There’s an inevitable fact about a good horror movie: one day, someone will think it’s a good idea to remake it—and it’ll suck. As we roll into the final week of Shocktober, there are more horror movies to be watched, discussed, and sighed at. It wasn’t a good week for horror in the Klepek household;…
Tales from the Borderlands’ finale was one hell of a ride. With a veritable bouquet of guns to your head, what choices did you make? (Tales from the Borderlands spoilers ahead!) As you might have already read, I adored Tales from the Borderlands’ final episode—and the whole series in general. Like other Telltale series, Tales…
The African continent doesn’t show up in video games a lot. And when it does, it’s often shown in an exoticized way that makes it seem foreboding and dangerous. But an indie development team from Cameroon is going for something different: an action-RPG that draws on African fashion, music and myth for a saga aiming…
Right now, fans are taking to social media to beg Nintendo with a single word. “Direct.” It’s all over Twitter. You see it whenever Nintendo posts something new. It doesn’t matter what the subject is. From posts about Splatoon to images of the new Zelda, people are either asking about Directs, wondering about Directs, or…
The temperature is dropping, which means it’s probably a good time to stay inside and peruse Worth Reading, your guide to the week’s best games writing. Hey, You Should Read These “Spectators and players need the same thing from your game design” by Phill Cameron Some of the most popular games to stream seem to…
The multiplayer options Zelda: Tri Force Heroes, which is out today for 3DS, can be a little confusing. We’re here to help. I’ve played around ten hours of the game so far, and it’s pretty safe to say Tri Force Heroes can be fun—especially with other people—but it’s totally skippable. As you might expect from…
And the worst part is: they still have to work together. The Man of Steel and the Amazing Amazon have been dating and co-starring in a team-up title for the better part of two years now. The dalliance between Superman and Wonder Woman always seemed like a concession to the fan-fiction idea that DC’s two…
The saga of Teen Girl Selfie Simulator came to a close this week, and it’s been quite a trip. My heart still aches thinking about it all—I’m so attached to the characters! But boy, did some parts of the fifth episode of Life is Strange feel kind of phoned in. Spoilers for the Life is…
Yesterday, the publisher XSEED tweeted a picture of pigs flying. Today it’s clear why: Trails in the Sky SC is actually coming out. NEXT WEEK. On October 29. XSEED announced the news in a press release this afternoon, specifying that the game will cost $30 on both PC and PSP. Also: “A release on the…
Since the first Assassin’s Creed in 2007, games in Ubisoft’s history-hopscotching series have always begun with an on-screen message about the diversity of the people who made the game. You see it as the game boots up, before you can play anything. For this year’s Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, the 10th major release in the series,…
Here’s our most in-depth look yet at the next Marvel Comics superhero show from Netflix. Watching it, you can see Jessica Jones that has been through hell. And it looks like creepy villain Killgrave is going to send her right back. In true noir detective style, the two-minute clip is narrated in the first person,…
Here are the patch notes for Assassin’s Creed Syndicate’s first two patches, both available for download as soon as you get the game. Capped from a PS4. For the record our reviewer had no major performance issues with his version of the game, which we believe was running with at least the first patch (the…
It’s unofficial as hell, and Nintendo are probably in the process of nuking it from space, but for now you can totally download this Legend Of Zelda maker and start making your own version of a Zelda game. Hurray! We covered this in September, when the project was in its infancy, but now it’s been…
Spotted by Tiny Cartridge, from an Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer trailer that was pulled shortly after being published.
Kotaku’s action figure coverage generally extends to “here is a cool action figure”. So excuse this brief interruption to bring you actual news involving an action figure. So, this is Bastian Schweinsteiger. He’s one of the world’s best footballers. Captain of the German national team (the current World Champions) and newly-signed midfielder for Manchester United.…
Destiny’s Trials of Osiris will return next Friday, October 30th. That’s according to the latest Bungie weekly update, which also explains how the next patch (due in November) will improve crucible drops and simplify the much-derided “Crucible Forged” quest.
Since I normally play one game at a time on my Wii U, I’m used to deleting games. Investing in an external HD for my every-so-often console seems goofy. But I almost reconsidered this decision when downloading Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water, which takes up a whopping 15GB, and it’s an eShop only game.…
Trying to find the right character pick in Heroes of the Storm. Thanks to Reddit’s TragedyStruck for perfectly summing up the feeling of trying to find the right hero icon in the sea of small circular portraits.
I’ve spent four days banging my head against a Mario Maker stage called Hypercube. Full of misdirection, false pipe gods, and music notes, it’s (mostly) a clever stage. Eventually, starved of solutions, I broke my rules and used the editor to learn what was going on. What I found made me do a spit-take. Anyone…
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