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Velocity Ultra, the teleporting vertical shoot-em-up for the Vita which we rather liked, is making its way to PC. The port is being handled by Curve Studios of Stealth Bastard fame, and will include customizable controls and graphics enhancements. Expect it to pop up on Steam around late December.
By András Neltz Published November 5, 2013 -
Kotaku EastCheck Out How Much Better the Tales of Symphonia Sequel Looks in HD
Last week we took a look at how the PS3 remaster of Tales of Symphonia stacks up against the original GameCube version. But this is not the only game in the Tales of Symphonia Chronicles HD remaster collection. Its 2008 sequel, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, has had an HD makeover as…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 5, 2013 -
UncategorizedOne Man’s Harrowing Quest For Toilet Paper, As Told By A ZombiU Short
Admit it. You would brave the undead-filled streets for some toilet paper, too. Zombie apocalypse? Pfft. This ten-minute short, created over six months with (amazingly enough) a budget of only £250 (about $400), tells the story of Ron, a lone survivor in the ZombiU universe whose priorities might seem skewed at first, but really—would you…
By András Neltz Published November 5, 2013 - Kotaku East
If You Like Shirtless Anime Boys, Watch Free!
Earlier this year, four shirtless anime boys appeared in a commercial—a commercial that became so popular that a full anime series about them was ordered. That is how Free! was created. And, as you might expect from those beginnings, Free! is a shameless cash-in—though that doesn’t make for an unwatchable show. Free! is one of…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 5, 2013 - Kotaku East
Here’s a Marvelous New Dragon Quest 3DS XL
Early next year, Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca’s Marvelous Mysterious Key hits the Nintendo 3DS. To mark the occasion, Nintendo is releasing a special 3DS XL. Neat DQ print, no? Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca’s Marvelous Mysterious Key is a remake of Dragon Quest Monsters 2: The Mysterious Key to Malta,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 5, 2013 -
Kotaku EastJapanese Towel Art to Delight and Amaze
Isamu Sasagawa just might be the greatest towel artist in Japan, if not the entire Earth. What is towel art? It’s folding towels to resemble things, whether that’s animals or figures from pop culture. (And yes, some people like to fold dicks with towels. Shame on them!) If you’ve stayed at Walt Disney World, you…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 5, 2013 - Uncategorized
PC Classic Gets A Gentle Glove Slap To The Face
One of the best PC games ever made is Sid Meier’s Colonization. A big part of that is the way it simulates the great unknown: as you venture westwards, unless you’re playing on the boring “real” map, you’re truly venturing into the great unknown. Few games have managed to copy that success, most recently Paradox’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 5, 2013 - Culture
So What If I Think Pirate Ships Are Beautiful. Shut Up.
Not, like, beautiful beautiful. This is a pants on kind of beautiful we’re talking about here. But there’s something about the way these Ubisoft artists paint them alongside tropical hillsides (or under tropical seas) that’s just the best The art we’re featuring today comes from two sources, both of whom we’ve featured here previously. One…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 5, 2013 - Uncategorized
Science Is Turning Disabled Kids Into Awesome Cyborgs
You might think 3D printers are only good for making your own bootleg action figures, but there’s a far more practical use for them: building robotic limbs for kids who would otherwise have a pretty tough time of it. That’s what a group called Robohand does. They use 3D printers to build the parts necessary…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 5, 2013 - Uncategorized
Valve Is “Constantly” Trying To Improve Steam’s Wonky Offline Mode
While Steam theoretically allows you to play your games without an internet connection, there are catches, like the fact that every now and then you have to get back online for the feature to work. Which in some circumstances kinda defeats the point! Weirdly, while you’d be forgiven for thinking this was a design decision,…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 5, 2013 -
UncategorizedStar Wars Bloopers Turned Into Hilarious Star Wars Trailer
So a few days back a fantastic blooper reel from the filming of the first Star Wars was found. Naturally, this footage has now been cut into a trailer for the movie. Based on the very first Star Wars trailer – which my poor brain now associates with Unkleinstead of the movie – it swaps…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2013 - Uncategorized
This Was The Generation Of Increasingly Silly Game Names
Look, video game names have always been a little silly. And likely always will be. But this past console generation saw the emergence of a new kind of silly, one that graduated from “harmless fun” to “facepalm”. I’m talking about the concept of taking standard naming conventions and throwing them out the window. I’m talking…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2013 - Uncategorized
The PocketStation Returns! For The…Vita.
Come on. When Sony started teasing the return of a quirky PS1 peripheral – the PocketStation – you didn’t really think they’d re-release the actual hardware, did you? No, instead it’s returning in the form of a PlayStation Vita application (literally called PocketStation for PlayStation Vita), which is being made available free to PlayStation Plus…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2013 - Uncategorized
MLB 14 The Show on PS4 is the Only Next-Gen Baseball Game
Forget about baseball on Xbox One next year, if this image touting MLB 14 The Show is any indication. Sony announced the next edition of MLB The Show for PS4, PS Vita and PS3 tonight at the MLB Players Choice Awards on the MLB Network. But that’s not the real news because it, like baseball,…
By Owen Good Published November 4, 2013 -
UncategorizedGet your Vita ready for PS4: In preparation for the PS4 launch, Sony will soon be releasing a 3.00 software update for their Vita handheld. The new software will allow you to access the PS4’s remote play functionality and take panoramic photos, among other things. This video from Sony outlines the new features, and gives…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 4, 2013 -
UncategorizedHe Crafted Thor’s Mighty Mjölnir, Then Smashed Stuff With It
There are few fictional weapons as mighty as Thor’s hammer Mjölnir. It can harness the power of lightning, drain radioactive energy, and knock Iron Man down a peg or two. This version of the legendary hammer, crafted in honor of Thor: The Dark World by AWE‘s Man At Arms Tony Swatton, may not be able…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 4, 2013 - Uncategorized
If You Think About It This Way, Call of Duty Is Quite a Bargain
Call of Duty, like so many other games, is a better value over time. The more you play it, the less expensive its $60 price tag seems to have been. How cheap? Well, even if you buy all the map packs and play just two hours a week, the cost goes down to a dollar…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 4, 2013 - Uncategorized
2010 Game Suddenly Looks Very, Very Impressive
This isn’t quite a Last-Gen Heroes entry, but it could be, since Ninja Theory’s Enslaved: Odyssey to the West deserves some retrospective love. It was one of the most surprising games of the last several years, and also one of the most beautiful. The game was released last week on PC, which means that Duncan…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 4, 2013 - Uncategorized
Too Many Choices Of The Past Gaming Era Weren’t Choices At All
Great characters are usually at their best when they’re surprising us. A villain who is purely evil is never as interesting as a villain who sometimes expresses kindness. A killer with a code; a monster with a soft spot for kittens. Yet some video games this past generation just didn’t seem to get that—they pushed…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 4, 2013
