Jason Schreier

Dishonored Designer: ‘No One Ever Pressured Us’ To Add Multiplayer

Dishonored has no multiplayer. At all. That’s right: it’s both an original IP and a single-player-only experience. It’s the unicorn of the gaming industry. In a world where multiplayer is viewed as the only way to make serious money off video games (and prevent people from trading them into GameStop), Dishonored seems a strange exception.…

BioShock Infinite‘s Facebook page is teasing a new trailer that should go live October 21

Borderlands 2 Update Hints That The Game’s First DLC Pack is All About Pirates

Achievements and trophies added in yesterday’s patch for the PC and PS3 versions of Borderlands 2 hint at a new piece of downloadable content called “Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate’s Booty.” Gamers on NeoGAF and other big message boards are reporting the details. Here are the three trophies, as posted on both GAF and PS3Trophies,…

Superstar Japanese Designers Made These Three New 3DS Games

Here’s a new trailer for three of the 3DS eShop games that are coming out this fall thanks to publisher Level-5. Developed by a who’s who of Japanese designers, the three games are Liberation Maiden, by Suda 51 (No More Heroes); Aero Porter, by Yoot Saito (Sim Tower); and Crimson Shroud, by Yasumi Matsuno (Final…

Making Gorgeous Maps In Halo 4‘s Forge Mode

Via GameSpot, here’s a great ten-minute video showing off some of the cool things you can make in Halo 4‘s version of Forge, the map editor first seen in Halo 3. Enjoy! Exclusive Halo 4 Forge Mode Details [GameSpot]

OK, Persona 4 Golden Looks Friggin’ Tremendous

The graphics! The music! The new social links! The beaches! The skiing! Atlus released this video today to show off the new features in Persona 4 Golden, and holy crap. It looks fantastic. Between this and Paper Mario: Sticker Star, I am going to be staring at small screens all damn fall.

Valve Wants You To Come Test Out Their Games And Hardware

Valve is looking for playtesters to come try out all of their cool new gadgets and games. They want Seattle/Bellevue-based testers for now, but they also might have plans for remote playtesting in the future, according to Valve’s Burton Johnsey, who posted on Steam’s forums to announce the playtesting: We’re looking for folks to come…

Square Enix Defends The Surprisingly High Pricing of Their iOS/Android Games

Over the past few years, Square Enix has become something of a force in mobile gaming. The big Japanese publisher, best known for making console role-playing games like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, has also found success making solid games for tablets and phones. Some of them are ports of old classics; others are new,…

Let’s Keep Talking About Bravely Default Until Square Enix Brings It To America

We still haven’t heard a peep from Square Enix’s North American offices about Bravely Default: Flying Fairy, a lovely-looking 3DS RPG that’s out in Japan this week. Which is a real shame. I really want to play it. Yesterday, RPGLand posted an interesting interview with Bravely Default producer Tomoya Asano. It’s got a lot of…

So Which Games Are You Getting Today?

There are lots of games out today. Lots and lots of games. Stealthy assassins, anti-alien defense squads. Kinect wizards. Lots of games! So tell us: what are you planning on getting this week? Free free to pick multiple options if you plan to get more than one game. What game are you getting today? (Ridiculous…

Before You Start… Tips For Playing Dishonored The Best Way

Revenge ain’t easy. While playing Dishonored, an excellent new stealth-action game that’s out today for consoles and PC, you might find yourself face-to-face with a pack of pistol-brandishing guards or surrounded by a swarm of hungry, plague-infested rats. Or maybe you just don’t know where to go next. Whether you’re stuck in a tight spot…

Before There Was Angry Birds: Star Wars, There Was Fanmade Angry Birds: Star Wars

Angry Birds: Star Wars doesn’t look half bad! I really like the art style, and if this game adds as many neat new features as Angry Birds Space did a few months ago, it should be really interesting. Now that the crazy crossover is official, it seems like a good time to remember that almost…

Watch All Of Final Fantasy VII In Just Five Minutes

Brought to you by Dan Hobart, the man who cut abridged versions of Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, and quite a few other Super Nintendo games, here’s all of Final Fantasy VII in five minutes. In case you feel like getting all nostalgic and wistful but you don’t have time to play Square’s classic RPG…

Two Weird New Games Are Coming To Vita Very Soon

Believe it or not, the PlayStation Vita has been quietly picking up steam this fall. Two new Vita games from Japan with weird premises and even weirder titles—Dokuro and Orgarhythm—are coming to the U.S. within the next couple of weeks. First up is Dokuro (pictured above). Out October 16 for $20 on PSN, it’s a…

The Best Ways I Killed People In Dishonored

Call it morbid, call it gruesome, call it what you will. But murdering corrupt guards in creative ways is one of the most satisfying things you can do in Dishonored, the triumphant stealth-action game that hits store shelves tomorrow. While playing the game over the past week or so, I killed enemies in quite a…

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Fox Is Turning Battlefield: Bad Company Into A TV Series

Fox plans to make a television series out of EA’s Battlefield: Bad Company, Deadline reports You might remember Bad Company as that Battlefield game that focused on a colorful single-player campaign rather than multi-player slaughtering. You might also remember it as the one with the grenade and the smiley face pin. It had a sense…

Humans Are The Enemy In This Ridiculous PETA Pokémon Parody

You! Person reading this! Scum human. Go play Pokémon Black & Blue, a new Flash game by the folks at PETA, noble heroes and the only people in the world who had the balls to point out how disgusting it is that Mario wears fur You will undoubtedly learn quite a lot from Pokémon Black…

Dishonored: The Kotaku Review

I would love to have been a fly on the wall during the pitch meeting for Dishonored. “Well, it’s Deus Ex meets BioShock,” someone undoubtedly said. “Oh hey, and let’s throw in some Half-Life 2 ’cause why not?” It’s a bizarre, eclectic blend, the type of combination that might seem too ambitious to work. But…

You Must Watch This Amazing Marching Band Perform Video Game Music

Featuring music from Zelda, Halo, and quite a few other games, this performance by The Ohio State University’s marching band is something that must be seen. Just wait til you get to the horse. (Thanks to everyone who sent this in!)