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Big-Time Doom Fans React To Yesterday’s Doom Reveal
We didn’t see the new Doom that was shown exclusively to Quakecon attendees in Dallas this week. You probably didn’t either. But all the people in a video shot by the folks at the unofficial Quakecon Forums did. They just saw it minutes before this video was recorded, and they were pumped. Skip to 50…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 18, 2014 -
You’ll finally be able to buy games and add-ons for your Xbox when you’re away from the console. Mobile purchasing via SmartGlass or Xbox.com is one of the features coming to the Xbox ecosystem in a future update, which will roll out next week in early-access form to select XB1 owners.
By Evan Narcisse Published July 18, 2014 -
How BioWare Plans Who You Can Romance In Their Games
Creating romances in a BioWare game isn’t just a matter of writing and art. It’s also a matter of math. That’s one of several insights in a really good 48-minute talk delivered by the writers of Dragon Age Inquisition at last week’s GaymerX2 convention. The topic was romance (read: who your character can eventually have…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 18, 2014 -
It’s Like Playing Assassin’s Creed In Real Life (Without The Stabbing)
Ubisoft has created an official Assassin’s Creed obstacle course minus any bales of hay or annoying guards. You can run through it at San Diego Comic-Con next week (location info here). Cool or not? What do you think? Let the game’s Chief Parkour Officer (!?!) walk you through it:
By Stephen Totilo Published July 17, 2014 -
It’s Games, Games, Games As Microsoft Plans To Close Xbox TV Division
Less than three months after Microsoft had a big splashy debut for their Xbox Entertainment Studios division, the company is shutting down the unit tasked with making original TV shows for their game console. Re/Code reports that the shutdown comes as part of a massive restructuring that will see Microsoft eliminating 18,000 jobs over the…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 17, 2014 -
There are no rooftop guards in Assassin’s Creed Unity? Cool. That’s going to make this next game feel very different. This official tidbit (that we missed…a month ago) is part of a handy round-up of ACU facts that you can read over at the Assassin’s Creed subreddit.
By Stephen Totilo Published July 16, 2014 -
The Xbox One’s Controller Buttons Don’t Make Enough Sense
What do two overlapping rectangles and three parallel lines mean to you? They’re the labels on a pair of buttons on the Xbox One controller, but eight months since that console’s launch, you’d be forgiven if you failed to predict what pressing them actually does. The left one is the View button. The right one…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 15, 2014 -
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Survey Says Chinese Gamers More Interested In PS4
With the Xbox One dropping in China in Septemberand the PlayStation 4 dropping some time later, Chinese news portal NetEase took the chance to survey netizens on their preferences. Turns out, Chinese users are more interested in the PS4. Hidden at the bottom of an article about the first major public showing of the PlayStation…
By Eric Jou Published July 14, 2014 -
Leaked Video Shows What Destiny Looks Like on Xbox One
The Xbox One beta for Bungie’s next big game isn’t supposed to be launching for two weeks. But what appears to be footage of Destiny running on Microsoft’s newest console is out there in the wild. As demonstrated by YouTuber More Console—via The Destiny Blog— the beta footage appears to have been captured and shared…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 11, 2014 -
The Shadow Warrior reboot is coming to Xbox One and PS4, publisher Devolver Digital announced in a blog post. The ports will be arriving in late September. The video above is the launch trailer from about a year ago—but it’s good enough to warrant another watch. Easily one of the best things about the game.
By András Neltz Published July 10, 2014 -
Microsoft Says They Didn’t Reverse Course On Xbox One Dev Kits
Microsoft says they didn’t pull another 180, despite headlines you might have seen today on various gaming news sites. The company still plans to add dev-kit functionality to retail Xbox Ones, they say. Earlier this afternoon, reports emerged that Microsoft had cancelled plans to turn Xbox Ones into video game development kits. But somewhere, wires…
By Jason Schreier Published July 9, 2014 -
Watch Halo: The Master Chief Collection In Action
This past E3, Microsoft announced that four games from their blockbuster Halo franchise would be getting collected as The Master Chief Collection. Here’s the first taste of how the anthology will look when it comes out this fall. Members of Microsoft’s 343 Industries team and dev studio Certain Affinity showed the Master Chief Collection at…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 9, 2014 -
Sniper Elite 3 on Xbox One vs. PS4 vs. PC
Sniper Elite 3 seems like a perfect summer-doldrums game, a guilty pleasure that will keep you occupied while not much else is on the horizon. Wondering which platform should you get it for? You should watch these comparison videos first. There is a clear loser. One sequence from the stealthy WWII game gets captured on…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 9, 2014 -
One Bad Transformers Movie, Three Bad Transformers Video Games
There’s just something about a summer blockbuster the gets the blood pumping and the brain craving more, even if it’s just more crap. Well, if it’s more Transformers: Age of Extinction crap you’re looking for, Activision and Mobage have you covered. While Activision’s Rise of the Dark Spark doesn’t share a name with the movie,…
By Mike Fahey Published July 8, 2014 -
Kotaku EastToday, We Remember the Most “American” Game Ever Made
Every July 4th, I like to reflect on the most American game ever made—so American, in fact, that it could only be made in Japan. I’m speaking of Metal Wolf Chaos—a game which opens with the President of the United States exploding out of the oval office in a mecha suit, sporting more guns than…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published July 4, 2014
