent Jaeger Intervention
Bastien Grivet is a concept artist and matte painter who has worked for companies like Ubisoft, Warner Bros. and Activision. You can see more of Bastien’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper),…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedAngels Fall First Is Trying To Be Your Dream Sci-Fi Combat Game
Angels Fall First is the latest in a long line of games—from Battlecruiser 3000AD to Planetside—to try and actually be the type of video game I dreamed about playing in high school. Made by a team of former modders—who unsurprisingly given this game’s brief had worked on stuff like Homeworld and Unreal Engine—Angels Fall First…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
Look At This Gorgeous Super Nintendo Book
It’s a good time to be alive if you like books about consoles from the 90s. Sega fans got an amazing Genesis/Mega Drive coffee table book last year, and now SNES fans are getting one, albeit with a slightly different approach. Stuart Brett, curator of the wonderful Super Famicom Guy Instagram account (which we’ve featured…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 5, 2015
