Jason Schreier

Kotaku Reader Sends Perfect E-Mail

Back in 2013, I wrote a Kotaku article about two Jeopardy contestants who got dinged for answering “Zelda” instead of “The Legend of Zelda.” They were robbed, I wrote. Two years later, a loyal reader has sent me an e-mail response that’s so perfect, I have to print it here. In its entirety: Hmmm… “[What…

Metacritic Gets A New Competitor

Metacritic, an aggregation tool used in equal part by forum trolls and multi-billion-dollar publishers, has long dominated the review world. Now there’s a new site that hopes to take its place. Meet OpenCritic, a sleek new website that hopes to replace Metacritic as the world’s most trusted game review roundup. Unlike Metacritic, OpenCritic is designed…

Dear Lord, The PS4 Has Stickers Now

If you have ever thought to yourself, “Boy, the PS4 is great, I just wish it had stickers,” then oh man do I have good news for you. PS4 system update 3.00, which went live this morning, will finally add the one feature fans have been craving since the system launched in 2013: Stickers. Thanks…

The PS4’s next system update, which will add YouTube streaming among other features, goes live tomorrow. Here’s hoping it fixes that bug where you can’t access the PS Store without rebooting!

Video Game Kickstarter Disappears With Over $30,000

It’s the ultimate Kickstarter horror story: You help fund a project. They succeed. They stop sending out updates. Their website expires. And nearly two years later, it’s become clear that they’ve disappeared with your money. In December of 2013, gamers paid over $30,000 to fund a Kickstarter for a game called Mansion Lord. A month…

The Hunt For Destiny‘s Most Mysterious Weapon [UPDATE]

Deep in the bowels of Destiny, a video game in which players travel through space wondering how the hell Bungie got away with that damn crucible bounty quest, there’s an enigmatic weapon that nobody’s discovered yet. It’s called Sleeper Simulant, and for the past two weeks, players have been going crazy trying to find it.…

Mobile Gaming Didn’t Kill The Vita — Sony Did

I have long been a fan of the PlayStation Vita. So this quote from one of Sony’s head honchos about portable gaming seriously bums me out. Here’s Shuhei Yoshida at a recent Q&A, as transcribed by Eurogamer, when asked if Sony will ever develop a Vita successor: “That’s a tough question. People have mobile phones…

A Q&A With The Director Of Destiny: The Taken King

Today on Kotaku Splitscreen, we’ve got a very special guest: Destiny: The Taken King director Luke Smith. Smith, who briefly wrote for this very website before he took a job at Bungie back in 2007, is responsible for much of the vision behind year two of Destiny, which everyone agrees is way better than year…

Here’s What A Publishing Deal With EA Looks Like

Curious about the nitty-gritty details behind a video game publisher’s development deals? Rhode Island’s got you covered. This afternoon, as part of an ongoing legal war with ex-game developer-slash-MLB pitcher Curt Schilling and his failed company, 38 Studios, the Rhode Island Superior Court released a treasure trove of documents including depositions, e-mails, and contracts. There…

Adrift, a quiet video game about a space station in the wake of a catastrophic disaster, has been delayed to next year. It’ll now launch alongside the Oculus Rift.

Grand Theft Auto V, As Reviewed By Significant Others

By now, everyone’s read reviews of Grand Theft Auto V from people who have played it. So we thought we’d bring you some reviews from people who haven’t. Thanks to the power of crowdsourcing and Kinja™, we’ve rounded up some reviews of the fifth GTA from boys and girls across the globe who have watched…

Players Discover Secret Destiny Mission With An Awesome Reward [UPDATE]

Destiny, the video game that won Peter Dinklage an Emmy, is now full of hidden secrets, some of which you’ll probably never find on your own. Today, for example, players discovereda hidden mission inside another mission that’s A) super-difficult, B) super-rewarding, and C) unlike anything else in vanilla Destiny. If you beat it, you’ll get…

Destiny‘s Leveling System Is Finally Fixed

For the past week, I’ve done very little but play Destiny, a video game in which you travel through space lamenting that Destiny has gotten way harder to make fun of in the first lines of Kotaku posts because it’s so friggin’ good now. This is not much of a change—I’ve been a Destiny addict…

Square Enix has delayed Hitman from December to March 2016. “These few extra months will mean we can add more to the launch content of the game, more than we had originally planned, and then follow with a tighter frequency of updates, which ultimately will create a better game for everyone.” Read more on their…

Unsung Story Is A $660,000 Kickstarter Disaster

In January of 2014, a company called Playdek launched a Kickstarter promising a spiritual successor to one of my favorite games, Final Fantasy Tactics. It made $660,126. I really wish I hadn’t backed it. I and 15,823 other suckers gave money to Playdek last year for Unsung Story, a game they said would be “a…

WHO’S A GOOD DOG? FALLOUT 4’S DOG IS A GOOD DOG. SUCH A GOOD DOG YES HE IS.

We’re Looking For Significant Others’ Reviews Of Grand Theft Auto V

Got a girlfriend who’s addicted to Grand Theft Auto V? Do you love watching your husband snipe virtual cops and rob fake banks? We want to hear from you! We’re looking for light, one-paragraph reviews by significant others of GTA V players for an upcoming Kotaku roundup. We want to hear observations, insights, and thoughts…

Final Fantasy XV Needs To Chill With The Marketing Dripfeed

Have you heard the news? Final Fantasy XV has chocobos! And also there might be airships. Or maybe there won’t. There’s definitely fishing! Here’s a new, revised version of the trailer you saw a month ago! Over the past few months, perhaps to overcompensate for a decade of development hell, the people behind Final Fantasy…

Destiny‘s Xur Is A Little Different Now

Today, Xur is back in Destiny, a video game that wouldn’t be nearly as good as it is now if we hadn’t spent the past year traveling through space and complaining about Destiny The infamous weekly shopkeeper is a little bit different now. Instead of a guaranteed weapon every week, Xur will now either sell…

Here’s a bit of an odd request for you, Kotaku readers. We’re looking for reviews of Grand Theft Auto V—not from you, but from your loved ones. Got a boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, or wife who watched you play through the adventures of Trevor and Franklin? Do they want to write up a quick, one-paragraph review…