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The Best Prices So Far on the Xbox One, PS4, 2DS, and Lots More Deals
No denying November is here. This is the best day of gaming deals so far this year. PS4 Get a Free Year of PlayStation Plus when you buy a PlayStation 4 Console and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare | Amazon White Sony PlayStation 4 Destiny Bundle ($410) | eBay PlayStation 4 Dualshock 4 Wireless Controller…
By Shane Roberts Published November 3, 2014 - Uncategorized
Six Days Later, PS4’s v2.00 Update Is Still Causing Problems
It’s been almost a week since the rocky 2.00 firmware update went live on PS4, and although Sony has acknowledged all of the issues it’s caused, there’s still no ETA on when things will be fixed. PS4 v2.00, which came out last Tuesday, has triggered a number of widespread problems over the past few days,…
By Jason Schreier Published November 3, 2014 - Uncategorized
A Cheat Sheet for Alien: Isolation’s Weirdest Plot Holes
Alien: Isolation gave players an incredibly tense outer space horror game that successfully invoked the essence of the movie it’s based on. But, if you stopped and thought about what happens, not every thing makes sense. Some of it is downright silly. Like a lot of horror fiction, Isolation needs to keep pushing players into…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 3, 2014 -
UncategorizedKevin Spacey: The Kotaku Review
How is Kevin Spacey’s performance in his big video game debut? That all depends on which of the three versions of Spacey Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare‘s campaign is serving up at the time. Warning — the videos below contain mild story spoilers. Mission Briefing Spacey The least enjoyable of the three Advanced Warfare Kevin…
By Mike Fahey Published November 3, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Fantasy Life: The TAY Review • Hidden Treats in… Your Favorite Games • The 13 Spoopiest Songs in Video Game Music • Five Things to Look Forward to at Blizzcon 2014 TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published November 3, 2014 -
UncategorizedTen Things I Took Away From Advanced Warfare‘s Campaign
Our yearly installment of Call of Duty is upon us, and while I’m taking a couple of days to play Advanced Warfare‘s multiplayer the way it was intended before posting my review, I have conquered campaign mode, and learned so much in the process. It took me around six hours to make it through Advanced…
By Mike Fahey Published November 3, 2014 -
UncategorizedTeenagers Fight Each Other in the First Smash Bros. Game
“Wait, why are you wearing me?” Such is the power of Kirby, young one. You might expect the teenagers featured in the latest video from the Fine Brothers’ React channel to not know what they’re doing when playing Super Smash Bros. for N64. And that’s kind of true, since there’s a bunch of befuddlement on…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 3, 2014 - Uncategorized
It Only Takes An Entire Server To Kill This Level 103 WoW Boss
The “Darkmoon Faire,” a classic week-long event in World of Warcraft, started yesterday with daily quests to do, exotic vendors to visit, mini-games to play and a level 103 world boss to kill. That might be tough with the current level cap of 90, but it’s not impossible. All you need is a lot of…
By Gergo Vas Published November 3, 2014 - Uncategorized
Huge LEGO Pirate Island Even Has A Functioning Waterfall
Two talented LEGO builders, Eli Willsea and Grant Davis built a a pirate-themed island for this year’s BrickCon and they didn’t mess around. It’s a gigantic build with old ruins, secret coves treasure and a brilliant working waterfall that flows with tiny bricks. And how does this work? The mechanics are deep inside the mountain…
By Gergo Vas Published November 3, 2014 - Kotaku East
So Far, the Chinese Xbox One Has Room for Improvement
I’m in a quiet room. My coworkers type away at their keyboards on a slow Saturday morning and then their attention is drawn towards me. They look at me with mix of disdain and bemusement. I was attempting to turn off an Xbox One with a voice command and nothing happened. Those feelings of disdain…
By Eric Jou Published November 3, 2014 - Kotaku East
Hamster Bartenders Are the Best Bartenders
And hamster waiters are the best waiters. By day, Twitter user Kawanabesatou oversees grave sites. And in his free time, he uploads photos of his pet hamsters tending bar, serving sushi, selling tombstones, and relaxing in their hamster homes. The resulting photos are, you guessed it, adorable. The miniature items, which some people collect or…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 3, 2014 - Kotaku East
How the Resident Evil Movie Actors Compare to the Game Characters
There’s another Resident Evil film in the pipeline for next year. So now is as good a time as any to see how the previous films compare to the games. While not brand new, the image below was recently uploaded to 2ch, Japan’s largest internet forum. It’s an excellent look at how the film actors…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 3, 2014 - Kotaku East
Top League of Legends Player Worth Close To $1 Million
How much is a good League of Legends player worth? Well, if Korean media reports are correct, a cool million dollars. That’s supposedly how much is being offered for LoL super star Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok. Sina Games reports that Korean media has unearthed information that two Chinese media companies have tendered offers on players from…
By Eric Jou Published November 3, 2014 - Kotaku East
Zombie Omelets Are Both Terrifying and Delicious
Rice omelets (オムライス or omuraisu) are one of Japan’s favorite dishes. But you know what makes them better? Zombies, that’s what. This is omurice. [Photo: Logsoku] If you’ve seen anime, you’ve probably seen omurice pop up somewhere. Often, people write messages in ketchup. [Photo: netamichelin] Sometimes the messages are romantic or cute. Sometimes, they’re funny.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 3, 2014 -
UncategorizedMinecraft’s Industrial Revolution Maps Are Suitably Magical
After all, building “just” dreary factories in a world like Minecraft’s, where industry clashes with magic, wouldn’t make much sense. So what we get instead is the industrial revolution turned up to 11, sometimes with dragons, sometimes with giant robots. Planet’s Minecraft’s Industrial Revolution contest finished its one-month run last week with a total of…
By András Neltz Published November 3, 2014 -
Kotaku EastThe Latest Final Fantasy XV Video – Now in English
For those of you who don’t understand that newfangled moonspeak that is Japanese. Last week, Square Enix released a stream where Final Fantasy XV art director Yusuke Naora and world map director Yasuyuki Matsunami talked with a host about just how friggin huge the world of FFXV was The visuals were impressive and all, but…
By Toshi Nakamura Published November 3, 2014 -
UncategorizedNothing Says Funeral Like a Quick Time Event
In the early moments of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare‘s campaign mode, the player is given a choice — press or hold a button to pay their respects to a fallen comrade, or just sit there awkwardly watching the screen until they get bored and wander off. Not much of a choice, really. Circulating on…
By Mike Fahey Published November 3, 2014 - Uncategorized
Super Smash Bros. Glitch Bans Players for 136 Years
That’s a long time, but maybe just wait until the Wii U version comes out in a few weeks? Recently, Japanese Twitter user Zenaorz1 uploaded this image of a 71,582,030 minute ban—which equals 136 years. The image has been retweeted over one thousand times, and Zenaorz1 was left wondering what caused this. [Photo: Zenaorz1] As…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 3, 2014 - Kotaku East
Introducing the Apple iPie 6 Plus
While this isn’t exactly made by Apple, it is made with apples. Sweets shop Taroan, located in the Japanese town of Aizubange, recently introduced its latest desert, the iPie 6 Plus. As reported on J-Town, even the ads were tongue-in-cheek, as was the in-store display. [Photo: cr015963] [Photo: Kazu05726] [Photo: AYAH_UKUF] Here is what the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 3, 2014 - Culture
Sweet Dreams, Ygritte
Victor Adame Minguez is an artist who has most recently worked on Era: The Consortium,an indie RPG currently up on Kickstarter You can see more of Victor’s art below (and at his DeviantArt page), while you can check out Era: The Consortium here To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 2, 2014