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Kotaku EastFirst Look at Maple Story 2 Gameplay
Check out a sneak peek at Maple Story 2, which is slated to go into close beta this year in South Korea. The game’s release date is still TBA. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 23, 2014 - Kotaku East
Ike Joins Super Smash Bros., Gets Compared to a Gorilla in Japan
Nintendo just announced that Ike from Fire Emblem is returning to Smash Bros. So, he’s not a new character to the series, but he now looks…different. And in Japan, some are mocking his pumped up appearance. On popular game sites like Hachima and My Game News Flash, there are commenters calling the muscular Ike a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
What If Pac-Man Is About A Man Having A Pschotic Break?
A drug-using man believes he’s being chased by ghostly tormenters? A fresh take on Pac-Man by Ian Wilding. Desktop wallpaper-sized image below: He has prints onsale here. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published May 23, 2014 - Culture
Nice Day For A Swim
Gray Shuko is an artist who alongside some killer illustration work for stuff like comics and album covers has also worked for Blizzard. You can see more of Gray’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper),…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 23, 2014 -
UncategorizedHere Is The Trailer For Fables: The Wolf Among Us Episode 4
Magical doorways, mysterious symbols, and Bloody Mary star in the trailer for Fables: The Wolf Among Us Episode 4: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published May 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Wolfenstein, Described In 29 Screenshots
A lot of times, when I’m playing a game that I’m going to write about, I take notes. For Wolfenstein, though, I tried something different. I took a ton of screenshots instead. Think of them as postcards from my playthrough. Why? Because so much of what I loved about this game was in the moment.…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Indie Gaming Bubble Might Be About To Burst
Veteran indie dev Jeff Vogel puts into words that niggling doubt in the pit of your stomach. That quote is part of a post Vogel has written on his blog that ties into some stuff we’ve been talking about over the past week. Namely, that there are too many indie games being made, and it’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2014 - Uncategorized
How To Make Peggle A Lot Worse [Update]
There used to be a cool Peggle game on the New Zealand App Store. The same Peggle you could get everywhere else in the world. That game is now gone. In its place is a new Peggle game that is just the worst. Yes, the old Peggle – the one you paid money for then…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Problem With Far Cry 4‘s Box Art
Far Cry 4‘s box art depicts a man wearing a lavish pink suit using what might be a religious statue as a throne. He has blonde hair and fair skin and his hand rests on the head of a man of color who kneels, passively, clutching a grenade in his hands. It’s caused quite a…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 22, 2014 - Uncategorized
Your Childhood Coloring Books, Now With Nightmares
You can mutilate any innocent coloring book, with the right artistic inspiration. r/coloringcorruptions is a community dedicated to coloring books that they’ve taken and transformed into disturbing scenes with a few alterations. According to The Daily Dot, the inspiration came from one Redditor named CrayonsForBrains, who had a particularly deranged-looking coloring book. CrayonsForBrains couldn’t help…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 22, 2014 - Uncategorized
Japan’s Left 4 Dead Characters Include Schoolgirl, Bartender
Left 4 Dead is being released as an arcade game in Japan. None of the eight existing characters, however, are making the trip (despite featuring in the local releases of the console titles). Instead, publishers Taito have swapped in an all-new cast. We saw (and heard) them in action in some grainy footage from last…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2014 - Uncategorized
Amplitude Pulls Off Mighty Kickstarter Comeback
For a while there, it looked like the Kickstarter campaign to revive Harmonix’s much-loved music game Amplitude wasn’t gonna make it to its $775,000 goal. But with a ton of Twitter shouting, a telethon, and some very generous backers, they’ve passed the mark with just 21 hours to go. Yesterday, the campaign was still more…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 22, 2014 -
UncategorizedMultiplayer Watch Dogs Looks Like GTA Online Plus Hackers
Ubisoft recently had a press event for Watch Dogs and invited YouTubers to get hands on the game. The “Capture the File” multiplayer mode looks like it mixes all the madness of a GTA Online deathmatch with magic hacking superpowers. Check out the video above to see the game in action. It looks like a…
By Steve Marinconz Published May 22, 2014 - Uncategorized
Former Games Journo Writing New Star Wars Movie
Disney aren’t just going to squeeze millions from a new trilogy of Star Wars movies. They’re going to make stand-alone flicks too, and the first of those is due for release in December 2016. There are no details on what it actually is, but we do now know who’s behind it. Directing will be Gareth…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2014 -
UncategorizedSpace 2.0: The initially promising-looking but unfortunately flawed space sim X Rebirth gets a sizable update this week that developer Egosoft claims will address a lot of the game’s issues. This video touts a few of those improvements, and you can download a PDF of all the changes here
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 22, 2014 - Uncategorized
People Used To Think Chess Would Ruin Everything
You know how it goes: something new comes along, and catches everyone’s attention. Immediately, people think the new thing will corrupt society and make everything worse: this has been true for everything from books to video games. And yes, it also holds true for chess. Chess! A thing we largely consider to be an intellectual…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 22, 2014 -
Uncategorized1980’s Newscasters Struggled To Explain How Pac-Man Works
Pac-Man turns 34 today. It’s exciting to see that the little yellow guy has survived into middle age. But before the Pac became the dot-eating legend we know him as today, he had to do the same thing every celebrity does: make a name for himself. To commemorate Pac-Man’s birthday, popular video game personality Patrick…
By Yannick LeJacq Published May 22, 2014 -
UncategorizedJennifer Aniston’s Greatest Gaming Moment
Remember the 1990s? It was a wonderful time, a time when Microsoft would pay Jennifer Aniston to beat a child actor at video games, all in the service of helping explain how to use Windows 95. We’ve actually written about this video before, in which Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry, high on Friends fame, signed…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 22, 2014 -
UncategorizedWolfenstein Has A Cool Little Fallout Easter Egg
While there isn’t any official news about Fallout 4 just yet, Bethesda-published Wolfenstein: The New Order does give a quick nod to everyone’s favorite vault-dwelling franchise. Obviously, if you’d rather not have the location of the easter egg spoiled, you probably shouldn’t watch this video by xReignMan40x! Vault 101 is, as some of you might…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 22, 2014
