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Asus ROG G751JY-DH71 Gaming Laptop: The Kotaku Review
“You make bad decisions” said a coworker as I pulled the relatively massive Asus ROG G751JY-DH71 gaming laptop out of my backpack during a recent trip to our home office in New York City. I’m not certain I did. On a table dotted with various ultra-skinny Macbook Airs and other assorted ultrabooks, the G751JY certainly…
By Mike Fahey Published March 28, 2015 - Esports
The top 32 Call of Duty teams in the world are squaring off this weekend in Los Angeles for part of a million dollar prize pool. Catch all the action from the 2015 Call of Duty Championship liveover at MajorLeagueGaming.com. It’s a refreshing change from watching teams of five fight over three lanes.
By Mike Fahey Published March 28, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe First Five Nerve-Racking Minutes Of Spirits Of Xanadu
A derelict spaceship, homicidal robots and the most ear-piercing sound a video game can produce, all in the first five minutes of Night Dive Studios’ Spirits of Xanadu. Spirits of Xanadu is a first-person action adventure game that has many early reviewers name-checking the classic System Shock, so I went into the game expecting some…
By Mike Fahey Published March 28, 2015 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Kingdom Hearts II: The TAY Review • Bloodborne – First Impressions on Release Day • Should Open World Games Rethink How They Tell Stories? • Indie HYPE: Dyscourse • What Time is it? Bloodborne • Parasyte -the maxim-: The Ani-TAY Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To…
By András Neltz Published March 28, 2015 -
UncategorizedA Simple Song Swap Makes The Mortal Kombat X TV Spot So Much Better
While there will always be a fondness in my heart for the music of System of a Down, it does not belong in this television ad for Mortal Kombat X. Let’s swap in something more appropriate. There, much better. Now I’m ready to tear out some intestines. YouTuber shagg187 (viaReddit) came up with the fix,…
By Mike Fahey Published March 28, 2015 -
UncategorizedSword Coast Legends Lets Dungeon Masters Screw With Players In Real Time
Last week the developers of Sword Coast Legends demonstrated how players delve the upcoming CRPG’s dungeons. Now take a look at the tools Dungeon Masters can use to make their players’ lives hell. Representing Dungeons & Dragons‘ dungeon master/player relationship in video game form is a real challenge. Giving a DM the power to craft…
By Mike Fahey Published March 28, 2015 - Culture
This Week In The Business: Basically Dead
QUOTE | “Most developers never really made money. They were able to stay in the business. But the way the deals were structured, they were basically dead.” – Oddworld founder Lorne Lanning, talking about why capitalism is killing games Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “At BioWare, we…
By Steve Peterson Published March 28, 2015 - Uncategorized
Reminder: Nintendo Is Always Delaying Major Zelda Games
Today, Nintendo’s Eiji Aonuma announced that the upcoming Legend of Zelda game for the Wii U is not going to be coming out this year. That’s a bummer, but not an unprecedented one: Lots of console Zelda games have been delayed. Ocarina of Time was eventually released in November of 1998. (Via IGN) Wind Waker…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
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By Kirk Hamilton Published March 27, 2015 - Culture
What’s Your Most Memorable Video Game Victory?
Your whole team’s dead. The clock is ticking and the pressure is on. It’s up to you to secure the win, and maybe you’re even hobbling along on minimal life. Did you make it? Surely you all have memorable victories or comeback stories. Maybe they were unlikely. Maybe you made it by the skin of…
By Tina Amini Published March 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Legend of Zelda Wii U Delayed Out Of 2015
Bad news, Zelda fans. The next game won’t be out this year, Nintendo just announced—they’re “no longer making a 2015 release [their] number one priority” for the upcoming Zelda Wii U Series producer Eiji Aonuma announced the bad news in a video message on Facebook, where he talked about how the team has “discovered several…
By Jason Schreier Published March 27, 2015 -
UncategorizedDestiny Players Are Trying To See The Future–And Bungie’s Pushing Back
Hardcore Destiny players don’t just wait around for updates from Bungie about the game. Armed with specialized knowledge of how game files work, some Destiny players try to predict what’s going to happen before Bungie actually makes any changes. These players find all sorts of things. They can, for example, tell what exotic weapons weekend-only…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 27, 2015 -
CultureBloodborne Monster Can’t Stop Dancing
On today’s Highlight Reel we have the saddest character in Los Santos, boatloads of Bloodborne clips, unfazed NPC and more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. Prototype – Such is life…
By Chris Person Published March 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
I Have Created A Bloodborne Drinking Game
It’s the weekend. Many of you will be playing Bloodborne. Some of you will be drinking. Why not combine the two? I’ve been playing Bloodborne for a little over a week now. It’s been exhausting and awesome. After a few days of playing, though, some friends came over to hang out. I needed a break.…
By Patrick Klepek Published March 27, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Invisible League Of Legends Attack Bug Riot Can’t Seem To Resolve
Bugs and glitches are an unfortunate fact of life that usually just have to be tolerated when playing a game as hugely popular as League of Legends. The story of one such bug that’s teetered between irritating and insufferable got a lot more interesting this week after a player figured out how to reproduce it.…
By Yannick LeJacq Published March 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Asks: The Lead Developers Of Dragon Age: Inquisition [Q&A Over]
Three top people from BioWare, one of the world’s most acclaimed RPG studios, are here to answer your questions this afternoon. Welcome to Kotaku Asks, a weekly feature where we invite guests from the world of gaming to come answer burning questions from Kotaku readers. (If you think you’d be a good guest or have…
By Jason Schreier Published March 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
What I Like (And Don’t Like) In Final Fantasy XV So Far
It’s been three weeks since I first played through the demo for Final Fantasy XV, a video game about what will happen to One Direction now that Zayn’s gone. So I’ve had plenty of time to digest. I first completed FFXV: Episode Duscae during a two-hour session at Square Enix’s PAX East media booth in…
By Jason Schreier Published March 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
Chainmail Bikini Anthology Has Women Gamers Telling Their Own Stories
Nearly every gamer has tales about how the imaginary worlds and real-life friendships of their shared hobby has inspired them and gotten them through some rough spots. An upcoming graphic novel anthology takes those moments and turns them in even more inspiration in the form of beautifully drawn comics stories. Due out later this year,…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 27, 2015 - Uncategorized
Bloodborne players, make sure you don’t summon or invade anyone during the game’s Forbidden Woods section! Right now, doing so will prevent you from acquiring a crucial progression item, the Lunarium Key. Sony says a patch is coming next week. Contact the author at [email protected]
By Patrick Klepek Published March 27, 2015