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ReviewsLightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII: The Kotaku Review
I’ve never been less emotionally invested in a character than I am in Final Fantasy XIII‘s pink-haired powerhouse, so when Square Enix tells me Lightning Returns, my response is “That’s great. What else you got?” She’s gorgeous. She’s powerful. She’s relentless. She’s fiercely dedicated to whichever path she finds herself on. Lightning embodies all the…
By Mike Fahey Published February 11, 2014 -
Here’s the latest trailer for Dying Light, Techland’s upcoming free-running-slash-zombie-apocalypse simulator. As the accompanying blog post from the game’s producer explains, this one lets us take a closer look at the setting and story behind all the zombie-bashing. Dig in!
By András Neltz Published February 11, 2014 -
No Army Can Stop The Battlefield 4 Train
Trains are just unstoppable these days. Just think about Grand Theft Auto V, or in this case, Golmud Railway in Battlefield 4. You can line up anything in front of them, they won’t do anything but break the laws of physics. I love how some of the players are just parachuting onto the moving train,…
By Gergo Vas Published February 11, 2014 -
Four Players Are Co-Op Heroes. The Fifth Is Their Giant Enemy. Fight!
In a lot of mainstream multiplayer video games, we dress up as a soldier and take on opposing teams of other, similar soldiers. What if there were a game about a team of soldiers taking on one GIANT opponent? Maybe a massive beast that breathes fire? That’d be cool. That’d also be an actual thing:…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 11, 2014 -
$200 Borderlands Vita Bundle Comes To The U.S. This Spring
The new, slimmer version of the PlayStation Vita is coming to North America as part of a $200 Borderlands 2 bundle, Sony just announced. It’ll be out this spring. The bundle will come with the new model of Sony’s handheld, the upcoming port of Borderlands 2 (“and add-on content”), and an 8GB memory card. The…
By Jason Schreier Published February 10, 2014 -
Adam Orth Is Turning His Personal Disaster Into A Beautiful Game
Adam Orth, one of last year’s most notorious people on the Internet, was nervous last week as he was showing me his new creation: a beautiful, unusual game that he says was borne from his 2013 travails. “This is how I chose to, in the words of a famous philosopher, ‘deal with it,’” he self-consciously…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 10, 2014 -
Watch Dogs Delayed On Wii U
Following rumors, the Wii U version of Watch Dogs has been delayed, Ubisoft announced during their earnings call today. Watch Dogs will be out for PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PC this spring—between April and June, Ubisoft says. The Wii U version will come “at a later date.” A few weeks ago, the…
By Jason Schreier Published February 10, 2014 -
Payday 2 is the latest freebie for PlayStation Plus subscribers. It hits the Instant Game Collection on PSN tomorrow.
By Owen Good Published February 10, 2014 -
Happy Valentine’s Day Week—here is a beautiful new romantic trailer for Final Fantasy X, a video game about an athlete’s illicit love affair with a woman who’s just trying to save the world. The HD remakes of FFX/FFX-2 are out on PS3 and Vita next month.
By Jason Schreier Published February 10, 2014 -
Culture
The Week in Games: Lightning Strikes
The week’s big new packaged release is Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, with a couple of bundles and re-releases arriving with it on Tuesday. The MMO World of Tanks fully launches on Xbox 360 on Wednesday, and The Last of Us gets its prequel, Left Behind, on Valentine’s Day. Here’s the week in games: Tuesday,…
By Owen Good Published February 9, 2014 -
Join the KKK and S–t Your Pants: South Park‘s Achievements Are Awesome
Achievement reveals have lost some of their appeal here over the years. But then I see the list for South Park: The Stick of Truth and I feel compelled to share it. Here’s the very first one, for 15 Gamerscore. “New Kid on the Block: Join the KKK.” “Fling a turd that you created at…
By Owen Good Published February 9, 2014 -
Skullgirls Returns to PlayStation Network on Tuesday
Skullgirls Encore will arrive on PlayStation Network on Tuesday, returning the indie fighter to consoles a month after original publisher Konami pulled its support and removed the game from Xbox Live and PSN. Anyone who bought the original Skullgirls will get Encore for free, though as a completely new game, none of the downloadable content…
By Owen Good Published February 8, 2014 -
Time to go back to the island, Jack. Ubisoft has sent out a release saying that Far Cry Classic—a remastered version of the open-world shooter already announced for Europe—will be heading to the U.S. The publisher says it’ll sport “graphical enhancements, revamped cut-scenes, and a fresh new user interface” and will be a $9.99 digital…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 7, 2014 -
Wow, Elder Scrolls Online Graphics Comparison is Like Night And Day
Sure, the difference between playing the PC version of a game on minimum and maximum settings is a big one. It’s supposed to be. But the gulf between the less-intensive option for The Elder Scrolls Online and the all-of-the-things alternative looks massive. The side-by-side comparison comes courtesy of IGN, who ran the upcoming MMO with…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 7, 2014 -
Drakengard 3 Comes To North America In May. Preorder Now Or Else.
All the dragon-riding and hack-and-slashing a growing action role-playing fan needs arrives with Square Enix’s Drakengard 3 for the PlayStation 3 on May 20. Want to see what comes in the collector’s edition? Maybe you should preorder first. Before we worry about expensive collector’s editions, let’s talk about tiered timed preorders. Doesn’t that sound like…
By Mike Fahey Published February 5, 2014 -
If Dark Souls Were a 16-Bit Platformer
Artist Dave Rapoza took Dark Souls and reimagined it as a 2D platformer from the 16-bit era, and man I can already see that health bar dropping like a fly. Besides Castlevania, it kind of reminds me of the boss fights of ActRaiser on the SNES. Those were the nineties equivalent to Dark Souls‘ more…
By Gergo Vas Published February 5, 2014
