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Culture
Let’s Rate E3 2014 [Update: Voting Closed]
E3 is over and done with, and it’s time to sift through the wreckage. Who did well? Who did poorly? Which games look cool? Which ones were a letdown? You tell us. I’ve made a bunch of polls to see how you all felt about E3. I’ve focused on the companies that gave big press…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 16, 2014 -
Peter Dinklage’s Destiny Performance Is…Not Great
We were all pretty excited when Bungie announced that their much-hyped multiplayer shooter Destiny would feature beloved actor Peter Dinklage, best known for his show-stealing portrayal of Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones, in a large voiceover role. For the past week or so, Bungie has been running an early-look alpha of Destiny, which gave…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 16, 2014 -
It’s Like Super Mario 64, But You’re The Camera
Most of the time when people think about playing a game in virtual reality, they think about being in the game. If you were going to play a VR Mario game, you’d see the world through Mario’s eyes, right? Turns out, that might not be the most fun way to play. While visiting the Oculus…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 13, 2014 -
An Oculus Rift Game That Let Me Be Neo From The Matrix
Everybody has dreams. One of my dreams involves me dodging bullets in slow-mo like a badass. Yesterday at E3, the Oculus Rift and a game called Superhot allowed me to live that dream. We swung by Oculus VR to check out the latest game demos for their new Devkit 2 headset. One of the three…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 12, 2014 -
The Loneliest Game At Sony’s E3 Booth
Sony’s spot on the E3 show floor is mostly bustling with activity—people playing games, posing for photos with dressed-up mascots, and waiting in line to try out Project Morpheus VR. I say mostly bustling because, well, there’s also Minecraft for PS3. Poor Minecraft for PS3. You’re a known quantity. No one wants to play you.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 11, 2014 -
Video Games Can Be This Beautiful
Earlier today I mentioned that the the sky in Destiny is gorgeous. It’s even prettier in motion, as you can see in this new video from Digital Foundry, lifted from footage of the Destiny alpha running on PS4. Man. Those clouds.
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 11, 2014 -
The New Wii U GameCube Controllers Are Super Hot
Along with theforthcoming adapter that’ll let people play Super Smash Bros on Wii U with their old GameCube controllers, the peripheral company PDP is making some custom GameCube-style controllers for Nintendo’s new console. We saw them today, and they look just lovely Stephen Totilo and I found the three controllers, officially named the “wired fight…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 10, 2014 -
They Brought A Batmobile To E3
Video game companies tend to bring some sort of big, exciting prop to E3 to attract show-goers to their booths. Sometimes that prop is a life-sized character from a game. Sometimes it’s an expensive sports car. Sometimes it’s the Batmobile. This year, Warner Bros has set up a very impressive, very intimidating Batmobile outside of…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 10, 2014 -
We Finally Got To Play A Big Chunk Of Destiny
Over the past weekend, a couple of us at Kotaku had a chance to sink a good half-dozen hours each into an alpha version of Bungie’s sprawling (but still somewhat mysterious) online shooter Destiny. The chunk we played was pretty enjoyable, and gave me a much better sense of what Destiny is all about. Destiny…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 10, 2014 -
A Complete Schedule Of E3 2014 Press Conferences
Do you hear that noise? That buzzing in the air, like a swarm of hype-drunk wasps, ready to tear limb from limb? That’s the sound of E3. The video game industry is about to descend on Los Angeles for its biggest news week of the year. Starting this Monday, June 9, it’ll be nothing but…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 9, 2014 -
Richard Sherman Will Be On The Cover Of Madden NFL 15
Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman will be the latest player to grace the cover of the Madden series—he’ll be on the cover of Madden NFL 15 when it comes out in August. Per ESPN, Sherman will be only the third defensive player to make the series’ cover, along with Baltimore’s Ray Lewis and Pittsburgh’s Troy…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 6, 2014 -
Culture
What Are You Playing This Month?
It’s June. No, really! Summer has fully arrived, and 2014 is basically halfway over. I can’t believe it either. I’ve been having a good time checking in on what you all are playing each month, and this month will be no different. There are a few good things out at the moment – I’m currently…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 6, 2014 -
Riot Is Changing League of Legends‘ Most Popular Map
When a competitive game is as popular as League of Legends, any small change to the maps can have a major impact. Riot Games is about to push out a new and updated version of Summoner’s Rift, the most popular map in the game, and today they went more into detail about what that means.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 5, 2014 -
It’s Aiden Pearce on the line: While Watch Dogs imagines a world where we can hack anything from our phones, the reality is more often that the outside world is trying to hack into our phones. This new video feature from Motherboard takes a look at the ways your mobile phone can be hacked.
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 5, 2014 -
Sci-Fi Guns Are Becoming Real, Thanks To…Google Glass
Any time there’s a new technology that’s sufficiently impressive, chances are someone’s going to use it to make guns work better. That appears to be the case with Google Glass, which tech/firearm company TrackingPoint is using to augment their laser-guided cybergun to allow soldiers to fire around corners and from behind heavy cover. You may…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 4, 2014 -
How To Record Videos On A PS4
There’s nothing quite like seeing a once-in-a-lifetime moment in a video game and realizing it’s too late to go back and get a video of it. It’s over and gone, lost forever. Womp, womp. Both the PS4 and the Xbox One promised to help gamers avoid that scenario by including hardware that’s constantly recording a…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 3, 2014
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