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UncategorizedA Mildly Satanic New Video Game That You Can Only Play Online With Money
The first thing that threw me about Jason Rohrer‘s new multiplayer video game was that he told me I could only play it with money on the line. Real money. MY money. Then he said the game would mail me a check if I won. It was all legal, he assured me. The game in…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
GameStop Now Accepting Old Toys For Store Credit. Great. [Update]
Remember back in 2012 when GameStop started allowing customers to trade in original Skylanders figures for store credit, and the customer service folk were completely miserable? Now GameStop is accepting Skylanders and Disney Infinity figures. Update: I traded some, check out what I got for them below. The original Skylanders trade-in plan did not last…
By Mike Fahey Published September 23, 2014 -
CultureHave you seen an amazing gaming feat lately? Send it to us at [email protected] to get it included in our new feature, Highlight Reel! We’re looking for fun, exciting, or funny moments to show the world! For Highlight Reel, you can submit a clip of something you did or just something you saw online that…
By Steve Marinconz Published September 23, 2014 -
UncategorizedFacebook Status Wars As Street Fighter, Only More Brutal
A never-ending battle to promote yourself, now with multiplayer. Director Dennis Liuputs my constant unease with the social network in terms I can relate to. I’ve been guilty in the past of basking in new baby likes. I may have even milked the fact that they were twins, but since then I’ve maintained relative radio…
By Mike Fahey Published September 23, 2014 -
UncategorizedA World Map Showing Where People Are Playing Smash Bros Right Now
Here’s a cool new feature in the newest Super Smash Bros. game for 3DS: a map of the globe that shows where everyone’s playing at any given time. As you can see in the shot above, right now most Smash players are based in Japan, though that’ll likely change when the game comes out in…
By Jason Schreier Published September 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Aldnoah.Zero: The Ani-TAY Review • Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-Kun: Rockmandash’s Ani-TAY Review • Haikyuu!!: The Ani-TAY Review • Destiny: Where It’s Been and Where It Should Go TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published September 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Someone Hit Level 30 In Destiny
People figured out how to circumvent Destiny’s soft level 20 capshortly after the game launched two weeks ago, and now one player has reached the next milestone: making it all the way to level 30 with one of his characters. The player is Mark Edward Neace Jr, an American member of the clan Tier 1…
By Yannick LeJacq Published September 23, 2014 -
UncategorizedSix Wild Metal Gear Solid V Fan Theories
With TGS and a handful of new Metal Gear Solid V footage behind, Outside Xbox’s clip weaves further the web of never ending fan theories about the game’s plot and the characters’ backgrounds. All of them sound a bit crazy and compelling, but my favorite is the one that says the mute sniper Quiet is…
By Gergo Vas Published September 23, 2014 -
UncategorizedSpider-Man Video Games Need More Mysterio
Sure he wears a purple cape and a fishbowl on his head, but Mysterio’s special effects-based powers make for a really trippy introduction to Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes‘s Spider-Man playset. Mysterio’s made his way into plenty of Spider-Man video games — he was the main villain in the Questprobe Spidey game, after being passed…
By Mike Fahey Published September 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Iron Man Looks Badass In Samurai Mech Armor
Iron Giants is a series of Iron Man art made by artist Clog Two, with Tony Stark posing in various cool Iron Man suits. Some are redesigns of already existing ones, like the War Machine, some are completely new. Here’s a few in their full glory. You can find a lot more over here Iron…
By Gergo Vas Published September 23, 2014 - Kotaku East
I Want To Trick-Or-Treat Here So Badly
Halloween is right around the corner. And there’s a new apartment building opening in Japan that’s designed to look like a witch house. No, really. Located in the city of Hamamatsu, the apartment complex is located in a regular residential area. [Photo: toiki_j] [Photo: weld_blew] It was designed to create a fairy tale-type feeling for…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Original 151 Pokémon, Recreated in Minecraft
Minecraft, being a block-based builder, has always been a favorite outlet of pixel artists everywhere. Like this enterprising player, who set out to painstakingly build replicas of the 151 original Pokémon in-game. Each Pokémon took redditor QueenMercury thirty minutes to three hours to build. This isn’t the first time somebody’s recreated the original 151 in…
By András Neltz Published September 23, 2014 -
UncategorizedFrogs Love Watching Worms on Smartphones
Humans like watching TV shows or movies. Maybe sports and probably pornography. Frogs? They totally dig watching worms. The videowas uploaded by YouTuber Joe Myers, who notes, “This is how frogs are entertained by watching their favorite channel.” This is how I am entertained by watching frogs watch their favorite channel. FrogTV [Joe Myers@YouTube] To…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Thank Pokémon for the Cool Transparent 2DS Handhelds
I’ve always thought the Nintendo 2DS looked, well, terrible. These new 2DS handhelds don’t. Transparent hardware is terrific-looking, and these 2DS units are no exception. According to Eurogamer, the Transparent Red and Transparent Blue 2DS handhelds will be released in Europe when Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire go on sale in late November.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 23, 2014 - Kotaku East
The Xbox One Will Be Out in China on September 29
After an inexplicable delay yesterday, today Microsoft announced that the Xbox One will go on sale in China on September 29. Microsoft says it will be the first game console to launch in the mainland in 14 years. “After receiving government approval for the first wave of games, we will launch with the first 10…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 23, 2014 -
UncategorizedHere’s a Smash Bros. Fan Game That Lets You Play As Ridley
Much like Super Smash Flash 2, this one’s for the PC. It’s called Super Smash Bros. Crusade, and its massive roster of playable fighters include familiar faces like Mario, Bowser, and Kirby, and a ton of newcomers, like Ridley, Rayman, Crash Bandicoot, Klonoa, Krystal from Star Fox, and even Phoenix Wright. Smash Bros. Crusade has…
By András Neltz Published September 23, 2014 - Kotaku East
The Men of Final Fantasy XV Are Making Some Unhappy
It looks like Final Fantasy XV will have lots of fellas. For some folks online, this is a problem. In an interview with 4Gamer, Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata said, “The party is men only. That hasn’t changed since Final Fantasy Versus XIII.” That’s why, for years now, we have been seeing images like…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 23, 2014 -
UncategorizedNew PC Game Is A Masterclass In FMV
Roundabout is a new PC game that has you driving a limousine around a map. Only, that limousine never stops spinning Given passenger missions to complete across a colourful open-world sandbox (you’re rarely restricted to just the roads), the best way to approach it is to pretend it’s like Crazy Taxi. Only you’re really drunk.…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 22, 2014 -
UncategorizedSleeping Dogs Spinoff Looks, Well, Hrm
Triad Wars is a new game set in the universe of Sleeping Dogs. It is not Sleeping Dogs 2. Not even close. While it retains the open-world nature of the original, this is PC-only. And is free-to-play. Don’t say we didn’twarn you Oh well. We’ll always have Sleeping Dogs. Actually, we’ll have it again next…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 22, 2014
