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UncategorizedThe Good (And Bad) Of GTA V‘s Extraordinary New Online Heists
I peer through my night vision goggles. The hall ahead seems clear. “Evan, you good?” Standing to my left, my partner indicates he is. “Let’s move up.” Just then, the building shakes from an explosion. Our support team in the helicopter above must be keeping the guards outside occupied. “Air team, you guys doing okay?”…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 19, 2015 - Uncategorized
Ever wonder how many skulls there are in each part of the mines in that one Heroes of the Storm map? Reddit’s MGTakedown just broke the answer down with a handy and simple illustration. Now go do the MOBA thing of memorizing all those numbers and then raging at your teammates for failing to do…
By Yannick LeJacq Published March 19, 2015 - Esports
The Future Of StarCraft II
StarCraft II‘s final expansion is right around the corner. The end—some kind of end—is in sight. What happens afterward, though? While Blizzard’s definitely going to pull the curtain closed on StarCraft II‘s multi-part story (a major component of the two major expansion packs), the plan is to keep updating for a lengthy span of time…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 19, 2015 - Uncategorized
Veteran Game Designer Canceling Ports After Atari Legal Challenge
If you were looking forward to playing Jeff Minter’s Tempest-inspired TxK on a platform besides Vita, keep waiting. For now, Minter is relenting to Atari’s demands. Minter revealed yesterday that Atari had been hassling him about TxK, claiming the Tempest 2000 designer was infringing on Atari’s copyrights with TxK. When the news spread, the two…
By Patrick Klepek Published March 19, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Two-Year-Old Pokémon Card Thief
Welcome to Retail Hell, our new regular feature collecting the best and worst stories from the world of video game retail. In today’s round-up, we’ve got reader-submitted stories of grandmas playing Zelda, two-year-olds stealing Pokémon cards, and the case of the cockroach-filled PS3. If you’ve worked in gaming retail and you’ve got stories to share—happy,…
By Jason Schreier Published March 19, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Problem With League Of Legends’ Lore
Keeping track of lore in a MOBA often seems as valuable as watching porn for the story, to quote one recent critic of League of Legends’ latest character reveal. I tend to agree. But YouTuber Gnarsies makes a good case for why having terrible lore really does matter—even for a seemingly plotless gaming genre. Watch…
By Yannick LeJacq Published March 19, 2015 - Uncategorized
Why People Think Hideo Kojima Is No Longer At Konami
Konami is trending on Twitter. Why? People think Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima is about to leave the company. First of all, let’s remember Kojima is well-known for tricking people. Then again, there’s some weird stuff going on. Doesn’t Kojima have a new game coming out? Yup. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, which…
By Patrick Klepek Published March 19, 2015 - Culture
Speedrunner Misses Beating His Own Ocarina of Time Record By Two Seconds
“No, no, no, no,” said the speedrunner, as he realized his last-second mistake. Speedrunner ZFG holds the world record for beating The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time under the 100% speedrun condition, clocking in at four hours, 25 minutes, and 25 seconds. 100% of Ocarina of Time means tracking down and obtaining all health…
By Patrick Klepek Published March 19, 2015 -
UncategorizedFutureGrind: The Basics
What is it? The developers see FutureGrind as a mix of Uniracers and OlliOlli, though you just might see some Trials here, too. It’s about a year out from completion. Who is making it? Milkbag Games, a teeny-tiny indie studio in Ontario. Here’s a trailer: Did we play it? Yes, a few Mondays ago at…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 19, 2015 -
UncategorizedIt’s early days for VR, which means there aren’t many games to get excited about. EVE: Valkryie, however, in one of the few “real” games coming. I’ve always loved my time with the game, and the newest trailer shows how the atmosphere is coming together. It looks gorgeous You can reach the author of this…
By Patrick Klepek Published March 19, 2015 -
UncategorizedOur First Look At The Attack on Titan Movie In Action
We’ve seen the cast of the live-action Attack on Titan movie already. Here is some actual footage of the movie—and man, it looks excellent. Well, the bits that aren’t plastered with television broadcast overlays look great, at least. The titans, for example, look damn menacing—as well they should! If this footage which was uploaded by…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 19, 2015 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: It’s Not A Nintendo Hybrid, It’s A Nintendo Ecosystem • Sunless Sea: How I Consistently Fail to Resist its Sirens Call• Trainime Reviews: Caboose Edition • Indie HYPE: The Flame in the Flood • Spacemon: A Pokémon Tabletop Story, Vol. 2: Ch. 18, Ch. 19 TAY Classic—TAY…
By András Neltz Published March 19, 2015 -
UncategorizedSomeone Put Big Hero 6 Characters In Street Fighter IV
Zangief became Baymax and Cammy is transformed into Go Go Tomago from Big Hero 6 and they both fit perfectly into Ultra Street Fighter IV Modder Salim’s skins are excellent. He should bring all the other characters over too to create some kind of Disney-Street Fighter hybrid. PC Best Mods has a clip showing Baymax…
By Gergo Vas Published March 19, 2015 -
EsportsStarCraft II Mod Swaps Unit Abilities, Makes Everything Confusing
“RaceSwap” is an awesome, yet confusing mod where all three factions of StarCraft II get retextured to look and act like a different faction. Protoss units and buildings now look Terran, while Terran looks like Zerg and Zerg looks like Protoss. Even if you are familiar with the game, with blinking Marauders and flying Hatcheries,…
By Gergo Vas Published March 19, 2015 - Uncategorized
Best to start them early. Redditor Pypok and his wife needed a theme for their son’s nursery, and Pypok suggested space (by way of Kerbal Space Program). Turned out rather well, I’d say—perfect for a future space explorer. There are some in-progress photos in the embedded Imgur album below.
By András Neltz Published March 19, 2015 - Kotaku East
Poll: Anime That Are Better Than the Original Manga
Often when you see an anime, you might think the original manga was better. But do you ever feel the reverse is true? That the anime is more interesting than the source material? A recent Japanese poll asked just that. According to website My Navi, five hundred adult men and women were asked which anime…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 19, 2015 - Kotaku East
Get Rich Beating People Up in Yakuza 0
Yakuza 0 rewards you for beating the crap out of street thugs and gangsters in the form of gobs of cash. Gobs and gobs of cash. The story of Yakuza 0 takes place in Japan in the 1980’s. History lesson time, kids! Back in the 80’s, Japan was enjoying an economic bubble the likes of…
By Toshi Nakamura Published March 19, 2015 - Kotaku East
Incredible Japanese Cardboard Creations
Meet Monami Ohno. The art school grad excels at making highly detailed models and sculptures out of cardboard, whether that’s 1/1 scale cardboard guns, anime robots or model tanks. Ohno’s work has not gone unnoticed in Japan. She’s appeared on the evening news, in magazines, and on websites. She also holds workshops to teach her…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 19, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe next Carmageddon game, Carmageddon: Reincarnation, leaves Early Access and launches on Steam on April 23, almost 15 years after the series’ last game. There’s a launch trailer above (it’s about as bloody as you’d expect), and you can head here for the announcement, which has a features list for the final release.
By András Neltz Published March 19, 2015 - Kotaku East
They’re Making A Yakuza Stage Play
They already had a live-action movie and a TV show, so I guess a stage adaptation was only a matter of time. Next month, Sega’s popular video game, Ryu ga Gotoku (龍が如く) – or as it’s better known in the west, Yakuza – will be getting a stage adaptation. The stage adaptation, which will be…
By Toshi Nakamura Published March 19, 2015