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The Fast And The Furious As a SNES Racing Game
Top Gear 2 would have looked like this with an extended storyline. Furious 7, the seventh installment in the Fast and the Furious film series is opening this week, so CineFix reimagined the whole series as one big action-packed racing game from the 90s. So many oldies mixed into this one. Rad Racer, Top Gear,…
By Gergo Vas Published April 1, 2015 -
Very Impressive R2-D2 Replica Goes Looking For Love
Artoo In Love is a sweet little short film about the galaxy’s favourite astromech droid, and his search for female companionship. With a mailbox. Before you ask, no, it’s not that kind of movie. The movie itself is OK, I guess, but those droids! R2-D2 was built and operated by Grant McKinney, and while he’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2015 -
A Multiplayer Mod For…Cities: Skylines?
Of all the big PC games people are playing at the moment, the one that needs a mod like this the least is probably Cities: Skylines. But then, that’s also why it needs it the most. Normally, Skylines is a game where you hover above the world like Civicus, the God Of Urban Planning. Fr0sZ’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2015 -
GTA V‘s Trevor Got Beaten Up On Better Call Saul
Last night’s episode of Better Call Saul—the best show on television right now—guest-starred Steven Ogg, the man you may recognize as the voice of everyone’s favorite hillbilly psychopath Trevor Philips. Ogg, who played a slightly less unkempt criminal this time around, had the rare honor of getting beaten up by Mike Ehrmantraut, who then went…
By Jason Schreier Published March 31, 2015 -
RIP PlayStation Home, 2008-2015
PlayStation Home, one of the most ambitious (and weirdest) things Sony has ever done with video games, closes down today. It will not be missed, but it should at least be remembered. The service…platform…game…thing was first announced at GDC 2007 (well, technically it was first announced here), and seemed as ambitious as hell! Designed to…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2015 -
Introducing Steamed (Which You May Have Already Noticed)
PC gaming coverage has always been popular on Kotaku, but around the start of the year, we decided to do something new: cover the PC’s top gaming service, Steam, as if it was a platform, the same way we’d cover an Xbox, a PlayStation or a Nintendo whatever. The result: steamed.kotaku.com If you’ve been looking…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 31, 2015 -
Getting Started With Neverwinter On Xbox One
The North American Xbox One got its first MMORPG today, in the form of a two-year-old free-to-play Dungeons & Dragons PC game. Check out character creation and the opening tutorial for Neverwinter. Anyone with an Xbox One Gold subscription is a simple 10gb or so download away from rolling up a half-elf rogue and joining…
By Mike Fahey Published March 31, 2015 -
This is cool: The Game Developers Conference has made a whole bunch of talks from this year’s GDC available to watch for free online. There’s some great stuff in there, from classic game postmortems to modern developers talking candidly about how they made their games.
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 31, 2015 -
The Sims Players Confess Their Most Evil Deeds
The Sims might look like a pleasant game where you just pretend to play house, but don’t let that fool you. Things can be very darkdepending on how you play it. Yesterday, The Sims players on Reddit got together to share their cruelest stories, and boy, are they something else. There are tales of torture,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 31, 2015 -
Why A League Of Legends April Fool’s Joke Has Fans Freaking Out
Over the past few days, diehard League of Legends players have been in a bit of tizzy over something called “NURF.” On the game’s hugely popular subreddit, people are wondering when exactly it’s coming out: …and already speculating about what it’ll be like: Or just conveying how frenzied they feel over at the League of…
By Yannick LeJacq Published March 31, 2015 -
Assassin’s Creed Chronicles Is Now A Trilogy Set In China, India, Russia
Ok. This looks cool. What was going to be a single side-scrolling Assassin’s Creed game set in 16th century China is now going to span three eras and three countries, starting on April 21. Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China, a game we formerly thought was just its own thing for owners of the Assassin’s Creed Unity…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 31, 2015 -
Dying Light’s April Fool’s Joke: Flying Zombies
Ah, April 1st. The silliest day in gaming. Dying Light is choosing to celebrate the occasion by treating its legions of zombies like the ragdoll-ish punching bags they truly are. Dying Light developer Techland teased out an “important public service announcement” this morning that gives you an idea of what tomorrow will look like if…
By Yannick LeJacq Published March 31, 2015 -
Let’s Kill More Call Of Duty Exo Zombies [All Are Dead]
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s Ascendance DLC hits Xboxes today, bringing with it another round of the Malkovich-powered Exo Zombies co-op survival mode. Or maybe it’s Paxton-powered. It’s hard to say. Either way, let’s play. When last we left our intrepid heroes, they were being overwhelmed by high tech zombies at the headquarters of the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 31, 2015 -
You Can Play Pac-Man On Google Maps Right Now
April Fool’s Day is imminent, which means that we’re about to see A) lots of unfunny people making awful attempts to prank everyone; and B) some people—often including big tech companies like Google and Blizzard—creating some brilliant things. Here’s one example of the latter. Go to Google Maps, find yourself an area with lots of…
By Jason Schreier Published March 31, 2015 -
Now There’s A Mighty Marvel Mobile Multiplayer Brawler
Available today on iOS and Android, Marvel Mighty Heroes is a pint-sized online brawler in which players team up to batter villains with big-headed collectible comic book characters. Gameplay-wise it’s almost a sort of casual pocket Diablo. Players tap to move about game levels, tap to target enemies with automatic attacks, and swipe or tap…
By Mike Fahey Published March 31, 2015 -
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Saekano – How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend: The Ani-TAY Review • A Finished Game – Stories from Argentina • Koufuku Graffiti: The Ani-TAY Review • Observing Symbols of Death in Final Fantasy XV • SUPER! BitCon 2015 Wrap-up & Pics TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To…
By András Neltz Published March 31, 2015 -
A Woman Might Join Final Fantasy XV‘s Party (Temporarily)
Up until now, all we have heard or seen about Final Fantasy XV’s party was that it was filled with dudes. That, however, might change, Square Enix says. It’s possible a female character could join the game’s four-character, all-male party as a guest. In a recent interview with Weekly Famitsu, Final Fantasy XV director Hajime…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 31, 2015
