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Watch Today’s Big Witcher 3 Event Live, Right Here [UPDATE: Over]
UPDATE (2:35pm): Stream’s over. Two big news nuggets: a new trailer for The Witcher 3, which is out on February 25, 2015 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC; and the announcement of GOG Galaxy, GOG’s take on Steam. Original post follows: Who needs E3? Today at 2pm Eastern the folks at development studio CD Projekt…
By Jason Schreier Published June 5, 2014 -
Why Super Mario Bros’ Level 1-1 Is Perfect
There are lots of great examples of level design out there, but the example probably most frequently referred to is the first level of Super Mario Bros. In 5 minutes, this video will explain why. Extra Credits is a long-running show covering various issues in the gaming world, and they just started a new show…
By Steve Marinconz Published June 5, 2014 -
Discount PS4, Free Republique, Ground Zeroes, $5 Amazon Credit
Want a Playstation 4? Waiting for an E3 price drop that isn’t coming? Waiting for a new bundle announced at E3, the possibility of which is 50-50 at best? Stop waiting and get $30 off a Playstation 4 today, plus no tax depending on your state and free shipping. [Playstation 4, $370] One of the…
By Shane Roberts Published June 5, 2014 -
The Best Things In Games Are Pointless
If you’d told me a while back that the best part of Mario Kart 8 would be Luigi’s cold, unyielding stare, I wouldn’t have believed you. But here we are, and there’s Luigi’s icy death gaze, and the truth is it is actually my favorite part of the game. As soon as people started playing…
By Chris Person Published June 5, 2014 -
Nintendo Chief Satoru Iwata Missing E3 On Advice Of His Physician
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, a longtime fixture of the gaming giant’s E3 presence, will not be at this year’s show, Cindy Gordon, Nintendo of America’s vice president of corporate affairs has told Kotaku. She downplayed any cause for alarm. “You won’t be seeing Mr. Iwata in person at E3 next week,” she wrote in an…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 5, 2014 -
Hideo Kojima Says Metal Gear Solid V Is This Big
Metal Gear Solid mastermind says the map for next MGS will be big… 200 times bigger than the map from the Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes. The Ground Zeroes map is the red blotch on the bottom right of his chart. The square it’s on is MGS V Kojima showed this chart during a Metal…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 5, 2014 -
You Can Now (Officially) Use An Xbox One Controller On The PC
Good news for all the PC master-race-ers out there who prefer console-style controllers over the good ol’ mouse-and-keyboard combo: Microsoft has finally made its Xbox One controller PC-compatible. Xbox Live director of programmer Larry Hyrb, better known by his online handle Major Nelson, announced the news this morning in a post on his blog that…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 5, 2014 -
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Hyperdimension Neptunia: Producing Perfection: The TAY Review • TAY Predicts E3: Microsoft • Game of The Week—Mega Man Gets Equipped With A Last Name • TAY Predicts E3: Sony • Manga Impressions: Knights of Sidonia TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published June 5, 2014 -
The people that turned Hitman into a mobile turn-based strategy game this year are already back at it again. Square Enix just announced Hitman: Sniper, a new mobile game from the team that made April’s Hitman: Go. It describes the game as “a massively competitive sniping game that will focus on the subtlety of execution.”…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 5, 2014 -
The Hero Of Shadow Of Mordor Is Quite The Badass
Here he is, slaughtering orcs left and right in Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor’s CG trailer. It looks like Talion will become quite infamous among the Uruk ranks for his deeds during (or before) the game’s events, turning into a legend of sorts. And, well, he’s certainly got the presence for that: Middle Earth: Shadow…
By András Neltz Published June 5, 2014 -
Terminator 2’s Truck Chase Scene, Remade in GTA V
It’s a bit strange no one’s thought to do so it, because the canal labyrinths of Los Santos are perfect for some Terminator 2 action. But here it is. YouTuber John Chapman and his friends made a pretty neat shot-for-shot remake of the movie’s famous truck chase scene. GTA 5: Terminator 2: Judgement Day Remake…
By Gergo Vas Published June 5, 2014 -
Arma III’s Version Of Metal Gear Solid V Is Anything But Serious
The horse riding gameplay we’ve seen in Metal Gear Solid V‘s trailer is just too much for ArmA III and its engine to handle. But sacrificing realism in order to remake the original trailer perfectly in a completely different environment is a good idea: It’ll make everything and everyone look silly. Here’s YouTuber rebelvg’s remake.…
By Gergo Vas Published June 5, 2014 -
Is this… Super Smash Bros. Brew-l? Today’s screenshot from Super Smash Bros. Wii U is probably the weirdest one so far. It doesn’t feature any fighting at all, instead it shows Brewster and co. from Animal Crossing, drinking coffee. Oookay. Good to see though that Masahiro Sakurai didn’t lose his sense of humor. via Miiverse…
By Gergo Vas Published June 5, 2014 -
A Fresh Look At The Next Borderlands Game, Which Arrives This Fall
2K Games has released an all-new gameplay trailer for their upcoming FPS-RPG, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel The trailer has it all: new vehicles, new monsters, low gravity, and even a big moon dance number ’cause hey, why not. It’s fun! The game arrives to Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on October 14, 2014 in North America,…
By András Neltz Published June 5, 2014 -
Now There’s A Timed Preorder Exclusive Skylanders Toy
This is Gearshift, one of the new Skylanders: Trap Team toys. She’s not due out until 2015, but if fans preorder her at participating retail outlets, they can have her when the game arrives on October 5. It’s an all-new kind of preorder DLC! Since each Skylanders toy unlocks a character in the game itself,…
By Mike Fahey Published June 5, 2014 -
Perhaps The Prettiest Morrowind Ruins In Existence
“Perhaps” because it’s not like I’ve seen every mod for Morrowind. Someone might have come up with something better in the past, even with the limitations of an old PC game like Morrowind. But yeah, these look great. The new “Remnants” trailer for Skywind, the ambitious mod which aims to bring Morrowind to Skyrim’s game…
By András Neltz Published June 5, 2014
