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Podcast: Westworld’s Killer Finale And The Mysteries That Remain
HBO’s Westworld just put a cap on its terrific first season. Come talk about it with us, won’t you? Jason and I stayed up late to record a special bonus episode of Kotaku Splitscreen focusing entirely on the Westworld season finale and the first season as a whole. Spoilers, obviously. At the end, we added…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 4, 2016 - CultureShop Contest
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Ellie And Garfunkel
Poor Ellie. Six years after The Last of Us’s ominous ending, she’s set out to become a budding folk musician but can’t seem to find anybody to jam with. And those dead bodies littered throughout the cabin aren’t helping. So this week I want you to help Ellie find some band mates, or an audience…
By Ethan Gach Published December 4, 2016 - Uncategorized
Guy Buys PS4 Dev Kit Full Of Data From Closed Studio
You find the strangest things at bankruptcy auctions. Like, say, PlayStation 4 development kits full of stuff from the now-closed developers of Sleeping Dogs United Front games shut down in October, and on Saturday morning an auction was held to sell a bunch of their stuff. Among the server gear and office equipment and lamps…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 4, 2016 -
UncategorizedCounting Down The Months Until Persona 5 Is Out
As sad as it is that Persona 5 isn’t coming out in the West until April 2017, here’s a new English-language trailer for the game. Course, for Japan’s Brian Ashcraft it’s already out, so you can check out his impressions (as a Persona newcomer, no less) on the final game here
By Luke Plunkett Published December 4, 2016 -
UncategorizedSurprise, Mechwarrior 5 Is Coming
And it’s a big, proper, singleplayer Mechwarrior game. Not an online thing, not a strategy game,not a mod, but a full-blown, first-person, fifth Mechwarrior title. It’s being developed by a separate, dedicated team at Piranha, the same studio behind Mechwarrior Online Here’s the pitch: In MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries you will adopt the role of a…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 4, 2016 - Culture
The Week In Games: Hello Bird-Dog My Old Friend
First Final Fantasy XV arrived and now The Last Guardian. Within the span of just one week, two games that spent nearly a combined twenty years in development will have finally been released into the wild. In fact, I’ve spent so many years staring at the strangely feathered creature born of Fumito Ueda’s dreams that…
By Ethan Gach Published December 4, 2016 - CultureCosplay
Final Fantasy XV Cosplay Gets It Right
Italian cosplayer Leon Chiro has been working as an official Final Fantasy XV cosplayer in Europe (yes, this is something that happens). His Gladiolus is as dreamy as it would need to be to score a job like that.
By Luke Plunkett Published December 4, 2016 - Uncategorized
Hearthstone’s Latest Expansion Is Full Of Personality
Mean Streets of Gadgetzan came out last Thursday and I’ve been playing around with it for a few days trying to tease out some of its secrets. While it’s chaos in the world of Blizzard’s collectible card game at the moment, the distinct style and mood of the latest expansion has me enjoying this brief…
By Ethan Gach Published December 4, 2016 - Uncategorized
Rocket League Team Survives Lower Bracket To Become New World Champions
FlipSid3 Tactics just won the Rocket League World Championship in Amsterdam after beating grand final opponents Mockit Aces in two best-of-seven-series. After losing to Mockit Aces during the semifinals, FlipSid3 was sent down to the lower bracket where they managed to work their way back up to the top and earning a rematch. Since Mockit…
By Ethan Gach Published December 4, 2016 -
UncategorizedTwo Years Later, Fans Have Cracked P.T. Wide Open
Horror game P.T. was released in August 2014, and canceled months afterwards. Fans kept digging for secrets a year later, but by 2016, most of us would assume we’ve found everything. Well, not quite. Over at the Xentax forums, user luxox18 posted a datamine of P.T. that was completed just a few days ago, revealing…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 4, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Last of Us Part II Will Be A Game ‘About Hate’
During a panel discussion for The Last of Us Part II at this year’s PSX, the game’s director, Neil Druckmann revealed the whereas the first game was about love, the follow-up would be about “hate.” The game’s bleakness came through in its announcement trailer, which included a sobering conversation about the people she needed to…
By Ethan Gach Published December 4, 2016 -
UncategorizedMarvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite Gameplay Trailer Shows Us The Power Of The Infinity Gems
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite was revealed during yesterday’s Keynote address at this year’s PSX, but now there’s also a gameplay trailer that shows how the game looks and feels in action. The new trailer dropped during last night’s Capcom Cup tournament for Street Fighter V and is all centered around the Infinity Stones, the powerful…
By Ethan Gach Published December 4, 2016 - Culture
Sunday Comics: We All Lick Blood
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published November 29. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published November 28. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
By Ethan Gach Published December 4, 2016 - CultureShop Contest
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Final Postcard, Winners!
Too soon? What can I say, there were a lot of great entries for this week’s ‘Shop Contest, but I’ve had Final Fantasy VII on the mind and Lionheart227‘s entry hit me just right. It’s been a long journey for Noctis, Ignis, Gladiolus, and Prompto; one that’s taken them to many strange places, including the…
By Ethan Gach Published December 3, 2016 - Uncategorized
Sources: Bruce Straley Not Directing The Last of Us 2 [UPDATE: Sony Confirms]
Bruce Straley, who co-directed The Last of Us and Uncharted 4, will not have the same role on The Last of Us 2, sources tell Kotaku. His longtime creative partner Neil Druckmann is directing the game. Official word at the studio, sources say, is that Straley is on a yearlong sabbatical. Sony and Naughty Dog…
By Jason Schreier Published December 3, 2016 - Uncategorized
Kojima Is Using The Horizon Zero Dawn Engine To Do Creepy Stuff In Death Stranding
Kojima Productions is using the same engine as Horizon Zero Dawn to make Death Stranding. Guerrilla Games’ new Decima Engine is apparently a perfect fit for the designer’s intense attention to detail. Kojima revealed the news during a panel discussion of the upcoming game at PSX. He was joined on stage by Mark Cerny and…
By Ethan Gach Published December 3, 2016 -
UncategorizedCool Games You May Have Missed From The PSX Keynote
Today’s PlayStation Experience showcase was packed full of people talking and images flickering by so quickly you could be forgiven for missing half of the games that got some love on the big stage. Some of them, like Pyre, we already knew a fair amount about, but others, like Nex Machina, are completely new. Below…
By Ethan Gach Published December 3, 2016 - Uncategorized
Watch The 2016 PSX Keynote Right Here [UPDATE: Over]
Today in Anaheim, California is the third annual PlayStation Experience, an event for all things PlayStation, including panel discussions, news about upcoming games, and even a Street Fighter V world championship tournament. Sony’s keynote showcase will kick things off today at 1:00PM EST, which you can watch live in the YouTube stream below. Since last…
By Ethan Gach Published December 3, 2016 -
UncategorizedNew Details On The Crash Bandicoot Trilogy Remaster
Everyone suspected that a Crash Bandicoot revival might be in the works, but when the N. Sane Trilogy was announced at this past E3, people weren’t sure what to make of it. Were the old games only getting remastered for the PS4 or was there something more to the trilogy? According to the latest info…
By Ethan Gach Published December 3, 2016
