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The Anime Encyclopedia 3rd Edition: The Kotaku Review

First released in 2001, The Anime Encyclopedia has long been a mainstay of many an anime fan’s bookshelf. Now, fourteen years later, comes the third edition: 4.6 pounds and 1160 pages covering anime from its genesis to the summer of 2014. That is a lot of anime—and it even includes a staggering amount of entries…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published March 11, 2015

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Cities: Skylines: The Kotaku Review

Cities: Skylines is a game coming in hot. The People want a good city-building game to play, and it’s been a long time since they got one. So there’s a surprising amount of excitement and expectation for Colossal’s attempt at fixing SimCity’s mistakes. Regardless of what you’ve been hoping for, whether you’ve been interested in…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2015

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Ori And The Blind Forest: The Kotaku Review

Pleasant. If I had to sum up Ori and the Blind Forest in one word, that would be it. The new Xbox One and PC platformer looks like a magnificently drawn kids’ fantasy book sprung to life. It has the lush, magical aesthetic and inoffensive charm that gamers have come to accept—and expect—from indie games.…

By Yannick LeJacq Published March 10, 2015

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The Ultimate StarCraft Action Figure

Sideshow’s partnership with Blizzard has resulted in some pretty amazing collectibles—Deathwing from World of Warcraft, the Diablo III version of the Prime Evil—but nothing nearly as spectacular as the meticulously crafted sixth scale figure of StarCraft‘s Jim Raynor in his signature space marine armor. Fans with $500 to burn have been eagerly awaiting Raynor’s arrival…

By Mike Fahey Published March 9, 2015

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Pneuma: Breath of Life: The Kotaku Review

The people who made Pneuma: Breath of Life are trying to convince players that their game is talking to them. Not, like, in terms of art direction, puzzle design or anything like that. It’s more in the vein of an actual conversation. Part of it is worth listening to, while the other part feels like…

By Evan Narcisse Published March 2, 2015

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Hori Racing Wheel For Xbox One: The Kotaku Review

Pursuing my newfound love of racing wheels has been an expensive endeavor—so far I’ve played with a $400 Mad Catzwheel and a $400 Thrustmaster wheel. Ringing up at a modest $90, the Hori Racing Wheel for the Xbox One provides excellent motivation for spending a lot more. What It Is TheHori Racing Wheel is the…

By Mike Fahey Published March 1, 2015

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Shadow Of Mordor: The Bright Lord: The Kotaku Review

The Bright Lord, Shadow of Mordor‘s new DLC campaign, promises an epic showdown with Lord of the Rings head honcho Sauron. It was designed in part to address a common fan complaint about the original game’s anticlimactic ending. But while it does give players a chance to fight Sauron, I’d hardly call it an epic…

By Yannick LeJacq Published February 24, 2015

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An Endless Runner Without All The Crap

Years of iteration and mainstream popularity have taken their toll on the endless runner genre, rendering it tired and worn despite its young age. Endless snowboarder Alto’s Adventure defies that notion, stripping away layers of gaudy mobile paint to rediscover the genre’s elegant core. The average endless runner can be a great deal of fun,…

By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2015

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Kirby And The Rainbow Curse: The Kotaku Review

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By Stephen Totilo Published February 20, 2015

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The Order: 1886: The Kotaku Review

Do you like movies? Do you like video games? If you answered “yes” to either of those questions, you should probably skip The Order: 1886 The PlayStation 4’s newest action game is a dull and lumbering thing. It’s a brief, drab adventure starring a group of characters who all seem to dislike their lives and…

By Kirk Hamilton Published February 19, 2015

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Evolve: The Kotaku Review

I’ve been playing a lot of Evolve over the last week and the questions I hear are all the same: Are you tired of this game yet? Is it really repetitive? The answer to each is, simply, no and yes, respectively. Some of you will hate this game. You’ll think its rote nature too boring…

By Tina Amini Published February 17, 2015

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The New 3DS XL Is Nice, But Not A Must-Have Yet

For a couple of years we at Kotaku have deemed Nintendo’s 3DS as an essential piece of gaming hardware. And for decades, new iterations of Nintendo hardware have immediately rendered older units obsolete. Things are different this time around. Get it if you don’t have one. We still think you should have a 3DS in…

By Stephen Totilo Published February 13, 2015

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eden: The Kotaku* Review

This is the story of the end of the world and the woman who saved humanity. One day, humanity learned the Earth was doomed—that an interplanetary object would collide with our planet, destroying its capability to support life. Humanity would have only 100 years to escape the planet and venture out into the stars. To…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published February 13, 2015

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Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate: The Kotaku Review

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate has thus far been 60 hours of The Adventures of Me and My Cat. We’ve had some great times. Once, my cat got stuck under the claws of a Rathian—your average fire-breathing dragon—and I had to whack it in the head with a hammer to get it off. Another time my…

Keza MacDonald Published February 12, 2015

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Kingston HyperX Cloud II Gaming Headset: The Kotaku Review

Last year the folks at memory and storage company Kingston Technologies showed the world theyknew a thing or two about putting together a good gaming headset. Now they’re back with the HyperX Cloud II, adding virtual 7.1 surround sound to an already successful piece of hardware. What It Is The HyperX Cloud II gaming headset…

By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2015

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The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D: The Kotaku Review

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask is a true original. Other creators have had 15 years to copy its ideas, but inexplicably, nobody has. If anything, it feels more bracingly unusual now than it did back then, because mechanically or thematically, there’s been nothing like it since. It is always a relief to return to…

Keza MacDonald Published February 4, 2015

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Dying Light: The Kotaku Review

I was almost ten hours into Dying Light before I got my hands on a gun. It was an assault rifle, and I had to kill a man for it. Doing so wasn’t pretty, nor was it easy. You begin Dying Light in a nearly identical position to the one you’re in at the beginning…

By Yannick LeJacq Published February 3, 2015

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Two Captain America Figures are Better than One

Captain America: The Winter Soldier was one of my favorite movies from last year, so when I learned that Hong Kong collectible toy maker Hot Toys was releasing a Captain America figure from the movie, only one word came to mind: Gimme. The new figure from Hot Toys comes with not only Cap in his…

By Toshi Nakamura Published January 29, 2015

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Saints Row: Gat Out Of Hell: The Kotaku Review

“Is that all hell’s got?” Johnny Gat, main character of Saints Row: Gat Out Of Hell, would often taunt as I mowed down Satan’s demonic hordes. As the game went on, I couldn’t help but find myself asking the same question. It’s not that Gat Out Of Hell is particularly bad in the grand scheme…

By Nathan Grayson Published January 19, 2015

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Cute Dota Characters Make for a So-So Game

China seems to have a big thing for Warcraft. World of Warcraft is still going strong, and now one of China’s best mobile games, Dota Legend, is based off the original Defense of the Ancients mod. Released in February 2014, Dota Legend has climbed and at times dominated China’s mobile app charts. According to certain…

By Eric Jou Published January 16, 2015