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The Rejuvenation Of Final Fantasy
In the back of the Los Angeles Convention Center this week, on a massive screen that seemed more suited for a movie theater than an E3 show floor, Square Enix was running a loop of video footage from their biggest games. Every ten minutes we’d see their newest and most impressive announcement: Final Fantasy XV…
By Jason Schreier Published June 14, 2013 -
The Next Smash Bros. Will Balance Casual And Hardcore, Creators Say
If Super Smash Bros. Melee was for hardcore players, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl was for casual players, the next Smash Bros. game will fall somewhere in between, creator Masahiro Sakurai says. This time around, Sakurai is going for the best of both worlds. This morning, Sakurai and I had a long chat about all…
By Jason Schreier Published June 13, 2013 -
Don’t Expect A Lot Of Third-Party Characters In The Next Smash Bros
The people behind Smash Bros. say not to expect a lot of third-party characters in the next incarnation of their fighting game. Mega Man is an exception. While chatting with Smash designer Masahiro Sakurai this morning, I pointed out that fans are very psyched about the Blue Bomber making an appearance in his next game.…
By Jason Schreier Published June 13, 2013 -
No More Tripping In The New Smash Bros
Good news for Smash Bros. fans: there’s no tripping in the newest one. For the uninitiated: Tripping is the colloquial term for those moments in Smash Bros. Brawl when your character runs, stumbles, falls, and is temporarily stunned. Most fans hated it. When I asked my Twitter followers what they’d like to know about the…
By Jason Schreier Published June 13, 2013 -
See If This Is Enough To Convince You To Care About Rune Factory 4
While wandering around the E3 show floor today, I ran into XSEED’s Jessica Chavez, who you might remember from an informative Kotaku Q&A about how Japanese video games are localized for Western shores Chavez wanted to convince me that one of XSEED’s next games, the RPG/sim Rune Factory 4, is worth our attention. So I…
By Jason Schreier Published June 13, 2013 -
Why Ace Attorney Investigations 2 Never Made It To America
Here in the United States, we’ve seen English releases of every Ace Attorney game to date—except for one. Ace Attorney Investigations 2, the sequel to the spinoff that put you in the prosecuting pants of the stylish Miles Edgeworth (as opposed to Phoenix Wright, the hotshot lawyer who stars in most of the Ace Attorney…
By Jason Schreier Published June 11, 2013 -
The Next RPG From The Makers Of Xenoblade Is Out For Wii U Next Year
There’s no title yet for the upcoming open-world RPG from Monolith Soft, the people behind critically-acclaimed Wii RPG Xenoblade, but it’s codenamed X. And it’s got giant robots. Which reminds me of Xenogears. Which makes me very happy. Here’s Nintendo’s official PR on the game: A brand-new title developed by MONOLITH SOFTWARE INC.: Monolith Soft,…
By Jason Schreier Published June 11, 2013 -
The New 3DS Zelda Is Called A Link Between Worlds
The 3DS sequel to The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is called The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. Check out this new trailer to see more of the game in action. If you’ve played LTTP on Super Nintendo, the world will look more than a little familiar. No word on…
By Jason Schreier Published June 11, 2013 -
Mega Man Is FINALLY Coming To Smash Bros.
The new Super Smash Bros, out for 3DS and Wii U in 2014, will finally feature Capcom’s Mega Man. FINALLY. Fans have been requesting the Blue Bomber as a third-party addition to the cast of this star-studded fighting game series for as long as it’s been around.
By Jason Schreier Published June 11, 2013 -
At Least Microsoft Is Winning The Console War In My Hotel Bathroom
The hotel maids stuck this sign in our bathroom while we were at today’s E3 press conferences. It doesn’t make much sense. “All in one. Input one.” It literally means nothing, as Stephen pointed out yesterday. But hey. Sony might be winning the war for our living rooms, but at least Microsoft won the war…
By Jason Schreier Published June 11, 2013 -
E3’s Most Awkward Moment So Far
Technical difficulty struck the Microsoft E3 press conference this morning just as DICE was preparing to show off a trailer for Battlefield 4. The resulting moments were painfully awkward. Check out some footage above. Poor guy. “We will start over.”
By Jason Schreier Published June 10, 2013 -
Shake Up At Studio From Hell
An awful situation may be turning around for the better. Trendy Entertainment president Jeremy Stieglitz will alter his role following Kotaku‘s report into the company’s practices yesterday, according to two people close to the situation. Yesterday, we published an investigation into conditions at Trendy, which included testimonials from nine current and former employees. They described…
By Jason Schreier Published June 8, 2013 -
The Biggest Storylines Of E3 For JRPG Fans
E3 is next week, and while it’s easy to get distracted by the dubsteppy shooters and flashy next-gen engines, the important news, of course, revolves around JRPGs. Yep, my favorite part of the show every year is getting to wander the floor and find hidden Japanese gems (and/or accidentally convince Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime to leak…
By Jason Schreier Published June 7, 2013 -
Investigation: A Video Game Studio From Hell
Seven-day work weeks. Sexist decisions. An office environment so toxic, employees are terrified to speak up for fear of losing their jobs. That’s the atmosphere at the Florida-based game development studio Trendy Entertainment, according to current and former employees. Trendy is responsible for a popular tower defense game called Dungeon Defenders and is currently working…
By Jason Schreier Published June 7, 2013 -
Xbox One Games ‘Can Only Be Given Once’ [UPDATE]
This is unreal. Microsoft’s new policies seem to confuse more than they clarify. Right at the bottom of one section of the big list of policies Microsoft just released for Xbox One is a little detail about how you’ll be able to share games with your friends. Turns out you’ll only be able to give…
By Jason Schreier Published June 6, 2013 -
Xbox One Needs To Connect To The Internet Every 24 Hours For Gaming
Following a whole lot of mixed messaging and confusion Microsoft has just confirmed what we told you three weeks ago: the Xbox One will indeed need to be connected to the Internet once every 24 hours to play games. If you don’t connect once every 24 hours, you will not be able to play games…
By Jason Schreier Published June 6, 2013 -
The Best Tower Defense Game On iOS Gets A Worthy—If Similar—Sequel
I spent a large chunk of 2012 playing Kingdom Rush, the unfairly addictive tower defense game that tasks you with upgrading towers, maneuvering troops, and throwing down last-minute fireballs in an attempt to thwart invading monsters. I mastered it, maxing out every level on the hardest difficulty. (I am allowed to brag about this, because…
By Jason Schreier Published June 6, 2013
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