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UncategorizedMarvel Puzzle Quest Coming To Consoles Without The Free-To-Play Nonsense
Marvel Puzzle Quest for mobile and PC was an exciting concept marred by free-to-play mechanics. Coming later this year, the console version of Marvel Puzzle Quest adds multiplayer and ditches free-to-play. Players will pay $14.99 for Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign when it hits Xboxes 360 and One and PlayStations 3 and 4 later this…
By Mike Fahey Published October 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Elder Scrolls Online is getting some new DLC next month—it’ll take players to Orsinium, the Orcish city that was shown off in Daggerfall. It’ll be out November 2 for PC/Mac and the week of November 17 for consoles. More details over on theBethesda Blog
By Jason Schreier Published October 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
The New Jughead Comic Is So Damn Good
Archie Andrews isn’t the cool one anymore. Jughead Jones is. Ever since Archie Comics rebooted their iconic milieu of Riverdaleto be more modern and complicated, Jughead Jones has been stealing just about every scene he’s appeared in. This week, he starts headlining his own ongoing title, written by Sex Criminals co-creator Chip Zdarsky and drawn…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedDestiny Players Discover Secret Raid Room That Nobody Can Solve [UPDATE]
Late Friday night, someone wrote on the Destiny subreddit that there may be a secret room in the game’s newest raid, King’s Fall. He said he’d seen someone post about it on a Facebook group he was in. He even shared a video The bombshell discovery kicked off a frenzy of speculation and investigation within…
By Jason Schreier Published October 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedHero Player Dunks On Mario Maker Troll, Saves All The Yoshi
Killing Yoshi to save your own skin is a time-honored tradition in Mario. Noble players who decide against ruthlessness do exist, though. Those of you who play Mario Maker know about a popular type of level that has the player sacrificing Yoshi to make particularly tricky jumps. Then, in a shitty twist, the levels typically…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedMy Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week
Who knew that one of the most interesting stories we’d find last week would involve proper implementation of a power grid in a zombie game? Or that there were so many terrific lower-profile games coming out to compensate for the awfulness of the new Tony Hawk? Dying Light Creators Respond Amazingly To Fan’s Drunken Rant…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedRock Band 4 Is Pretty Great So Far. My Singing, Not So Much.
Warning: Rock Band 4 may cause a person to sing Scandal’s “The Warrior” with an external mic active, upload the resulting video to the internet and post it on Kotaku along with their initial impressions of the game. I’m so sorry. With a couple more features left I’d like to test out, my Rock Band…
By Mike Fahey Published October 5, 2015 -
ReviewsPersona 4 Dancing All Night: The Kotaku Review
If it weren’t a severe breach of protocol I’d just put the giant YES up at the top of the review. But it is. So I won’t. Atlus has Persona 4’d the rhythm game. That completely real, don’t argue with me verb first cropped up with the release of Persona 4 Arena back in 2012.…
By Mike Fahey Published October 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
There’s A Reason Why Everybody Hates Hunters In World of Warcraft
Even after a bunch of nerfs, the Hunter class in WoW is pretty strong right now. They dominated everything since Warlords of Draenor’s release. So it’s not a surprise that they’ve became an easy scapegoat lately. Shooting arrows from max range while everyone’s running around during a raid encounter might not be that stressful indeed.…
By Gergo Vas Published October 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
LEGO Fan Pays Tribute To The Elder Scrolls Online Battles
LEGO runes never looked this good. Xenomurphy did quite an amazing job recreating an intense battle from The Elder Scrolls Online It’s one of the portals, called Dolmens, that connects Tamriel with the realm of the Daedric Prince Molag Bal. This one’s a 11,000-piece MOC that took six months to complete, and everything, especially the…
By Gergo Vas Published October 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
The GameCube’s shape is perfect for a unique dual paint job like this. It’s Hyrule and its parallel universe from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess by artist Zoki 64 Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art we can find. Send us suggestions…
By Gergo Vas Published October 5, 2015 -
Kotaku EastMinecraft Player Live Streams House Fire
Japanese streamer Daasuke took a break from playing Minecraft to show off his new oil-match lighter. That’s when things got bad. Real bad. Daasuke admitted that he wasn’t sure how to use the lighter. He filled it up with lighter fluid and ended up accidentally setting his room on fire. In the YouTube video below,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2015 - Kotaku East
“Take Back Video Games from Smartphones,” Says Japanese Game Billboard
Not sure these are fighting words, but this is a clever ad campaign. In Tokyo’s Shinjuku, an enormous billboard went up for Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen, a tactical role-playing visual novel for the PS Vita, PS3, and PS4. There were several ads plastered about, but the above one (via 2ch), which reads “Geemu wo Sumaho…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Ghost in the Shell Cosplay Done Right, Done Freaky
In Ghost in the Shell, there are A.I. combat walkers called Tachikoma. Inspired by spiders, they don’t exactly lend themselves to cosplay. Unless you get creative. As Culture Lab points out, a couple of Ghost in the Shell fans Japan recently showed off these outfits. [Photo: timicyo] In motion: As you can see, they sat…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2015 - Kotaku East
Sounds Konami could be making Metal Gear Solid…pachinko. KPE, Konami’s pachinko company, has filed a “Big Boss” trademark. It covers video games, board games, smartphone games, medal games, slot machines, pachinko machines, etc. The pictured image was included with the filing.
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2015 - Kotaku East
One Piece‘s Creator Has an Amazing Toilet
It’s not everyday that you get a peek into where one of Japan’s biggest manga is created, let alone its creator’s truly spectacular restroom. Trust me on this one. On Japanese sites like Itaishinja and web forums like Oro Jackson, images of Eiichiro Oda’s studio have been circulating. The stills are from a recent issue…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: A Coat For Max
My boss wasdissatisfied with the (nearly) top-tier jacket upgrade Max Max receives in his eponymous game outing. We’ve got this, Totilo. Now let’s see what the problem is here. Jesus Christmas that’s horrible. He looks like generic bad guy number 13. He should look like a rock star, or a male model, or a mailman.…
By Mike Fahey Published October 4, 2015 - Culture
The Week In Games: Transform And Roll Out
All I want is to punch giant robots with my own giant robot, maybe turn into a car. Is that too much to ask? Transformers: Devastation comes out his week. I should be happy. But review codes don’t seem to be coming until either launch day or the day before (fingers crossed), and the last…
By Mike Fahey Published October 4, 2015 - Uncategorized
I’d Say I’m Ready For Halloween
My wife let me buy this mask for $15 at Target. She made a horrible mistake. “The first time you scare me awake wearing that I’m burning it,” she told me as I wandered silently through the retail outlet, turning my head slowly to track the people we passed. “Oh don’t worry,” I whispered in…
By Mike Fahey Published October 4, 2015