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ReviewsPCDwarf Fortress: The Kotaku Review
Dwarf Fortress is a brilliant game, but it will make you work to find that out. It’s a game that loves its complicated world and the adventures it offers players, even when the odds of winning are slim. It rewards you for putting yourself in a sticky situation—a goblin siege, a forgotten beast with deadly…
By Gita Jackson Published May 8, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanNintendo Answer Questions About Its Plans For China
In the past, Nintendo released its consoles through a subsidiary called iQue. Even Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa recently admitted that they “cannot say these releases were a great success.” In a recent Q&A for investors, Furukawa was asked about Nintendo’s plans for China. Why all the China questions? Because the Switch is finally going on…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 8, 2019 -
UncategorizedNippon Ichi’s Coven and the Labyrinth of Galleria has been delayed in Japan. The official release says the PS4 and PS Vita game is being delayed to this spring to offer to the best possible experience to players. No word yet on an international release.
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 8, 2019 -
UncategorizedPaper Craft Makes For Impressive Yu-Gi-Oh Fan Art
Twitter user Yto makes incredible Yu-Gi-Oh fan art by cutting up paper. Just look! It’s glorious. Check it out for yourself. This Black Rose Dragon was made from paper purchased from Daiso for a couple bucks. Below is how Yto did it. Yto’s other Yu-Gi-Oh fan art, which involves cutting up cards and creating miniature…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 8, 2019 -
UncategorizedAh, If Only These Nintendo Games Were Real
It’s that time of year again! Time for indie Japanese games store Meteor to hold their annual Famicase exhibition, which asks artists from all over the world to create cartridge art for NES/Famicom games that don’t actually exist. These are all available to check out in-person if you’re nearby (the store is in Tokyo), but…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 7, 2019 -
CultureTotal RecallThere Were Plans For A Metroid Cartoon, With Samus As A Man
An estate sale for a former DIC Animation City employee has turned up promo art for four old Nintendo cartoons (like the Mario and Zelda ones) that never actually made it into production, including California Games, Castlevania and a very different take on Metroid There’s nothing else to go on other than the art itself,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 7, 2019 -
UncategorizedMelee’s Intro Remade Using Smash Ultimate’s Video Editor
The new video editor in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is good for many things, but none more so than using it to recreate the entirety of Melee’s intro sequence from the GameCube. This was done by Sass TwoFiveThree, and is an absolute work of art. “My goal was to recreate (in some sense) every shot…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 7, 2019 -
UncategorizedOverwatch’s newest map, Havana, is now live. Set in Cuba, it sees you push a payload through streets, a warehouse, and colonial ruins. Prior to today, Havana was on the PTR for three weeks. It’s now in all versions of the game alongside a patch that includes new Overwatch League All-Star skins.
By Nathan Grayson Published May 7, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsShakedown: Hawaii Offers A Breezy 16-Bit Farewell To The Vita
There are hundreds of missions in Shakedown: Hawaii, each one of them a bite-sized mashup of arcade violence and dark humor that takes aim at late capitalism. None of the missions overstay their welcome, but also, they don’t culminate into anything more rewarding than the experience of just driving around the game’s bright, lurid streets…
By Ethan Gach Published May 7, 2019 -
UncategorizedValve revealed Dota 2‘s 2019 battle pass today and as you would expect it’s packed full of trinkets for the most diehard and well-heeled players to collect. In addition to the usual new cosmetics and modes though, there are also some helpful new features, including a party finder for avoiding toxic players.
By Ethan Gach Published May 7, 2019 -
CultureSpeedrunner Shows Off What A ‘Perfect’ Ocarina of Time Run Looks Like
Most players take at least a few days to complete The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, especially if they’re collecting everything. Speedrunners do it in a few hours, using tricks and glitches to rush through the game. Every game has its limits, though: a peak of what’s possible for a human to perform. The…
By Heather Alexandra Published May 7, 2019 -
CultureSplitscreenGame of Thrones Is Starting To Make Less And Less Sense
Why is everyone on Game of Thrones making so many bad decisions all the time? Are the showrunners just sick of it? And why will nobody pet Ghost? This week on Kotaku Splitscreen, we discuss. We spoil the episode in its entirety, and also talk about differences between the show and the books. However, we…
By Jason Schreier Published May 7, 2019 -
UncategorizedMordhau, As Told By Steam Reviews
Games with good swordplay are rare. Multiplayer games with good swordplay are rarer still, like Excalibur of Arthurian legend. It’s no wonder, then, that Mordhau has cut through the clutter and laid siege to the Steam charts. Steam users are digging the heck out of it. Kotaku’s Ethan Gach described Mordhau as a game that’s…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 7, 2019 -
UncategorizedUltra Ultra, developer of the clever stealth game Echo, has “ceased to exist” according to a tweet on the company’s Twitter account. For a detailed breakdown of what made Echo so special, check the video above. Good luck, Ultra Ultra devs, and thanks for the incredibly cool game.
By Heather Alexandra Published May 7, 2019 -
UncategorizedMany PlayStation Credit Card Users Aren’t Getting Their Promised Rewards
The Capital One Playstation credit card looks like a great deal. After making your first purchase on the card, you get a $50 gift card to the Playstation store, and from then on, every time you make a purchase with the card, you’ll get up to five times the credit card points in return (you…
By Gita Jackson Published May 7, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Perfect Starter Video-Capture Box
AVerMedia’s Live Gamer Mini is a small, black box. Plug its USB cable into your PC. Run an HDMI cable from your game console to its HDMI in, then another HDMI from its HDMI out to your TV and monitor. Load the software and boom: You’re recording 1080p, 60-frames-per-second game footage. There are external capture…
By Mike Fahey Published May 7, 2019 -
UncategorizedSnowy survival game The Long Dark’s latest update, “Steadfast Ranger,” adds a new weapon, the revolver; causes cold and fatigue to affect your aim with the rifle; and changes the sprain mechanic, among a host of other neat-sounding tweaks. Watch the video above or see the change list here
By Riley MacLeod Published May 7, 2019 -
UncategorizedJapanese Ambassador To Sweden Sees Pikachu As His Son
While I’ve been gearing up for the Detective Pikachu movie, I’ve noticed how many other people around me, and all over the world, are also excited and expressing their own lifelong relationship to Pokémon. Even Japanese government officials are in love with Pikachu, like the Japanese ambassador to Sweden, who made the most adorable tweet…
By Gita Jackson Published May 7, 2019
