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Wow, Super Smash Bros. Wii U Will Have Eight-Player Battles
If you and your seven friends have always wished you could play Smash on the same television, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE. The Wii U version of Super Smash Bros. will let groups of up to eight people play together, Nintendo just announced during their live event. You can have five-player battles, six-player battles, and—crazily—eight-player battles…
By Jason Schreier Published October 23, 2014 -
UncategorizedWatch The Smash Bros. Wii U Event Live, Right Here [UPDATE: Over]
What’s Nintendo got in store for Smash Bros. on Wii U? New features? DLC? Ridley? We’ll find out at least some of what will be different in the home-console version of Nintendo’s mascot fighter tonight at 6pm Eastern, in a special Nintendo Direct that the folks behind Smash say will reveal 50 new things about…
By Jason Schreier Published October 23, 2014 -
UncategorizedCounter-Strike‘s Zombie Chicken, In Action
Fact: Halloween is the best holiday. As outlined in this video from Otoris, massively popular multiplayer shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is celebrating Halloween. Now, this shouldn’t be confused withCounter-Strike Nexon: Zombies, which is sort of a) always celebrating Halloween and b) terrible. Foremost among the additions from yesterday’s the Mask-erade update were, you know, masks…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 23, 2014 - Reviews
Civilization: Beyond Earth: The Kotaku Review
Whatever you do, no matter how tempted you are by the sci-fi setting and purple landscape, don’t think of this as a brand new video game. As novel as Civilization: Beyond Earth sounds, as fresh as it looks, and in spite of some pretty big changes it makes in a few key areas, you’re much…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Making Batman Poorer Might Actually Be a Pretty Good Idea
The long-running joke about Batman was that—where guys like Superman have multiple superhuman abilities—his only real superpower is money. Now, he’s apparently going to have less of it. And it might be one of the more interesting things to happen to the Dark Knight in years. There’s a status quo shift happening in DC Comics’…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Your PC Must Be Très Magnifique For Assassin’s Creed Unity
The next big Assassin’s Creed game, Unity, looks like it’s going to be very pretty and very French. Both are good things in my book—though given that I can’t actually speak French and my last name is “LeJacq,” I might be a tad biased. There’s one thing we can all agree on, however: its PC…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Better Version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Hits Xbox 360 Next Week
A graphically improved version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas will be hitting Xbox Live on October 26, just in time for the game’s 10th anniversary. But there’s a bit of a catch. The updated version will run at 720p and will have Achievement support, with 11 hidden achievements. Full list in the image below:…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 23, 2014 -
UncategorizedUncharted‘s Opening Scene, In Real Life
OK, this is impressive—a group of Scandinavian filmmakers (headed up by director Martin Sofiedal) put together this live-action re-creation of Uncharted‘s intro scene that’s just about as good a fan film as I’ve ever seen. Not gonna lie: Norwegian Nathan Drake seems like a cool dude. Maybe these guys should make the Uncharted film. Here’s…
By Jason Schreier Published October 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Dragon Age: Inquisition‘s Sex Talk Sounds Hilarious
BioWare, the veteran RPG studio today best known for making Mass Effect and Dragon Age, has long been the king of awkward video game sex scenes. As writer Tom Bissell put it back in 2012 after Mass Effect 3 came out: “BioWare’s talented storytellers desperately need to rethink their curious devotion to the video-game sex…
By Jason Schreier Published October 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Last Chance to Save On Sunset Overdrive, Logitech G502, and More Deals
Microsoft has been handing out a $10 gift card with your preorder of Sunset Overdrive for months, but you only have to preorder by tomorrow afternoon to get release day delivery. [Sunset Overdrive] More $10 gift cards: Halo 5: Guardians Halo: The Master Chief Collection Sunset Overdrive Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Dragon Age: Inquisition…
By Shane Roberts Published October 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
The New Simpsons World App Has Some Issues
If you’re a cable subscriber, you can now stream and watch every single episode of The Simpsons on your computer, tablet, or Xbox, so long as your provider supports the FXX Now app. Every single episode! In theory, this is phenomenal. Unlimited digital access to the greatest television show ever made? A chance to watch…
By Jason Schreier Published October 23, 2014 -
UncategorizedPlayers Try To Cheese Destiny‘s Hardest Boss, Fail Miserably
Hahaha oh boy. That didn’t go over too well, did it? In Destiny‘s big, epic raid, there is a final boss named Atheon. And there used to be a method of “cheesing” him, as in killing him quickly and unethically (depending on who you ask). Players would be able to push Atheon off the level,…
By Tina Amini Published October 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Designer’s Corner: Beyond: Two Souls • Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit: The TAY Manga Review • Game of The Week — Surgeon “Simulator” [Trauma Center: Under The Knife] TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published October 23, 2014 -
UncategorizedWhat The Great War In Fallout Is All About
It’s October 23, which means we’re now exactly 63 years away from Fallout‘sGreat War, the Very Special Saturday in which every nuclear nation in the world fired all of their missiles at once. Good times all around. To celebrate this pre-anniversary, the funny people at Dorkly shot this neat video containing some brief history on…
By Jason Schreier Published October 23, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Metal Gear Solid Fan Film We’ll Never See Finished
Back in 2009, I wrote about a MGS fan film called Metal Gear Solid Philanthropy. Made over the course of years, the one-hour movie looked really good. So does the planned sequel. Make that did Here is a 12-minute “pilot” that the fan flick’s producers hoped to use for crowd-funding a feature-length film. However, this…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 23, 2014 - Kotaku East
Metallic Iron Man Figures Are the Best Iron Man Figures
I’ve been waiting a year for this. (cue the Black Sabbath music) Since the announcement of Hong Kong collectible toy company’s ambitious new Movie Masterpiece Diecast line of figures – figures that use actual metal parts – I’ve spent countless hours oogling over the images of theIron Man 3 Mark XLII suit. I almost immediately…
By Toshi Nakamura Published October 23, 2014 -
Kotaku EastSword Art Online, Now With Flying
Japan’s popular series about life inside video games is getting another game. It lets you fly. Sword Art Online is a story with multiple arcs, perhaps the most famous being its initial story involving a game of death where players are trapped inside an MMO and dying in the game means dying in real life.…
By Toshi Nakamura Published October 23, 2014
