Jason Schreier

People Are Scamming Walmart With Bogus Cheap PS4 Listings [Update]

There’s nothing like some good ol’ fashioned corporation scamming on the holidays. And as we inch closer to Black Friday, some particularly ambitious shoppers have convinced the mega-chain Walmart to sell them PlayStation 4s for as cheap as $50 thanks to a simple new price-matching scam. Don’t cry for Walmart, though. Cry for price-matching. “We’re…

Mystery Smash 3DS Patch Leads Players On A Hunt For What Changed

Yesterday, Nintendo released the v1.0.4 update for Super Smash Bros. 3DS, which, as they announced last week, adjusts balance in the mascot fighting game. Yet… nobody’s quite sure what they actually changed. Yep, inexplicably, Sakurai and crew decided not to include patch notes in the most recent update for their handheld Smash game. Here’s the…

Are you an active World of Warcraft subscriber? You get five free days—it’s Blizzard’s way of saying “sorry” for all the lag and other technical issues that went down when Warlords of Draenor launched last week.

The Creator Of Monkey Island Is Making A New Adventure Game

Oh my goodness. OH MY GOODNESS. Ron Gilbert, best known as the creator of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion, just launched a Kickstarter for a brand new old-school point-and-click adventure game that looks just about incredible. Yes, yes, we’re all suffering from Kickstarter malaise, and these days crowdfunded projects seem ripe for disappointment, but this…

Temporary Sears Glitch Let Some People Buy $60 3DS And Wii U Bundles

Over the weekend, the Sears website had an interesting price glitch—Wii U and 3DS bundles, typically $300 and $200, respectively, were instead selling for $60 each. It was clearly a mistake, and Sears was quick to correct it. But before they could, crafty gamers all across the United States went to all sorts of stores—Sears…

Destiny Just Got A Bunch Of Much-Needed Updates

Today, Bungie released a new update for Destiny, a video game in which players travel the galaxy asking themselves why they’re still playing Destiny This patch is pretty good. It’s full of improvements—some of which we asked for—that will make Destiny far more palatable. In addition to general bug fixes and some table-setting for the…

GameStop’s 2014 Black Friday Deals Have Leaked

Let’s take a minute to be grateful for Thanksgiving’s annual traditions: turkey, football, and GameStop’s Black Friday deals leaking before they’re supposed to go live. This year’s deals include a $400 PS4 bundle with GTA V and The Last of Us, games like The Evil Within and Madden 15 for $30 each, and a $330…

Yup, Someone Put Super Smash Bros. On A Friggin’ Calculator

Next Friday, Super Smash Bros. will finally come out in glorious high-definition on the Wii U. This Friday, it’s out in glorious low-definition on the TI-83 calculator. Modder Hayleia has actually been working on this Smash Bros. demake for a while, but I stumbled upon it thanks to a TinyCartridge write-up today, and it’s just…

I Can’t Stop Listening To Persona Q‘s Battle Theme

The first time you hear it, you’re like, “haha this is ridiculous,” and then the second time you’re like “OK this is kinda catchy,” and then by the third and fourth time you start getting really excited every time the woman starts singing the chorus, and then by the fifth time you’re dancing, by the…

Hearthstone Player Forces Opponent To Draw 784 Cards

This one might be a little hard to follow for people who haven’t played Hearthstone, but it sure is ridiculous: above, watch a player kill his opponent by forcing them to draw a whopping 784 cards, dealing a total of around 300,000 damage. If you haven’t played Blizzard’s addictive digital card game, allow me to…

The Anita Sarkeesian Hater That Everyone Hates

In mid-October, I was approached by some Gamergaters who wanted to show me something important. They had bagged a big one, they said. They said they had tracked down one of the people who was sending death threats to feminist critic Anita Sarkeesian. I didn’t know how to react. Members of Gamergate—an amorphous campaign that…

Heists are finally coming to GTA Online, Rockstar said today—the much-delayed multiplayer feature will go live during the first update after the game comes out on PS4 and Xbox One next week. No word on when that update will go live, but heists will be available on all four consoles.

Did you know there’s a new Picross out today for 3DS? I sure didn’t. Nice surprise to wake up to. Thanks, Jupiter!

Yet More Proof That We All Want More Great JRPGs

Japan, are you there? Are you listening? Japan? I’m going to say this as clearly as possible, so even the biggest, most stubborn video game publishers can understand: Americans want more JRPGs. One more time: Americans. Want. More. JRPGs. Don’t just take my word for it. Listen to Sega, who just released a Steam port…

Square Enix Announces Just Cause 3 [UPDATE]

Just Cause 3 is official—a third game in Avalanche’s open-world action/adventure series will come to PS4, Xbox One, and PC next year, Square Enix announced today. Game Informer has the official Just Cause 3 announcement as part of their December cover story, which will go live for digital subscribers later today. This official announcement comes…

Watch Every Secret Conversation In Super Smash Bros. Wii U

In Brawl we had Snake’s codec calls; today we have Palutena’s Guidance. If you play as Pit in Super Smash Bros. Wii U—out November 21—you’ll see a ton of hidden conversations between him, Palutena, and the nature goddess Viridi. Many of them are useful, and some are kind of hilarious. The fine folks at GameXplain…

There’s A Big New Game Award Show Happening This December

Spike’s VGX may no longer be this year’s big holiday showcase—former host Geoff Keighley just announced plans for a new December awards show, The Game Awards, which promises “awards, world premieres, musical performances, and appearances by game developers, eSports players and online content creators.” For the past few years, Keighley (a friend of Kotaku) has…

Here’s The Launch Trailer For Grand Theft Auto V On PS4/Xbox One

Hot off Rockstar’s presses, this is the launch trailer for Grand Theft Auto V, which comes to PS4 and Xbox One next week (and to PC in January). This current-gen version of GTA V, which is out November 18, will come not only with fancy new graphics but with a brand new first-person mode that…

StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void Has Some Rad New Units

From exploding Protoss Disruptors to a zippy new Terran melee charger called the Herc, StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void will bring us a whole bunch of rad multiplayer units when it’s released… uh, whenever it’s released. As part of BlizzCon, the folks at Blizzard published three new videos on the StarCraft channel today, breaking…

Blizzard Announces Overwatch

For the first time in many years, Blizzard announced a new franchise today: meet Overwatch, a team-based multiplayer shooter with Pixar-like graphics that will enter beta next year. The game looks great. It’s a PvP shooter with unique character classes, very reminiscent of Team Fortress 2. Here’s the cinematic trailer: For a full look at…