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The Shadow of the Colossus Remake Isn’t Quite The Same
The Shadow of the Colossus remake brings the PS2 classic to a new group of players, boosting up the graphics and changing the controls to make things a little less clumsy. For some, those changes will improve the experience but even small changes can have unexpected consequences. Transcript: The original Shadow of the Colossus released in…
By Heather Alexandra Published February 12, 2018 -
The Most Difficult Game To Play As A Parent
In my first year as a parent, I’ve shunned VR games, sat out Destiny 2 and surprised myself by playing through Nioh. Despite all that, no game has been as tough to play in my new parenting life as Dishonored 2. I did not expect this. Your available gaming time plummets when you have kids.…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 12, 2018 -
Call of Duty Player Hits Max Rank Without Firing A Shot
Here’s a Call of Duty player who just loves bringing knives to a gunfight. Grinding levels is a pretty common objective in Call of Duty multiplayer, but one YouTuber has become the first player to reach the ultimate “Master Prestige” rank in WWII without firing a single bullet. Achieving Master Prestige is no easy task.…
By S.E. Doster Published February 12, 2018 -
“We’ve talked together and share the feeling that if we can’t make something interesting we’ll just call it quits,” Shigeru Miyamoto said at a recent financial Q&A about the animated Super Mario movie from Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures .
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 12, 2018 -
Square Enix’s New Arcade Game Looks So Damn Cool
Leave it to Square Enix to make one of the neatest-looking arcade games shown at this year’s Japan Amusement Expo. It’s called Starwing Paradox, and features a movable pilot seat. Now, have a look at it in action. See? So cool. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 12, 2018 -
How To Do Monster Hunter: World 4-Player Local Multiplayer
In Japan, one of the things that made Monster Hunter so popular on the PSP was its local play. People would get together with their PSPs and play. It’s a bit trickier with PS4 game Monster Hunter: World, but not impossible. Just get four televisions and four PS4s, and then put them together like Twitter…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 12, 2018 -
A Modern Gaming PC Inside An Old 386 Case
The outside of this PC screams 1991. The inside, however, is very much from 2018. A self-confessed “beige-aholic”, Tylinol wanted to try something different with his latest PC build, and so did what anyone with fond memories of Wolfenstein 3D would do: put a relatively modern gaming PC inside the yellowing old case. There’s actually…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 11, 2018 -
Look At This $260 Black Panther Action Figure
This is not a photo of Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman. It’s a close-up of a 1:6 scale action figure by Hot Toys. Standing just over 12″ tall, it comes with a bunch of interchangeable hands, a spear, mask and suit that lights up under certain LED lighting conditions (the figure comes with a display…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 11, 2018 -
Borderlands 2‘s Opening Area Was Beautifully Sparse
Borderlands 2 opens on a car full of post-apocalyptic freaks that gets run over by a train. Even people who didn’t play the game remember this scene and the song that went with it. After that it pivots to the game’s heroes and their bombastic attempts to escape death aboard a locomotive which ultimately self…
By Ethan Gach Published February 11, 2018 -
Here is the Solo trailer, utterly ruined by Shooptube and “I’m Han Solo” from Kinect Star Wars.
By Luke Plunkett Published February 11, 2018 -
Making A New Game For The Original Sega Genesis Isn’t Easy
Matt Phillips has been working on Tanglewood, a new game for the Sega Genesis, for a few years now. Set to release sometime this year, the project has been a challenging endeavor but one which hasn’t dissuaded its creator from doing the same thing for his next game. Tanglewood is a retro platformer that Big…
By Ethan Gach Published February 11, 2018 -
Ubisoft creative director Julian Gerighty is looking into the lifetime ban of Division player Matti Hietanen who created a photo mode tool for the game. “Love your work and would like to see more,” Gerighty tweeted. In response to defenses of Hietanen’s work as not being cheat-oriented, Gerighty said “I agree.”
By Ethan Gach Published February 11, 2018 -
Of course there’ll be Pearl and Marina Amiibo. Figures of Splatoon 2‘s premier performers were announced at the end of the game’s Koshien event in Japan earlier today, along with a new stage and a pair of Tetra Dualies. Isn’t one of them perfect, and if so, which?
By Mike Fahey Published February 11, 2018 -
People Have Thoughts About The Monsters, Inc. Version Of Goofy
Kingdom Hearts III got a new trailer last night and by all accounts it’s going to release sometime this year. But what we really need to talk about is the wonderful abomination that is the Monsters, Inc. version of Goofy. For anyone unfamiliar with the games, Kingdom Hearts is about Donald Duck, Goofy, and a…
By Ethan Gach Published February 10, 2018 -
Splatoon‘s Tradition Of Annual Hologram Concerts Continues
Pearl and Marina showed up at this year’s Niconico Tokaigi Smash Bros. tournament in Japan for the latest in a series of hologram concerts dating back to the first Splatoon. Taking over for the Squid Sisters from the first game, the two characters sang songs for an audience of adoring, human fans. Not to be…
By Ethan Gach Published February 10, 2018 -
TinyBuild Announces Six New Ports For The Nintendo Switch
During a livestream today, indie publisher Tinybuild announced six more games that will be heading to Switch later this year. All of the games have been out for a few years now and are available on PC and other consoles, but the magic of the Switch so far has mostly been showing that that doesn’t…
By Ethan Gach Published February 10, 2018 -
Watch A Crowd Lose Its Mind Over Dramatic Fortnite Finish
It’s not every day you get to see a battle royale match come down to the wire. With the storm that constricts players having closed in as much as possible and only two players left, the would-be victor had few options at their disposal. Hundreds of feet above their opponent, they did the only thing…
By Ethan Gach Published February 10, 2018 -
Doom on the Switch will finally be getting patched sometime this month. Despite running well overall, the game’s players have had to put up with audio issues and wonky menus at times, all things the upcoming patch is intended to fix. Players will soon be able to hear those demons coming on a consistent basis.
By Ethan Gach Published February 10, 2018 -
Listen To Kingdom Hearts III‘s Theme Song By Utada Hikaru
Pop star Utada Hikaru has become synonymous with Kingdom Hearts. It wouldn’t be a main entry in the series without her music. Utada Hikaru recorded songs for Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II. She’s back for KHIII with a track called “Chikai” (誓い), which means “oath” or “vow.” And here is the English language version,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 10, 2018