Kirk Hamilton

Watch Over An Hour Of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Throughout the morning and afternoon, Nintendo folks have been demoing their new open-world Zelda game, Breath of the Wild. (We’ve played it, too.) If you missed some of the stream, we’ve got you covered. Watch a bunch of the demos below: My favorite part was the part where Link got cold. Aw! Poor little guy.

Podcast: E3 Day One

Microsoft, Ubisoft and Sony all threw everything they had at us, but we’re still standing strong. Phew. How did they all do at their E3 press conferences? Let’s discuss, on another bonus episode of Kotaku Splitscreen You can listen to the podcast on iTunes here, and we’re also on Google Play. (The RSS took a…

PS4 Is Getting A New Spider-Man Game

Tonight at Sony’s E3 Megapalooza, the PlayStation makers announced a PS4-exclusive Spider-Man game from Insomniac, the studio behind Ratchet & Clank and Sunset Overdrive “Take control of an experienced Peter Parker who is more masterful at fighting crime,” reads the blurb beneath the teaser. No origin story then, it seems. Yes, please.

We knew PlayStation VR was coming in October, but now we’ve got a date: October 13, 2016. Which is a Thursday, as it turns out.

The Last Guardian Is Actually Coming Out On October 25

The Last Guardian continues to be a real, actual video game that we will be able to really and truly play in a few short months. On October 25, 2016, to be precise.

Here’s Wilson’s Heart, a noir VR game from Twisted Pixel. It’s coming to Oculus Rift in 2017.

Watch Dogs 2 Gameplay Demo Features Improbable Sunglasses

Today at E3, Ubisoft showed a ten-minute demo of Watch Dogs 2 featuring hacking, hip-hop and some unlikely fashion choices. I’m not an elite hacker or anything, but I don’t think most people wear the brand of their underground hacking ring on their hat? I’d imagine it’s also kinda hard to see through custom LED…

Ubisoft Announces Trials of the Blood Dragon, Out Today

Today at E3, Ubisoft RedLynx announced Trials of the Blood Dragon, which looks about like what you’d expect if you took a Trials game and mashed it up wth Far Cry: Blood Dragon. I’ll cost $14.99 and it’s actually coming out… right now! Well, not right this very instant; they said it’ll be out in…

Ubisoft just debuted The Division’s second expansion, “Survival.” Unclear if it’ll actually have survival/weather/stamina mechanics, but here’s hoping. They also announced the release date for the first expansion, “Underground”: It’ll hit Xbox One and PC on June 28, PS4 on August 2.

Ghost Recon Wildlands E3 Demo Goes Mega Open-World

Today at Ubisoft’s E3 press conference we got a good long look at the open-world cooperative action game Ghost Recon Wildlands, coming March of 2017. Here’s the demo: It’s got a huge open world that should allow for some cool coordinated teamwork, if you’re the sort of person who’s into “cool coordinated teamwork.” The players…

SUPERHOT VR gets a new Oculus Touch trailer. Should be pretty cool—the non-VR game is great—though I’ll be curious whether or not you can move around within levels. They call it a “complete new title” and say it’ll debut with Oculus Touch later this year.

Don’t Starve studio Klei Entertainment just announced Oxygen Not Included, a “space-colony simulation game” that looks right up their wacky danger-sim alley. More details and screens over at the game’s Steam page

Scalebound Looks Crazy, Features Giant Enemy Crab

Today at Microsoft’s E3 press conference, Platinum Games showed off a massive co-op boss fight from Scalebound, their take on Monster Hunter-ish co-op beast slaying. Platinum’s Hideki Kamiya called this sequence “the biggest boss fight platinum has ever made,” which is saying something. Having watched the clip, I buy it. That is a very big…

Today Microsoft announced some much-requested new features for Xbox Live including clubs for organizing with other players, an integrated looking for group tool, and an “Arena” system for multiplayer tournaments.

Inside, Playdead’s follow-up to Limbo, hits Xbox One on June 29th and Steam on July 7th. They’re making Limbo free on Xbox One until June 20, and on Steam June 21-22. I’ve played the whole game and it is ridiculously good. More on that a little later, once this press conference madness dies down.

Forza Horizon 3 Heads To Australia, Will Add Four-Player Co-Op

The fun younger sibling of the Forza family is getting a new game this fall. At today’s E3 press conference, Microsoft unveiled Forza Horizon 3 for Xbox One and Windows 10. It’s set in Australia. Forza Horizon 2 is one of the most fun racing games I’ve played; it easily earned a spot on our…

Dontnod’s Vampyr has got its first trailer. If you were expecting an undead Life is Strange, well, bad news. If you were expecting a bloody vampire action game, well, good news!

Hitman is getting a special “Summer Bonus Episode” on July 19. Two new missions will take players back to Sapienza and Marrakesh, respectively, this time after the sun has set. Sapienza will be all set up for a sci-fi movie shoot and will feature “a crazy giant killer robot.” Sounds cool. More details here

Podcast: E3 Day Zero

The theaters are empty; the subwoofers have all gone still. How did EA and Bethesda do? Time to discuss, on a special E3 bonus episode of Kotaku Splitscreen You can listen to the podcast on iTunes here, and we’re also on Google Play. Or, just find the new episode on Simplecast right here. (Download the…

None Of Us Will Ever Be As Perfectly Happy As Mass Effect Andromeda‘s Smiling Asari

Video game technology has made some amazing advancements over the last few years. Those advancements have given us exhilarating action, fantastical new worlds, and also the smiling Asari who appeared for approximately two seconds during EA’s Mass Effect Andromeda hype reel. I mean, look at her. She sees you. She knows you. Like, really knows…