The tangled lawsuit between Gearbox Software, 3D Realms, and Interceptor has been voluntarily settled by all parties, with Gearbox retaining all rights to Duke Nukem. It’s still not clear when they’ll make another Duke game, though—or whether they even should. Contact the author at [email protected]
On September 17, 2013, Star Citizen director Chris Roberts wrote a public letter in celebration of a milestone achievement: He and his team had raised a whopping $19 million from fans, significantly more than any other crowdfunding project in history. Roberts, best known as the designer of Wing Commander and a pioneer of the space-sim…
Heroes of the Storm just went through a whole lot of changes today with its latest patch. Ranked mode has been reset, meaning you now have to play 20 ranked games to receive a new starting rank. Plus a bunch of nerfs, a UI update, oh, and the monk arrived too! Read the full patch…
In the unlikely event that Rocket League becomes boring, these players have come up with a new way to play the game. “If you’re tired of the peasantry that is Rocket League,” said car soccer aficionado onezealot in a reddit thread, “the crude back-and-forth, the passive aggressive ‘What a save!’’s, and the unrefined tactics, I…
The next Splastfest event in Splatoon on August 28 will be a battle of truly epic proportions: Transformers Autobots vs. Decepticons. Ink color will be customized based on your choice, and you’ll even get to wear a special t-shirt showing your robotic preference. (Go Autobots!) Contact the author at [email protected]
Gotham City would be screwed if Donald Trump wore the Dark Knight’s cape and cowl. Bruce Wayne has a lot of money and a helicopter. Donald Trump has a lot of money and a helicopter. Over the weekend, this facile similarity emboldened the billionaire enough to permanently traumatize a 6-year-old child and America’s Favorite Racist…
Ubisoft has delayed Rainbow Six: Siege from October 13 to December 1, citing player feedback as the biggest reason the team needs a few more weeks to polish the game up. The upcoming closed beta will still kick off on September 24, however. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on…
This game cannot come soon enough. Early copies of Super Mario Maker are beginning to land in the hands of press outlets (look for more from Kotaku very soon!), which means we’re about to learn way more about the game. I personally don’t have a copy of the game yet, so I’ve found myself watching…
Move over, Batman. Gotham belongs to the Joker now. WARNING: Spoilers follow for Batman: Arkham Knight’s story. If you own the hobbled PC version of the newest Batman game, a mod created by modder Tchi6 will you play as Batman’s archenemy, as he appears in a flashback sequence early in the game. As well-read Bat-fans…
If getting stuck in a pool for hours because you can’t climb a ladder is a mark of progress, then Twitch Plays Dark Souls is killing it. If you’re not familiar with the “Twitch Plays” phenomenon of the last year or so, it started in February 2014 with Pokemon Red. By typing in commands into…
An FTL-esque game about teamwork and affection that will have you yelling with/at the people you play with, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime will be coming to Steam and Xbox One on September 9.
Starting today, all Windows 10 users will be able to stream Xbox One games to their devices in full 1080 p at 60 fps. The feature was previously only available to folks in Microsoft’s feature preview program. (Update: streaming’s been available since the Win10 launch; it’s the higher quality that’s new. We regret the error.)…
Over the past few years, comedy role-playing games have gone in all sorts of creative directions, letting players take on a range of jobs from shopkeeperto basketball player. Here’s one that lets you live the ultimate fantasy: playing as a level-one random encounter. Mediocre Monster, a pitch for a game that’ll be on Kickstarter in…
No Man’s Sky looks glorious. It’s a space exploration game that gives you a galaxy teeming with planets waiting to be visited. While the surface of each planet will be different, your means of getting there stays the same: a trusty single-seater spaceship. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK It’s that spaceship which Matt…
Activision announces Skylanders Battlecast, a card battler for iOS and Android—basically mobile Skylanders with collectible cards instead of figurines, and Pokémon-style battles, either offline or online. There’s a trailer above, and the game itself should be out next year.
So, did you ever think that the wildly popular anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya would be better as a by-the-numbers cutesy romance? Then The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-Chan was tailor made for you. The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-Chan takes place in a reality similar to that of the Haruhi feature film The Disappearance of…
This week’s episode had a pretty good bit about Zelda, the 3DS and eBay monsters.
The Witcher 3 finally has official tools that modders can use to make cool shit from now until the end of time. There’s just one problem: they could be a lot better. Don’t get me wrong: the new tools—released by Witcher developer CD Projekt—are better than nothing. And even with nothing, modders managed to unlock…
Vault Boy probably hopes you’re willing to swipe right. Reader Jason Mol sent us a curious screenshot earlier today of a profile he came across while using dating app Tinder. Turns out, Vault Boy himself is on the service. Apparently he’s age 25, and if y’all hit it off together, who knows, maybe you can…
Just over a year after joining Amazon, designer Clint Hocking (Splinter Cell, Far Cry 2) has left the company
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