Take-Two Interactive, the publisher behind 2K and Rockstar, won’t have much at E3 this year. In 2016, 2K had a huge booth on the show floor recreating a Louisiana street to promote Mafia III; this year, Take-Two says it won’t be showing any new games. With Red Dead 2 delayed, all Take-Two has coming in…

Track: It Gets Easier | Artist: Willie Nelson | Album: God’s Problem Child Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arise, the expanded version of Dragon’s Dogma, is getting new ports. A higher res version is coming to PS4 and Xbox One as well as releasing once again on PC. 

A new VR area is opening at Club Sega in Akihabara on May 31. Called Sega VR Area (clever!), it will be located on the sixth floor of that legendary arcade. 

Zhongshan Disctrict At Night. Taipei, Taiwan. By Patrick Lehrmann. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Endless Space 2: The Kotaku Review

There have been a lot of 4X games set in space lately, from Stellaris to the Master of Orion reboot. Some of them have been good! None, however, have been as good as Endless Space 2 A lot of 4X games, and I’m especially talking about ones set in space, often struggle on two fronts:…