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UncategorizedNew Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Footage Is Triggering Some Interesting Theories
Is that Zelda? FEMALE LINK? Is she playable in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild? Are people reading too much into this? Tonight at The Game Awards, Nintendo showed off some brand new footage from Breath of the Wild, which will be out this spring for Wii U and Switch. First they showed…
By Jason Schreier Published December 1, 2016 -
UncategorizedPrey Looks Like A New System Shock
During the Game Awards, Bethesda showed off gameplay of the new Prey The trailer shows main character Morgan Yu shooting and sci-fi super-powering his way through a space station, taking on shadow monsters and transforming into weapons of mass destruction like a coffee cup. Given how much they’ve promoted it, there had BETTER fucking be…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 1, 2016 -
UncategorizedNew indie studio Phoenix Labs announced upcoming co-op RPG Dauntless at the game awards tonight. It’s set in an online sci-fi fantasy world in which players slay monsters called “Behemoths” and features a very cool sword. Dauntless will be available for PC in 2017.
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published December 1, 2016 -
UncategorizedThat Dragon, Cancer Designer Wins Game Award, Gives Heartbreaking Speech About Son Who Died
During the Game Awards, That Dragon, Cancer won the Games For Impact award. The game is about developer Ryan Green’s young son’s struggle with cancer. Unfortunately, he didn’t make it. Green accepted the award in tears. “Often in video games,” he said, his voice shaking, “we get to choose how we’re seen. Our avatars and…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 1, 2016 -
UncategorizedTelltale Announces Guardians of the Galaxy Adventure Game
Tonight at The Game Awards, a short teaser revealed that Telltale’s next big licensed adventure game will be based on Guardians of the Galaxy. Before I play it, I’m gonna need a security band, a quarnex battery, and that guy’s prosthetic leg. The game will be out in 2017. In a press release, Telltale’s Kevin…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 1, 2016 -
UncategorizedGeoff Keighley Gives Emotional Speech For Hideo Kojima, Puts Konami On Blast
A year ago, Hideo Kojima was supposed to receive a trophy at The Game Awards for Metal Gear Solid V. Due to bullshit from Konami, Kojima couldn’t attend the event. Tonight, things have been set right. “Last year, I thought I lost everything,” Kojima said, accepting the award. “But I didn’t.” The whole thing was…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 1, 2016 -
UncategorizedDeath Stranding Goes Full Kojima With Mysterious New Trailer
Hideo Kojima revealed a new trailer for his upcoming PS4 game Death Stranding at the Game Awards tonight. It was initially announced at E3 earlier this year. An open-world action game, Death Stranding is the first title from Kojima’s independent studio Kojima Productions, which he formed after leaving Konami last year. Two people featured in…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published December 1, 2016 -
UncategorizedRemastered Bulletstorm Coming To Consoles And PC In 2017
Tonight at The Game Awards, People Can Fly announced that a remastered edition of their excellent but frequently overlooked shooter Bulletstorm is coming to current-gen consoles and PC next year. It’s called Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition and it’ll be out on April 7, 2017. Not everyone overlooked Bullettorm, of course. Our own contributor G.B. Burford…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 1, 2016 - Culture
Valve Still Hasn’t Fixed Steam Curators
As part of the recent Steam front page revamp, Valve gave curators an even more prominent spot and added functionality so that they can list games as “not recommended” or provide Steam users with neutral information. Sounds good on paper. Doesn’t really work in practice. Recently, I decided to search for Steam curators—that is, (often…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 1, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Division‘s Survival Expansion Has A Good Story After All
There are understandable complaints that The Division’s expansions are really just new game modes and not actual storyline extensions. But there’s a story in The Division’s Survival mode. I think it’s about me and a guy named Kirk. Kirk was this Division super-agent, all leveled up from his time in the PC version of the…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 1, 2016 -
CultureThat’s Some Impressive Chocobo Riding
Today on Highlight Reel we have empty oceans, an untranqil Zenyatta, kills, broken physics and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more! Battlefield 1 –Conker37…
By Chris Person Published December 1, 2016 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy XV‘s Scripted Prologue Probably Should’ve Been In The Game
Final Fantasy XV, a video game about four men who just love hanging out and wearing black, has a few glaring issues. For example: The plot is a complete mess. The emotional beats are all there—by the end of the journey it’s hard not to care deeply about Noctis and his crew—but the story is…
By Jason Schreier Published December 1, 2016 - Uncategorized
I’m Pretty Into These Buttons Under My Game Controller
Recently I’ve been using a new controller to play video games. It has buttons on the top, and triggers on the back. It also has buttons underneath “Buttons underneath?” you might be saying. “That is madness! What will they think of next??” Or maybe you’re thinking to yourself, “Sheesh, this guy is only now learning…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 1, 2016 - Uncategorized
Speaking at Nasdaq’s 35th Investor Program, Electronic Arts CFO Blake Jorgensen said the company would not have a new Battlefield game for “a couple of years,” opting to focus on a new Star Wars Battlefront. The Battlefield series has released titles with wider gaps in recent years.
By Heather Alexandra Published December 1, 2016 -
UncategorizedTransformers Is Getting A New Fighting Game, And I Don’t Care That It’s Mobile
Autobots and Decepticons from all corners of the cartoon, comic, toy and movie universes do battle this spring in Transformers: Forged To Fight. Developed by Kabam, it sounds a lot like Marvel: Contest of Champions, only with Transformers. That’s just prime. Yes, I know. You were excited until you saw “mobile game” in the…
By Mike Fahey Published December 1, 2016 -
UncategorizedWild-Sounding Survival Game Makes Other Players Your Parents And Kids
Jason Rohrer, creator of experimental games like Passage and, most recently, a satanic gambling game that people have won as much as $6,000 from, has a new project. It’s a multiplayer survival game about living life in an hour. Also, other players are your parents, and you cooperate across generations to take civilization from sticks…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 1, 2016
