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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Is There Any Hope the Next Borderlands Game Won’t Suck? • Campbell’s Mario Chicken Noodle Soup: A SnackTAYku Review • Passover Cross Thread TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published April 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedComing Soon To An RPG Near You: Panic Attacks!
Life is stressful and sometimes even the bravest people shut down under too much trauma. Darkest Dungeon takes that emotional reality and weaves it into the game, giving players a band of warriors who can get so sick and tired of fighting all the damn time that they’ll just quit or run away. We’re used…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
The second season of the The Walking Dead, Telltale Games’ renowned episodic adventure game, is coming to the PlayStation Vita next Tuesday, April 22, Sony announced this morning. In other words: if you have a Vita and you haven’t already started playing this phenomenal game, plan to set aside a few hours next week. We’re…
By Yannick LeJacq Published April 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedTen Things You Might Have Missed in Dark Souls 2
Dark Souls II is a huge game. Even its world hub, Majula, has easter eggs in every corner that are really easy to miss. Some might be easy to discover, some need NG+10 to be unlocked (good luck). YouTuber Vaati‘s here to demonstrate his findings with a cool video. Here’s the full clip (with spoilers,…
By Gergo Vas Published April 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedIt’s FarmVille 2 Without All The Annoying Bits, And It’s Lovely
Somewhere behind the frustrating timers and social friend-bothering quests of FarmVille 2 there’s a lovely little farming and crafting simulator. Zynga brings out the best in the game with FarmVille 2: Country Escape for iOS and Android. Rather than porting FarmVille 2 over to mobile, bringing all of its baggage along, Zynga built FarmVille 2:…
By Mike Fahey Published April 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
Preorder Wolfenstein, Get Team Fortress 2 Armor And Hat
Wolfenstein: The New Order is now available for pre-purchase at Steam. Pre-purchasing unlocks the “Die Regime-Panzerung” and “Der Maschinensoldaten-Helm.” Or, Team Fortress 2 Heavy armor and hat. And speaking of Wolfenstein, the official site has four wallpapers available for download, including these: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best…
By John Struan Published April 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
Keep it up Luigi, you don’t wanna fall behind. Here’s a superb animation from Slamschultz made for National Sibling Day, featuring the greatest brothers in video game history. Slamschultz [Tumblr] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can find. Send us…
By Gergo Vas Published April 17, 2014 -
Kotaku EastThe Latest Persona 3 Trailer Has Sun, Sand, and a Humanoid Tank
ATLUS just released the 3rd trailer for the 2nd installment of the Persona 3 movie series, Persona 3 The Movie – #2 Midsummer Knight’s Dream – and it looks like everybody’s favorite self-aware humanoid tank is joining the team. Check out the trailer below with subs by yours truly. If you missed the 2nd trailer…
By Toshi Nakamura Published April 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
They’re trying to put Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot on Steam. The pair of venerable MMORPGs, launched in 1997 and 2001, respectively, have recently come under the control of the newly-formed Broadsword Online Games, who took to Steam Greenlight in an effort to find a new audience for the two classics.
By András Neltz Published April 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
Minecraft Worlds, 3D-Printed. They’re Amazing.
Looking at these photos makes me want a 3D printer so bad. Printing figurines or other small items is one thing, but entire Minecraft worlds? Minecraft enthusiast Dave Russell used Mineways, an open source 3D printer program, to bring all these blocky builds to life. If you’re around Cambridge (Mass.), you can check these out…
By Gergo Vas Published April 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedDust off your copy of Terraria, console gamers, ’cause the massive 1.2 update for the game’s Vita, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions lands today. The change notes for the free patch are here; it’s quite the read. This brings the console versions in line with Terraria’s PC version, which got the same update last October
By András Neltz Published April 17, 2014 - Kotaku East
Final Fantasy XIV Director’s Tale of MMO Woe Has a Beautiful Ending
The conclusion to Naoki Yoshida’s MMO story is like something out of a fairy tale. Yoshida, producer and director of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, previously wrote about his initial sour experiencewith the massively multiplayer online gaming world. This week, in his semi-weekly column in Weekly Famitsu, he revealed the rest of the story…
By Toshi Nakamura Published April 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedUpcoming PS4 Update Introduces Beefy Video Editor, Pre-Loaded Games
Quality of life improvements for the avid video sharers and dedicated game pre-orderers of the PS4 community are on the way For video sharing, the upcoming 1.70 update will introduce SHAREfactory. The app lets you edit, combine, annotate or commentate recorded footage, giving you a clip which you can then share via the Share Screen…
By András Neltz Published April 17, 2014 - Kotaku East
Manga Teaches Japanese Kids All About The Avengers
Some would argue that the current American comics industry is mainly focused on the 18 to 40 male audience, but in Japan, they’re starting them young. In this month’s Monthly Korokoro Comic (月刊コロコロコミック), a Japanese manga focused on young children, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes got the spotlight with their own separate mini-manga. Titled Marvel Avengers (まーべるあべんじゃ～ず)…
By Toshi Nakamura Published April 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Fastest Way To Take Off A T-Shirt
All those years. All those years spent crossing my arms and pulling from the bottom, or yanking the back of the collar over my head, wasted. Imagine how much more time I’d have right now to watch instructional YouTube videos if I’d seen this instructional YouTube video when I was but a lad? With summer…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedWatch Twelve Minutes Of Hitman Go Gameplay
The board game-like Hitman Go is now available at iTunes. In the twelve-minute no commentary video below, watch Agent 47 maneuver through several of the playset-like levels: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published April 17, 2014 - Culture
Cheer Up Dude, Elder Scrolls Online Is Alright
Alessandro Baldasseroni is lead cinematic artist at Blur, which means he’s contributed to the amazing trailers for games like *deep breath* Mass Effect 2, Batman: Arkham Origins, Halo Wars, The Force Unleashed, Far Cry 3, The Elder Scrolls Online… *another deep breath*…Dead Rising 3, Wildstar, Fable III, Dante’s Inferno, Star Wars: The Old Republic and…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 16, 2014 - Uncategorized
LEGO Top Gun Should Be On The Front Page Of Every Newspaper
Ralph Savelsberg wanted to build a LEGO fighter jet, so he figured he may as well build one of the most iconic out there: not just an F-14 Tomcat, but Maverick’s F-14 Tomcat from 1986’s Top Gun. How LEGO builders conceptualise this stuff, just knowing what pieces will work where, never ceases to amaze me.…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 16, 2014
