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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 - Uncategorized
The Harry Potter Games Of Our Wildest Dreams
Harry Potter has not had the most illustrious history when it comes to video game adaptations. It looks like things are going to start getting better, but there are still Potter games we’ve been dreaming about forever that we’d love to see one day before we die. Look, not all of the film tie-in Harry…
Gita Jackson & Keza MacDonald Published March 6, 2018 -
CultureCosplayOh, The Elder Scrolls Are Real Now
Volpin Props were commissioned by Bethesda late last year to build two replicas of the Elder Scrolls for a competition. The end result was something so nice you could base an entire fantasy role-playing series around them. The build quality is insane; it uses goatskin leather on the handles, has epoxy and amethyst gemstones and…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 6, 2018 - Uncategorized
Overwatch‘s Nicest Players Are Giving Me Anxiety
“Hey Orisa, awesome tanking!” one of my Overwatch teammates typed into chat after we lost a match a couple months ago. “Our Mercy was great, too!” The first time I saw this happen, I was pleasantly surprised. These days, though, I find myself overcome with a different emotion when confronted with an egregiously kind Overwatch…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 6, 2018 - Uncategorized
For Honor‘s Dedicated Servers Make A Big Difference
After a bit of maintenance earlier today, For Honor’s dedicated servers finally went live on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Let me tell you: they feel good—real good—and it only took a year for that to happen. Previously, For Honor multiplayer relied on peer-to-peer hosting for matches. When the player hosting quit the match, whoever…
By Ethan Gach Published March 6, 2018 -
UncategorizedFinal Fantasy XV Sure Looks (And Runs) Great On PC
Final Fantasy XV looks good on consoles, but on PC, it feels like the game that we were meant to play two years ago. The PC version of Square Enix’s boy band extravaganza launched today, and from some initial testing (with me on a GTX 1080 and Fahey on a Radeon Vega RX 64), it’s…
By Jason Schreier Published March 6, 2018 - Uncategorized
Will God of War have any microtransactions? “No,” said Corey Barlog, the game’s director, in an email to Kotaku. “Not even a little.” The question came up today when a blurry picture leaked from a preview event. Barlog tweeted something similar when a fan later asked if the game would have paid outfits.
By Ethan Gach Published March 6, 2018 -
UncategorizedMachinarium Studio’s New Game Is A Comedic Point-And-Click Adventure
Chuchel is an adventure game set in a colorful world full of unique characters.You’re tasked with helping Chuchel, a tiny fuzzy black creature, and his little rodent friend get his sacred cherry back after it repeatedly gets stolen in a series of strange and hilarious ways. Made by developer Amanita Design, who previously created Machinarium…
By Paul Tamayo Published March 6, 2018 - CultureSix Months Later
Destiny 2, Six Months Later
Destiny 2 launched exactly six months ago today, though at times it feels more like six years. A bunch has changed since September, and the game has gone through some dramatic highs and lows. (Mostly lows.) Destiny 2’s long, slow crawl toward its possible (hopeful?) redemption is underway. Let’s step back and go over the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 6, 2018 -
UncategorizedWelcome Back To The West, DJMax
Of the 12 games in South Korea’s popular DJMax series of rhythm games released on PC and Sony handhelds since 2004, only three have made it to North America. Today, we got a fourth. The series’ console debut, DJMax Respect, is out on PS4 today in North America. Maybe I should have waited instead of…
By Mike Fahey Published March 6, 2018 - Uncategorized
Far Cry 5‘s Map Editor Sounds Totally Wild
The makers of Far Cry 5’s map editor are hellbent on giving the game a long and ridiculous life beyond its single-player campaign Ubisoft is calling the tool Far Cry Arcade. A new company blog post indicates that it will include approximately 7,000 different objects players can use to create new levels, some of which…
By Ethan Gach Published March 6, 2018
