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New Command & Conquer Mobile Game Is Getting Mauled Online
Can you tell what kind of message is being sent to Electronic Arts with the YouTube voting on the gameplay trailer for the newly-announced Command & Conquer Rivals mobile game? 244 upvotes. 7,900 downvotes. The strategy game’s “reveal” trailer isn’t doing much better. A thousand up. Nineteen thousand down. It’s about as easy to point…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 10, 2018 - Culture
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…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published June 10, 2018 - Uncategorized
Kingdom Hearts III Will Be Out In January
It’s 1:30am Eastern on a Sunday morning and Square Enix just announced Kingdom Hearts III’s release date, because why not? The long-awaited action-roleplaying game will be out on January 29, 2019, the publisher says. Technically this is a delay—Square had previously said Kingdom Hearts III would be out in 2018—but at least there’s a firm…
By Jason Schreier Published June 10, 2018 -
CultureE3Everything 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…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 9, 2018 -
CultureE3Everything 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…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 9, 2018 -
CultureE3EA 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…
By Eric Van Allen Published June 9, 2018 -
CultureE3Yarn 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…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 9, 2018 - CultureE3
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…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 9, 2018 -
CultureE3It 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…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 9, 2018 -
CultureE3Watch 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.
By Riley MacLeod Published June 9, 2018 - Esports
Lord Yamcha Proves Himself In Dragon Ball FighterZ Comeback
Yamcha has not had the best luck in Dragon Ball. He was once a lord and a threat, but by Super his lagging power level became a gag. You wouldn’t know it watching Ryota “Kazunoko” Inoue play him in Dragon Ball FighterZ, though. During a match at this weekend’s Summit of Power, Kazunoko was reduced…
By Eric Van Allen Published June 9, 2018 - CultureShop Contest
‘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…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published June 9, 2018 - Esports
The Weekend In Esports: Rev Your Engines
Yes, it may be E3 weekend, but there are still some video game competitions going down. Esports rests for no press conferences! In London, the world championship for Rocket League is underway. Over in Los Angeles at the Beyond the Summit house, the best in the world at Dragon Ball FighterZ are competing in the…
By Eric Van Allen Published June 9, 2018 - Culture
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…
Brendan Sinclair Published June 9, 2018 -
UncategorizedCollection Of Rare Japanese Games Leaks Online Without Owner’s Permission
Earlier this week, a group of game archivists revealed that a trove of over 70 lost Japanese video games has surfaced, including the third game in the obscure Horror Tour trilogy of point-and-click horror games. The release of these games, from the personal stash of a Japanese collector, has touched off a debate about how…
By Ethan Gach Published June 8, 2018 - Uncategorized
The Sims 3 Sucks
One of the favorite pastimes of The Sims’ community is to talk about how good the older games are. While there are things about The Sims 4 that I don’t love, I’m not as nostalgic as other fans. Every time I think about The Sims 3, for instance, all I can remember is how much…
By Gita Jackson Published June 8, 2018 - Uncategorized
Nintendo’s New Sushi Game Is Wonderful, If You Don’t Mind The Controls
Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido, a new Nintendo puzzle game, is an excellent, challenging adventure set in a silly anime world where sushi is illegal. But it’s a shame that players who are intrigued by that will have to decide between a 3DS version that controls better or a Switch version that looks better.…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 8, 2018 -
UncategorizedHitman‘s Sniper Assassin Mode is a Deadly Puzzlebox
Hitman 2 is coming in November, but eager assassins can test their skills on an entirely new level. A mode called Sniper Assassin is available to people who pre-orders the game, offering a little puzzle box of trick shots and stealth. Just like anything in Hitman, it’s often at its best when things go wrong.…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 8, 2018 - Culture
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…
By Riley MacLeod Published June 8, 2018
