Jackie Chan: The Warcraft Movie’s Success in China Scares Americans

The Warcraft movie is a smash hit in China. Action star Jackie Chan has opinions about what that means. While speaking at the Shanghai Film Festival, Chan is quoted by The Hollywood Reporter as saying the China was seen as a “nothing market” by the West for decades. That, however, has changed. “Warcraft made 600…

Resident Evil 7‘s Logo Trick Works Across the World

This is clever. Here’s how Capcom is working in the number seven in the Japanese version, which is Biohazard 7, and the international version, which, of course, is Resident Evil 7 [Via Twitter user HayanieMozu]

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Some Fresh Persona 5 Gameplay Footage

Atlus gave a demonstration of Persona 5 gameplay today at E3. Here’s video of it. The quality’s of IGN’s clip here isn’t great, but it’s captured from a demo screen on the showroom floor, so whaddyagonnado. It’s certainly clear enough to make out that there’s a dungeon full of butts. Sad reminder: this game isn’t…

Battleborn Adds Microtransactions This Week, Because That’ll Help

I really enjoy Battleborn, but it’s not doing well. Overshadowed and misunderstood, its popularityis off the low end of most charts. The addition of premium currency to purchase special taunts and skins is exactly not the shot in the arm the game needs. I have a hard enough time trying to convince people that the…

Heroes Never Die (Nor Does Their Cosplay)

Spiral Cats’ Tasha, who already made our “Best Overwatch Cosplay” list for her Tracer work, now makes a convincing argument for inclusion with this Mercy outfit.

Final Fantasy XV‘s VR Demo Is Terrible

It’s not shocking that Square Enix is bringing Final Fantasy to virtual reality, but based on what they’re showing so far, there’s not much reason to get excited. After Sony’s press conference, the company allowed people to play a number of the VR games that were announced at the event. Batman: Arkham VR, which I…

The New God Of War Has A Button Dedicated To Your Kid

Kratos isn’t alone in the new God of War. Not only does he have a son, that child will be with him for the whole game. The two are so tied together that Sony’s dedicated an entire button on the controller to interacting with the kid. The relationship between Kratos and his son is central…

Take A Virtual Guided Tour Of E3’s Showroom Floor With Kotaku

Please enjoy this guided tour of E3’s enormous showroom floor—including the big booths of companies like Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft—presented by your friendly guide, Kotaku’s Stephen Totilo. This first video is of the South Hall, featuring third parties like WB, 2K and Square Enix. And this second video is of the big Sony, Nintendo and…

First Agents of Mayhem Gameplay Footage Plays It Surprisingly Safe

Agents of Mayhem is the new game from Volition, developer of the unabashedly wacky, deceptively smart Saints Row series. If you were hoping for them to rein it in—to say, make a somber period piece set in 1930s Ireland—prepare to be disappointed. Volition writer Jason Blair debuted gameplay footage of Agents of Mayhem on Twitch’s…

Walking Dead Fans Threatened With Lawsuit Over Spoilers

Looks likethat HBO vs Game of Thrones video showdownset a precedent, because AMC has now threatened legal action against a Walking Dead fan community over spoilers related to unaired episodes of the zombie TV show. As Torrentfreak report, a group called The Spoiling Dead Fans like to get their hands on everything to do with…

Skyrim Remastered Will Work With Old Mods

Skyrim is getting remastered. It looks very pretty. The best part? It won’t drop a load of dragon doo on the game’s long-running PC modding scene On Twitter, Bethesda’s Pete Hines was asked whether old Skyrim mods will be compatible with Skyrim Special Edition. “Basically, yes,” he replied (as spotted by PC Gamer), as Thomas…