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The Jack The Ripper expansion for Assassin’s Creed Syndicate will be out for PS4 and Xbox One on December 15, a week later on PC, according to publisher Ubisoft. It stars Evie Frye and is set 20 years after November’s very good new AC. Now, what happened to her brother, Jacob? Hmmm.
By Stephen Totilo Published December 10, 2015 -
The State Of The Xbox One in 2015
It must be frustrating for the people who work on the Xbox One, to have turned one of the worst-pitched gaming consoles ever into a machine that’s in several ways better than its competition. Lately, Microsoft has done so many things well. They’ve improved their box in so many ways. Surely they ask: Will you…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 9, 2015 -
Missing Assassin’s Creed Sidescrollers Finally Coming Out In Early 2016
A pair of Assassin’s Creed sidescrollers set in 19th century India and early 20th century Russia will be released on January 12 and February 9, respectively, according to a Ubisoft press release, months after the publisher had all but stopped talking about them. The games, Assassin’s Creed Chronicles India and Assassin’s Creed Chronicles Russia, will…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 8, 2015 -
My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week
It’s supposed to get slow in December, but it sure wasn’t slow last week, not with fresh game releases, some new controversies, a big awards show and a PlayStation fan festival full of game announcements. My favorite stuff from what we ran last week: Fallout 4 Is Not The Fallout Fans Fell In Love With…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 7, 2015 -
The beta for March 2016 Ubisoft action RPG The Division has been delayed. Originally, Ubi offered those who pre-ordered on Xbox One access to a beta this month, PC/PS4 in 2016. The beta is delayed to next year, but Ubi now says that Xbox One pre-orderers may get added to an NDA’d testing alpha Dec…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 7, 2015 -
New PS4, PC Space Shooter Has Mode Where Your Team Invades Other People’s Matches
As announced today at the PlayStation Experience event in San Francisco, Armature Studio’s 10v10 space shooter Dead Star will actually support an experimental, Battlestar Galactica-inspired 5v10v10 mode. And the plan is that you will be able to try it today if you pre-order the game, since pre-ordering immediately gets you into the game’s PS4 beta.…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 5, 2015 -
The Grand Finale For The PlayStation Experience 2015 Keynote? A MOBA.
PS Experience didn’t end with a new God of War, didn’t end with some brand-new PS4 exclusive. Nah. It’s 2015 and so it ended with the hottest genre going: MOBAs. Specifically, a new one called Paragon coming from Epic Games in 2016 for PS and PS4. You know, Paragon, the game that formerly could have…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 5, 2015 -
Rez Is Coming To PlayStation VR [UPDATE: VR Optional!]
Kotaku’s Evan Narcisse and the rest of the world’s Rez devotees probably might want to add virtual reality goggles to their shopping list, because the hit rave-like Dreamcast rhythm game is coming to PlayStation VR. They’re calling it Rez Infinite. 60fps and, if the video shown at today’s PlayStation Experience is any indication, might have…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 5, 2015 -
Psychonauts VR Game Coming To PS4, First Joke’s On Time Magazine
In one of the first examples of an existing gaming series coming to virtual reality, Double Fine boss Tim Schafer told a crowd of PlayStation fans today that his studio is making a virtual reality Psychonauts game for the PS4’s upcoming PlayStation VR device. It’s called Psychonauts In The Rhombus of Ruin. You’re using psychic…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 5, 2015 -
The Irresistible Beauty Of Xenoblade Chronicles X
The huge new Wii U JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles X seems like it wants about 80 hours of my life. I’ve given it 18 so far, and I’m going to give it some more. I’m not really a JRPG guy, mind you. I love the Fire Emblems, but don’t really care about many Final Fantasys. I’ll…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 4, 2015 -
Must-Watch Game Awards Speech Salutes Hard-Working Game Developers
“Thank you for making games…. We are forever in your debt.” Kinda Funny gaming pundit Greg Miller may have won the award for Trending Gamer at the 2015 Game Awards in Los Angeles, but he also just cleaned up for Best Speech with a terrific salute to hard-working game developers. A must-see. Here’s a transcript:…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 3, 2015 -
Pokémon Picross Crossover Is Pretty Close To Perfect
Pokémon Picross seems like a combination that’d be tough to screw up. Good thing the game itself is great. It’s free-to-play—uh-oh!—which could ruin a game as compulsively playable as this, but Nintendo has managed to implement that in—phew!—a very friendly way. Have a 3DS? No brainer here. Download now. The game is a proper mix…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 3, 2015 -
The excellent Wii hospital game Trauma Team, in which you play as an ensemble of medical professionals, is being re-released as a $20 Virtual Console download for the Wii U on Thursday. Prepare yourself by reading our rave review of the game from 2010. It even supports local co-op surgery!
By Stephen Totilo Published December 2, 2015 -
My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week
Short week last week. But we wedged some good stuff into it, I dare say. My favorites: Fallout 4’s User Interface Is Truly Terrible – Comprehensive and convincing. Why So Many People Are Yelling About Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 – A complicated controversy clearly explained. Nobody’s Sure How One Of Counter-Strike’s Best Players Nailed…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 30, 2015 -
My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week
Last week was… interesting. We ran some huge reviews, discovered a flaw in a widely-reported piece of news and stirred up some controversy over some blacklist. Now it’s Thanksgiving week and time’s been short today. This round-up is going up laughably late. This one’s for posterity, at least. Why A ‘Bad’ Steam Game Has Good…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 23, 2015 -
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By Stephen Totilo Published November 20, 2015
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