Joshua Rivera

Fallout 76‘s Battle Royale Mode Is An Odd One

It’s become a joke at this point: If an online game is in trouble, the fastest way to turn it around is by adding a battle royale mode. It’s funny because it’s true—that’s how Fortnite turned things around, and what game studio wouldn’t want to dramatically snatch victory from the jaws of defeat? The developers…

Cadence of Hyrule is coming June 13, 2019, per today’s Nintendo direct. That’s this Thursday!

Rainbow Six Quarantine Announced, A 3-Player Co-Op Game

At its E3 press conference Monday afternoon, Ubisoft announced Rainbow Six Quarantine, a cooperative shooter that might be familiar to Kotaku readers. It’s also got a horror twist. It’s our understanding that Quarantine is based on what’s left of Pioneer, Ubisoft’s “canceled,” non-violent space exploration gamethat was rebooted and overhauled beyond recognition a few years…

The Makers Of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia Reveal Their TV Show About Video Game Developers

It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia star Rob McElhenney was a surprise guest at today’s Ubisoft press conference in order to show off the first look at his upcoming TV show about game developers, Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet. Initially announced last August, Mythic Quest was created by McElhenney and his Always Sunny co-star Charlie Day, and…

E3 Just Started and Early 2020 Already Looks Nuts

We’ve only just started the parade of E3 announcements, and one thing is exceedingly clear: Early 2020 is going to bring an overwhelming rush of exciting new games. We are but halfway through the scheduled press conferences and well before the show proper begins, with all of the livestreams and surprises it might bring. And…

The Surprise Skateboarding Game From Last E3 Won’t Be There This Year

At around this time last year, an indie skateboarding game called Session became, through no fault of its own, the biggest letdown of Microsoft’s E3 press conference. In 2018, hope and enthusiasm for an imagined Skate 4 ran amok, an idea that was briefly fueled by the presence of a skateboard at the Microsoft show.…

New Multiplayer Action Game From Makers Of Hellblade Leaks Ahead Of E3

At last year’s E3, Microsoft announced that it had bought four independent studios in an effort to step up its first-party development. One of those studios was Ninja Theory, the developer behind Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice and DmC: Devil May Cry. Since then, we haven’t heard much about what the studio is working on. A Friday…

Larian Shares The Very-Serious Story Of How They Got The Baldur’s Gate 3 Deal

Baldur’s Gate 3 is real, and Larian Studios, the developer behind the excellent Divinity: Original Sin 2, are making it. But how did they score the biggest win in all of role-playing games, one of Dungeons & Dragons’ most-beloved stories? What did they do to sell D&D makers Wizards of the Coast on their Mind…

The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr Adds A Shot Of Cat Charisma And A Lot Of Dragons

The Elder Scrolls Online has always seemed strangely reluctant to get weird. Even though Elder Scrolls games are at their best when they’re at their strangest, the opening hours of ESO’s main quests have always been surprisingly low-key. But ESO’s latest expansion, Elsweyr, takes us all to the eponymous home of the series’ beloved cat…

Darksiders Is Getting A Diablo-Style Spinoff

Publisher THQ Nordic just announced Darksiders Genesis, a Diablo-style spinoff in the recently-revived Darksiders series. It’s a big shift from the third-person action the previous trilogy of action role-playing games was known for. The announcement trailer for Genesis introduces a new horseman of the Apocalypse, Strife, in a brief cinematic, before showing off the game’s…

Slay The Spire, Like Every Other Game, Is Perfect For Switch

On Thursday, Slay the Spire finally arrives on Nintendo Switch, completing its slow creep from Early Access PC hit to finished, widely-available gem. I’ve spent the last couple of days with the Switch version, and it’s incredibly exciting that more people than ever will finally get to play it. Slay the Spire is a deckbuilding…

Naughty Dog Is Taking Uncharted And The Last Of Us‘ PS3 Multiplayer Servers Offline

On Wednesday, Naughty Dog announced on its developer blog that the company will be shutting down multiplayer servers for their PlayStation 3 games Uncharted, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, The Last of Us, and The Last of Us: Left Behind The shutdown isn’t going to be immediate, though—servers won’t go offline until…

The R-Type Final 2 Kickstarter met its funding goal of $416,267 today. The estimated delivery window is December 2020 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

Outer Wilds’ Time Loop Is Beautiful

In Outer Wilds, you have 22 minutes to launch into space before your sun goes supernova. The objective isn’t to avoid this fate—no one knows it’s coming. Instead, you, a four-eyed alien from the peaceful planet of Timber Hearth, are merely doing what your culture prizes above all else: exploring. After those 22 minutes are…

After Raising $120,000 On Kickstarter, Cult Classic Charles Barkley RPG Sequel Has Fallen Apart

Over the weekend, the Kickstarter for Barkley 2, the sequel to the 2008 cult classic RPG spoof Barkley Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, got its first backer updatein nearly two years. It’s not good news. According to the update, Barkley 2 has lost nearly its entire development team, and forum posts from former devs suggest…

My Switch Is Full Of Screenshots My Friends Took By Accident

The Nintendo Switch is a terrific machine for playing video games with friends, for reasons that at this point have been expressed ad nauseam: It’s ridiculously versatile, portable, and not too intimidating. Cliche as they are, those reasons are also true: If I throw a party that segues into video games, odds are we’re going to…

Twitch Isn’t Just For Watching Games, It’s For Waiting For Them

Earlier this week, Sony announced the Death Stranding release date via a nearly day-long Twitch stream that mostly just showed handprints appearing on a black screen. The reasons why fans would watch this is obvious: Anticipation is exciting, and infectious. The reasons why it is encouraged by publishers is also obvious. Marketing on the internet…

Gran Turismo Sport Has Spent Two Years Adding Great Stuff For Free

When Gran Turismo Sport launched in October 2017, it was easy to regard it with suspicion. Despite being the first—and at this rate, perhaps only—Gran Turismo game on the PlayStation 4, it lacked the numeral that would’ve clearly signaled it as the next step in one of the longest-running platform-exclusive series in video games. Why…

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Announced, Will Be A Dark Reboot For The Franchise

Following a cryptic tease Tuesday afternoon, Activision announced Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, the latest installment in the long-running series of first-person shooters. In a new trailer released Thursday, we got our first look at the rebooted Modern Warfare. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will be released October 25, 2019 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One,…

Dungeon Crawlers Make Me Question What I’m Doing With My Life

I’ve been staring at my 3DS a lot lately. It sits on a shelf in front of my TV, not because I use it often but because I might pick it up again sometime. I do the same thing with books, leaving them out in sight so I remember to maybe try and read them.…