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UncategorizedThe Fastest (Fakest) Way to Reach Level 30 in Destiny
Once you hit level 24 in Destiny it’s pretty much a grind to grab the best legendaries and exotics, and then a grind to level them up to max capacity to slowly churn through the levels up to 30. But, thankfully, goldvision here has some phenomenal, totally useful tips to skip all that junk and…
By Tina Amini Published October 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Number of Smash Bros. 3DS Copies Sold
In addition to announcing the release date for Super Smash Bros. Wii U, Nintendo revealed official sales data for the 3DS version of the popular fighting game. After only a few days in the US and a couple of weeks in Japan, Smash Bros. 3DS has sold more than 2.8 million copies. Those aren’t Call…
By Dan Starkey Published October 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Terror in Resonance: The Ani-TAY Review • Silent Hill 2 and the Terrifying Nature of the Mind • TAY Explores Manga: Hayate X Blade TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published October 7, 2014 - Reviews
Alien: Isolation: The Kotaku Review
Knock, knock. Who’s there? An alien. It kills you. While many a video game has been designed for people who enjoy killing aliens, Alien: Isolation can only have been created for people who derive some perverse pleasure out of being killed by an alien. Sometimes the alien will kill you while you’re running away… …and…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Want an Apple-1 Motherboard Built by Steve Wozniak? That’ll Be…
Important pieces of technological history will be up for up for grabs at the Bonham’s History of Science auction later this month. Among their pieces is an original Apple-1 motherboard that Wozniak made in Steve Jobs’ garage. It’s valuedbetween $300,000 and $500,000. Most of the other pieces up for bidding are a bit older, and…
By Dan Starkey Published October 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedMicrosoft Technology Will Finally Let You Give Video Games the Finger
Now, here’s some Kinect functionality that I wouldn’t mind in a video game. I could’ve used this when I reviewed that awful Steel Battalion game a while back. This video from Microsoft Research surfaced a few days ago, showing off the continuing evolution of the company’s Kinect motion tracking initiative. The system on display here…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Nvidia Makes Gaming Notebooks Much More Powerful… Again
Nvidia’s 800m line of laptop graphics chips? They’re sotwo months ago. Today the company that’s been one-upping itself for years does it again with the Maxwell-based Geforce GTX 980m, promising 75 percent of the performance of its desktop counterpart. Three-fourths the power of a full-sized desktop GPU might not seem all that impressive from the…
By Mike Fahey Published October 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedNine Things You Probably Didn’t Know About The Lion King
A scene that took three years to finish, the sound of an F-16 jet fighter and moments we can’t unsee after watching CineFix‘s latest clip about The Lion King Disney’s classic turned 20 this year, and after all these years it still looks incredible. Watching the video means you’ll get to learn stuff like: 1.…
By Gergo Vas Published October 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Custom SNES Is An Homage To Everything Castlevania
Artist Vadu Amka turned his PAL SNES console into the embodiment of darkness, just in time for October. It’s a Castlevania-themed one, and it’s not just a repaint, it has a huge whip, an additional skull, a coffin, and other emblems of the series: SNES Castlevania by Vadu Amka [via Pixalry] To contact the author…
By Gergo Vas Published October 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Super Smash Bros. Finally Comes To Wii U Next Month
Super Smash Bros. Wii U will come out November 21 in North America, Nintendo announced today. It’ll launch alongside a wave of Nintendo’s amiibo toy figures. This follows the release of the portable version, Smash 3DS, which came out last Friday. The Wii U version will be $60 retail, or $100 as part of a…
By Jason Schreier Published October 7, 2014 - Reviews
The Angry Video Game Nerd Tackles the Most Infamous Game in History
When this whole YouTube thing was just getting started, one man began to review the Nintendo games that ruined his childhood—often with beer, explosions, cursing, and human feces. Nearly a decade later, The Angry Video Game Nerd has his own movie where he goes up against the most infamous bad game of all time: E.T.…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published October 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedBelow is My Most Anticipated Xbox One Game
It is lazy to describe a game by comparing it to other ones, but it’s also terribly useful sometimes, so here goes: Below incorporates some of the most captivating elements from two of my favourite game series, Zelda and Dark Souls, and I think that’s why it has me wrapped around its little finger. This…
Keza MacDonald Published October 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedHacker Turns His Living Room into Mario Kart
Good thing those banana peels are virtual, huh? In Japan, a gent named Ken Kawamoto used projection mapping and Romo, a robot that’s controlled via iPhone app, to “recreate Mario Kart” in the living room. Kawamoto calls this “Romo Kart.” As noted on Hack A Day, there’s a Xtion motion sensing camera and a video…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 7, 2014 -
Kotaku EastYour Complete Fall 2014 Anime Guide
Summer is finally over and now it’s time for some pleasantly cool weather. Not that you’ll want to go outside and enjoy it with 50 new anime in the pipeline. But how do you know which ones to watch? Check out the trailers and brief blurbs to see which of them catches your interest. [*Note:…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published October 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedA Murder Mystery Where You’re Already Dead
Yes, you’re dead, and you’re trying to figure out the identity of your killer. You’re a murder victim in an adventure game that looks just like Earthbound Why Am I Dead At Sea is the follow-up to the very similar Why Am I Dead, which was uploaded to Newgrounds in 2012 November. You’re a murder…
By András Neltz Published October 7, 2014 - Kotaku East
Scrap Metal Hulk is, Well, Incredible
Scrap metal art is not new. Loads of artists made wonderful works out of whatever metal they can get their hands on. Very few, however, can pull off an Incredible Hulk like this. You are looking at the work of Thailand’s BanHunLek. The shop is known for its custom sculptures made out of used car…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
MMO-racer The Crew will be a few weeks late, arriving on December 2 instead of November 11, Ubisoft announced in a blog post. Good news is that this means there will be another closed beta test, which Ubisoft says they’re planning to carry out in November, this time on the PS4 and the Xbox One.
By András Neltz Published October 7, 2014 - Kotaku East
“China’s Youngest Hacker” Says He’s a Good Kid
Meet Wang Zhengyang. He’s being hailed as his country’s “youngest hacker” and has started giving presentations on internet security. And he’s apparently using his powers for good. According to Want China Times, Wang is 13 years old, but CCTV, China’s largest television network, says he is 12 years old. I’m sure somewhere in China there…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Kingdom Hearts III Is Being Made with Unreal Engine 4
In a recent interview, game creator Tetsuya Nomura revealed that Kingdom Hearts III is now being developed on Unreal Engine 4. Oh. Alright, then. It was largely assumed that Square Enix was using an in-house game engine for Kingdom Hearts III like it is for Final Fantasy XV. That would make sense, no? The Unreal…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Digital Storm Bolt II: The Kotaku Review
The second generation of Digital Storm’s super-slim Bolt system has a clear advantage in the gaming PC’s leisurely march towards the living room: tiny little feet. I didn’t realize how important tiny little feet were to a slim gaming PC until I met the Bolt II. Honestly I didn’t immediately recognize the bits of black…
By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2014