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UncategorizedThe Metal Gear Solid V Players Trying To Do The Impossible
One of the biggest secrets in Metal Gear Solid V may not actually be possible—but that’s not stopping players from coming together and trying to achieve it anyway. First, some background. Yesterday I wrote about a hidden ending of sorts that players found while datamining the game on PC. It looks like this, uploaded courtesy…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 17, 2015 - Uncategorized
Hypnotizing
By Jason Schreier Published September 17, 2015 - Uncategorized
Meet the Hutt Who Helped Luke Skywalker Learn About the Jedi
At the end of the original Star Wars movie, Luke Skywalker had a lightsaber and not much else. The old man who started to mentor him died at the hands of the Empire’s most feared enforcer and he didn’t know anything about the legacy he was supposed to continue. This week’s Star Wars comic shows…
By Evan Narcisse Published September 17, 2015 - Uncategorized
Destiny: The Taken King Leaves Players Who Didn’t Upgrade Behind
Are you a Destiny player with no interest in buying The Taken King? You might want to find another game to play. As it turns out, The Taken King doesn’t just add a ton of excellent new stuff to Bungie’s ambitious MMO-shooter—it also locks out much of the old content both in PVE and PVP.…
By Jason Schreier Published September 17, 2015 -
CultureThe GameStop Hero Who Drove A Customer To A Police Station, And Other Game Retail Stories
I’ve raked through miserable game store story after even more miserable game store story. So it warms my heart and restores my faith in humanity to learn just how many employees go out of their way for customers, too. The Stolen Car (via Tim) Shortly after I moved to Minnesota, I located my local Gamestop…
By Tina Amini Published September 17, 2015 - Uncategorized
Remember When Sonic Kissed A Woman?
While there’s not enough alcohol in the world to forget this scene, it’s my journalistic duty to remind you it exists. It hasn’t been easy for Sonic the Hedgehog fans. Perhaps no other series inspires equal amounts of fandom and vitriol as Sega’s premiere platformer, a franchise with a following so irrationally loyal as to…
By Patrick Klepek Published September 17, 2015 - Culture
Fantastic New RPG Lets You Talk Your Way Out Of Every Battle
Undertale made me grin until my face hurt. Then it broke my heart. And that was just the prologue. Undertale is a new RPG that just landed on Steam. It’s cut from the same cloth as stuff like Earthbound; that is to say, it’s charming, weird, wacky, and subversive, but not without substance. It might…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 17, 2015 -
UncategorizedAfter Many Years, The Witness Is Finally Coming Out
The next game from the creator of Braid will be out on January 26, 2016. Even the repeated numbers of the release date (0126•2016) are like a puzzle. Jonathan Blow’s last game was a bonafide video game classic, one that helped ignite a whole wave of independent, small-studio creations. Braid came out in 2008 and…
By Evan Narcisse Published September 17, 2015 -
UncategorizedIf You’ve Got A Wii U, Play Runbow
With everyone obsessing over Super Mario Maker, you might be ignoring Runbow. The top five games on the eShop right now are Super Mario Maker, Splatoon, The Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time, Runbow, and Super Mario World Wait, what was the fourth one? I know most people hit the snooze button the moment another…
By Patrick Klepek Published September 17, 2015 - Uncategorized
Let’s Try To Decipher Activision’s Destiny Puffery
Here is a coded message from Activision, sent via press release this morning: SANTA MONICA, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Bungie and Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), announced today that Destiny: The Taken King broke the record for the most downloaded day-one game in PlayStation history and set a new…
By Jason Schreier Published September 17, 2015 - Uncategorized
Just a few months after Bloodborne’s DLC arrives, From Software will deliver Dark Souls III, with the game arriving next April. A specific date hasn’t been announced, and it’s unclear if the PC version will be on the same day as the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions. In the past, it’s been a bit…
By Patrick Klepek Published September 17, 2015 -
UncategorizedDear Lord, Persona 5 Looks Incredible
You know what helps alleviate the pain of Persona 5’s big delay? This ridiculous trailer, which features the characters of Atlus’s upcoming cat RPG climbing things, jumping into paintings, and playing baseball. Looks like the characters will live in a big city this time around, where apparently they’ll go on stealth missions and run screaming…
By Jason Schreier Published September 17, 2015 -
UncategorizedThere’s A Cool Diablo-Themed Easter Egg In Heroes of the Storm
Whether it’s a hidden corner of a StarCraft II campaign map or something mentioned in a WoW quest, Blizzard always finds the weirdest ways to hide easter eggs in their games. This time it’s a Diablo III-themed one in Heroes of the Storm So to unlock this particular one, you need to be on The…
By Gergo Vas Published September 17, 2015 - Uncategorized
Persona 5 Delayed to 2016
The next entry in Atlus’ beloved RPG series was supposed to come out this year. But that ain’t happening. Persona 5 won’t be out until the summer of 2016. The delay was announced via a new TGS trailer and comes after Atlus had repeatedly said that they were on track for a 2015 release for…
By Evan Narcisse Published September 17, 2015 -
UncategorizedConan Has Some New Facebook Button Ideas
Facebook shouldn’t stop with the recently announced Dislike button. In fact, some of Conan O’Brien’s suggestions would make things much more fun. If there’s space for endless amount of emojis, there must be as well for a few silly buttons. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]
By Gergo Vas Published September 17, 2015 - Uncategorized
Pokémon Make For Badass Mecha
Because Lugia, leader of the Legendary Birds, who can tear cliffs down with one wave of its wings, apparently isn’t terrifying enough by itself. So now here it is in the form of a flying death robot. The mecha-mon were posted to r/pokemon by the artist, derangedhyena. There’s five pieces of artwork in total, depicting…
By András Neltz Published September 17, 2015 - Kotaku East
Segata Sanshiro is back! We know that the greatest video game ad man is appearing in the Sega meets Namco Bandai meets Capcom collaboration title, Project X Zone 2. Yesterday in Tokyo, the game’s producer Kensuke Tsukanaka said that it was Namco Bandai who originally wanted Segata Sanshiro in the game. Interesting!
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 17, 2015 - Kotaku East
The Many Sights of Tokyo Game Show 2015
The Kotaku East crew is on site at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, trying the games, reporting news, and snapping photos. Copious amounts of photos. Reading about upcoming games is fun, but for a change of pace, you might wanna try taking in the sights for a bit instead. Have a look: Kotaku East is…
By András Neltz Published September 17, 2015 - Kotaku East
They’re making an Ace Attorney anime! The anime will begin broadcasting in Japan starting in April 2016.
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 17, 2015
