Former Destiny Developers Discuss How Hard It Is To Make AAA Games

To say that making big games like Destiny is “difficult” is kind of like declaring the Grand Canyon is “deep,” so it’s always interesting to hear new insights from people who have been in the trenches. Ex-Bungie developers Jaime Griesemer and Marty O’Donnell, who have worked on Halo and Destiny, gave some pretty fascinating quotes…

Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2: The Kotaku Review

Remember the early days of online multiplayer shooters, when most players were too busy having fun to worry about things like stats or other players’ performance or who your mother may or may not have slept with? Garden Warfare 2 remembers. In 2014 EA and Popcap games made a competitive online shooter for consoles and…

Turn-Based Games Are Good This Year

XCOM. Fire Emblem. Civilization. Invisible Inc. Endless Legend. Don’t look now, but if you’re a fan of video games where the action is broken up into turns, you’ve never had it better. Despite being one of the oldest game design fundamentals around, having been so liberally lifted from tabletop gaming all those decades ago, over…

The GTA Series In The Style Of Pokémon

CJ, Niko Bellic, Tommy Vercetti and GTA III’s Claude, all together, in a fantastic demake by Hat-Loving Gamer. And it’s not just a demake. The battles and other mechanics are now all similar to classic Pokémon games. It’s a tougher world, so the gym is no longer used for Pokémon battles. To contact the author…

Diablo III Players Discover New Secret Cow Level

In honor of an artist who worked on World of Warcraft and Diablo, and who passed away two years ago, Diablo devs secretly snuck a mini-event into Diablo III. It’s a special version of the famous Cow level and players found it pretty quickly. It’s very easy to unlock compared to other Diablo III secrets.…

In The Shadow of the Minecraft Colossus

Colossi: giant statues in the real world, gargantuan creatures in fiction. They terrify and inspire awe, even (especially) when they’re painstakingly built by hand in Minecraft. This particular colossus was built by PlanetMinecraft’s Divici, who’s otherwise known for his anime- and LOTR-related builds, over a two-week period. He actually made two versions of the colossus,…

Japan Looks to Relax Rules for Foreign Animators

Do you dream of making anime in Japan? The country’s government is working to make that more of a possibility by hopefully easing up on rules and regulations for foreign animators. According to the Nikkei Asian Review (via Mulboyne), the Japanese government has created a bill, which also includes designers and cosmetic professionals, that will…

Cat Looks Just Like a Studio Ghibli Character

This is Gimo. It’s a black Scottish Fold. Next to it is Makkuro Kurosuke, a character created by Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki. Makkuro Kurosuke (aka Susuwatari) are translated as “soot sprites” or even “dust bunnies.” They appear in My Neighbor Totoro when Mei, Satsuki and her father move into their new house. They’re also in…

What Grand Theft Auto III Looked Like on the Drawing Board

Today Tokyo saw the opening of Game On, an exhibition showcasing the history of video games and exploring the question “Why are video games so interesting?” One exhibit is a recreation of the planning board used to visually plot out the missions of PS2 classic Grand Theft Auto 3 Each of the three whiteboards represents…

Sunset from the Rainbow Bridge Loop. Tokyo, Japan. By Mike S. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!

Overwatch Player Goes From Hero To Zero In Seconds

There’s nothing more heartwarming than a good comeback… unless you’re on the receiving end of said comeback. Jonathan Larsson pulled off a beautiful play as Tracer, resulting in a four-player multi-kill. Each team is made up of six players, so it was essentially a minor extinction event. The other team was getting awfully close to…

Uncharted 4 Delayed Another Two Weeks

Uncharted 4 will now be out on May 10, two weeks later than previously announced. This is the third delay for Naughty Dog’s latest, which will mark the end to Nathan Drake’s adventures.

Meet The Gordons

Oliver Ödmark is an artist at Rocksteady, where he’s worked on the Batman series. You can see more of Oliver’s work at his ArtStation page. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner.…

Nice One, Stardew Valley

As somebody who obsessively roots around in video game trash cans, I’m pretty happy with what Stardew Valley gave me for my troubles. Take that, AOL of the year 1996.

Quantum Break’s Live-Action Footage Isn’t On The Disc

Well, this is new. Quantum Break, Remedy’s grand experiment fusing video games with serial television, has some video game parts and some live-action parts. The video game parts will come bundled on the game’s disc/download. The live-action TV episode parts, however, will have to be streamed to your PC or Xbox. Remedy’s Greg Loudentold Game…