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Resident Evil Zero Is Getting an HD Remaster
And it’s headed for, deep breath, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PC. The game is a prequel to the first Resident Evil game and follows the characters Billy Coen and Rebecca Chambers as they discover the origin of the T-virus. Originally released on the GameCube in 2002, a Wii version was released back…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 26, 2015 -
Kotaku EastWhat You Need to Know Before Playing the New Sword Art Online Game
Love it or hate it, there is no avoiding the fact that Sword Art Online is one of the most popular anime of the past few years. However, before you jump into the newest game tie-in, Sword Art Online: Lost Song, there’s more than a bit of lore to get caught up on first. To…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published May 26, 2015 - Kotaku East
Earthquake Stops Tokyo Disney Ride at the Worst Possible Point
You know the point right before you drop on a theme park ride? Your heart is beating faster and tension is mounting, and then…whoosh. Imagine getting stuck at that point during an earthquake. Yesterday, there was a 5.5 magnitude earthquake in Tokyo. According to the WSJ and AP, there were no immediate reports of injuries…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 26, 2015 -
Kotaku EastThe Times Mario Wasn’t a Nintendo Exclusive
When you think of Mario, you think of Nintendo. The two are linked so firmly in your mind it’s almost impossible to think that the beloved character’s games ever showed up on other systems. But it has happened—and more than once. Donkey Kong (1981-1988) The first Mario game (though he was only known as “Jumpman”…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published May 26, 2015 - Kotaku East
Buy Your Own Star Wars Battle Pod for Just $98,000 [Update]
Star Wars Battle Pod is the first Star Wars arcade game in years. I guess because playing it in game centers isn’t enough, Bandai Namco is selling it to the Japanese public. There’s a catch! And it’s the price. Update: Namco Bandai will be making the Battle Pods available for purchase in the U.S. and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 26, 2015 -
CultureDawg, He Put Da City On His Back
The best emails I get from video game artists are the ones that start with “I’m the artist who made the bikini model for the main character of Fatal Frame 5”. In addition to his Fatal Frame contributions, Desmond Wong has also worked on Dead or Alive, and will later this year release his own…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2015 - CultureTotal Recall
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
