My first question for Watch Dogs was, “Well, what if I don’t want to shoot Maurice?” “Sorry,” the game replied. “You are going to shoot Maurice and that’s all there is for it.” It was the very first interactive moment of the game, and I had two things: A gun, and a prompt to shoot…
Last November, Microsoft released the Xbox One. Six months later, the console has gotten a bunch more games and a hefty software upgrade. Microsoft has also decided to sell the Xbox One without the Kinect sensor. Halfway through its first year on planet earth, it’s time to revisit our evaluation of the Xbox One. Last…
Luke and I are united in our love of Broforce, the action game that lets you play as a revolving cast of basically every bro (and lady-bro) who has ever kicked ass in an action movie. The game is currently playable via Steam Early Access, but if you haven’t yet seen all the bros, Trash…
Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Could’ve Been Much Harder. In a lengthy and fascinating post-mortem, designer Peter Howell goes over the game’s design process, noting many areas where developers The Chinese Room differed from series creators Frictional Games It’s a great read, check it out.
It’s been almost two years since the live-action web series Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist was first announced. Today, you can watch all the episodes online. The whole thing is on Machinima‘s YouTube channel, or you can watch it all right here, if you’d prefer. Here are all the episodes, in order:
For a while there, it looked like the Kickstarter campaign to revive Harmonix’s much-loved music game Amplitude wasn’t gonna make it to its $775,000 goal. But with a ton of Twitter shouting, a telethon, and some very generous backers, they’ve passed the mark with just 21 hours to go. Yesterday, the campaign was still more…
Space 2.0: The initially promising-looking but unfortunately flawed space sim X Rebirth gets a sizable update this week that developer Egosoft claims will address a lot of the game’s issues. This video touts a few of those improvements, and you can download a PDF of all the changes here
Remember the 1990s? It was a wonderful time, a time when Microsoft would pay Jennifer Aniston to beat a child actor at video games, all in the service of helping explain how to use Windows 95. We’ve actually written about this video before, in which Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry, high on Friends fame, signed…
We stand at the precipice of a new age: The age of the VR headset. Or at least, that’s what the people making VR would love for you to believe. From exciting previews to Facebook acquisitions dramatic lawsuits and heartwarming stories, there’s no denying that virtual reality has become one of the main topics du…
About a year and a half ago, the Wii U was released unto the world. In the months since then, Nintendo’s extra-screened chunk of plastic has sat in our living rooms, letting us play Zelda and watch Netflix. How’s all that going? While most of us on staff at Kotaku have our own Wii Us…
I knew that Robin Williams named his daughter for The Legend of Zelda, but I did not know that Mario has a 27-foot vertical. Live and learn, I guess. The latest gaming video from BuzzFeedPop lists a number of enjoyable facts about Nintendo games and consoles. (It’s possible there are more than ten, I wasn’t…
Looking Good, Lara: The latest batch of HD PC shots up at Dead End Thrills focus on Crystal Dynamics’ Tomb Raider reboot, and are looking mighty fine. Now that I’ve played the intro of this game a bunch of times, I’m starting to think that moss on the tree trunk is the most visually impressive…
Sometimes wisdom comes from unexpected places. In this case, from a puppet controlled by an introspective game developer. In this video, Drakengard 3 director Taro Yoko speaks through a puppet and offers an unusually candid and almost wistful look at video game violence and his own place in the game industry. He laments that so…
Six months ago, the PlayStation 4 was released unto the world. For a half a year since then, Sony’s angular new chunk of plastic has sat in our living rooms, letting us play games and watch movies. How’s all that going? While most of us on staff at Kotaku have our own PS4s and plenty…
Track: Lingus | Album: We Like It Here | Artist: Snarky Puppy Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
Six months ago, the Xbox One was released unto the world. For a half a year since then, Microsoft’s giant new chunk of plastic has sat in our living rooms, asking for our voice commands, showing us movies, and letting us play games. How’s all that going? While most of us on staff at Kotaku…
Porting a game from PS3 to PS4 is no simple task. Sure, one might imagine that you just bump up the resolution and put it on a new disc, but…no. As The Last of Us creative director Neil Druckmann puts it in this new EDGE feature, “We expected it to be Hell, and it was…
We may not be getting Halo 5 until 2015, but the games’ developers were careful to say that the Halo “journey” will continue this year some way or another. According to a new report at Engadget, that’s because this fall, the Xbox One will get remastered versions of the first four main Halo games. Citing…
Every time I tell people to play Botanicula, they make the same joke: “Sounds like Bunnicula.” And I shake my head and wish that this lovely game had a different name. If people would just get around the silly title and play the game, they’d find one of the most charming games of the last…
How will Minecraft look on PS4 and Xbox One? Basically, it’ll still be Minecraft, but you’ll be able to see farther. These images were tweeted today by Minecraft console developer 4J Studios, and give a sense of how much farther you’ll be able to see on Xbox One and PS4 compared with their last-gen counterparts.…
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