Nintendo Answers (And Avoids) Our Switch Questions
The Switch won’t have Netflix or any other video apps at launch, but it will have a Mii Maker app. No video capture, sad to say.
Quality Assured: What It’s Really Like To Test Games For A Living
There’s an old commercial for Westwood College that’s become something of a running joke in the video game world. Two young men sit at a couch, hammering away at PlayStation controllers. A woman walks in. “Hey guys, finish testing that game yet?” she asks. “I’ve got another one I need designed.”
Answering Your Best Final Fantasy XV Questions
I have played 10 hours of Final Fantasy XV, a video game about how One Direction spends their days off, and I’m pleased to report that so far, it’s good. Very good. Maybe even excellent.
Ask Kotaku's Staff Anything
It’s Thursday afternoon, fall is finally here, and we’re all getting ready for an exciting next few months of video games. (Except for me—I’m going on sabbatical in October. See you suckers later.)
Ask Kotaku's Staff Anything: Senior Week Edition
Next week, Kotaku’s parent company Gawker Media will have a new owner. We don’t expect very much to change around here—we’ll still be bringing you all the latest TV show and snack news you crave—but it’s still the end of an era in many ways, so join us for a senior week Q&A. You can ask us anything, but we’re feeling…
Ask Kotaku's Staff Anything [UPDATE: Q&A Over]
It’s Friday, it’s brutally hot, and we’re here for an hour or so to answer your questions. Ask whatever you’d like, including but not limited to “why is July the worst?”
Tomorrow at 3pm ET we’ll have someone who makes video game trailers here to answer your questions in an early Thursday edition of Kotaku Asks. So start brainstorming now!
Kotaku Asks: An Anonymous Video Game Tester
Curious about what it’s like to play video games for a living? Want to know how grueling—or how satisfying—it can be to work as a QA tester for major video game companies?
Q&A: The People Behind Helldivers Spill Some Secrets
I like Helldivers. It's one of my favorite PS4 games. But I had 11 questions about it. I posed them to one of the game's designers. He had answers. Thank goodness.
YouTube's Copyright Crackdown: Everything You Need To Know
We're in the second week of a YouTube copyright enforcement crackdown whose most visible effects have been on the video gaming community. Each day turns up a new example of a video getting thrown in YouTube jail on a ridiculous technicality. The situation seems to defy common sense, but we'll try to explain it in…
Gaming Contractors May Not Be Superstars, But We Don't Need To Strike
There was recently an article published on this very site, written by Nathan Peters. It was a description of his experience as a contract employee in the video game industry; specifically in the QA department of Certain Affinity, a studio that worked on multiplayer aspects of Halo 4. The summary of the article is that…
Born And Raised A Game Developer
You might know the name Victor Ireland—the outspoken ex-head of Working Designs was responsible for translating and publishing a number of beloved Japanese games, like the Lunar series and Alundra.
We've Got Live Tech Support To Answer Questions on All Your New Gadgets
Did you get a bunch of new gear today? Got some questions about how to use it?
Getting the Bugs Out of QA Might Mean Better Video Games
When a video game ships with tons of bugs, one excuse that gets thrown out is that it wasn't tested throughly enough. But what about the people who do the testing? Is there a way for them to get beyond filing bug reports and having a greater impact on development?
Being a Video Game Tester is Just a Damn Job, Okay?
Earlier this week we posted a story article regarding the hardships of being a QA tester in the video game industry. Commenter Gunflame is here to set the record straight—it's a job, get over it.
Final Fantasy XIII-2 Travels Through Time to Fix Past Missteps
Was Final Fantasy XIII too linear for you? Square Enix has heard the complaints, and answers them with a mechanic that's about as non-linear as they come: Time travel. How does it work? Director Motomu Toriyama has the answers.
Who Wants to Work for Sony's Testing Department, Round Three
Sony is gearing up for season three of its PlayStation Network reality show The Tester, asking gamers to submit a profile for their chance to compete for a shitty job and be ridiculed by Kotaku.
Dozens of Tester Jobs Affected in Sony QA Consolidation
Sony Computer Entertainment America is consolidating its two QA groups in one location, meaning 30 staff positions are being sent from the Bay Area to San Diego, Calif., and we hear another 100 contract positions were affected.
