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Star Trek: Bridge Crew Puts Four Players In Charge Of A VR Starship
While Ubisoft isn’t showing off the insides of the Star Trek bridge simulator it’s creating with developer Red Storm Entertainment until Monday, they do have a few details to go along with this picture of Geordi, Seven of Nine and New Bones freaking out with headsets on. According toa report over at ABC, stars from…
By Mike Fahey Published June 11, 2016 -
CulturePersuading The Army To Turn Around, And Other Tabletop Stories
I asked you for your best, and holy crap, you delivered. Videos, quotes, stories—you provided them all, and I got to read hundred of submissions. From the tragically heroic to the hopelessly weird, your comments and messages showed off why tabletop games remain popular. I edited your answers for grammar, spelling, and length (you’re welcome),…
By Mary Kenney Published June 11, 2016 - Uncategorized
The View From The Street On The Day Before E3
The pre-E3 walk of the LA Convention Center and its surrounding area is a tradition here at Kotaku. Take a look at the stuff our folks on the ground will be tired of looking at by the time the show ends. Except Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé. Who could ever tire of that cheerful…
By Mike Fahey Published June 11, 2016 -
UncategorizedE3 Skylander Imaginator Reveals Begin With This Hot Little Number
While Skylanders Imaginators is all about creating your own custom characters, they’d be nothing with Sensei characters to show them the way and give Activision new figures to sell. We’ll be seeing a lot of new faces during E3 this week, including Ember, the fire-based Sensei of the Sentinel class. Creating a character in Skylanders…
By Mike Fahey Published June 11, 2016 - Reviews
Counterpoint: The Warcraft Movie Is Good
Years of hollow hype and months of flashy trailers aimed at getting non-World of Warcraft players into theater seats left me with little hope that I would enjoy Duncan Jones’ Warcraft movie. Well, surprise. I’ve seen Warcraft twice now, the second time to ensure my enjoyment wasn’t a fluke of the Not Your Dad’s Root…
By Mike Fahey Published June 11, 2016 - Uncategorized
Jon Snow Is The Pouty Face Of The Enemy In Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare
After years of portraying a heroic bastard on Game of Thrones, Kit Harington takes a turn at being a right bastard as the villain of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Harington is “the face of the enemy” in the next CoD, which drops on Nov. 4. The marketing office of Activision says Harington’s addition to…
By Mary Kenney Published June 11, 2016 -
ReviewsKirby: Planet Robobot: The Kotaku Review
Kirby is approaching Mario and Sonic in terms of ubiquity. The little guy has starred in three games in as many years, all without a drop in quality. The newest game, the Nintendo 3DS’ Planet Robobot, is the best of the three. In the new game, the usually overpowered Kirby is even mightier. He can…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 11, 2016 - Culture
This Week In The Business: Or Your Money Back
QUOTE | “It is indeed a safety net for gamers, but it’s not perceived as some type of time-limited demo they can make use of – certainly not for our type of games.” – Slitherine Software marketing director Marco Minoli defends Steam’s refunds policy, saying less than 2% of the PC strategy publisher’s games sold…
Brendan Sinclair Published June 11, 2016 -
UncategorizedWatch Zygarde Achieve Its Final Form In Pokémon Sun and Moon
The digital snake-thing that made its debut in Pokémon X and Y was just the tip of the five-form Zygarde, and while we’ve seen the doglike 10 percent form and Digimon-ish complete forms in side games and the anime, we’ve yet to see them in a proper Pokémon game. Now we have. Zygarde starts life…
By Mike Fahey Published June 11, 2016 - Uncategorized
Here’s That Mystery Sun and Moon Pokémon, Revealed
Remember how last month fans spotted an unannounced monster hidden in the Pokémon Sun and Moon trailers? Welp, turns out it wasn’t a fake-out. Meet Iwanko, drawn here by Tumblr artist kokoro. This rendition is based on the recent Japanese magazine, CoroCoro, which actually includes two new ‘mon. According to Serebii, Iwanko is a rock-type…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 10, 2016 - Uncategorized
Fallout 4 Accidentally Goes Free On Xbox Store (Update)
A likely pricing error on the Xbox Store today meant that both Fallout 4 and its season pass were selling for the princely sum of $0.00 [Update: the free copies are being revoked]. UPDATE: Microsoft has revoked the license of every copy of the game/DLC that took advantage of the exploit. However, the company will…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2016 - Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
It’s been a super relaxing Friday, huh? Doubtless this weekend and next week will be chill, too. What better time to kick back with some video games? So, right, just kidding, everything is crazy all the time and E3 is about to happen. Still time to play some games, though. For my part, I’m planning…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 10, 2016 -
UncategorizedOverwatch Fan Dreams Up A Better Play Of The Game System
As we’ve pointed out on a couple occasions, Overwatch’s Play Of The Game feature, while excellent in concept, is kinda borked. It tends to focus on multi-kills or the occasional ult denial, as opposed to strong team play, vital supports, or truly tide-turning moments. One fan took a crack at making something better. Inspired by…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 10, 2016 - Uncategorized
A Note To Readers
The news is out that Gawker Media, our parent company, is up for sale as part of a filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. This was due to an unprecedented legal assault financed in secret by Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel. What does that mean for Kotaku? Thankfully, not much. We aren’t going anywhere. For…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 10, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe Real Stories Behind E3’s Glossy Game Demos
You only get one chance to make a first impression, and for many games, that happens at E3. The annual mega show is nearly upon us, and developers are spending days and nights putting together flashy demos to convince us to open our wallets. What’s real? What’s fake? Maybe both? I asked some developers to…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 10, 2016 - Culture
Dear Batman…
Andy Timm is a concept artist working at Hi-Rez studios, the developers behind Smite and the newer Tribes games. You can see more of Andy’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”…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2016 - Uncategorized
Halo Wars 2 Getting An Open Beta Next Week
We should know a whole lot more about Halo Wars 2 soon, according to a series of leaks today. One, there will be an open beta for Halo Wars 2 during E3 week, from June 30 to June 20. You’ll need an Xbox Live Gold subscription to join up. This was discovered after people noticed…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 10, 2016 -
UncategorizedFAR Lets You Explore An Ocean Without Water
This is FAR. Or, as I’m going to call it, The Little Snowpiercer That Could Due for Xbox and PC, it looks like a beautiful little mix of exploration and survival, as you both look after your ship…train…thing, as well as react to situations in the world around you. It’s still early days in terms…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2016 - Uncategorized
Dark Souls Players Are Flooding Back To The Original Game Right Now
It’s been almost five years since the release of Dark Souls, and most people have moved onto other games. But a group of hardcore fans aren’t letting the game die without a fight, resulting in today’s Global Restart Day. The idea began on the Dark Souls subreddit, which recently passed a 100,000 subscribers milestone. Global…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 10, 2016 - Uncategorized
Blizzard Talks World of Warcraft Legacy Servers And More
Will World of Warcraft legacy servers ever happen? Are content updates going to drop more frequently? And when are we getting that ship expansion? During a recent Blizzard event in Irvine, California, I had the chance to sit down with some of the team behind World of Warcraft’s next expansion, Legion, which comes out on…
By Jason Schreier Published June 10, 2016