Blizzard president Mike Morhaime is no longer in the job, with World of Warcraft executive producer J. Allen Brack taking the role. In a letter to fans, Morhaime said he had decided to step down from his position
Mega Man 11 is a fine game, and a worthy eleventh entry in a series that once set the bar for tricky platformers. It also feels oddly shallow, the latest iteration of a formula that has gone largely unchanged for decades. Mega Man 11 is great at being a Mega Man game. Maybe that’s why…
A video, leaked this morning by a Reddit user who says they captured it from a focus group, shows an apparent big-budget Harry Potter game that looks fantastic. Publisher Warner Bros. has yanked the video from YouTube, but you can watch a mirror here. The footage shows, among other things: Wizards in Hogwarts academy casting…
Google’s long-rumored Yeti streaming service is now official, as the company today announced Project Stream, a service that will allow users to stream games to the Google Chrome internet browser. The first game supported will be Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, which launches on Friday. “We’ve been working on Project Stream, a technical test to solve some…
Swinging around in the new Spider-Man is so much fun, it’ll make you look past the Ubisoft-style collect-a-thon. We discuss that and much more on this week’s Kotaku Splitscreen First, Kirk and I talk some more about Destiny 2‘s Forsaken expansion, addressing the question “how much should creators listen to fan feedback?” and talking about…
Last night, Nintendo and Square Enix delighted Final Fantasy fans by announcing a whole bunch of new Switch ports. There’s Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy X/X-2, Final Fantasy XII, and even the adorable pocket edition of Final Fantasy XV. But where’s Final Fantasy VIII? It’s not clear why the adventures of Squall…
There are a lot of cool weapons in Destiny, which is one of the reasons it’s such a popular game. Here are the top five drops in the latest expansion, which launched last week for PC and consoles. These are all guns that Kirk and I have gotten in the past week, screencapped from our…
Ready to find out what Luigi’s death means for the rest of the Mushroom Kingdom? A Nintendo Direct starts at 6pm ET tonight, and you can watch it right here. Nintendo says it’ll last about 35 minutes and cover Switch and 3DS games.
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s season pass will include, among other things, a remastered version of Assassin’s Creed III, publisher Ubisoft said today. There’s also downloadable content set in Atlantis, DLC surrounding the “first hero to wield the iconic hidden blade,” and a remaster of Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation The Assassin’s Creed III remaster will also be…
The Nintendo Direct that was postponed last week will instead take place tomorrow, September 13, at 6pm ET, Nintendo said this morning. It’ll run 35 minutes and cover both Switch and 3DS games, the company said. Nintendo added that the Switch’s online service will launch on September 18
Hollow Knight, one of the best games of this generation, is coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on September 25. Don’t miss this one.
Destiny, a video game about traveling through space trying to steal handcannon kills from your teammates, has a long and storied history of allowing you to go places you shouldn’t. The new expansion is no exception. Over the weekend, intrepid secret hunters poked around the edges of Destiny 2‘s Forsaken expansion and discovered that they…
Are games like Destiny better when they’re more complicated? Is appealing to the most hardcore players the best way to go? Today on Kotaku Splitscreen, we discuss. First, Kirk and I talk about the brilliant new Spider-Man for PS4, one of my favorite games of the year. We talk about the combat, the web-slinging, the…
Every big video game publisher plans out their marketing announcements meticulously, juggling dozens of bureaucratic balls every time it’s time for a new trailer or press release. When something interrupts those plans—like, say, Nintendo postponing a planned Nintendo Direct—weird things can happen. Like three oddly delivered Switch announcements including Final Fantasy XV (Pocket Edition) and…
Carbine Studios, the developer of the massively multiplayer online game WildStar, is shutting down, Kotaku has learned. Fifty people will lose their jobs in the process, according to a person briefed on the shutdown. The game will also come to a close. Staff were informed of the closure at a meeting today, according to someone…
One of my favorite things about Spider-Man isn’t the scope or the scale—it’s a little musical touch that I’ll bet took a lot of time to get right. You see, whenever you’re perched on a roof or ledge in the new superhero game, which comes out tomorrow for PS4, you’ll start off in complete silence.…
I, like many other hardcore Destiny players, have been lapsed for the past year but returned to the game yesterday for the launch of Forsaken. It’s a weird, wild, and comforting feeling, like slipping into a familiar pair of shoes. Or, more accurately, like getting on a familiar treadmill. Some background: Between September 2014 and…
Here we go—Destiny 2‘s Forsaken is now live, and I’m returning to the game for the first time in nearly a year. Or, as the kids like to call it, I’m “back on my bullshit.” We’ll have plenty of coverage on all the new stuff in the coming days.
Jacob Mitich, a survivor of the deadly shooting at a Madden tournament last weekend that took two lives, is suing both the venue and Madden publisher Electronic Arts for negligence, according to a complaint filed last night. Mitich, who was shot twice, is seeking damages from eight defendants including EA, the Jacksonville Landing mall, and…
The console port of Divinity: Original Sin 2, one of the greatest role-playing games ever made, is just about the best the developers could’ve done. It’s a solid port. It’s just not quite as perfect as the PC version. Tomorrow, Larian Studios will release the “Definitive Edition” of Divinity: Original Sin 2. PC players will…
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