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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Let’s Mario Kart Everywhere: The Winners!
We know where Mario Kart 8 is right now — on the television set of nearly everyone with a Wii U — but last week the game was all over the place, thanks to the magic of our weekly ‘Shop Contest. Too bad we had to hide the real winner. That’s right, this week there’s…
By Mike Fahey Published May 31, 2014 - Uncategorized
A Gaming Headset With Bass You Can Really Feel
There’s having sound reach your ears, and then there’s having sound touch your ears. Outfitted with haptic technology, the Mad Catz F.R.E.Q. 4D Stereo Gaming Headset licks the inside of your ear canal with bass. It’s more pleasant than it sounds. WHAT IS IT It’s a USB powered headset for your computer outfitted with ViviTouch…
By Mike Fahey Published May 31, 2014 -
UncategorizedIf Anything Will Sell Me On The Oculus Rift, It’s Virtual Totoro
Fresh from recreating the boiler room scene from Spirited Away for the Oculus Rift, game designer Nick Pittom tackles an even more magical scene from director Hayao Miyazaki’s classic work — the bus stop sequence from My Neighbor Totoro. This is what I’d buy an Oculus Rift for. Having spent most of my life as…
By Mike Fahey Published May 31, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Honest Game Trailer For Candy Crush Saga Is Justly Brutal
Smosh Games gives everyone’s second-favorite bathroom game the Honest Trailers treatment, brutalizing Kings’ innocent candy-swapping game, which never did nothing to no one. Or maybe it’s a well-deserved thrashing. After all, what kind of sick bastard of a video game makes a person angry about receiving chocolate?
By Mike Fahey Published May 31, 2014 - Uncategorized
Inane Internet Quiz Asks “What Kind Of Video Game Is Your Life?”
It’s about time, stupidly inaccurate Facebook-shared personality quizzes. While I do not care which Supernatural character I should date and am only mildly curious as to which My Little Pony I am , I very much want to know what kind of video game my life is. Let’s find out! Brand publisher WD Ventito crafted…
By Mike Fahey Published May 31, 2014 -
UncategorizedThere’s Something Special About Atlanta Cosplay
Atlanta cosplayers are just the best, and they proved it at last weekend’s MomoCon. Man Tifa? Done. Kingdom Hearts Batman? No problem. Solid Snake sneaking behind Mega Man? How many would you like? I might be a little bit biased, having lived in Atlanta for the past 30 years, but I prefer to think of…
By Mike Fahey Published May 31, 2014 - Kotaku East
You Can Fuse With Your Teammates and More in the Next Tales Game
It was the annual Tales of Festival at the Yokohama Arena in Japan today with Tales of Festival 2014, and Bandai Namco had some interesting announcements for its latest Tales game, Tales of Zestiria –A new rival character The gray-haired, shirtless, pistol-wielding dude, Zabida (ザビーダ) is looking to be one of those reoccurring mid-boss battles…
By Toshi Nakamura Published May 31, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Saturday Morning Stream: WildStar Is Go [Complete!]
The head start for Carbine Studio’s new science fiction MMO WildStar kicked off early this morning, giving birth to thousands of weird little animal people with giant eyes. We’re going to follow one of them into the wilds of the legendary Planet Nexus. The little mouse critter is my new character, Rande, an Aurin Spellslinger…
By Mike Fahey Published May 31, 2014 - Uncategorized
Kirby Figurine Set
The Hoshi no Kirby Tsumu Tsumu set features ten Kirby figurines and a warp star: The set can be preordered for 2,376 yen here. Via GoNintendo You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published May 31, 2014 - Culture
This Week In The Business: Our Prices Are Insane
QUOTE | “If you want to sell a game for $60, to the player it has to feel like $200…In 2014, $60 for a game is a little insane.” – Creative director Adrian Chmielarz talking about the lessons of Bulletstorm and the problem with prices Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week…
By Steve Peterson Published May 31, 2014 - Uncategorized
Mecha Superman And More Infinite Crisis Wallpapers
The makers of the free to play Infinite Crisis have created an impressive number of creative character designs that put the New 52 to shame. Enjoy these wallpapers featuring Gaslight Catwoman, Samurai Batman, Mecha Wonder Woman and more: There are dozens more character wallpapers in various resolutions at the Infinite Crisis official site You are…
By John Struan Published May 31, 2014 - Uncategorized
Best of Kotaku, The Week of May 26
Is E3 seriously only a week away? Kill me now. Or just go catch up on our best stuff from this week over at Kotaku Selects. Bonus is that this week includes lots of pieces from me after a week of silence earlier this month. You can guess that I spent that week of silence…
By Tina Amini Published May 31, 2014 -
UncategorizedWatch Tim Schafer Play Grim Fandango
This is the latest in a series of videos featuring Tim Schafer playing classic games he designed—90 minutes of Tim playing Grim Fandango and providing commentary on the making of the game. Nod knowingly (grimly?) as he says, “We’re about to experience the most perfect and most infallible control scheme ever invented in a video…
By John Struan Published May 31, 2014 - Uncategorized
Watch Dogs Uplay and Season Pass Issues Fixed?
It looks like Watch Dogs might be getting past one of its launch woes. A note sent to me on my PS4 in the “important notifications from PlayStation” part of my inbox indicates that problems with the game’s season pass have been fixed. Ubisoft also Tweeted this afternoon that “authentication” issues have been resolved, presumably…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 30, 2014 -
Uncategorized10 Internet Mysteries Nobody Has Solved
The internet, as useful and entertaining as it might be, also has its share of things nobody can explain. Webdriver Torso’s strange YouTube videos are just the latest phenomenon that has caught our imaginations. Alltime10s quickly walks us through a number of curious internet mysteries, from codes nobody can seem to break to Bitcoin. John…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 30, 2014 -
UncategorizedIt’s Merida Vs Maleficent In The Latest Disney Infinity Reveal
Merida and Maleficent are coming soon to Disney Infinity 2.0. Check out their moves in this new video: Via Disney You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published May 30, 2014 -
UncategorizedAn Indie Game That Nails The Joy of Swinging
A Story About My Uncle gets a few things very right. Jumping, swinging, not throwing a gun in your face and forcing you to murder aliens. In the video above, I give my impressions of the game, of a game that’s lineage is squarely in the vein of games like Portal and Jumping Flash A…
By Chris Person Published May 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
The big Battlefield news this week was about Hardline, but EA doesn’t want you think that means it’s forgotten about Battlefield 4. Longtime series developer Karl Magnus Troedsson wrote a blog post yesterday assuring fans of the still-struggling online multiplayer shooter that DICE will “continue to improve the BF4 experience” as best it can. “Yes,…
By Yannick LeJacq Published May 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
Does E3 Still Matter?
It’s been a weird pre-E3 month. Companies like Microsoft, EA, and Bethesda have made big announcements before the big show. Nintendo’s not even doing an official press conference at all. Is there still a point to E3? Or has it become a walking, talking, slowly dying dinosaur? It’s been a sort of inevitable question among…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 30, 2014