-
The Story Behind Hue‘s Brilliant Soundtrack
Two years ago, Alkis Livathinos had no idea he’d eventually be working on a small puzzle game called Hue. The game’s creators, Henry Hoffman and Dan da Rocha, who had already begun working on the project, didn’t know either. In a way though, the match had already been made. After licensing some of Livathinos’s music…
By Ethan Gach -
Picking Apart A Single Frame In DOOM
Ever wonder what exactly goes into rendering each painstakingly detailed frame in a game like DOOM (2016)? Well, Adrian Courrèges, a software Engineer based in Tokyo, has you covered Taking an in-depth look at one particular screenshot, Courrèges explains step-by-step all of the different processes and considerations at play: Unlike most Windows games released these…
By Ethan Gach -
Destiny Player Discovers Rise of Iron Ghost Fragment
It’s September which means back to school for some, pumpkin spice lattes for others, and for a deranged few, obsessively combing through the world of Destiny in search of new items and secrets. With Rise of Iron just around the corner, Bungie is paving the way for the game’s third year with a patch that,…
By Ethan Gach -
Rule of Rose Is Now 10 Years Old And Still Savagely Twisted
I was young when I saw the not-at-all good 1990 adaptation of Lord of the Flies, but the scene where Piggy dies is still etched into my memory. It’s the first time I can remember seeing kids kill other kids on screen. Since then, Battle Royale and The Hunger Games have made the concept much…
By Ethan Gach -
Steins;Gate is now on Steam. Richard Eisenbeis called the game “simply a fantastic visual novel” when he first reviewed it and I have to agree. So go send emails into the past and watch the diabolic horror that ensues, if you’re into that sort of thing. The follow-up, Steins;Gate 0, is already out in Japan
By Ethan Gach -
Hey Kotaku, It’s Me, Your New Weekend Editor
What keeps you up at night? The fear of failure? The fear of success? Bills to pay? That one exotic engram you can never seem to find? It’s a weird question to ask so early on a Saturday Morning, I know. I began this introduction the night before. I thought it would be easy to…
By Ethan Gach -
World Of Warcraft: Legion Progress Report: The Other Side Of The Level Cap
When you’re working through the post 110 content of World of Warcraft’s Legion expansion with one Alliance character and are getting bored of running through the same content on five others, sometimes you need to take a walk on the Horde side. We’re at the end of the second week of Legion, and I’m progressing…
By Mike Fahey -
Witness World Of Warcraft: Legion‘s Amazing Steam Death Cave Before It’s Gone
The air is festive and steam-filled inside the cave of the northeastern coast of the Broken Isles, as the bodies of Horde and Alliance players alike form a pile around an orb that must be clicked to complete the Legion expansion’s recently-discoveredsecret world quest I’ve been working my way through the Kosumoth the Hungering quest,…
By Mike Fahey -
The First Yo-Kai Watch Movie Gets Its Day In North American Theaters Next Month
The highest grossing Japanese movie of 2015 is coming to North American theaters next month for an entire day! Level-5 and Eleven Arts are bringing the English version of the time-tripping first Yo-Kai Watch movie to select U.S. theaters on October 15. With a new season of the cartoon airing on Disney XD, a second…
By Mike Fahey
