Heather Alexandra

Heather is playing Star Wars Battlefront II and answering questions right now on Twitch Even the Knights of Ren have never faced such a test.

We Streamed Star Wars Battlefront II‘s Single Player Campaign

Star Wars Battlefront II’s multiplayer has some loot box problems but the story campaign, which follows an Imperial special forces squad, is pretty cool. You can watch below as Heather Alexandra and Chris Person play through the early levels. The story campaign focuses on Iden Versio and the members of Inferno Squad before and following…

Star Wars Battlefront II Lets You Pay Real Money For Multiplayer Advantages

Star Wars Battlefront II has everything you love from the movies: lightsabers, starfighters, and loot crates. These crates are crucial to the game’s multiplayer structure but even after being tweaked in response to widespread criticisms during the beta, they’re a mess that affects balance in negative ways. Battlefront II’s progression system is tied to equippable…

A Guide To The Real-Life Figures In Nioh

Nioh takes a lot of liberty with its historical setting but still maintains a large cast of famous warlords, samurai, explorers, and ninja. Every one of them has a story. Here’s a quick primer on what history tells us about these individuals. This post initially appeared 2/16/17. Works of historical fiction have always fascinated me…

Battlefront II Brings Back Star Wars‘ Most Iconic Character: Bossk

The Star Wars Battlefront II trial is available to EA Access players, which means we get the chance to run through the multiplayer as Bossk, the famous bounty hunter who is certainly not scum! That’s right. Because someone demanded it (was it you?) Bossk has returned for this sequel. Battlefront II’s multiplayer allows players to…

Wolfenstein‘s DLC Is Off To A Great Start

Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus’s first round of downloadable content has unlocked. The Freedom Chronicles: Episode Zero blend pulp sensibilities with strong levels design to create a fun package that shows a lot of promise. The Freedom Chronicles follows three heroes as they fight to restore order in the Nazi-controlled future, framing itself as a…

Sonic Forces: The Kotaku Review

Sonic Forces is a fever dream of fan-fiction that is awkward to play but still manages to be trashy fun. Set in a grim future where Sonic has been defeated by Doctor Robotnik and his mysterious new henchman Infinite, Sonic Forces follows the series’ cast of heroic animals as they fight a dire war to…

Don’t Steal Kotaku’s Sonic Forces Original Character

Sonic Forces’s character creator helps bring your DeviantArt creations to life to create wolf dudes, bird gals, and bear pals. Staff writer Gita Jackson and I took this opportunity to create Kotaku’s official fursona. Please don’t steal. Set in a world where Doctor Robotnik (who I refuse to call Eggman) has conquered most of the…

Second Destiny 2 PC Ban Wave Has Some Players Crying Foul Again

Just weeks after developer Bungie erroneously banned a wave of players on Destiny 2 for PC, a new wave of bans has hit the first-person shooter. And with that, a new round of players is claiming that they were banned unjustly. After a banwave during Destiny 2’s PC launch, numerous players claimed that they were…

Bot Studies Mario Kart Videos, Learns To Play

Ever wonder what it would be like for a bot to learn how to play Super Mario Kart? YouTuber and programmer SethBling’s newest creation MariFlow uses machine learning to create a bot that can zip through Donut Plains 1 just like a human. SethBling’s done some pretty impressive stuff before now. He’s put a working…

The New Call Of Duty Could Learn A Thing From The First Call Of Duty

Call of Duty: WWII wants to tell a harrowing tale of heroes and sacrifice by following the US Army’s 1st Infantry Division throughout the war. The game’s squad-building mechanics are supposed to have impact, but they mostly mean having a dude sometimes toss you a medkit. In Call of Duty: WWII, your squadmates can assist…

Heather found a PS3 copy of the magical murder mystery Deadly Premonition and is playing it right now on Twitch. She’ll be streaming most of the day; you’ll come and say hello, right Zach?

Cuphead Developers Talk Cut Bosses And What’s In The Cups

Designing a game that manages to be both tough and fun is a difficult task, but Cuphead designers Chad and Jared Moldenhauer, along with the rest of StudioMDHR, managed to pull it off. I spoke with the two brothers over the phone to learn about boss design, cut concepts, and life after a successful indie…

Overwatch Gets A New Hero: Moira, A Support Healer

Overwatch is getting a new hero and she looks rad as hell. Moira is a powerful support healer that mixes DPS and healing. A geneticist working for the nefarious organization Talon with additional ties to the Overwatch’s spec ops group Blackwatch, Moira (full name Moira O’Deorain) mixes high mobility with support skills. In a trailer shown…

Hearthstone’s next expansion is Kobolds and Catacombs. The expansion will release next month. It will add new cards to add to your collection and feature a new single player mode called “Dungeon Run.” Just please don’t take candle.

Half-Life 2 Episode 3, As Imagined By Five Different Developers

In August, former Valve writer Marc Laidlaw posted a blog post on his site which outlined a potential story for Half Life 2: Episode 3. A game jamusing that story as inspiration has created some colorful interpretations of Gordon Freeman’s final adventure. Epistle Jam, which took its name from Laidlaw’s post titled ‘Epistle 3,’ sought…

We’re starting up a playthrough of Visceral Games’ horror classic Dead Space right now on Twitch Cut off their limbs!

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus has a fully playable reskinned version of 1993’s Wolfenstein 3D. “Wolfstone” can be found on the resistance U-boat and it’s a ton of fun. You can watch me play some in the video above.

Super Mario Odyssey‘s Best Easter Egg Is An Unexpected Throwback

Super Mario Odyssey is one giant celebration of everything coin and plumber related. A callback in the later portion of the game is a wonderful blast from the past. Spoiler Warning: This post talks about a rad secret found in Super Mario Odyssey’s late game. Following the conclusion of Super Mario Odyssey, Mario ends up…

Acclaimed PS4 Developer Housemarque Changes Course, Saying Arcade Games Are ‘Dead’

Housemarque, the veteran Finnish development studio behind Resogun and Nex Machina, announced in a blog post today that they will abandon arcade style games after a lack of financial success. In a post titled Arcade is Dead, Housemarque CEO Ilari Kuittinen said that the studio will move away from their arcade sensibilities to focus on “something…