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Sunday Comics: The Goat Hurler
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 December 16 as the first of a five-part comic. Hit the link for parts 2-5! Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published…
By Mike Fahey Published December 21, 2014 - CultureShop Contest
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Ultimate Holiday Gaming Sweater: Winners!
In the spirit of this festive holiday season, last week I asked our ‘shop-savvy readers to design the most wonderful ugly video game holiday sweater of them all. I’d wear every one of these, all at once, with this Bad Dudes one on top. Thanks to the magic of putting extra text in the winner…
By Mike Fahey Published December 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Majora’s Mask Version Of The “12 Days Of Xmas” Ends As Expected
Those of you familiar with The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask will immediately see the problem with Really Freakin’ Clever‘s “Twelve Days At Snowhead.” At least they saved a lot of money on gifts, and those that did purchase them will never have to worry about paying their credit card bills. Look on the bright…
By Mike Fahey Published December 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
Fahey’s Top Ten Games Of 2014
According to the Bureau of Completely Made-Up Statistics, nearly a bajillion games were released in 2014. Of those bajillion, only ten were good enough to make it onto this list. In order for me to ascertain the contents of this comprehensive list, I had to take that erroneous bajillion and trim away the games I…
By Mike Fahey Published December 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedJohn Malkovich, Rose McGowan And Bill Paxton Star In Call Of Duty DLC
Sorry Jon Bernthal of The Walking Dead, your name didn’t fit in the headline, but you’ll surely be there beside Cyrus “The Virus” Grissom, Chet and Paige Matthews battling a new breed of undead in Advanced Warfare‘s Exo-Zombies downloadable content. How does Activision keep getting these big stars to do dirty work in what are…
By Mike Fahey Published December 20, 2014 -
EsportsHow A First-Year eSports Championship Got A $2 Million Prize Pool
Early next month the top eight Smite teams in the world will converge on Atlanta to battle it out over a massive $2 million prize pool. How did a first-year MOBA get a pot so big? The same way DOTA 2 did it — crowdfunding. As Valve used the DOTA 2 Compendium to raise this…
By Mike Fahey Published December 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Saga Of Garry Viking, Mount & Blade: Warband’s Great-ish Hero
The Viking Conquest DLC adds everybody’s favourite Nordic seafarers to Mount & Blade: Warband. But with it brings something I wasn’t expecting: demonic man-children. Seriously, the in-game children are just scaled down adults. Something about that scares me to my very core. It doesn’t stop my character Garry Viking though. Despite Garry having the Viking-iest…
By Leo Wichtowski Published December 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
Let’s Play Skylanders: Trap Team‘s New Light And Dark Levels (Done!)
Tomorrow Skylanders: Trap Team introduces two completely new elements to Activision’s wildly successful toy-meets-game series. We’re going to play with them today, and you can watch. We got our hands on the Light and Dark starter packsa little early, so I figured we could hook up a webcam and do all sorts of fancy streaming…
By Mike Fahey Published December 20, 2014 - Culture
This Week In The Business: A Slap In The Face
QUOTE | “We got slapped in the face after the launch of the game.” – CI Games CEO Marek Tyminski, talking about the rocky reception the PC version of Lords of the Fallen received due to stability problems Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “I sometimes feel that…
By Steve Peterson Published December 20, 2014 - Kotaku East
Final Fantasy XV‘s Director Breaks Down the Newest Trailer
Not only did Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata unveil the latest game trailer chock full of new info today, but he was kind enough to address much of the new information contained within. During the Q&A section of the Jump Festa 2015 stage event, Tabata revealed several new tidbits and clarifications about the highly…
By Toshi Nakamura Published December 20, 2014 - Kotaku East
The Naruto Musical Cast Looks Darn Impressive in Costume
Earlier this month we learned that there was a Naruto musical on the horizon here in Japan. Today, to coincide with Jump Festa 2015, we got a first look at the main cast in costume. And I’ll be darned if they don’t look the part. Kodai Matsuoka as Naruto Ryuji Sato as Sasuke Yui Ito…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published December 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
12/15/2014: And That’s How Kirby Became A Christmas Tree
Alex‘s Christmas gift to everyone is this adorable transformation Kirby undergoes for the holidays. Well, gift to everyone but that tree—just look at how horrified it looks the whole time. While you’re undoubtedly gathering with friends and family, be sure to look back over our best stuff from this week at Kotaku Selects. And then…
By Tina Amini Published December 20, 2014 -
Kotaku EastI Wish Final Fantasy XV: Dog Simulator Was a Real Thing
Today at Jump Festa 2015 in Chiba, Japan, Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata showed off a bit of the upcoming game’s unfinished urban environment. But instead of taking a tour of the city with Noctis and the gang, he instead showed us around through the eyes of a dog. It can pee on things,…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published December 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedGTA Online’s Gingerbread Mask Makes Everything Better
This week, Rockstar released a holiday update with all sorts of seasonal goodies. One of those things included a gingerbread mask—and players are using it to great effect. Turns out, the happy-go-lucky face looks amazing in just about any context you can think of. Parties and get togethers? You bet. (Click on the thumbnails or…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 20, 2014 -
Kotaku EastFinal Fantasy XV Features A Mechanic Named ‘Cidney’
UPDATE (3/18/15): After playing the demo for Final Fantasy XV, we now know that not only is Cidney called Cindy in English, she’s not the only person with a Cid-like name in this game. Her father is actually named Cid. We’ve changed the headline accordingly. The original headline read “Final Fantasy XV Features The First…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published December 20, 2014 - Kotaku East
Check Out Final Fantasy XIV‘s New Race, Raid, and Jobs
At the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 2014 in Tokyo today, Square-Enix showed off the new race, raid, and jobs previously hinted at back in October when Final Fantasy XIV‘s upcoming Heavensward expansion was announced. Producer Naoki Yoshida took to the stage and after reviewing what had been previously announced, dove into much of the…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published December 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Sorry For Broken Halo Games, Giving Away Free Stuff
In an effort to make good on the troubled launch of the Xbox One’s Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Microsoft announced today that they’re giving anyone who played the game some free stuff, including a copy of an upcoming remastered version of Halo 3: ODST. In a letter posted to the Xbox website, 343 Industries…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
How To Easily Get Destiny‘s Weird ‘Husk of the Pit’ Gun
Among the new pieces of gear in Destiny‘s The Dark Below expansion, one stands out: a gun called “Husk of the Pit.” It’s kind of a piece of crap… but it also isn’t. See, the Husk starts out as a common assault rifle that pretty much completely sucks. However, if you follow its upgrade path…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
The New Naruto Movie Is Coming West
Good news for Naruto fans: the latest movie is hitting many major cities in the U.S. on Feburary 20th, 2015. The Last: Naruto The Movie will see a limited theater release in 20 cities, including New York, Boston, Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle. Here’s part of the press release by…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 19, 2014 -
UncategorizedOf Course Someone Made Notch’s $70 Million Mansion In Minecraft
Minecraft creator and ex-Mojang head Markus “Notch” Persson has a new house. He spent upwards of $70 million on it, and there is a candy room. Of course there is a candy room. You will probably never have anything that nice, nor will I. But hey, we can still stroll through it in—yep—Minecraft Dan Bovey…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 19, 2014