Star Wars

I Hate This Rope In Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

I don’t think I’ve ever been as frustrated with an inanimate object in a video game as I have with this goddamn rope in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order I’ve been messing around with Fallen Order in brief spurts since it launched last November, but only recently set my mind to a serious playthrough. It’s…

Assault On Hoth: The Empire Strikes Back: The Kotaku Review

Let’s go back in time. Not to 1980, when Empire Strikes Back came out, that’s too far. We’re going to 1988, when West End Games, a company famous at the time for its RPGs and hardcore wargames, released a two-player board game called Assault on Hoth, which I have just played in 2020 and will…

The Last Jedi’s Director Made A Pokémon Go Trailer

Pokémon Go has made over $3 billion since launching back in 2016, and that kind of money means you can just walk out and hire Star Wars director Rian Johnson to direct a 30-second commercial for your phone game. Specifically it’s for Pokémon Go Fest 2020, and if you’re wondering whether this was a flex…

The Star Wars Episode I: Racer Remaster Is A Little Ugly, But I Love It

The excellent 1999 racing game Star Wars Episode I: Racer received an HD re-release for Switch and PlayStation 4 last week. It’s hideous in the unique way that only sharpened-up ‘90s-era 3D games can be, and I adore it. Episode I: Racer expanded upon one of the few shining moments in Star Wars: Episode I…

Here’s Our First Look At Star Wars: Squadrons Gameplay

Today at EA Play, the publisher revealed the first look at gameplay from the upcoming Star Wars: Squadrons. Squadrons is being developed by EA Motive, the same studio that worked on the singleplayer campaign featured in 2017’s Star Wars: Battlefront II. The game is set during the aftermath of the second Death Star’s destruction and…

EA’s Star Wars Squadrons Will Finally Give Us A New Star Wars Space Combat Game

Today, EA officially revealed Star Wars: Squadrons, their next big Star Wars game. It will be released for PS4, Xbox One, and PC on October 2 and will support crossplay. While on PC and PS4 it will also support VR. Squadrons will focus on space combat, featuring first-person starship action. The game takes place after…

Star Wars: Squadrons Briefly Appears On The Xbox Home Page [Update]

It appears a new Star Wars game has leaked a little early, based on a large advertisement that appeared on the official Xbox website today. The splash image has since been removed, but not before the internet noticed. Earlier today, Gematsu and others noticed that a new and unannounced Star Wars game was being advertised on the…

In Star Wars Battlefront II, I’d Rather Play A Grunt Than A Hero

I’ve seen heroes and villains do incredible things in Star Wars Battlefront II. Yoda, so small that he easily evades blaster fire, cutting through battle droids like butter. Darth Maul choke-holding an entire platoon and capturing a control point on his own. These powerful characters can single-handedly turn the tide of a match. But for…

If You Know Japanese, You Won’t Forget These Lyrics For The Star Wars Imperial March

School lunch in Japan varies from day to day, but it usually contains these two things: milk and bread. In Japanese, milk is gyuunyuu (牛乳) and the type of bread served is called koppepan (コッペパン). So nearly everyday, kids in Japan can count on getting milk and bread or gyuunyuu to koppepan with to meaning “and”…

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Six Months Later

There are Star Wars games, and then there’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Created by Respawn Entertainment, the studio behind Titanfall and Apex Legends, Fallen Order brought some spunk to that long-ago galaxy. Far, far away from a phoned-in, branded cash grab, Fallen Order treated players to an adventure that was part Dark Souls, part…

Unfortunately you’ll have to wait a little bit longer to experience pod racing again, even on Switch. Developer Aspyr today announced that Star Wars Episode l: Racer has been delayed due to ongoing work from home requirements across the industry.

Star Wars Cosplayer Thrown To The Ground, Arrested For Carrying “Plastic Gun”

A restaurant in Lethbridge, Canada last week thought it’d be fun for an employee to stand outside dressed as a Stormtrooper to celebrate Star Wars Day on May 4. Instead, the woman in the costume ended up getting the cops called on her and her nose smashed up before being arrested. As LNN report, the…

Wookiees Never Miss

Hello! This week we learn more about a small Easter Egg in Final Fantasy 7, watch AOC visit islands in Animal Crossing, check out a cool looking dinosaur game and let Chewbacca take care of some bad guys. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week Some of my favorite blogs on this website feature someone…

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order’s New Battle Grid Mode Makes The Game Worth Booting Up

On Monday, May 4, traditionally a Star Wars “holiday,” fans of the galaxy far, far away received some news: Disney+ added The Rise of Skywalker. Fans also received some good news: The Souls-like action game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order received a big, totally free update. Kotaku’s Ian Walker has the full breakdown, for those…

Yesterday a video on the official Star Wars Youtube page revealed an October 20 release date for LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. However, no social media accounts confirmed this date and we got no response from WB Games about the date. The video is now private, so it seems the date was revealed early…

Star Wars Recreated Using Nothing But Action Figures

A group of Star Wars fans have taken their action figures off the shelf and done something practical with them for a change, dressing them up in amazing dioramas and recreating, set-for-set, the plot of Star Wars: Episode IV The project initially planned for a shot-by-shot remake, but after finding that would be an insane…

Battlefront II, From Launch To Its Final Update

The last X-Wing has left the station and the Death Star is shutting down: Star Wars Battlefront II will no longer receive big content updates. While the servers will remain up, the game will not be supported in a major way by Dice or EA moving forward. Released back in November 2017, Battlefront II has…

It Took You Cowards Long Enough To Add Yaddle To A Video Game

In 1999, our galaxy received a gift: a wise Jedi Master named Yaddle. This Jedi Master was a female member of Yoda’s species. She never appeared in any video games, but that’s going to change when LEGO Star Wars The Skywalker Saga releases later this year. Finally. Yaddleappeared in a few scenes in the first…

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Update Adds New Game Plus, Combat Challenges

Today is a made-up Star Wars holiday, but the new update for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is in fact very real. The free patch adds a new game plus mode, combat challenges, additional cosmetics, and a slew of upgraded accessibility options. Where many games allow you to carry over abilities into a second playthrough,…

Star Wars virtual reality adventure Vader Immortal is coming to PlayStation VR this summer. All three chapters of the PC VR game will be available upon launch for PSVR, along with the lightsaber dojo segments. Check out today’s PlayStation Blog post for more info.