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The Four-Year Journey Behind Madden’s Great Story Mode

Longshot, the interactive drama this year’s Madden, tells the story of a man who tries to beat the odds to accomplish an impossible dream. The tale behind the making of Longshot is similar. Mike Young started working as an art director on Madden in 2007, and even then, he was dreaming of adding a story…

Ghost Recon Wildlands’ PvP Beta Is Tactically Interesting, And You Don’t Even Need The Game

The new PvP mode for Ghost Recon Wildlands’ feels well balanced and has the promise of being a tactical shooter worthy of the Tom Clancy branding. That’s my initial take, having sampled the new beta that everyone can play this weekend, even if they don’t own Wildlands The 4v4 tactical team deathmatch is available to…

I (Still) Hate My Shitty PSN Name

I hate my PlayStation Network ID so much. I realize I have no one to blame for this but myself. When I got a PS3 back in late 2009, I could’ve chosen any online handle I wanted. I could’ve gone with something easy to pronounce, or clever—I could’ve used some riff on my name, or…

Pokken’s Funky Fighting Controller Finds New Purpose On The Switch

Since the Nintendo Switch launched earlier this year, mine has rarely seen the inside of the TV dock. Now that Pokken Tournament DX is here, that’s changed. I need that USB port for Hori’s Pokken Tournament Pro Pad DX—and not just for Pokémon battles. Released in white for the Wii U version and now in…

Some GameStops Refuse To Sell Switches Without Bundles, But GameStop Says That Shouldn’t Happen

At least four GameStops were refusing to sell the Nintendo Switch on its own without a warranty or game attached, Kotaku has learned. And although GameStop’s corporate office says stores shouldn’t be doing that—and that, after being contacted by Kotaku, they have asked those stores to stop—an employee tells us that stores are incentivized to…

A very weird anime called Neo Yokio, which stars Jaden Smith and features Steve Buscemi, Jason Schwartzman, Tavi Gevinson and Jude Law, has arrived on Netflix. I am very skeptical.

An Indie Game About Accepting Death

Dujanah is a gorgeous and bizarre indie game full of glitch cats, existential spider-men, and death. With key narrative moments and a small arcade of games that focus on death and dying, it imparts an important lesson of acceptance. We take a look in this critical video. Disclosure: I was a Kickstarter backer on this…

Final Fantasy Creator’s Latest Mobile RPG Is Pretty Complex

Available now foriOS andAndroiddevices, Terra Battle 2 is the follow-up to the mobile RPG from Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi’s studio, Mistwalker. It’s a bit dense, but very pretty. The original Terra Battle, released in 2014, introduced players to a unique battle system in which characters positioned on a gridded playfield must flank their enemies…

Rockstar had promised Red Dead Redemption 2 news this summer, and the company delivered, just six hours before the autumnal equinox (which hits at 4pm ET today). Too bad it’s an announcement of an announcement. Look for a trailer and/or release date on Thursday, September 28, at 11am ET.

Battlegrounds Developer Attacks Fortnite For ‘Replicating’ Game

Earlier this month, developer Epic Games announced a Battle Royale mode for its game Fortnite, and as it turns out, the makers of that other Battle Royale game aren’t too thrilled. In a press release this morning, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds developer Bluehole took a shot at Epic Games, calling out Fortnite for cloning the 100-man PVP…

Pokken Tournament Is Way Better On A Console That Isn’t Dead

There was nothing wrong with the Wii U release of Pokémon fighting game Pokken Tournament that couldn’t be solved by Nintendo releasing an entirely new, more fully-realized platform for people to play it on. And here we are. Originally published on 9/18/17. Pokken Tournament is one of my favorite games on the Wii U. It was…

Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain Is A Damn Good Time

For years, the Earth Defense Force games have been compared to B-films. They’re fun, campy, and gleefully stupid. The newly announced Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain, however, is bringing some big changes to the series: Less stupid, more scary. Sandlot has traditionally developed the Earth Defense Force games, honing the run-and-gun-giant-bugs gameplay over the years,…

If you’ve ever dreamed a Japanese schoolgirl would impale you with a sword, you can have your wish in the next episode of the PlayStation VR game Summer Lesson. The girl you are tutoring this time is a magician, and she puts you into a magic box and runs you through with weapons. Actual feature:…

Goin’ Fishing With A Crossbow In Final Fantasy XV VR

Monster of the Deep, the VR fishing game based on Final Fantasy XV, is a fairly standard video game fishing experience, right up until the moment you have to bust out the crossbow. The initial PlayStation VR demo that Square Enix showed off at E3 last year was pretty much terrible, involving shooting at Bahamut…

This Might Be The Monster Hunter Game For Me [Update]

Goodness, I know I’ve tried. Since Monster Hunter exploded on the PSP, I’ve always felt that this was a series I should be into. Like, it was a requirement for me as a resident of Japan. But yet, I could never quite get into Monster Hunter There are various reasons why we can’t get into…

Autographed Nier Blu-Ray Sells Out Lightning-Fast At TGS

There’s a limited-edition Nier Blu-ray disc for sale here only at Tokyo Game Show, and it’s selling out in minutes every morning. The disc itself, a recording of a live concert of music from Nier and Nier: Automata, is something you can buy anywhere, but at TGS you can get one that’s been signed by…

Mods Add GTA, Minecraft & Mario To Zelda: Breath Of The Wild

Now that Zelda: Breath of the Wild is running pretty well on the PC, it’s time for people to start messing it with. Like turning Link into Carl Johnson from GTA: San Andreas, or Steve from Minecraft These skins were made by WilianZilv, who has also whipped up a Mario Odyssey cap for Link to…

Bungie’s shared some new info on next week’s Destiny 2 “Faction Rally.” Looks like about what we predicted on today’s spoilercast—you pledge a faction and do PvE and PvP challenges to earn points. Whichever faction wins sells a gun to everyone, and people pledging that faction get a discount. Faction. Faction. If you say it…

Here’s A $900 Batman: Arkham Knight Statue

Batman: Arkham Knight, a video game about driving a secret tank, came out in 2015. The merch is still rolling in though, and while normally that wouldn’t be cause for general concern, this 33-inch statue is some hilariously intricate fanservice. Made by Prime 1, it’ll be out in a few months, and is based on…

Doom Seems To Run Well On The Switch

The first hands-on impressions of Doom’s surprise Nintendo Switch version have hit the Internet, and it sounds like the demonic shooter performs quite well on Nintendo’s diminutive game slab. At a recent press event, publications not namedKotaku got to try out an early version of Doom on Switch, and they pretty much unanimously dug it. Polygon…