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Naughty Dog Thought The Last of Us Was “Going to Tank”

The Last of Us has been a huge success for its developer, Naughty Dog. It’s been flooded with awards, glowing reviews, and fan love. It’s spawned a fantastic expansion and work has already begun on a sequel. No one’s more surprised by the success than the game’s developers. They thought it was going to fail.…

From Assassin’s Creed Kittens To Brave Bunny Wizards

The creator of the adorably amazing Assassin’s Creedwith Kittens short graduates from flying felines to lightning bolt-blasting bunnies, in this live-action trailer for some game. That’s the problem with getting Mr. TVCow to create a piece of promotional video for your… I think it’s a mobile MMO? Unless that mobile MMO is about rabbits traipsing…

The hauntingly emotional Journey transitions from PlayStation 3 to PlayStation 4 today. It’s a cross buy title so if you own it on PS3 you own the higher resolution PS4 version as well. Perhaps you can put the money saved towards the$150 PlayStation Gear Journey statue.

World of Warcraft‘s Westfall Recreated In Unreal Engine 4

Westfall, the abandoned agricultural center and low level zone of the Alliance, now has a version made with Unreal Engine 4, thanks to the superb work of Daniel L Here’s a short video demonstration, showing Westfall as we enter from Elwynn Forest. I wonder if we’ll see this zone in the upcoming movie. Based on…

The Witcher 3 Fan Animation Sums Up The Game Pretty Well

An animated parody of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, made by Matthew Shezmen, proves that being Geralt is not easy when there’s so much drama going. Dealing with monsters is the last thing to worry about: To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

After a little confusion over who’s publishing the game, it’s been announced that Devil’s Third—the next game from Tomonobu Itagaki—will be coming to America in Q4 2015. Valhalla will be publishing the PC version of the game themselves (which will be free-to-play), while Nintendo will be bringing it to the Wii U.

The Last Of Us Is Lookin’ Real Good On These Records

The Last of Us has an incredible soundtrack. Gustavo Santaolalla’s score really gets to the heart of the game: it’s not about zombies and scares, it’s about horses and the road, and the music reflects that. It’s a must-have already, then, but in this package it’s just ungh. Artists Olly Moss and Jay Shaw teamed…

Sega’s Transformers Arcade Game Is A Spinning Vortex Of Death

Transformers: Human Alliance was an OK arcade shooter that came out a couple of years ago. It was a pretty standard lightgun affair. This new special edition of the game, only available in Japanese arcades, is anything but standard. As Arcade Heroes reports, it looks to be mostly the same software experience, but the cabinet…

Women Make The Cover Of EA’s Biggest Sports Game

Not only is this the first year you’ll be able to play as women’s teams in FIFA 16, it’s also the first year they’ve made the cover of one of the biggest video games on the planet. Nicely done, EA. At least three markets—the US, Australia and Canada—will have women on the game’s box, all…

The Witcher 3 Just Got Better In A Bunch Of Little Ways

Over the weekend, The Witcher 3 got a new patch that brought with it a bunch of changes. None of the tweaks are earth-shaking on their own, but taken together, they make the game feel noticeably more polished, user-friendly, and complete. Since The Witcher 3 came out back in May, developer CD Projekt Red has…

Zeratul Player Saves Heroes Of The Storm Team From Certain Defeat

Maybe I should be embarrassed to admit this, but I’ve played more than 150 Heroes of the Storm games as Zeratul and it somehow never occurred to me during those many, many hours spent with the badass StarCraft II assassin that I could save my team from the outermost brink of defeat. Or at least…

Sex Abuse Survivor Finds Comfort In Video Games

John’s mother worked during the day, so he stayed with his neighbors. They seemed normal, nice. He didn’t know it at the the time, but later, it would become clear he had been sexually abused—repeatedly. John was 4-years-old, and credits games with bringing him back from the brink. As you might have guessed, John is…

League Of Legends’ Main Map In All Its Glory

Reddit-goer and League of Legends-playing hero Redback93 stitched together a gigantic image of Summoner’s Rift, the central map in Riot’s popular online multiplayer game, using images snagged from its website. It’s a real treat to behold so much wonderfully granular detail. Dang. I’ve never seen anything outside of the game itself that actually represents its…

My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week

An unusually intense week down, another five Kotaku stories to highlight. The Game Maker Who Became CEO: What Satoru Iwata Meant To Nintendo | The week began with the wrenching news that Nintendo’s much-liked CEO, Satoru Iwata, had passed away. I don’t usually highlight my own writing in these round-ups, but my obituary for him…

Seth Killian Wants To Help You Not Suck At Fighting Games

You practice, practice, practice with your favorite fighting game character but, even if you’re really good, the special moves don’t come out the way you want. One of the icons of fighting games is making a game where they’ll come out every time. “Honestly, if you asked me two years ago, I would’ve said what…

“He was the creator of Kirby, he also helped out with many games like Balloon Tower Defense.” Read this great Paste article about fifth-graders reacting to the recent death of Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. “I know the two most famous games in the world right now… Minecraft, which is boring, and League of Legends, which…

I Hate Everyone Who Plays SongPop 2

The second iteration of FreshPlanet’s ridiculously popular multiplayer music trivia game was released last week, and since then I’ve been pitted against what I imagine as a never-ending stream of complete and utter bastards. The first iteration of SongPop briefly captured the music lover in me back in 2012, trapping me in a world where…

The First Five Minutes Of The New Game From The Pokemon People

Every now and then Game Freak likes to come out of its Nintendo-centric shell and prove it’s capable of create games that aren’t about turn-based critter battles. Tembo the Badass Elephant is proof positive. A fast-paced action platformer with tight controls, killer style and gloriously satisfying destruction, Tembo is about as far from playing with…

Death Knight Beats World of Warcraft‘s Strongest World Boss By Himself

One brave Death Knight vs. the 40 million hit points of Supreme Lord Kazzak, a powerful raid boss designed for a 40-man group, sitting on top of Tanaan Jungle. Raegwyn, a player who’s been focusing on soloing powerful WoW NPC’s for a while now, was able to beat Kazzak after more than 20 tries and…