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The Final Fantasy Type-0 Demo Is Like Boxing with Kiddie Gloves On
The long awaited Final Fantasy Type-0 is coming to the West in its brand new HD-remastered form this coming March. This past Tuesday, Brian Ashcraft and I stopped by Square Enix HQ in Tokyo for some hands-on time with the game. Type-0 is an action RPG where you control a party of three characters you…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published September 17, 2014 -
Kotaku EastWhat Final Fantasy Type-0 Looks Like On PS4 And Xbox One
Final Fantasy Type-0 has long been one of Square Enix’s most anticipated games and the Tokyo Game Show 2014 trailer does a good job showing why. Final Fantasy Type-0 was originally released in Japan for the PSP on October 27, 2011. Final Fantasy Type-0 HD will be released in North America and Europe on March…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published September 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe New Final Fantasy XV Trailer Has Renewed My Faith
If Final Fantasy XV‘s latest trailer is any indication, this game could well be worth the wait. The new Tokyo Game Show trailer shows off gameplay that’s more than combat—there’s also driving! And this latest look at Final Fantasy XV offers some truly stunning graphics. Did you give up on Final Fantasy XV? Don’t. Not…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
Tetsuya Nomura Is No Longer Directing Final Fantasy XV
Today, Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy XV has a new director. Originally announced in 2006 as Final Fantasy Versus XIII, the game was rebranded as Final Fantasy XV last year. The game is being directed by Hajime Tabata, the director of Final Fantasy Type-0 and Final Fantasy Type-0 HD “This move allows Tetsuya Nomura…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedI Wish Skyrim Had Face Tech Like This Sports Game
Or any kind of game with character creation, for that matter. At a basic level, this kind of tech has been around for years, most notably with EA’s Game Face. But that service makes you take regular photos, upload them on a browser and tweak the settings there. This new tech that 2K is using…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedFirst Gameplay Footage Of Legendary RPG Successor Torment
Planescape Torment is widely lauded as one of the best-written (not to mention weirdest) games of all time. It’s so revered that the Kickstarter for its spiritual successor, Torment: Tides of Numenera, raked in a whopping $4.1 million. How’s it shaping up, though? Now, finally, you can see. Giant brain scrambling squid monsters, quivering lumps…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
YouTuber Gets Swatted, Cops Find Weed And End Up Busting Him Anyway
Whiteboy7thst, aka Alexander Wachs, is a YouTuber who streams games. Last month he was the target of a “Swatting” when it was falsely reported that he was both armed and suicidal. When cops arrived at his house to find he wasn’t a threat, however, they did find 30 grams of marijuana. Wachs and his housemate…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedYour First Look At Torment: Tides of Numenera In Action
Lots of Torment: Tides of Numenera updates today. The official site received a makeover, the first video showing gameplay was released (and can be seen below), and the developers put out a call for more funds. The footage below shows off several locations, dialog, and a startling encounter with a monster: The developers also hope…
By John Struan Published September 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
Terrible Pokémon Can Be Traded, Eventually, For Legendaries
Even a piece of crap Pokémon can result in a legendary trade. The trick? Patience, and an eye for trading up. It’s sort of like the Pokémon equivalent of One Red Paperclip, where blogger Kyle MacDonald managed to barter his way from a paperclip to an actual house over the course of a year. Only…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedMeet The People Who Beat Destiny‘s First Massive Raid
They were the first in history to finish Destiny‘s mind-boggling raid, and—despite lives, jobs, and significant others—they’re not going anywhere. 1,605 deaths. That’s how many times uber-clan PrimeGuard collectively keeled over before finally finishing their ten hour run of Destiny‘s mad minotaur labyrinth of a raid, the Vault of Glass. They survived (well, eventually survived)…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
Report: Girl Shoots Man For His PS4 While Her Baby Watches
Daniel John Zeitz, a former pro gamer also known as Phobos, has been shot and killed in a bungled attempt to steal his PS4 console, according to police in Sandy Springs, Georgia. Zeitz had organised the sale of his console via Craigslist, and had arranged to meet 20 year-old Nathaniel Vivian and his 16 year-old…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Xbox One Controller Comes To PC, But It Might Be Too Late
The corded version of the Xbox 360 controller for Windows was one of the unsung heroes of the last generation of hardware. Combining the reliability of a wired connection with the fantastic design of the 360 pad itself, it managed – for the first time ever – to establish a standardised control pad for the…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedRemove The Sky, And Mario Kart 8 Gets Pretty Weird
Ah, Moo Moo Meadows. So calming. So picturesque. Wait a minute…something’s not right here. Luigi, now what’ve you done?!?! Ok, Luigi’s not the one to blame here. This is the latest piece of Mario Kart 8 trickery done by brothers Chadderz and Bean, the first—and only—two people to hack the game that we know of.…
By Yannick LeJacq Published September 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedBomb Threat Targeted Anita Sarkeesian, Gaming Awards Last March
An anonymous e-mailer threatened to blow up a bomb at the Game Developers Choice Awards this past March unless the hosts rescinded an award recognizing feminist critic Anita Sarkeesian, the organizers of the event have confirmed to Kotaku “We can confirm that approximately 25 of GDC’s organizers received an anonymous email early in the morning…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 17, 2014 -
CultureDestiny Protip: Dance More
Dancing is a fun feature in Destiny, but it can also be a really useful tool when you’re alone defending a control point. We also have highlights from someone defending a control point with punches, and the most enjoyable crash ever in Just Cause 2 Kotaku reader Ivan sent in a video showing how he…
By Steve Marinconz Published September 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
I’m Worried About These Halo Remakes
I came into a recent Halo: Master Chief Collection preview event expecting to think, “Yep, it’s Halo alright” and be on my merry way. Instead I encountered a surprising number of problems. Halo 2 Anniversary, specifically, left me curiously cold, which is worrisome because the game is only a couple months from release. I got…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
Pretty GIFs From Final Fantasy Type-0 For PS4 And Xbox One
UPDATED POST: Looks like someone at IGN accidentally pulled the trigger early on publishing English gameplay footage from the HD version of Final Fantasy Type-0, which will be out on March 17, 2015 for PS4 and Xbox One. It looked great, so we pulled a few GIFs and will leave them for you here while…
By Jason Schreier Published September 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Horror of Bringing The Sims To Life
Good thing people don’t actually act like sims—things would get out of hand quick. Not just because people would act in strange, sometimes hilarious ways, mind. Things would get out of hand because it means we’d be at the whims of some jerk player somewhere—and that’s bad news, as you can see in this video…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 17, 2014
