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The More I Play Call of Duty: WWII Zombies, The Less I Like It
I enjoyed Call of Duty: WWII’s Zombies mode when it launched. But now, having dumped over a dozen hours into it, I’m feeling differently. I originallypraised Sledgehammer Games for its scary and gory take on Zombies. There was something really satisfying about returning to the World War II setting with Nazi zombies, ripe for the…
By S.E. Doster Published December 20, 2017 - Uncategorized
The Best Video Game Surprises Of 2017
This year, a lot of things sucked. But a lot of things were also unexpectedly good! Let’s celebrate those latter things with a big list. As we do every year at Kotaku, it’s time to take a look back on the highs and lows of the last 12 months. (See: the biggest surprises of 2012,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 20, 2017 - Uncategorized
Enter The Gungeon Is More Forgiving On The Nintendo Switch
Enter The Gungeon released on the Nintendo Switch last week, and they go great together. Despite a few bugs and some little niggling issues with the controls (which are 100% remappable) the overall experience is great. It’s also the most approachable version of the game thanks to some balancing tweaks that haven’t yet hit the…
By Ethan Gach Published December 20, 2017 - Uncategorized
Heather Alexandra’s Top Ten Games Of 2017
I’ve played approximately two billion video games this year. Narrowing that list down to 10 was a painful and bloody process, but I finally managed to choose my favorite games from one of the most exciting years in recent memory. 10. Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy Getting Over It is the closest we’ll ever…
By Heather Alexandra Published December 20, 2017 -
UncategorizedThe Witcher 3 Now Officially Runs At 60 FPS On The Xbox One X
When the Xbox One X launched in November, players discovered the console could run a completely un-patched disc version of The Witcher 3 at 60 frames per second. The Xbox One X update for the game dropped today, giving players a choice of 60 FPS performance or 30 FPS at 4K. Players who download the…
By Mike Fahey Published December 20, 2017 - Uncategorized
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Finally Comes Out For Real
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, the glitchy but charismatic survival shooter that has averaged over one million players in early access, is finally seeing a full release. It’s been a long, wild ride for the genre-defining hit, and with Battlegrounds updating to 1.0 at 2 am ET tomorrow, that ride’s not even close to over. The last-man-standing game…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published December 20, 2017 - Esports
Tier Lists Are Full Of Shit
Almost no one played as Blanka in Street Fighter IV. This is because the low-tier green Brazilian is weird, doesn’t play like any other character in the game, and is widely considered not to be very powerful. Nonetheless, Street Fighter V is adding Blanka into the game this January after two years without him. I…
By Maddy Myers Published December 20, 2017 - Uncategorized
Riley’s Top 10 Games Of 2017
While The Witcher 3 was obviously the game I played the most this year, did you know there were other games too? It was a great year for stealth games, immersive sims, and survival games—three of my favorite things! Here are my 1o favorite games that came out in 2017. Secret World Legends Secret World…
By Riley MacLeod Published December 20, 2017 -
UncategorizedLego Marvel‘s Guardians Of The Galaxy 2 DLC Doesn’t Mess With A Good Thing
You know the first 10 minutes or so of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, where Baby Groot dances while the rest of the team battles a giant space squid? That was pretty great. So great that Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 recreated it for its Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 DLC, “Mr. Blue…
By Mike Fahey Published December 20, 2017 - Culture
Yes Yes Praise It
Anna Pan is an artist based in Australia who has worked on games like Dream Daddy You can see more of Anna’s work at her personal site To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 19, 2017 -
UncategorizedEgyptian Zombies Are Coming To Total War: Warhammer II
The Tomb Kings, sadly absent from the core campaign of Total War: Warhammer II, are coming as part of an expansion on January 23. It’s a paid expansion, and there’s no new story content, but there will be four legendary lords available, and they’ll be playable in both the vortex campaign (where they get their…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 19, 2017 -
UncategorizedThere Is Now Some Final Fantasy XV In Assassin’s Creed Origins [UPDATE: We Found More Stuff]
A few weeks ago, the makers of Assassin’s Creed Origins teased a screenshot of yellow feathers, and now players who embark on a new quest in Ubisoft’s sprawling ancient Egyptian adventure will find some Final Fantasy in the game. It features some of the odder use of Chocobos in gaming history. The franchise crossover between…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 19, 2017 - Uncategorized
Kingdom: New Lands got a free DLC expansion called Skull Island today. It adds a new territory to the pixel-animated, side-scrolling medieval strategy game as well as a new win condition apparently. According to the developers it’s also “challenging AF. Yeah, that’s right, capital A F. Fuuuuuuuuuuuu.”
By Ethan Gach Published December 19, 2017 - Uncategorized
The Video Games Of 2017, As Screenshots From The Witcher 3
A lot of games came out in 2017, but none of them were as good as The Witcher 3, which is so good it can do a mean impression of pretty much anything that was released this year. Here, then, is a list of 2017 video games, depicted as Witcher 3 screenshots. PERSONA 5 LIFE…
Luke Plunkett & Riley MacLeod Published December 19, 2017 -
UncategorizedThe Switch Just Got Its First Smash-Style Fighter
A little platform fighter beat its gamedaddy Super Smash Bros. to the Nintendo Switch. A fun, easy-to-pick-up party game that simplifies aspects of Smash, Brawlout also misses out on a lot of what gave Smash character. Brawlout is a Smash-like, or a game that takes its mechanics from the genre-defining Nintendo fighting game. Eight months…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published December 19, 2017 -
UncategorizedOne Of The Most Popular Mobile Games In The World Comes To North America
With more than 200 million monthly active players in China, Tencent’s competitive multiplayer game Arena of Valor (AKA Kings of Glory and Strike of Kings) is one of the most popular and profitable mobile games in the world. Today it launched in North America on iOS and Android. Who’s playing? Arena of Valor is a…
By Mike Fahey Published December 19, 2017 - Uncategorized
This Is A Good Video Game Door
Look at this door. The end of the year is a time for sneaking in all those games you missed when they came out. I’ve been playing The Evil Within 2, an astonishingly good horror game that occasionally drops players into semi-open world areaspacked with enemies, hidden items, and sidequests. Players take the role of…
By Heather Alexandra Published December 19, 2017 - Esports
Overwatch League Players Keep Getting In Trouble
Overwatch is still young as far as sports go, but if you’re a professional player of anything, whether that means basketball or Russian knight fighting, you’re gonna be held to a higher standard than most. Overwatch League’s players are having trouble with that. There’s still about a month left until Blizzard kicks off the first…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 19, 2017 - Uncategorized
The World’s Biggest Video Game Mod Site Will Start Paying Modders
Nexus Mods plans to roll out a new donation system and storefront early in 2018 according to a recent post in the site’s news section The fan site was founded in 2001 and now has over 10 million registered users. While it supports mods for hundreds of games some of the biggest include ones like…
By Ethan Gach Published December 19, 2017 - Uncategorized
My Quest For All-Pink Gaming Gear Is Almost At An End
I love PC gaming. I love the color pink. I’ve spent years trying to bring those two loves together for a desktop threesome. Razer’s Quartz line made it happen. The color pink is soft and cheery, bubbly and welcoming. It’s happy, which is how I want to feel when I sit down for a 10…
By Mike Fahey Published December 19, 2017