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UncategorizedHappy Anniversary to One of 2013’s Best Games
Do you remember the moment when you learned how to play video games? When the joystick or the gamepad stop being a foreign object and started feeling like a part of your body? Maybe you do; maybe you don’t. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is a game that puts you back in touch with…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 7, 2014 -
CultureThe First Game That Truly Disturbed You
Video games don’t usually repel their players. Gamers are nothing if not tolerant—of horrific acts of violence, long loading times, high prices, we’ll put up with a lot. But everyone has their limits. What was the first game that turned you off not because it wasn’t fun, but because you found it morally repugnant? This…
By Yannick LeJacq Published August 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedEveryone Should Play A Dungeon Crawler With A DDR Pad
Crypt of the Necrodancer — the rhythm roguelike that lets you control the game with a dance pad — is out for PC and Mac on Steam early access, and while I’ve been really digging it in its early state, I wanted to see what other people think. In particular, the average person that hasn’t…
By Chris Person Published August 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedBe A Spacefaring Thief In The New Game By The Maker Of Gunpoint
Tom Francis, the designer of Gunpoint, just released a demonstration video of his new game, Heat Signature. In the game, which is a work in progress but already looks great, you choose to play as a thief or assassin, and then travel through space looking for targets to board and people to kill or rob.…
By John Struan Published August 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedUp Close With The New, Improved Oculus Rift
Over the last couple of weeks, Oculus has started sending out the new version of their much-vaunted Rift virtual reality headset. If you’re curious what the next step in home VR immersion looks like, well, good news. It’s here, and it’s pretty cool. The new headset, called the DevKit 2 or DK2 for short, is…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedMass Effect Visionary Leaves BioWare
Casey Hudson, project director on games like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and the whole friggin’ Mass Effect series, has left BioWare. Most recently he was heading up a new series for the role-playing powerhouse. Damn. Hudson explained his decision in a farewell post on BioWare’s blog: “After what already feels like a…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Very Clever, Xbox One Marketing
This Xbox One-focused comic from Microsoft is both fitting for the summer and certainly makes a hell of a lot more sense than previous ads That’s definitely how I’d interpret her command, too, random gamer child. To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find her on Twitter at @tinaamini
By Tina Amini Published August 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Twitch Already Planning Big Changes To Controversial New Rules
Yesterday video game streaming service Twitch announced new systems that had its legion of streamers steaming. The elimination of an easy “save forever” function on videos came first, but people really got riled when Twitch trotted out a YouTube-style audio monitoring tool. Kinda good news: both are in for big changes. Responding to an avalanche…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedTitanfall Makes No Sense
Just a guess here: nobody plays Titanfall to experience realism. I mean, it’s a game where you hop into giant mechs to shoot people. Still, it’s kind of funny to break down the many ways in which the game doesn’t make any sense. Cracked lists at least six reasons why Titanfall’s logic is faulty in…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedYouTuber: Twitch Streamers Should Have Seen Music Crackdown Coming
Gamers have been up in arms ever since Twitch began to enforce harsher restrictions against users playing copyrighted music in their videos. Hovering around the edges of this chorus of unpleasantly surprised voices, meanwhile, are all the YouTube broadcasters who are still reeling from the crackdown they all experienced back in December 2013. Popular video…
By Yannick LeJacq Published August 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedWorlds Collide
Hey, that’s a pretty cool ex-pro wrestler and a YouTuber that I like. I never expected to see them hanging out together. DDP, who has been promoting his yoga routine and trying to make people’s lives better, visited Boogie for good reasons. The full interview below explains what was up. Very cool.
By Stephen Totilo Published August 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Battlefield 4 For PC Is Free Until August 14
Starting today, PC gamers will be able to play Battlefield 4 for a week free of charge—provided you have an internet connection and an Origin account. EA just announced a new trial period for its popular online multiplayer-friendly shooter as the latest installment in its newly-minted Origin Game Time program. EA said that the offer…
By Yannick LeJacq Published August 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Super Mario 64 Coin That Took 18 Years To Collect
In 2002, someone on GameFaqs discovered something curious: there was a coin in Super Mario 64 on a course called Tiny-Huge Island. Not just any coin, though. This coin was different from all the other 191 coins on the level, because unlike the other coins, you couldn’t actually collect it. The coin on Tiny-Huge island…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
When You Should Consider Preordering Games
There’s a time and place for everything, including taking the divisive, frequently anti-consumer culture of gaming preorders and making it work in your favor. Back in 2013, Kirk Hamilton wrote a great post about Bioshock Infinite’s manipulative preorder scheme . A few weeks later I came on board and rebooted Kotaku Deals (then called Moneysaver),…
By Shane Roberts Published August 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedA Brief History Of The Ninja Turtles
With the release of the Michael Bay-produced Ninja Turtles movie (which appears to be getting a critical stomping), now is as good a time as any to take a trip down memory lane to see where this all began. The people at Vulture put together a brief video refresher of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles…
By Chris Person Published August 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedZombie Shooter Epidemic Spreads To Counter-Strike
The series may be an apocalypse or two late to the party, but massively popular multiplayer shooter Counter-Strike is getting a zombie-centric spin-off. Huh. Well, I guess it worked for Call of Duty OK, so something to note here: series creator Valve—aka godking emperor sun lord incarnate of PC gaming—isn’t the main developer on this…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Deals: Sleeping Dogs Definitive, Fox Searchlight Collection, 2DS
Sleeping Dogs, a great example of what open world games can and should be, is getting the definitive treatment. This upgrade packs in all the DLC (and to be clear, there was a ton of content in the base game already), and a preorder nets you a free upgrade to limited edition artbook packaging. [Sleeping…
By Shane Roberts Published August 7, 2014