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Nintendo will be making mobile games in the future, but we don’t know much about their plans yet. TIME spoke with Satoru Iwata, Reggie Files-Aime, and Shigeru Miyamoto for a tiny bit of insight into their plans. Here are a couple of interesting quotes, but I’d recommend reading the whole piece! On whether Nintendo will…
By Patrick Klepek Published March 18, 2015 -
Culture25 World of Warcraft Players Tell Their Best Stories
World of Warcraft lives up to its name in that it is a vast world of its own. There’s so much more to do than just grind your way up to the latest level cap. You guys shared some fascinating stories involving everything from friendships to deaths to glitches. Here are the best ones, in…
By Tina Amini Published March 18, 2015 -
UncategorizedVeteran Game Developer Says Atari’s Trying To Screw Him Over [UPDATE]
Tempest 2000 designer Jeff Minter wants to release his latest tube-centric shooter, TxK, on a bunch of platforms, but the longtime designer is saying Atari won’t let him do that. Let’s just say Minter doesn’t have many kind things to say about his former employer. Minter didn’t create Tempest—that was Dave Theurer—but jumped on board…
By Patrick Klepek Published March 18, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe First Five Zelda-Riffic Minutes Of Oceanhorn
The closest one can legitimately get to playing The Legend of Zelda on mobile is now the closest one can get to legitimately playing The Legend of Zelda on PC. Let’s see how much Link is packed into the first five minutes of Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas. It’s no secret Cornfox & Bros.’ epic…
By Mike Fahey Published March 18, 2015 - Uncategorized
What Do You Think Of Final Fantasy XV So Far?
By now, you’ve had 24 hours to play Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae, one of the most fascinating video game demos in recent memory. (How many other demos actually let you save your progress?) And those of you who read Kotaku regularly might recall that during an interview in January, FFXV director Hajime Tabata told…
By Jason Schreier Published March 18, 2015 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: GTA Online’s Heists are Like a Party Where Everybody’s Invited • Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number Reminded Me Why I Love Video Games • Rockmandash Reviews: Never 7: The End of Infinity [Visual Novel] • Azure Striker Gunvolt and the Preferred Pronoun TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide…
By András Neltz Published March 18, 2015 - Uncategorized
That’s How You Build A Giant LEGO Castle
A labyrinth of gray towers and walls, hidden chambers, a busy port and marketplace. A proper medieval castle needs all of these, and LEGO fanatic Marco den Besten made sure his giant fantasy build had all that and a lot more. His walled city, called Armortug (via Eurobricks Forums), took him around 3-4 months to…
By Gergo Vas Published March 18, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Walking Dead As A SNES Run And Gun Game
A game like this wouldn’t be about important decisions or character development, but rather blowing up endless armies of zombies in a top-down view. CineFix recreated the first two seasons of The Walking Dead TV show and made it similar to 16-bit run and gun games like Jurassic Park, The Chaos Engine or even Zombies…
By Gergo Vas Published March 18, 2015 - Uncategorized
Oooh, that’s gonna leave a mark. Godzilla is attacked by two F16 aircraft in Pepezilla’s 3D fanart, simply titled “army attack Godzilla.” The model is embedded below, in case you’d like a closer look. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art we can…
By András Neltz Published March 18, 2015 -
Kotaku EastSpider Infestation Reminds People of Totoro
In the Studio Ghibli anime My Neighbor Totoro*, there is a scene in which the family moves into their new house and finds the attic crawling with soot sprites. This is kind of like that, but WITH SPIDERS. On popular Japanese blogs like My Game News Flash, the below video is reminding people of that…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 18, 2015 -
Kotaku EastTo Make Attack on Titan ‘Real’ You Need Drones and AR
And a dancing Titan. Don’t forget that. It’s very important. YouTuber Kamo C uploaded this video, showing how augmented reality was used to create a 50-meter (164-foot) Colossal Titan. The animation isn’t Hollywood quality, but that’s okay, because the result is rather impressive. And large. A 10-meter (32.8 foot) AR marker and a drone was…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 18, 2015 - Kotaku East
Burger King Perfume Coming to Japan. Apparently.
And it seems the fragrance, which is dubbed “Flame-Grilled,” will be released only in Japan. On April 1st. Hang on a second… But wait, this is supposedly an actual product. According to Burger King Japan, April 1st is now “Whopper Day” in Japan. It’s not a national holiday (dammit!), but website Fashion Snap reports that…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 18, 2015 - Uncategorized
Elder Scrolls Plush is Not Poisonous, Just Cute
Netch are basically giant land jellyfish, domesticated in the region of Morrowind for their hide and jelly. They also have huge, strong tentacles, and are quite vicious when you come at them with a sword. So why wouldn’t you want one? In Morrowind, where they were introduced, Bull Netch would try to bludgeon you to…
By András Neltz Published March 18, 2015 - Kotaku East
Pokémon Fusions Continue to Make Dreams Reality
When you take two Pokémon and mix them together for something entirely new, that’s called Pokémon splicing or Pokémon fusion. And it makes for some wonderfully cool creations that cannot be found in the games. A few years back, Kotaku covered the resurgence of Pokémon splicing through website Pokémon Fusion as well as in these…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 18, 2015 -
UncategorizedDreamcast Theme For Nintendo 3DS Reopens Old Wounds
Look, I know, Sega and Nintendo have been working together for years. Doesn’t matter. There’s something about this that still blows my mind. It’s a theme for a Nintendo system, copying the dashboard of a Sega system! A little piece of the Dreamcast, living inside a Nintendo handheld! It even has the disc spinning noise!…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2015 -
CultureFive Nights At Freddy’s, Meet Minecraft
If you can’t beat ’em, hit them in the face repeatedly with a pick axe while weeping and then build a giant wall to make sure they never get close to you ever, ever again. Steam user Maximum Player offers a pretty spot-on rendition of what I (or any of you) would do if we…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 17, 2015 - Culture
Choose Your RPG Class Wisely…
Nurzhan Bekkaliev is a freelance concept artist and illustrator from Kazakhstan who has some of the most incredible character design skills I’ve ever seen. If any of these were made into a video game, or comic, or cartoon series, I would get them. And their action figures. On the spot, no questions asked, no matter…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 17, 2015
