For nearly 23 years, Day of the Tentacle has been resoundingly praised as one of the greatest adventure games of all time, a shining example of point-and-click glory. Two decades later, how does it hold up? Pretty damn well, it turns out. Even without the graphical overhaul offered in Day of the Tentacle Remastered, which…
On Saturday, while driving on Long Island with a few hours to kill, I stumbled upon a video game store in Stony Brook called The Revolution. I don’t hang around game stores much—when you spend most of your waking hours playing and writing about video games, the stores aren’t quite as appealing—but something about this…
The Xbox One will drop to $300 for a “limited time” next week, Microsoft said today. In other words, don’t ever plan to spend more than that on the console. See, Microsoft has a habit of announcing “limited” hardware discounts that transform into permanent ones, which is bad news for anyone who buys at the…
Since September, Destiny’s Prison Of Elders has laid dormant and useless, filled with encounters and gear that were rendered obsolete by The Taken King. Next month, that could change. Last night, when Bungie announced the release date for Destiny’s big spring update—which is April 12!—they topped it with the above picture. Hardcore fans immediately noticed…
It was a little disconcerting earlier this week when Sony announced PlayStation VR at $400 without mentioning that you also need to buy the peripheral camera, which is sold separately, to use the machine. Fortunately, they just announced a bundle that seems like the best way to buy this thing. For $500, you can get…
Today on the Square Enix blog, Final Fantasy XV community manager Taji tells the story of his adventures to write an article on the Internet, which is something we here at Kotaku are intimately familiar with. As Taji explains, he was sneaking around the FFXV office when he found an interesting-looking creature on one of…
With StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void out the door, what’s next for Blizzard’s seminal RTS franchise? What else is coming this year? LET’S FIND OUT. On this week’s episode of our podcast, Kotaku Splitscreen, I’m joined by StarCraft II lead producer Tim Morten, who tells us about his history in the games industry and…
Today in San Francisco, director Kotaro Uchikoshi and the rest of the team behind Zero Escape 3: Zero Time Dilemma revealed a bunch of new details for the upcoming adventure game. Which is crazy-exciting news for those of us who have played and fallen in love with 999 and Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward Kirk…
Maybe next time? Important Update, 7:50PM: Kirk just noticed that since we first posted this, someone has mysteriously altered the sign: Maybe it was Sans.
Veteran Pokémon artist and designer Eric Medalle died Sunday in Seattle when a massive tree collapsed onto his car. He was 42. As reported by KING 5 News in Seattle, Medalle had been driving with one of his two daughters near a park called Lost Lake Trail. A significant windstorm knocked over several trees in…
Oculus Rift comes out March 28, and with it comes a slate of VR-friendly games both new and old including Elite Dangerous, Adrift, and Lucky’s Tale Via Oculus, here’s the full list of titles, which the company says will range in price from $5 to $60. And a sizzle reel: Exciting times for VR fans.…
See the scary-looking image on top of the new article published on the website of libertarian politician Ron Paul? It’s not a real picture, nor is it based on a real picture: He got it from a Ubisoft game. The article, “America’s Gestapo: The FBI’s Reign of Terror,” was posted on Paul’s website and Facebook…
Tonight at GDC, independent developer Obsidian announced Tyranny, a brand new isometric role-playing game coming later this year for PC, Mac, and Linux. It’ll be published by Paradox, who also helped get Pillars of Eternity out the door. Details are scarce, but Obsidian says the game is set in a world where there was a…
Sony’s PlayStation VR virtual reality device will be $400 and out this October, the publisher announced today. That’s $200 less than the competing Oculus Rift, which launches later this month. Sony’s device will work directly with the PS4, which also lowers the price point; no need for an expensive PC to get this one running.…
CryEngine is adopting “pay what you want” model, allowing users access to the engine and source code without dishing out any money, the game company Crytek announced today. The news follows last month’s unveiling of Lumberyard, the Amazon-developed game engine that’s built on a modified version of CryEngine. Lumberyard is free, following in the footsteps…
Every once in a while, when I’ve got a couple hours to kill or just feel a certain craving, there’s always one game I’ll pick up: Sid Meier’s Colonization This unlikely 1994 Civilization spinoff, which Luke has written about at length, is a top-down strategy game set in the 16th and 17th centuries. As an…
This week’s shining example of Cross-Brand Synergy Optimization comes via Blizzard, who announced yesterday that the new Hearthstone hero Liadrin will only be obtainable if you have a World of Warcraft character. Liadrin, who is a cosmetic upgrade and doesn’t add new abilities to the popular digital card game, will be unlocked for anyone who…
Gears of War 4 is getting a beta next month. It’ll start on April 18 for those of you who bought the Gears of War Ultimate Edition; for other Xbox Live members, it’ll go live on April 25. More details over on the Xbox Wire
This morning, Square Enix announced some new information for the western release of I Am Setsuna, the gorgeous RPG they announced last year at E3. The good news: it’ll be out this summer. The bad news: no Vita. Setsuna, which came out last month for PS4 and Vita in Japan, is a Chrono Trigger-inspired role-playing…
Fallout 4‘s first downloadable content pack, Automatron, is basically post-apocalyptic Battlebots. You’ll be able to build and customize your own robots and pit them against the less friendly machines built by the nasty Mechanist—who might sound familiar to anyone who’s done the Silver Shroud sidequest (or The Superhuman Gambit in Fallout 3). The DLC will…
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