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Here’s what’s going on Talk Amongst Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Cimeas thinks we don’t need pseudo-intellectual BS in games criticism. NotGoodForYou compares Starbound and Terraria, because you kind of have to. Carter Brownlee thinks that 2013 is the best year of the outgoing generation. And Stormborn gets back to drawing Pokémon. This time, it’s Team…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 18, 2013 -
UncategorizedI Might Have Nightmares About Mario and Luigi’s Latest Gaming Cameo
There will be Mario and Luigi costumes in the 3DS’ Monster Hunter 4 according to today’s Japanese version of Nintendo Direct. For those of us who like bizarre, disturbing things in our games, this is great news. Still no news of Monster Hunter 4 being released in North America, as far as we know. Sorry,…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 18, 2013 - Uncategorized
The Avengers Are Assembling in Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition [Update]
Marvel, Mojang and Microsoft are teaming up to deliver an official Avengers Skin Pack to the Xbox 360 version of the popular block builder. The pack, coming soon, will feature 35 character skins, including Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Nick Fury, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Loki, Wasp, Falcon, Vision, Maria Hill, Agent Coulson and more.…
By Mike Fahey Published December 18, 2013 -
UncategorizedBravely Default Continues To Look Like The Final Fantasy We Want
Man. This game. MAN. This new trailer for the role-playing game Bravely Default—out for 3DS on February 7—shows off some of the game’s features and side-modes, and lord I am excited to play this game. LORD.
By Jason Schreier Published December 18, 2013 -
UncategorizedMario Kart 8‘s Got A New Trailer…Featuring An Airport Level
Nintendo is still not being any more specific than “Spring 2014,” but when Mario Kart 8 gets here, Bowser, Mario, Yoshi and all the rest will be tearing-ass around airport and cloudtop courses with a new buggy-type vehicle. See it in the latest trailer here. In addition to the new courses and car, the trailer…
By Owen Good Published December 18, 2013 -
UncategorizedWatch All Of Today’s Nintendo Direct Right Here
Zelda? Check. Donkey Kong? Check. Dr. …Luigi? Sure! Why not. It is the the Year of Luigi, after all. Check out all those trailers and a few others for what looks like a pretty solid line-up incoming to your Nintendo hardware. Or just read all the news we’ve been posting from watching the stream live…
By Tina Amini Published December 18, 2013 -
UncategorizedSonic: Lost World‘s Latest DLC is a Yoshi’s Island Zone
As of today, Sonic can run around in an all-new Yoshi-themed zone available for the Wii U version of Sonic: Lost World. It’s almost like Nintendo and Sega were never bitter rivals or something. The DLC is free.
By Owen Good Published December 18, 2013 -
UncategorizedChibi-Robo Photo Finder Coming to North America in January
Chibi-Robo Photo Finder, which released in Japan in July, will come to the North American Nintendo eShop on Jan. 9, Nintendo said this morning. A free demo will be available on the store on the same day. Chibi Robo Photo Finder is an augmented reality game that requires you to find and photograph items in…
By Owen Good Published December 18, 2013 -
UncategorizedZelda Is Getting A Dynasty Warriors-Ish Spin-Off On Wii U
Well this is a surprise: Nintendo just announced a new Zelda game, tentatively titled Hyrule Warriors, for Wii U in 2014. It’s developed by Tecmo Koei, and it looks just like a Dynasty Warriors game. Trailer right here: Guess Nintendo needed a stopgap between Link Between Worlds and the eventual real Wii U Zelda game,…
By Jason Schreier Published December 18, 2013 - Uncategorized
This pair of Mega Man sneakers is equally cute and awesome. Created by Bobsmade.com, it is just one in a long line of equally great-looking custom-made shoes—you can check out the others on the website Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that…
By András Neltz Published December 18, 2013 -
UncategorizedA Sandbox Game that Lets You Do Anything. Anything.
In an attempt to better explain what their game is actually about, UemeU’s developers put together a new trailer. I think I understand now. And I’m amazed. Give the trailer a watch here: It’s hard to believe, but all of that, everything, even the spaceship part, is from the same game. It’s sandbox taken to…
By András Neltz Published December 18, 2013 - Kotaku East
From Cute to Awkwardly Hilarious, These are China’s Matching Couples
In China, dressing similarly is a bit of a thing between couples, and sometimes even friends. So having a competition between matching couples makes a lot of sense. The competition was organized by Chinese social networking site Douban (via Shanghaiist) as a way to celebrate Winter’s arrival. The site regularly hosts contests like these where…
By András Neltz Published December 18, 2013 - Uncategorized
Today’s update introduces the all-new Capture game mode to Grand Theft Auto Online Capture adds twenty new jobs across four capture the flag-esque team-based modes: Raid, Hold, GTA, and Contend. Read more over at Rockstar’s Newswire here, and check out the full update notes here
By András Neltz Published December 18, 2013
