Stephen Totilo

Zelda II is back in the news thanks to Nintendo’s announcement that the game is coming to the Switch this month for subscribers of Nintendo’s online subscription service. Did you know that legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto has some regrets about how this game came together? We talked about it with him in 2013.

The Stories Behind Assassin’s Creed Mercenaries Are Terrific, But Easily Missed

You don’t need to know the backstory of Shoeless Ogarneos, a mercenary who may try to kill you in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, but the word in the game is that this ancient Greek killer-for-hire only wore bandages on his feet and “liked the red tint they had at the end of each day.” I can…

The 102 Games I Played Last Year And The Ones I Recommend

For 13 years, I’ve been listing the games I’ve played each year. This used to be a means for me to log how many games I finished each year. These days, I use it as a way to tally the number of games I played in the past year, recommend some favorites and see how…

After A Year Of Free Updates, The Switch’s Kirby Game Is Finally Very Good

Kirby Star Allies launched on Switch in March, and it was decent, but a significant drop in quality from 2016’s Kirby: Planet Robobot. Since then, Nintendo has given the game several significant updates. Combined, they have made Star Allies a vastly better game. Unlike most Kirby games, Star Allies revolves not just around Kirby but…

An Update On A Battlefield Trailer Quote

A quote attributed to Kotaku in a launch trailer for Battlefield V was recently removed from that trailer by publisher EA at our company’s request, after a miscommunication by both parties led to the inaccurate quote’s appearance. The launch trailer attributed to Kotaku the accolade “best of the series,” even though that phrase only appeared…

 I Just Unlocked A 2016 Nintendo Game In The Silliest Way Possible

I was recently reminded that Nintendo’s “My Nintendo” rewards program has a single reward that I want. I’ve wanted for two years, actually. I figured it was about time I claimed it, and if I had to click on a bunch of websites along the way, so be it. My goal was to unlock a…

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We were disappointed that your dog companion in Far Cry 5 couldn’t ride in your car with you and instead ran behind. According to the official Twitter feed for the franchise, the dog in February’s Far Cry New Dawn will ride with you, as the game’s debut trailer last night teased.

Bungie Already Tweaks Newest Destiny 2 Expansion To Reduce Grind

A day after releasing their game’s new Black Armory expansion, the creators of Destiny 2 are lowering the power level requirement to participate in the new content’s marquee feature, a series of weapon-based activities called Lost Forges. They’re also acknowledging that the requirement reduction is small but the best they can do at the moment.…

Looks Like A New Far Cry Will Be Announced Tomorrow

In what might be the most revealing teaser in gaming hype history, Ubisoft has just tossed up a trailer that spoils the end of Far Cry 5 (guess I should have finished that by now) and hypes a new Far Cry something or other coming to PS4, Xbox One and PC. “None of us were…

Former Dragon Age creative director Mike Laidlaw is now working at Ubisoft Quebec, the studio behind Assassin’s Creed Odyssey In a studio blog post, it’s noted that Laidlaw had been consulting with Quebec on an unannounced project for the past nine months. Hmm.

I’m Playing Assassin’s Creed Rebellion For The Haystack Assassinations

I am living the true modern gaming experience these days when I fill the empty moments during Assassin’s Creed Odyssey load times by playing the mobile game Assassin’s Creed Rebellion on my phone. I won’t keep this up for long. Rebellion is too much of a Modern Mobile Game for my taste, but I’ve discovered…

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey‘s New Approach To Franchise Expansions May Indicate That These Games Are Finally Big Enough

The comically large map of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, which players can spend well over 100 hours exploring without doing all of its quests and clearing all of its caves and forts, won’t expand outward with the game’s first expansion. That’s a change from how the series has handled downloadable add-ons in in the past. Freedom…

One of the best Lego games, The Lego Movie Videogame, is getting a sequel tied to the second Lego movie, hopefully rendering its entire game world in Lego bricks like the first one did. More details here. It is slated for Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC for February 26, with a physical Switch release…

The Fun And Frustration Of That Doctor Robbery Early In Red Dead Redemption 2

Red Dead Redemption 2 doesn’t force many of its myriad activities on players, though it it’ll often send characters your way to tempt you to try certain things. Those of us who’ve played the game haven’t all seen the same sights, but a good chunk of us have at least have robbed the doctor’s drug…

It’s Great When A Series Of Assassin’s Creed Side Activities Comes Together Just Right

When I’m playing through a massive open-world video game, sometimes the little tasks I do line up to create the perfect mini adventure. Maybe it’s by design, maybe by accident. Regardless, when it happens, it’s quite nice. Let’s look at a sequence I just experienced in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey when, as is my style, I…

WWE Star Spends Precious Airtime On Very Relatable PS4 Storage Issue

“I’m thankful for my two terabyte hard drive, so that I don’t have to delete Spider-Man in order to download Red Dead 2,” WWE wrestler Xavier Woods said during a Thanksgiving segment on the Smackdown wrestling TV show last night. You can see him make that statement, which garnered an “amen” from one of the…

Shadow Of The Tomb Raider‘s New Tomb Is As Awkward As The Rest Of The Game

Some games’ post-release plans are stingy, others generous, some comically convoluted. And then there’s the seven-part plan for Shadow of the Tomb Raider, an awkward game that is now getting some awkward expansions. On paper before release, it all seemed pretty good. Shadow of the Tomb Raider would be a sequel to the excellent Rise…

In an interview with Kotaku on Tuesday, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said Nintendo’s handheld business in the Americas was up for the first three quarters of 2018, compared to 2017. After added fact-checking, Fils-Aime now tells us that Nintendo’s handheld business in the U.S. was up for the first two quarters. Still a…

Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime On Hopes For An N64 Classic, Switch Online, And Sakurai’s Smash Roster Tweets

The president of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aime, was in New York this week to sell his company’s big holiday line-up. But there was plenty more to talk about, too. A good portion of our conversation involved Fils-Aime’s pitch for the newest Switch and 3DS games. You can read about that in the first part…