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Radiant Historia Remake Gets Its First Trailer
Here’s our first look at Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology in action, complete with refreshed character art, anime cinematic, and a slew of ultra-vibrant looking little sprites. Revealed late last week in the pages of Famitsu, some further details on the 3DS remake poured out of this morning’s Atlus live stream in Japan. In addition to…
By Ethan Gach Published March 26, 2017 -
Splatoon 2 Lobby ‘Easter Egg’ Lets You DJ While You Wait
If you’re playing one of the “global testfire” demos for Splatoon 2 this weekend, don’t forget to take a few moments and jam and create some tunes while on the match-making screen. As many people have discovered on Youtube, the game has an easter egg that lets players mess with the pitch of the lobby…
By Ethan Gach Published March 25, 2017 -
March’s Mod Booster for The Binding of Isaac Afterbirth+ on PC is now live. Creator Edmund McMillen is curating monthly packages to integrate fan creations. This month’s includes new items, hairstyles, and even cards from Magic The Gathering. Another one is planned for April, “but who the fuck knows,” McMillen wrote.
By Ethan Gach Published March 25, 2017 -
There’s A Holographic Zapdos Pokémon Card Hanging In The Cubs Locker Room
Somewhere in the Cubs locker room is the proud owner of a number of a number of rare Pokémon cards, including a holographic Zapdos, the legendary electric bird that first appeared over 20 years ago in Red and Blue The collection, hanging below some cleats in a plastic binder slip case, was spotted by Reddit…
By Ethan Gach Published March 25, 2017 -
What To Expect In World Of Warcraft‘s Big Tomb Of Sargeras Update
World of Warcraft gets one of its biggest updates yet on Tuesday, as the Legion expansion’s demon war reaches a fever pitch. Update 7.2 gives players a chance to take the battle directly to the demons’ front door, when they aren’t busy learning to fly, battling through the pet dungeon or engaging in new PVP…
By Mike Fahey Published March 24, 2017 -
The Pewdiepie Fiasco, One Month Later
It’s been a little over a month since the blow-up surrounding Felix ‘Pewdiepie’ Kjellberg, and the Wall Street Journal reportleading to the cancellation of his premium show. Since then, a lot has happened to the YouTuber and to at least one of the reporters who worked on that story. For Pewdiepie, it’s been a month…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 24, 2017 -
Zelda And Nier Are Great Despite–And Because Of–Their Technical Shortcomings
Nier: Automata and Breath of the Wild are amazing games with occasional technical problems. How do they manage to side step these issues and incorporate them into their structure? Heather takes a look in this critical video. Head’s Up: This video contains minor spoilers for Nier: Automata. Transcript: My current video game poisons of choice…
By Heather Alexandra Published March 24, 2017 -
The New ‘Nonary Games’ Remake Makes 999 Way Better
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games, a remaster of the first two games in the Zero Escape trilogy, were released today on PC, Playstation 4 and the Vita. If you haven’t played 999 or Virtue’s Last Reward before, this is the release to pick up. And if you have, the remaster of 999 is still worth…
By Gita Jackson Published March 24, 2017 -
Show Us Your Keyboard
While all of us at Kotaku are big fans of typing, a handful of us have started taking our love of keyboards to the next level. There’s nothing like a good mechanical keyboard, especially when you take extra steps to make it your very own. I’ll show you what I’m typing on if you show…
By Mike Fahey Published March 24, 2017 -
The Witcher‘s Author Says He Screwed Himself Out Of Profiting Off The Games
If you happen to run into Andrzej Sapkowski, creator of The Witcher, you might not want to bring up the video games. They haven’t made his life much better, in part because they’re not making him any money. Sapkowski, who spoke to Eurogamer’s Robert Purchese in an interview published today, has never been a gamer…
By Jason Schreier Published March 24, 2017 -
How To Get Into Dungeons & Dragons
Getting into Dungeons & Dragons can be intimidating. You need maybe three or four other nerds to play with, some pricey tomes full of numbers and tables, ample free time and several dice with as many as 20 sides. It’s a lot to fathom, and even more to set up. How will you find D&D-curious…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published March 24, 2017 -
Zelda: Breath of the Wild Is The Perfect Game For Non-Gamers
Breath of the Wild might be the hardest Zelda since the NES days, teaching players how to progress through its puzzles by killing them frequently and without remorse. Yet, paradoxically, it’s also one of the best games for people who don’t play a lot of video games. Last week, having spent the past month raving about…
By Jason Schreier Published March 24, 2017 -
Princess Zelda’s Breath of the Wild Outfit Helps Tell Her Story
Princess Zelda’s outfit from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is great—a cool departure from the norm for the Hylian princess. If you take a look at the details, it also makes it easier to understand her character arc in the game. Zelda wears a variety of outfits in the game, but her…
By Gita Jackson Published March 24, 2017 -
The Battle.net Launcher Is Just The Blizzard Launcher Now
Last year Blizzard announced it was doing away with the name Battle.net. The latest game launcher update puts that plan into effect, replacing the Battle.net branding and asking players to “Log in to Blizzard.” While the Battle.net website is still functioning (don’t want to lose that sweet domain name), the game launcher from which players…
By Mike Fahey Published March 24, 2017 -
Nier: Automata’s Most Human Character Is An Alien Machine
Nier: Automata is a game that explores the meaning and consequence of being human, despite not featuring a single actual human in its primary narrative. In a world populated by machines, one mechanical being, village leader Pascal, strides closest to humanity, and pays a steep price. Automata takes place on a future Earth where a…
By Mike Fahey Published March 24, 2017 -
Australia Bans, Then Un-Bans Outlast 2
Australia’s infamous Classification Board last week essentially banned the upcoming Outlast 2 from going on sale in the country. And only a few days later has backed down and said, oh, ok, the game is actually fine. The initial reason given for the Board’s decision was that, despite Australia now having an 18+ age classification…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2017 -
Can Learning To Make Video Games Help Rehabilitate Jailed Kids?
“What they teach you in juvenile halls or in youth offender facilities is not about education,” researcher Dana Ruggiero told me during a recent phone interview. “It’s not about making better choices. It’s literally just a rhetoric, and then they put you back into the same system you came out of.” She started Project Tech,…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 23, 2017
