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eBay Taking Down Auctions Selling PS4s With P.T.
You cannot download P.T. anymore, and you can’t sell a PlayStation 4 pre-loaded with the horror game, either. If you search for P.T. and PS4 on eBay right now, almost nothing comes up. A few hours ago, however, and you would have found a bunch of people hoping to capitalize on the game’s newfound scarcity,…
By Patrick Klepek Published May 7, 2015 - Uncategorized
Next Assassin’s Creed To Be Announced Next Week; Now Called Syndicate
Ubisoft will officially announce the next Assassin’s Creed on Tuesday, May 12, the publisher said today. If you read Kotaku, you already know a lot about it:this year’s AC game is set in Victorian Londonand, if early footage is anything to go by, will let you use a grappling hook and fight on carriages, among…
By Jason Schreier Published May 7, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Sims Creator Now Wants You to Make Stories Out of Your Own Life
It’s probably not a surprise that the man who created The Sims and SimCity wants you to make stories out of your life. His most famous creations let players spin bizarre melodramas from how they managed (or fiendishly ignored) the needs of either an entire city or a single family. But, Wright’s next big project…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 7, 2015 - Culture
Rockstar Says They Won’t Ban Anyone For Using Single-Player GTA V Mods
Well, that’s a relief. Mostly. If you were to look at any given GTA forum, you’d think the sky was falling (as opposed to whales falling from the sky, which is actually happening). Rockstar is banning people right and left for using mods, single-player or multiplayer, claim fans. Rockstar, however, says they’re doing nothing of…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 7, 2015 - Uncategorized
Dark Souls 2’s Most Annoying Bug, Finally Patched One Year Later
It’s taken From Software more than a year, but it’s addressed the durability bug that’s plagued Dark Souls 2 since its release in early 2014. A patch went live for the PC version of Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin this morning, and while there are no official patch notes, it appears to…
By Patrick Klepek Published May 7, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Amiibo Problem
I do not think it is possible to like the entirety of a corporation. Take Nintendo, for example. I like the part of Nintendo that makes Zelda games and, with less alacrity, Metroid games. I do not very much like the part of Nintendo that loves to sell plastic. And, boy, does Nintendo love to…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 7, 2015 -
UncategorizedSplatoon Demo Available Now, But You Can Only Play At Certain Times
You know what? Splatoon is looking pretty great, and I can’t wait to try out the demo (which really sounds like a server stress test) in the next few days. As part of a Nintendo Direct for the May release, Nintendo revealed a bunch of news: Most importantly, a “global testfire” demo is available to…
By Patrick Klepek Published May 7, 2015 - Uncategorized
Why World of Warcraft Lost So Many Subscribers
World of Warcraft subscriptions are down from 10 million to 7.1 million, Blizzard said during a financial earnings call yesterday. A record amount of people unsubscribed in the first three months of this year. This drop is particularly unusual because it happened right after a huge increase in subscribers. MMO-Champion’s graph shows the timeline well:…
By Gergo Vas Published May 7, 2015 - Uncategorized
Wasteland 2 is getting a slew of upgrades on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, but inXile’s revealed PC, Mac, and Linux owners will get those upgrades for free. The game will be getting updated graphics, new voice overs, gameplay tweaks, and more. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter…
By Patrick Klepek Published May 7, 2015 - Uncategorized
The next project from the man who created SimCity and Spore isn’t a game. Thred launches today from Will Wright’s Syntertainment. It’s a life-sharing “mobile toolkit” app that lets users curate their photos, links and videos into shareable slideshows that can be decorated with stickers, filters and captions. We’ll have an interview with Wright coming…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 7, 2015 -
UncategorizedGerman Medieval Ruins Recreated In Unreal Engine 4
Using drones and various techniques, mobile developer David Finsterwalder constructed an awesome virtual version of the German castle Hohenrechberg in Unreal Engine 4. It was designed to be a virtual sightseeing experience using VR headsets. But looking at the size of it, something like this would be the perfect map for medieval death matches. Here’s…
By Gergo Vas Published May 7, 2015 - Uncategorized
Snake is about to infiltrate Camp Omega in pixel artist Catherine’s beautiful giffy recreation of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes’ opening. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art we can find. Send us suggestions if you’ve got them. To contact the author…
By Gergo Vas Published May 7, 2015 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Is Coming to Universal Studios Theme Parks
Think Nintendo Land, but real. Today, Nintendo announced it is bringing its games and characters to Universal theme parks. “The immersive experiences will include major attractions at Universal’s theme parks and will feature Nintendo’s most famous characters and games,” stated an official release. To be clear, this isn’t a full-on Nintendo theme park. Rather, Universal…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 7, 2015 - Kotaku East
“Annoying” Japanese Video Game Slang
Every field of specialty has its own jargon. Terms that can hold different or specific meaning within that field as opposed to outside. “Frag” “noob” “pwn”… These are words that were either born or altered by gaming. Japanese gaming has its own words too. A thread on 2ch, Japan’s biggest online billboard, posed an interesting…
By Toshi Nakamura Published May 7, 2015 - Kotaku East
Anime Fans Are Good at Spotting Alleged Tracing
Or maybe, I should say train fans. Whichever! Nice eye. Or eyes. On a recent episode of anime Sound! Euphonium, the character Kumiko is shown riding a train—a train that looks very slick. [via Yaraon] Like something you would only see in an anime? Um, no. A train that, as commenters pointed out online in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 7, 2015 - Kotaku East
The Second Parasyte Movie Isn’t Terrible
Despite my feelings for the first movie, I had to see it all through to the end. I used to laugh at peoples’ overreactions to live-action adaptations. And then I heard they were making a two-part, live-action adaptation to one of my most favorite manga series ever, Parasyte And then I saw the trailer And…
By Toshi Nakamura Published May 7, 2015 -
Kotaku EastThe Trailer for Star Ocean V with English Subtitles
Star Ocean V is a thing and it’s coming. Sadly, Square Enix hasn’t seen it fit to offer the announcement trailer in English for Western fans of the series. Fear not; that’s why I’m here. Star Ocean V: Integrity and Faithlessness, the fifth installment of the main Star Ocean series will take place between Star…
By Toshi Nakamura Published May 7, 2015 - Uncategorized
An Unexpected Place Where the Wii U Struggles: Japan
Hey, good news! Wii U sales are up many countries. Bad news, they’re down in Japan. In the financial year starting in April 2013 and ending in March 2014, Nintendo sold 1.29 million Wii Us in the Americas. As Nintendo revealed today, that number increased to 1.85 million during the financial year ending March 2015.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 7, 2015 - Kotaku East
Nintendo is finally making money again, posting a 41.8 billion yen ($350 million) net profit. It doesn’t stop there, because Nintendo is forecasting its profit to double over this year. “A new source of revenue is expected from a gaming application for smart devices which will be released this year,” Nintendo stated.
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 7, 2015