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Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Kotaku Review

After two Lego Star Wars games covering a movie trilogy each, can Star Wars: The Force Awakens carry an entire Lego game by itself? Not without a lot of help. For example, I launched the game halfway through downloading to my PlayStation 4. While most of the game was waiting for more data, I was…

By Mike Fahey Published June 28, 2016

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Zero Time Dilemma: The Kotaku Review

There are no video games like Zero Escape. No other series plays with the interactive form to tell stories in such an elaborate, satisfying way. No other game can fuck with your head quite this much. Nothing else even comes close. Zero Time Dilemma, the third game in the series, is no exception. Longtime fans…

By Jason Schreier Published June 27, 2016

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Counterpoint: The Warcraft Movie Is Good

Years of hollow hype and months of flashy trailers aimed at getting non-World of Warcraft players into theater seats left me with little hope that I would enjoy Duncan Jones’ Warcraft movie. Well, surprise. I’ve seen Warcraft twice now, the second time to ensure my enjoyment wasn’t a fluke of the Not Your Dad’s Root…

By Mike Fahey Published June 11, 2016

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Kirby: Planet Robobot: The Kotaku Review

Kirby is approaching Mario and Sonic in terms of ubiquity. The little guy has starred in three games in as many years, all without a drop in quality. The newest game, the Nintendo 3DS’ Planet Robobot, is the best of the three. In the new game, the usually overpowered Kirby is even mightier. He can…

By Stephen Totilo Published June 11, 2016

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The Warcraft Movie Is Not Good

Some people had hoped, after months of hype and the pedigree of director Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code), that Warcraft might break the long and storied Curse Of Bad Video Game Movies. I have some sad news for those people. Maybe video game adaptations were just never meant to be. This post originally appeared May…

By Jason Schreier Published June 10, 2016

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Mirror’s Edge Catalyst: The Kotaku Review

For a game about daredevil stunts and high-flying acrobatics, Mirror’s Edge Catalyst plays it remarkably safe. Catalyst is the long-awaited follow-up to development studio EA DICE’s groundbreaking 2008 game Mirror’s Edge. Maybe “long-awaited” is the wrong way to describe it: Most people who liked the first game, myself included, figured a proper sequel would simply…

By Kirk Hamilton Published June 7, 2016

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Hearts Of Iron IV: The Kotaku Review

You’ve probably won the Second World War in a video game before. Maybe as a commando, maybe as a pilot. But have you ever won the Second World War the way it was actually won? Because it was won with logistics, and…hey, wait, I promise it’s more exciting than it sounds. Hearts of Iron IV…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 6, 2016

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Edge of Nowhere: The Kotaku Review

Your head controls the camera floating just behind 1920s adventurer Victor Howard, star of the new virtual reality Antarctic action game Edge of Nowhere. The white wilderness is all around you. You control Victor with a controller that you cannot see, because you play this game with the Oculus Rift VR headset strapped to your…

By Stephen Totilo Published June 6, 2016

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Nvidia Geforce GTX 1070 Review: The New Sweet Spot

The Geforce GTX 1080 tops the performance of the $1,000 Titan X card for $700. The Geforce GTX 1070 basically matches it for under $400. That’s just nuts. Easily living up to the label of themost powerful graphics card yet, the Pascal powered Geforce GTX 1080 has been getting the lion’s share of attention since…

By Mike Fahey Published May 31, 2016

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The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine: The Kotaku Review

I’ve spent more than 100 hours in The Witcher 3 over the past year. It’s become the background of my gaming life, a boundless, monster-ridden home I can always return to. As the last Witcher (for now), The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine is a grand goodbye, a final series of stories that sends Geralt…

By Nathan Grayson Published May 31, 2016

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Total War: Warhammer: The Kotaku Review

I was so ready to hate this game. Here, prior to last week, were my thoughts on Total War: Warhammer: I did not have the best time with the last Total War game, Rome II, finding it to be a bloated, soulless affair that undid much of the good work Creative Assembly had done with…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2016

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Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080 Review: Time For An Upgrade

After months of speculation and anticipation, Nvidia’s latest piece of hardware you put in your computer to make things look pretty is here. The GeForce GTX 1080 is much better than the pieces of hardware you put in your computer to make things look pretty that came before it. Which is great, because introducing a…

By Mike Fahey Published May 23, 2016

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Homefront: The Revolution: The Kotaku Review

Glitches and wobbles aside, Homefront: The Revolution is an adequate shooter that features some interesting moments. It isn’t bad, but it isn’t good either. America was invaded by North Korea in the events leading up to the original 2011 Homefront. In this sequel, you play as Ethan Brady, part of a guerrilla resistance that is…

By Riley MacLeod Published May 18, 2016

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Doom: The Kotaku Review

The new Doom, really, is rather like the old Doom. You fight swarms of hulking demons. You never stop moving for fear of being swamped in laser fire, missiles, and pile-driving hell knights. Your screen is permanently suffused with explosions, blood, and chunks of bodies. You, the Doom Marine, are what stands between an army…

Julian Benson Published May 18, 2016

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Battleborn: The Kotaku Review

If someone had told me at the beginning of the year that I’d be reviewing Battleborn in May, I would have asked them “Which one is Battleborn again?” Now that I’ve spent a couple dozen hours in Gearbox Software’s latest I think I’ve figured it out. It’s not Battleborn’s fault, really. Announced in July of…

By Mike Fahey Published May 17, 2016

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Stellaris: The Kotaku Review

Stellaris is a space opera, played out in three acts. It’s the latest game from Paradox’s internal development studio, the guys who brought us grand/complicated/alienating strategy games like Crusader Kings II and Europa Universalis IV. I liked the latter and adore the former, so there was a lot for me to look forward to here!…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 9, 2016

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Uncharted 4: The Kotaku Review

For a worrisome amount of time, Uncharted 4 feels like little more than a familiar, obligatory sequel, existing the way Mario Karts and Halos do to continue bolstering one faction in the ongoing console wars. Excellent, fresh ideas for these kinds of automatic sequels are not a prerequisite. Thankfully, after nine chapters, Uncharted 4 dramatically…

By Stephen Totilo Published May 5, 2016

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Offworld Trading Company: The Kotaku Review

I have never played a game like Offworld Trading Company If you go to buy it from a store, it’ll be listed as a strategy game. If you read up on it, you’ll know that it was designed by Civilization IV’s Soren Johnson. If you look at a screenshot, you’ll see lots of little buildings…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 29, 2016

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The Acer Predator 8 Looks Like A Gaming Tablet But Hasn’t Got The Guts

With its crimson accents, sharp angles and four front-facing speakers, the Acer Predator 8 looks like a tablet built for serious mobile gaming., but that’s as far as it goes. I’ve been pleased with what I’ve seen so far of Acer’s most recent gaming-aimed products, so I figured I would see what else the red-and-black…

By Mike Fahey Published April 24, 2016

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Star Fox Zero: The Kotaku Review

Even if you can get used to the awkward controls, Star Fox Zero is merely mediocre. It’s as disappointing a major Nintendo console release as there’s been in some time. You’re Fox McCloud himself, once again the pilot of your very own Arwing fighter, flying or, on rare occasions, driving a tank, through missions in…

By Stephen Totilo Published April 22, 2016