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PS4’s Newest MMO Is Hilariously Broken
Wander is an MMO that doesn’t feature any combat. That sounds pretty interesting, right? Too bad it seems completely busted right now. Update (4:08 p.m.): I’m not an MMO player, so I didn’t realize /stuck was a common term in MMO games! That bit has been removed. That’s totally my fault. Wander is still messed…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 5, 2015 -
CultureSteam Finally Has A Good Dinosaur Game
Should I care about Ark: Survival Evolved? Yes. If you’re into dinosaurs and survival games, you really can’t go wrong here. Word of warning, though: it’s definitely not finished yet. What’s it about? Surviving and hunting/taming dinosaurs. Think DayZ or Rust, except with better graphics, more immediately intuitive progression, and—oh, right—prehistoric ultra-lizards (and turtles) who…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Wrong Pac-Man Just Got Into the Video Game Hall of Fame
There’s a World Video Game Hall of Fame now, and the first class of inductees was announced yesterday. Pong, Pac-Man, Super Mario Bros., Tetris, Doom, and World of Warcraft are to video games what Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, and Honus Wagner are to baseball Canonball—the process of assembling a canon—is one…
By Chris Suellentrop Published June 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedWitcher 3 Fixes Money Exploit By Adding Cow Army
It used to be easy to earn money in The Witcher 3 by killing cows over and over again. The game’s most recent patch, however, has a clever way of stopping you from exploiting the world’s bovine. Patch 1.05, which just went live for PC players, brings with it many important changes, including a bigger…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedKotaku Asks: SpyParty Designer Chris Hecker [Q&A Over]
Game designer Chris Hecker, best known for his long-in-development game SpyParty and for his consistently insightful comments on the video game industry, is here to answer your questions. Hecker has worked for various game companies over the years, including Maxis, where he developed a great deal of the animation tech for the simulation game Spore.…
By Jason Schreier Published June 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedHorror Game Uses Phones To Turn Your House Into A Complete Nightmare
A game like this booted up on a dark night when you’re completely alone seems like a sure-fire way to shit your pants. Night Terrors is an alternate reality game where you use your phone to see digital terrors. In a way, it looks a lot like the house-centric horrors P.T. offered on the PS4—except…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedWorth Reading: How Games Help Us Cope With Death
Not only is it Friday, but it’s time for another roundup of the best writing in games from this past week, too. Hey, You Should Read These “Planned to Fail” by Taylor Hidalgo No one wants to be a bad teammate, but c’mon. I can relate to Taylor Hidalgo confessing a desire to help those…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 5, 2015 - Tips & Guides
Tips For Playing Heroes Of The Storm
Blizzard’s up-and-coming MOBA Heroes of the Storm has finally come out. Better yet, it’s really fun! But like all MOBAs, it can be pretty overwhelming at times. Don’t panic. I’m here to help. Before I get into it, I should make one quick note. While Heroes of the Storm is a different sort of MOBA…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedHearthstone Players Aren’t Pleased About Expensive New Skin
Yesterday, Blizzard finally announced plans to add a new hero to Hearthstone: the dwarf king Magni Bronzebeard. Except, well, Magni isn’t actually a new hero. He’s a new portrait Yep, for the hefty price of $10, players of Blizzard’s stellar digital card game can replace the current warrior portrait (Garrosh Hellscream) with Magni, in all…
By Jason Schreier Published June 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
YouTube’s Top 10 ‘Trending’ Games For May
Courtesy of YouTube, we’ve got their list of the hottest games on the video giant for the month of May. Was there any doubt which game would win May? As explained in our post for the top 10 last month, YouTube determines “trending” status through a combination of number of video uploads and watchtime. Here’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
Let’s Speculate About the Future of the Marvel Universe
Ever since yesterday, Marvel’s been talking about how the next version of their superhero universe will look a whole lot different. And a new teaser image gives a glimpse of even more changes, including a female Wolverine. Time to put on our thinking caps, true believers. Is That Tony Stark in the Iron Man Armor?…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedIf Classic Games Had an Impossible Difficulty Mode
Instead of making some classic games harder using the usual methods—more difficult and faster enemies, timed levels, broken controls—the folks at Dorkly created a special, rather unfair mode for games that weren’t necessarily famous for being impossible. Here’s Pac-Man, Sonic, Harvest Moon, RollerCoaster Tycoon (no fun allowed edition), Street Fighter, Solitaire (hey that game can…
By Gergo Vas Published June 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
World of Warcraft Professions Wouldn’t Make Much Sense In Real Life
Not that anyone had ever complained about it—in a game where you can loot gems and rifles from boars—but it’s still funny to see them in a different perspective. Here’s DarkLegacyComics’ take on enchanting. Enchanters in World of Warcraft turn gear we don’t need to dust and all kinds of essences and then use that…
By Gergo Vas Published June 5, 2015 - Kotaku East
Saekano Uses Well-Written Characters to Explore Rom-Com Clichés
Anime rom-coms are a dime a dozen these days, but Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend stands apart by gathering many of the genre’s more prevalent clichés and taking them apart through great characters and excellent comedy. Saekano follows anime/game/light novel otaku Tomoya. One day, he encounters a beautiful girl in a scene seemingly…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 5, 2015 - Kotaku East
Another Look at Pikachu’s Bones
Once again, let’s have a peek inside everybody’s favorite electric rodent. If you’ve been on the internet in the last, say, decade, you’ve probably seen the illustration below: [via Jeremy Riad| Art by Michael Paulus] It was done by the artist Michael Paulus. He did a whole series of these skeletal drawings and sells prints…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2015 - Kotaku East
The Up All Night Stream Plays Summer-Colored High School [Finished]
Summer-Colored High School is a game with an insanely long name. It is also a game where you go to class, help out around school, go on dates, spend afternoons fishing… and take numerous up-skirt photos of school girls. …I may need you all for moral support to get through this one. Update: The stream…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 5, 2015
