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Battlefield 1 Players Are Trying To Solve A Mysterious Morse Code

The search for answers is on as Battlefield 1 players have found strange headphones across various maps and odd morse code messages relayed from special locations. Originally discovered by Reddit user RHabib, collectable headphones were located across many multiplayer maps. Only one player could collect them per match. Initially, no one was really clear on…

Rockstar Cracks Down On GTA Online Cheaters, Deletes Trillions Of ‘GTA Dollars’

Grand Theft Auto Online players who amassed mountains of in-game money through exploits and mods woke up today to gargantuan deductions from their virtual bank accounts. Rockstar Games started the day with a new offensive against players who break the game’s terms of service to their advantage. On forums for the game, players who freely…

The Division‘s Rocky Road

Ubisoft’s third-person shooter The Division has been one of 2016’s most interesting successes and one of its worst fiascoes. The people who make it now hope it can also be the year’s best comeback story. On Tuesday, the game’s developers will issue a major patch that is designed to do nothing less than overhaul a…

A Beginner’s Guide To Battlefield 1 Multiplayer

Battlefield 1‘s multiplayer is very intense. While the game teaches you some basics during the campaign, it doesn’t do much to explain what’s going on in the multiplayer. Don’t worry, doughboys and gals: I’m here to help! Know Your Game Modes Battlefield 1 has six multiplayer modes at the moment: Conquest is the bread and…

Like The Rest Of The Internet, PSN Has Been Struggling Today

Half the internet has been unreliable today as the result of what seems to be a major attack by unknown parties. Adding to that list of annoying outages now is PSN, given that many users are reporting issues with it since this morning. If you’ve been having trouble connecting a PlayStation console to PSN today, you…

Battlefield 1: The Kotaku Review

Matthew McConaughey once said that sometimes you need to go back to move forward. The team at DICE must have been very moved by that sentiment. Taking it to heart and pushing the Battlefield series nearly 100 years back into World War I for this year’s release of Battlefield 1 was a gamble. It has…

The PlayStation VR Outsold The PS4 In Japan 

During its first week on sale in Japan, the PlayStation VR sold 51,644 units. In comparison, the biggest selling hardware that week, the PlayStation 4, sold 30,154 units. Via 4Gamer, here are the hardware sales for the week of October 10 to October 16. Note that the PSVR went on sale October 13. PS VR:…

Some Battlefield 1 Players Are Sucky Squad Leaders 

Being a squad leader in a Battlefield game can be intimidating. It’s hard enough worrying about your own skin when there’s tanks rolling around, mortars dropping, and baddies on the prowl. I get it. But some of you suck at doing your job. Some of you are great squad leaders but for you clowns who…

PlayStation Is Getting Some Red Dead Redemption 2 Online Content First

PlayStation and Rockstar Games announced a partnership today that will give Ps4 players first dibs on “select online content” in Red Dead Redemption 2 The Fall 2017 game is, in PlayStation’s words, “hand crafted to take full advantage of PS4.” More details on PlayStation’s partnership with Rockstar Games are on their way. Sony and rival Microsoft…

Glitch Ruins Destiny Players’ Attempt At Raid Glory

A bug in Destiny’s Rise of ‘Wrath of the Machine’ raid prevented a top clan from getting the world’s first completion on the newly released Hard Mode difficulty. Per Eurogamer: Redeem was the first clan to defeat ‘Wrath of the Machine’ when it was released, blazing through the endgame raid with ease. They seemed a prime…

The Joker’s Long List Of Ridiculous Crimes, According To Rocksteady 

“My only regret is I didn’t do more,” the Joker cackles, in this terrific scene from newish PS4 game Batman: Arkham VR. The Bat-computer is listing all of the crimes that the Joker has been convicted of. Torture… unlicensed dentistry… arson… even improper labeling of meat products. That bastard. It’s quite the list and one of…

‘Passion Project’ Dead Star Delisted From PSN, Steam As Studio Plans Server Shutdown

The multiplayer spaceship combat game Dead Star will essentially be shut down on November 1, seven months after launch. Armature Studios, the Austin-based team behind the game, is shutting down the game’s multiplayer servers on that date, leaving only the tutorial playable. Armature has also pulled the PS4 and PC game’s listings from the PlayStation…

Even the hellfires of war can’t stop nature’s impossible beauty. Reddit user needfx encountered his awe inspiring double rainbow while playing on Battlefield 1‘s Ballroom Blitz multiplayer map.

A Look At How No Man’s Sky‘s Procedural Generation Works

No Man’s Sky might not be everyone’s cup of tea but its code is pretty impressive. Blogger gregkwaste outlined exactly how the space exploration game creates its procedurally generated creatures and more. In a post at 3dgamedevblog.com, Greg provides an exhaustive breakdown of the process behind No Man’s Sky’s various monsters and spaceships. Here’s how…

Rocksteady Hid One Hell Of An Arkham VR Easter Egg In Arkham Knight

A wall covered in writing in Batman Arkham Knight that baffled thousands of players for months was a brazen Easter Egg teasing October’s Arkham VR. It was hiding nearly in plain sight for nine months, ever since development studio Rocksteady snuck it into Arkham Knight via some DLC in January. Spoilers follow, of course. The…

Infinite Warfare Multiplayer Isn’t New, But It’s Still A Good Time

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare hasn’t particularly had my interest but after playing a weekend of its multiplayer, I’m impressed. Running around as a machine gun armed robo-soldier was a damn good time. I don’t know if Infinite Warfare dazzles the same way that larger scale shooters like Titanfall 2 or Battlefield 1 do but…

A patch scheduled for October 18 will raise the light level in Destiny to 400 and improve the light levels of loot offered in the game, hopefully making players’ rise to 370 to access Rise of Iron’s raid less of, in our reviewer’s word, a “slog.” Good news, given that the creatively-designed raid is worth playing.

Battlefield 1’s Multiplayer Undercuts Its Dramatic Single Player Campaign

Diving into Battlefield 1 has been a surprising experience. Making a game that focuses on the absolute tragedy that was World War One seemed like a setup for failure. The single player campaign has genuinely impressed me, but when multiplayer is added to the mix, there’s a fundamental tension that cannot be reconciled. Battlefield 1’s…

Possibly The Most Pointless Video Game Pre-Order Of All Time

The editorial staff at Kotaku has repeatedly advised readers to not pre-order video games, and today we can reveal two more reasons not to pre-order: radical life changes and transformations to the gaming industry. It’s possible that, when you pre-order the game you are excited about, you might be living in Sweden and the game…

Battlefield 1 Lets You Play As A Pigeon

Battlefield 1 makes it a point to look at the Great War from a variety of perspectives. “Through Mud and Blood” focuses on a British Mk. V tank crew before shifting to a very unlikely point of view. You can view the whole scene below, as captured by MathChief The single player mission recounts the…