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Metal Gear Solid V Is Full Of Silly Moments
The 30-minute gameplay demo of Metal Gear Solid V Kojima finally showed us in his podcast wasn’t just about hiding behind corners and riding around the desert. If you watched carefully, you could have spotted all the little details and jokes that are so typical to the series. And new ones as well. For example,…
By Gergo Vas Published June 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Tomodachi Life: The TAY Review • Game Of The Week—Dynasty Warriors Is Better With Dragons • Laziness, Ragequitting, And The Quest for Love • Why Do We Care For True Mature Games All Of A Sudden? TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published June 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
Clone Of Clone Of Clone Now On 3DS eShop
Today Nintendo announced that the 3DS eShop just got a new $2 game called 2048, by a developer named Cosmigo. Cosmigo’s 2048 is a copy of Gabriele Cirulli’s open-source 2048, which itself is a clone of a game called 1024, which is, of course, a clone of the stellar iOS game Threes Video games
By Jason Schreier Published June 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
What No Man’s Sky Is
“What does sci-fi mean to you?” I was asking Sean Murray, the managing director and founder of Hello Games, this question. He’s one of a small team of developers working on the game that had everyone buzzing at E3 this year. “That’s a really good question,” Murray said to me during an interview in a…
By Tina Amini Published June 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
Pillars of Eternity Looks Like The Next Great Computer RPG
In September of 2012, I got an e-mail from veteran writer and game designer Chris Avellone. He told me that he and a group of other designers at Obsidian were planning to launch a Kickstarter, and that they were looking to make an RPG in the style of old Infinity Engine games like Baldur’s Gate…
By Jason Schreier Published June 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
Nintendo’s been quiet about when games from the Nintendo 64 might be coming to the Wii U Virtual Console. But there’s a new mention of “the future addition of titles from the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo 64 systems” on the webpage for the console’s eShop digital storefront. Hopefully, this means that titles from the…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 19, 2014 - Kotaku East
The Man Was Fat Shamed. Then, He Was Game Boy Advance Shamed.
Twitter gives everyone a voice. Too bad some people use that voice to be mean to people they don’t know. Today in Japan, the following tweet appeared on 2ch, the country’s largest forum. The young woman who tweeted it, wrote, “I’m on the train now (lol). There’s a fatty taking up three seats by himself…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2014 - Kotaku East
I Want to Look Forward to Final Fantasy Explorers
I have to admit, I was rather skeptical about Final Fantasy Explorers when I first heard the game’s description, but after hearing the game director’s initial pitch… I’m actually even more skeptical. Final Fantasy Explorers is described as an action RPG with mutli-player capabilities. Players band in parties of up to four characters and fight…
By Toshi Nakamura Published June 19, 2014 - Kotaku East
Mii Fighters Were Almost Part Of Smash Bros. Brawl
The addition of Miis as playable characters in the upcoming Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS opens up a realm of possibilities for players, but this is not the first time the series creator has toyed with the idea. “Incorporating Miis was explored in the previous game, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, but I…
By Toshi Nakamura Published June 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
New LEGO Sets Put Your Buildings In The Virtual World
They’re called LEGO Fusion, and their big new feature is the ability to digitize your structures—to put them on your tablet or phone, basically, where you can then play around with them in various ways. To facilitate this, each Fusion set includes (apart from a set of bricks, of course) a Fusion capture plate. What…
By András Neltz Published June 19, 2014 -
Kotaku EastWatch the Metal Gear Solid V PS4 Demo Right Here
Have I kept you waiting? Probably not. But Hideo Kojima most certainly has. The Metal Gear Solid creator is showing off the MGSV: The Phantom Pain PlayStation 4 demo in this latest episode of Kojima Station. The thirty minute demo, which is similar to what was shown at E3, can be seen below: Update: The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
Conan O’Brien Tries Games (And Hijinks) At E3 2014
Looks like someone had a great time at this year’s E3. Conan O’Brien returned to the show to check out Sunset Overdrive, take part in some creepy-funny chats at various stages and to take an embarrassingly close look at Project Morpheus Here’s the full clip: Conan Visits E3 2014 [Team Coco, YouTube] To contact the…
By Gergo Vas Published June 19, 2014 - Kotaku East
Square Enix Cannot Quit Final Fantasy XIII
With Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, Square Enix has closed the Final Fantasy XIII chapter and is moving on. Just kidding, of course it isn’t. Hope you like reading and words and stuff! Much like with the Final Fantasy X series that got a 30 minute audio drama after-story, the Final Fantasy XIII series now…
By Toshi Nakamura Published June 19, 2014 - Kotaku East
Final Fantasy III Art Keeps Insects Away
Twitter user Rurue0111 recreated the Final Fantasy III job classes in miniature on a screen door. 8-bit has never been so good at not letting mosquitos in the house! Each square on the screen represented one pixel, and Rurue0111 used stain glass window paint, using a toothpick to color in the characters. Via Togech and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
How To Sell A Fighting Game – Step One: Offer Peanuts.
Pre-order DLC? Pfft. Who needs that when you can get delicious nuts with your purchase. The game is the Xbox One version of EA Sports’ UFC, a fighting game out for new-gen consoles this Tuesday. The location is Target, the American retail chain, which is offering two six-ounce cans of Planters brand peanuts with every…
By András Neltz Published June 19, 2014 - Kotaku East
CNN Wonders Why Anime Child Porn Isn’t Banned in Japan
This week, it was announced that Japan finally outlawed child pornography. The ban does not cover 2D sexualized representations of children in manga and video games. CNN International wonders why. On Twitter, CNN International posed the following question: Note that, at the time of writing, Kotaku has attempted to select responses that show the variety…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2014
