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My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week
Last week feels like it happened a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away for some reason. It was a good week. Here are my favorite Kotaku posts from it: Video Games, 2015 – Short, sweet and to the point. Luke Plunkett’s sequel to one of his other fine posts, Video Games, 2014.…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 20, 2015 - Uncategorized
BioWare’s Star Wars Games Are Not Official Star Wars Canon
With the new Star Wars movies, Disney basically tossed out everything in the Extended Universe. At last week’s fan convention, someone asked what it meant for BioWare’s games. What “canon” means for Star Wars has changed in the last few years. While Disney is reigning in what is and isn’t considered “official,” it’s still open…
By Patrick Klepek Published April 20, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe First Five Minutes Of Insomniac’s First-Ever PC Game
The creators of Ratchet and Clank and Sunset Overdrive finally take the PC plunge with Slow Down, Bull, a delightfully simple game about a bull and his art. My how Insomniac’s grown over the past few years. In 2012 the 21-year-old development studio released its first non-PlayStation game with Facebook’s Outernauts. In 2013 came Fuse,…
By Mike Fahey Published April 20, 2015 - Uncategorized
A Closer Look at Batman v. Superman‘s Big Three Superhero Costumes
Here’s a better glimpse at the costumes that DC Comics’ biggest three superheroes will be wearing in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Batman’s new suit takes big cues from the Frank Miller iteration from The Dark Knight Returns and Wonder Woman’s gear looks a bit more colorful than the promo shots released thus far.…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 20, 2015 -
UncategorizedMod Turns Dota 2 Into A Third-Person Shooter
You know, I might actually play Dota 2 if it became a third-person shooter. We probably shouldn’t expect Valve to ever sign off on dropping Dota 2 into a completely new genre, but modder BMD_ has done it for them. BMD_ even pulled it off by using the actual Dota 2 tools and game engine,…
By Patrick Klepek Published April 20, 2015 - Uncategorized
PSA: Update Your Rockstar Social Club Password To Avoid Hijacking
Since late last week the Rockstar support Twitter account has been hammered with reports of Social Club account hijackings keeping folks from playing games like Grand Theft Auto V. There’s a simple way to ensure this doesn’t happen to you—change your password. Judging by the volume of tweets the support team is fielding andc the…
By Mike Fahey Published April 20, 2015 -
CultureTotal RecallThe Crazy Urban Legend of the Killer Arcade Machine
Let me tell you a story. It involves an arcade game, the CIA, epilepsy, suicide and one of the greatest urban legends in all of video gaming. Long before the internet existed as we know it today, and long before more contemporary hoaxes about creepy video games, came the story of Polybius. It existed in…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 20, 2015 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: Ani-TAY Winter 2015 Seasonal Overview • Power Rangers: The Movie Revisited • A Journey to the East: My time with Anime • Three Things Superheroes Should Learn from Netflix’s Daredevil • Exploring Music: JRPG Battle Themes TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published April 20, 2015 -
UncategorizedScientifically Accurate My Little Pony Is Not Magical At All
Hear that? It’s the sound of magic being sucked out of the world as colorful ponies break their spines falling from cliffs and die from horrible hoof diseases. This is not going to be pretty. Real ponies are not fun. They are not your colorful friends. They do not have marks on their flanks denoting…
By Mike Fahey Published April 20, 2015 -
UncategorizedHeroes of the Storm is officially launching on June 2nd, following an open beta period beginning May 19th, Blizzard just announced. If you haven’t been able to check the newfangled MOBA out yet, you really should! It’s a lot of fun. Also I’m betting that there will be lots of boosts and other goodies during…
By Yannick LeJacq Published April 20, 2015 - Uncategorized
You Can Explore The Original WipEout‘s Tracks In Your Browser
Dominic Szablewski ported all the maps from the classic 1995 racing game WipEout into a browser-compatible format. So finally, it’s now possible to flowthrough them in a browser without making any mistakes. All the maps are there, and you can switch between them and the camera angles at the top menu. The creator also made…
By Gergo Vas Published April 20, 2015 - Kotaku East
Want Cute Selfies? Try This.
Maybe you’re already cute. Or pretty. Or handsome. Whatever. But perhaps you’re not photogenic. Here’s a surefire way to correct that. Twitter user Nickkoara loves taking selfies in the mirror and decided to stick the face of actor Sota Fukushi on the back of a smartphone case. His original photo was retweeted over 20,000 times.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2015 -
Kotaku EastTry the Hello Kitty Dim Sum in Hong Kong
According to Sanrio, this is the first Hello Kitty restaurant of its kind in the whole word. The restaurant is opening this month in Hong Kong and offers an array of food shaped like the iconic cat character. Most of the dishes look like Kitty-chan inspired dim sum, putting a cuted-up spin on Cantonese food.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2015 - Kotaku East
The Attack on Titan Beauty Routine
That’s porn star Sola Aoishowing off a new Attack on Titan beauty mask. Recently, themed beauty masks have become somewhat popular in Japan. This Colossal Titan facial mask apparently rejuvenates and moisturizes your skin. [Photo: Sola Aoi] The mask comes bundled with the newest issue of Japanese fashion magazine Voce. [Photo: Tokyostory] Of course, when…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2015 - Kotaku East
The Anime Studio Ghibli Wanted To Make
Hayao Miyazaki has retired from feature film making. But before he did, there was a manga he was keen to turn into a movie, but didn’t. That manga was Parasyte. Kotaku previously reviewed the manga, which is called Kiseiju (寄生獣) in Japanese It debuted in 1990 and got an English translation later that decade. In…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2015 - Kotaku East
Why People Say Dragon’s Dogma Online Looks Like Final Fantasy XIV
As net users in Japan have pointed out, the Dragon’s Dogma Online interface seems to resemble the user interface in Final Fantasy XIV. That’s not surprising. Not at all. After an initial rocky rollout, a revamped Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn was released in 2013 and has become a success for Square Enix. Capcom…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2015 - Kotaku East
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ Is Enjoyable Yet Flawed
When you think of Dragon Ball Z villains, one in particular probably comes to mind: Frieza. So bringing him back in the latest big screen feature, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’, seems like a natural idea. Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ picks up the story sometime in the three years after Dragon Ball Z: Battle…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published April 20, 2015 -
UncategorizedSnatcher, Now On…Virtual Boy?
Snatcher is one of the coolest video games ever made. It also, obviously, never made it to Nintendo’s doomed Virtual Boy, so you’ve got a couple of fans to thank for this unexpected demo of the adventure classic running on the VR system. One of those fans, as outlined in this planetvb forum post (via…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2015