This Week In The Business: Making Money Making Games

QUOTE | “I feel people just don’t want to associate making games with making money. It sort of breaks the taboo of making art for art’s sake, which I think is kind of stupid.” – Game Theory president Marguerite Dibble, talking about how many indie developers seem to “romanticize poverty.” Elsewhere in the business of…

Blizzard has shared some new info on Diablo III‘s upcoming Season 2. New conquests, new legendaries, and more.

Violent Shadow Of Mordor Montages Are Tragic, Pretty

Shadow of Mordor is the kind of game that really knows how to seduce players with its ultraviolence. But it’s not just the game. People playing it have been using its nifty photo mode for increasingly elaborate purposes. The most creative I’ve seen is using the photo editor to create surprisingly moving short films. Two…

17 Things The World Saw Since Blizzard’s Last New Franchise 17 Years Ago

Blizzard announcedOverwatch today, it’s first new franchise in more than 17 years. Children born when Starcraft came out (yeah Starcraft was their last new game) will graduating high school soon. If that wasn’t enough for you, here are 17 big things in the world/gaming that have happened since 1997. Facebook – 2004 iPods, iPhones, iPads,…

StarCraft 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…

​X-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…

Ubisoft’s big fall releases aren’t missing in action on Steam’s US store anymore, like they were yesterday.

Here’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)—…

Hearthstone‘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…

Watch the Blizzcon 2014 keynote here. But, don’t worry if you can’t watch. We’ll have all of Blizzard’s biggest new on Kotaku as soon as it breaks.

Elite: Dangerous will be out on December 16. Sure, lots of people (like me) have been playing the online space sim’s ongoing beta for a while, but Elite will get a ‘real’ release in just a few weeks.

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…

​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…

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…