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Fallout 4’s Character Creation Will Test Marriages
We’ve alreadyseen how Fallout 4’s character creation system is going to work. At least, we’ve seen how it’s going to work for us as players. Spare a thought for the partners watching on helplessly in the mirror. Art by Simon Nyhus
By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2015 - Uncategorized
Here Is A Real Press Release For Real Products
FREE BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT INSPIRED GELATO LANDING IN SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE Batman: Arkham Knight joins forces with N2 Extreme Gelato to release trilogy of frozen flavours in celebration of hotly anticipated release. Sydney, Australia – 22nd June – To celebrate the release of Batman: Arkham Knight, this Wednesday, 24th June, fans will be treated to…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2015 - Uncategorized
On Power Fantasies, Armor & Change In League Of Legends
Here’s a cool post by Riot’s Michael Maurino on the thinking that goes into women’s character/armour design in League of Legends in 2015. We as artists at Riot have different ways we interpret power fantasies. We express it in different way. All of them are valid I feel. Whether that’s Riot Zeronis making extremely badass…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Batman Cosplay Is Out Of Control
Julian Checkley is one of the best Star Wars cosplayers on the planet. He is also, as luck would have it, one of the best Batman cosplayers on the planet as well. We’ve seen him do an amazing Bane (WARNING: link promotes my cosplay book), but in honour of the Batman video games he decided…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Problem Of Games Being Art, But Also Products
Tale of Tales, who most recently released the excellent Sunset—but who were also behind games like The Path and The Endless Forest—have decided to stop making and releasing commercial (in the most literal sense, as in available for sale) video games, announcing the news with an honest and confronting blog post that anyone involved with…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2015 - Culture
The Week In Games: Batman.
Batman. Batman Batman Batman. Batman Batman? Batman. Batman Final Fantasy XIV Batman, Batman Tales From The Borderlands, Batman Batman. Suikoden 3? Batman? Batman. Batman, June 23 Batman: Arkham Knight — Xbox One, PS4, PC Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward — PC, PS3, PS4 Ride — PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One Tales From The Borderlands Episode…
By Mike Fahey Published June 21, 2015 - Uncategorized
Hasbro Keeps Milking ’80s Transformers Nostalgia For All It’s Worth
As a wise ape robot once said, “the seeds of the future lie buried in the past.” This weekend at Botcon Hasbro revealed its upcoming Transformers releases for 2015 and early 2016, and its filled with familiar faces. If you seen the barren shelves at toy outlets across the country, then you know the Transformers…
By Mike Fahey Published June 21, 2015 -
UncategorizedOur First Fleeting Glimpse Of Tales Of Berseria In Motion
Certainly our first look at sole female protagonist Velvet’s hair in action. We get several shots of Velvet in Bandai Namco’s brief teaser for the PlayStation 3 and 4 game, along with some gorgeous environments and ship sailing the shiny seas. Having played every North American Tales of release thus far, I keep waiting for…
By Mike Fahey Published June 21, 2015 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Man In The Moon-Mask
One of the creepy highlights of Square Enix’s 2015 E3 press conference, now a major Kotaku ‘Shop Contest subject. Why is he wearing that mask? Why isn’t everyone wearing it? Video game director Taro Yoko is responsible for the wonderfully dark and twisted Drakengard series and its Nier spin-off (soon to be spin-offs), so as…
By Mike Fahey Published June 21, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe World’s Most Advanced Gaming Mouse (Trailer)
How epic can a trailer for a gaming mouse get? This epic. During E3 last week, Razer introduced the latest version of its Mamba gaming mouse, an incredibly popular product in gaming circles as well as one of the few gaming mice you’re likely to find at a Walmart—the truest test of niche hardware penetration.…
By Mike Fahey Published June 21, 2015 - Culture
Sunday Comics: Basically Furiosa
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published June 20. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published June 15. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
By Mike Fahey Published June 21, 2015 - Uncategorized
Should I Import That Damn Persona 4 Dancing Game? Update: Nope.
I’ve been driving myself crazy over this game for months. In five days it’s released in Japan for the Vita, a format without region locking. I’ve been starting at Play Asia for an hour. Send help. I used to import a lot of games from Japan back in the day. Most of the games I…
By Mike Fahey Published June 20, 2015 - Uncategorized
So, About That Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward Coverage
Like thousands of other Final Fantasy XIV players I was awake at 5 a.m. Eastern on Friday morning to take my first steps into the game’s first major expansion. Then I realized Heavensward wasn’t quite like other MMO expansions. Most MMO expansions are level-based. If the new content is for players level 50 and above,…
By Mike Fahey Published June 20, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe First Five Minutes Of Shenmue, Finally The Prime Game In A Trilogy
It’s been five days since the Shenmue III Kickstarter campaign was announced and it’s already approaching the $3.5 million mark. What kind of game inspires such rapid fundraising? This one. The original Shenmue was released in North America in 2000 for the Dreamcast, a system that video gamers loved passionately and video game makers largely…
By Mike Fahey Published June 20, 2015 - Uncategorized
Man Spends Six Years Crocheting One Super Mario Bros. 3 Map
Norwegian computer programmer and skydiving champion Kjetil Nordin put over 800 hours of work into researching and crocheting this lovely recreation of the map for Super Mario Bros. 3 World 1. Redditor Buttermynutsspent several minutes making it into this equally lovely GIF. Anyone with basic crochet skills and a whole lot of free time can…
By Mike Fahey Published June 20, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe New Hitman’s Creative Director Is Saying All The Right Things
On the last day of E3, I checked out the newly announced Hitman game, which is simply called Hitman. I also spoke with IO Interactive creative director Christian Elverdam, and he had some heartening things to say. Most Hitman fans agree that 2006’s Blood Money was the pinnacle of the series, and that game came…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 20, 2015 - Uncategorized
The First All-Female Transformers Combiner Team Revealed
“All I want to do/is see six robots turn into/a giant woman.” Hasbro’s Fan Built Combiner poll culminates in the creation of Victorion, the most together combiner team Transformers has ever seen. Revealed yesterday in a USA Today exclusive, Victorion is two race cars, two helicopters, a motorcycle and a rescue truck combined together into…
By Mike Fahey Published June 20, 2015