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The Persona 4 Arena Musical is an Uneven Mess
A few months back, I got to see the second Persona 3 musical—and I rather enjoyed it. So needless to say I was excited heading in to the new Persona 4 Arena musical. Sadly, I got my hopes up for nothing because, even being charitable, Arena is an uneven mess of a play. Good –…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published December 26, 2014 - Uncategorized
Xbox Live And PlayStation Network Knocked Offline For Much Of Christmas [Update 3]
We hope you weren’t planning to play many games online on Christmas. Xbox users in North America and Europe are having difficulties logging into Xbox Live today, and PlayStation owners are suffering similar problems. Some Internet troublemakers are claiming they knocked both offline. Bah humbug to this. While most of our team are away from…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 25, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Best Games To Get For Your New Gaming System, Phone Or Tablet
Get a new gaming system for Christmas today? Or a new phone or tablet that plays games? We’ve got some recommendations for you so you can play some games (and maybe ignore your more annoying relatives in the process). Below, you’ll find lists to our 12 favorite games for every major game-playing device. The vast…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 25, 2014 -
UncategorizedIf Nintendo Ran The Hunger Games
It’s the Annual Smash Games and Wii Fit Trainer and Mega Man have been chosen as tributes. Machinima have put together their parody of The Hunger Games films in the vision of Nintendo and Smash Bros. It plays out pretty much how you’d expect. Merry Christmas! To contact the author of this post, write to…
By Tina Amini Published December 25, 2014 - Uncategorized
Back in May, I chronicled my attempts to convince friends to get the Wii U so I could stop schlepping mine around. I’m now happy to report that I went to my friend Jake’s this week and saw that he got one—much earlier than he’d said he’d even consider it. If that’s not a Christmas…
By Yannick LeJacq Published December 25, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Top Ten Anime of 2014 that No One Saw • Game of the Week—Damn Good Coffee [Deadly Premonition] • One Gamer’s Christmas Past TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published December 25, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Official Awesome Holiday Gift Sharing Post
The only thing more fun than receiving holiday gifts is… I’m going to go with giving them here, for the sake of not sounding like a monster. But a close second is telling everybody about the presents you secured during the winter festivities. I’ll go first! Honestly this year was more about my kids than…
By Mike Fahey Published December 25, 2014 - Uncategorized
Holiday Greetings from 7 Game Developers
’tis the season, and Kickstarter’s game dev community is making sure none of us forget it. In the past weeks, they’ve been sending out holiday wishes with their project updates, sometimes including some rather nice art. The GIF up top was shared today by Discord Games, creators of the metroidvania Chasm. And here’s a greeting…
By András Neltz Published December 25, 2014 - Kotaku East
Man or Woman, This Guy Cosplays Everyone
Cosplay is great. It can be well done, it can be poorly done, it doesn’t matter, so long as it brings joy to both the cosplayer and the viewer. Just take a look at this “coser’s” amazing cosplay! Currently trending on various Chinese gaming news sites and social media is a set of images supposedly…
By Eric Jou Published December 25, 2014 - Kotaku East
In Final Fantasy XV, Your MP Isn’t for Magic
As far as we currently know, the combat in Final Fantasy XV is going to be your basic action RPG format with single button presses for attacks. So how is the magic going to work then? While he wouldn’t offer specifics, director Hajime Tabata did reveal some interesting aspects of the combat mechanics in his…
By Toshi Nakamura Published December 25, 2014 - Kotaku East
Nothing Says “Christmas” Like Loads of Toys at a Convention
Shonen Jump publisher Shueisha’s annual convention, Jump Festa, features everything Jump-related from manga, anime, video games, card games, stage events, and of course, merchandise. Much of the merchandise on display is for upcoming items, and others are available on the floor. From the ongoing hot series to the gold classics, there’s something for everyone who’s…
By Toshi Nakamura Published December 25, 2014 - Uncategorized
Nathan’s Top Ten Games Of 2014
Did I do this right? I’m not sure if I did this right. 2014 was an amazing year for games. 2014 was the worst year for games in recorded history. I don’t think there’s been a more polarizing time for video games and those who play them in, er, ever. Busted, hunk-of-scrap big-budget releases are…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
All those Christmas lights people put up for the holidays? NASA can see it from space. Woah.
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 24, 2014 -
UncategorizedYou Can Control This Guy’s Real-Life Christmas Tree From Minecraft
This is incredibly cool. Also, given the Internet’s proclivity for dousing good intentions in gasoline and setting them on the troll-iest of fires, a little bit crazy. Ryan Carter has wired his real-life Christmas tree to sync up one-to-one with his elaborate Minecraft holiday setup. Using a series of switches and a ton of redstone,…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 24, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Coolest Custom Stages For Super Smash Bros. Wii U (So Far)
Super Smash Bros. finally came to the Wii U last month. Creative types that they are, avid fans have been having a lot of fun with the game’s new level editor—making neat-looking custom stages and posting them online for others to draw inspiration from. Let’s check out some of them, why don’t we? Before I…
By Yannick LeJacq Published December 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
Sony’s The Interview Now On Xbox Store, Coming To PlayStation Network [UPDATE]
Sony Pictures’ controversial comedy The Interview, pulled from theatrical release last week in the fallout of a massive hack of the studio, is now officially viewable in a variety of places, among them, on Microsoft’s Xbox consoles. Above is a screencap of Microsoft’s Xbox Video service on the Xbox One, where you can watch the…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 24, 2014 -
UncategorizedAll I Want For Christmas Is This Digimon Game For North America
Earlier this fall Bandai Namco released Digimon All-Star Rumble in North America. That’s not the game long-time fans wanted. We wanted Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth, the sleek and stylish role-playing game coming to the Japanese Vita in March. It was an honest mistake, really. Unless you’re a pretty hardcore fan of the monster collecting series,…
By Mike Fahey Published December 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
GTA V Players Celebrate Christmas With Deadly Snowballs
How do you celebrate Christmas the GTA way? In a word: murder. Okay, maybe it’s more like two words. Festive murder. Now that it’s snowing in GTA Online, players are finding all sorts of funny things to do with snowballs. In Los Santos, people pack snowballs with rocks and razer blades, apparently. Watch as majestic_steed…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 24, 2014
