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Steam Is Now Offering Refunds
Steam is finally getting a proper refund system. Starting today, users of Valve’s PC platform will be able to get a full refund on any game for any reason, provided it’s been less than 14 days since purchase and they’ve spent less than two hours playing. You’ll be able to get your money back for…
By Jason Schreier Published June 2, 2015 - Uncategorized
Man of Action Entertainment will produce an animated Mega Man series, reports Deadline. They’ve worked on Ben 10, Marvel’s Ultimate Spiderman, and other cartoons. Deals like this are made all the time and never happen, but hey, Mega Man makes sense for a cartoon. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 2, 2015 - Uncategorized
Nintendo has denied a recent Nikkei report that their new NX console will use Android as an operating system. Of course, Nintendo has a habit of denying Nikkei reports that later turn out to be true. On the other hand, Nikkei’s track recordisn’t 100%. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
By Jason Schreier Published June 2, 2015 - Uncategorized
Heroes Of The Storm Is Changing Its Competitive Ranked Modes
The good news is that it sounds like Blizzard is changing most everything for the better. The frustrating news is that everyone’s current ranking is going to be reset. Just in time for its exodus from beta, Blizzard announced a bunch of adjustments the developer will be making to its new MOBA Heroes of the…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 2, 2015 - Uncategorized
Tomorrow’s Spider-Man Comic Undoes One of Marvel’s Stupidest Mistakes
Eight years ago, in a Marvel Universe far, far away, Spider-Man was married. Then Marvel editorial had him make a deal with the devil—a villain called Mephisto—and he wasn’t a husband anymore, like it had never happened. It was stupid. People hated it. This week, Marvel’s teasing fans with the a world where that bonehead…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 2, 2015 - Uncategorized
Infinite Crisis Is Shutting Down
It had a nice long run, but—wait, no it didn’t. Having officially launched in March of this year, DC Comics MOBA Infinite Crisis will be shutting its doors on August 14, some six months later. The news was delivered via a forum post on the game’s official website from community manager Celestrata. After much deliberation,…
By Mike Fahey Published June 2, 2015 -
UncategorizedYears Later, Players Are Finding New Secrets About Dark Souls’ Endings
There are two endings in Dark Souls. It’s not clear whether one is good or bad—they’re just endings. Or maybe not! According to a player who’d dug around in the code, From Software actually knows which ending is the “good” one.” Warning: There are spoilers for Dark Souls ahead, obviously! An unused value called ClearState…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 2, 2015 - Uncategorized
New League Of Legends Skin Turns The Game’s Notorious Monk Into A Boxer
I can’t look at this adorable little pugilist getup without thinking of Little Mac fromSmash Bros. Which is sort of fitting, considering that a League of Legends designer admitted that Lee Sin is a “problem” earlier this year. Problem or not, at least the new “Knockout Lee Sin” skin that Riot released for League of…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 2, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Fallout 4 Announcement Has Begun [UPDATE: Announced]
UPDATE (10am): On Wednesday morning, Bethesda announced Fallout 4 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. You can watch the trailer right here Original post follows: It’s official: Fallout 4 is coming. Bethesda just put up a countdown timer leading up to the announcement, which will apparently take place tomorrow. It’s curious to see Bethesda announce…
By Jason Schreier Published June 2, 2015 - Uncategorized
One of the designers behind Turok has launched a Kickstarter for a spiritual successor—except it’s a comic, not a game. Designer Tim Lewinson—who also worked on the ill-fated Turok 2—tells Kotaku he hopes to eventually turn this into a game in the future.
By Jason Schreier Published June 2, 2015 - Uncategorized
Sorry Hot Topic, GameStop Is The Proud New Owner Of ThinkGeek
In the face of a purchase agreement from GameStop Corp. valued at $140 million, ThinkGeek parent company Geeknet terminated the $122 million deal with Hot Topic it announced last week. From the official announcement: GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), a family of specialty retail brands that makes the most popular technologies affordable and simple, and Geeknet,…
By Mike Fahey Published June 2, 2015 -
UncategorizedSo That’s How LEGO Dimensions Will Keep Players Rebuilding
I was a little worried that LEGO Dimension’s gadgets and vehicles would be one-time builds, toys you assemble once and then never touch again. As it turns out, every vehicle and gadget in the game has three different builds. Phew. While I wouldn’t mind a game that treated LEGO minifigures like Skylanders, bringing them to…
By Mike Fahey Published June 2, 2015 -
UncategorizedEight Things To Do Before Warlords of Draenor‘s Massive Patch Hits
Patch 6.2 is shaping up nicely in World of Warcraft’s test realms, and while there’s no release date yet, it should be out in the next few weeks. It’ll be one of the biggest content patches Blizzard ever made for the game, including a new max level zone, naval missions, a new raid, a new…
By Gergo Vas Published June 2, 2015 -
UncategorizedUnique Pinball Machine Is Too Big For Regular Basements
Galactic Dimension, a unique pinball machine built by Niklas Roy, is a bit larger in size than ordinary machines. It has a UFO-styled playfield of 10×20 feet so keeping an eye on all the bumpers and kickers might be an issue. But it looks fun! Here’s a short clip below showing it in action (via…
By Gergo Vas Published June 2, 2015 -
Kotaku EastIt Takes 31 Minutes to Run Across Xenoblade X’s Open World
I’ve spent a lot of time in the sprawling open world of Xenoblade Chronicles X, doing quests and just exploring. And given how much time I’ve spent running, that got me to wondering just how large the main continent was. Thus I decided to quick travel to one side of the map and run to…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 2, 2015 -
Kotaku EastIt Takes 31 Minutes to Run Across Xenoblade X’s Open World
I’ve spent a lot of time in the sprawling open world of Xenoblade Chronicles X, doing quests and just exploring. And given how much time I’ve spent running, that got me to wondering just how large the main continent was. Thus I decided to quick travel to one side of the map and run to…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 2, 2015 - Kotaku East
Developer Gets Testy with Konami, Ends His Beloved Game Series
Game creator Akira Sakuma says his popular train-themed series Momotaro Dentetsu is “officially finished.” He names one Konami employee in particular for allegedly crushing the franchise. Oh man. 6/03/15 8:33 Update: Konami has issued a statement, stating that that it wanted to continue the series. “Concerning what form the next entry will take, we are…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 2, 2015 - Kotaku East
Screw Waldo, Let’s Find Pikachu
Where’s Pikachu? Others have been finding the character. Maybe you can, too! Believe in yourself. I do. Over the years, images like this are have been made for desktops. Yesterday, Twitter user Yavazin asked people to retweet the image if they find Pikachu. (Click in the upper corner to enlarge the image.) [Image via GaiaOnline…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 2, 2015 - Kotaku East
A Beautiful Anime Makes for Beautiful Gifs
Fate Stay/Night Unlimited Blade Works’ second season is the most beautiful anime on TV right now—if not the most beautiful of all time. So it’s time to present this visual feast in the best way I know how: (bandwidth-gobbling) animated gifs. *Note: gifs contain spoilers—like who fights who, etc. If you’re looking for more awesome…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 2, 2015 - Uncategorized
Sony Just Registered a 1TB PlayStation 4
Compared to the current 500GB PlayStation 4, that’s twice the hard disk drive space. It is! According to the Federal Communications Commission (via DualShockers), Sony just registered a couple new PlayStation 4 models: CUH-1215A and CUH-1215B. Here’s where it gets interesting: the CUH-1215A model has a 500GB HDD capacity, while the CUH-1215B model has a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 2, 2015