I take a couple of days off last week, and the staff goes and publishes some blockbuster stories. Those two events can’t be connected! My five favorite stories from last week: The Horrible World of Video Game Crunch | “This made me come to the realization that crunch was not some occasional occurrence before you…
According to the people at YouTube, they are: Minecraft Grand Theft Auto (series) League of Legends Call of Duty (series) FIFA (series) Garry’s Mod The Sims (series) Five Nights at Freddy’s (series) Puzzles & Dragons Dota 2 A press release hyping YouTube’s 10 anniversary says that list is based on “watchtime.” Not many surprises here,…
You need a cheat-sheet to figure out how to get what you want out of any new game these days. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is no different. Here’s what we’ve figured out so far about navigating your way to buying the game. Syndicate will be the next major Assassin’s Creed game, moving the series to Victorian…
“I think Banjo-Tooie’s the better game.” So says Kotaku reader BlackmanFord in a series of comments below the chat we published yesterday celebrating Banjo-Kazooie. Read his thread for some Tooie love.
In an apparent delay, Ubisoft is now describing its third-person shooterThe Division as a “fourth quarter” release. Given that their company’s financial year ends in March, that would peg the game for sometime between January 1 and March 31, 2016.
Not much time to run through last week’s stories. Using fewer words this time. Why There’s An Xbox One Game Stuck To My Ceiling | Spiders bad, Mike Fahey’s writing funny. Hacker’s MMO Character Publicly Stripped, Killed & Banned | Place this Nathan Grayson article in the “Is This Appropriate Justice?” category alongside this. Or…
You know that it plays Halo games. You know it will run Gears of War. And you probably knew that it looks smaller if you stand further away from it. But did you know these other things about Xbox One? You can see how much Internet your console uses Go to Settings —> Network —>…
I do not think it is possible to like the entirety of a corporation. Take Nintendo, for example. I like the part of Nintendo that makes Zelda games and, with less alacrity, Metroid games. I do not very much like the part of Nintendo that loves to sell plastic. And, boy, does Nintendo love to…
Tough times at the once-mighty Farmville studio Zynga. The company announced $100 million in cuts. CEO Mark Pincus: ”We are reducing our workforce by 364 people or approximately 18%, decreasing our outside services and reducing our central function.” Yikes.
Cordial Minuet, the slightly-demonic two-player video game you play online for real money, is now available for all to play. Check it out here. Don’t go bankrupt, and please thank us if you strike it rich.
“Creating a game with a new character like Qbby made me feel happier than I’ve ever felt before.” That’s Yasuhiro Mukae talking. He’s best known for making Kirby games, but we’re not talking about Kirby. Mukae is a longtime at HAL Laboratory, the game studio behind Kirby. He was also the director of Box Boy,…
Any week that includes me sneaking a pro wrestling piece onto the site and Tina telling us about a weird cat game is a good week, but it was cool for other reasons, too. The biggest news? Two cancellations and one sequel announcement. But there was more. GTA V Secret-Hunters Still At It, Now Believe…
On Monday Night Raw a few weeks ago, a loud contingent of pro wrestling fans found a new way to disrespect the women pro wrestlers in the ring. “You suck Cena!” they yelled, even though controversial World Wrestling Entertainment superstar John Cena wasn’t wrestling in the ring. Nikki Bella, the wrestler he dates, was. “You…
"It feels less like an official entry and more like an homage; enjoyable to play, but tangential"
I’ve been listing my five favorite Kotaku stories each week since mid-January, and I’ve never had as tough a time making the list as I did today. Last week was stacked with an unusually diverse set of good stories. Barely any of them involved major new releases, but you don’t need big new games to…
The next Call of Duty will be out in November. No surprise. November 6. Hey, that’s a Friday? Pre-order (ugh) for a beta that’s… on PS4, Xbox One, PC. No word about old-gen versions. Note the fine print: “Actual platform availability and launch date(s) to be determined. According to a tipster, these pre-order cards will…
Oculus chief scientist Michael Abrash and virtual world pioneer Jackie Morie will be talking about the future of virtual reality in NYC today at the Games For Change conference. The talk, moderated by one Stephen Totilo (who?) will be livestreamed from 6-6:30pm ET at this link.
Assassin’s Creed’s most beloved hero makes a welcome cameo in this week’s Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China, but a change in voice casting has him sounding like a different person. Early on in the game, an elderly Ezio Auditore appears in a flashback/tutorial to train the game’s protagonist, the assassin Shao Jun. Here’s what he sounds…
Last week feels like it happened a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away for some reason. It was a good week. Here are my favorite Kotaku posts from it: Video Games, 2015 – Short, sweet and to the point. Luke Plunkett’s sequel to one of his other fine posts, Video Games, 2014.…
A recent multi-year study of German gamers might cast doubt on the idea that sexist content in video games can affect sexist attitudes in gamers. But the researchers behind the study caution that their findings shouldn’t be oversimplified. “There are often discrepancies between what a study actually found and how people interpret it,” the two…
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