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UncategorizedDestiny‘s New DLC Will Finally Give Us More To Do
If you’re fiendishly addicted to Destiny like I am, your number one complaint is likely this: once you get past level 20, there’s not enough to do. Well, also there’s the terrible writing, the unskippable cut-scenes, the infuriating random loot tables, the awful grind for upgrade materials, the lack of raid matchmaking, the fact that…
By Jason Schreier Published November 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
Dragon Age: Inquisition Starting at $45, Black Friday Game Prices
Ready to spend the holidays playing Inquisition? Us too. Great deals on it today. PC Dragon Age: Inquisition ($45) | GreenMan | 1MZ9FW-H92JSD-2CT74F PS4 Dragon Age: Inquisition ($50) | Kmart 360 Dragon Age: Inquisition ($50) | Kmart PS3 Dragon Age: Inquisition ($50) | Kmart Kmart has the 360 version listed twice, meaning that one of…
By Shane Roberts Published November 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
Smash Bros. for Wii U‘s Soundtrack has 437 Songs
According to a thread on Smash Boards, a Gamefaqs user has found all 437 available tracks in Smash Bros. Wii U. The full track list and the stage each song can be played on is listed below. Battlefield / Big Battlefield: – Battlefield – Multi-Man Smash – Trophy Rush – Credits v2 (Remix) – Menu…
By Dan Starkey Published November 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
Total Hours of Smash Bros. 4 Played So Far and Other Stats
Smash Bros. for Wii U has a “World Status” mode, which lets you watch a ticker of random statistics collected from players. These include total number of hours played, total number of Kos people have gotten, and the total distance the Sandbag has been launched in home run contest. All of this is show on…
By Dan Starkey Published November 24, 2014 -
UncategorizedA Game Industry Layoff That Didn’t Suck (And Four That Did)
Today we’ve got another roundup of stories from people who have gone through the layoff cycles that have become oh-so-common in the world of video games. For months nowwe’ve been covering the way game publishers and development studios treat their employees in an attempt to spotlight the painful and unstable environment behind many of the…
By Jason Schreier Published November 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
A late-July Kotaku post about the fate of numerous Elder Scrolls characters cited an English-language source that had failed to credita French article that it was largely a rewrite of. Our post has been updated to reflect that. We recommend you check out the French piece (you might need Google translate!).
By Stephen Totilo Published November 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
The world’s premiere avian dating simulator is coming to PlayStation in 2015. The English release ofHatoful Boyfriend, the visual novel that took the video game and bird-watching communities by storm a few years back arrives on PlayStation 4 and Vita in the 2nd quarter of 2015. This is the oddest, most wonderful news.
By Mike Fahey Published November 24, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Safest Way To Take Outposts In Far Cry 4
There used to be two main ways to take outposts in Far Cry: sneaking around and stabbing everyone inside, or going in guns blazing. Thanks to the addition of the tiny helicopter, though, Far Cry 4 players have discovered a third option: death from above. Here’s YouTuber “punish” showing us all how it’s done in…
By Yannick LeJacq Published November 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Great Controls Are Like Great Food: Simple and Satisfying • The Company They Keep: How Log Horizon Ruined Sword Art Online II • Smash Preorder Woes! • How Bioware turned Dragon Age from a ‘Dark European Fantasy’ into a High Fantasy Wonderland TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide…
By András Neltz Published November 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
Dragon Age: Inquisition Benchmarked: Graphics And CPU Performance
As a long time fan of the series, our mobile editor Tim jumped at the opportunity to preview Dragon Age: Inquisition ahead of release last month. As with Kotaku‘s impression of the final release, Tim concluded that the fantasy RPG’s third iteration is a must-play. Fortunately, that should be doable for most gamers with official…
By Steven Walton Published November 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
Bowser Would Easily Win LEGO Mario Kart
Or would it be Wario? It’s hard to pick, since every character and vehicle looks fantastic in this collaborative LEGO Mario Kart diorama by 74louloute, 7kyubi7 and fujiia Luigi’s death stare is still there, just a bit different. Take a closer look: LEGO Mario Kart by 74louloute, 7kyubi7 and fujiia [Flickr] To contact the author…
By Gergo Vas Published November 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
Of Course, Warlords of Draenor Has A Dragon Ball Easter Egg
We knew WoW devs liked Dragon Ball, but Talador, one of Warlords of Draenor’s new zones, is home to an entire scene from Dragon Ball Z. Near Shattrath City you can find two really strange orcs. Once of them is Goh’kuu and the other is Napp’agosh, who must be Vegeta’s sidekick Nappa. And the orcish…
By Gergo Vas Published November 24, 2014 -
UncategorizedRoboCop’s ED-209 stands proudly over a flaming wreckage in GTA IV Hopefully GTA V will have (at least) the same level of modding support on PC—giving up all this crazy cool stuff would be a real shame. This one was made veteran modder JulioNIB; there’s videos and screenies below, and you can download the mod…
By András Neltz Published November 24, 2014 - Kotaku East
The Xbox One’s Getting an Infinity Blade Game… In China
The popular iPhone graphics benchmark, Infinity Blade, is now reportedly being ported to the recently launched Chinese Xbox One. A9VG.com, a Chinese gaming news website and forum, among many others, are reporting that Tencent is bringing Infinity Blade onto the Chinese Xbox One. Tencent has even put up a teaser site that promises to reveal…
By Eric Jou Published November 24, 2014 - Kotaku East
Gravestone Gundam Can Watch Over Your Tomb
If you are looking for a way to check out in style, look no further. Here is a stone Gundam spotted at a gravestone carver in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Writer Tomoki Yoshimura snapped the photo in the city of Yasu and uploaded it to Twitter. According to Yoshimura, this was located at a hakaishiten (墓石店),…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 24, 2014 - Kotaku East
Chinese Internet Giant’s Offices Vandalized
Tencent, which owns a majority stake in Riot and a minority stake in Epic, has been attacked, with their Beijing office having been vandalized earlier today. Chinese media immediately jumped onto the story and posted images of the incident. The vandal splashed paint on Tencent Beijing’s glass doors and sprayed the word “shameless” on the…
By Eric Jou Published November 24, 2014 - Kotaku East
The Xbox One and PS4 Aren’t Really Rivals in China
It’s official folks: in China, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 will be operated by the same conglomerate, Shanghai Media Group. How’s that for friendly rivals? Chinese media sites such as Sina Games and People’s Dailyare reporting that the proposed merger is going along as planned. Bloomberg Business reported today that shares of BesTV and…
By Eric Jou Published November 24, 2014 - Kotaku East
Pizza-Flavored Chocolate Is Wrong and Tastes Terrible
This weekend, while watching my middle son play soccer, my oldest son said, “Dad, I bought some pizza-flavored chocolate.” Of course, I replied with “That sounds disgusting.” He then asked if I wanted to try it. Oh yes, I said. Oh yes. This is pizza and cheese-flavored Tirol Chocolate. This brand is incredibly famous in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 24, 2014 -
UncategorizedSmash Bros. Characters Sure Suck at Swimming
Good at fighting? Yes. Good at swimming? Nope. Not at all. Via YouTuber Master0fHyrule, this compilation shows swimming—and drowning—animations for the characters in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Obviously, the reason why the characters die so quickly is so the game doesn’t grind to a halt. This isn’t water sports! Watching the clip, it…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 24, 2014