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Disney’s Frozen Is A World In Kingdom Hearts III

The gang will travel to the land of Arendelle in Kingdom Hearts III, Square Enix revealed at Microsoft’s E3 2018 press conference. Yes, Frozen is coming to Kingdom Hearts. Did you expect anything less? The crossover game will hit PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on January 29, 2019. After years in development, Kingdom Hearts III…

The Developers Of Dark Souls Are Making A New Ninja Game, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Last winter at The Game Awards, Dark Souls studio From Software teased a game that they called “Shadows Die Twice.” Today at the Xbox E3 press conference, the developer officially revealed that game: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, an action game starring a ninja with a prosthetic arm. In an interesting twist, this one is published…

Microsoft Announces Halo Infinite With Tiny Teaser

Microsoft kicked off its E3 2018 press conference with a small teaser for the next Halo, called Halo Infinite. If you thought Halo 5 could have used more Master Chief, Microsoft says you’ll get more play time with the series’ protagonist this time around. “We will join Master Chief on his greatest adventure yet to…

We’re Liveblogging Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference [Update: We’re Done]

Another year, another E3. Microsoft undoubtedly has some tricks in store for its press conference today at 4PM EDT. Riley and I will have live commentary here for you in a few moments. You can watch the press conference here or follow along with our liveblog.

Watch The Xbox E3 2018 Press Conference Live, Here [Update: Over]

E3 continues today with Microsoft’s press conference at 1pm PT/4pm ET. What’s next for the Xbox One X? Will we see some Gears of War? Will playing with my Xbox friends on my PC ever get easier? Let’s find out together! You can watch the press conference on YouTube below, or on Twitch

‘Shop Contest: Your E3 Hopes And Dreams

It’s E3 this week, and we’re going to be shown lots of games that we expect and a few that we don’t know anything about. I need ‘shops that show me the latter. Every E3 is a rollercoaster of emotions. The biggest companies in video games promise things about games, and then years later we…

Our Wildest Predictions For E3 2018

Here’s a safe prediction: there will be some video game announcements next week at E3. But what about the wilder predictions? This week on Kotaku Splitscreen, Jason Schreier and I talked E3 rumors and made a bunch of guesses about what we’ll see during video gaming’s big annual announce-a-palooza. You can listen to the episode…

Sunday Comics: Downhill Carting

Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published June 4. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published June 7. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…

Everything EA Showed At E3 2018

This morning in Los Angeles, Electronic Arts kicked off E3 2018 with a press conference in which they announced a new Star Wars game, an Unravel sequel, and took a longer look at BioWare’s upcoming RPG Anthem, which is out next February. It was a straightforward way to begin E3: light on major news, with…

Everything We Know About BioWare’s Anthem

To close out EA’s E3-adjacent EA Play news conference, BioWare walked the audience through a lengthy deep dive into Anthem, its Destiny-esque multiplayer shooter. To begin, BioWare’s Casey Hudson, Mark Darrah, and Cathleen Rootsaert explained that the goal with Anthem is to avoid “diluting” the story by keeping it separate from action-heavy combat. You’ll go…

EA Brings Back Command & Conquer… As A Mobile Game

A legendary real-time strategy game series is returning in a format you probably weren’t expecting. Shown today during the E3-adjacent EA Play press conference, Command & Conquer: Rivals is a strategy game for mobile devices that boasts “quick, competitive” matches. It looks a lot like Clash Royale or Clash of Clans, but in the C&C…

Sea of Solitude is a new indie game coming from Jo-Mei Games in early 2019. The game, shown during this year’s EA Play press conference, certainly has quite a look to it.

Yarn Game Unravel Gets A Co-op Sequel, Out Today

Yarny is back, and this time, it’s personal Today, as part of its E3-adjacent EA Play conference, EA announced a sequel to side-scrolling yarn-’em-up Unravel. It once again stars Yarny, an actual doll knitted by creative director and perpetual sincerity engine Martin Sahlin. This time, though, he’s got a partner, a blue yarn doll. The…

Respawn’s Star Wars Game Is Called Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 

Respawn Entertainment, the studio behind the awesome Titanfall 2, shared details on their upcoming Star Wars project today at the EA Play press conference. It will be called Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and take place during the time between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope Speaking at the EA Play conference, Respawn CEO…

It Took Six Minutes For E3’s First Battle Royale Announcement

Battlefield V bring the series back to World War Two and, dear God, has playable women. EA revealed more details today at the EA Play press conference including a closer look at the game’s multiplayer. And of course, that means a battle royale mode. The battle royale format mode will be called “Royale,” although no…

Watch The EA E3 Press Conference Here, Live [Update: Over]

E3 2018 kicks off today with Electronic Arts’ presentation at 11am PT/2pm ET. What’s the latest with Anthem, Battlefield V, and Madden? Let’s find out! You can watch the livestream on YouTube below. Here’s a Twitch link too.

‘Shop Contest: Assassins Vs Templars Forever, Winners!

We know that the lovable Assassins are going to go on an odyssey, so I asked all of you excellent image editors to show me where this game series should go next. The pitch of the Assassin’s Creed series is that Assassins and Templars can be anywhere. As long as someone wants to control someone…

This Week In The Business: Valve Opens The Flood Gates

QUOTE | “I’ve talked to one Valve rep, and I’m like, ‘I want to put this kind of content on Steam,’ and the Valve rep responded, ‘Yeah, that seems okay, I’ll let you know if we change our mind.’ Which doesn’t provide any certainty. It puts developers in a weird position because we have to…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for press conferences about video games. But it’s also time to play some games too. I’m determined to finish Vampyr, despite having trouble with the combat. In addition to the fights I’ve been putting off, I’m dreading hearing Jonathan Reid say “It’s locked all right.” Why are all the doors in this…

Conan Exiles Struggles With Unmoderated Griefing, Racism

Conan Exiles officially launched last month, and was playable in early access for more than a year before that. Unfortunately, the game still contains no means of reporting other players for griefing, abuse, or racism. It’s a common question asked on Conan Exiles’ forums, Steam discussion page, and subreddit: “how do you report a player…