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Xbox Japan Boss Is Stepping Down, Going to the U.S.

Long-time Microsoft exec Takashi Sensui is resigning as head of Xbox Japan. He won’t be leaving Microsoft, however, and is going to work at the company’s Redmond HQ. Famitsu reports that Sensui, who took over Xbox Japan in 2006, will be working at the General Manager for the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft’s main office.…

Two Weeks Later, Halo Multiplayer Is Still A Mess

Welcome to 2014, where it is apparently unreasonable to buy a video game and expect it to work properly. One of this month’s biggest culprits has been Halo: The Master Chief Collection, a compilation of Halo remakes that’s been infested with bugs since it came out two weeks ago, with the most prominent problems surrounding…

The Xbox One and PS4 Aren’t Really Rivals in China

It’s official folks: in China, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 will be operated by the same conglomerate, Shanghai Media Group. How’s that for friendly rivals? Chinese media sites such as Sina Games and People’s Dailyare reporting that the proposed merger is going along as planned. Bloomberg Business reported today that shares of BesTV and…

Dragon Age: Keep Has 300 Different Choices

If you include all of the race and gender choices for your protagonists as well as all the decisions you can have them make, then there are 300 different options. Most of them are pretty minor, but it leads to more than 1,427,247,692,705,959,881,058,285,969,449,495,136,382,746,624 different possible world states for Dragon Age: Inquisition. Damn. If you’re interested…

One Year Later, Should You Get An Xbox One Or A PS4?

People ask us all the time whether they should buy a new-gen console? Should they get an Xbox One? A PS4? For a year, we’ve told people to not bother with either. Now, we think you should make the leap, especially if you’re a console-only gamer. But which one to get? We’re not going to…

Someone Remade A Bunch Of Classic Custom Halo 3 Maps In The New Halo

The ability to create and tinker with custom maps in the Halo series was first introduced in Halo 3‘s Forge mode. Players went wild with it, creating all sorts of maps and introducing new gameplay rules to go along with it. Take, for instance, Duck Hunt, where the objective isn’t exactly a team versus team…

Xbox One Review Update: One Year Later

Stop waiting. If you can afford it, it’s time to get a new-gen console, and the Xbox One is a worthwhile one to get. It’s been a year since the console’s launch, and Microsoft’s third home console finds itself in an interesting spot. On the one hand, many of its initial promises—to unite the devices…

50GB Console Games, Here We Go!

My new “biggest game on my PS4 hard drive” is still Wolfenstein: New Order, but GTA V comes close. Over on my Xbox One? Here are the biggest:

Never Alone: The Kotaku Review

When was the last time a video game told you about a whole other culture? Took you somewhere remote you’d only heard about in passing, and let the people who’ve lived there speak to you in a generations-old voice? Never Alone does that all-too-rare thing and does it very well. A small, independently-produced video game…

Good Child of Light Joke, Assassin’s Creed Rogue

Last year’s Assassin’s Creed included references to Watch Dogs. This year’s Assassin’s Creed Rogue for PS3 and Xbox 360 has a joke about another Ubisoft game, the lovely Child of Light. Check it out, if you don’t mind a tiny spoiler about where part of Rogue takes place. I ran into these guys by accident…

Ubisoft has published a handy rundown of known technical issues with Assassin’s Creed Unity as well as the status of fixes. Framerate’s on the list for all platforms, with the following workaround offered pending more fixes: “If playing single player, we suggest that you disconnect from your internet connection (wifi or network cable). It could…

Microsoft’s Gamble Worked Xbox One Weekly Sales Triple, Exceed PS4

On November 2nd, Microsoft announced that the Xbox One console would see a temporary $50 price cut. The move was a clear attempt to bolster sales going into the holiday season… and it looks like it’s paid off “Sales have skyrocketed since the new price took effect.” Yusuf Mehdi, vice president of marketing for Xbox…

​Assassin’s Creed Unity Just Doesn’t Run Very Well On PS4 Or Xbox One

We’ve been seeing complaints all day about Assassin’s Creed Unity‘s performance on consoles. Here’s what we know from our own experience, and from what others are reporting around the internet. I’ve played a fair bit of the game on Xbox One, and have found the frame-rate to be a real bummer. To my eye, it…

Assassin’s Creed Unity Takes Video Game Kissing To A Whole New Level

Assassin’s Creed Unity may be taking some lumps from critics, but—not kidding—we need to all appreciate how good the game’s kissing is. Don’t snicker. Video games have a tough enough time animating individual characters and tougher times animating the interactions between two. Even at that, they can do violent interactions between bodies fairly well, but…

​Assassin’s Creed Unity: The Kotaku Review

Assassin’s Creed Unity is my least favorite major Assassin’s Creed since the 2007 original. It’s also the first Assassin’s Creed that I didn’t feel better about the more I played it. I didn’t expect to be telling you this. Unity is a gorgeous game, which is just about the only high praise I can offer…

Halo 5’s Multiplayer Is All About Movement

There’s a new trend that seems to be affecting the world of shooters. It’s not enough to simply have powerful guns, challenging levels and enemy formations, and a balanced space to play with others competitively. These days a shooter has to have movement, even a level of grace, to stay competitive. And Halo 5 seems…

Our Watch Dogs 2 Wishlist

Last week brought news that Watch Dogs has now shipped more than nine million copies. (Not sold; game companies don’t talk about that as much). It’s another sign that Watch Dogs 2—and probably Watch Dogs 3—is inevitable. Well, Ubisoft people, if sequels will be made, we have some requests… Figure out what Watch Dogs is…

How To Ride Destiny‘s Sparrow Like A Surfboard

Are you still driving your Sparrow with your butt planted on the seat like a normal guardian? How embarrassing. Freke Out has simple instructions on how to use your Sparrow like a surfboard instead—while dancing, no less. It’s as simple as timing an interruption of your mounting the Sparrow with a gesture. So you can…

13 New Details About New-Gen GTA V

By now, you’ll almost certainly have read about Grand Theft Auto V’s new first-person mode on new-gen consoles and PC. But it’s not the only new detail that has emerged in the past 24 hours. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Rockstar didn’t invite us to play the new-gen versions, because clearly Rockstar doesn’t…

What A ‘Yak Farm Mission’ Says About Gaming In 2014

I responded to last week’s news about a new pre-order-“exclusive” yak-related mission for Far Cry 4 with a snort. Was this a joke? Was this what gamers are supposed to get excited about these days? So many questions. It’s not a joke. And maybe it’s not even a big deal. Or maybe it’s 2014 pre-order…