Since the first Assassin’s Creed in 2007, games in Ubisoft’s history-hopscotching series have always begun with an on-screen message about the diversity of the people who made the game. You see it as the game boots up, before you can play anything. For this year’s Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, the 10th major release in the series,…
Here’s our most in-depth look yet at the next Marvel Comics superhero show from Netflix. Watching it, you can see Jessica Jones that has been through hell. And it looks like creepy villain Killgrave is going to send her right back. In true noir detective style, the two-minute clip is narrated in the first person,…
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is—wait for it—an Assassin’s Creed game, with all that that implies. It’s a really good Assassin’s Creed game, mind you, my favorite since Assassin’s Creed II took us to Renaissance Italy way back in 2009. We’re in Victorian London this time, in 1868. As with most games in the series, Syndicate shifts…
In the West, Twitch is an internet superpower. In Japan, things couldn’t be more different. Mainstream success will be tough, but not impossible. Nothing is impossible. Originally launched as part of streaming site Justin.tv, Twitch carved a unique niche through game streaming. It’s not only a live-streaming pioneer, but with with over one hundred million…
Sony says it’s not currently developing any first-party PS Vita games and is instead focusing on its newer hardware, the PS4. According to Sony exec Ito Masayasu, third party studios have been working really hard on Vita games. All the releases Japan sees appears to be proof of that!
Ever wonder what the world would be like if the British Empire had been built upon a working class of reanimated corpses? Well, the new anime film Empire of Corpses brings that world to life—and it is fantastic. Empire of Corpses begins in the year 1878 and is set in a world quite similar to…
We’ve already seen the official Metal Gear timeline, which helps keep the games in chronological order. Now, we get the complete—or damn near complete—timeline of the epic story, including how The Phantom Pain fits in (click here). Warning, there are spoilers!
Anthropomorphic video game consoles become school girls and fight zombies? …Alright, you talked me into it. Let’s give it a go. Update: The stream over, but you can watch the replay in two parts: here (15 minutes) and here (around two hours)! Uberdimension Blanc + Neptune Faction Vs. The Zombie Army (Geki Jigen Tag Blanc…
Well, except for Sanosuke. But, in all fairness, it might distract from the play if his actress went around bare-chested. On Wednesday, all-female acting troupe Takarazuka Revue held an event to show off the cast of their upcoming Rurouni Kenshin musical. Better still, the cast was in full costume; and Japanese website Natalie was there…
It’s not simply because the color looks cool. Or because the characters hate pastels. On the Final Fantasy XV forums, the game’s director Hajime Tabata answered a question as to why all four characters were in black. Here’s Tabata’s explanation: The clothing worn by the four main characters is the official battle gear of the…
Japanese high school kids fighting evil in secret. I’ve never heard of that premise before. No, wait. I have. Tokyo Xanadu is the latest JRPG from Nihon Falcom for the PS Vita. Knowing what time sinks RPGs can be, I figured I’d pass on this one. Falcom has been around the block a few times…
The View from Penang Hill. Penang Island, Malaysia. By Ykeong. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
Here are the patch notes for Assassin’s Creed Syndicate’s first two patches, both available for download as soon as you get the game. Capped from a PS4. For the record our reviewer had no major performance issues with his version of the game, which we believe was running with at least the first patch (the…
It’s unofficial as hell, and Nintendo are probably in the process of nuking it from space, but for now you can totally download this Legend Of Zelda maker and start making your own version of a Zelda game. Hurray! We covered this in September, when the project was in its infancy, but now it’s been…
Reno Levi is an artist who works at Call of Duty developers Infinity Ward. He’s also worked on games like Halo Aniversary and Hawken You can see more of Reno’s work at his ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as…
Spotted by Tiny Cartridge, from an Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer trailer that was pulled shortly after being published.
Strategy games sometimes get dinged for being too complicated. Kingdom strives to be minimal. Kingdom is a sidescrolling strategy/management game that just launched on Steam, where it’s been in and out of the top ten best-sellers for the past day. It’s not hard to see why: true to its regal nature, the game’s got luxurious…
Kotaku’s action figure coverage generally extends to “here is a cool action figure”. So excuse this brief interruption to bring you actual news involving an action figure. So, this is Bastian Schweinsteiger. He’s one of the world’s best footballers. Captain of the German national team (the current World Champions) and newly-signed midfielder for Manchester United.…
Destiny’s Trials of Osiris will return next Friday, October 30th. That’s according to the latest Bungie weekly update, which also explains how the next patch (due in November) will improve crucible drops and simplify the much-derided “Crucible Forged” quest.
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