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UncategorizedOcarina Of Time‘s Kakariko Village Is Breathtaking In Unreal Engine 4
This is pretty much what The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s Kakariko Village looked like in my head the first time I played Unreal Engine 4 being freely available has done wonderful things for older video game scenery. We’ve seen gorgeous builds from World of Warcraft, Sonic the Hedgehog, Resident Evil and Super Mario…
By Mike Fahey Published September 20, 2015 -
ReviewsSkylanders Superchargers: The Kotaku Review
The latest entry in Activision’s annual toys-to-life video game franchise has that new car smell. Over the past four years the Skylanders franchise has delivered a consistently solid action platforming experience bolstered by the joy of placing colorful plastic characters onto a “magical” portal and seeing them come to life on the screen, but the…
By Mike Fahey Published September 20, 2015 - Culture
Sunday Comics: Horn Dog
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your pretty much weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published September 16. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published September 14. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry…
By Mike Fahey Published September 20, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Mightiest Marvel Comics Rip-Off Of Them All
The Maroon Witch. Thor with an ‘N’ at the end. Miss Marvelous. Rabid Raccoon and…Grout. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry at AMZGame’s Tiny Mighty Heroes Unite, so I do a little of both. The creator of the sort of games you see advertised in those tiny Facebook ad boxes (League of Angels,…
By Mike Fahey Published September 19, 2015 - Uncategorized
A Skylanders Superchargers Buyers Guide For Confused Parents
The fifth installment of the series that started the toys-and-games craze goes on sale tomorrow, which means stores packed with baffled parents trying to make sense of it all. We’re here to help. Now that your children have finished collecting all the toys from Skylanders: Spryo’s Adventure, Skylanders Giants, Skylanders Swap Force and Skylanders Trap…
By Mike Fahey Published September 19, 2015 -
UncategorizedCelebrate 30 Years Of Ghosts’n Goblins With Five Minutes Of Death
On September 19, 1985, Capcom unleashed one of the toughest video games ever to hit arcades, starring a brave knight and his brave underwear. Ghosts’n Goblins was the game that answered the age-old question, “What do you do when the devil kidnaps your girlfriend?” The answer, which in retrospect should have been fairly obvious, is…
By Mike Fahey Published September 19, 2015 -
UncategorizedCatch Up With Over A Century Of Call Of Duty: Black Ops History
Cancel your plans to replay the first two Call of Duty: Black Ops games to catch up on the storyline—Treyarch’s handy timeline video has you covered. Dramatic music plays as the series’ timeline is drawn, from the 1930 birth of Victor Reznov to the 2025 death of Raul Menendez. How many people were shot in…
By Mike Fahey Published September 19, 2015 - Esports
Watch The Heroes Of The Storm Americas Championship Live, Right Here
The top eight Heroes of the Storm team in the Americas are in Las Vegas today, competing for a $100,000 prize pool and two spots in the world championship battle at BlizzCon 2015. Who will win, other than Murky? Kicking off at 1 PM Eastern and running until one team has $40,000 and a trip…
By Mike Fahey Published September 19, 2015 -
UncategorizedFire Emblem And Xenoblade Heroes Join Project X Zone 2‘s Crazy
Namco Bandai’s tactics RPG cavalcade of cross-company characters is exclusive to a Nintendo handheld, so how about some Nintendo-owned heroes? Fire Emblem: Awakening’s Chrom and Lucina are a great start, and they’ve picked a perfect partner for Xenosaga’s KOS-MOS. Namco Bandai promised new character announcements for Project X Zone 2 when Richard Eisenbeis played the…
By Mike Fahey Published September 19, 2015 - Culture
This Week In The Business: No Designers, No Dancing Unicorns, No Problem
QUOTE | “I think one of the things that we won’t be looking to do very soon is World of Dancing Unicorns.” – Wargaming’s head of EU marketing Keith Anderson, talking about what new games Wargaming will and will not be working on Elsewhere in the business of gaming this week… QUOTE | “Halfbrick remains…
By Steve Peterson Published September 19, 2015 - Kotaku East
Come For the Game Show. Stick Around For the Cosplay
Tokyo Game Show this year was packed with games and fans. And cosplay. Lots of cosplay. It’s the first public day of Tokyo Game Show, and the cosplay area was packed with people dressed up as their favorite characters and the people photographing them. Here’s a sample of some of the fun and cool cosplay…
By Toshi Nakamura Published September 19, 2015 - Kotaku East
PlayStation VR is the Only Way I’d Want to Play Final Fantasy XIV
Project Morpheus PlayStation VR may be the only way I ever want to play Final Fantasy XIV—so long as they work out some of the real world kinks. At this point, most gamers have probably heard of Project Morpheus PlayStation VR and seen what it can do. VR is nothing new. The real question is…
By Toshi Nakamura Published September 19, 2015 - Kotaku East
Ghost in the Shell was Made for Virtual Reality
Ghost in the Shell has always been about futuristic stuff, so seeing it in 3D in a planetarium-like dome was rather fitting. At Production I.G’s booth at this year’s Tokyo Game Show is a mini theater for their upcoming virtual reality app (see below), 攻殻機動隊 Virtual Reality Diver (Ghost in the Shell Virtual Reality Diver).…
By Toshi Nakamura Published September 19, 2015 - Kotaku East
A Good Way To Understand the Japanese Game Industry
There are lots of titles at this week’s Tokyo Game Show. What platforms they appear on is a solid gauge for what’s currently happening in Japanese gaming. And what’s big? Mobile. For the past few years, TGS has been lots and lots of mobile. But, that’s not the only story. There are many more PlayStation…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 19, 2015 -
Kotaku EastMore Anime Characters Beating The Crap Out of Each Other
While players in the still West are awaiting the release of the anime (technically “light novel”) cross-over fighter Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax, an updated version of the game was shown off this week at the Tokyo Game Show. From the TGS demo, it is clear that there are a few big differences between Dengeki Bunko:…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published September 19, 2015 -
Kotaku EastPersona 5‘s Opening Theme is Pretty Darn Catchy
While we’ve heard bits and pieces of the Persona 5 theme song in the game’s trailers, at Atlus’ TGS stage show earlier today, we got to listen to the full theme song for the first time. The accompanying video switches between what is presumably the game’s opening animation and live action clips of the singer,…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published September 19, 2015 - Kotaku East
First Hands-on With Tri-Ace and Spike Chunsoft’s New RPG
Tri-Ace and Spike Chunsoft’s new RPG, Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky was playable at this year’s Tokyo Game Show so I sat down and gave it a whirl. The game is your basic action RPG with you playing as the main character running and jumping around fighting stuff. The triangle button is…
By Toshi Nakamura Published September 19, 2015