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Shadow of Mordor Wins GOTY At GDC Awards
The Game Developers Choice Awards were held earlier tonight, and the winners have been announced. Leading the charge with the “Game of the Year” was a surprising winner in Shadow of Mordor, but there were other prizes handed out as well. Remember, the GDC Choice Awards are pretty great. Unlike other gaming awards, which sway…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedAlien: Isolation Sure Looks Less Scary In Third-Person
One of the coolest things about Alien: Isolation was how thoroughly it put players into the quaking space-boots of its protagonist Amanda Ripley. There was a button for re-focusing her eyes! Today at GDC, Creative Assembly’s Alistair Hope demonstrated an earlier version of the game that was a more traditional third-person survival horror game. Destructoid…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 4, 2015 -
UncategorizedA Closer Look At Valve’s First VR Unit
Just like its Steam Machine idea, Valve is teaming up with multiple hardware companies to release virtual reality systems. One of the firstis this one, the Vive from HTC. This video gives you a quick tour of all the Vive’s gear, including its two “paddle” controllers. I hope you’re ready to answer lots of phone…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2015 -
UncategorizedMaybe THIS City-Building Game Will Be Good
SimCity was a disaster. Cities XXL was a scam. Cities: Skylines must be thinking, hey, hopefully third time’s a charm. Out next week, it’s a city-building game that’s looking to get things right by, well, not doing anything wrong. It has big city plots with plenty of customisation and modding options, and looks pretty nice…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2015 - Uncategorized
Gabe Newell, Notch Make List Of World’s Richest People
Some people who make (or made) video games are dirt poor. Others, however, could start campfires using $100 bills. In this post, we’re looking at the latter. Forbes has released their 2015 list of the richest people on Earth, and while Bill Gates is back at #1 (with a net worth of $79.2 billion), we’re…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2015 - Uncategorized
Bungie Explains Why They Really Killed Destiny’s Loot Cave
Back in the early days of Destiny, some players would spend hours just…shooting into a cave. The reason? Loot. Precious, precious loot. Eventually, Bungie patched what players were calling the “Loot Cave”—Bungie didn’t think it was a good way for players to spend their time. Or so theysaid: Shooting at a black hole for hours…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 4, 2015 -
CultureTotal RecallA History Of Maxis: Thanks For SimCity
The Maxis that you knew, the studio that released SimCity and invented The Sims, is no more. The SimCity brand might live on, and the Maxis brand might live on elsewhere, but they’ll survive only as brands, things EA will invoke to sell things. This is a very sad thing, but let’s try and remember…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2015 -
UncategorizedUp Close With Valve’s Newest Steam Controller
Today at GDC, Stephen got to mess around with Valve’s newest Steam Controller model. Check it out: Stephen also snapped this pic at Valve’s booth, which gives a couple of bullet-points about the controller: Some people are bagging on the thumbstick, but I dunno… I haven’t used this thing, but it actually looks kind of…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 4, 2015 -
CultureWhat’s Your Monster Hunter Weapon Of Choice?
Okay, it happened. I’m hooked on Monster Hunter. I’ve held off diving into the series for years now, but the latest game, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate on 3DS, has got me. We just added it to our list of The Best Games for 3DS, and it earned its spot. This game is great. I’ve been…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 4, 2015 - Uncategorized
An Updated List Of Studios EA Has Bought And Then Shut Down
Massive game publisher Electronic Arts has a reputation for snatching up talented development studios and then running them into the ground. While some of EA’s big acquisitions remain successful today—like DICE and BioWare—the mega-publisher has also been responsible for the closures of a number of beloved game-makers. In the wake of today’s news that SimCity…
By Jason Schreier Published March 4, 2015 -
CultureIt’s An Arma 3 Dino-Party
Today on Highlight Reel we have a bunch of talking raptors in Arma 3 (or deinonychus if we’re being technical), poetic justice in GTA V, the best use for the Kinect I’ve seen so far and more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to…
By Chris Person Published March 4, 2015 - Uncategorized
Helldivers Has Some Great Achievements
Yeah, I know, they’re called trophies on PlayStation. Achievements, trophies… whatever you want to call them, Helldivers has some of the funniest I’ve seen in a while. Take the one in the gif up top, called “Dancing Queen.” Every time I’m playing with someone new, I stop everything on the bridge and tell them to…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 4, 2015 -
UncategorizedNvidia’s New Shield Console Is Nothing To Get Excited About
Last night at the 2015 Game Developers Conference, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said he was announcing three things—a revolutionary television, a game console and a supercomputer. He actually revealed an Android console, the third Nvidia device in two years to carry the Shield name. Yay? Having teased the announcement for the better part of a…
By Mike Fahey Published March 4, 2015 -
CultureA New World Record For Beating Super Mario 64 With No Stars
Did you know it’s possible to beat Super Mario 64 without ever getting a single star? Ah, the wonders of speedrunning. As spotted by Digg, here’s run by akira06072525 where they manage to beat Super Mario 64 in 6 minutes 54 seconds with zero stars. This feat is accomplished via glitching, yes, which allows akira…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 4, 2015 - Uncategorized
Valve’s Changed The Steam Controller Again
As Valve continues to tweak its own controller, GDC has another look at the evolving peripheral. Kotaku boss Stephen Totilo snapped this photo while walking around the show today. We should have a closer look at it—and whatever else Valve is showing at GDC—later this week! Remember when the Steam controller looked like this? You…
By Patrick Klepek Published March 4, 2015 - Uncategorized
A Graphic Novel That Shows The Creepy And Awesome Sides Of Nerd Culture
Many comic books are fantasies, filled with feats and adventures that ordinary people wish they could pull off. But some of those fantasies can also invoke sex and violence in ways that make folks feel icky. And if you’re the one turning out those stories, what happens when you’re burnt out doing the thing you…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 4, 2015 - Uncategorized
How Big Is No Man’s Sky?
For years now, scientists, journalists, and other truth-seekers have dedicated their waking hours to answering one single question: Is the video game No Man’s Sky gonna be big? If so, how big will it be? Investigators around the world, including some right here at Kotaku, have spent the last two years trying to solve this…
By Jason Schreier Published March 4, 2015 - Uncategorized
Microsoft HoloLens Designer Killed In Hit-And-Run
Mike Ey, a 30-year-old software engineer for Microsoft’s HoloLens, was killed in a hit-and-run accident over the weekend, according to the local Seattle station Kiro TV. According to Kiro TV (via NeoGAF), local police said that Ey was rear-ended by another driver who was speeding “over 100 miles an hour” while driving on the highway…
By Yannick LeJacq Published March 4, 2015 - Uncategorized
EA Shuts Down SimCity Developer Maxis
EA has shut down Maxis Emeryville, the main Maxis studio and longrunning developer behind SimCity and Spore, among other games. Though the Maxis brand will carry on, the studio that most people knew as “Maxis” is no more. “Today we are consolidating Maxis IP development to our studios in Redwood Shores, Salt Lake City, Helsinki…
By Jason Schreier Published March 4, 2015
