There’s a reason Breath of the Wild is played in German. It’s just a heck of a lot faster. Speedruns use different languages and versions to cut down on time. Here’s how that works for The Legend of Zelda. This post originally appeared 3/24/17. Making sure you get the best times is mostly a matter…
Last night, I played The Evil Within 2 on Kotaku’s Twitch channel. I expected a linear series of monsters and scares but instead found a loose, semi-open world structure that made me feel anxious and helpless. It’s a chaotic, freeform take on horror that make every encounter unique and scary. The Evil Within 2 follows…
Today, Sony Entertainment and Atlus announced that the online servers for Demon’s Souls will shut down next year on February 28th. The game, which mixed online and single-player elements, will transform into something completely different. This asks the question: how do we preserve experiences tied to online features? FromSoftware initially entered into the fantasy RPG…
Heather is back and streaming The Evil Within 2 live on our Twitch channel It’s probably going to be scary.
Star Wars Battlefront II is a conflicted game. The multiplayer progression system is a mess, and the story campaign moves way too fast. But if there’s one thing it really nails, it’s everyone’s favorite farmboy from Tatooine. Luke Skywalker is a hero. The original Star Wars trilogy is remarkable in how it takes him from…
Super Mario Odyssey’s jump rope challenge is supposed to be a test of timing but a simple glitch has loaded the leaderboards with superhuman scores. One of Super Mario Odyssey’s most addictive mini-games is the jump rope challenge found in the Metro Kingdom. Completing a certain amount of jumps without hitting the rope is a…
Streaming a game you’re working can be an awesome form of community outreach. Unfortunately, on a recent personal stream, one H1Z1 developer leapt into the game with some of their special powers still on. Joshua Kriegshauser is H1Z1’s technical director and often streams the battle royale game on Twitch. During a match with friends, Kriegshauser…
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is an awkward game that feels a little bit like world full of Disney World animatronics. One piece of poison food highlighted the game’s silliness while also forcing players to get intimate with their targets. The poison apple was a very special and highly deadly item from The Elder Scrolls…
We’re jumping back into Dead Space right now on Twitch Necromorphs? More like Nec-NO-morphs!
Staff Writer Heather Alexandra’s decided to celebrate the weekend by ripping and tearing up some demons in Doom right now on Twitch.
Skyrim released today on Playstation VR. The VR version manages to capture the game’s scale and beauty in astounding new ways, but you might need to equip a barf bag alongside your ancient nordic axe. Leaping into Skyrim with a VR headset on feels a bit like placing an LSD sweetart under your tongue before…
The world record for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is 17 minutes and 9 seconds… but what if you pressed the A button as little as possible? Limiting Link’s ability to jump, talk, and open chests creates a new challenge for speedrunners to race through. The “A Button Challenge” restricts speedrunners into completing…
Star Wars: Battlefront II frustrates me in ways I never knew I could be frustrated. It is both a lovingly crafted companion to the films and a tangled mess of corporate meddling. There is a strong heart at the center but finding it means peeling back layers of unnecessary and infuriating nonsense. We’ve republished this…
L.A. Noire’s remaster brings the cult detective story back for another round of sleuthing. A change to the dialog system meant to fix the original game’s flaws makes interrogations more difficult than before. In L.A. Noire, Detective Cole Phelps investigates various crimes before getting swept up in a city-wide conspiracy. A major component of the…
Final Fantasy VII is one of the most influential roleplaying games of all time. Nine years after its release in 1997, Square Enix released a sequel that isn’t really talked about: the third person shooter Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII By the end of the 90s, Sony had firmly established themselves as producers of…
Star Wars Battlefront II is off to a rough start with crummy lootboxes and unpopularunlockables. Thankfully, everyone’s favorite smuggler is living life with no reservations and isn’t afraid to show it. SPOILERS AHEAD Most of Battlefront II’s campaign focuses on Iden Versio, an Imperial commando struggling to survive after the Empire’s defeat at the Battle…
I gazed into the future, saw L.A. Noire’s Switch release and other remasters coming and did an entire playthrough of the game on Kotaku’s Twitch channel. Here’s a collection of writings inspired by that playthrough. First, I looked at the early missions and noted how the game, while offering an intriguing and gorgeous world, has…
Call of Duty: WWII mostly focuses on large battles and explosive confrontations, but the game’s best mission is quiet, intimate, and subtle. Call of Duty: WWII’s narrative focuses on the US Army’s 1st Infantry Division, centering on major battles like the Invasion of Normandy and The Battle of the Bulge. These levels feel as loud…
Star Wars Battlefront II’s heroes were a little expensive to unlock. Responding to widespread criticism, a new blog post from EA outlines a major reduction in cost for unlocking the franchise’s iconic characters. One of the major appeals of Star Wars Battlefront II is the chance to participate in massive battles from the films and…
Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus is about injury. From crippled heroes to resistance leaders grappling with PTSD, the game’s cast of heroes bears deep wounds that recall the all-too-real injuries of war veterans, victims, and those who would ignore them. At the start of The New Colossus, barely awake from a months-long coma and hardly…
Mode
Follow us
