New Call Of Duty Doesn’t Work With PS4’s Share Play Feature (UPDATE)

Gamers playing Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare on the PS4 have discovered that the console’s newly-minted “Share Play” featuredoesn’t work with the shooter. This represents something of an inauspicious debut for Sony’s new game-sharing feature, which arrived via an update shortly before Advanced Warfare was released. UPDATE 3:23 pm: I received a statement from Activision…

In A Season Of Booming Video Game Sequels, A Quieter Game To Try

Some video games put you on sea-faring vessels and make it seem like sailing’s a non-stop party. (Yeah, looking right at you, Assassin’s Creed IV.) And that’s okay, because it might just be that way sometimes. The Sailor’s Dream is a different sort of take on virtual nautical journeys. Its lonely, bittersweet tale—told in a…

“We wanted to get parts of Battlefield 4 running on iOS.” That’s a real thing that the Frostbite team managed to accomplish recently, which they talked about in this blog post today. They made it clear it was just a test of the engine’s capabilities with Apple’s new Metal API, but it seems like an…

Kingdom Hearts Collector’s Edition, Sunset Overdrive, and More Deals

The Collector’s Edition of Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 Remix is a Square-Enix Store exclusive and costs $100, but yeah it’s pretty awesome, especially that Heartless Plush. [ KHII.5HDRCE] If that’s out of your price range: preorder Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 Remix Limited Edition Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 Remix Sunset Overdrive gets a $10 discount. The…

Star Wars: Episode VII Is Called… The Force Awakens

Filming is done on the seventh Star Wars film, which today got an official name: The Force Awakens Discuss.

The Witcher 3 Will Have 16 Pieces Of DLC (But They’re All Free)

Development studio CD Projekt Red, who are trying their very hardest to be the anti-Ubisoft, announced today that their upcoming role-playing game The Witcher 3 will have a whopping 16 pieces of downloadable content. All for free. Ina cheeky blog postthis morning, the folks behind The Witcher proclaimed that the downloadable content—which even includes horse…

​This Is Just the First Part of Scorpion’s Mortal Kombat X Fatality…

The rest of the undead ninja’s finishing move is… let’s just say you just have to see it. Shown during a Twitch stream by Mortal Kombat X developer Netherrealm, Scorpion’s newest finishing move is one of the most brutal moments in an already gory, over-the-top game. The stream also included fresh looks at other characters’…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: “Dark & Serious” Anime – A Paradigm of Disappointment • Game of The Week – Shattered Skies [Ace Combat 4] • Retro Unboxing: This is not a Drill! • The Writer’s TAYble – On the Bechdel Test and Writing TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow…

A Single-Class, 20 Death Knight Group Just Killed WoW’s Final Boss

Organized by Raegwyn, a talented veteran player and record breaker, he and 19 other players just gave Mists of Pandaria the proper ending by killing the final boss, Garrosh, on the hardest difficulty, only using Death Knights. And this is hilarious, because they not only used one class, but also tore apart World of Warcraft‘s…

That’s How You Build An Outer Space LEGO Colony

Made by Tim Goddard and Andrew Hamilton, the colonized LEGO planet of Panduro is huge, full of little trucks, spaceships, multiple monorails and fully automated trains. The top pic is not the whole build, only half of it. Here it is in its full glory: And here it is in action: Panduro City [Flickr, via…

CG Train Car is Better than Reality

Look at this beautiful train car. Look at it. Ton, who uses the twitter handle @ton_kenji, loves trains. As a former game developer, part of his former job consisted of making CG train cars. Over a year ago, he undertook the personal project of recreating a 103 series passenger train car in CG and yesterday,…

“I will make anime until I die,” said Hayao Miyazaki in a recent interview. “I like telling stories and drawing pictures.” However, Miyazaki stressed that he no longer has the physical strength to do feature length anime, so expect him to work on short anime and manga.

The legendary Duke Nukem 3D is coming to PS3 and PS Vita Devolver Digital will be bringing over the game’s Megaton Edition, which is already out on PC, and includes Duke 3D Atomic Edition and all three officially released expansion packs. Release dates are January 13 for North America and January 14 for Europe.

Nintendo President Responds to Worries Over His Health

Recently, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata appeared at a company shareholders meeting. He looked quite thin—something that did not go unnoticed. But Iwata wants you to know he’s recovering. Earlier this year, Iwata missed E3 on the advice of his doctor. Later, it was revealed that he had a growth removed from his bile duct. Online…