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UncategorizedStarCraft II: Legacy of the Void Has Some Rad New Units
From exploding Protoss Disruptors to a zippy new Terran melee charger called the Herc, StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void will bring us a whole bunch of rad multiplayer units when it’s released… uh, whenever it’s released. As part of BlizzCon, the folks at Blizzard published three new videos on the StarCraft channel today, breaking…
By Jason Schreier Published November 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedX-Men: Days of Future Past Sure Had Some Messy Time Travel
Sure, X-Men: Days of Future Past threw more X-Men into a movie than ever before and helped people forget about the abomination that is X-Men 3. But is it perfect? Far from it. Spoilers, for those of y’all who haven’t seen the movie yet. The CinemaSins breakdown of director Bryan Singer’s return to the X-Men…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedEvery Known Class In Overwatch, Broken Down
You might not be able to play Blizzard’s newly announcedOverwatch just yet, but in the meantime, you can start learning how every known class in the team-based shooter works. Who knows, maybe you’ll find a class that you’ll really like. Right now, there are twelve announced classes. Each one works differently, in terms of controls…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedBlizzard Announces Overwatch
For the first time in many years, Blizzard announced a new franchise today: meet Overwatch, a team-based multiplayer shooter with Pixar-like graphics that will enter beta next year. The game looks great. It’s a PvP shooter with unique character classes, very reminiscent of Team Fortress 2. Here’s the cinematic trailer: For a full look at…
By Jason Schreier Published November 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedHere’s The First Trailer For StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
StarCraft II‘s next expansion—which actually isn’t an expansion, but a standalone game, Blizzard says—is all about the Protoss. Blizzard announced StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void years ago, but this is the first time we’ve really seen it. Here’s the trailer, shown off at Blizzcon today: And here’s Blizzard’s official press release: ANAHEIM, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—…
By Jason Schreier Published November 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedHearthstone‘s First Expansion Is ‘Goblins vs. Gnomes’
Today at Blizzcon, Blizzard announced the first expansion for their popular card game Hearthstone. It’ll be called Goblins vs. Gnomes and will be out next month – it’ll include 120 new cards, including an explosive sheep. Because, of course. The game has already gotten one sorta-expansion called Curse of Naxxramas, though that was billed as…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedBlizzard CEO Addresses Gamergate Saga In Everything But Name
Blizzard Entertainment’s president and CEO Michael Morhaime began his presentation at the 2014 Blizzcon this afternoon by addressing some recent controversial events that have occurred in the gaming community. He didn’t identify it as the Gamergate saga and everything that has happened around it, but come on: we all know what he was talking about,…
By Yannick LeJacq Published November 7, 2014 -
CultureTarget Destroyed — By Mom
We all know that feeling of being engrossed in a game and being interrupted by a loving mother. Well, when you’re livestreaming, the show must go on, so just let her play Dark Souls 2 in front of hundreds of viewers! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments,…
By Steve Marinconz Published November 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Free Metro 2033, Assassin’s Creed Unity and Far Cry 4 Discounts, More
GreenManGaming’s VIP has a killer set of discounts going, including $12 off Assassin’s Creed Unity, $12 off Far Cry 4, and about $4 off Valkyria Chronicles. [ GreenManGaming] There are also Far Cry 4 console preorder discounts in their respective sections below. The Humble Store is celebrating it’s first birthday with a whole bunch of…
By Shane Roberts Published November 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Watch Bioware Talk About the Future of Mass Effect Right Here
Today’s N7 Day, the semi-important holiday where BioWare celebrates its much-loved Mass Effect series with fans. A perfect day to talk about what’s next, no? Bioware will be streaming a developer roundtable focused on Mass Effect at 10 AM PT/1 PM ET on Twitch today. While they probably won’t show anything really juicy with regard…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 7, 2014 - Culture
The Games You Never Stop Playing
Like everything else in life, video games come and go. Or, at least, some do. Others stay with you for years at a time. The truly special ones never leave. What are the games you never stop playing? I started thinking about this question earlier this week when I was riding on the subway. I…
By Yannick LeJacq Published November 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedThis Is What Smash Bros. Looks Like With Eight Players
Nintendo sent us an early copy of Super Smash Bros. Wii U this week, which means we get to share some footage with you in advance of the November 21 release date. Witness: EIGHT PLAYER SMASH. It’ll take some careful logistical planning to get seven controllers (and seven friends), so you might want to get…
By Jason Schreier Published November 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedRidley to the rescue! In this Super Smash Bros for Wii U clip, one of us uses the famous Metroid villain to our advantage. Ridley only shows up on the Pyrosphere level and attacks everyone until one player smashes him enough to make him an ally. As Nintendo showed, you don’t actually control Ridley.
By Stephen Totilo Published November 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Bungie Sends One-Of-A-Kind Destiny Gun To Man Who Had Brain Surgery
Today in Stories That Will Warm Your Cold, Cynical Heart, meet Brittany Levasseur, whose husband has had seven brain surgeries over the past year. It’s been brutal, but they’ve found at least one helpful recovery tool—earlier this week, Levasseur wrote a long Reddit postabout how their doctor recommended that he play Destiny as a form…
By Jason Schreier Published November 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedAssassin’s Creed Musical Is Charmingly Dorky
Are there any kinds of nerds that are more intense than video game nerds? Oh, right: theater nerds. So what happens when you put the two of them together? You get a dude dressed Altaïr belting out some dulcet tones about how he needs to take a “leap of faith,” obviously. Assassin’s Creed: The Musical…
By Yannick LeJacq Published November 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Sunset Overdrive: The TAY Review • Speedypups: A Runner that Calls Back to Classic Games • Gaming and Misbehaving: Spore and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion • Disney Infinity’s 2.0 Originals, Ranked TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published November 7, 2014
