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In an email sent to customers, Oculus has cited “an unexpected component shortage” as the cause of the widespread launch-week shipping delays for their Rift VR headset. To make it up to people, they’re covering shipping costs for all orders made before yesterday. They say everyone’s order status page should be updated with a new…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 2, 2016 - Uncategorized
Angry Birds Makes For The Least Exciting LEGO Sets Ever
Which is stronger, my unrelenting excitement over new LEGO products, or my apathy towards the upcoming Angry Birds movie? After putting together the cheapest set released on Friday, apathy is triumphant. The Angry Birds Movie hits theaters on May 20, several years after Angry Birds had the sort of popularity that would support such a…
By Mike Fahey Published April 2, 2016 - Uncategorized
Forums Abuzz About Possible Leaked Mass Effect Andromeda Footage
A video identified by NeoGAF user Taker34 as a demo reel from the website of a developer working on the next installment of BioWare’s space opera shows off special effects and new movement abilities that may or may not show up in next year’s Mass Effect Andromeda The 50 second video is a series of…
By Mike Fahey Published April 2, 2016 -
UncategorizedTrack: Ai no Uta/Love Song | Artist: Hatsune Miku/Lamaze-P | Album: Project Diva X Track
By Mike Fahey Published April 2, 2016 - Culture
This Week In Business: The Quest For Fame
QUOTE | “You get that hit of attention and it makes you feel good, then you come back down. Then you build up a tolerance for it, so you need it just to feel normal, like if you have too much caffeine or something.” – Framed developer Joshua Boggs, talking about his self-destructive quest for…
Brendan Sinclair Published April 2, 2016 -
CultureCHKN Is A Survival Game Where You Build Monstrosities
As far as survival games go, CHKN is certainly… unique. CHKN has some of the usual survival trappings: you’ve gotta eat to live, collect/kill to eat, and the game world’s god just said “fuck it, I’m tired” when faced with the idea of creating any shape other than a cube. But it also has creature…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 1, 2016 -
UncategorizedReally Cool New VR App Wraps Your PC Desktop Around You
I’ve played a lot of VR games this week, but the best thing I’ve done in virtual reality wasn’t a game at all. It was just my computer desktop, blown up into immersive 3D. Yesterday the 1.0 version of Virtual Desktop launched on Steam. Created by a developer named Guy Godin, Virtual Desktop has been…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 1, 2016 - Uncategorized
Podcast: What’s So Special About Quantum Break
On this week’s Kotaku Splitscreen, special guest Stephen Totilo and I talk about new video games, new gaming controversies, and what it’s like to have a bucket of tears strapped to your face. Topics covered: The state of our “best games for Wii U” list, the surprisingly interesting new game Quantum Break, some thoughts after…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 1, 2016 - Uncategorized
Bandai Namco Clamping Down On Dark Souls 3 Streaming, But It’s Too Late
Dark Souls 3 doesn’t come out until April 12, but three weeks before its release, streamers could start sharing their experiences. As I recently observed, that didn’t over so well the series’ passionate fans. Now, Bandai Namco is trying to put the genie back in the bottle. The embargo for Dark Souls 3 asked people…
By Patrick Klepek Published April 1, 2016 -
CultureCounter-Strike Pro Destroys Other Team Seconds After Hosts Question His Strategy
The $1 million Counter-Strike MLG Columbus Major has been running for a few days now, and it’s produced no end of crowd-flooring highlights. The latest? An oddball play that decimated an entire team in seconds. The moment couldn’t have been better if somebody had scripted it. With his team down 14-6 against Ukrainian powerhouse Natus…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 1, 2016 -
UncategorizedHow to Find the Powerful Secret Weapons in the New Final Fantasy XV Platinum Demo
The newest playable teaser for Final Fantasy XV is short, but it still has a few cool things secreted away inside the dreamscape of young Noctis. The best thing players have found so far is a weapon that makes the final boss fight a breeze. Obviously, spoilers if you haven’t played the FFXV Platinum Demo…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 1, 2016 -
UncategorizedHow A Blind Gamer Manages To Seriously Play Fighting Games
If you’re looking for something to read with your Friday coffee (beer?), look no further than Worth Reading, our roundup of the best in games writing. Hey, You Should Read These “Dwarf Fortress’ creator on how he’s 42% towards simulating existence” by Wes Fenlon Dwarf Fortress is, for me, in the same category as EVE…
By Patrick Klepek Published April 1, 2016 -
CultureGTA Players Almost Miss Their Flight
Today on Highlight Reel we have skeleton naps, spooky Rainbow 6 kills, jumps, secret admirers and much more! Watch the video above or on our Youtube Page, 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 Assassin’s Creed Syndicate…
By Chris Person Published April 1, 2016 -
CultureWhy It’s Taking Years To Shave Seconds Off The World Record For Super Mario Bros.
The fastest anybody has ever beaten the original Super Mario Bros. is with a time of 4:57.427.The man who currently holds that record isn’t happy with it, though. He knows he can do it faster. Meet Darbian. During the day, he’s a software engineer. At night, he’s a speedrunner who has spent months trying to…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 1, 2016 -
CultureLeap Of Fate Is Cyberpunk Binding Of Isaac
Leap of Fate popped up in Steam’s “popular new releases” section this week, so I decided to give it a shot on a whim. Surprise: it’s rad. Think Binding of Isaac in an occult-tinged cyberpunk setting, with a really cool structure, and you’re there. OK, that’s kind of… a lot. Maybe it would be better…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 1, 2016 - Uncategorized
Oculus Founder Responds To Late Shipping Complaints [Update]
The Oculus Rift’s big launch week has been dampened a bit by the fact there apparently just aren’t that many headsets to go around. A lot of people who preordered have no real idea when their headset might ship, and Oculus has been mostly silent on what’s going on. That changed somewhat yesterday, when Oculus…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 1, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe Future of WWE Is A Women’s Wrestler Named Bayley
The future of the WWE is a 26-year-old woman who wears a side ponytail in a scrunchie and snap bracelets on her wrists. She’s an athletic hero to little girls and jaded, older male fans alike, and she wrestled in what may have been the WWE’s best match of 2015. Her name is Bayley, real…
By Kevin Wong Published April 1, 2016 - Uncategorized
Our Favorite Games from March
It’s the first of April, but the games listed here aren’t jokes. On the contrary! They’re actually quite good, in various ways. From indies to triple-As, expansions to re-releases, the 19 below were our favorite games last month. Bunker Punks An extremely cool, fast-paced, roguelike shooter that’s really fun to play, even in its current…
By András Neltz Published April 1, 2016