Alleged 'Mario Maker' E3 Photo Pops Up
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
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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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:…
Rumor: YouTube Will Debut Low-Bandwidth 4K Streaming Next Week
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Watching 4K video is wonderful and all, but with streaming increasingly popular and data caps largely still in place, it also still seems impractical. Not for long, though, if rumors of YouTube's latest schemes are to be believed.
Leaked Documents Reveal That Fallout 4 Is Real, Set In Boston
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Still upset about that massive Fallout 4 hoax? Here's some good news for you: The next entry in Bethesda's post-apocalyptic RPG series is real, it's in development right now, and, as rumored, it appears to be set in Boston, according to casting documents obtained by Kotaku.
Why I'm Not Buying That Fallout 4 'Teaser' Website
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UPDATE (12/7): Yep. It was a hoax.
Rumored Xbox One Launch Issues Lead To Lots Of Questions
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As we inch closer and closer to the release of next-gen consoles, we're starting to learn more and more about their features—and some of what we're hearing might not be great news for anyone who expected a totally stable experience at launch.
Pokemon Leaker Says "Heads Are Rolling" At Nintendo
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A bevy of alleged Pokemon X & Y images and videos are currently floating around the web right now, but one leaker in particular caught the attention of a lot of folk on the internet...and Nintendo.
Here's Why Everyone's Talking About Half-Life 3 Today
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If you regularly frequent Reddit, or NeoGAF, or Kotaku's tips inbox, you've probably seen people talking about Half-Life 3 today. Don't get too excited—Valve's next shooter hasn't been announced yet. But there are a lot of rumors floating around.