Track: Anaconda | Artist: Nicki Minaj | Album: Single
It all started with the dodge button. Blizzard added that to Diablo III when bringing it to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2013. Dodging was a great feature, but it wasn’t enough to make me switch my allegiance from playing on a PC. Now that Diablo III is out for the PS4 and…
Ubisoft has been more supportive of Nintendo’s Wii U than most of its peers, but the company has also remained wary of the console’s weak commercial performance. In a recent interview, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot sounded more doubtful than ever about the prospects of selling his hit Assassin’s Creed games on the Wii U. Speaking…
Say what you want about Michael Bay, but you can’t deny that the one-man blockbuster-movie-making machine has a unique style. It might not appeal to everyone. But hey: let’s all just be glad the guy isn’t making Pixar movies. That would be very…explosive, to say the least. YouTuber MrStratman7 recently offered up this vision of…
“I don’t want to go to bed at night thinking I’ve ruined thousands of people’s fun,” one of the two men who’s cracked open the code for the Wii U’s biggest game told me this week. I was confused. This was Chadderz, a programmer who, with his brother Bean, has hacked Mario Kart 8 to…
Track: Ima Boss Artist: Meek Mill, Rick Ross Album: Self Made, Vol. 1 Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
Track: Where I’m From | Artist: Jay-Z | Album: In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
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The wait is over, World of Warcraft fans and people who love amazing short CGI films. Blizzard has finally pulled the lid off the next big WoW expansion, Warlords of Draenor. And it looks…well, what did you expect from the king of video game trailers? Exactly. Look, I’d be lying if I told you I…
The Warlords of Draenor expansion pack is coming to World of Warcraft on November 13th, Blizzard just announced. Get ready for some serious Orc action!
This blew my mind: For a point of comparison: Excuse me while I go hatch a bajillion conspiracy theories…
Taunting in Mario Kart 8 is a fine art. Maybe because they can’t trash talk each other online, seasoned players have resorted to waiting at the finish line to trip up incoming racers as the ultimate form of kart-based swagger. But this is hard to pull off. If you don’t, you end up looking very…
Honing your skills in a video game is hard work. It takes practice, patience, and creativity. These are all assets that could help you land a real job, too. But do they? Have you ever emphasized your gaming background during a job search, and did it help? One notable success story that’s often brought up…
Payday 2 creator Overkill Software is making a new game based on the popular zombie franchise The Walking Dead, the company just announced. Robert Kirkman, the creator of the original comics, said in a post on Steam that it’s “the co-op game that all of the Walking Dead fans have been waiting for.” Overkill has…
Tearaway, the unsung hero of the PlayStation Vita, is finally making its way to the PlayStation 4, Sony just revealed during its Gamescom press conference. Given how weird some of the Vita-specific features in Media Molecule’s game are, however, the studio was hesitant to call it a “port” or “HD remake.” Rather, the LittleBigPlanet creators…
A Lord of The Rings game needs to feel epic. Like, gigantic armies and hordes of spiky armor-encrusted villains and dudes fighting on top of towers-level epic. Of all the trailers for Shadow of Mordor I’ve seen so far, this new one Sony dropped during its Gamescom presser hit the best note in this regard.…
It might still be in development for the PC, but that’s not stopping DayZ from making its way to the PlayStation 4. Creator Dean Hall announced the port today during Sony’s Gamescom press conference. PC gamers have been bragging about this nihilistic zombie-themed shooter for a while now, leaving the rest of us with an…
Last time we saw The Order: 1886, we described it by saying it’s like “shooting through an old movie.” Sony just dropped a new trailer for the stylish third-person shooter during its Gamescom press conference that gives us all a new glimpse at some of its Tesla-inspired shooting devices, and they look pretty awesome. My…
Now that it’s officially come back from the dead, Sierra is bringing some of its classic PC games along with it. Activision said in a press release today that its recently-revived subsidiary is working on a new installment in the renowned adventure game series King’s Quest Fans of the genre have a lot to be…
Most of the Call of Duty news since Advanced Warfare was first announced has focused on the multiplayer. That’s understandable. But it also means that one of the shooter franchise’s other important assets hasn’t had a chance to shine through: its unique ability to make blow up iconic pieces of architecture. Cue giant bridge explosion:…
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