Jason Schreier

South Park: The Stick of Truth Gets A Sequel

Surprise! We’re getting a new South Park RPG, and this time it revolves around the superheroes Coon and Friends. This one is developed by Ubisoft San Francisco—guess they wanted to do it internally instead of relying on Obsidian again—and it’s called South Park: The Fractured But Whole. No word on release date, but it’ll be…

Watch Ubisoft’s E3 Press Conference Live, Right Here [UPDATE: Over]

Get ready for Ubisoft’s big press conference, which should be chock full of news on The Division, Rainbow Six, and roughly 17,000 Assassin’s Creeds, each for a different platform. The presser starts at 6pm ET. Watch right here:

Five Minutes Of Star Wars: Battlefront Gameplay

Straight outta EA’s E3 press conference, here’s a big chunk of multiplayer gameplay from Star Wars Battlefront, out November 17 for PS4/Xbox One/PC. Looks pretty rad, don’t you think? EA says this is running on a PS4, captured from a 40-person battle between the Empire and Rebels on the frozen planet of Hoth. “As the…

EA Announces Incredible-Looking Indie-ish Yarn Game Unravel

This is Unravel, an awesome-looking game that EA—of all companies—is publishing for various platforms. I played a bunch of Unravel at Judge’s Week in Los Angeles last month and can confirm that it’s really cool. Lots of yarny platforming goodness. This one’s worth watching.

Watch EA’s Press Conference Live, Right Here

Get ready for some red-hot EA Sports action, featuring all the games you’ve been craving: golf, soccer, football, and basketball. Also some Star Wars thing or whatever. Yep, it’s time for the EA press conference, which starts at 4pm ET. (Full schedule right here.) We’re expecting news on Battlefront, Mirror’s Edge, and maybe even the…

Watch Hideo Kojima’s Last Metal Gear Solid E3 Trailer Ever

Metal Gear Solid V will be Hideo Kojima’s last Metal Gear Solid game, as we’ve all come to accept by now. This is his last Metal Gear Solid E3 trailer. MGS V is, of course, coming out in September. Read more about the game in our hands-on preview

The Rare Collection Is Now Official

As we told you this morning, Microsoft is releasing a compilation of Rare games for Xbox One. It’s called Rare Replay and it’ll cost you just $30. For 30 games. Not bad! Here’s a list of every game: Atic Atac Banjo-Kazooie Banjo-Kazooie Nuts & Bolts Banjo-Tooie Battletoads Battletoads Arcade Blast Corps Cobra Triangle Conker’s Bad…

Xbox One Gets Backwards Compatibility; Microsoft Takes Shots At Sony

Xbox boss Phil Spencer just announced that the Xbox One is getting backwards compatibility with 360 games later this year, which is pretty damn cool. You’ll be able to access your digital collection of 360 games on Xbox One, as well as put discs in and download games you already own. The service will be…

Watch Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference Live, Right Here [UPDATE: Over]

From Gears of War to Halo 5, Microsoft’s E3 2015 press conference will be full of people shooting aliens in various ways. We’ll also see some Tomb Raider, some Rare, and maybe some other solid surprises, too. Microsoft’s presser starts at 12:30pm ET. (The full E3 press conference schedule is here. Read our liveblog right…

We Hear There’s A Rare Collection Coming To Xbox One

For months now we’ve been chasing down a rumor that Microsoft plans to release a collection of Rare games for Xbox One this summer to mark the storied company’s 30th anniversary. Today, a Kotaku reader sent over a retail image that seems to corroborate this rumor. GameStop is listing an entry for something called “RareReplay,”…

Your Guide To This Year’s E3 Press Conference Schedule

E3 2015 doesn’t officially start until Tuesday, but the publisher press conferences start tonight, which means it’s time for all sorts of surprises, reveals, and potential megatons. Get ready. Over the next few days it’s likely we’ll see Fallout 4, Halo 5, Uncharted 4, Star Ocean 5, and a ton of other video games that…

Fallout 4 Is Coming This Fall

You’ll be able to play the fourth Fallout pretty damn soon. Bethesda says it’ll be out on November 10, 2015 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Five months to go. (For more on Fallout 4, check out our footage and gifs from the demo they showed off at tonight’s E3 presser.)

Dishonored is getting a remake for PS4 and Xbox One, Bethesda just announced. It’s called Dishonored: Definitive Edition and it’ll be out this fall.

Watch The Bethesda E3 Conference Live, Right Here [UPDATE: Over]

Fallout 4! Dishonored 2! Fallout 4! Doom! Fallout 4! Fallout 4! Fallout 4! It’s time for Bethesda’s first ever E3 press conference. Hope you’re ready. We’re not sure how long this presser will be, but it’ll start at 10pm ET. You can watch right here: UPDATE (11:30pm): And we’re finished. Hell of a conference, thanks…

Mother Coming To Wii U As Earthbound Beginnings

Holy shit. Nintendo just announced that the first Mother game is coming to the U.S. for the first time—on the Wii U’s Virtual Console, as Earthbound Beginnings. And it’s out today. This is to celebrate Mother’s 20th anniversary, and it sure is unexpected. We’ve never seen an official English translation of this game until now.…

A U.S. judge has sentenced 23-year-old David Pokora to 18 months in prison for his involvement in a group that stole software from Microsoft, Valve and other companies. (Read more about Pokora and crew in this piece.)

Kotaku Asks: Diablo Designer David Brevik [Q&A Over]

David Brevik, one of the original creators of Diablo and the current CEO of Gazillion Entertainment (Marvel Heroes), is here to answer your questions today. Brevik, who co-founded Blizzard North back in 1993 (when it was called Condor), served as a core member of the team that would go on to release Diablo and its…

Good news, Tales fans: Tales of Zestiria, previously announced for PS3, will also hit PS4 and PC when it comes to North America and Europe this October. If only all Japanese companies treated their western fans this well.

Yet Another JRPG Is Coming To 3DS

Today, the publisher Atlus officially announced a U.S. localization for Legend of Legacy, a video game that, like most video games, probably should’ve been called something else. Terrible title aside, Legend of Legacy is a rad-looking RPG for the 3DS with turn-based combat and seven protagonists, not unlike the classic SaGa Frontier. It’s also got…

The Steam Summer Sale Starts Now

The bad news: your credit card bill might be a disaster next month. The good news: at least now you can get refunds? It’s time for the Steam Summer Sale Today’s big deals include Valkyria Chronicles for $5 (yes!), Don’t Starve for $4, and all of Tales From The Borderlands for $12.50, among many others.…