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Titanfall Twitter Spams Random People Who Tweet They Want New Games

Titanfall’s official Twitter account is taking a rather active approach to their marketing. The account is messaging users who make the smallest mention of wanting to play a new game. First noted by CMA Productions on Reddit, the Titanfall Twitter is pretty aggressive when it comes to suggesting their game to players looking for a…

Battlefield 1 Players Are Getting Banned For Playing Too Well [Updated]

Skilled Battlefield 1 players appear to be clashing with the game’s anti-cheating measure. What exactly are they getting banned for? Being too good at the game. FairFight is a real time cheat detection that has been used in all Battlefield games since Battlefield 3. It uses a function called Algorithmic Analysis of Player Statistics (AAPS)…

I’m So Sick Of Seeing This Damn PS4 Message

This morning, I popped Tales of Berseria into my PlayStation 4 and was yet again greeted with the wonderful news that my system is out of space. Maybe you can relate. Maybe you play a fair number of PS4 games and have also felt that twang of mild irritation when you pop in a brand…

The PS4 Slim Getting Glacier White Version In Europe And Japan 

The slimmer, redesigned PlayStation 4 will soon be available in Glacier White. Bundled with a Glacier White DualShock 4, it will be out January 24 in Europe and on February 23 in Japan. (The original PlayStation 4 also saw a Glacier White version.)  The console will be priced the same as the current PS4 Slim…

Final Fantasy VII nearly had a lot more character deaths than Aeris, according to an oral history published on Polygon Director Yoshinori Kitase originally planned to kill off most of the party by the end of the game. The piece is an incredibly exhaustive retrospective on the game’s design, featuring interviews with dozens of designers…

Up Close With The Nier Automata Demo’s Constantly Surprising Combat

Nier Automata put out one hell of a demo. Even though it is only around half an hour, it has better design that most full length titles from last year. The combat is a highlight and a few simple design techniques keep it fresh throughout. We take a closer look in this video. Transcript: NieR…

Let It Die‘s End of Level Replays Are Great

The world is confusing. No one tells you how to do a damn thing until it is too late. This happens in games too. It’s hard to know where mistakes were made. Let It Die’s end of level replays make it easy to grasp the big picture. Let It Die has been my major gaming…

California Has Become An Unstoppable Force In Let It Die‘s Multiplayer

Let It Die is full of tough enemies. Climbing the game’s massive tower is a dangerous affair. But thanks to the game’s multiplayer, there’s one monster that reigns above the rest: California. In Let It Die, players never fight each other directly. Instead, they are able to raid each other’s home base by riding the…

Overwatch’s latest map, Oasis, is now live to the public. It is a control point map set in an advanced city in Iraq. Among some of its major features are jump pads and a bustling street full of traffic.

YouTuber Beats Final Fantasy XV At Level One With No Items

A determined player has beaten Final Fantasy XV without gaining a single level or using items. YouTuber BOYvsVIDEOGAME played through the entire game with nothing other than his skills and obsessive perseverance to sustain him. This isn’t the first time that BOYvsVIDEOGAME has completed a game under extreme conditions. He’scleared Dragon Age: Inquisition solo on…

The Nier: Automata Demo Lets Players Kill Themselves By Unequipping An Item

The demo for Nier: Automata released last week. Playing as a super fashionable android, players slice and dice their way through waves of robot enemies. But un-equipping one essential item gives an instant game over. The item in question is the OS Chip. In Nier: Automata, players can equip various skill chips to enable or…

What Made 2016’s Doom Great

Innovation is like a game of telephone. Someone creates a message, but as it spreads, it loses its meaning. Lessons that seemed clear back in the first-person shooter’s formative years became taken for granted and eventually forgotten. Shooters today are all about weapon limits, level design set pieces, and regenerating health. Doom’s return in 2016…

Battlefield 1‘s Christmas Truce Didn’t Quite Come Together

Battlefield 1 players hoping to recreate World War One’s Christmas truce couldn’t rein back the bloodlust of those eager to kill the fresh wave of new players. In real life, the Christmas Truce of 1914 was a near-miraculous cease fire across many fronts in World War One. It came after Pope Benedict XV suggested a…

Four Surprising Moments Tucked Into Watch Dogs 2

You may have expected hacking, driving and shooting in Watch Dogs 2, but did you expect a discussion of Aliens Vs. Predator? How about a chat about what’s cool about Latin? Yes, the language. Ubisoft’s developers have hidden some odd and interesting stuff in their latest massive open-world game. The Aliens Vs. Predator thing is…

The latest entry in the long-running Disaster Report series, Disaster Report 4, will support VR when it’s released on the PlayStation 4 in Japan. Check out some of the demo footage in this clip. 

Our Thoughts On Overwatch‘s Tracer Being Gay

With the release of Overwatch’s holiday comic, gamers saw the game’s first openly gay character: Tracer. Many of us here at Kotaku, an Overwatch fansite, took time to sit down and reflect on how Blizzard has treated the topic of diversity in our favorite team based shooter. Update—5:40 p.m.: Shortly after publication, Blizzard sent Kotaku…

What We Liked And Didn’t Like About Watch Dogs 2

Three of us on staff have been playing Watch Dogs 2. Two of us have finished it. We figured it was a good time to chat about the good and bad of the game. There was a lot to consider! Bonus: We may accidentally wandered into a discussion about why one of us is very,…

The Division’s terrific $15 Survival expansion is now available on PS4. It’s been out for PC and Xbox One for a month, and we really like it. Read our Xbox One impressions for a breakdown of how it transforms the game.

Street Fighter V‘s Rollercoaster Year

It’s funny to think of a fighting game having responsibilities, but that’s exactly where Street Fighter V found itself on the verge of its mid-February release date earlier this year. As the follow-up to what was arguably the genre’s most important release in decades, there was a lot riding on Street Fighter V’s success. Would…

The State Of Virtual Reality In 2016

In truth, 2016 was not “The Year of VR.” It was the year of the start of VR. Multiple major tech companies released impressive VR systems that were clearly the first of their kind; flawed and fascinating, destined to be improved upon and replaced. The age of immersive technology is upon us, but its future…