Jason Schreier

Destiny 2 Hits PC In October

Destiny 2, a video game that just got un-delayed, will hit PC on October 24, developer Bungie said today. The PS4 and Xbox One versions, meanwhile, will arrive two days earlier than expected, on September 6. The beta for Destiny 2 will go live in July. PS4 players will get it starting on July 18;…

Watch Sony’s E3 2017 Press Conference Live, Right Here [UPDATE: Over]

From Uncharted to Spider-Man, there should be lots of games tonight at the PlayStation E3 2017 conference, which starts at 9pm PT. Expect Detroit, Days Gone, and hopefully some cool surprises. Maybe they’ll even mention the word “Vita”—we can’t wait. UPDATE: And we’re done. Here’s all the news

South Park: Phone Destroyer Is Coming To Mobile

Today Ubisoft announced South Park: Phone Destroyer, a mobile game that appears to involve RPG battling and collectible cards. It’ll be out in 2017. Here’s the trailer:

Watch The 2017 Bethesda Press Conference Live, Right Here [UPDATE: Over]

It is time for sequels to Wolfenstein and The Evil Within. And maybe some other things. Come on down for a very late night with the folks at Bethesda. Bethesda’s E3 presser starts tonight at 12am Eastern (9pm Pacific), and you can watch it all live right here (or on Twitch if that’s more up…

Microsoft Announces Xbox One X, Will Be $499

Microsoft’s next console, codenamed Project Scorpio, will be called Xbox One X, the company said today. It will be out on November 7 worldwide and cost four-hundred-ninety-nine U.S. dollars (aka $500). The big buzzwords are “True 4K,” and Microsoft is touting Xbox One X’s higher resolution. It’ll support all previous Xbox One games and accessories,…

Watch The Xbox E3 2017 Press Conference Live, Right Here [UPDATE: Over]

From teraflops to teraflips, Microsoft’s holding its E3 2017 press conference at 5pm Eastern today, and you can watch it right here. Expect first-party games like Sea of Thieves and Crackdown 3 as well as big third-party games like Anthem and maybe Assassin’s Creed: Origins. And of course, expect Microsoft to reveal details on Xbox…

Podcast: What We Expect (And Hope) To See At E3 2017

It’s Video Game Christmas on today’s Kotaku Splitscreen, and with E3 now underway, it’s time to for one last chat about our hopes, dreams, and predictions. We open up the show with some brief talk about Mass Effect: Andromeda’s turbulent development (4:03) before jumping into E3 talk, going through each press conference to talk about…

BioWare Announces New IP, Anthem

Here’s a brief teaser of BioWare’s next big new game, a brand new intellectual property called Anthem. Not much to say just yet, but EA says we’ll see more of it at Microsoft’s press conference tomorrow. BioWare has been teasing this new IP for years now, since Mass Effect executive producer Casey Hudson first started…

Madden 18 Has A Story Mode

In addition to having the worst cover of all time, the new Madden will have a scripted story mode, following the successful NBA 2K series in its attempt to summon REAL DRAMA out of digital sports. Here’s hoping it’ll be good—and that you can skip the cutscenes. Trailer above, via EA’s press conference today.

Assassin’s Creed: Origins Is Leaking Everywhere

The next Assassin’s Creed is going to Egypt, and although Ubisoft hasn’t yet confirmed it, we can piece it together from roughly 2349892483294832 leaks. Today’s leak comes from someone with an early copy of Game Informer, whose next cover story is Assassin’s Creed: Origins, out this October. Rumors of the next Assassin’s Creed have been…

Ask Kotaku‘s Staff Anything: E3 Edition

We’re just one day away from the unofficial start of E3. Come ask us anything you’d like. We’ll be here for an hour or so. Let’s party.

GameStop Customers’ Credit Cards May Have Been Stolen, Company Says

A very bad year for GameStop got even worse this week, as the retailer sent out letters to online customers informing them that their credit cards may have been stolen. In the letter, which several Kotaku readers (and an editor-in-chief) received yesterday, GameStop says that breachers may have obtained names, addresses, and credit card information…

The E3 2017 Press Conference Schedule

We’re just days away from E3, when we’ll all gather on the internet for that barrage of endorphins that can only come from live video game press conferences full of gun shooting, cars, and more gun shooting. The show will start on a Saturday this year, thanks to the early risers at Electronic Arts. Let’s…

CD Projekt Red: Thieves Stole Cyberpunk 2077 Documents, Asked For Ransom

The makers of The Witcher say thieves have stolen design documents for their next game, Cyberpunk 2077. And those thieves demanded a ransom—that the developers say they won’t pay. In a tweet today, Polish developer CD Projekt Red said that it would not be acquiescing to a ransom demand laid out by “an unidentified individual…

Fortnite Enters Early Access, Six Years After Getting Announced

Fortnite, a building survival game developed by the folks at Epic Games, will enter Early Access on July 25, the publisher said today. It was announced on December 10, 2011, so it only makes sense that it’d enter Early Access now. The game will be out for Xbox One, PS4, PC, and Mac. Here’s a…

The Story Behind Mass Effect: Andromeda‘s Troubled Five-Year Development

In 2012, as work on Mass Effect 3 came to a close, a small group of top BioWare employees huddled to talk about the next entry in their epic sci-fi franchise. Their goal, they decided, was to make a game about exploration—one that would dig into the untapped potential of the first three games. Instead…

How Many Of You Started Playing Games This Generation?

Back in the ancient days of 2012, pundits and analysts across the world put on their soothsayer hats and predicted that iPhones and iPads would kill console gaming. Then, the PS4 came out and sold roughly 40 billion units, proving them all wrong. Which raises the question: How many people started gaming this generation? As…

Capcom is putting out a second collection of Mega Man games, this time including Mega Man 7, Mega Man 8, Mega Man 9, and Mega Man 10. It’s coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC on August 8. No word on a 3DS or Switch release, sadly.

Nintendo is holding a Pokémon Direct tomorrow at 10am Eastern. Feels like time for Pokémon Switch, doesn’t it? Nintendo says the presentation will be eight minutes.

Switch’s Netflix-Like Classic Game Service Is A Rare Example Of Nintendo Listening

The noun “Nintendo” can also be used as an adjective. When a company makes players download a separate smartphone app for voice chat? That’s Nintendo. Friend codes? Very Nintendo. Not making Metroid Prime 4? SO NINTENDO. But last night, the company behind Switch made a move that was resoundingly un-Nintendo: it actually listened to fans.…