Match Land Is A More Lovable Sort Of Puzzle Adventure Game

Popularized by games like Puzzles & Dragons, mobile match-three puzzles games usually contain overly-complex mechanics, obnoxious microtransactions and a constant stream of ads for the amazing heroes you could get if you just spent enough cash. Take away those things and you get Match Land. Developed by Race Cat and available as a free download…

Both Zelda And Prey Make Climbing (And Falling) Fun

On the surface, Zelda: Breath of the Wild doesn’t have much in common with the new sci-fi thriller Prey. While the games are different in a lot of ways, both are well-made simulations that reward experimentation and exploration. And both give you fun ways to climb around. Navigation and traversal are fundamental aspects of any…

Graphic Novel About D&D‘s Creator Is Enchanting, But Falls Into A Familiar Trap

Storytelling was never the same after Dungeons & Dragons. When players, guided by a dungeon master, knit a dense narrative whose many threads are each supported by their neighbors, it makes the case that many voices are greater than one. This is the pitch on which Dungeons & Dragons stakes its brand. We see the…

Eleven-Year-Old Gets Used Copy Of GTA V, Finds Bag Of Meth [Update]

According to Havana, Florida mom Kayla McAllister, her 11-year-old son was flipping through the manual of a used game purchased from GameStop on Sunday when he came across a plastic bag containing a white substance. They called the police and yep, it’s meth. According to McAllister, who wrote about the incident in a Facebook post…

What We Loved (And Didn’t Love) About Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2

There’s a new Guardians of the Galaxy movie! Let’s talk about it. Mike Fahey and I are both avowed fans of James Gunn’s original Guardians of the Galaxy film, and both of us headed to the theater over the weekend to see his follow-up. Did the second outing capture the unlikely charm of the first…

What We’d Do If We Were Making Destiny Spinoffs

Would you watch an animated series about Destiny bounty hunters before the Fall? Would you play a game where you have to balance Destiny guns? On episode 78 of Kotaku Splitscreen, we answer all these questions and more. During last week’s show, we reached into the mailbag and took out some questions from listeners, including…

The Secret World’s Bizarro Free-To-Play Relaunch Arrives June 26

Funcom’s pay-to-play, modern-day paranormal MMO The Secret World relaunches on June 26 as the free-to-play Secret World Legends, delivering the same exact content in a slightly different way. As a player of the original game, the whole thing is downright weird. I spent a couple of months playing through The Secret World back when it…

Dynasty Warriors Is Finally Going Open World 

For the first time in the long-running series, Dynasty Warriors will be an open world game. Up until now, battles would happen in sections of the map, with players unable to go wherever they like to kill swarms of warriors. According to the latest issue of Famitsu, Dynasty Warriors 9 (Shin Sangoku Muso 8) will…

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Is Now A Live-Action Movie

Sci-fi comedy manga The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. is being brought to life. Here’s a look at on set images, a short teaser trailer, and posters. Not sure about these outfits in a live-action film, but here we are. According to Natalie, the film is being directed by Yuichi Fukuda, who previously helmed HK:…

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These are the top two reviews for Civilization VI on Steam at the moment. I wonder what happened between the 773d and 774th hour to make him think, no, you know what, this is a bad video game.

Here’s A $900 Chun-Li Statue

Pop Culture Shock Collectibles are releasing a Chun-Li statue that comes in three distinct varieties. The cheapest are not cheap by any definition of the word. The three versions are a classic Street Fighter II outfit ($925), her Street Fighter Alpha skin and her “battle dress” from Street Fighter V (both $900). They’ll all be…

Persona 5’s New Game Plus Is Great

I finished Persona 5 a few weeks ago and, unable to get my magical high school friends out of my head, decided I’d jump back in and give its New Game Plus mode a try. It’s not something I normally do with games, but I’m sure glad I did it here. I don’t usually bother…