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One of the best iOS games ever made is finally out for Android. The 1.1 update of Eliss Infinity—the evolution of beautiful/tough/artsy rapid-fire movement puzzle Eliss—debuts on the Google Play storefront today. The 1.1 is up on the Apple App Store, too. A rundown of the changes can be found here and Gamasutra‘s got an…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 27, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Most Unlucky Mario Kart Player
This, folks, is the very essence of “get wrecked.” Watch as Daisy is completely unable to catch a break in this video by HowBoutGaming: I think my favorite part is at the end, when she clearly just stops trying to move forward. I don’t blame you, Daisy. Confession: I have an absolutely irrational and intense…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 27, 2014 - Uncategorized
Watch The Folks Behind Sunset Overdrive Make A New Game
If people can livestream playing games, why can’t they livestream making games? Insomniac, the independent studio behind Sunset Overdrive and the Resistance series, among other games, just launched a new Twitch experiment: live video game development. They’ll be working on a small game called Slow Down, Bull and streaming every Friday afternoon, starting today at…
By Jason Schreier Published June 27, 2014 -
CultureHighlight Reel: June 27, 2014
Today’s gaming highlights: New world record speedruns, defusing bombs right under terrorist noses, and more! Speedruns BananasaurusRex gets a new world record in 1001 Spikes, coming in at 17:31.91 Yesterday we posted about this Super Mario Bros speedrun. It tops the old world record time by about a second with help from a Bullet Bill…
By Steve Marinconz Published June 27, 2014 - Uncategorized
Soul Blazer, An RPG Where You Play God’s Servant
Welcome to the Summer of Old JRPGs, where we’re playing classic role-playing games and talking about them every week. Check out the full schedule here Earlier this month I spent a whole bunch of time playing Soul Blazer, a video game about mermaids and talking plants. Hopefully you did too. Soul Blazer is the first…
By Jason Schreier Published June 27, 2014 -
UncategorizedItching for a New Dungeon Crawler? Try This One
Indie developers are always on the lookout for people to give them feedback, so it’s not uncommon for them to release a public alpha. All the better for you! In the video above, I play the alpha for a dungeon crawler called Vagante by Nuke Nine games. It’s still being worked on, but even in…
By Chris Person Published June 27, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Shovel Knight Soundtrack Is So Good
Shovel Knight, the game, is really good. Shovel Knight, the soundtrack, is even better. Composed by Jake ‘Virt’ Kaufman along with contributions from Mega Man composer Manami Matsumae, the Shovel Knight OST is a collection of anthemic chiptune compositions that, like the game it’s attached to, both recalls the classic games of the past and…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 27, 2014 - Uncategorized
The long-awaited sequel to The Longest Journey isn’t going to be one big game anymore. Dreamfall Chapters will now be coming out as a series of episodic releases—with the first one hitting this fall—according to an update on the crowdfunded game’s Kickstarter page.
By Evan Narcisse Published June 27, 2014 - Uncategorized
Steam Summer Sale Day 9, Discount Plus and LIVE Subs, Pokemon X
Day 9 of the Steam Sale is here and with it comes discounts on Transistor, Octodad and not much else worth writing home about. As with every other day so far, several of the prices are currently wrong on the homepage. The Alan Wake Franchise is actually $6, which is a good deal for those…
By Shane Roberts Published June 27, 2014 - Uncategorized
A Cheat Sheet For Everything Wrong with Watch Dogs
Watch Dogs has some things going for it. It can look pretty. It handles aiming and shooting pretty well. But the story in Ubisoft’s open-world action game is not one of its strengths. Now we’ve got a hilarious movie script breakdown points out all the ludicrous stuff in Watch Dogs. Spoilers Ahead. Over at Playthroughline—a…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 27, 2014 -
UncategorizedLeave Michael Bay Alone, Transformers Is Awesome
I love Transformers. I don’t mean the toys, the cartoons, the comics, any of that stuff. I mean the new Transformers, the Michael Bay Transformers I know this is an unpopular opinion. But is far as I’m concerned, Transformers first came to life in Michael Bay’s series. And it is therefore the best Transformers until…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 27, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Re-entering The Gecko • BioShock Infinite Lives, Lived, Will Live Up To (Most Of) Its Hype • State of Video Games 2014 [Expanded] • NotGoodForReview – Splinter Cell: Blacklist TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published June 27, 2014 -
UncategorizedNo Man’s Sky Won’t End When You Reach the Center of the Universe
There’ll be more to do when you get to the nexus of the cosmos in No Man’s Sky. This video on Hello Games’ hotly anticipated sci-fi game tells the story of how No Man’s Sky was born and what the dev studio wants to achieve with their ambitious procedurally generated galaxy.
By Evan Narcisse Published June 27, 2014 - Esports
Dota 2 Tournament Prize Pool Exceeds $10 Million
The prize pool for Valve’s big Dota 2 tournament ‘The International’ was already the largest in eSports history a month ago, when it was around $6 million. Today it exceeded $10 million which means it is now one of the biggest prize pools among any tournaments. To be exact, it’s currently a little bit more…
By Gergo Vas Published June 27, 2014 - Kotaku East
Chinese Monster Hoax Wasn’t Really Gollum, But a Video Game Ad
Earlier this week, a Chinese man was camping with friends in the Huairou region when he seems to have spotted a monster-like creature that somewhat resembled Gollum from Lord of the Rings. The man said he was “terrified.” He snapped photos and uploaded them online. They spread like wildfire. According to Taiwanese site ET Today,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 27, 2014 - Uncategorized
Artist Flavio Bolla did a pretty neat paint of Kalm and its mini-reactor, which is the first town we visit in Final Fantasy VII, once leaving Midgar. This was the town where nothing really happened besides gearing up and watching Cloud’s extra-long, 30-minute flashback. Final Fantasy VII – Kalm by flaviobolla [DeviantART, via TheCyberWolf] Dayshot…
By Gergo Vas Published June 27, 2014 -
Kotaku EastWatch As I Attempt to Draw Pokémon
I may be the single worst artist on the face of the planet. So let’s see if Pokémon can teach me to draw in Pokémon Art Academy Pokémon Art Academy was released in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS on June 19, 2014. It will be released in Europe on July 4, 2014; Australia and New…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 27, 2014 - Uncategorized
The first wave of beta invites for Warlords of Draenor, World of Warcraft‘s next expansion are going out today and according to an official e-mail from Blizzard, the closed beta begins today as well, at 2PM PDT. Time to go back to the orcs’ homeworld and establish those garrisons! To contact the author of this…
By Gergo Vas Published June 27, 2014
