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Dogfighting Game Feels Like A Long Lost Sega Classic

Sky Rogue looks like it was ripped right out of an arcade. Colorful graphics, fun combat, and wonderfully realized community content combine for a damn good time. It’s this week’s Indie Pick. I was a bit surprised to see that Kotaku hadn’t covered this game much. My coworker Nathan Grayson enjoyed the gameplay, which is…

By Heather Alexandra Published March 29, 2017

Culture

Fans Won’t Stop Playing One Of Steam’s Most Popular Games, Even Though They Claim To Hate It

H1Z1: King of the Kill is one of the most popular games on Steam, despite the fact that thousands of fans claim to hate it. Now that a similar game, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, has appeared, many say they’re going to jump ship for good—and this time, they really, really mean it. Maybe. King of the Kill…

By Nathan Grayson Published March 29, 2017

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Mass Effect: Andromeda’s Best Writing Is In Its Emails

In Mass Effect: Andromeda, I met new aliens, terraformed entire planets, and had a blast shooting down enemy Kett. None of that matched the sheer delight of Andromeda’s quieter moments, however, when I could sit down to read the email that my crew had sent between missions. It kinda makes sense. In real life, so…

By Patricia Hernandez Published March 29, 2017

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Fans Bid Farewell To Club Penguin

For nearly 12 years, children and trolls of all ages flocked to Disney’s browser-based Club Penguin for all sorts of kid-friendly (mostly) shenanigans. Today the game closes down for good, and players past and present are paying their respects. Disney is shuttering the long-lived and well-loved browser game at 12:01 AM Pacific this evening. While…

By Mike Fahey Published March 29, 2017

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Card Thief Is A Perfect Mashup Of Playing Cards And Stealth

I like stealth games. I like mobile games I can play with one hand so I don’t have to decide between playing and holding the subway pole. I like Card Thief I’ve been playing this card-based stealth game for iOS (available now for $1.99) on all my commutes since it came out last week. As…

By Riley MacLeod Published March 29, 2017

Culture

I’ve Got A War Inside My Head. It’s Got To Set Your Soul Free.

Vitalii Smyk is a concept artist at Ubisoft. You can see more of Smyk’s work at his ArtStation page 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 artists, showcasing the best of both their professional…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 29, 2017

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With Dark Souls 3‘s Newest DLC, The Series Finally Says Goodbye

Dark Souls 3‘s final DLC, The Ringed City, seeks to close the curtain on the series. With some of the best environments in the series and imaginative boss fights, it feels like a fitting end. Even as I shed no tears at the passing. The Ringed City is the last piece of content for the…

By Heather Alexandra Published March 29, 2017

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Blizzard Overhauls Heroes Of The Storm’s Progression System

Today, Heroes of the Storm announced some big changes to its progression system. Heroes 2.0, launching in beta today, aims to make leveling up more interesting. Currently, each heroes’ level caps at 20 and, at later levels, their XP curve is, in game director Alan Dabiri’s words, “punishing.” Heroes 2.0 will remove the level cap…

By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published March 29, 2017

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Horizon Zero Dawn’s Narrative Director Says They Spent ‘Hundreds’ Of Hours Rewriting The Story

John Gonzalez might have cut his teeth on the beloved Fallout: New Vegas, but the narrative director told Kotaku that helping craft the story for Horizon: Zero Dawn was “hands down the biggest challenge” of his career. Here’s why. According to game director Mathijs de Jonge, the idea for Horizon began as a pitch from…

By Patricia Hernandez Published March 29, 2017

Esports

Street Fighter V Fans Are Highlighting Akuma’s Flaws By Obliterating Him In Two Combos

The latest goal for the fighting game community is simple: kill Akuma in Street Fighter V using just two combos. The challenge began last Friday when a player named Javits Arias posted a Tweet, asking his fellow competitors to deplete Akuma’s health Arias wanted players to start the first combo with a jump-in attack and…

Ian Walker Published March 29, 2017

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Here’s The PlayStation Plus Lineup For April

April’s PlayStation Plus lineup features a launch game, Drawn to Death, as well some older games you might have missed. Co-op Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is a lot of fun if you enjoy yelling at your friends under the guise of teamwork. Remember, these games are only “free” if you have an active PlayStation…

By Riley MacLeod Published March 29, 2017

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Fire Emblem Heroes Spring Event Comes With Bunny Costumes

Fire Emblem Heroes is about to get a little more colorful. The Spring Festival tosses fan favorite heroes into bunny costumes and adds a new, lighthearted side story to battle through. But it’s mostly about those absurd outfits. The Spring Festival will run from March 30th to April 13th. The biggest draw from the event…

By Heather Alexandra Published March 29, 2017

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The Xbox One’s new UI just dropped. It emphasizes streaming games with the just-released Beam app, discovery and sharing over navigating to apps you already use regularly. It’s also a little faster.

By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published March 29, 2017

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Final Fantasy XV‘s First DLC Is Short And Pointless

Final Fantasy XV, a Cup Noodles commercial cosplaying as a video game, got its first piece of downloadable content this week, and you really don’t need to bother with it. It’s short, straightforward, and—unless you’re particularly attached to Gladio—really boring. Episode Gladiolus, which came out yesterday for $5, starts off with the Final Fantasy XV…

By Jason Schreier Published March 29, 2017

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Funcom Relaunches The Secret World As A Free-To-Play Action RPG

Despite a unique setting, inventive quests and genuinely creepy vibe, Funcom’s supernatural MMO The Secret World doesn’t get a lot of play, so they’re taking all of the content from that game and putting it into a free-to-play online action RPG called Secret World Legends Funcom is calling it a relaunch, but traditionally relaunches involve…

By Mike Fahey Published March 29, 2017

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EVE Online‘s New Pirate Ship Can Hold 100,000 Human Corpses

EVE Online is about to get its biggest, most expensive warship ever: the Molok. A version of the game’s giant Titan spaceship that’s aligned with the Blood Raider pirate faction, it’s going to cost three to five times the price of an Avatar-class Titan. But all that cash outlay comes with serious benefits, like the…

Lee Yancy Published March 29, 2017

Culture

Track: Look Inside America | Artist: Blur | Album: Blur Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 29, 2017

Kotaku East

Kid Makes A Cardboard Nintendo Switch Because Mom Won’t Buy The Console

Gotta love the creativity of kids! Twitter user Ama-chan’s kid brother made this cardboard Nintendo Switch because their mother wouldn’t buy the real deal. According to Ama-chan, her little brother is in fifth grade and dreams of making video games in the future. If that doesn’t work out, he can always design hardware, cardboard or…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 29, 2017

Kotaku East

Japanese Stock Photos That Are Strange On Purpose

That’s the point! Welcome to the world of Sukima Nurse, a stock photo site for those with very specific stock photo needs. Most stock photos seem varying degrees of goofy. But, as IT Media notes, this site is dedicated to the “one percent of maniac demands.” Sukima Nurse is an offshoot of Nurse-Web.jp, a recruiting…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 29, 2017

Kotaku East

An Excellent Way To Make VR Barfy

Hope you don’t mind feeling pukey! I know I do. This is “Robot VR,” a three-minute long attraction at the Everland Amusement Park in Yongin, South Korea. Check out this short TechInAsia clip: It reminds me of this barfy VR gaming chair we posted a while back, but with more seats so you can get…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 29, 2017