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Here’s a shot of ship customization in October’s Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, as briefly shown in the game’s new behind-the-scenes Facebook video series. Note the slots for crew recruitment, a feature Ubisoft has said is tied to the ability to recruit most non-player characters in the game. Read more
In the game’s 46th hour, I finally got frustrated about a design choice in Hollow Knight. I won’t spoil it in…
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If I’m commuting on the subway and don’t have two hands free to play Switch or 3DS games, I play a mobile game.…
The next Picross game, Picross S2, is out on Switch next week. It’s already the second of these picture-creating puzzle games on Switch. Help, some of us are so far behind in our Picross! But... this one has some sort of “story” mode. More details at the game’s official site.
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In the treacherous world of Super Mario Bros., it’s useful, if not realistic for platforms to hover and fireballs to…
I’ve had a Nintendo Switch since its early 2017 launch and have taken 1,052 screenshots on it since then. I guess I…
Every day, we make decisions about the games we will play and the things we will try to do in them. These days, I’m…
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“I really only know about what people are saying online,” Nintendo producer Kensuke Tanabe recently told me over…
The makers of The Division at Ubisoft are doing some unusual things to tie their first game into its upcoming…
An update on our colleague Mike Fahey: Mike is now home and acclimating to a future of having to use a wheelchair. He’s exploring options for a van he could ride in or even drive with hand controls. They’re expensive, so we’re inviting people to contribute to his family’s GoFundMe to help get him back on the road. Read more
When I start a new Ubisoft game for the first time, I don’t immediately play it. No, I find the Ubisoft Club option…
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When game developer Kenichiro Tsukuda was a kid, he took apart his Famicom, the Japanese version of the Nintendo…
A new patch for Hollow Knight on Switch fixes a variety of bugs, including one in which players—especially charming, wonderful players—who killed Brooding Mawlek at the same time he killed them wouldn’t get the mask shard the mini-boss drops. Thanks to the patch, the shard can now be claimed retroactively.
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The first day of this month’s Overwatch League finals will be broadcast on ESPN, with finals highlights airing on ABC. That’s part of a multi-year deal announced by ESPN/Disney today that’ll put other finals games on Disney XD and ESPN2/3 as well. OWL’s Twitch deal remains intact, according to the report.
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Exactly one year ago, publisher Take Two announced that WWE 2K18 would be coming to the Switch, the first WWE game…
Just an idle thought about Nintendo’s offerings for the rest of the year: The company has released new handheld models, consoles or retro consoles in North America every year since 2009, with the exception of 2014. So far, they’ve announced none for 2018. Make your predictions accordingly. Read more
“Got him!” I exclaimed in a text message to my colleague Kirk Hamilton at 2:33pm on Friday of last week. I’d been…
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People poured money into a Kickstarter for a spiritual successor to the 1998 Nintendo 64 game Banjo-Kazooie. Why?…
I had many possible topics in mind for today’s Kotaku Game Diary: The slew of wonderful Metroid-like games I’ve been…