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Watch The Smash Bros. Wii U Event Live, Right Here [UPDATE: Over]
What’s Nintendo got in store for Smash Bros. on Wii U? New features? DLC? Ridley? We’ll find out at least some of what will be different in the home-console version of Nintendo’s mascot fighter tonight at 6pm Eastern, in a special Nintendo Direct that the folks behind Smash say will reveal 50 new things about…
By Jason Schreier Published October 23, 2014 -
Counter-Strike‘s Zombie Chicken, In Action
Fact: Halloween is the best holiday. As outlined in this video from Otoris, massively popular multiplayer shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is celebrating Halloween. Now, this shouldn’t be confused withCounter-Strike Nexon: Zombies, which is sort of a) always celebrating Halloween and b) terrible. Foremost among the additions from yesterday’s the Mask-erade update were, you know, masks…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 23, 2014 -
Making Batman Poorer Might Actually Be a Pretty Good Idea
The long-running joke about Batman was that—where guys like Superman have multiple superhuman abilities—his only real superpower is money. Now, he’s apparently going to have less of it. And it might be one of the more interesting things to happen to the Dark Knight in years. There’s a status quo shift happening in DC Comics’…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 23, 2014 -
Your PC Must Be Très Magnifique For Assassin’s Creed Unity
The next big Assassin’s Creed game, Unity, looks like it’s going to be very pretty and very French. Both are good things in my book—though given that I can’t actually speak French and my last name is “LeJacq,” I might be a tad biased. There’s one thing we can all agree on, however: its PC…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 23, 2014 -
Better Version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Hits Xbox 360 Next Week
A graphically improved version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas will be hitting Xbox Live on October 26, just in time for the game’s 10th anniversary. But there’s a bit of a catch. The updated version will run at 720p and will have Achievement support, with 11 hidden achievements. Full list in the image below:…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 23, 2014 -
Uncharted‘s Opening Scene, In Real Life
OK, this is impressive—a group of Scandinavian filmmakers (headed up by director Martin Sofiedal) put together this live-action re-creation of Uncharted‘s intro scene that’s just about as good a fan film as I’ve ever seen. Not gonna lie: Norwegian Nathan Drake seems like a cool dude. Maybe these guys should make the Uncharted film. Here’s…
By Jason Schreier Published October 23, 2014 -
Dragon Age: Inquisition‘s Sex Talk Sounds Hilarious
BioWare, the veteran RPG studio today best known for making Mass Effect and Dragon Age, has long been the king of awkward video game sex scenes. As writer Tom Bissell put it back in 2012 after Mass Effect 3 came out: “BioWare’s talented storytellers desperately need to rethink their curious devotion to the video-game sex…
By Jason Schreier Published October 23, 2014 -
Last Chance to Save On Sunset Overdrive, Logitech G502, and More Deals
Microsoft has been handing out a $10 gift card with your preorder of Sunset Overdrive for months, but you only have to preorder by tomorrow afternoon to get release day delivery. [Sunset Overdrive] More $10 gift cards: Halo 5: Guardians Halo: The Master Chief Collection Sunset Overdrive Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Dragon Age: Inquisition…
By Shane Roberts Published October 23, 2014 -
The New Simpsons World App Has Some Issues
If you’re a cable subscriber, you can now stream and watch every single episode of The Simpsons on your computer, tablet, or Xbox, so long as your provider supports the FXX Now app. Every single episode! In theory, this is phenomenal. Unlimited digital access to the greatest television show ever made? A chance to watch…
By Jason Schreier Published October 23, 2014 -
Players Try To Cheese Destiny‘s Hardest Boss, Fail Miserably
Hahaha oh boy. That didn’t go over too well, did it? In Destiny‘s big, epic raid, there is a final boss named Atheon. And there used to be a method of “cheesing” him, as in killing him quickly and unethically (depending on who you ask). Players would be able to push Atheon off the level,…
By Tina Amini Published October 23, 2014 -
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Designer’s Corner: Beyond: Two Souls • Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit: The TAY Manga Review • Game of The Week — Surgeon “Simulator” [Trauma Center: Under The Knife] TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published October 23, 2014 -
What The Great War In Fallout Is All About
It’s October 23, which means we’re now exactly 63 years away from Fallout‘sGreat War, the Very Special Saturday in which every nuclear nation in the world fired all of their missiles at once. Good times all around. To celebrate this pre-anniversary, the funny people at Dorkly shot this neat video containing some brief history on…
By Jason Schreier Published October 23, 2014 -
The Metal Gear Solid Fan Film We’ll Never See Finished
Back in 2009, I wrote about a MGS fan film called Metal Gear Solid Philanthropy. Made over the course of years, the one-hour movie looked really good. So does the planned sequel. Make that did Here is a 12-minute “pilot” that the fan flick’s producers hoped to use for crowd-funding a feature-length film. However, this…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 23, 2014 -
It’s Not A New F-Zero, But It’s Damn Close
Red:Out is fast. Red:Out is the daredevil speed demon lovechild of futuristic racing classics F-Zero and WipeOut. Developer 34BigThings explained: “‘Redout’: a condition experienced by pilots in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force. Also, the fastest…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 22, 2014 -
Grand Theft Auto’s Unexplained Myths
Every GTA hides secrets—rare and strange occurrences that would be right at home inside an episode of The X-Files. Some of them are scripted. Some aren’t. All of them end up logged and documented by players. If you’ve never visited the GTA Myths Wiki, I highly recommend taking a gander today. While there are things…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 22, 2014 -
It Doesn’t Get Hotter Than Men Trying On Women’s Halloween Costumes
Building on the theme of sexy male Halloween costumes featured in last week’s Photoshop contest, Buzzfeed proves you don’t need to be a woman to make sexy costumes work. I was originally planning on taking my kids trick or treating this year dressed in the same costume I’ve worn the past two — intimidating and…
By Mike Fahey Published October 22, 2014 -
Where The Word “Cosplay” Actually Comes From
‘Cosplay did not suddenly appear,’ says Nobuyuki Takahashi. He should know: Takahashi helped invent the word itself. The following is an excerpt from Cosplay World, a new book written by Kotaku’s Brian Ashcraft and, well, me.It’s available now on Amazon and other online (and physical) book stores. In the 1970s, Japanese college students began dressing…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 22, 2014
