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Kotaku EastJapanese PS2 Budget Games Were an Outlet for Pure Insanity
Since the time gaming began, there have been budget titles alongside the blockbuster games we all know and love. Sure, many are utter crap, but every once in a while there is one that is so creative or quirky, you can’t help but like it. In Japan during the PS1 era, publisher D3 put out…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 11, 2014 -
UncategorizedWhen Game Design is Therapy
Rarely, if ever, do we think about the mental state of the creator/s and how the design and building of a game impacted them. We take it for granted, perhaps, that their sole purpose in creation is to provide something that affects us. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK As with all art, though,…
John Robertson Published November 11, 2014 -
Kotaku EastTetsuya Nomura’s Version of Hikaru Utada Is… Interesting
This December will see an album of Hikaru Utada songs covered by an array of famous singers. Well-known artists are also doing illustrations, drawings, and art inspired by Utada and her music. For example, this. The album is called Utada Hikaru no Uta (宇多田ヒカルのうた) or Hikaru Utada’s Songs and features covers by Ringo Sheena, Ayumi…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 11, 2014 - Kotaku East
Neon Genesis Evangelion Turned into a Hideous Japanese Car
Just look at that. Do it! It’s called the 7-Eleven Limited Evangelion Orochi. It’s not only incredibly ugly, but incredibly rare. It’s also the most expensive item 7-Eleven has ever offered for sale. That’s right, 7-Eleven. Based on the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime, only one of these special cars will be offered. Sankei News reports…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 11, 2014 - Uncategorized
New Amiibo Figures Include Wind Waker Link, Mega Man & Sonic
Yes, we only just got our hands on the first wave of Amiibo figures. But Nintendo is moving fast, and today showed off next batch of their NFC toys. Your wallets may be in grave danger. There’s Wind Waker Link. Sonic. Bowser. Mega Man. Rosalina. Sheikh. Sheikh!! They’ll be out on January 22 in Japan.…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 10, 2014 - Culture
The Colorful Characters Of Overwatch
Arnold Tsang is a concept artist at Blizzard. We’vefeatured his work before, but now that Overwatch is out in the open, we can showcase his work onthe much-hyped shooter Tsang did all the character pieces you see here, giving us one of the first looks at the game’s bright, colourful and very comic booky cast.…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
Some Excellent Changes Are Coming To Destiny
While we know about some tweaks and additions coming to Destiny alongside the game’s expansions, Bungie today spoke a little about some other changes coming to the game. And some of those changes are very, very welcome Mentioned briefly and with little additional information (at least for now), Bungie says players can soon expect: New…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
Fallout And Team Fortress 2 Go Together Surprisingly Well
Want to play Fallout: New Vegas as one of Team Fortress 2‘s colorful classes, all the way down to skills, motives, and possible alcoholism? Here’s how. Molkifier put together a guide on the mods and measures needed to recreate the cast of Team Fortress 2 in Fallout: New Vegas. It’s nicely detailed, with lists of…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 10, 2014 -
UncategorizedSwimming Pools Open Up Terrifying New Ways To Kill In The Sims 4
“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the BREAKING EXPERIMENT, where all the all the Sims are harmed in the making of this video!” Oh boy. PrettyGrumpyBearGame is back with her questionable experiments in The Sims 4, and this time, she sees what she can get away with when it comes to pools + cheats. Turns out,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
Ex-Sony Engineer Left His Name Inside Every PS4
Kazuya Sakakihara spent ten years working at Sony as a senior software engineer, helping bring both the PS3 and PS4 to the world. He’s no longer at the company (parting ways in early 2013), but before he left he made sure his name quite literally lives on inside the code of pretty much every PlayStation…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 10, 2014 -
UncategorizedOverwatch Has A Story, But No Single-Player
I spent the weekend at BlizzCon, aka Overwatch-And-Some-Other-Stuff Con, aka Metzcon 2014. I played a demo of the surprising team-based shooter and liked it pretty well—with some reservations—but it was only a small snippet. I asked Blizzard about what the future holds. Here’s what they told me. Will there be a single-player story?—No. While Overwatch…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 10, 2014 -
UncategorizedKamikaze GTA Online Jet Kills Without Bullets
You’re not really supposed to kill people with the Besra in GTA Online. The Besra is a training jet, it has no mounted weapons. But that doesn’t stop this player from wrecking everyone else with the Besra anyway. oAngrybird shows us how they use the Besra’s body (and acceleration) to smash into other players, taking…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 10, 2014 -
UncategorizedHell Is Eight People Playing As Little Mac In Smash Bros.
You’ve probablyseen eight player Smash Bros. matches already. Let me show you what is bound to happen once you’ve been playing Smash with friends for a few hours, and everyone has become open to doing terrible, terrible things. I’ve been having a lot of fun with the Wii U version of Smash Bros., and while…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 10, 2014 -
UncategorizedPretty Sure This Is What Source Filmmaker Was Made For
Some people become heroes through combat. Others prove their worth through great feats of science or art. This hero, however, proves himself through simpler means. Above, an0nymooose uses Source Filmmaker to tell the story of a simple hero — a Saw Hero. He’s a hero for our times — a working class craftsman that makes…
By Chris Person Published November 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
What I’ve Learned On My Way To Hundred Percenting My First Game
When it comes to open world games, I’m not the kind of player who tries to reach one hundred percent completion. But I recently booted up Shadow of Mordor again and discovered something shameful. I’d played 38 hours and hadn’t even cracked 40 percent. That was simply unacceptable. So it was back to Mordor for…
By Yannick LeJacq Published November 10, 2014 -
CultureCall Of Duty‘s Mech Technology Isn’t Quite Perfected Yet
Kevin Spacey’s future tech may be “20 years ahead” of the fictional future military’s, but that doesn’t mean it works perfectly all the time Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. Goliath…
By Steve Marinconz Published November 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
A note about our review plans for some of this week’s biggest games: As I mentioned last week, we’re not necessarily reviewing every game by its release date these days. Some games, particularly those with a focus on online, play merit a little more waiting before we review them. That said, there are a bunch…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 10, 2014 -
UncategorizedWatch Every Secret Conversation In Super Smash Bros. Wii U
In Brawl we had Snake’s codec calls; today we have Palutena’s Guidance. If you play as Pit in Super Smash Bros. Wii U—out November 21—you’ll see a ton of hidden conversations between him, Palutena, and the nature goddess Viridi. Many of them are useful, and some are kind of hilarious. The fine folks at GameXplain…
By Jason Schreier Published November 10, 2014
