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Ubisoft’s MMO racer, The Crew, is out on November 11. A closed beta for the game’s PC version is starting on July 23, for which registrations are already open. Up top is the new Coast To Coast trailer, which shows off a two-hour driving mission from Miami to Los Angeles.
By András Neltz Published June 9, 2014 -
Forget Call of Duty, Xbox Is Getting Some Amazing-Looking Indies
There are a lot of cool trailers here, but I’m probably most excited for Cuphead, the game styled after 1930’s animation: Ori and the Blind Forest is an adventure platformer that looks oh-so-pretty: Grave is some kind of open-world horror game where reality shifts and changes. Looks different enough to possibly refresh my interest in…
By Steve Marinconz Published June 9, 2014 -
What Fighting A Dragon Looks Like In Dragon Age: Inquisition
Today at E3, EA showcased some combat-filled gameplay from Bioware’s upcoming RPG, Dragon Age: Inquisition During the fight, we get to see both a more in-your-face third-person view and a tactical top-down view as the group faced off against the Dragon Age world’s apex predator, the high dragon. Dragon Age: Inquisition arrives to PC, Xbox…
By András Neltz Published June 9, 2014 -
New Crackdown Goes Multiplayer in a Big Way
“Hello, Agent.” Man, we’ve all missed that voice, huh? CORRECTION: The original version of this post stated that Platinum Games would be working on the new Crackdown. This isn’t the case. It’s being developed by series creator Dave Jones and a new UK studio called Cloudgine, which is made up of former Crackdown developers. We…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 9, 2014 -
Hell Yes, Phantom Dust Returns on Xbox One
Hell’s gotten a lot colder. The cult game from the original Xbox is getting re-imagined for Microsoft’s newest console. A teaser trailer showed characters that looked like they could be the metahuman Espers charged with saving the Earth. This clip didn’t appear to be captured gameplay but, what the hell, it’s new Phantom Dust
By Evan Narcisse Published June 9, 2014 -
Everything We Know About the Halo Master Chief Collection
News of the Halo: Master Chief Collection already leaked a few weeks ago, but Microsoft and developer 343 Industries officially announced its existence today. It’ll be out on November 11 this year, in tandem with Halo 2‘s 10-year anniversary, and it’ll come with access to the beta for Halo 5: Guardians One Disc In a…
By Tina Amini Published June 9, 2014 -
The New Fable Features Co-Op and Lets You Play as the Villain
You’re not going it alone in the next release in the Xbox first-party RPG franchise. You’ll have friends questing along with you. Unless you’re the bad guy, in which case you’ll have enemies. Fable Legends got its turn on the Xbox stage today, with a video that showcased multiplayer battles and a feature that lets…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 9, 2014 -
The Next Forza Horizon Hits On September 30
With Forza 5’s Drivatar tech and player-controlled clubs with up to 1000 members, along with dedicated servers for smooth multiplayer connectivity, Forza Horizon 2 is arriving to Xbox One and Xbox 360 on September 30. Playground Games’ new racer will feature “more than 200” cars to drive, and a new system for some “dramatic” weather…
By András Neltz Published June 9, 2014 -
Xbox One Games Might Soon Look A Little Better
Ever since launch, many multiplatform games just haven’t looked as good (or run as smoothly) on the Xbox One as they have the PlayStation 4. Going forward that gap might be closed. At least a little. From launch until now, developers had to leave some resources on the console’s GPU free for Kinect integration, which…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2014 -
Hideo Kojima Says Metal Gear Solid V Is This Big
Metal Gear Solid mastermind says the map for next MGS will be big… 200 times bigger than the map from the Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes. The Ground Zeroes map is the red blotch on the bottom right of his chart. The square it’s on is MGS V Kojima showed this chart during a Metal…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 5, 2014 -
The Hero Of Shadow Of Mordor Is Quite The Badass
Here he is, slaughtering orcs left and right in Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor’s CG trailer. It looks like Talion will become quite infamous among the Uruk ranks for his deeds during (or before) the game’s events, turning into a legend of sorts. And, well, he’s certainly got the presence for that: Middle Earth: Shadow…
By András Neltz Published June 5, 2014 -
A Fresh Look At The Next Borderlands Game, Which Arrives This Fall
2K Games has released an all-new gameplay trailer for their upcoming FPS-RPG, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel The trailer has it all: new vehicles, new monsters, low gravity, and even a big moon dance number ’cause hey, why not. It’s fun! The game arrives to Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on October 14, 2014 in North America,…
By András Neltz Published June 5, 2014 -
HBO Go Is Finally Coming To Xbox One
Rejoice! We can now watch all of Game of Thrones on our Xbox Ones. Provided you have an HBO Go subscription and an Xbox Live account, of course. But this is still awesome news, and something I’ve personally been waiting on. The Xbox team announced the news today, including a host of other awesome entertainment…
By Tina Amini Published June 4, 2014 -
How To Rearrange The Xbox One’s Dashboard Pins
The June 2014 update for the Xbox One lets you rearrange the square “pin” icons that decorate the left pane of the system’s dashboard and serve as the console’s game/app shortcuts. That’s handy! So how do you do it? And why might you need a mirror? We can explain and make it easy for you.…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 4, 2014 -
ReviewsWatch Dogs: The Kotaku Review
My first question for Watch Dogs was, “Well, what if I don’t want to shoot Maurice?” “Sorry,” the game replied. “You are going to shoot Maurice and that’s all there is for it.” It was the very first interactive moment of the game, and I had two things: A gun, and a prompt to shoot…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 3, 2014 -
ReviewsMurdered: Soul Suspect: The Kotaku Review
I came across something midway through Murdered: Soul Suspect that summed up the majority of my experience playing this game. I was strolling through a police station as Ronan O’Connor, a detective so hard-boiled that his own death could not stop him from hunting down the notorious murderer as The Bell Killer. The game begins…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 3, 2014
