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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Tomodachi Life: The TAY Review • Game Of The Week—Dynasty Warriors Is Better With Dragons • Laziness, Ragequitting, And The Quest for Love • Why Do We Care For True Mature Games All Of A Sudden? TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published June 19, 2014 -
Clone Of Clone Of Clone Now On 3DS eShop
Today Nintendo announced that the 3DS eShop just got a new $2 game called 2048, by a developer named Cosmigo. Cosmigo’s 2048 is a copy of Gabriele Cirulli’s open-source 2048, which itself is a clone of a game called 1024, which is, of course, a clone of the stellar iOS game Threes Video games
By Jason Schreier Published June 19, 2014 -
What No Man’s Sky Is
“What does sci-fi mean to you?” I was asking Sean Murray, the managing director and founder of Hello Games, this question. He’s one of a small team of developers working on the game that had everyone buzzing at E3 this year. “That’s a really good question,” Murray said to me during an interview in a…
By Tina Amini Published June 19, 2014 -
Pillars of Eternity Looks Like The Next Great Computer RPG
In September of 2012, I got an e-mail from veteran writer and game designer Chris Avellone. He told me that he and a group of other designers at Obsidian were planning to launch a Kickstarter, and that they were looking to make an RPG in the style of old Infinity Engine games like Baldur’s Gate…
By Jason Schreier Published June 19, 2014 -
Nintendo’s been quiet about when games from the Nintendo 64 might be coming to the Wii U Virtual Console. But there’s a new mention of “the future addition of titles from the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo 64 systems” on the webpage for the console’s eShop digital storefront. Hopefully, this means that titles from the…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 19, 2014 -
New LEGO Sets Put Your Buildings In The Virtual World
They’re called LEGO Fusion, and their big new feature is the ability to digitize your structures—to put them on your tablet or phone, basically, where you can then play around with them in various ways. To facilitate this, each Fusion set includes (apart from a set of bricks, of course) a Fusion capture plate. What…
By András Neltz Published June 19, 2014 -
Conan O’Brien Tries Games (And Hijinks) At E3 2014
Looks like someone had a great time at this year’s E3. Conan O’Brien returned to the show to check out Sunset Overdrive, take part in some creepy-funny chats at various stages and to take an embarrassingly close look at Project Morpheus Here’s the full clip: Conan Visits E3 2014 [Team Coco, YouTube] To contact the…
By Gergo Vas Published June 19, 2014 -
How To Sell A Fighting Game – Step One: Offer Peanuts.
Pre-order DLC? Pfft. Who needs that when you can get delicious nuts with your purchase. The game is the Xbox One version of EA Sports’ UFC, a fighting game out for new-gen consoles this Tuesday. The location is Target, the American retail chain, which is offering two six-ounce cans of Planters brand peanuts with every…
By András Neltz Published June 19, 2014 -
A Halo Motorcycle Helmet And More Brand New Video Game Goods
Today was a good day if you like video game merchandise. Newly-revealed products include a Diablo action figure, Destiny and Dragon Age tees, and a Halo motorcycle helmet: Union Aerospace tee (Doom). Dragon Age Inquisition heraldry tees and mug Shadow of Diablo action figure by NECA Destiny tees Master Chief motorcycle helmet also by NECA…
By John Struan Published June 19, 2014 -
The Newest Infinite Crisis Characters Are Zatanna And Supergirl
A Red Lantern luchador, Mecha Wonder-Woman, Nightmare Superman—new characters and costumes for DC’s free to play Infinite Crisis continue to be a weekly delight. The newest options are Supergirl and Ame-Comi Zatanna (and Zatanna’s giant bunny): First up is Ame-Comi Zatanna: Gather around Protectors: The show’s about to begin! Light up the lost sectors with…
By John Struan Published June 19, 2014 -
Famous Game Logos. In Arabic.
Video games don’t have a great track record when it comes to Arabic, but those are Western games where people have done a shitty job depicting the language. Things look much better when we let a natural handle things. Egyptian graphic designer Ibrahim Hamdi has taken a bunch of famous and iconic gaming logos and…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2014 -
Take The Time To Appreciate A Game’s…Buttons And Menus
This Destiny video is unlike any other you’ve probably seen about the game, because it’s all about…the user interface. Which, as you may have noticed during the alpha, is really really good. It’s not in visuals or sound that the really expensive games, the ones made by hundreds of experienced developers, can stand apart from…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2014 -
What 1200 Pounds Of Nintendo Games Looks Like
This large cardboard box measures around 48″x 48″x 48″. It is full of Nintendo DS and 3DS games. Around 1200 pounds of them Redditor HxCurt, who works at an e-cycling plant, says most of them are Activision’s dreadful iCarly 2 on DS, which will never find a home, not at any price. Hence their arrival…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2014 -
Son of a Glitch: check out this comprehensive video on the many funny and useful glitches you can find in The Last of Us—you’ll even learn how to do most of em. My fave would have to be Joel and Ellie standing on top of their horses. So goofy.(By A+Start)
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 18, 2014 -
Hey Suikoden fans: series creator Yoshitaka Murayama has given an interview to the Suikoden Revival Movement, and while he’s no longer involved with Konami or the series he built, he still has some interesting things to say. “I believe Kickstarter’s notion of ‘by the fans, for the fans’ may very well be the solution to…
By Jason Schreier Published June 18, 2014 -
Good News, Vault Dwellers: The classic PC role-playing games Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics are once again available on Steam. All three games were pulled from online stores earlier this year after Bethesda obtained rights to the series from Interplay. No word yet on whether they’ll be back on GOG as well, but we’ve…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 18, 2014 -
How A Seemingly Impossible Game Is Possible
× If there’s one comment louder than all the praise that No Man’s Sky has been getting, it’s got to be something along the lines of, “Wow, how is that even possible?” Questions like that confuse Sean Murray and David Ream, managing director/founder and creative director of No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games, respectively. For…
By Tina Amini Published June 18, 2014 -
Watch Dogs Patch Promises Fixes for PlayStation, Xbox, PC Players
Watch Dogs ‘ first major patch is coming soon, says publisher Ubisoft. As soon as next week, players on various platforms will see improvements in the way the hit game looks and plays. Details on the patch appeared the company’s support forums today, listing fixes for players on PlayStation, Xbox and PC platforms. The update…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 18, 2014
