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Why Some Dota 2 Players Are Mad At Valve Right Now
Last weekend, a special event themed after the Chinese New Year was released for Dota 2. Called “Year Beast,” the new mode was so popular, that Dota 2 hit a newrecord for number of people playing a Steam game at the same time. But the number of players trying to get into the Year Beast…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 16, 2015 -
UncategorizedFallout Publisher Sends Legal Threat To Game With ‘Fallout’ In Title
Indie developer and YouTube personality Jordan Maron is changing the name of his upcoming mobile game Fortress Fallout after receiving a cease-and-desist notification from Zenimax Media, the parent company behind Fallout publisher Bethesda. Maron explained in a video published yesterday on his popular YouTube channel CaptainSparklez (via Polygon) that while he’s been working on Fortress…
By Yannick LeJacq Published February 16, 2015 - Uncategorized
A Chronicle Of Buggy, Broken Telltale Games, 2012-2015
It is a truth universally acknowledged, but little examined, that Telltale’s games have issues. The studio rose to prominence with 2012’s Game of the Year-worthy The Walking Dead adventure game. Since then, their games, wonderful in many ways as they may be, have been accompanied by an undercurrent of fan anger. Each subsequent notch in…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 16, 2015 - Uncategorized
If you’re a World of Warcraft player who’s colorblind, Blizzard will introduce a slew of new accessibility options in the upcoming 6.1 patch. “For example, when you move your mouse cursor over a piece of rare gear and then a piece of epic gear, the game colors the names of the items blue and then…
By Patrick Klepek Published February 16, 2015 - Uncategorized
Five Nights At Freddy’s Creator Trolls Everyone
Last weekend, the Five Nights at Freddy’s 3 page on Steam had a new announcement from its creator, Scott Cawthon. “Game Cancelled!”, the post said. ” Cawthon said that he had been hacked, and that someone released Five Nights at Freddy’s 3 ahead of time, on a different website. Naturally, people in the comments initially…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 16, 2015 -
UncategorizedSeven Reasons Fahrenheit Is One Of The Finest Adventure Games Ever
Recently remastered in HD for PC and iOS, Quantic Dream’s Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy in the States) set the standard for cinematic adventure games years before Heavy Rain and Beyond Two Souls came along. Want to know why? With a twisted story, ordinary characters in strange circumstances and advanced cinematic storytelling, playing Fahrenheit back in 2005…
By Mike Fahey Published February 16, 2015 -
UncategorizedWhat’s So Great About Metroid Prime
The Metroid Prime trilogy, arguably the best gaming trilogy ever, has just been re-issued as a $20 download on the Wii U. That’s a good reason for Kirk “never played a Metroid Prime” Hamilton to try them out. I had to see how that went. What follows is an early report of Kirk’s findings, an…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 16, 2015 - Uncategorized
Half Price Destiny, Game of Thrones Last Call, Ghibli, More Deals
Destiny’s not a perfect game, but it can be really tough to put down. Plus, it was good enough to make Kotaku’s 12-best lists for Xbox One and PS4. [Destiny, $30] The standard Wii U Deluxe bundle is down to $260 today, including two games. Tax free for most. [Wii U Deluxe with Mario 3D…
By Shep McAllister Published February 16, 2015 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Sure Screwed Up The Majora’s Mask New 3DS Launch
On January 14, Nintendo announced a limited-edition Majora’s Mask-themed gold New 3DS XL. Since then, chaos has ruled humanity. Food is scarce. Most spend their days staying inside and huddling with their loved ones. Gangs of scalpers roam the streets to prey on hapless consumers who like shiny things. Well, at least it feels that…
By Jason Schreier Published February 16, 2015 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Pokémon One a Day Series 2: Mareep, Flaaffy, Ampharos • Indie HYPE: Breach and Clear: Deadline • Indie HYPE: Fortified! • The deadpan TAY Review – “New” 3DS XL • Pre Cult: Octodad: Dadliest Catch • My Teenage Romantic Comedy SNAFU: Ani-TAY Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s…
By András Neltz Published February 16, 2015 -
CultureTotal RecallNintendo’s Ballsy Star Wars Knock-Off
Nintendo had a pretty strange relationship with Star Wars in the early years of its video game enterprise. We’ve already seen the weird shit that went down when Star Wars came to the NES, but a 1979 arcade game was even weirder. This is art for Nintendo Space Launcher, one of the company’s earlier arcade…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 16, 2015 - Uncategorized
How Items In Pokémon Would Actually Work
The fine folks at Dorkly imagined how Pokémon items—that usually are just a few pixels with a short description—would actually look like. Here’s the “Ring Target” (moves that would otherwise have no effect would land on the Pokémon that holds it) above, and a few more below. To see all of them head over to…
By Gergo Vas Published February 16, 2015 - Uncategorized
Diablo III Player Reaches Level 1,000 Without Dying
Gaining 1,000 Paragon levels in Diablo III is no small feat and it’s only accomplished by a very few amount of players. But doing it on Hardcore difficulty, where your character’s death is permanent, that’s some next level insanity. Ukranian player Nokieka is the first in the world to do it. According to Battle.net and…
By Gergo Vas Published February 16, 2015 - Kotaku East
Let Zelda Remakes Show You How Instruction Booklets Are Vanishing
These days, many companies—Nintendo, included—have been moving away from game booklets. That’s making some nostalgic for the days of printed instructions. Newly released The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D does not come with a printed instruction booklet in Japan, something Twitter user Cocoa was quick to point out was a buzzkill. [Photo:p_cocoa_f] There’s simply…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 16, 2015 - Kotaku East
The Sources of One Piece. It Seems.
Ever feel like you’ve seen One Piece characters somewhere else before? It’s not just you who thinks that. In the past, Kotaku has profiled the ways that One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda allegedly borrowed from other cartoons. There was also that image showing the famous people that appear to have inspired numerous One Piece characters.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 16, 2015 - Kotaku East
From Dragon Ball to DoTA, Here’s a Resort for Geeks
This is Jed’s Island Resort. There are many places in the Philippines to unwind in the sun. There is only one resort with a DoTA Tauren Chieftain statue. Since 1995, Jed’s Island Resort has been severing vacationers in the province of Bulacan. The resort continually rotates out new statues that are often video game, anime,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 16, 2015 -
UncategorizedSpace Game Tricks Me Into Enjoying The Boring Stuff
When I first saw Offworld Trading Company, the videos were full of cute little spaceships on an alien planet…and while those things technically feature, this is not really a space strategy game. Despite the fact that the same guy who was lead designer on Civ IV was in charge of OTC’s development, you’re not getting…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 15, 2015
