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Mighty No. 9 Confirms Rumors of Delay

Since late July, there have been rumors circulating of an impending release date change for the Mega Man-like Mighty No. 9. Today, developer Comcept has confirmed a delay in an update sent out to the game’s Kickstarter backers. The update, which cites “bugs and issues [with] a direct effect on [the] enjoyment of the game”…

Koei Tecmo is Making an Attack on Titan Game 

It looks like a Warriors game, but the other way around; you’re one of hundreds of peons against an unstoppable force – a titan, as it were. It should come as no surprise that it kind of seems like a reverse Warriors game—the game is being developed by Omega-Force, the makers of the Warriors game…

New Star Wars Battlefront Gameplay Takes To the Skies

Star Wars Battlefront will feature a new Fighter Squadron mode that will have Rebel starfighters duke it out with Imperial ships. Previously, we sawfive minutes of the game’s multiplayer. That clip was focused more on the ground forces. This one isn’t. The mode supports up to twenty combat fighters and, I guess, features a bunch…

Homefront: The Revolution Shows Off Some Gameplay

At Microsoft’s Gamescom conference today, Deep Silver Dambuster has given us a glimpse of the single-player campaign in their upcoming open-world shooter, Homefront: The Revolution, along with a rather nice CG trailer, seen above. The short gameplay clip deals with a rebel squad in Philadelphia attempting to steal some data for the resistance. Check it…

A Resident Evil 2 Remake Pitch is Already in Capcom’s Hands

Good news everyone! Yoshiaki Hirabayashi, the producer behind Resident Evil HD Remaster, has already put together a pitch for a remake of Resident Evil 2 and apparently presented it to his Capcom overlords. Gematsu reported that Hirabayashi posted a picture of the pitch on Facebook, noting that he started putting the pitch together after the…

Three Things That Make Fallout 3 Special

“I don’t want to set the world on fire,” the Ink Spots croon, but the truth is, I’ve just arrived outside Galaxy News Radio headquarters with every intention of detonating a nuclear warhead. When the Super Mutant Behemoth charges through the wreckage, bellowing, I’m ready. I take aim, then pull the trigger, letting loose nuclear…

Level 8 In A Land of 34s: A Newbie’s Take On Destiny

I am late. The mysteries have been solved. The loot cave has come and gone. I’m the guy just now turning in his first encrypted engram—green, of course. I’m either playing Destiny the best way or the worst way. Argument for this being the best way to play Destiny: A few million gamers have beta-tested…

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The PS4’s Cloud Save System Is Inadequate

In the comparison between PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, Sony is about as behind in how they handle cloud saves as they are in getting their console to run Halo. It’s time for them to close this gap. The difference is dramatic. While both systems allow users to save game progress to a set of…

New King’s Quest Is Love Child of Dragon’s Lair and The Princess Bride

I took our 5-year-old daughter to see Pixar’s Inside Out a week ago. I wish we had been able to play the new King’s Quest together instead. Like Inside Out, the new King’s Quest is close to a perfect piece of family entertainment. Unlike Inside Out, it would be far less likely to turn a…

Dragon Quest XI Announced for PS4, 3DS and Nintendo NX [Update]

The eagerly awaited follow-up to Dragon Quest X is headed to the PlayStation 4, the 3DS, and Nintendo’s upcoming console, the NX. Update: August 4 – 4:00am Square Enix issued a comment to Kotaku regarding the NX release, noting a discrepancy between the event announcement and the press release—head over here to see their statement…

30 More Hours With Fallout 3, Which Is Still Damn Good

Seeing the reveal of Fallout 4 at E3, I found myself compelled to return to Bethesda’s first entry in the series, Fallout 3. There’s just something about it, a special kind of magic that few games have. Initially, I didn’t plan to spend much time with Fallout 3, but it sucked me in. Within two…

Pre-order incentives are pretty dumb, and the Terminator being a pre-order character for WWE 2K16 might be the dumbest, but Arnold Schwarzenegger re-doing his naked-Terminator scene with WWE’s Daniel Bryan, Finn Balor, Paige and Dean Ambrose? Funny.

Dedicated Diablo III Player Reaches Level 2,000

Some enthusiasts are still on Diablo III and they’re not just messing around casually, but achieving crazy things—for example Vajet, who has already reached a combined level of Paragon Level 2000. Vajet is currently Paragon Level 1789 in Season 3 and his non-seasonal characters are at Paragon Level 1339. The experience he gained during Season…

Go Play Journey Again

I thought I was finished with Journey. I was wrong. Originally released in 2012, ThatGameCompany’s beloved PS3 sand-surfing simulator has been re-released this week on the PlayStation 4. Ireviewed it back when it came out, which feels like it was a lifetime ago. Since then, I’ve seen critical acclaim, backlash, and back-backlash. I’ve seen its…

Tips For Playing Rocket League

Rocket League. Oh, Rocket League. Football, with cars. It’s a game people can’t stop playing, but it’s also a game a lot of people suck at. So here are some beginner’s tips which might help you suck a little less. They key to getting better at Rocket League (at least until you get real good,…

Naughty Dog Thought The Last of Us Was “Going to Tank”

The Last of Us has been a huge success for its developer, Naughty Dog. It’s been flooded with awards, glowing reviews, and fan love. It’s spawned a fantastic expansion and work has already begun on a sequel. No one’s more surprised by the success than the game’s developers. They thought it was going to fail.…

The Witcher 3 Fan Animation Sums Up The Game Pretty Well

An animated parody of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, made by Matthew Shezmen, proves that being Geralt is not easy when there’s so much drama going. Dealing with monsters is the last thing to worry about: To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

Crash Bandicoot Could Have Had These Sweet Animated Cutscenes

Back before Sony gots its grubby little mitts on Crash Bandicoot, Universal Interactive Studio toyed with the idea of opening and closing the game with hand-drawn animation. This hand-drawn animation, to be precise. Uploaded by original game producer David Siller (via NeoGAF), this pair of scenes from Universal Animation would have served as the opening…

Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection: The Basics

What it is: Why, it’s a PS3 game ported to PS4! Make that three of them, three excellent PS3 action-adventure games, Uncharted 1-3 (just the singleplayer), ported by development studio Bluepoint, coming out in lieu of the delayed-out-of-2015 Uncharted 4 on October 9. What’s been changed: I saw it at a PlayStation demo event yesterday,…