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UncategorizedA Horror Game About Two People Trapped In The Same Body
One person is a 13-year-old girl, another is a ghost. That’s a hell of a premise. The Music Machine is not a jump scare factory, and you won’t spend your time running from monsters. At least, it hasn’t done that in the 20 minutes or so I’ve spent with it. No, The Music Machine is…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 4, 2015 - Uncategorized
It’s Hard Not To Hate Destiny’s Best PvP Gun
If you’ve been competing in Destiny’s intense new Trials of Osiris multiplayer event, you may have noticed something: Almost every player you go up against is using the same gun. That gun is a weird-looking revolver called Thorn. If there are three players on a given Trials team, it’s a safe bet that at least…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 4, 2015 -
Uncategorized19 Years Later, Super Mario 64 Player Finds New Way To Use Goombas
When most of us see a goomba, our instinct is to try to squash it, get rid of it. Turns out, though, that goombas can be way more useful than that. Last year, I profiled Scott Buchanan, an intense Super Mario 64 player who manages to beat levels without ever jumping at all. This month,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 4, 2015 - Esports
League Of Legends Commentator Suspended For ‘Tampering’ With Pro Teams
The high profile European League of Legends broadcaster Martin “Deficio” Lynge was suspended from commentating on upcoming League Championship Series (LCS) games this week. His suspension is punishment for not telling Riot he was negotiating for a job on one of the pro teams that falls under his purview of coverage. Like all the major…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 4, 2015 - Uncategorized
I’m Bailing on The Witcher 2
Quitting, I was raised to believe, is a moral failing. You should stay on the Little League team through the end of the summer, even if you’re not having any fun. You should stick it out as an altar server at church until the end of the eighth grade, whether you like it or not.…
By Chris Suellentrop Published June 4, 2015 - Uncategorized
Darth Vader and The Other Big Moment from This Week’s Star Wars Comics
Yesterday’s Star Wars comic dropped a big bombshell, introducing a character that changes everything we know about the galaxy’s most notorious smuggler. But, along with the newest issue of Darth Vader, it showed the exact moment when the Dark Lord of the Sith learned who Obi-Wan Kenobi’s last padawan was. Yeah, the one he’s related…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 4, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Bard’s Tale IV is looking pretty impressive. inXile, they of Wasteland 2 and Torment: Tides of Numenera, just put out a trailer for their next classic role-playing revival. Bard’s Tale IV is currently on Kickstarter, where it’s already raked in over $900,000.
By Nathan Grayson Published June 4, 2015 -
UncategorizedDanganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls arrives on September 1 for PS Vita. The third-person action game is set between the two main games. Here’s a new trailer: You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek
By Patrick Klepek Published June 4, 2015 -
ReviewsHeroes Of The Storm: The Kotaku Review
“We’re closing the gap,” the Nova standing next to me shouted through her radio. “Keep your eyes on the prize!” But it was only the character saying that. The person playing Nova had already accepted defeat. We all had. Except for the computer. “It’s over,” one of my teammates typed a moment after Nova tried…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 4, 2015 - Uncategorized
Popular Fallout 4 Rumor Sure Seems Like BS
Fallout 4 is finally official, but the fake rumors won’t stop popping up. As Ron Perlman might say: Bullshit. Bullshit never changes. Over the past couple of years, we’ve been inundated with rumors about the next Fallout game, most of them blatantly fake, including a massive ARG back in 2013 that fooled a whole lot…
By Jason Schreier Published June 4, 2015 -
UncategorizedDisney and Kabam are teaming up for Star Wars: Uprising, a Diablo-inspired mobile game that’ll have a beta in the “coming weeks” for certain territories. It’s set after Return of the Jedi but prior to The Force Awakens, and the full game arrives this fall. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected]…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 4, 2015 -
UncategorizedExtreme Lag Turns Dark Souls 2 Fight Into Invisible Nightmare
We’re used to lag in multiplayer games. It happens, even in Dark Souls 2. But it’s not often when a player lags so hard they become an invisible ninja for most of the fight. Two players were engaging in jolly cooperation when an invader named AC joined their game. This happens all the time in…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 4, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Final Fantasy XV Demo Will Get A Patch Next Week
On Tuesday, June 9, Square Enix will release a patch for the demo of Final Fantasy XV. A patch. For a demo. Video games! This might be unprecedented—I can’t think of a single other demo that has been majorly patched—but nothing about Final Fantasy XV has been orthodox in any way. You can see the…
By Jason Schreier Published June 4, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Uncharted Collection Is Coming To PS4 on October 9
Update 10:05 am: Here’s the official trailer and blog post confirming the PS4 release of Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection. The anthology of remastered PS3 games will feature versions of the single-player campaigns optimized for 1080p resolution and 60 FPS framerate and will include access to the Uncharted 4 multiplayer beta. [Original story follows.] It…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 4, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Next Marvel Universe Will Have a New Spider-Man and a New Hulk
After Secret Wars is done, the Marvel Universe is going to look very different. Someone else is going to be the Strongest One There Is. Another wall-crawler will be using the name Spider-Man. Oh, and Wolverine—a Wolverine, anyway—is coming back, too. In reports hitting today via Mashable and USA Today, Marvel Comics has announced that…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 4, 2015 - Uncategorized
Post-Apocalyptic LEGO Landscape Is Full Of Cool Details
Just in time for Fallout 4, Swedish LEGO builders from Swebrick created a huge post-apocalyptic diorama that could easily be a scene from the game or from another similar franchise. Here are some highlights photographed by Jonas Wide and Christer Nyberg. Impressive scale and details with all the characteristics—a gladiator pit, bandits, highway ruins, an…
By Gergo Vas Published June 4, 2015 -
Kotaku EastThe Yoru no Nai Kuni Trailer With English Subtitles
Welcome to a land without night. Yoru no Nai Kuni (よるのないくに The Land Without Night) is an upcoming fantasy action RPG set in a world where the defeat of a demon lord placed a curse upon the land. The main character, Arnas* came in contact with the demon lord’s blood and became a half-demon. Using…
By Toshi Nakamura Published June 4, 2015 - Kotaku East
Poll: Men’s Fashions That Some Japanese Women Hate
Are you a man? Do you wear clothes? Well, listen up if you are in Japan or plan on visiting and, most importantly, care what others think. Nationwide afternoon program Viking! polled 95 women on the Tokyo streets, asking them what men’s fashion they hated. The screen caps below appeared on 2ch, Japan’s largest web…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 4, 2015 -
Kotaku EastLeague of Legends Pro Takes a Potty Break, Gets in Trouble
Have ever wondered what would happen if a pro gamer suddenly left a match to go to the toilet? This, it seems. Seon “Space” Ho-san, who plays for South Korea’s CJ Entus, paused and left for the restroom in a match against KT Rolster. The teams were tied one to one, with each winning a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 4, 2015 - Kotaku East
This Might Be the Longest Video Game Title Ever
Japan’s latest open-world JRPG has a ridiculous title. A sandbox open-world game where you play a high school student living his daily life in an island town for three months, talking with people, running around, taking absurd panty shots on his camera. What would you title such a game? High School Photographer maybe? Student Times…
By Toshi Nakamura Published June 4, 2015