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How an RPG Works on the Apple Watch

There will be games for the Apple Watch. Of course. One of them—a role-playing game called Runeblade—will have battles that last anywhere from five to 15 seconds. You’re probably going to look pretty silly playing it. The trailer for the first Apple Watch RPG doesn’t offer up any details about how to actually play it.…

How A Small Studio’s Chance At The Big Time Died At Microsoft’s Doorstep

One week in early February, three top employees from the independent game studio Darkside Games flew to Redmond, Washington for a secret meeting with Microsoft. Over the course of the meeting, which lasted two days, Darkside’s leadership tried to convince the mega-corporation to give them a few more million dollars, according to two people familiar…

Everyday life in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt looks so cool. The game just got a new gameplay trailer, full of combat, but the best-looking parts are the ones with the NPCs doing their medieval daily routine. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and…

We’re Not Crazy About Xenoblade Chronicles 3D 

Today marks the release of Xenoblade Chronicles 3D, a smaller-sized version of the 2012 JRPG that was originally made for the Wii. The port—which is exclusive to the New 3DS—is a bit underwhelming. The interface is very clunky, and something about Xenoblade’s grandiose world makes it an ill fit for the 3DS’s small screens. To…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.: The TAY Review [Updated] • Game of the Week—Sci-Fi, Grinding, and Emotional Impact [Phantasy Star II] • Bloodborne Stories – The Secret of Cainhurst TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Ten Great World of Warcraft Inns

With people leveling their characters super fast nowdays, the inns of World of Warcraft no longer function as hubs where you can heal after doing a bunch of quests. But that doesn’t mean they don’t have awesome features. And they’re not abandoned at all. Here’s Crendor, trying to find the 10 best inns in Azeroth,…

Square Enix has shipped a million copies worldwide of Final Fantasy Type-O HD. Thank the Final Fantasy XV demo for that!

Team Ninja Is Making the Dissidia Final Fantasy Arcade Game 

Remember that Dissidia fighting game? Square Enix isn’t developing it alone. Tecmo Koei’s Team Ninja is making it, too. Inside reports that Team Ninja is the game’s lead developer. Team Ninja, of course, is famous for its Dead or Alive fighting games and is bringing that know-how to Dissidia. Certainly, Square Enix will have a…

Murder Suspect Caught After Logging Into Victim’s PlayStation Account

Trib Live reports that Hubert Wingate, a 30 year-old from Homewood, Pittsburgh, is currently facing charges of “homicide, abuse of a corpse, cruelty to animals and theft of the PlayStation”, with the PlayStation leading directly to his arrest. The victim, 34 year old Andre Gray, was a friend of Wingate’s, and last month the pair…

League Of Legends Players Have An Expensive New Reason To Hate Teemo

Hate, yes. But in a loving way. Teemo is the latest League of Legends champion to receive a snazzy “legendary skin.” These are among the most expensive features that ever show up in the super popular game—they cost 1820 Riot Points, which is more than ten bucks in real-world money. Riot puts a lot of…

Age Of Empires II, A Game From 1999, Is Getting Another Expansion

Age of Empires II is so old it was released in the 20th century. And 15 years into the 21st-century, it’s getting a new expansion. It’s for the HD version of the game released on Steam a few years back, and will actually be the second expansion for the refreshed title; another, The Forgotten, originally…

Magic Card Tournament Trying For World Record With 10,000 Players

In 2006, the World Series of Poker set a card game record by having 8773 players taking part, all in the one place. That record is under threat next month when Magic’s Grand Prix Las Vegas goes down. It’s being set up to accommodate 10,000 players. We won’t know if it actually gets that many…

League Of Legends Players Are Rebelling Against Overpriced Stuff

League of Legends changes in big ways with alarming frequency. The game’s tens of millions of players have learned to never be shy about letting Riot know they don’t like something, therefore—usually by writing a strongly-worded forum post. This week, angry fans are doing something much more elaborate. And awesome. The whole dramatic episode was…

DC Comics Is Giving Old Fans What They Want in the Weirdest Way

Superman back in his classic “red underwear” outfit. Barbara Gordon back in her Oracle identity and in a romance with Nightwing. Both Stephanie Brown and Cassandra Cain back as Batgirl (sort of). Yep, DC Comics is using their latest crossover to give fans what they’ve been asking for. The most recent, “New 52” iteration of…

True Bloodborne Gentlemen Have Naked Duels

Forget weapons and armor. Using any kind of equipment during a duel simply isn’t classy enough. Either you go into battle wearing nothing at all or you’re a disgrace to Yharnam. No but seriously though: naked battles between players in Souls games is definitely a Thing, and I’m happy to report that players such as…

Now This Is How You Steal The Other Team’s Baron In League Of Legends

Killing Baron Nashor in League of Legends grants a number of highly valuable rewards that’ll help carry a team to victory. But doing so is risky. Players often have to group together to attack the big scary monster, meaning a clever opponent can easily ambush them. Or worse: steal the kill. An agile Fizz player…

Proof There Are Too Many Pokémon

Those of you playing Pokémon Rumble World might have bought the “Leafy Balloon,” a vehicle which transports you to a grass-focused area of the game. To emphasize the theme of the area, the game shows you three Pokémon…except one of them isn’t a grass type. The furthest Pokémon on the right, Flabebe, is a fairy…

The Free Mortal Kombat Game Isn’t Worth Your Time

As it turns out, Mortal Kombat X is a surprisingly decent mobile game. Unfortunately, it’s also free-to-play, and the way it dishes out the experience pretty much ruins it. Unlike this Fatal Fury abomination SNK recently released for mobile devices, Mortal Kombat X isn’t a hardcore fighting game. Instead, the mechanics of Mortal Kombat have…

We Can’t Always Play By The Rules

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Nintendo’s Online Team Shooter Won’t Have Voice Chat, Because…Nintendo

We’ve known for a while that Splatoon, Nintendo’s take on a third-person shooter, wouldn’t have voice chat. But we know why they’ve left it out now, and I think it’s the wrong move. Splatoon is the featured game in the latest issue of Edge magazine in the UK. I haven’t read the whole piece just…