New Destiny Leak Could Show What's Coming Next
Curious about the future of Destiny? Here's a leak you might find interesting—a graphic purporting to lay out what developer Bungie's got planned for the rest of 2015 and beyond.
Next Year's Big Assassin's Creed Is Set In Victorian London [UPDATE]
Next year's Assassin's Creed game will take place in London during the 19th century, Kotaku has learned thanks to an early leak. Farewell, Napoleon; hello, Jack the Ripper?
PSA: 'Fallout: Shadow of Boston' Is A Fake
This morning, a NeoGAF member discovered that Bethesda had trademarked something called Fallout: Shadow of Boston, and of course, a host of gaming sites rushed to echo that "news," to the point where "Shadow of Boston" was trending on Twitter this afternoon.
Windows 9 Rumor Roundup: Everything We Think We Know
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Windows 8 has been limping through its existence for just about two years now, and despite the fact that its continual updates have improved it a fair bit, the numbers aren't encouraging. Microsoft knows this, and the rumors surrounding Windows 9 show that it's going to be a move back to more familiar territory.
Amazon Buys Twitch For $970 Million [UPDATE]
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UPDATE (4:02pm): It's official: Amazon has purchased Twitch, following months of rumors that Google was looking to buy the video streaming company.
Huge Potential Leak May Reveal Full Smash Bros. Roster [UPDATE]
Last week, leakers claimed to have screenshots of the final character and stage rosters for the upcoming Super Smash Bros. games. Today, some rather convincing videos have popped up that appear to confirm the veracity of that leak, showing off some exciting unannounced characters from the highly-anticipated Nintendo…
Alleged 'Mario Maker' E3 Photo Pops Up
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What is Mario Maker? Is it real? Could it be one of Nintendo's big surprises for E3 next week?
Amazon France Is Selling A PS4/Vita Bundle
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Why is Amazon France taking pre-orders for a PS4/Vita bundle? Why does that mock-up image look so convincing? Did a retailer just accidentally leak one of Sony's E3 announcements?
Rumored 'Project Beast' Clips Sure Look Incredible
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Early this month, rumors about something called "Project Beast" started floating across the web. A number of screenshots, posted on 4chan and compiled in this NeoGAF thread, allegedly showed off an upcoming PS4 game developed by From Software, the studio behind Dark Souls.
I Bought This Game Two Weeks Ago, And I Still Can’t Play It
The video game industry is no stranger to fizzled hype. But for all the controversies about delays, unstable launches, or games that are just plain terrible, until recently I've never had to stop and wonder whether or not a game actually exists. Then I went in search of a mysterious fighting game named Death Cargo.
Meet The Man Who Keeps Making Up Fallout 4 Rumors
There's this interesting Bethesda memo floating around. Maybe you've seen it on a fan-run gaming site or your favorite message board. It's all very exciting.
How To Tell When An E3 Rumor Is Fake
E3 starts in less than four weeks, which means it's prime season for ridiculous rumors about all the games that will show up this year. (Final Fantasy XV! The Last Guardian! Halo 5!)
Mysterious Fighting Game Gets A New Trailer
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Necrostorm has released a new trailer for the fighting game Death Cargo, which we covered in a piece last week about the incredible allegations that the game might not exist. The new video highlights a range of different characters in addition to a fresh batch of appropriately gory deaths. In other words, it's exactly…
The Curious Game That Might Not Exist
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Fighting games don't get a lot of love from the mainstream video game industry these days. So when someone—anyone—comes along promising to bring back the supremely gory glory of nineties-era arcade classics like Mortal Kombat into the modern era, genre-inclined gamers will listen.
More Signs That Big Xbox One Leak Was Real
Some rumors are very, very fake. Others turn out to be true—and today's Sunset Overdrive news adds yet more credence to a major Xbox leak from January that predicted a number of still-unannounced titles, including a remake of Halo 2 and a sequel to Forza Horizon.
How A Dumb Gaming Rumor Spreads
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Let's take a quick trip into the strange world of video game rumors—and see how easy it is for misinformation to spread across the web.
How True are Japan's Latest Gaming Rumors?
The gaming industry is constantly full of rumors. More so in April where you have the gullible falling for all the crazy April Fools pranks that pop up.
Massive Xbox One Rumor Dump Is Filled With Juicy Details
Plans for a disc-free Xbox One? Halo 5 in 2015? A Halo 2 remake this fall?
Could the PS4 emulate PS1/PS2 games? Eurogamer's Digital Foundry reports today that Sony is planning on it—and that they might add visual enhancements to those old games. No word on whether we'll have to re-buy the ones we already own on PSN, if the rumor is true. (We've reached out to Sony for comment.)
Tracking Down The Odd Rumors About Nintendo's Next Console
Here at Kotaku, we love insider info. We like getting information both from random tipsters and our own sources. And because of those people—to whom we grant anonymity in our reporting—we're able to tell you stories you might not otherwise know about, and give you all the details about games like Titanfall and Alien:…