photo: Jeff Kravitz (Getty Images) Here are two key facts about Stewart Copeland. First, he was the drummer for The police. Second, he composed the soundtracks to the three originals Spyro the dragon games. You need to keep those two things in mind for this story. Copeland was recently interviewed by vultureand at the very ...
I know Mario games used to be about the beach, but back then –Mario Sunshine above all – was it work or quests, and quests are work. Instead, this series of illustrations by Léo Chérel imagines what it would be like if the brothers (and friends) could all take a well-deserved vacation. You know how ...
That’s your brain on chaos.image: Square Enix Since its announcement during E3 2021, Team Ninja’s Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy origin was a hotbed for shitposts and memes. These memes mainly contain contextless scenes of the protagonist Jack Garland music tastes good and his unbridled obsession with Kill Chaos. Before starting the third demo of ...
The room behind Nakamura becomes the studio.screenshot: Invisible/YouTube/Kotaku former GhostWire: Tokyo Creative Director Ikumi Nakamura has officially opened her new studio named Unseen. Nakamura who made a big splash at E3 2019 with her enigmatic and heartfelt approach and has worked on it before Okami and bayonetShe left Tango Gameworks out of concern for her ...
screenshot: Vampire Survivor I’ve become addicted to one itch.io game called Vampire Survivors. Vampire Survivor is an endless sprite-based roguelike with Castlevania vibrations. The core of the game is to move your character around a large square map while a growing number of enemies slowly approach around him. Your character will attack every few seconds. ...
screenshot: Sony/Kotaku If there is an aspect in which Horizon forbidden west should apply Horizon forbidden at best, it’s the optional stuff. Every side quest in the game culminates in a meaningful reward. In some cases you will get a cool weapon or armor. In others, you’ll catch a narrative resolution richer than what the ...
Screenshot: Remedy / Smilegate I really, really wanted to like Catalyst, the new campaign developed by Remedy Entertainment and released for free to play shooter CrossfireX earlier this month. Remedy, the developer behind great games like Control other Alan Wakeis one of my favorite out there, and while I wasn’t thrilled about them making a ...
image: Retro Studios/Nintendo/Fox/Kotaku love Metroid, but being a longtime fan does weird things to you. Take, for example, the latest kerfuffle over Retro Studios updating its Twitter banner. Where a normal person might see a cool piece of Samus Aran concept art, the ravenous Metroid fan, their hunger unsatiated by Metroid Dreadimagines a portal hiding ...
image: Guerrilla Games / Sony Horizon Forbidden West is almost out, and it basically picks up exactly where the previous game left off. The opening hours will pelt you with strange names, supposedly familiar faces, and a helpful but extremely brief recap of the events of Horizon Zero Dawn. If you’re planning on jumping into ...
Members of Nagoshi Studio, posing for the camera and not working on a smartphone puzzle game. image: NetEase anus leaving SegaToshihiro Nagoshi set up a new Tokyo studio called Nagoshi Studio. Earlier this year, owners NetEase Games described the wholly-owned subsidiary, stating it “develops high-end titles for worldwide release, with a primary focus on the ...
