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Jason Schreier
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News editor. Author of Blood, Sweat, and Pixels.

hmmmmm OK nobody read this article until you’ve pre-ordered the book Read more

Was the PS4 your first console? What made you decide to get into gaming, if you’d never played games before? Read more

Sure seems like it, although we’ll have to wait and see just how decent a library Nintendo offers. I also hope this whole service is a supplement to a proper Virtual Console (with GameCube games!) rather than a replacement. Read more

That’s what they said in January, but here’s today’s wording: “Subscribers will get to download a compilation of classic titles with added online play, such as Super Mario Bros. 3, Balloon Fight and Dr. Mario.” Read more

Be sure to come back once you’ve played the game and realize how dumb this comment was! Read more

Oh, just to be clear, all of these quotes aren’t in the book. I’m planning on doing a few Kotaku articles with reporting that didn’t fit into any of the chapters. And yes, I know, delays are all my fault etc. Read more

Yeah, the DA:I chapter of my book covers Frostbite’s issues in-depth. The short version is that this was an engine designed for first-person shooters and BioWare had to make pretty much EVERYTHING from scratch, from the inventory system to character animations. Read more

That’s exactly why it’s awful. The Inquisition team was crunching really hard during the last months of development, mostly thanks to their issues with Frostbite, and then what they thought was the end got moved back six weeks, which must have been horrible. Read more

I cannot recommend the Double Fine documentary enough! It’s so, so good. Read more

Not only will there be an audiobook, there’ll be an audiobook read by Prince Noctis: Read more

Take-Two also said: “Looking ahead to fiscal 2019, we expect to deliver both record Net Sales and record net cash provided by operating activities, in excess of $2.5 billion and $700 million, respectively, led by the launches of Rockstar Games’ Red Dead Redemption 2 and a highly anticipated new title from one of 2K’s Read more

Depends where you’re flying from, but I wouldn’t recommend it just because you may meet cool people who you want to hang out with at night, and you might not want to have to run to the airport. Read more