I recently played a game with no real ending, closure, or sense of reward. It was infuriating. You may have heard about Her Story before, since it’s been talked about a few times on Kotaku recently. tl;dr it’s absolutely worth your time, and one of my favorites in 2015 so far. I am not going…
Most of us at Kotaku are taking tomorrow off, so I’ve decided to run Worth Reading, our weekly roundup of the best games writing around, a day early. Enjoy! Hey, You Should Read This “Mario’s Big Brother: Shigeru Miyamoto” by David Sheff This is not a new interview with Shigeru Miyamoto, so you won’t learn…
An intrepid fan has combined two of my favorite things. You’ve done solid work here, Tyroine It’s probably lingering excitement from the announcement of Dark Souls 3, but I’ve got Souls on the brain lately, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim might be the last game I was truly obsessed with. (There are precious few…
If you bought Payday 2: Crimewave Edition on Xbox One, it’s been a frustrating couple of weeks. The game was released on June 16, yet many players continue to report it’s impossible to play the game with strangers. A patch has been promised for a long time. The official Twitter account has sent apologies for…
It’s not easy to collect Amiibo—it’s a pain in the ass, really. But maybe things are changing, as Best Buy announced some surprisingly reasonable policies for their exclusive, Dark Pit. Here’s what’s different: No online pre-orders Local pick-up only One per customer Sold on a first-come, first-served basis Basically, there’s zero bullshit. You don’t have…
You can’t buy Batman: Arkham Knight for the PC right now. Warner Bros. pulled it from digital and physical shelves last week, after players found that the PC version had critical performance issues. From what sources tell Kotaku, however, this shouldn’t have been a surprise for Warner Bros. “I will say that it’s pretty rich…
Predator wasn’t supposed to arrive for Mortal Kombat X players until July, but it hit early (by accident) for some, and they’re discovering a few hilarious Predator nods in the game. My thanks to the rabid fans at /r/MortalKombatfor digging these up! In addition to delivering a playable version of the alien from the 1987…
Nintendo’s mobile efforts won’t get underway until later this year, but that’s not stopping The Pokemon Company, which operates independently, from continuing to experiment. It’s headed to iOS and Google Play sometime this year, but there’s not much to look forward to. Patricia Hernandez, Kotaku’s resident Pokemon expert, hated the game. The question then became:…
It’s nearly the weekend, y’all. Grab some coffee—or a beer!—and snuggle up with the games writing from the past week ‘n change. (We skipped an installment because of E3. Sorry about that.) Hey, You Should Read This “Developing Deus Ex – an oral history” by Alex Wawro Depending on the day, my favorite game of…
Neil “PresJPolk” Stevens has been trying to achieve a particular goal in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link for months. When he pulled it off earlier this week, it was overwhelming. Thanks to /r/speedrun for pointing this out, by the way! Stevens has been speedrunning The Adventure of Link for a while, but he’s been…
If you’re a PlayStation owner in Europe, you may have experienced some ridiculously slow downloads speeds the last few days. Can you imagine waiting 48 hours to download a game?! That’s a reality for some folks right now. When a reader alerted me to the fact that PlayStation Network downloads were sluggish lately, I figured…
Super Arcade is one of California’s most beloved arcades. It raised more than $60,000 on Kickstarter last year. Due to rent concerns, it was forced to move locations. When it tried to apply for a permit, however, the city council denied them. “High quality does not really fit with games called ‘street fighter’ and ‘combat,’”…
Splatoon’s Splatfest event was delayed over “tentacle difficulties,” according to Nintendo, but it’s back on for July 4th at 12 AM PT through 11:59 PM. During Splatfests, players choose a side and fight for dominance. This week, it’s cats vs. dogs. (Go dogs!) Contact the author at [email protected]
Microsoft has occasionally offered two Xbox One games per month as part of its Games With Gold promotion, but starting in July, that’s becoming the standard, the company announced. This July represents two full years since we began giving Gold members access to amazing games, completely free. As a special thank you to our Xbox…
Fire Emblem: Fates launches in Japan this week as Fire Emblem: If. As has become tradition, there’s also a new (and unsurprisingly fascinating) Q&A with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. The whole thing is worth a read, but I’ve pulled some highlights. This isn’t news, but apparently Fire Emblem: Awakening was planned to be the final…
Batman: Arkham Knight still doesn’t run well on PC, and it’s not clear when (or if) that might change anytime soon. The public statements from Warner Bros. aren’t helping matters, either. If you’re just catching up with this story, here’s the short version: Arkham Knight runs like crap on the PC. It doesn’t matter if…
The long and winding road for Driveclub PlayStation Plus Edition is hopefully coming to an end. It was supposed to arrive last October, but months later, Sony says it’ll be available tomorrow. What happened? What took so long? At E3, we asked Sony for an explanation. Technically, Driveclub PlayStation Plus Edition showed up on PlayStation…
Dark Souls 3 was only just announced, but that hasn’t stopped players (and yours truly) from coming up with some theories about what’s going on. Here’s how Bandai Namco has described Dark Souls 3 so far: The next chapter of the Dark Souls lore is back with Dark Souls III. FromSoftware returns to create a…
When The Evil Within came out last year, one of the points of controversy was the game’s gigantic letterboxing during gameplay. Today, Bethesda announced there’s an official patch with the option to remove letterboxing on every version of the game. Weird! You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at…
Not all PC ports are created equal, and Batman: Arkham Knight seems to be an especially bad one. The morning after the PC version unlocked, Warner Bros. confirmed it’s working on fixes. The game’s community manager released a brief statement on the official forums: Hi all We’re aware that some users are reporting performance issues…
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