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Let’s Rate E3 2015
Another E3 has come and gone. We’ve had a weekend to recover, and it’s time to take stock. Who did well? Who did poorly? You tell us. Last year, I made a bunch of polls so that y’all could vote for how you thought everyone “did” at E3. I thought I’d do the same thing…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 22, 2015 -
UncategorizedAll The JRPGs I Played At E3 2015
Last week I flew to Los Angeles for E3, an annual event in which all sorts of video game people gather to complain on Twitter about how busy they are. At this event, I discovered many Japanese role-playing games. I tried to play—or at least watch—as many as I could. But JRPGs are impossible to…
By Jason Schreier Published June 22, 2015 -
UncategorizedSmash Bros. Glitch Turns Pac-Man Into Unstoppable Terror
So this is scary. Pac-Man, one of the cheeriest-looking characters ever known in video games, has unlocked what looks like one of the biggest trolls moves in Smash Bros. thanks to a recently discovered glitch. Nicknamed the “trampoline stage drop” by the influential Smash forum Smashboards, the glitch makes the Pac’s opponent fall through through…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 22, 2015 - Uncategorized
Project Cars 2 Already Announced, Crowdfunding
After several delays, Projects Cars finally arrived in early May. Just weeks later, developer Slightly Mad Studios have announced plans to crowdfund a sequel. That seems…soon. As with the last game, Project Cars 2 is raising money on the World of Mass Development platform. There’s no stated budget or goal for the sequel, but it…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 22, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Most Expensive Games On GameStop’s New Retro Store
What’s old is new again. Unfortunately, it’s also pricey. GameStop launched its long-discussed retro store today, and most games are available for pretty reasonable prices. $12.99 for Metal Gear? Sure. $6.99 for Sonic the Hedgehog 2? Alright. Even $34.99 for Mega Man 2 isn’t ridiculous, considering what it’s going for over on eBay. It doesn’t…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 22, 2015 - Uncategorized
“Yeah, we are making Vita games, but it’s not like we’re making another Killzone Mercenary.” — Sony’s had of game studios Shuhei Yoshida to us at E3, saying new Sony first-party Vita game will likely be digital and cross-platform. “From a first-party standpoint our focus is still on PS4. But we still love Vita.”
By Stephen Totilo Published June 22, 2015 - Uncategorized
Nintendo of America Boss Teases Release of Smaller New 3DS
The smaller version of Nintendo’s more powerful New 3DS line of handhelds may finally make it to North America, thanks to popular demand. At least that’s what we think Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime was hinting to me when we discussed Nintendo’s most capable handheld at E3. “So we’ve got nothing to announce here,”…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 22, 2015 -
UncategorizedWe Are Not Free
It’s been a terrible few weeks for the black body. We’ve just been through a stretch of days that unambiguously demonstrate that black people in this country—and one other—can’t move, think or exist as freely as their non-black counterparts. A white woman claims that she’s always felt black on the inside, to the extent that…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 22, 2015 -
UncategorizedNext From The Maker Of Katamari Damacy: Explosions And Poop
Get a bunch of your friends together. Eat some food. Poop out a new buddy. Then, blow them all up in a giant explosion. Yep, sounds like a Keita Takahashi game. Explosions usually bring joy by destroying things. Wattam—the next trippy-cute thing from the man who created Katamari Damacy—has explosions that make people happy by…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 22, 2015 -
ReviewsBatman: Arkham Knight: The Kotaku Review
If you are so into the Arkham games that you are going to be wounded by learning anything at all about Batman: Arkham Knight—what characters may or may not be in it, for example—please don’t read this review. Go play the game! You will like it, mostly. The spoilers in this review are minor, in…
By Chris Suellentrop Published June 22, 2015 - Uncategorized
Phantom Dust Has Quietly Disappeared
At E3 2014, Microsoft thrilled hardcore gamers by announcing a reboot of the Japanese cult classic Phantom Dust. E3 2015 was somewhat less thrilling: the new Phantom Dust has vanished, and it’s unlikely we’ll see it again. In February, we reported that Microsoft had cut ties with Darkside Games, the studio they’d hired to develop…
By Jason Schreier Published June 22, 2015 -
UncategorizedBeing A Dad Means Playing What The Kids Want To Play
Yesterday was Father’s Day, and what better day to launch the inaugural episode of a series about connecting with my twin boys through the magic of gaming? Before you ask, yes Archer and Seamus are named after characters in an animated program they won’t be able to watch for at least another decade. And yes,…
By Mike Fahey Published June 22, 2015 - Uncategorized
Free-To-Play LEGO Minifigures Online Goes Pay-To-Play
Well there’s an odd turnabout. LEGO Minifigures Online, Funcom’skid-friendly LEGO Diablo, has finished up its run as a free-to-play game and is relaunching June 29 as a paid experience for PC, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android. Used to be you could just hop on to LEGO Minifigures Online anytime you wanted from your web browser.…
By Mike Fahey Published June 22, 2015 -
UncategorizedDetailed 3D Map Visualizes The Battle of Stalingrad
Russian art group in[visible] studio created a miniature real life version of the bloodiest battle of World War II. They used projection mapping to bring a small-scale model of the city ruins to life with planes and soldiers fighting. The result is incredibly realistic. Projection mapping a popular process where an image is digitally processed…
By Gergo Vas Published June 22, 2015 - Uncategorized
What Really Happened With Luke’s Hand After His Duel With Darth Vader
Star Wars’ extended universe might have an answer for the fate of Luke Skywalker’s lost hand after the events of The Empire Strikes Back, but cartoonist Doug Savage’s short is just a better one. It’s a bittersweet tale with a Father’s Day spin: To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]
By Gergo Vas Published June 22, 2015 -
UncategorizedWhen Virtual Reality Is Fucking Terrifying
At this year’s E3, Capcom had a Project Morpheus demo called Kitchen. It seems scary as all hell. Chris Jager at sister site Kotaku Australia called the demo “the most disturbing gaming experience” he’s ever played. (Read his impressions here.) If that doesn’t sell you, this clip from VRScout might: Or this one from DvLZGaME:…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 22, 2015 - Kotaku East
Xbox One Reaches a New Low in Japan
Just when you think Microsoft could do no worse in Japan, the console proves that, yes, it can do even worse. Much worse. After a dismal Japan launch and thenhorrible sales, the latest weekly Xbox One sales for Japan are, simply put, awful. During the week of June 8 to June 14, Microsoft sold a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 22, 2015
