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Black Ops III‘s Surprise DLC Is Beautiful
Black Ops III is still receiving new content, and coming back to Treyarch’s 2015 title is a lot of fun. An update on March 5 has added a snowy variant of the Redwood map and the addition of the popular Infected game mode, which became available to play on March 6. I’ve been pretty devoted…
By S.E. Doster Published March 7, 2018 -
OpinionSecret Little Haven Is A Game That Captures The Feel Of Late 90’s AOL
Capturing the feeling of early AOL chats can be difficult, while crafting an engrossing LGBT narrative can be ever harder. Secret Little Haven nails both, transporting players to the earlier days of the internet and telling a story that is both empathetic and believable. It’s intriguing and a great choice for this week’s indie pick.…
By Heather Alexandra Published March 7, 2018 - Uncategorized
The Sims’ Insane Trait Sucks
Starting with The Sims 3, sims have traits to help shape their personalities. Sims can be Romantics, more prone to flirting, or they can be Evil and want to have mean interactions with other sims. In both The Sims 3 and The Sims 4, you can also have sims that are Insane. I hate this…
By Gita Jackson Published March 7, 2018 - Uncategorized
Top Game Creators Remember Their Earliest Gaming Memories
What’s your first gaming memory? Is it your dad’s Atari 2600? Struggling to figure out how to use the controller on your older sister’s Nintendo 64? Or just staring and watching your grandma play Windows Solitaire? We can all remember an early experience with seeing a video game, maybe the very first time we ever…
By Chris Kohler Published March 7, 2018 -
UncategorizedDevil May Cry HD Collection Has Some Issues On PC
The first game in the Devil May Cry HD Collection is out early for Amazon Prime subscribers via Twitch. Unfortunately, it’s arrived with some minor issues, including a bug that makes the game run like it’s got an unofficial, never before seen turbo mode. The new version of the original Devil May Cry, which originally…
By Ethan Gach Published March 7, 2018 - Uncategorized
Battlerite’s 1.4 update is live, bringing with it plenty of gameplay tweaks and a new champion. Jamila is a Shadowblade assassin with situational abilties including counters, dashes, and long range attacks. In addition, Stunlock Studios has buffed and nerfed existing champions and rolled out its plans for Season 1.
By Ethan Gach Published March 7, 2018 - Uncategorized
Widespread Bug Causes Oculus Rifts To Stop Working [Update]
Virtual reality has gone dark for Oculus Rift users across the globe today, as what seems to be an expired security certificate in the Oculus Runtime service has temporarily rendered their headsets inoperable. Where were you the day the Oculus Rifts died? Reports of failing Oculus Rift headsets are everywhere this morning, from Twitterto Reddit…
By Mike Fahey Published March 7, 2018 - Uncategorized
Trump Vs. Video Games: What To Expect From Tomorrow’s White House Meeting [UPDATE: Full List Of Attendees]
On Thursday, March 8, the White House will hold a meeting with members of the video game industry to talk about gun violence. Few people know who will be at that meeting or why it is taking place, but one thing is clear: Like all things involving the Donald Trump administration, the process has been…
By Jason Schreier Published March 7, 2018 - ReviewsMultiplatform
Metal Gear Survive: The Kotaku Review
Metal Gear Survive is wreckage of the long battle between the series’ lead creator, Hideo Kojima, and Konami, his long-time employer who ditched him three years ago. Kojima split with Konami after a lifetime of making Metal Gear games, going back to the first in 1987. Survive is Konami’s attempt to make a new one…
By Heather Alexandra Published March 7, 2018 -
UncategorizedNew Mod Lets You Play Breath Of The Wild As Linkle
Link’s great and all, but The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s world is too beautiful to explore as him alone. That’s why players have modded other characters into the game, ranging from Sonic to Goku. Now there’s a mod adding one of the most obvious choices of all: Hyrule Warriors’ Linkle. Created by…
By Ethan Gach Published March 7, 2018 - Uncategorized
I’m Obsessed With The Switch eShop’s Best-Seller List
Given that my Nintendo Switch contains about two dozen games that I’ve bought and downloaded but never played, I probably shouldn’t spend so much of my time with the system checking out its sales chart, but I can’t help myself. Since the Switch launched a year ago, I’ve been regularly checking the “Best Sellers” section…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 7, 2018 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy XV PC Handles Ultrawide Resolution Like A Champ
Some games don’t play well with ultrawide monitors, requiring mods or third-party programs to fill in the extra space properly. Final Fantasy XV PC’s ultrawide support is nearly perfect. As Jason Schreier reported yesterday, the PC version of Final Fantasy XV is looking good and playing good for both of us so far, but as…
By Mike Fahey Published March 7, 2018 -
UncategorizedThere will be a Nintendo Direct tomorrow at 5pm Eastern focused on 3DS and Switch games coming out this year. Nintendo adds that the entire thing should run about 30 minutes and will also include new information about Mario Tennis Aces. And who knows, maybe we’ll finally get Mother 3.
By Ethan Gach Published March 7, 2018 - Uncategorized
The Next Call of Duty Is Almost Certainly Black Ops IIII [UPDATE: Yes, That’s The Logo]
It’s not quite official yet, but it’s a near-certainty that the next Call of Duty is Black Ops IV. Rumors have been swirling about this for a few weeks now (as first reported by Eurogamer), and Kotaku can confirm via our own sources that those rumors are true. Plus, there’s tonight’s assist from a future…
By Jason Schreier Published March 6, 2018 - Culture
Modders Are Trying To Salvage Chrono Trigger On PC
I’m not sure it’s possible to make Chrono Trigger, one of the greatest RPGs of all time, actively bad, but Square Enix’s surprise PC port is definitive proof that you can make it tough to look at. Modders—bless their noble, Frog-like souls—are trying to fix it. There are a number of mod projects in the…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 6, 2018 - Uncategorized
New Board Game Looks Very Darkest Dungeon
This is Brutality, an upcoming board game that pits two teams against each other in a medieval brawler. It’s giving off some very strong Darkest Dungeon vibes, if that’s your thing. Not in how it plays, necessarily, though it does involve teams of warriors doing turn-based battle. In Brutality (2-4 players), there are two sides…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 6, 2018 - Esports
The Esports Reality Show That Abandoned Its Winners Is Back For Another Season [UPDATE]
In May of last year, the first season of the esports reality show Gamerz promised to award a six-month professional contract to five up-and-coming Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players. The show, hosted by Gamingzone Entertainment in Sweden, filmed over the course of three weeks. It broadcasted live daily episodes featuring twelve contestants living together in a…
By Maddy Myers Published March 6, 2018
