Jason Schreier

Report: Third Version Of Pokémon Sun And Moon Coming To Nintendo Switch

A third version of Pokémon Sun and Moon, code-named Pokémon Stars, will come to Nintendo Switch in late 2017, according to a new report. The folks at Eurogamer, who correctly reported concrete details of Nintendo’s next console well before it was announced, say that this will be a third version of the same base game,…

Free From Konami, Hideo Kojima Finally Gets His Game Award

Last year, as you might recall, Konami and their son Hideo Kojima got into a spat. Konami barred Kojima from attending The Game Awards to collect an honor he received for Metal Gear Solid V; host Geoff Keighley went HAM. It was a whole thing. This year, Kojima will finally get his award: You’re free…

Podcast: More Dishonored Can Only Be A Good Thing

Today on Kotaku Splitscreen, we’re joined by managing editor Riley MacLeod to talk Dishonored 2, Hitman, and Watch Dogs 2. The second Dishonored game feels like more Dishonored, and who can complain about that? Join us for a chat about what the latest Arkane game is like and how it compares to one of this year’s…

Persona 5 Delayed To April

The fifth Persona is delayed yet again, this time to April 4, 2017, Atlus announced today on a stream. To make up for this delay, the publisher says they’re adding dual audio, so you’ll be able to play with either Japanese or English voices. Still a bummer. This marks the 193120392103192nd delay of Persona 5,…

This morning, a jury in Fort Worth, Texas found defendant Anthony Clark guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The FBI had accused him of working with a group of hackers to steal FIFA coins from EA. He’ll be sentenced in February.

Thanks For The Shoutout, Dishonored 2

As Ubisoft did for Watch Dogs 2, the developers at Arkane snuck a little Kotaku-themed Easter Egg into the second Dishonored game. We got a kick out of this one. This screenshot is, of course, a reference to the now-iconic email that Arkane creative director Raphael Colantonio sent out to staff after we broke the news…

Nintendo Is Doing A Zelda Escape Room

If you’ve ever had the urge to hug a Goron or explore a real-life version of the Water Temple, you may be in luck—Nintendo announced today plans to do a series of escape rooms centering on The Legend of Zelda, as part of a limited tour that will be traveling across the United States this…

Sources: Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs 2 Teaser Is A Real Sci-Fi Game — But It’s In Trouble

The “leaked Ubisoft trailer” inside Watch Dogs 2 is for a real sci-fi game called (or code-named) Pioneer, sources say. But Pioneer is running into troubled development and may not be announced as soon as Ubisoft had originally planned—if it comes out at all. Watch Dogs 2, which launched today, includes a mission in which…

Super Mario Run Will Cost $10 For Unlimited Access

Super Mario Run will be out for iOS on December 15, Nintendo said today. You’ll be able to “try elements of the game’s three modes” at no cost, but to get unlimited access to the entire game you’ll have to pay $10. Announced at an Apple press conference in September, Super Mario Run is the…

Watch Dogs 2 Multiplayer Is Broken, Won’t Be Fully Live At Launch

Watch Dogs 2‘s “seamless multiplayer” mode won’t be available when it launches today, Ubisoft said in a statement this morning. As it turns out, it’s broken. We’ve been playing Watch Dogs 2 for the past few days, and one thing we noticed was that this multiplayer feature—which allowed players to cross into other players’ games—was…

Ubisoft Executives Accused Of Insider Trading

French stock market regulators have accused five Ubisoft executives of selling stock based on inside knowledge, an accusation that the video game publisher steadfastly denies. The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), France’s stock market regulator, alleges that Ubisoft Montreal CEO Yannis Mallat and four other Ubisoft executives all sold stock in the weeks before October…

FBI Says Alleged Hackers Used FIFA To Steal Millions From EA

The FBI believes that a group of hackers made millions off a scam to defraud the publisher Electronic Arts, and today the government is going to court to try to take them down. This morning in Texas, defendant Anthony Clark will go on trial for conspiracy to commit wire fraud after allegedly working with three…

Nintendo’s NES Classic Is A Great Console With One Huge Flaw

The first thing you should know about the NES Classic, aka the Mini-NES, is that it does exactly what it’s supposed to do. The second thing you should know is that it’s kind of a pain in the ass. Let’s start with the bad part: Nintendo’s newest system, a $60 box that can play 30…

People Are Having A Hard Time Buying The NES Classic [UPDATE] 

As has become standard procedure for Nintendo’s hardware systems, the NES Classic is very hard to buy. If you want one, you’re going to have to work for it. This morning, Nintendo fans came out in droves to line up at Targets and Best Buys across the country (including our own Best Buy here in…

Podcast: The NES Classic And The PS4 Pro

Today on Kotaku Splitscreen, we take some time to distract ourselves from the horrible, horrible world by talking about video games. This week, Kirk and I dig into the strengths and weaknesses of PS4 Pro, the NES Classic, and Dishonored 2. We also answer reader mail about shoddy PC ports, interactive storytelling, and the best…

Skate 3 Comes To Xbox One BC, Still No Word On Skate 4

Skate 3 is coming to the Xbox One’s backwards compatibility program, in part thanks to renewed interest in the Skate series as the result of an inexplicably loud movement for Skate 4 This news comes attached to the one-year anniversary of this backwards compatibility feature, which allows Xbox One owners to play any of the…

All 30 NES Classic Games, Ranked

Most NES games have not aged very well. The Nintendo Entertainment System relied too much on antiquated principles from coin-operated arcades—timers, limited lives, inflated difficulty—that just don’t make for good video games in 2016. That doesn’t mean the NES Classic, which comes out Friday, is a waste of your money. For $60 you’ll get a…

A Video Game Called Tyranny Comes Out This Week

Tomorrow, the development studio Obsidian will release Tyranny, a video game about a grand war between good and evil in which the forces of evil, led by an iron-fisted fascist named Kyros the Overlord, have achieved victory. Obsidian describes Tyranny as “a game that challenges players to find their place in an original fantasy realm…

Final Fantasy XV Has 16 Different Pre-Order DLC Trailers

While tens of millions of Americans decide who should be their next president, Square Enix is offering a far more crucial choice: Where should you pre-order Final Fantasy XV? The above image is not some sort of twisted parody. It’s an actual screencap of Square Enix’s YouTube page, where they’ve got 16—16!—different pre-order DLC trailers.…

Some Diablo III Announcements You May Have Missed

Despite all those silly rumors about Diablo 4, Blizzard has made it clear that they see Diablo III as a live game that they want to keep updating and expanding for quite some time to come. Over the weekend, they made that even more clear. In addition to the big announcements—the Diablo 1 remake and…