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World of Warcraft‘s Old And New Dalaran, Compared

The fan favorite neutral flying city Dalaran, first introduced in Wrath, is returning in Legion as the expansion’s number one hangout place. And four expansion later, it’s a completely renewed hub. The folks over at Trade chat made a neat side-by-side comparison video using footage from the Legion’s alpha build. So it’s far from the…

Guy Tries To Play Hearthstone Using Only Voice Commands

Using only speech recognition software instead of a mouse for Hearthstone? What could go wrong? Playing like this feels frustrating enough, as you can see in Gloudas’ clip, but playing against someone who uses only voice commands might be even worse To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

Why Uncharted 4 Is Naughty Dog’s Last Uncharted

In the run up to Uncharted 4’s release, Naughty Dog’s hinted that this will probably be their last Uncharted. Also, it’s kinda in the title. “A Thief’s End” is a little, you know… final. I asked lead game designer Robert Cogburn why Naughty Dog’s saying they’re gonna hang up the half-tuck after Uncharted 4 comes…

Forget in-house tech! Square Enix is having Final Fantasy VII Remake made with the Unreal Engine 4. So, there you go. Unreal Engine 4. Square Enix. FFVII.

A Damn Good Concept For Animal Crossing Wii U

For whatever reason, there hasn’t been a proper Animal Crossing game on the Wii U yet. If there was, though, it could look a lot worse than this effort by TheBitBlock. Be sure to skip past the intro; this is a lot more involved than some guy talking into a camera about his hopes and…

It’s Not A New F-Zero, But It’ll Do For Now

Arriving on the Wii U eShop on December 10, Fast Racing Neo is a futuristic hovercar racer everyone is comparing to F-Zero, because everyone wants a new F-Zero. It’s not quite that, but it scratches the same itch. Back in 2011 Shin’en Multimedia released a game called Fast Racing League for WiiWare, a game I…

An Hour-Long Look At What Made Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Movies Great

In our current age of mega-Marvel machinations and decade-long transmedia story arcs, it’s easy to forget what it was like before the Avengers assembled. Way back at the turn of the century, we got a pair of films that in many ways paved the way for the Marvel Cinematic Universe we know and love today.…

My favorite Just Cause 3 moment so far. In a mere 23 seconds, I soared gloriously, crashed hilariously, and encountered a man who looked like Luigi from Super Mario Bros. After scrutinizing the bag of broken bones before him, he blurted, “Rico! I have your old race car tattooed on my back!” and casually strolled…

Dying Light’s The Following DLC continues to look promising. It’ll be interesting to see if the game can retain its signature flow without the verticality of the city of Harran, but those dune buggies sure do seem nifty.

A Real-Life Shoryuken Would Knock Your Head Clean Off

Using the power of math and science, Vsauce determined that an average-sized fist performing a Rising Dragon Fist would apply enough force to decapitate a normal human being. Then they built a dummy to test their work. Jake and some special guests came to this conclusion by taking Street Fighter’s most powerful rising uppercut, courtesy…

Far Cry Primal Could Be Exactly What The Series Needs Right Now

At face value, Far Cry Primal looks like an easy diversion for Ubisoft to take from its main line of militaristic shooters—a side project full of vicious animals instead of rifles and rocket launchers. I’d argue it’s something more than that. Primal is the apotheosis of the series’ post-Far Cry 2 design trends. First announced…

Here’s a game that slipped through the cracks on Saturday—Bandai Namco announced Ace Combat 7 for PS4. It’ll have VR features too!

Out with the old, in with the new. Riot’s released a champion spotlight for Poppy 2.0, the long-awaited reworkof one of League of Legends’ oldest and most outdated playable characters. She looks really neat! This probably means she’s coming into the main game in the next week or two, too.

It Must Suck To Work For Konami U.S. Right Now

Imagine, for a second, that you work for the U.S. or European branch of Konami. It’s a cool job—you get to handle marketing, social media, or maybe business relations for a big company that publishes some cool games. Until suddenly you find yourself entangled in one of the worst PR disasters in video game history.…

Saving Someone’s Butt In League of Legends Feels Damn Good

Permit me to brag for a moment. There are so, so few opportunities for me to show off when it comes to League of Legends, that I want to relish this one. I started trying out some new Support characters in League of Legends recently. Supports, as their name implies, are meant to support the…

The Private Eye: A Damn Good Comic About How the Internet Changes Us

The man who wrote Y the Last Man. The guy who drew incredible runs on Amazing Spider-Man and Batgirl: Year One. In 2013, they launched The Private Eye, a provocative sci-fi series set in a future without the internet. It just ended a few weeks ago, and you really should read it. If you need…

That Time Kojima Deceived Everyone About Metal Gear Solid 2‘s Main Character

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty was one of the most anticipated games ever. 1998’s Metal Gear Solid blew everyone away with its attention to detail and imaginative world. The sequel, one of the first big PS2 games, would herald Solid Snake’s triumphant return. Snake came back…but not for the entire game. In 2015,…

Overwatch is going to release new characters and maps as free updates, rather than paid DLC, game director Jeff Kaplan said in a developer update today. Previously nobody knew for certain how Blizzard would monetize this aspect of their game. Phew! via Polygon

My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week

It’s supposed to get slow in December, but it sure wasn’t slow last week, not with fresh game releases, some new controversies, a big awards show and a PlayStation fan festival full of game announcements. My favorite stuff from what we ran last week: Fallout 4 Is Not The Fallout Fans Fell In Love With…

Gone Home is coming to consoles after all. After a tumultuous development cycle triggered by Majesco’s financial issues, the critically acclaimed walking simulator will be out for PS4 and Xbox One on January 12, 2016. No Wii U, sadly.