Final Fantasy IV Retrospective: Ahead Of Its Time

There’s a scene in Final Fantasy IV that’s always stood out to me. It centers around the elderly wizard Tellah, who starts off with a puny library of magic but eventually, thanks to divine intervention and a magical house of mirrors, remembers that he’s actually a talented badass with access to every spell in the…

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Sure Has Beautiful Wood

If you asked me how many graphics were in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, my answer would be, “a lot.” If I had to guess, I’d say, like, a hundred? Two hundred? It’s a lot, is the point. This game is often ridiculously good-looking, especially on PC. That’s particularly true when there are no NPCs in…

You will be shocked to hear this, but many of us on staff here at Kotaku play Overwatch It’s actually pretty unusual for so many of us to be playing the same game, so we thought we’d make some weekly videos where we casually chat about what’s new with the game. This week Cecilia, Nathan…

Nioh Feels Like A Samurai Take On A Souls Game

Nioh is an upcoming Playstation 4 exclusive that blends aspects of Dark Souls, Onimusha, and even a little Genji: Days of the Blade to create a fast paced hack and slash game. The game is currently hosting an open beta. A perfect chance for some samurai action! Many games boast about their difficulty but Nioh…

Sci-Fi Romance Adventure Alone With You Just Feels Lonely

My optimism about Alone With You, released yesterday, glided on high-soaring generic expectations set by recent retro-styled adventures like Read Only Memories and VA-11 HALL-A: excellent interactive fiction with minimal gameplay. With knockouts like those, under-appreciated genres draw in wider audiences, as I was drawn to “sci-fi romance adventure” Alone With You. Unfortunately, throughout the…

Titanfall 2 Is Getting Big Changes After Fan Backlash

Last weekend, Respawn Entertainment held an open technical test for the multiplayer shooter Titanfall 2 on the Xbox One and Playstation 4. I enjoyed my own time with the game but other players were a bit more concerned. Now, Respawn Entertainment is responding to critiques and discussing new changes coming to the anticipated sequel. Major…

My Bizarre, Complicated Quest To Find The World’s Longest Escalator In Sleeping Dogs

The hardest part of open-world games, for me, is paying attention to the plot instead of getting distracted by all the places I can go. Recently I’ve spent about 30 hours in 2012’s Sleeping Dogs and have barely gotten out of the intro missions. I have, however, found the world’s longest escalator system. Sort of.…

Star Wars vs Prog Rock

Mack Sztaba is a concept artist and illustrator who has worked for companies like Firaxis, Gearbox, Microsoft and Wizards of the Coast. You can see more of Mack’s art at his personal site To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration…

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World Of Warcraft Expansions Revisited: This Garrison Is Falling Apart

With World of Warcraft’s Legion expansion launching next week, we finish off our tour of the MMO’s previous expansions by saying farewell to the amazing strongholds we spent the past year and change building up. Returning to the ten level jump of The Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King following a couple of…

Let’s Play Cat President, In Which Pictures Of Cats Run For President

In Cat President: A More Purrfect Union, an actual PC video game people can buy for nine dollars, an unemployed grocery store clerk guides the fate of the nation by choosing to act as campaign manager for one of six cat pictures. Vote Dr. Nom-Noms. I’m sorry, did I just slip my own political opinion…

Woman Killed By Pokémon Go Driver

Last night at around 7:25pm in the Japanese city Tokushima, two women were hit while crossing the street, fatally injuring one of them. The driver, 39 year-old Keiji Goh, admitted he wasn’t watching the road ahead, because he was playing Pokémon Go According to ANN, one of the women, 72 year-old Sachiko Nakanishi, was transported…

Capcom Is Making A 3DS Game That Uses Train Passes

According to Famitsu, Capcom is developing a new 3DS title that uses smart cards for an upcoming title. These cards, also known as IC cards, are issued by Japanese railway companies and used as train passes and digital money cards. Players simply touch their train pass on the handheld’s bottom screen and will get items…

The Secret Message Hidden On Sega’s Arcade Bags

For the past two years, Sega Japan has been hiding a coded message on the plastic bags it gives out to those who win crane game prizes. Nobody realized they contained a secret message. That is, until now. Sega’s crane games are called UFO Catchers, and as I wrote in Arcade Mania, they are typically…

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