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UncategorizedA Game Collection That Looks Like A Museum
High-level game collectors are an interesting bunch of people. Their drives, motivations and preferences when it comes to curation say so much about what they value in gaming. Austrian collector Andranik Ghalustians is no different. Above is GAMEBOY, a short documentary about Andranik’s impressive collection. Though he doesn’t have a firm count, he estimates that…
By Chris Person Published October 24, 2014 -
UncategorizedDying In Sunset Overdrive Is Pretty Goofy
Dying a horrible death in a video game is usually, well, horrible. If only there was some way to add a little style and grace to the whole process. What’s that you say, Sunset Overdrive? You think you can make being eaten by a horde of unsightly mutants downright charming? Well, we’ll have to see…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 24, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Orcs Of Mordor Are Having A Bad Day
Even since the game got its snazzy new photo editor, Shadow of Mordor fans have been doing their best to capture the game’s ultraviolence in all its gruesome glory. But what about all those quiet, sentimental moments that unfold in the midst of all the orc-killing? Sauron’s forces have feelings too, you know. YouTuber Bart…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 24, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe New Borderlands Is Loaded With Secrets And References [UPDATED]
Continuing in the Borderlands series’ grand tradition of making sly winks at everything from Minecraft to Game of Thrones to a whole lot of Internet memes, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is littered with secrets and references—some especially elaborate. Here are all the ones we know of so far. As ever, beware of the over-9000-eyed spoiler beast…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
Fantasy Life Is The Best To-Do List I’ve Ever Played
Fantasy Life, released today by Nintendo for 3DS, is not so much a video game as it is a to-do list. Playing this game is akin to performing a series of increasingly difficult household chores. Some games ask you to slay demons or explore the frontiers of space; Fantasy Life asks you to go find…
By Jason Schreier Published October 24, 2014 -
UncategorizedThere’s a good chunk of new Quantum Break gameplay in this video featuring the Xbox One exclusive. Narrated by Remedy Entertainment creative director Sam Lake, the clip shows already-seen action up until about the 8:30 mark. From there, it’s a chunk of time-manipulation platforming.
By Evan Narcisse Published October 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
Eight Words I Never Expected Hear From the Head of Xbox
“I don’t need another military space marine game.” Whoa. Okay. In an interview with IGN, big boss of Xbox, said that while the company was committed to its core first party franchises Microsoft is also working on something new. “I think new stories, new characters give us a new canvas to try new things… I…
By Dan Starkey Published October 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Most Hardcore Way To Play DayZ
Forget permadeath. There is a more intense way to play DayZ, and it somehow makes the survival game way more hardcore. I speak of perma-permadeath, a concept that Rock, Paper Shotgun writer Christopher Livingston recently documented. Here’s how it works. If you die, that’s it. You don’t just lose your character, though. You never get…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 24, 2014 -
UncategorizedSeven Minutes Of Excellent Cosplay From This Year’s New York Comic-Con
There are a lot of people in costumes having fun in this montage from New York Comic-Con 2014. Let’s join them, shall we? Beatdownboogie brings us a video filled with the impressive costumes and posing hi-jinx that happened on the west side of Manhattan this year. I’m partial to the Cesar Romero version of The…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
Your Best Deal on the Master Chief Collection, and 75 Years of Marvel
Preorder The Master Chief Collection from Dell to get a $25 Dell gift card. That’s not as universally useful as say, an Amazon or Target credit, but since Dell sells games you can find a use for it, and there won’t be a better offer. [Master Chief Collection] Don’t want the Dell gift card? Preorder…
By Shane Roberts Published October 24, 2014 -
CultureSpelunky, Beaten With A Dance Pad Controller
If a dance pad controller is good enough for Dark Souls, it’s good enough for Spelunky. Plus clips from Destiny, Shadow of Mordor, and more! 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.…
By Steve Marinconz Published October 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Most Popular Doctor Who Game Finally Gets The Most Popular Doctor
How has Doctor Who Legacy lasted a year without this fellow in its roster? Launched last year with a mere two Doctors’ worth of content — Matt Smith and David Tennant — the pleasantly free-to-play mobile puzzler Doctor Who Legacy has slowly been adding various incarnations of the Time Lord on a regular basis. And…
By Mike Fahey Published October 24, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Witcher 3‘s Intro Is All about Geralt’s Fearsome Ex-Girlfriend
Here’s the opening cinematic for The Witcher 3. That lady wielding all the bad juju? She and Geralt were a thing once. The last part of CD Projekt Red’s action/RPG trilogy has been a long time coming but the developers have been promising a bigger scale and more intense story than in previous entries. This…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus: The TAY Review • Love for Level-5 • Rockmandash Reviews: ef – a fairy tale of the two [Visual Novel & Anime] TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published October 24, 2014 -
ReviewsBayonetta 2: The Kotaku Review
“What if you could feel good all the time?” That’s the question that Bayonetta 2 seems to ask. It answers that query, too. With an avalanche of mind-bending spectacle that will very often leave you dizzy and, by the end of it, a little numb. From its opening prologue, the sequel to 2009’s hit action…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 24, 2014 -
UncategorizedAll the Deaths from the Original Star Wars Movies, in Three Minutes
How many people became one with the Force in the Episodes IV-VI of the Star Wars films? Have a look at this montage of death scenes from the original trilogy and find out. This video from Digg keeps a running tally of all the on-screen deaths from Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 24, 2014 -
UncategorizedHow To Level Up Alt Characters In Time For Warlords of Draenor
Leveling in World of Warcraft is much easier than it was in vanilla WoW days. We have heirloom items that level with us, the dungeon finder, PvP with experience points. But there’s still a lot we can do to make leveling even more quicker (and fun) and GOM TV’shere to share all of it in…
By Gergo Vas Published October 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
Victorian Era LEGO London Is Massive
Doing LEGO builds for themes that never had official sets must be the hardest. But a UK-based group called Bricks to the Past‘s large-scale LEGO display of 19th century London is amazing without acknowledging that. Here’s the full build with the London Docklands and its warehouses on the east side and some cozy stores and…
By Gergo Vas Published October 24, 2014 - Uncategorized
Dreamfall Chapters: Book One Builds A World and Little Else
I am a huge fan of The Longest Journey franchise, so you can bet the moment the Kickstarter for Dreamfall Chapters went online I threw my money at it. And now that the first chapter is out, let me say that it’s not the most exciting opening, but it does do some serious world building.…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published October 24, 2014 - Kotaku East
A Good, Horrible Look at Korea KFC’s Double Down
In South Korea, KFC’s take on the Double Down is, well, something else. You might have seen the promotional pics. Let’s have a look at pics of the actual sandwich. While the Double Down that was launched in 2010 in the U.S., it was two pieces of fried chicken with cheese, sauce, and bacon. KFC…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 24, 2014