Jason Schreier

Game Website Accidentally Previews Uncharted 2 Instead Of Uncharted 4

“Uncharted 4 is the first PS4 entry in a series that has traditionally pushed boundaries,” read a recent preview by the website VG247. “Why does it feel so familiar?” Well… as it turns out, they were playing Uncharted 2 Video game websites, like all news outlets, screw things up all the time. Lord knows we…

The Overwatch closed beta will begin on October 27, Blizzard just announced. If you’re interested in the colorful new team shooter (which came from the ashes of Blizzard’sTitan) you can opt in on battle.net. They’ll also be holding beta test weekends starting after BlizzCon in November.

Why People Are Freaking Out Over Destiny Microtransactions

The word “microtransaction” evokes a vivid picture: A board room full of suited executives, salivating over profit margins and pondering how they can become the next Clash of Clans. Pair this nasty term with other provocative buzzwords like “pay-to-win” and “Activision” and you’ve got a guaranteed way to get gamers angry. That’s for good reason,…

Destiny’s Microtransaction Store Is Now Open

Destiny, a video game in which players travel through space doing the Carlton on as many planets as possible, will now let you spend real money on dances. Finally As of this afternoon, the Eververse Trading Company is open for business in Destiny’s Tower. And as you’ll see through a series of annoying prompts that…

I Wish I Liked Legend of Legacy More

Legend of Legacy, a terribly titled new video game that’s out for the 3DS today, is as close as we’ve gotten to a new SaGa game in a very long time. I really wish it was better. Alas, it’s too grindy and boring for me to recommend to anyone. Legend of Legacy starts with a…

We Talk Uncharted Collection And Destiny Raids

Today on Kotaku Splitscreen, we’re talking about the pros and cons of Kickstarter. We also talk Uncharted Collection on PS4, the big new raid in Destiny, and what makes for the best JRPGs. As always, you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes right here. Or if you’re not an iTunes person, here’s a direct…

Here Are 328 Of The Changes In The Witcher 3‘s Next Patch

This morning, Witcher 3 developer CD Projekt Red sent over a PDF full of changes that will ship with the game’s next patch. It’s 13 pages long. Behold, patch 1.10, which a rep for CD Projekt Red says will launch within the next few days. (They don’t have an official date yet.) The patch will…

The Quest For Destiny‘s Sleeper Simulant Is Over

The hunt for Destiny’s most mysterious weapon is over—and it ends not with an epic puzzle but with a single heroic strike. Anyone who played through the first part of the Sleeper Simulant quest—which started yesterday and consists of two story missions, a puzzle, and a whole bunch of waiting around—will find a new quest…

After threatening to do so last month, the video game voice actors’ guild has voted to authorize a strike, Variety reports. This does not mean they’re on strike—it simply gives the SAG-AFTRA union board authority to declare a strike if negotiations with the video game industry fall through. The actors are looking for bonuses based…

Destiny‘s Sleeper Simulant Quest Has Begun–And It’s Awesome [UPDATES]

Turns out people didn’t have to solve some giant riddle to find Destiny’s most mysterious gun. Turns out they just had to… wait. As of this morning, the quest for Destiny’s enigmatic Sleeper Simulant has officially begun, kicking off with a story mission called The First Firewall that you’ll find on Earth’s map if you’ve…

YouTube’s Top 10 ‘Trending’ Games For September

YouTube’s top two trending games from last month should be no surprise to anyone who’s been paying attention: Metal Gear Solid V and Mario Maker, two of the year’s most watchable games, take top honors. This is according to YouTube’s metrics, which take into account both total uploads and watch time. Here’s the full top-ten…

Successful $73,000 Kickstarter Runs Out Of Money

“I will admit that the amount needed to create this game was largely underestimated for the campaign,” wrote the director of a Kickstarter game called Midora in an update yesterday. “I knew that the game would need more than $60,000 to be made.” This confession comes roughly 14 months after Midora, which promised to be…

Far Cry Primal is now official—it’s set in the prehistoric era and will feature woolly mammoths and sabre-toothed tigers, as we reported yesterday. It’ll be out on February 23, 2016 for Xbox One and PS4, with a PC version to follow.

Today’s Destiny Daily Quest Is Also Full Of Secrets

Destiny, a video game in which players spend hours and hours dropping out of strike playlists, is still full of secrets. Today’s involves a little old place called the Vault of Glass. As we’ve all learned by now thanks to the Black Spindle, the developers at Bungie are putting all sorts of secrets and easter…

Sources: Destiny‘s DLC Plan Is Changing Big-Time

Destiny is getting microtransactions, sources tell us. Don’t freak out too much, though: We hear this paid DLC will be limited to cosmetic items like emotes and sparrow skins. And the developers at Bungie will be doling out free content every few months until next fall. This is all part of a new plan that…

The Next Far Cry Will Go To The Stone Age [UPDATE]

UPDATE (10/6/15, 12:12pm): It’s official: the next Far Cry is Far Cry Primal, and it’ll be set in prehistoric times—although it’s actually in the Stone Age, directly after the Ice Age. (Sorry for the mix-up.) It’ll be out February 23, 2016. Original article follows: At around 12pm today, Ubisoft put up a livestream of a…

The Elder Scrolls Online is getting some new DLC next month—it’ll take players to Orsinium, the Orcish city that was shown off in Daggerfall. It’ll be out November 2 for PC/Mac and the week of November 17 for consoles. More details over on theBethesda Blog

Destiny Players Discover Secret Raid Room That Nobody Can Solve [UPDATE]

Late Friday night, someone wrote on the Destiny subreddit that there may be a secret room in the game’s newest raid, King’s Fall. He said he’d seen someone post about it on a Facebook group he was in. He even shared a video The bombshell discovery kicked off a frenzy of speculation and investigation within…

Microsoft has purchased Havok, a company that makes middleware physics software (read: the technology that helps make objects in video games behave properly). Havok’s tech is used in various video games including Dark Souls II and Mortal Kombat X. And now Microsoft owns it!

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