Umbrella Corps, that Resident Evil survival horror multiplayer shooter, has been delayed in Japan. According to Famitsu, it was supposed to be out on May 12, but has been moved to June 23. No word how this impacts the international launch this June.
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We’ve made it past another April Fools day, and civilization is thankfully, mercifully still intact. Sometimes, though, April Fools jokes have lasting consequences, and I’m not just talking about people losing their jobs after they Google mic-dropped their bosses. The Counter-Strike economy—which involves highly sought-after cosmetic items and deals in real money—is still a bit…
Blizzard’s lawyers in both the US and France have shut down a group of fans running a server for classic, “vanilla” World of WarCraft, a version of the game that regular players hadn’t seen in a decade. Nostalrius, a group started up last year by a band of around 30 fans, had over 800,000 registered…
The latest Overwatch update didn’t just give Tracer a different, slightly more in-character butt pose; it also gave players a reason to fight until they can’t fight anymore (that isn’t butts). I speak, of course, about competitive play. Now, if you so choose, you can play Overwatch’s beta to rank up throughout monthly seasons and…
Street Fighter V’s online shop just opened last week, a month after the game’s launch. Here’s all the clothes you can get for your favorite World Warrior. As first spotted on Reddit, one intrepid PC user has thrown up images of every color and clothing option for the current roster of Street Fighter V. Looking…
Look, I just want a VR game to make me feel like Neo from The Matrix. Does Space Pirate Trainer do that? It does! Sign me up. Here’s a video of me playing some of the game on HTC Vive: What it is: Space Pirate Trainer is an early access shooting gallery game that basically…
I had a long, entertaining chat with Ta-Nehisi Coates two weeks before the first issue of the new Black Panther series came out. It was so fun that I’m putting the majority of our talk here. Warning: it’s long and has spoilers Kotaku: Tell me about the maps and why you’re pissed off about the…
Because of course it is. SL Newser – Places recently took a trip into everyone’s favorite off-kilter MMO, Second Life, where they found a replica of Donald Trump’s Florida mansion, Mar-A-Lago. Turns out, some Second Life players are campaigning for Trump within the game by building areas dedicated to him. SL Newser went the extra…
Starting today, it’s now possible to stream your PlayStation 4 to a PC or Mac. That sounds pretty awesome in theory, but how’s it actually work? I’ve spent the morning playing around with Remote Play to find out. Remote Play is a technology that allows a PS4 to become a hub device that spits a…
Today Bungie announced a bunch of small balance tweaks for Destiny, a video game about warping through the solar system trying (yet again) to remember the last time you played Destiny Next week’s big update will bring raise the light-level cap and bring some big changes to Destiny’s PvE Prison of Elders, and will add…
HunieCam Studio is a game all about ‘cam girls,’ that is, women who entertain viewers on the internet. In this case, the shows put on by these women are all sexual. It sounds more interesting than it actually is. (NSFW warning!) That’s because HunieCam Studio is a clicker game. 99% of what you do in…
If the new VR game Windlands is any indication, I’d be really good with a grappling hook. It’s probably not a good indication, but it’s fun, so I’m okay with that. This week I’ll be playing a bunch more VR games to give people a sense of how they work and whether or not they’re…
My favorite thing about Hyper Light Drifter is all the new swear words I invented while playing it. To be fair, swearing is one of my favorite things in general. Hyper Light Drifter generated those oaths of fury and joyful frustration that are unique to hard games. It’s an action RPG where enemies move quickly,…
Blizzcon 2016 is taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center in California on November 4 and 5. The $199 tickets will be sold in two batches on April 20 and 23. If you get one, you’re made of magic.
Microsoft’s announced Outland and Gunstar Heroes are now available on Xbox One, thanks to backwards compatibility. Most people didn’t play Outland, but that game’s totally bad ass, and you should change that ASAP.
The expansion to beloved 17-year-old video game Baldur’s Gate has been getting shelled with angry user reviews all week. The complaints? Many are coming from people who say they are angry that the game is buggy and also filled with “social justice” issues and “LGBT tokenism.” Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear has been out for…
Looks like the new time-bending shooter has a moral code: an eye for an eye. As spotted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun,Remedy Entertainment has hidden a joke within Quantum Break meant exclusively for pirates. If Quantum Break detects that players have stolen their copy of the game, it will outfit the main character, Jack Joyce, with…
Harmonix’s latest crowdfunding attempt didn’t get anywhere close to fully funded, making it unclear if Rock Band 4 will ever come to the PC. Some crowdfunding projects are able to pull off miraculous come-from-behind rallies in the final days of a campaign, but that wasn’t the case with Rock Band 4 on PC. Harmonix was…
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