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League Of Legends Designer Explains Why It Takes So Long To Fix Stuff
Despite being a very fun game, there are many, many things in League of Legends that desperately need to be fixed, improved upon, or added in the first place. A key figure at League’s development studio Riot wants the game’s tens of millions of fans to know that delays for crucial improvements aren’t the result…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 27, 2015 -
UncategorizedArkham Knight Glitch Gave Me a Weird, Super-Easy Watchtower Takedown
What’s up with those Arkham Knight soldiers running around like crazy? Batman hasn’t even done anything yet. Gosh, guys. After finishing up the main story in Arkham Knight, I’ve been patrolling the city and going through the various sidequests. You know, removing checkpoints, blowing up drones, defusing explosives… that kind of thing. A few days…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 27, 2015 -
UncategorizedFallout: New Vegas Mod Asks You To Survive A Hellish Icy Wasteland
That nuclear winter that everyone in Fallout wanted so badly? It’s coming, thanks to this awesome New Vegas mod. Check out the fantastic first trailer for Fallout: The Frontier, a huge mod that goes all-out with its winter theme: Specifically, Frontier features quests that have you surviving against the harsh elements—the developers note that moral…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Witcher 3 is getting a New Game Plus mode for repeat playthroughs, developer CD Projekt Red just announced. Like the rest of the game’s DLC so far, it’ll be free. Great news, despite the fact that a lot of people haven’t even finished their first time through
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 27, 2015 -
CultureNever Stop Rapping Over Nintendo Soundtracks, Drake
The past few days have been hugely important for the Drake fans among us. They’ve been even more hugely important for the Nintendo game-loving Drake fans among us. The weekend was a major event for the latter group because, as Kill Screen editor Clayton Purdom notedthis morning, it’s the second time this year that the…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 27, 2015 -
Uncategorized25 Years Of The Dr. Mario Commercial Music Stuck In My Head
Call the doctor, Mario 0h-oh. It was on June 27, 1990 that Nintendo released Mario’s medical puzzle game for the Game Boy and NES, setting in motion the North American marketing effort that would result in the youngest doctor this side of Doogie Houser scatting in my head for all eternity. And by scatting I…
By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
Portable PC Inspired By Shadowrun‘s Cyberdecks
This custom PC is too small to be a desktop, but too big for a laptop. It’s a unique portable build, something out of an 80s cyberpunk world. And that’s what actually inspired its builder Chimerus: portable cyberdecks from Shadowrun Looks like a busted replica at first, but even though the build is based on…
By Gergo Vas Published July 27, 2015 -
UncategorizedPre-order incentives are pretty dumb, and the Terminator being a pre-order character for WWE 2K16 might be the dumbest, but Arnold Schwarzenegger re-doing his naked-Terminator scene with WWE’s Daniel Bryan, Finn Balor, Paige and Dean Ambrose? Funny.
By Stephen Totilo Published July 27, 2015 -
UncategorizedA Handy Way To Gear Up Quickly In World of Warcraft
Gearing up got way easier after Warlords of Draenor’s 6.2 patch added Apexis Crystals: If you collect enough crystals you can gear up your character without any effort in pretty strong item level 695 gear. But there’s a relatively easy way to push things to item level 700. Bellular Gaming’s beautifully edited short clip shows…
By Gergo Vas Published July 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
Massive August Splatoon Update Adds Private And Squad Squid Battles
Form up Squid Kids, it’s nearly time to build squads and play without those horrible strangers. Two new matchmaking modes arrive in Splatoon on August 5, plus 30 more player levels, more than 40 pieces of gear and a pair of new weapons. Squad Battles allow for organized groups of friends to form up into…
By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
2,000,000 Blocks, 40 Days of Work, One Huge-Ass Shark
As a bonus, this huge-ass shark also happens to be a flying monstrosity armed with a metric crapton of guns. Pretty neat, unless you’re the enemy. The Redeemer-class gunship, or ‘Hammerhead’ as it’s called in the download, was crafted by expert Minecraft builder Rossky, who took 43 days, working 2-6 hours each day, to produce…
By András Neltz Published July 27, 2015 - Kotaku East
A new Metallic Red 3DS XL will go on sale in Japan on August 27, joining the current line-up of 3DS hardware and priced the same as other XL units. No word yet on an international release. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter@Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
“We are still friends and working into doing something together, but that’s not going to be [Silent Hills].” In an interview with IGN, film director and producer Guillermo del Toro expresses his desire to keep working with Metal Gear designer Hideo Kojima after Konami’s cancellation of their project, Silent Hills
By András Neltz Published July 27, 2015 -
Kotaku EastAs Hospital Commercials Go, These Are Fucked Up
That is not hyperbole. I’m being serious. There is a very high bar to cross for the title of “World’s Most Messed Up Hospital Ads,” and these commercials seem to do just that. Congratulations! Note: This article contains content that some readers might find objectionable. South Korea’s Pyunkang Hospital is, as tipster Sang points out,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2015 - Kotaku East
An FPS Keyboard and Mouse for the PlayStation 4
For those console owners who prefer a keyboard and mouse to a controller, there’s this. Called the Tactical Assault Commander for PlayStation 4, the keyboard and mouse can be also be used with the PS3. The keyboard has arrow keys as well as a “Snipe” key, a “Quick key,” and a “Walk key.” It also…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2015 - Kotaku East
Yet Another English Fail on Japanese TV
English is not an easy language for Japanese people. But you’d think that Fuji TV, one of Japan’s biggest television networks, would have a native English speaker check things. You’d think. Recently, the network broadcasted its annual telethon 27 Hour TV. This is one of Fuji TV’s most widely promoted specials. This year, it featured…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2015
