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Evolve Impressions: ‘Just One More Round’
Evolve can be simplified in many ways, and you’ve probably heard them all before. It’s a first-person shooter. It’s like Left 4 Dead, four players banding together, but you’re up against a Tank—played by a fifth player—each round. It’s one big boss battle, over and over. But the details that go into the new game,…
By Tina Amini Published February 9, 2015 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: How to Make The Legend of Zelda TV Series Work • Elihu’s Four in February 2015: It’s Out of This World [The Bureau: XCOM Declassified] • Parasyte Continues to Impress • Anime Theme Song Roundup by Ani-TAY – Week 6 • Nintendo, I Have Some Questions TAY…
By András Neltz Published February 9, 2015 -
UncategorizedCancelled Justice League Game Pops Up Again, Looks Bizarro
Let’s be real: the Green Lantern project that was also supposed to be a Justice League game didn’t look like it was going to set the world on fire. But it’s an interesting footnote in the history of superhero games, one that would’ve featured some of the most popular fictional characters ever created. The newest…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 9, 2015 -
UncategorizedGuy Turns His PS1 Into Final Fantasy VII‘s Midgar
Well, that’s one way to play the classic JRPG: With a miniature version of Final Fantasy VII‘s capital city on top of the console. MakoMod‘s creation, which took 10 months to complete, might look rusty and dark, just like Midgar, but the modified PlayStation and reads discs perfectly. The creator shared a gallery on his…
By Gergo Vas Published February 9, 2015 -
UncategorizedWorld of Warcraft‘s Next Patch Adds Racing Mini-Game
Warlords of Draenor‘s first big content patch is shaping up nicely, and besides a new quest hub, redesigned crafting, a selfie camera and some new Garrison features, one of the new additions will be a racing activity. The race’s final version will be added to the Darkmoon Faire island, WoW‘s ever-growing, mini game-filled theme park.…
By Gergo Vas Published February 9, 2015 - Uncategorized
Scar from The Lion King is one dapper gentleman in Hyung86’s Disney University fanart series. In-universe, he teaches political science, and is a fan of classical music, English literature, and… Jeremy Irons films. Of course. Look below for Professor Scar in his full glory, and over here for more from Hyung86 Dayshot is an image-based…
By András Neltz Published February 9, 2015 - Kotaku East
How Final Fantasy XV Does Pre-Render and Real-Time
In Final Fantasy XV, pre-rendered and real-time graphics do look different. Not that different, apparently. Recent Japanese magazine scans show a pre-render and real-time comparison for FFXV character Cidney, the first female Cid While she’s not a playable character, Cidney appears as an in-game mechanic. Below, you can see the images via GermanFFBlog and website…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 9, 2015 - Kotaku East
Studio Ghibli Doesn’t Know What To Make Next
The studio behind Totoro, Porco Rosso and more is not dead yet. But as Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki explains, the studio isn’t sure about its next feature film project. “Right now, Studio Ghibli is open, but not in production,” Suzuki is quoted as saying by Oricon. “We’re worrying over what would be good to make.”…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 9, 2015 -
Kotaku EastThe New 3DS vs. Wii Graphics Comparison You’ve Been Waiting For
Which has better graphics? The New Nintendo 3DS or the (old) Nintendo Wii? Let’s compare and find out. We’ve seen graphic comparisons between the Wii U and the regular 3DS (thanks, Smash Bros.!). But since Xenoblade Chronicles 3D is a port of the Wii original and a New Nintendo 3DS exclusive, we get a very…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 9, 2015 - Kotaku East
The “Most Wonderful” Anime of 2014
Reader poll time! Japanese website Anime Anime (via Otanew) polled seven hundred of its readers, asking them to name the most splendid anime of last year. Here are the results. Keep in mind that this is a reader poll and not representative of all anime viewers in Japan. It is, however, representative of the seven…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 9, 2015 - Kotaku East
Unlimited Blade Works is More Than Just Eye Candy
Unlimited Blade Works is not the Fate/Stay Night anime you remember. The plot is full of new twists and turns and it comes with a visual upgrade that puts other big budget TV anime to shame. Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works is the story of a secret tournament between seven chosen mages that happens in…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published February 9, 2015 - Culture
The Art Of Jupiter Ascending
The general consensus on Jupiter Ascending seems to be this: terrible movie, but it’s very pretty to look at. Which is good for us, because this is a gallery of concept art for the movie. The art you’re about to see was done by Justin Fields, who has worked in both film and games over…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2015 - Uncategorized
Guy Swatted In Front Of 60,000 Viewers While Playing Runescape
Joshua Peters, a US Air Force vet who hangs out on Twitch playing video games, was the victim of a swatting hoax last week, during which his home was stormed and the police reportedly pointed guns at his brothers. Streaming as Koopatroopa787, Peters had around 60,000 people watching him play Runescape when the raid took…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2015 - Uncategorized
So Long, RadioShack, And Thanks For All The Sweet/Shitty Box Art
RadioShack is gone, but it is not forgotten. Amidst all the weekend obituaries for a company that had already been dead for years, though, people seem to have forgotten one thing: the company’s legacy of making its own supremely dorky box art. I mean, get a load of the fonts! The placement! Some of them…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2015 -
UncategorizedTransformers Commercials So Old They Weren’t Even Called Transformers
Hardcore fans already know this, but Transformers weren’t always Transformers. The biggest animated series of the 80s was actually cobbled together following a 1983 partnership between Hasbro and Japanese toy company Takara, who had already released some transforming toys — many of who you might recognise — called Diaclones and Microman. The deal meant Hasbro…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2015 -
UncategorizedCrazy Russian Jumps 98 Feet Off Building. While On Fire.
So, you know how in Assassin’s Creed, the hero can jump off massive buildings, do a little flip in the air and somehow land alive? Turns out you can do that in real life, too. Even if you’re on fire. Of course, there are a few conditions you need to satisfy in order to pull…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2015 - Culture
The Week In Games: Evolve Or Play Something Else
I was going to say “Evolve or die” but that seemed a bit harsh, especially for a week with a new 3DS and an old Zelda game coming out. Between Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and Evolve, odds are I’ll be hunting something this week. Still on the fence about Majora’s Mask—I didn’t like it much…
By Mike Fahey Published February 8, 2015 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: A Live-Action Legend Of Zelda
Netflix and Nintendo may be making a live-action Legend of Zelda television series. Not if we make it first! I guess they’d probably still continue on with theirs if we made one first, especially considering ours will just be a series of images created by you folks imagining what their series might look like. There…
By Mike Fahey Published February 8, 2015