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An Extended Look At The Halo 5 Campaign

Microsoft kicked off today’s presser with some footage of Halo 5’s story, and it looks like a blast. You’ll control two squads: one by Master Chief, and one by Locke, the Spartan that is hunting down the chief. Both will let you experience drop in/drop out 4-player co-op. Here is a short gameplay clip that…

Microsoft Announces Recore, From The Makers Of Metroid Prime

Recore is about a girl and her robo dog, and it’s a brand-new exclusive “franchise” for Xbox One. We’ve been waiting Armature Studios, comprised of key creative members behind Metroid Prime, to work on something ambitious and new. Apparently, this is that game. Previously, they’ve mostly worked on porting games. We don’t know much else…

E3 2015: Microsoft Press Conference Liveblog 

Microsoft’s E3 press conference is about to begin. Can’t follow along with the livestream? Fear not. We’ve got you covered. “`

It’s going to be a little while before The Walking Dead’s third season, but on Geoff Keighley’s YouTube show, Telltale Games announced we’re getting a three episode mini-series focused on Michonne. It’s coming this fall. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

Watch Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference Live, Right Here [UPDATE: Over]

From Gears of War to Halo 5, Microsoft’s E3 2015 press conference will be full of people shooting aliens in various ways. We’ll also see some Tomb Raider, some Rare, and maybe some other solid surprises, too. Microsoft’s presser starts at 12:30pm ET. (The full E3 press conference schedule is here. Read our liveblog right…

Microsoft just uploaded a ton of trailers for various Xbox One indie games onto its YouTube channel, and I’ve grabbed some highlights. Something tells me Bailar Latino isn’t going to be shown during the press conference! We’ve all been waiting for The Toilet Chronicles, haven’t we? ENKI, a game about trying to escape a serial…

Ant-Man games big. LEGO set 76039, Ant-Man Final Battle, is highly recommended to anyone who enjoys photographic tiny people doing big things.

Crytek’s VR Game Has Dinosaurs, My Attention

Crytek’s virtual reality experiment is turning into its own…game? Experience? What are we calling these things? Either way, say hello to Robinson: The Journey. A few months back, Crytek released this VR demo: Is Robinson: The Journey full of moments like this? Gosh, I hope so. Here’s how Crytek describes it: Harnessing the power of…

We Hear There’s A Rare Collection Coming To Xbox One

For months now we’ve been chasing down a rumor that Microsoft plans to release a collection of Rare games for Xbox One this summer to mark the storied company’s 30th anniversary. Today, a Kotaku reader sent over a retail image that seems to corroborate this rumor. GameStop is listing an entry for something called “RareReplay,”…

We’re at E3! And I’m doing something different this year. I’m planning on recording our journey through the socially connected world of the Internet—Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Vine, even Periscope. These will all be experiments, but if there’s something you want to see, let me know in the comments and I will try to make it…

Your Guide To This Year’s E3 Press Conference Schedule

E3 2015 doesn’t officially start until Tuesday, but the publisher press conferences start tonight, which means it’s time for all sorts of surprises, reveals, and potential megatons. Get ready. Over the next few days it’s likely we’ll see Fallout 4, Halo 5, Uncharted 4, Star Ocean 5, and a ton of other video games that…

Very Early Screenshots Of World of Warcraft

Outland as a single zone instead of an expansion, Undercity without the undead, main characters without textures… Blizzard’s Dave Wilson shared some screenshots on Twitter from the early development years of World of Warcraf. They show a completely different game. World of Warcraft is more than 10 years old, but some of these screenshots goes…

Fallout 4’s Crafting System Looks Awesome

We saw a lot of new Fallout 4 footage tonight, but the most impressive bit has to be a new robust system that lets you craft the environment around you, essentially letting you play house, dress-up, and handyman. Almost anything you see, you can rebuild and retool. You can scrap items in the world for…

An Up-Close, Ultra-Violent Look At The New Doom

Tonight at Bethesda’s pre-E3 press conference, we got our first extended (extremely violent!) look at the new Doom, which will be out in Spring of 2016. First, we got a lengthy look at a single player battle in the game, which combines the fast-paced ultraviolence of old-school Doom with some ridiculous slow-mo kill animations: Next,…

Fallout 4 Is Coming This Fall

You’ll be able to play the fourth Fallout pretty damn soon. Bethesda says it’ll be out on November 10, 2015 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Five months to go. (For more on Fallout 4, check out our footage and gifs from the demo they showed off at tonight’s E3 presser.)

Dishonored 2 Announced, Lets You Play As Emily

We knew it was coming, but still, it was nice to see a trailer: there’s a second Dishonored, and this one has you playing as two characters, both of whom appeared in the first game. One is Corvo, who we’re all familiar with. The other is Emily Kaldwin, the Princess orphaned in the intro to…

Fallout Shelter Announced, Out Tonight

Oh hey, so aside from Fallout 4, Bethesda has another Fallout game coming. It’s a strategy game where you have to build a Vault and keep a ton of cute little people alive. It looks cool! You have to build it, manage it, expand it, care for the Vault Dwellers…it’s called Fallout Shelter, and it’s…

Our First Real Look At Fallout 4

Bethesda closed their E3 presentation with a bang today: a demo of Fallout 4, which shows us a whole lotta gameplay footage. What you’re seeing in that GIF above? That’s the character creator. You’ll be able to play as a lady too, of course. Here’s the start of the demo, which starts out in pre-war…

The Elder Scrolls Is Getting A Card Game

Looks like Hearthstone is going to get some competition. Today, Bethesda announced a new card game coming to Elder Scrolls Online. It’s called Legends, and it’s a strategy game. Free-to-play, you can expect it to come to PC and iPad later this year.

Dishonored is getting a remake for PS4 and Xbox One, Bethesda just announced. It’s called Dishonored: Definitive Edition and it’ll be out this fall.