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Zelda Boss On Majora’s Mask Remake: ‘I Hear The Fans’
Ah, Majora’s Mask. For years now, Zelda fans have been praying for and speculating about a sequel or remake to the beloved Nintendo 64 game, and Nintendo has teased us constantly about the possibility. But we haven’t seen anything yet. I just sat down with Eiji Aonuma, the man in charge of all things Zelda…
By Jason Schreier Published June 12, 2014 -
Payday 2 Coming to Xbox One, PS4
The super-popular criminal heist game is making its way to Microsoft and Sony’s newest video game consoles. During a livestream session on Twitch showing off the upcoming Big Bank expansion, members of the Overkill developer studio confirmed an earlier tweet that said that the team-based co-op shooter would be going next-gen. No time frame was…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 12, 2014 -
Coming Up on Wii U, A Nintendo Game Where You Can’t Jump
Nintendo’s a company that’s made its fortunes on Mario, a character with incredible jumping abilities. But, in the newest spin-off from the Super Mario series, you control a character with no hops whatsoever. Turns out that’s a good thing. Kotaku‘s Jason Schreier takes Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker for a spin in the video above. The…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 12, 2014 -
A Very Different Kind Of Tomb Raider Cosplay
Cosplayer Carla Croft wanted to cosplay as Lara Croft, but instead of the most recent version, she went for the original, pointy version. Gotta love those textured abs. You can see more on her facebook page here via Reddit
By Steve Marinconz Published June 12, 2014 -
An Oculus Rift Game That Let Me Be Neo From The Matrix
Everybody has dreams. One of my dreams involves me dodging bullets in slow-mo like a badass. Yesterday at E3, the Oculus Rift and a game called Superhot allowed me to live that dream. We swung by Oculus VR to check out the latest game demos for their new Devkit 2 headset. One of the three…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 12, 2014 -
Five Things BioWare Wants You To Know About The Next Dragon Age
If I had to explain what BioWare’s RPG, Dragon Age, is all about, I’d easily cram it all into one word: relationships. But that’s my personal experience, and I’m not developing Dragon Age: Inquisition, so I couldn’t tell you what the next Dragon Age will be all about. BioWare’s executive producer, Mark Darrah, however, can.…
By Tina Amini Published June 12, 2014 -
Nintendo’s New Steampunk Game Looks Much Better In Action
Yesterday, we got our first look at Code Name: STEAM, a new strategy game for the 3DS. It sounded awesome—but the screenshots we got to see? They didn’t make the game look so hot. Fear not, though: Code Name: STEAM looks nice in motion. Here are forty-five minutes of the game in action, with some…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 12, 2014 -
The Angry Birds RPG Is Here, And It’s Surprisingly Fun
Inch by inch, feather by feather, Rovio is turning Angry Birds into the bloody sword-fighting game it was always meant to be. The next step in the hit mobile gaming franchise’s evolution from a cute physics-based puzzle game arrived today in the form of Angry Birds Epic, out now for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone-powered…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 12, 2014 -
Nintendo: Twitch Streaming Isn’t on the Wii U Because “It’s Not Fun”
Nintendo makes fun characters who do fun things in, for the most part, fun games. The House of Mario is all about the fun. But streaming yourself having fun playing a Wii U game? That is not fun, according to Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime. In an interview with Polygon, Fils-Aime explained why livestreaming services like…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 12, 2014 -
The Games At E3 2014 Sure Had A Lot Of Dudes (Like Always)
It’s probably not surprising to hear that E3 heavily featured men this year—that is, unfortunately, normal—but still, after watching every dude one after the other in a supercut, everyone sort of starts blurring together as a blob of Stern Angry (And Probably White) Dude. It’s not as bad as when every protagonist ever started looking…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 12, 2014 -
Deals: 3DS XL, Playstation Plus, Mario Kart 8, Attack on Titan, Blek
Surprisingly, Mario Kart 8, which is selling very well, is still on sale for $49. We don’t expect this to last too much longer, so grab the wheel while you can. As we’ve noted before you can still register your copy of Mario Kart 8 with Club Nintendo to grab a free game. [Mario Kart…
By Shane Roberts Published June 12, 2014 -
Pictures of People Taking Pictures of Things At E3 2014
Every year, when the weather finally starts to get warmer, we try to share our experiences from video gaming’s biggest conference: the Electronic Entertainment Expo. But instead of snapping pictures of the latest PlayStation 4 (there’s a white one now) or posting vines of the crazy lines for the Oculus Rift, I thought I’d show…
By Tina Amini Published June 12, 2014 -
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By Yannick LeJacq Published June 12, 2014 -
Sony: Nearly A Third of PS4 Owners Only Had a Wii or Xbox 360 Last Gen
Some 31% of people who have bought a PlayStation 4 had an Xbox 360 or Wii but not a PS3 in the last hardware generation, PlayStation’s American VP of marketing John Koller told me in an interview here at L.A. this week. That’s a decent amount of people making a switch to Team PlayStation and/or…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 12, 2014 -
Vice’s Candy Crush Fashion Shoot Is Better Than It Sounds
It’s the week of E3, so of course Vice is covering the video game industry’s largest annual event in true Vice style: by writing about plastic cases that let you mold your very own 3D-printed dildos. Ok, I kid. The Brooklyn-based hipster media empire and current Gawker sparring partner did do something very cool and…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 12, 2014 -
The New Crackdown Will Use The Cloud A Lot
The newest game in Microsoft’s open-world crime series, Crackdown, has been in development for about a year, Xbox chief Phil Spencer told me during an interview here at E3. It’s early, but Spencer didn’t want to have to keep quiet about it any longer. “Certain people say, ‘Why do you announce it? It’s not a…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 12, 2014 -
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Remember Me: An Underrated Sci-Fi Fightfest • Theory: The New “Link” Is Zelda, Game Set Post-Ocarina of Time • SmashFest Impressions • Why Assassin’s Creed Unity’s Controversy is a Controversy TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published June 12, 2014 -
Broken Age Is As Charming As Ever On The iPad
The Double Fine adventure game that launched a million Kickstarter campaigns has finally made it to mobile, just as witty and charming as it was on the PC and a tad bit more intimate. Everything’s more intimate with touch controls, though not always more satisfying. I’ve found myself missing my mouse as I play through…
By Mike Fahey Published June 12, 2014 -
Mean Girls Would Make For An Action-Packed Visual Novel
When the fine folks at 8-bit Cinema remade a movie as an 8 or 16-bit game, they never really left side scroller or adventure game territory—until now. Here’s Mean Girls, the now ten-year-old Lindsay Lohan movie which keeps reminding us of how old we are, as a Japanese visual novel. I’ve never thought I’d see…
By Gergo Vas Published June 12, 2014
