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The Dream Nintendo Game That Was Never Released
Shigesato Itoi (Mother), Shigeru Miyamoto (Mario, Zelda) and Tsunekazu Ishihara (Pokemon), all working on the same game? We should have known it would be too good to be true. In 1997, Nintendo announced a game called Cabbage. It sounded weird (by 1997 standards, anyway), was headed for a weird console and had a (presumably working)…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2015 - Uncategorized
Tracking Where A Mouse Moves While Gaming
Over the weekend, Gking19 posted the results of an interesting experiment: tracking the movement of the mouse through their favourite video games. Most were played for around 30 minutes (TF2 being the exception), and it’s fascinating looking at just where the mouse travels most often, and where it comes to rest. Take Company of Heroes,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2015 -
UncategorizedHalo vs Call Of Duty Battle Escalates Quickly
This is great. This video—which introduces just about every explosion, tribute and gag you could think of between the two blockbuster series—was made by the same team behindthat impressive NERF gunfight from last year. In case you were wondering where you’d seen this particular brand of hyper-excited Australian screen violence before.
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2015 -
UncategorizedHuge Star Citizen Leak Gives Players A Tour Of A Whole Carrier
A big part of Star Citizen is the fact that you can earn, unlock (and buy with real cash) certain starships. So it’s a big deal when players get a good look at one of the game’s prize starships. This is a tour of aBengal, a massive carrier from the upcoming space shooter. See that…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2015 - Uncategorized
I Care About Star Wars Because It Introduced Me To ‘Lore’
Today, May 25, is Star Wars Day—not the weird pun nonsense earlier this month that people love to call “Star Wars Day”, but the anniversary of the release of the original film in 1977. And today here on Kotaku we’re going to celebrate an oft-mocked part of Star Wars: the Expanded Universe. Today, nerds (this…
By Phil Owen Published May 25, 2015 - Uncategorized
An Etsy Shop For Crystal Poké Balls
If you know where to look, you can buy anything on Etsy. And, yes, “anything” apparently sometimes includes Poke Balls made of crystal with pokemon laser-carved into them. First things first. They’ve sold out of the Poke Balls but are trying to make some more, and in the meantime the listed price of $99,999.99 is…
By Phil Owen Published May 25, 2015 - Uncategorized
Bloodborne has been patched to allow co-op with friends regardless of level with password matching. That’s according to DualShockers’ English translation of the Japanese patch notes. The patch is about 300mb, positively svelte for an update to a current-gen game.
By Phil Owen Published May 25, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Longer The Witcher 3 Goes, The Faster I Move Through It
If you write about games professionally for a while, and get suckered into writing game reviews freelance, a couple things happen. First, you play way too many games. Second, you play all those games very quickly. The latter has led me to take on some habits that I find troublesome. I usually try to avoid…
By Phil Owen Published May 25, 2015 - Uncategorized
Blizzard Removed Tychus’ Cigar To Meet Ratings Requirements
We discovered last week that Tychus’ trademark cigar was missing from the open beta version of Heroes of the Storm, and some people were rather upset about it—bro is always chewing on that thing, after all. And Blizzard artist Phill Gonzalez hopped on reddit to explain what the deal with that was. As some had…
By Phil Owen Published May 25, 2015 - Uncategorized
On PC, The Witcher 3 now has more graphics than ever, as CD Projekt RED has just dropped a second patch which increases the quality of textures on high and ultra settings. Also, you can rebind keys now! Patch notes: Rebinding of all keys is now available after switching on the ‘Unlock Bindings’ option in…
By Phil Owen Published May 25, 2015 - Uncategorized
What E3 Exaggerations Are You Most Excited For?
Hi! I’m Phil Owen, and I’ll be your Kotaku guest editor for Memorial Day while everyone else is enjoying the day off with possibly barbecue and maybe also sunshine. But who needs all that when we’re going to have a scintillating day just chock full of internet goodness? To get us started today, I wanna…
By Phil Owen Published May 25, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Vehicles of Mad Max: Fury Road In Shiny LEGO Form
It seems like Mad Max: Fury Road just hit theaters, but LEGO builder Will has already remade the best vehicles of the movie with LEGO bricks. Must have been a tough challenge to build even these tiny versions. Check them out below (via GallowBoob on r/lego) or in his gallery over here. Witnesssssss! Here’s a…
By Gergo Vas Published May 25, 2015 -
UncategorizedGame Boy XXL Is A Handheld For Giants
Earlier this year, reader Ilhan Ünal got started building his own Game Boy, which he only recently completed. It’s…a little bigger than Nintendo’s original version. Named the Game Boy XXL, Ünal’s handheld is more of a deskheld. It’s running off a Raspberry Pi, with an old 19” computer monitor acting as the screen, and was…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2015 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Wii Blamed for Fire
A Colorado man lost his RV and many personal belongings in a blaze that firefighters believe his Nintendo Wii could have started. “This had nothing to do with the wires,” RV owner Trevor Pellegrin to KKTV (via Wii U Daily). “It started in the actual console of the Wii.” “I was coming back from a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 25, 2015 - Kotaku East
Evangelion Creator Predicts the Death of Anime
Hideaki Anno, creator Neon Genesis Evangelion, thinks that the Japanese animation industry’s days are numbered. In an interview with Russian news agency RIA Novosti (via EvaGeeks), Anno said the anime industry as we now know it will end in the next five to twenty years. Decline and “death” are unavoidable. Anno calls this only “a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 25, 2015 - Kotaku East
How Nintendo Makes Its Games Appear Cheaper in Japan
It looks like Nintendo is doing funny stuff on its official website with price listings to make its games look cheaper. Via Hachima, here is the official Nintendo Japanese site: Okay, so as people are pointing out online in Japan, Nintendo is listing the “tax not included” prices for its games. In Japanese, “tax not…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 25, 2015 - Kotaku East
In Japan, a Thousand People Just Lined Up at Starbucks
Yes. That’s right. Starbucks. After not having one for years, Tottori Prefecture finally got its first Starbucks this past Saturday. Across Japan, there are Starbucks all over the freaking place. But Tottori Prefecture was the final frontier for the American coffee chain. There are now Starbucks in every one of Japan’s 47 prefectures. Yay, globalism.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 25, 2015
