A few of us have been playing Pillars of Eternity, the lovely new crowdfunded PC role-playing game that sets out to re-create the vibe of old Infinity Engine games like Baldur’s Gate Safe to say we love it so far. I’ve got many more hours to play before I feel comfortable writing a full, thorough…
Change your Twitch password—the streaming company says they’ve been hit by a security breach and that the culprits got into people’s accounts. If you use your Twitch password anywhere else, you’ll want to change those passwords, too.
The first single-player downloadable content for Dragon Age: Inquisition will be out tomorrow, Kotaku has confirmed. Well, unless you’re on PlayStation. Then you’ll have to wait a while. DLC pack #1 for Inquisition is called “Jaws of Hakkon,” which is likely named after a Dragon Age god named Hakkon Wintersbreath. It’s coming out tomorrow for…
“Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory gave me brain damage.” This short blog post by veteran game designer Clint Hocking about the stress and anxiety of game development is worth a read
Anyone who enjoyed isometric PC role-playing games like Baldur’s Gate will undoubtedly love Pillars of Eternity, which has taken over my life for the past few days. It’s really, really excellent. It’s also got some hilariously anomalous player-created names and messages, like the one you can see above. “I will either die by the wife…
Last month, the world freaked out over rumors that Nintendo was working with Netflix to create a live-action TV series based on The Legend of Zelda. Today, the guy who runs Nintendo says those rumors aren’t true. The buzz started back in February, when the Wall Street Journal reported that Netflix was in the “early…
Batman: Arkham Knight just got yet another delay—the upcoming superhero action game will now come out on June 23, the developers say. More time to polish that batsuit.
For the past two days, rumors have been swirling that Metal Gear Solid bossman Hideo Kojima will be parting ways with Konami in the near future. Today, Konami issued a statement that seems to imply the rumors are true: Kojima will finish up MGS V, and then Metal Gear will continue… but they’re looking for…
Ever wanted to know just how Geoff Keighley put together The Game Awards? Or what he does all day when he’s not tweeting about giraffes? Welcome to Kotaku Asks, a brand new Q&A feature that we’re kicking off today. Every week, we’ll be inviting guests from the world of gaming—including both the people who make…
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Last month, we broke news that Microsoft had cancelled the Phantom Dust reboot that was in the works at an independent studio called Darkside Games. As a result of this cancellation, Darkside shut down, laying off around 50 staff. The news has raised questions about the fate of Phantom Dust, a beloved cult classic that…
Welcome to Retail Hell, our new regular feature collecting the best and worst stories from the world of video game retail. In today’s round-up, we’ve got reader-submitted stories of grandmas playing Zelda, two-year-olds stealing Pokémon cards, and the case of the cockroach-filled PS3. If you’ve worked in gaming retail and you’ve got stories to share—happy,…
Blizzard is launching a closed beta for StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void on March 31, and it sounds like the upcoming expansion pack will change their real-time strategy game in some totally drastic ways. For one, starting worker count is going to double, as outlined on Blizzard’s blog You’ll also notice that the starting…
By now, you’ve had 24 hours to play Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae, one of the most fascinating video game demos in recent memory. (How many other demos actually let you save your progress?) And those of you who read Kotaku regularly might recall that during an interview in January, FFXV director Hajime Tabata told…
Video game programmer Jesse Bright passed away last week, and one of his friends has started a crowdfunding campaign to raise college money for the son he left behind. You can find it here
Final Fantasy Type-0 can be more than a little overwhelming. Between the barrage of proper nouns and 14—fourteen!—playable characters, it’ll probably take you some time to get adjusted to the pace of Square’s newest role-playing game. We’re here to help. If you want to get the most out of Type-0—which came out today for PS4…
There are a lot of cool moments in Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae, the much-anticipated demo that’s finally out today for PS4 and Xbox One (alongside FF Type-0 HD) You can explore the world, take on sidequests, get to know Noctis and his merry band of bros, and spend a whole lot of time playing…
Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae is out today, and to celebrate, we’re throwing it up on a livestream and seeing what happens. Yep, for my first ever Twitch broadcast I’ll be running around as Noctis and crew in the much-anticipated FFXV demo, which comes alongside Final Fantasy Type-0 HD on PS4 and Xbox One. I’ll…
The best moments in Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, a new role-playing game that is just as clunky as its title suggests, come not from the main path but from the things you can do during the breaks. This might not sound too strange to anyone accustomed to RPGs like Baldur’s Gate or Fallout, where going…
Next week, we’ll finally be able to get our hands on the much-anticipated demo for Final Fantasy XV, which is basically the Half-Life 3 of JRPGs. This continues a long tradition of publisher Square Enix releasing demos for their big RPGs alongside other games… like the demo for Xenogears, which launched with the horror game…
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