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Apex Legends’ New Character Octane Is Perfect For Blindsiding Enemies
After spending a day now with Apex Legends’ new addition to the roster, fast-moving Spanglish-slangin’ daredevil Octane, I find myself picking him naturally, since he gels so well with my play style. So I sat down with Kotaku’s Riley MacLeod to talk about everything we like about Octane and our trouble trying to make the…
By Paul Tamayo Published March 20, 2019 -
I’ve been doing a lot of interviews at GDC that I can’t wait to tell you about, but in the meantime can you guess who I was just talking with from this horrible sketch in my notebook? He was throwing a lot of punches and talking about how to make good action games.
By Heather Alexandra Published March 20, 2019 -
Rainbow Six Siege Change Will Punish Griefers By Making Bullets Hurt The People Firing Them
There are few things more infuriating than getting popped by a teammate in a multiplayer first-person shooter. Rainbow Six Siege’s solution? The digital equivalent of making team killers smack themselves with their own hands and telling them to “stop hitting yourself.” Rainbow Six’s new “reverse friendly fire” feature is intended to address toxicity by making…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 20, 2019 -
What We Know And Don’t Know About Google’s New Gaming Platform Stadia
Google shared a lot of information about it’s new video game streaming platform at yesterday’s GDC presentation, and we’ve learned even more about the technology through interviews, like the one Kotaku had with Stadia boss Phil Harrison on Splitscreen. But there’s still a lot we don’t know. Google has not said exactly when it comes,…
By Ethan Gach Published March 20, 2019 -
Epic Snags More Major Store Exclusives, Including Quantic Dream’s Games
Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, and Detroit: Become Human are all coming to the PC, all exclusively to Epic’s store, Epic said today at Game Developers Conference. Other games whose PC versions will come to Epic’s store exclusively include Control, Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, and Afterparty All three Quantic Dream games were previously published by…
By Chris Kohler Published March 20, 2019 -
All The Cool Indies Nintendo Announced Today For The Switch
The Switch is a very good platform for indie games, and it’s only getting better. During today’s “Nindies Showcase,” Nintendo announced 16 independent games newly coming to the Switch, including Cuphead, Stranger Things, and a Crypt of the NecroDancer/Zelda mashup. Out Today It’s a surprise Blaster Master Zero sequel! Blaster Master Zero 2 is out…
By Mike Fahey Published March 20, 2019 -
A Surprise Zelda Game Is Coming From An Acclaimed Indie Studio
Well, this is very different and pretty damn cool. Nintendo just announced that the people behind the excellent musical dungeon-crawling game Crypt of the NecroDancer are making a Zelda game called Cadence of Hyrule. It’s out this spring. The game appears to bring Cadence, the protagonist from Brace Yourself Games’ hit indie, to Link’s world.…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 20, 2019 -
Xbox Gem Cuphead Is Coming To Switch
Cuphead was one of the best Xbox One and PC side-scrollers of the last few years—and on April 18, it’s coming to Nintendo Switch. Cuphead is a challenging side-scroller where you play as a personified cup going after a gauntlet of deadly and beautifully animated bosses. When it landed on Xbox One and PC in…
By Gita Jackson Published March 20, 2019 -
Sea of Thieves, One Year Later
Sea of Thieves is one year old today. The freeform pirate adventure game launched into choppy waters, with early server problems causing some anxiety on the high seas. Since then, the game has expanded with new ships and encounters, transforming the world and satisfying diehard buccaneers. Here’s what’s happened in Sea of Thieves over the…
By Heather Alexandra Published March 20, 2019 -
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Hands-On
If you’re a fan of the Dark Souls series, you’ve probably been keeping an eye out for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, the latest FromSoftware title. Well, we got it, and we’re here to break it down. Watch me and Kotaku’s own Tim Rogers put the game through its paces for an hour and a half…
By Chris Person Published March 20, 2019 -
Konami’s New Anniversary Collections Bundle Castlevania, Contra And More
To celebrate the company’s 50th birthday, Konami is releasing a set of bundles called the Anniversary Collections, which will round up a ton of games from Castlevania, Contra and the company’s arcade past. The first pack is called Arcade Classics, and will be out on April 18 for $20. It’ll include stuff like Haunted Castle,…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 19, 2019 -
The Classic Dune Board Game Is Coming Back After Over 30 Years Out Of Print
With a new Dune movie on the way, it’s time to start digging up the property’s old tie-ins, and there’s no better place to start than the critically-acclaimed—and long out of print—board game. Designed by the same team behind Cosmic Encounter and first published in 1979, Dune would be re-released in 1984 alongside David Lynch’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 19, 2019
