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UncategorizedVideo Gaming’s Latest Breakthrough Moment
There are topics that mainstream video games rarely tackle, but lately, the list is getting shorter. It got shorter yet again last week. It happened in a PS3 game, or rather, in an expansion to a PS3 game from last year. It’s something I can’t not talk about. Spoilers for The Last of Us: Left…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedClassic Mickey Mouse Remastered. Sort Of.
Here’s YouTuber Really3D with his take on Mickey Mouse. …Which basically amounts to a hilarious attempt to remaster Steamboat Willie, Mickey Mouse’s first appearance in glorious 3D. Realistic? Superior to the orignal? No, not really. Is this the scariest thing I’ve ever seen? Yes. Here’s the full clip: Mickey Mouse (1928) Remastered [YouTube] Top pic:…
By Gergo Vas Published February 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedYou Can’t Play Titanfall On PS4–But You Can Watch It
Well, that’s one way to put Titanfall on the PS4, I guess. The channel Epic Reset Gaming (YouTube, Twitch) got the idea to share Titanfall with PlayStation 4 gamers through, once again, the magic of The Playroom, ostensibly an augmented reality game using your living room as the play space. Most folks who stream their…
By Owen Good Published February 17, 2014 -
CultureThe Miraculous Progress of ‘Twitch Plays Pokémon’
It has been nearly five days since Twitch Plays Pokemon, a stream that lets users collectively control a Pokémon game via chat commands, started broadcasting to the world. Since then, the stream has had over sixty thousand people watching and playing at once—as you might expect, it’s been a chaotic, awe-inspiring ride so far. And…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
Robocop, Titanfall, and Final Fantasy All at the Same Place
Their current publishing output may not be making folks happy. iOS releases like Final Fantasy VI may feel like some kind of bad joke. But, y’know what, the one arena where it feels like Square Enix can do no wrong is with their wonderful, wonderful toys. The collection below is the hottest stuff from Square…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
It’s the middle of the month; that means new games on PlayStation Plus. Tomorrow, Remember Me is free to subscribers on PS3; for PS Vita, it’s Street Fighter X Tekken. That means today is your last day to download Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed on Vita and Poker Night at the Inventory 2 on PS3…
By Owen Good Published February 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Next Transformers Game Crosses Continuity Lines. I’m Scared.
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark is not just a sequel to Activision’s lovely War for/Fall of Cybertron games or a Michael Bay-flavored movie tie-in. It’s both, and that scares the spark out of me. Making a good Transformers video game is hard, at least I assume this is the case, because the majority of…
By Mike Fahey Published February 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Titanfall Hype, Explained
If you haven’t played Titanfall yourself yet, you may be one of those wondering: what the hell is with all the hype around that game? It’s just another shooter, right? Not quite. It’s better. I’ll admit it—I’m one of those people excited about Titanfall; one of those people who can’t stop talking about Titanfall or…
By Tina Amini Published February 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
Game of Thrones Last Call, Bond 50, Controller Chargers [Deals]
Today is your last chance to preorder Game of Thrones season 3 on Blu-ray for $30, and that’s the best price you’re likely to see for a long time. Season 2 also sold at a preorder price of $30, and shot up immediately after going on sale. In fact, today is the first day since…
By Shep McAllister Published February 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
Do Final Fantasy Fans Really Want More Lightning?
Square Enix believes that Lightning, the main character of the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy, has a lot of fans. In fact, according to FFXIII director Motomu Toriyama, Lightning is so beloved that she might start getting Square Enix Cameo Treatment. “We know that Lightning is an extremely popular character, even when compared to other Final…
By Jason Schreier Published February 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
Just Be Glad Your Cat Isn’t Wolverine
Cats can be meddlesome on their own — they scratch things, destroy couches and get just about everywhere you don’t want them to. Now imagine if they had Adamantium claws. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d4XMU… Count your lucky stars that X-Men Origins: Wolverine Cat isn’t the reality you live in. I mean, sure it’s a pain in the ass…
By Chris Person Published February 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Best Nintendo Stuff We Saw at Toy Fair
Every year, it seems like more and high-end merch from Nintendo lands on the shelves of Toy Fair. Once again, Kotaku hit the annual trade show in New York City and, this year, we might have seen some of the most beautiful sculpted versions of the company’s characters yet. Look at these figures of Link…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Creators of Rock Band Are Making A Musical First-Person Shooter
Are you in the mood for a very different kind of multiplayer first-person shooter? How about one in which the arena you’re in morphs to the music that’s playing, where your machine gun makes music, where your grenades only blow up on the downbeats and the missiles you fire will keep stalking your enemy as…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedA Journey Through Bootleg Pokémon Games
JonTron has made a career out of playing terrible games so you don’t have to. Which is great, because how else were we going to sit through these awful, bootleg Pokémon titles and crack jokes? This is practically charity. Spanning several Nintendo consoles and handhelds, there have been quite a few awful cash-ins on the…
By Tina Amini Published February 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
Heavy Rain Creator Inducted Into Order Founded by Napoleon
Here’s something odd: David Cage, the maker of Beyond: Two Souls and Heavy Rain, now has something in common with Marcel Marceau, Jacques Cousteau and Alexis de Tocqueville: all are members of France’s Legion d’honneur, an award akin to being knighted in the United Kingdom. Le Figaro reported this weekend that Cage, 44, (pictured) the…
By Owen Good Published February 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
Fans Fight To Bring Virtue’s Last Reward Back To Life
Last week, in a heartbreaking series of tweets, game director Kotaro Uchikoshi wrote that he hasn’t been able to greenlight the third planned game in his Zero Escape series. The numbers just haven’t worked out. Those words might mean nothing to you, but Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward, released in 2012 for the 3DS and…
By Jason Schreier Published February 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Quality Can’t Be Measured By The Length Of A Game • How Broken Age Uses Its Dual Narrative • Six More Winter 2014 Anime Worth Watching TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By Tina Amini Published February 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedSix Things You Might Not Know About The (Increasingly Naked) Xbox One
In his never-ending search for amazing facts, Jake Roper of VSauce3 can’t seem to keep his consoles together. First the Dreamcast, and now the Xbox One is stripped down to nothing in stop-motion, revealing juicy tidbits about Microsoft’s latest console along the way. As you watch the video, keep in mind that the Xbox One…
By Mike Fahey Published February 17, 2014
