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UncategorizedThe Deep Sea Is Terrifying, And This Game Proves It
My hands are sweating. As I walk inside narrow metal hallways, I notice that I’m hearing things that, frankly, I’m not even sure are actually there. Hollow screeches. Faraway wails. It reminds me of seeing a shadow in the corner of your eyes, a darkness your sight never catches up with but that you’re still…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 4, 2014 - Uncategorized
Free Month of Xbox LIVE, New Humble, Indiana Jones, GTAV [Deals]
Signing up for Bing Rewards (which you should do anyway), gets you a free month of Xbox LIVE. No-brainer. You do have to use the service a bit to get the reward, but it’s nothing major. [Bing] New Humble Weekly hosted by Destructoid | Critter Crunch is awesome. This has been a bit of an…
By Shane Roberts Published April 4, 2014 -
UncategorizedFinally, A Video Game That Lets You Worship Gabe Newell
The wonderful folks at Giant Bomb got their hands on a copy of Crawl, which lets you explore a dungeon where your friends are the monsters. It looks like the game’s sense of humor is already living up to its excellent trailer. You can check out the gameplay in the video below. It’s an early…
By Steve Marinconz Published April 4, 2014 -
UncategorizedEvery Death In Game of Thrones So Far [SPOILERS]
In case you needed a reminder that nobody will ever, ever be happy on Game of Thrones, here’s a three-minute catch-up on every death we’ve seen on-screen so far, courtesy of Digg. Thanks, George RR Martin. Game of Thrones season 4 starts on Sunday. Expect lots of sex, blood, and sweet house insignias.
By Jason Schreier Published April 4, 2014 -
UncategorizedBattlefield 4 Players Have Finally Found The Megalodon
Not only has the Megalodon that everyone was searching for finally been found, but it isn’t disappointing in the least. Note how it gracefully explodes when it hits the water. It’s become apparent that the most interesting part of Battlefield 4 are the many easter eggs. They started with the Megalodon rumors, which nobody was…
By Steve Marinconz Published April 4, 2014 - Uncategorized
What’s Inside the Amazon Fire TV
They’ve done it for the PS4, the Xbox One and damn near ever high-profile piece of consumer electronic tech that’s come down the pike in recent years. Now, iFixit’s popping open the Amazon Fire TVand documenting the innards of the online giant’s streaming mini-console. All of the Fire TV’s hardware gets pried open in iFixit’s…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 4, 2014 - Uncategorized
Five-Year-Old Boy Exposes Xbox Security Flaw
Meet Microsoft’s newest security researcher: Kristoffer Von Hassel. He lives in San Diego. He loves video games. And he’s five years old. He’s also a better hacker than any of us. Von Hassel cracked into his dad’s Xbox One account by finding a backdoor in the password verification screen, as ABC 10 reports. He entered…
By Jason Schreier Published April 4, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Silver Spoon: The Ani-TAY Review • Power Fantasies are Great, and Here’s Why • Memories of Launch Day: Xbox 360 • Zooming in (and out) on Games • Sometimes the Best Stories in Games Don’t Come from a Quest Log TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY…
By András Neltz Published April 4, 2014 - Uncategorized
How The Batmobile Works In Arkham Knight
I really wish Warner Bros. had released footage of their next Batman game, Arkham Knight, because I’d like you all to see what they’re doing with the Batmobile. It’s not quite what you’d expect, I don’t think. You can drive it, of course, which is a first for the Arkham series, screaming down the streets…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 4, 2014 -
UncategorizedHere’s A Sweet Short Film For The Elder Scrolls Online
This five-minute short, released by Bethesda today, tells you absolutely nothing about The Elder Scrolls Online, which is officially out today for PC and Mac. But hey, it’s a pretty snazzy film and a solid way to start your Friday morning. Very Return of the Kingish. Enjoy.
By Jason Schreier Published April 4, 2014 - Uncategorized
Phase 2 of Final Fantasy XIV’s PlayStation 4 beta test begins today. If you’re new to the game, you can download the client through the PlayStation Store for free. The test runs until Monday, April 7, 1AM Pacific, and characters made during this phase will be playable after the game’s April 14 launch.
By András Neltz Published April 4, 2014 - Uncategorized
Watch The G.I. Joe Community Episode Right Here
Here’s last night’s G.I. Jeff episode of Community, including convincing toy commercials. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published April 4, 2014 - Uncategorized
Here, Have Some Spectacular Diablo III Artwork
deviantART, with the help of the game’s art director, Christian Lichtner, recently hosted, judged and concluded a fanart contest themed around Blizzard’s action-RPG, Diablo III—and the community came up with some truly mind-blowing pieces. Let’s take look at the finalists. Above is “Fist of conviction” by Nixell, featuring a monk deep in meditation, which nabbed…
By András Neltz Published April 4, 2014 -
Kotaku EastThe Video Game Anime That’s Taking Japan by Storm
This week, I spent four mornings out and about. I went to store after store. My mission was to locate toys from a popular anime. And boy, did I ever fail. The anime is Yokai Watch, which is based on the 3DS game. Developed by Level-5 of Professor Layton fame and released last year, the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 4, 2014 - Kotaku East
The Avengers (and other Marvel Heroes) in Their Official Anime Forms
Earlier this week, the new anime Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers started airing in Japan. And while it is the first Avengers anime series, it is not the first time that many of these iconic Marvel superheroes have appeared in an anime. Iron Man (Disk Wars) (Marvel Anime Iron Man) (Iron Man: Rise of Technovore)…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published April 4, 2014 - Kotaku East
You Might Be Surprised How Grand Theft Auto V Did in Japan
Japanese game publication Famitsu released a list of the biggest-selling video games in Japan between April 1, 2013 and April 3, 2014. It’s mostly 3DS games, but the inclusion of one PS3 title might surprise you: Grand Theft Auto V. 10. New Super Mario Bros. U (Wii U): 622,502 units sold 9. Yokai Watch (3DS):…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 4, 2014 - Kotaku East
Kill la Kill Is a Rare Breed of Anime
Kill la Kill is a rare breed of anime. It perfectly mixes comedy and action while reveling in taking everything to the extreme. And the fact that it has now ended leaves each week looking a little less bright. [Note: This is a review of the second half of Kill la Kill and thus contains…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published April 4, 2014 - Uncategorized
New Nintendo Direct incoming! The upcoming stream, which hits on Tuesday, April 8, at 6PM Eastern, will focus on Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS. Will they finally reveal Yoshi? We shall find out. Above is today’s Smash Bros. picture of the day, featuring Isabelle from Animal Crossing
By András Neltz Published April 4, 2014 -
Kotaku EastSorry, Sprint’s New Commercials Are Bad. I Dislike Them.
Sprint is running a new series of commercials with a fictional family called the Frobinsons. Maybe you like them. That’s fine. You’re entitled to your opinion. So am I, and I think the ads are, so far, pretty terrible. Here’s why. Here is the debut Sprint spot with the family: Of course, this series of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 4, 2014