Yannick LeJacq

Five Minutes Of The Division’s Snazzy Multiplayer

Ubisoft and Microsoft didn’t have much to say about The Division at the latter’s E3 press conference this morning, but that didn’t stop them from showing off some lush gameplay footage: Ubisoft’s press conference is later today, so we’ll keep our eyes peeled for more Tom Clancy-centric news then.

Conker Is Coming Back In Project Spark

Conker made a surprising appearance during Microsoft’s Project Spark presentation. It’s been a long time, buddy! We missed you.

Forza Motorsport 5’s New Nürburgring Track Is Available For Free Today

In addition to announcing the availability of the next Forza game at its E3 press conference, Microsoft also said that Forza Motorsport 5 will be getting the famous Nürburgring track. It will be free for all Forza 5 owners on the Xbox One. Watch the video up top.

Dota 2 Gamer Gets Robbed At Gunpoint While Streaming (UPDATE)

A Dota 2 player in Tempe, Arizona was robbed at gunpoint in the middle of playing a match of the popular online video game and broadcasting it on Twitch. News of the the robbery began to circulate online almost instantaneously since the game was being live-streamed. You can watch the portion of the video that…

Track: The Beginning Artist: RuPaul Album: Glamazon Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Track: Gasoline Dreams Artist: OutKast Album: Stankonia Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

I Like What Tomodachi Life Did To My Voice

Tomodachi Life is out today. There’s a lot to say about Nintendo’s whacky life simulator and the game’s lingering controversies. But why say them in my voice when I could be talking in any number of ridiculous computerized Mii voices? Character creation menus always bring out my insane gamer side, and the one in Tomodachi…

The punishing fighting-desperately-for-survival simulator Don’t Starve is coming to the PlayStation Vita, Developer Klei entertainment announced today. The Vita version will come with the original game and the Reign of the Giants expansion. Kotaku wishes one of our favorite PS4 games well in its new mobile-friendly home.

It Took Seven Years To Tweet Every Word In The English Language

Early on the morning of November 30th, 2007, a newly-hatched Twitter account posted its first tweet. It was an odd message—simply the letter “a”: A half hour later, it was followed by another word, also beginning with a. Thirty minutes later, another. The only logic to the stream was that the words proceeded in alphabetical…

Sonic Runs At 179 MPH, According To Science

We all know Sonic is fast. But how fast is fast by the hedgehog’s standards? Not fast enough to win the race against Mario, clearly. Sorry, I know it’s still too soon. The research scientists over at The Escapist’s Game Theory video series put Sonic’s famed running abilities under the microscope and came up with…

Track: Idioteque | Artist: Radiohead | Album: Kid A Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Ubisoft’s Newest Deal Could Be Bad News For Some PC Gamers

Despite lingering tensions between AMD and Nvidia over the latter’s close relationship with major game developers, Ubisoft is extending its partnership with Nvidia to cover its biggest upcoming PC titles. Ubisoft announced the partnership in a press release Thursday, saying that it is working closely with Nvidia’s GameWorks program to develop four of its most…

You Can Now (Officially) Use An Xbox One Controller On The PC

Good news for all the PC master-race-ers out there who prefer console-style controllers over the good ol’ mouse-and-keyboard combo: Microsoft has finally made its Xbox One controller PC-compatible. Xbox Live director of programmer Larry Hyrb, better known by his online handle Major Nelson, announced the news this morning in a post on his blog that…

The people that turned Hitman into a mobile turn-based strategy game this year are already back at it again. Square Enix just announced Hitman: Sniper, a new mobile game from the team that made April’s Hitman: Go. It describes the game as “a massively competitive sniping game that will focus on the subtlety of execution.”…

“The game still needs a lot of work.” That’s how one person who finally managed to get their hands on a working version of the mysterious fighting game Death Cargo described it in a note to me this morning. “It’s not too bad…like a buggy version of Mortal Kombat 1,” is how another put it.…

More Footage Of Parkour And Zombie-Killing In Dying Light

Techland just released an intense new trailer for Dying Light. The video shows off the open-world zombie game’s supremely bloody gameplay, along with some nimble parkour moves: The premise of Dying Light is that unlike Dead Island, Techland’s previous open-world zombie-killing simulator, the new game’s world follows a standard day-and-night cycle. The undead are already…

I’m Scared To Actually Start Playing Watch Dogs

When you write about video games for a living, you’re occasionally faced with the launch of a game so big that even random people you haven’t heard from since high school will reach out to ask for your opinion. For a long time, that game was Grand Theft Auto V. Then for a hot second,…

This Kanye West Oculus Rift Game Isn’t Real, But It Should Be

Otter Spice, the small team that brought us Kanye Zone back in 2012, just delivered a vision of what that ridiculous and amazing browser-based game would be like on the Oculus Rift. Sadly, the thing is just a joke. But like many things on the internet, it doesn’t have to be! West famously compared himself…

There’s not one, but two games launching today that let you play as animals If playing as a cat in Murdered: Soul Suspect isn’t good enough for you (and, to be fair, it wasn’t for me), consider checking out Sony’s new PlayStation Vita game Vita Pets. Judging by the launch trailer, it has quirky talking…

The guys who brought you a card game adaptation of Moby Dick are back with another tabletop literary adaption, this one about Beowulf. King Post is following last year’s successful Kickstarter campaign with another crowdfunding drive to make their nerdy dreams come true. If you like the sound of playing a Grendel card, check the…