No Trace looks like Hitman meets Hotline Miami It’s a stealth assassination game with disguises and gadgets, but it’s also got slick, blink-and-you’re-dead top-down combat. It’ll be out later this year.

Every Xbox One S Has A Tiny Master Chief Inside

Look at him. Cute as a button. Just don’t go trying to find him on yours, if you ever decide to pick one of these things up. That’s because, just like Sony’s nice little PlayStation screws, Master Chief is inside the computer He was discovered in this teardown of the new console by Ifixit, etched…

Is Overwatch‘s D.Va Overpowered After The Buff?

Last week on Kotaku Splitscreen, Jason and I talked about my new favorite Overwatch hero D.Va and whether or not she got buffed a bit too much. Short version of my take: Nah, not really. For the longer version, watch the excerpt in the video below. (We’re experimenting with pulling out highlights from the podcast…

The Best Console Commercials Of All Time

Trailers for video games are a weird beast, as misleading as they can be esoteric. Free from the burden of trying to directly sell you a piece of art, commercials for video game hardware are often a lot more fun. While most console sales are (surely) made through stuff like company loyalty, word of mouth,…

AMC’s Preacher: An uneven first season, but hopefully things will improve. What it is: AMC’s ambitious adaptation of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s comic book series Preacher What I’ve watched: Finished the first season last night. Is it good? Hmm. Mixed, I’d say. Some cool stuff, some very frustrating stuff. Quick thoughts: I’ve read some…

Why Does My PC Keep Freezing At Inopportune Moments?

Over the last couple of weeks, my gaming PC has started occasionally freezing up. It usually happens at the most inopportune moment possible, and always without warning. It sucks. I have to manually hit the “reset” button and everything. What’s going on? Why does my PC keep freezing at inopportune moments? It’s just tired, man.…

Watch Us Play Zelda: A Link To The Past With Randomized Items

Last Friday, Stephen Totilo and I played through a modded version of Zelda: A Link to the Past called the Randomizer. It randomizes the contents of every chest and item-giver in the game, which shifts things in some really interesting ways. As you can see in our playthrough (above), the results can be both funny…

Kotaku Is Hiring–Come Work With Us

Kotaku is looking to add some fresh voices to our ranks. Could that be you? Specifically, we’re hoping to hire a full-time staff writer who has a penchant for news, as well as a freelance weekend editor who specializes in competitive gaming. We want people who are fearless in their reporting and criticism. We want…

Blizzard Defends Overwatch’s Limited-Time Summer Games Loot

Overwatch’s new Summer Games event adds more than 100 new emotes, sprays, icons, intros, and skins to the game, but there’s a catch: they come in randomized boxes, and you can’t buy individual items no matter how many coins you’ve saved up. There’s been quite a bit of outcry about that, especially among players who…

The First-Ever Phoenix Wright Case Happens Today

When dreaming up Phoenix Wright back in the early 2000s, series creator Shu Takumi picked a date that seemed wayyyyy far in the future. Now we’re here. The first case of the very first Ace Attorney game, ‘The First Turnabout,’ takes place on August 3, 2016—15 years after Phoenix Wright made his debut on the…

Harsh.

Sweet, matchmaking found me a game! I guess the servers are working after all! I… oh. Damn.

Niantic Takes Away Legendaries From Pokémon Go Players

When news broke thata couple from Ohio suddenly had a legendary Pokémon yesterday, the most common response from other players was that something fishy was going on. Today, Niantic confirmed the shenanigans, and says it has rectified the situation. In a statement sent to IGN, a Niantic rep said the following: We recently noticed that…

Destiny‘s Weekend Vendor Gets A World Of Warcraft Counterpart

Located conveniently next to the Bank of Dalaran in World of Warcraft’s Legion expansion, Xur’ios stands ready to exchange your Curious Coins for rare recipes, weapons, mounts and more. Anyone need a Gjallar’s “Horn?” It’s easy to forget that both Destiny, a game that’s part of this complete breakfast and World of Warcraft are ultimately…

Pokémon Go Pisses Players Off Again By Making Pokémon Harder To Catch [Update]

Over the last week, Pokémon Go underwent a couple of mechanical changes that players really, really don’t like. The first, as has been widely reported by now, was a tweak in capture rates for Pokémon Go. If you’ve noticed that monsters are moving around more, and in general are harder to catch, you are not…

Yet Another Final Fantasy Game Comes To Mobile Today

Today marks the release of Mobius Final Fantasy, yet another ridiculously titled FF game that Square Enix is putting on iOS and Android. The game just went live, so I haven’t had much of a chance to check it out yet, but Square says it’s got “in-depth character customization, ongoing live events, and HD graphics…

Overwatch Fans Find New Clues About The Mysterious Hero Sombra

About 2,000 Overwatch fans are currently hard at work deciphering the game’s latest clue about the unreleased hero Sombra. Yesterday, Blizzard published a video announcing their Summer Games seasonal event, which, Redditors think, surreptitiously holds new hints about Sombra, allegedly a hacker hero whose name translates to “Shadow.” A day later, these “Game Detectives” have…

What’s Inside The Xbox One S

As they do with most shiny new gaming tech, the brave folks at iFixit have taken apart Microsoft’s smaller, slightly faster Xbox One S to see how repairable it is (very) and answer questions like “Is the hard drive easier to upgrade?” (hahahaha no). It’s surprising how few things go into assembling a system capable…

Eat A Snickers

Kevin Hong is an artist from NYC who most recently did some work for Miyamori, an upcoming RPG set in a small town in Japan. (That top gif isn’t from Miyamori…it’s the piece below with the girl walking up the steps. The gif up top is from RPG Indivisible.) You can see more of Kevin’s…