Jason Schreier

Pokémon Moon And Sun Logos Pop Up

What are Pokémon Moon and Pokémon Sun, recently discovered in the European Union’s trademark database (via NeoGAF)? Could they be, perhaps, video games? Worth noting: Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have registered trademarks for many names that never actually come out, like “Pokémon Gray” and “Pokémon Delta Emerald,” both of which have led to endless…

Final Fantasy XIV Gets A Cute David Bowie Reference

Above, via Redditor LightSamus: a dedication to the late David Bowie, found in Final Fantasy XIV’s new Antitower dungeon, which was added with the 3.2 patch yesterday. Cute. On another note, I’ve spent the past few weeks binge-playing FFXIV, and I really really love it, although it seems like I’ve just gotten up to the…

Ubisoft Devs Call Out Uncharted 4 Trailer For Taking Assassin’s Creed Art [UPDATE]

This morning, Naughty Dog published an incredible trailer for their next game, Uncharted 4. Within the next two hours, some developers at Ubisoft noticed something strange: It uses concept art from Assassin’s Creed Maybe it’s an homage. Maybe it’s a mistake. Maybe Nathan Drake bought the Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag art book and liked…

Steph Curry Is So Good, NBA 2K Can’t Depict Him

There are few better sports stories than the rise of Stephen Curry, a breathtaking human cheat code who may go down as the best shooter in NBA history. He’s so good, in fact, that NBA 2K doesn’t know how to capture him. For years now, 2K has designed their basketball games to be as realistic…

Fire Emblem Fates had the best U.S. launch in series history, Nintendo said this morning. They sold 300,000+ copies of the game. Also noteworthy: Birthright outsold Conquest, which makes sense!

Yep, Uncharted 4 Looks Incredible

This morning, the folks at Naughty Dog decided to remind us that yep, Uncharted 4 is coming out in two months and yep, it still looks incredible. Today the devs released this new story trailer, which doesn’t reveal much of the story—unless you really scrutinize lines like “There’s gotta be another way”—but does showcase what…

Mega Man Is Still Janky, Still Tough, Still Pretty Great

It’s hard to tell, while playing the newly released Mega Man Legacy Collection for 3DS, whether the constant framerate drops are a new problem or an old problem. It’s easy to look past them, though, because Mega Man. This collection, which is out today on 3DS and also came out on consoles and PC last…

I’ve Spent At Least $338.58 Re-Buying Games I Already Own

A couple of weeks ago, while buying Final Fantasy IX and Breath of Fire III, I had the dreary thought that I’ve probably spent a lot of money re-purchasing games I already own. So I decided to do some math. The numbers are… not cool. Between Virtual Console games, PS1 classics, and PSP games that…

Whoops, Looks Like Ubisoft Forgot To Give Far Cry Primal A Season Pass

Pop quiz: What makes Far Cry Primal different than all the other games Ubisoft has released over the past year? No, it’s not the mammoths. Not the fake language they made just for this game, either. Give up? The answer: There’s no season pass. It’s 2016, man. Big companies don’t just release games and then…

Our Favorite (And Least Favorite) Vita Memories

The PlayStation Vita turns four today in North America, which makes for a good excuse to look back and reminisce about Sony’s much-criticized portable console. Come join some of Kotaku’s staff for a chat about the Vita and what we’ve done with it over the past few years. Jason Schreier: Hi guys! Four years ago…

Final Fantasy IX Can Be Silly

“Emoticons are unavailable,” the mobile version of Final Fantasy IX tells you when you name a new character. WELL, WE’LL SEE ABOUT THAT. Meet one of Alexandria’s finest soldiers, Captain :(. When you’ve played an RPG like Final Fantasy IX over and over again more times than you can count, sometimes you’ve just gotta spice things…

Firewatch developers Campo Santo just released a patch for PS4 that promises to fix the framerate issues and other instabilities that people have reported over the past few days. Say the devs: “You should make sure your copy of the game is fully updated, as this patch significantly improves the experience across many aspects of…

Sounds Like Bethesda’s Changing Things Up After Fallout 4

One might assume that, after finishing up Fallout 4 and all of its downloadable content, Bethesda Game Studios will move to the next big thing, whether that be The Elder Scrolls VI or something else. After all, they’ve been a single-game studio since 2002. But it sounds like they’ve got far grander plans. Bethesda Game…

Watch Fallout 4 Director Todd Howard Talk Video Games

Today at the DICE convention in Las Vegas, Bethesda’s Todd Howard (Skyrim, Fallout 4) joins comedian Pete Holmes to talk game design, story-telling, and open-world RPGs. Should be a fun one. The talk starts at 2:35pm ET. You can watch the stream right here: Photo via Bethesda

Just Cause 3 is getting all sci-fi on us with a robotic new DLC, Sky Fortress, that’ll be out next month. Announced last month by developer Avalanche Studios, Sky Fortress is the first part of a season pass they’re calling “Air, Land & Sea.”

Pillars of Eternity Gets A Ton Of New Stuff This Week

Obsidian’s Kickstarted role-playing game Pillars of Eternity was one of 2015’s most pleasant surprises. So nearly a year later, it’s nice to see the developers continuing to support it. Anyone with a copy of Pillars can now download update 3.00, a free patch that’s full of new changes and content. In addition to tweaking balance…

If You Care About How Video Games Are Made, Watch The Double Fine Documentary

There’s a scene in Double Fine Adventure!, a documentary about the making of Broken Age, where designer Tim Schafer visits a mechanic to get his old Barracuda fixed. As it turns out, the repairs will cost double what Schafer expected. Blame inertia—once the mechanic had pried open the car and started assessing the damage, he…

Game studio Trendy Entertainment (Dungeon Defenders II) laid off a significant number of staff on Friday. “We have made the full resources of our organization available for our departing friends and colleagues to help ease them swiftly through this difficult period of transition,” a spokesperson told Kotaku

Final Fantasy IV‘s Creepiest Enemy Pops Up In FFXIV

Hey, look, it’s Calcabrina. To quote Kotaku’s Mike Fahey: “NOOO, STOP, GET IT AWAY FROM ME.” For quite some time now, the folks at Square Enix have been stuffing Final Fantasy XIV with references to other Final Fantasy games, and this new patch is no exception. With patch 3.2, it looks like they’ll be adding…

Destiny Expansion Coming This Year; Destiny 2 In 2017 

Today Activision confirmed that, as Kotaku reported last month, Destiny 2 won’t be out until 2017. But there will be a significant expansion later this year. Said the company in a press release this afternoon: “Activision Publishing, along with its partners at Bungie, expects to bring a large new expansion to Destiny in 2016 and…