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Marvel Just Announced the First Women-Only Team of Avengers
We already know that big changes are coming to the Marvel Universe this summer. The publisher just announced one of its biggest: an all-female team of heroes called A-Force that looks like it’ll be taking the place of the Avengers. Two philosophically opposed teams of Avengers have been battling each other as part of the…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 6, 2015 -
UncategorizedLegend of Zelda Graphic Novel, Humble Adventure Bundle, and More Deals
The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past was given the comic treatment many moons ago in Nintendo Power magazine, and now you can own the entire collection. It doesn’t ship until May, but preordering will secure you a nice discount. [Preorder Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Graphic Novel, $13] The…
By Shep McAllister Published February 6, 2015 -
UncategorizedHow Resident Evil Speedruners Save Time By Stair Skating
Every second counts when you’re trying a world record, which means players tend to discover some bizarre tricks to shave off time. Resident Evil speedrunners have been mining tricks for years, but they’re gaining new life with the re-release. The most entertaining one I’ve discovered is what some call “stair skating.” This particular instance of…
By Patrick Klepek Published February 6, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Clever Trick Players Are Using To Decode Dark Souls II‘s New Lore
When this week’s major Dark Souls II patch rolled out, From Software didn’t exactly provide a detailed list of everything that’s changed. That’s not Dark Souls! It’s up to players to piece it together. The game’s lore has been subtly updated and altered through item descriptions, and players have come up with an extremely clever…
By Patrick Klepek Published February 6, 2015 - Uncategorized
Shadow Of Mordor Won A Best Story Award, Which Actually Makes Sense
Dragon Age Inquisition may have taken Game of The Year at last night’s 18th annual DICE Awards, but how about Shadow of Mordor winning for Outstanding Achievement In Story? The scripted story wasn’t so hot, but if they were judging by the stories that emerged as players sparred with enemies who became tougher through the…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 6, 2015 - Uncategorized
DC Comics is doing yet another overhaul of their comics line, canceling books, launching many more (full list here). The headliners: American Born Chinese author Gene Yuen Lang will be writing Superman, Ultimates artist Bryan Hitch drawing and writing Justice League, Preacher writer Garth Ennis writing a new series.
By Stephen Totilo Published February 6, 2015 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Let’s Break Down the New Persona 5 Trailer • Does History Defend the Tradition of Male Protagonists? • Saekano Knows How to Make Itself Better • When Procedural Generation is Hell For Moving On TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published February 6, 2015 - Uncategorized
This Is Why Nintendo Should Bring The Smaller New 3DS To America
Do you live in North America? Want to get your hands on one of these sweet New 3DS faceplates? SORRY. Nintendo doesn’t want to sell them to you. Let me explain. There are two models of the New 3DS: small and XL. But because Nintendo is Nintendo, North Americans are only getting the XL version…
By Jason Schreier Published February 6, 2015 -
UncategorizedWill Smith And Jimmy Fallon Remake A Hip-Hop Classic Using An Ipad
Jimmy Fallon and Will Smith—who somehow still looks like a 25-year-old— used Loopy, a tiny app for the iPad, to beatbox a few layers and record a complete hip-hop song. A remake of the The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air opening theme (or a RUN-DMC track) would have been cool, but DJ EZ Rock’s “It Takes…
By Gergo Vas Published February 6, 2015 - Uncategorized
No longer content with just 2D icons, redditor rwbronco remodeled (the majority of) World of Warcraft’s health potions in 3D. They all make for pretty good wallpapers, along with rwbronco’s 3D hearthstone model from about a week ago. The potions are all in an embedded Imgur album below. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs…
By András Neltz Published February 6, 2015 -
Kotaku EastPacific Rim, You’ve Met Your Match
The Evangelion movies always look terrific. They’ve always been, at the very least, visually interesting. But man, the CG in this latest Evangelion short is something else. The computer graphics are damn good—like Pacific Rim good. And that movie looks fantastic. Can’t wait to see if this animated short is spun off into a feature…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 6, 2015 - Kotaku East
Robot Vacuum Attempts to Chew Owner’s Head Off
Fret not! The owner, and her head, made it through this ordeal in tact. The robot vacuum, though, did not. South Korean paper Kyunghyang Shinmun (via tipster Sang) writes that a 52 year-old woman called the fire department earlier this month when a Roomba-like vacuum cleaner hoovered up her hair. I’m assuming the woman was…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 6, 2015 - Kotaku East
Nintendo Is So Annoying About Smartphones
You know what would be cool? If Nintendo released its old games on smartphones. Instead, Nintendo has another plan: Releasing more smartphone games on the 3DS. Oh. In a recent interview with the Nikkei, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata revealed that Nintendo will be remaking more smartphone games on the Nintendo 3DS. Iwata added that the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 6, 2015 - Kotaku East
The Legend of Legacy Is One Hard JRPG
Over the past week, I’ve been spending a lot of time with the new 3DS RPG The Legend of Legacy. If you long for the days of unforgivingly challenging JRPGs, then this is the game for you. The Legend of Legacy is the brainchild of several people who definitely know their ways around JRPG classics.…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published February 6, 2015 -
Kotaku EastThe World of Ninja Tourism
This is from a ninja promotional video. That’s right, a ninja promotional video from a ninja tourist association. No, really. The video below is from the Igaryu Ninja Tourism Promotion Council. The group has a website and really wants you to visit its museum in Iga, Japan. Ninja tourism! I’ve been to Iga—I have family…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 6, 2015 - Kotaku East
Nintendo’s New Business? Your Health.
In a recent interview, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata outlined the company’s three main pillars: game hardware, game software, and health care. Nintendo has made exercising and video games work before, but here, Nintendo is spinning health care off into a specialized business. This shouldn’t come as a complete surprise, because it’s not. Last year, Nintendo…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 6, 2015 - Kotaku East
He’s Just A Pink Blob, But Kirby Sure Has Changed Over The Years
When Kirby debuted in 1992, he was a pink balloon thing on the original Game Boy. Now, 20 years later, he’s still a pink balloon thing—but one that is occasionally made of yarn or clay Check out the pictures below to see exactly how he has changed across the main series. (Note: Spin-off titles, cross-overs,…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published February 6, 2015 - Uncategorized
Website Will Track Amiibo Stock So You Don’t Have To
Reader Chris Ryan, keenly aware how damn hardit’s proving to get your hands on certain Amiibo, has gone and built a website called Amiibo Trackr that can tell you at a glance which online retailers currently have which figures in stock. Here’s how it works, according to Chris: As soon as you click on one…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2015 - Culture
Back To The Future Redesign Scraps The DeLorean For Something…Faster
Artist Khyzyl Saleem has an idea on what he’d like Back to the Future to look like. I’ve got to say, as emotionally attached as a lot of people are to the DeLorean DMC-12 from the movies, this looks pretty damn good. If you’re wondering what car that actually is, it’s a DeTomaso Pantera. Which…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedKill Zombies In A Fabulous Dress
We get a lot of people pitching their indie games to us here at Kotaku. Some of these pitches are dreadful, others tolerable, but sometimes you get one that just nails it. Here’s the opening to an email I got about a game made by a small team of students from Cairns, Australia. RegentZ is…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2015