Straight out of Gamescom, here’s a ton of new footage from the freshly delayed Final Fantasy XV, which will be out on November 29 for PS4 and Xbox One. There’s driving, chocobo riding, fishing, and lots of other promising activities. PSA: Skip the first two minutes if you don’t want some vague story spoilers. Looks…
The next big PS4 system update will add folders and change the UI in some big ways, Sony says. They’re also altering the quick menu in some helpful ways and making the share system more convenient. Full update over on the PlayStation Blog
Liberators are finally getting nerfed, among other big changes that will happen in StarCraft II’s next balance patch, which Blizzard is aiming to release in November. No more picking up sieged Siege Tanks with medivacs!
Above: a 3D model that may or may not represent the player’s character in No Man’s Sky, a video game in which you travel through space thinking you might be able to see other people, then don’t. NeoGAFfer Hugo Peters has been data-mining the PC version of No Man’s Skyand found some bizarre images including…
Destiny, a video game that used to be tedious albeit addictive but has gradually evolved into one of the best games out there, is getting a ‘collection’ edition. Designed for people who have never played the game, it’ll include all of Destiny’s expansions including the next one, Rise of Iron. It’ll be out on September…
Remember when rumors of a No Man’s Sky delay led to outrage, fan hysteria, and amateur detectives calling dozens of GameStops? Would you believe me if I told you the same thing just happened again? This morning, Square Enix announced that they’d delayed Final Fantasy XV two months to November 29 in hopes of optimizing…
It’s been ten years: what’s two more months? Update – August 15, 3:04am: The global release of Final Fantasy XV has been delayed to November 29, 2016, Square Enix announced today. “From the moment we joined this project, our vision was to create a level of freedom and realism previously unseen in the series. Regrettably,…
After nine years of work on Pokémon Uranium, the fans who made it have removed all download links for the game from their website (h/t Christian), saying they want to respect Nintendo’s wishes that the game no longer be distributed, despite the fact that (according to them) it’s already been downloaded 1.5 million times. Although…
It might not seem like a savvy business move to rebrand yourself after a failed game publisher, but regardless, best of luck to the folks at Nordic, who announced today that they’re now called THQ Nordic. Nordic, a game publisher based in Austria, has had their hands in retail deals and ports for various games…
Some highlights from this afternoon’s staff Q&A: Stephen Totilo’s description of the history of Kotaku, and Stephen Totilo’s highlights of Kotaku’s best work, both written while he was starving himself in preparation for a blood test. Read’em here: Brethren: What’s the story behind the birth of Kotaku? Who’s idea was it? Has its focus changed…
Pre-order bonuses can get pretty bad, but it’s not very often they break your game entirely. Until No Man’s Sky Some context: When you start off in No Man’s Sky, your character has to learn how to travel through the galaxy. By following a few basic paths for the first hour or so, you’ll eventually…
Next week, Kotaku’s parent company Gawker Media will have a new owner. We don’t expect very much to change around here—we’ll still be bringing you all the latest TV show and snack news you crave—but it’s still the end of an era in many ways, so join us for a senior week Q&A. You can…
Today on Kotaku Splitscreen, we dig into the No Man’s Sky launch drama and talk about why day-one patches happen. Also: some talk about Overwatch and the future of Kotaku as we prepare for new buyers. It’s interesting how the digital landscape has changed over the past few years, isn’t it? The ease of the…
The next Phoenix Wright game is coming reaaalllll soon, you guys. Spirit of Justice will be out on September 8. There’s a demo hitting on August 25.
Priests are a little underpowered in Hearthstone right now, and have been for a while. So it’s no surprise that fans got a little mad when Blizzard showed off Purify, a terrible new card that will be added to the game tomorrow with the adventure pack One Night in Karazhan. Purify, which costs two mana,…
We’re just a month and a half away from Final Fantasy XV, an RPG ten years in the making. And because this is 2016, there’s already a season pass. The $25 digital pass, which Square announced last night, will give you access to the following hilariously titled DLC packs: DLC 1: Booster Pack (Working Title)…
In the years leading up to the much-hyped release of No Man’s Sky, which launched yesterday, director Sean Murray talked several times about players being able to spot one another in the wild. So why hasn’t that happened yet? Yesterday, two No Man’s Sky players found that they were in the same region of the…
Sony just sent out invitations to an event called the PlayStation Meeting, at 3pm Eastern on September 7. The company will finally reveal their upgraded PlayStation 4 model—which Kotaku broke news of earlier this year—there. Looking forward to it!
No Man’s Sky fans have long wondered whether it’s possible to see other players if they’re on the same planet. The answer, it appears, is no. Player TheSadCactus noticed this afternoon that he had landed on a planet discovered by a different player, named Psytokat. SadCactus sent his new buddy a message, and before long…
In honor of Gawker Media senior week—our final week of independence as we prepare for wonderful new buyers—the staff of Kotaku got together and started talking about all the things we’ve always wanted to do. I just kept coming back to one thing: review scores. Although our review system has evolved quite a bit over…
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