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By Luke Plunkett Published March 1, 2015 - Culture
League Of Legends’ Character Art Is Awesome
Jason Chan once worked at Massive Black (and also once drew Kotaku mascots). He’s now at Riot Games, the guys who make League of Legends. I’m not the world’s biggest League of Legends fan, but hot damn, every time I see the character art for the game I get tempted. It’s a testament to not…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 1, 2015 - Uncategorized
There will never be another Kotaku ‘Shop Contest ever again until next week. Due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control, this week’s contest has been postponed. Fahey may be convinced to run a new one tomorrow instead should a good enough idea arise. Until then, here’s a picture of a man hugging an aardvark he found…
By Mike Fahey Published March 1, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Dragon Age Cosplay Is Very, Very Fancy
Ophidia’s take on Dragon Age’s Morrigan here may as well be a promo shot for a HBO series. It goes to show that as awesome as an outfit can be, sometimes it’s the location that turns a good cosplay shoot into a great one. Photos by aKami777
By Luke Plunkett Published March 1, 2015 - Uncategorized
Guilty Pleasure: Sweet Drawings Of Military Aircraft
I did a post the other day on Total War’s art, which has been collected into a book, and while looking at that publisher’s site I saw something that made me lose my shit, just a little. It was a book called Warbirds It’s a book full of images done by Adam Tooby, whose job…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 1, 2015 - Reviews
Hori Racing Wheel For Xbox One: The Kotaku Review
Pursuing my newfound love of racing wheels has been an expensive endeavor—so far I’ve played with a $400 Mad Catzwheel and a $400 Thrustmaster wheel. Ringing up at a modest $90, the Hori Racing Wheel for the Xbox One provides excellent motivation for spending a lot more. What It Is TheHori Racing Wheel is the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 1, 2015 - Culture
The Week In Games: Down With Triple A
With big budget retail games resting for the next week, the next seven days shall be dominated by the indie, the budget and the downloadable. I am not complaining. Having played a ton of the $39.99 Screamride this weekend, I’m looking forward to other players getting their hands on the game and creating their own…
By Mike Fahey Published March 1, 2015 - Uncategorized
Dead Or Alive Community Leaders Soft Ban Sexy Costumes At Tournaments
Acknowledging that the Dead or Alive fighting franchise has a sexy image problem, community leaders at the series’ go-to forum have added an over-sexualized costume soft-ban to their tournament rules. Reactions from the community-at-large have been overwhelmingly negative. With the biggest competitive tournament push in franchise history accompanying the release of Dead or Alive 5:…
By Mike Fahey Published March 1, 2015 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: A Better Class of Game Criticism: Part 1 • Games People Hate: A Primer • Pre-Cult: Transistor • Assassination Classroom Makes Me Like the Octopus Guy • Elihu’s Four in February 2015: A Journey Through Time and Space [Majora’s Mask & Metroid Prime] TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s…
By András Neltz Published March 1, 2015 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Commander In Chief Of Anime: Winners!
Does President Obama really love anime? It really doesn’t matter. What does matter is it’s so much fun imagining he does thatlast week’s Kotaku ‘Shop Contest produced some of the most wonderful work of the year thus far. Fresh from telling funny anecdotes about the children he teaches on Facebook, GiantBoyDetective brings home the imagined…
By Mike Fahey Published March 1, 2015 -
UncategorizedLight Trivia Fails To Sap The Scary From Five Night At Freddy’s
Having had nightmares about animatronic animals for most of my life, I’m fine learning about Five Nights At Freddy’s through second-hand sources. Between Patricia’s excellent explainer and Did You Know Gaming‘s latest video, I’m all set. Did you know animatronic animals are terrifying? Robots I can handle, but the moment you start dressing them up…
By Mike Fahey Published March 1, 2015 - Culture
Sunday Comics: The Epitome Of Sin
Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published February 26. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published February 23 Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
By Mike Fahey Published March 1, 2015 - Uncategorized
Maybe We’d Be Better Off Playing Ikea’s Fake Video Games
While browsing his local Ikea for functional furniture at reasonable prices, Redditor voodoocodesnapped a shot of some of the company’s upcoming lineup of fake placeholder video games. I would pay $100 for Grand-ma’s Auto. Ikea is famous for its meatballs. Also it tends to make fake video game consoles, video games, computers, books and more…
By Mike Fahey Published February 28, 2015 -
UncategorizedThere’s Nothing Sweet Or Gentle About The Firefly Diary
Aw, look at the cute little Japanese puzzle platformer with the adorable little waif and her firefly friend. Right. This adorable little puzzle platformer has been a massive source of frustration since I started playing. Isn’t she adorable? Sure, I’ll give htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary (a hip way to write Hotaru no Nikki, Japanese for…
By Mike Fahey Published February 28, 2015 - Uncategorized
Reminder: Claim Your Free Legendary Pokémon This Weekend
Good news, folks who are playing Pokémon Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire. There’s a free legendary ‘mon with your name on it right now. All you have to do is start up your game of Pokémon, and select “Mystery Gift” on the main menu. From there, choose “Receive Gift.” You’ll have to connect your 3DS…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 28, 2015 - Culture
Taco Bell Has Created Deep-Fried, Cream-Filled Cap’n Crunch Balls
Drunk with power following the success of itsamazingly not horrible breakfast menu, Taco Bell has created giant Crunch Berries filled with warm milky cream. They want you to put them in your mouth. Thefantastical Foodbeast(via my pal Owen) was invited to Taco Bell’s mysterious test kitchen to give these colorful creations a try, snapping some…
By Mike Fahey Published February 28, 2015 -
UncategorizedOne Part League Of Legends, One Part StarCraft. Wait, What?
From Namco Bandai’s official announcement, “Set in the distant, space-faring future Supernova takes an innovative approach to the multiplayer online battle arena genre by adding real-time strategy elements.” That’s kind of like innovating a peanut butter sandwich by adding jelly. The MOBA genre is an offshoot of the real-time strategy genre, so when Namdai Banco…
By Mike Fahey Published February 28, 2015 -
UncategorizedHooray For Motion Sickness! The Saturday Stream Plays ScreamRide (Done)
The spiritual successor to RollerCoaster Tycoon arrives on Xboxes this Tuesday, giving players the ability to design, test-drive and destroy insane amusement park rides. I just want to see if the game’s blazing speed will make Twitch pee itself. From Frontier Developments, the studio that ported the first RollerCoaster Tycoon to the original Xbox, ScreamRide…
By Mike Fahey Published February 28, 2015