Paul Tamayo

A Cool Murder Mystery Game With Hitchcock Vibes

A Case of Distrust is a point-and-click adventure game that looks like the title sequence of a Hitchcock movie. Made by developer The Wandering Ben, the game takes place in San Francisco at the height of Prohibition. You play as Detective Phyllis Cadence Malone, ex-cop turned private eye. After a bootlegger hires you to get…

Watch Us Play The Next Game From Former Plants vs. Zombies Developers

When the original Plants vs Zombies came out close to eight years ago, I got a little obsessed with it. Some former developers of that game have made a new game called Octogeddon, in which you play as a giant octopus. Octogeddon tasks you with being a trespassing octopus with tentacles designed to swat and…

With the recent release of Monster Hunter: World, we’ve put together a video full of tips to help get newcomers started and veterans brush up a little. Check out our tips post for more in-depth hints. Monster Hunter: World is available now for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 and is scheduled for PC later this…

Watch Us Fight Sharks In Sea of Thieves’ Closed Beta

Sea of Thieves is the latest game from developer Rare that was originally announced back in 2015 at E3. A current closed beta allows crews of four players to sail the seas in search of treasure. After playing a little with strangers, I decided to round up some of my fellow Kotaku staffers and face…

With Overwatch’s newest map “Blizzard World” comes some shiny new skins. Cecilia and I take a look at them and take the new map out for a spin. The new map is live now for PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Check it out in the video above.

Here’s Seven Minutes of Shadow of the Colossus On PS4 Pro

When it was originally released in 2005 on the Playstation 2, Fumito Ueda’s Shadow of the Colossus was a technically ambitious game. The game revolves around a sword-wielding hero named Wander on his quest to resurrect a young woman by travelling on horseback across the vast “Forbidden Land” killing 16 giant colossi. The game has…

Watch Us Play Darwin Project’s Open Beta

When it was initially unveiled at E3, I was confused as to what Darwin Project was trying to be. I knew what it was obviously aiming for with a shoutcaster on stage and it felt like it was doing a little too much to convince me that it wants to be the next big eSport.…

The Beginner’s Guide To Shipping

When I hear the term “shipping” I usually try to remember if I ordered something online that I can track obsessively until it reaches the office. But over the past few years I’ve heard it in reference to imagining romances between characters in games like Fire Emblem and Overwatch. I was happy to discover that…

We Played A Game On Switch That Teaches You Japanese

With the new year comes some New Year’s resolutions. One of mine is that I’ve always wanted to learn Japanese. I’ve tried twice to teach myself before finally realizing that I should probably just take a class. And I am! But then I also stumbled on Hiragana Pixel Party on the Nintendo eShop a couple…

Rogue Legacy Creator’s Next Game Is A Co-op Brawler

There’s a certain kind of vibe that only some good couch co-op can give. The amount of time I’ve poured into classic beat ‘em ups or even dungeon crawlers is most likely a number I don’t want to see. Rogue Legacy developer Cellar Door Games is here to give me another reason to spend a…

Paul Tamayo’s Top 10 Games Of 2017

2017 has been a wild ride for me personally, but it was also a year that reminded me why I love games so much. From being transported to the ruins of Hyrule to being in another set of ruins fighting to be the last one standing, this year was an onslaught of great games. There…

Battlefield 1’s New DLC Blends Conquest and Assault, And It’s Great

With all of the games that 2017 has offered up so far, 2016’s Battlefield 1 continues to give me new stuff to play. The third DLC pack, titled “Turning Tides,” is being split into two releases. The second half is slated for a January 2018 release window, but the first half came out this week…

The Switch’s New Hip-Hop Game Is A Welcome Surprise

Growing up in New York City, it was hard not to be a fan of hip-hop, but there never were many hip-hop video games. I remember that Wu Tang fighting game, the Def Jam Vendetta games and Marc Ecko’s Getting Up. There hasn’t been much lately. But now there’s Floor Kids on the Nintendo Switch.…

A Game That Simulates Real World Riots

In 2013, Riot – Civil Unrest was announced by developer Merge Games and went on to have a successful Indiegogo campaign. Four years later the game has finally arrived on Steam Early Access. Riot is a real-time riot simulator that puts you in control of either a large group of rioters or the police. As…

Highlighted as a part of Nintendo’s Nindies Showcase Direct back in August, Merge Games’ breakdancing game Floor Kids releases tomorrow, December 7th, for Switch. The game includes freestyle dance gameplay, rhythm challenges, and a multiplayer mode to battle friends one-on-one.

From the people behind the Trine series, developer Frozenbyte’s latest game Nine Parchments comes out today for Switch and PC. Here are the opening moments from the game running on Switch. Frozenbyte have yet to reveal the release date for Playstation 4 and Xbox One but they say it’ll be coming soon

One Man’s Attempt To Make It Easier To Learn How To Make Video Games

Three years ago, Dan Butchko was working for a Nonprofit when he realized that video games were what he most cared about. Soon, he came upon an idea that turned into a career: help people learn to make games, and then have those people teach the next generation, and so on. That idea is the…

We Tried A Dungeon-Themed Escape Room

With Halloween finally upon us, I get to live out my dream of being a camera guy on a ghost hunter TV show walking down dark corridors, crawling through secret passages, and tripping over chains. Kotaku’s Heather Alexandra and Alex Bedder take a trip to Brooklyn Escape Room to see if they have what it…

Who Is The Best Wife In Stardew Valley?

Stardew Valley has finally arrived on the Switch and instead of exchanging the best farming tips or fishing techniques, we ask the real question on all of our minds: Who is the the game’s best romantic interest? I sat down with Seung Park and Gita Jackson to let them debate who they think is the…

What We Liked And Didn’t Like About Neo Yokio

When Netflix’s new original anime Neo Yokio was released, it sparked a lot of negative reactions online for a giant Toblerone-sized handful of reasons. From the mind of Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig, Neo Yokio attempts to tackle a lot in six short episodes. From the politics of high society and status to the distracting voice…