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UncategorizedLooks Like This Will Be The Darkest Justice League Cartoon Ever
Superman is General Zod’s son. Wonder Woman’s the daughter of Ares, evil god of war. And Batman? He’s an actual vampire. Things are going to be different in the next animated Justice League movie. Justice League: Gods and Monsters won’t be like the other recent animated film projects from Warner Brothers. This one won’t be…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 16, 2015 - Uncategorized
What We Loved (And Didn’t Love) About the Daredevil TV Show
I’ve been waiting for a show about Marvel’s blind lawyer superhero lawyer for, like, 20 years. So, of course, I binged on the new Daredevil show on Netflix as soon as I could. I wasn’t the only one here at Kotaku who felt that way. You know what? We loved it. Daredevil’s a different beast…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 16, 2015 - Uncategorized
App Lets You Leave Cryptic Bloodborne Messages In Real Life
If you love leaving weird messages for friends and strangers in Dark Souls and Bloodborne, perhaps you’d like to extend your services to the real-world, too. While the Souls games take place in dangerous lands, you’re not alone. While exploring (and dying), you often come across messages from other players. The messages are typically vague…
By Patrick Klepek Published April 16, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Maps Behind Our Video Games
The video games we play are made by people who live and work around the world. But how often do we think about that aspect of this most international of collaborative art forms? I made some maps. I thought it might help. Here, for example, are the locations of the development studios (down to the…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 16, 2015 -
UncategorizedEverything You Might Have Missed In The Final Fantasy XV Demo
If you skipped the Final Fantasy XV demo last month, you can go on continuing to skip it, because this morning Square Enix released a three-minute video that sums up all the cool parts just for you. Of course, watching something is never quite the same as playing it, but this video will give you…
By Jason Schreier Published April 16, 2015 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: Pokémon One a Day, Series 2 Returns! Wobuffet, Girafarig, Pineco • We Should Stop Judging Games on How Fun They Are with Friends • Game of the Week—A Wild New Role-Playing Adventure [Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars] TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY…
By András Neltz Published April 16, 2015 -
UncategorizedEverybody’s Gone to the Rapture, the fascinating PS4 adventure game announced back in 2012, will be out this summer, Sony says. New trailer above. This one looks pretty neat—it’s developed by The Chinese Room, the game studio behind Dear Esther
By Jason Schreier Published April 16, 2015 -
Kotaku EastIn the New Pokémon Movie, Evil Ash Looks Terrifying
Those glowing eyes. Those clinched teeth. That crazy hair. Damn, Ash. You’re scary. The Pokémon Company released the Japanese trailer for the upcoming feature film Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages. It’s slightly different from the U.S. trailer (here) and doesn’t contain footage of nightmare Ash. Fans of the possessed Ash from…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 16, 2015 - Kotaku East
My Love Story Pays Homage to Japan’s Most Famous Anime Bully
One of the new anime this season, My Love Story, is a romance story featuring an atypical protagonist. A protagonist with certain similarities to one of Japan’s most famous bullies. The main character of My Love Story is Takeo Goda, a high school boy with an intimidatingly large physique, and a heart of gold. The…
By Toshi Nakamura Published April 16, 2015 - Kotaku East
Tetsuya Nomura on Redesigning Characters for Dissidia Final Fantasy
With the release of the latest Dissidia Final Fantasy trailer, Kingdom Hearts director and zipper enthusiast*, Tetsuya Nomura sat down to talk about the newest addition to the character roster. *Not officially “With the two PSP games, I felt I’d ‘done all there is to do’ and took the stance that it was ‘completed,’ so…
By Toshi Nakamura Published April 16, 2015 -
Kotaku EastChappie Censored in Japan, Director Wasn’t Told
When Chappie was released in the U.S., it was a R-rated film. But for the movie’s upcoming Japanese release, Sony decided to edit the film for kids 12 years-old and up. Here’s where things get really awkward. Sony Pictures Japan issued a statement about re-editing the movie to give it a more family-friendly rating of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 16, 2015 -
UncategorizedGTA V Already (Kinda) Working With The Oculus Rift
It’s not perfect VR, as in this case the headset is simply recreating the mouse/thumbstick view from the regular controls (and not giving you full and proper VR support), but still. This motorbike ride looks like a lot of fun. Falandorn, the video’s uploader, says he managed it using vorpX (a program that converts existing…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 16, 2015 -
UncategorizedPC Game Officially Runs At 12K Resolution
The idea of 12K (11520×2160 resolution) gaming is nothing new. Even Microsoft has been talking about it for a couple of years now. But it’s one thing to demo it as some pie-in-the-sky ideal of a brighter future, and another for an actual game to officially support the ludicrous resolution at launch. That game is…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 15, 2015 -
CultureValve Rejected Some Really Cool DOTA 2 Mods
In another dimension, people are playing DOTA 2 as a giant ice cream cone wielding a nacho glaive. Valve’s Steam Workshop, where players can submit their own mods for possible addition to games like DOTA 2 (among many others), has a rather strict set of guidelines. In places, however, these guidelines can be somewhat vague,…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
Grandmaster Caught Cheating On iPod During Chess Tournament
Gaioz Nigalidze, 25, is Georgia’s current chess champion. He’s also now facing a ban of up to 15 years from the game after being caught cheating during a tournament by looking at an iPod. The Washington Post reports that while competing at the Dubai Open Chess Tournament, Nigalidze kept retreating to the bathroom. The fact…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 15, 2015 -
The BestsThe 13 Best World War Two Movies
It’s a war that spanned the globe, blew holes across three continents and directly touched the lives of billions, including filmmakers, actors and their crews. So yeah, there have been some pretty good movies made about the Second World War. Many have been terrible, sure, but some have been amazing, worthy of not just being…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Best Fan-Made GTA V Movies (So Far)
PC players have been making good use of GTA V’s Rockstar Editor this week, a feature that lets people make their own movies inside of the game. Let’s take a look at what people have come up with, shall we? The Police Chase rechyyy ☆ PC Gaming ☆ makes it easy to see how the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedEA Is Closing The Only F2P Game I Ever Loved
While most free-to-play games are garbage, regardless of the platform, sometimes one of them sneaks past your defences and actually finds its way into your spare time. Even I, as hostile as I am to the business practice in general, have my weaknesses. One at the moment is Star Wars: Commander, which is a terrible…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 15, 2015