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Fallout 4 Modder Makes Joke ‘Creation Club’ That Spits Out Random Items
Bethesda’s Creation Club is a new program that’ll allow select development teams and modders to develop, polish, and release Fallout 4 and Skyrim content alongside Todd Howard’s magical toy factory. Modder CDante’s “Creation Club” is a different kind of club entirely. A golf club. CDante’s new Fallout 4 mod The Creation Club adds a golf…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 20, 2017 -
Elite‘s Aliens Will Be A Nightmare To Fight
Since 2015, Elite Dangerous players have felt some kind of alien presence hovering on the periphery of their space trucking adventures. Recently, things came to a head, with players making direct contact with Thargoid ships on multiple occasions. Where is this all going? I spoke with senior designer Sandy Sammarco during E3 to find out.…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 20, 2017 -
Huh, Black Mesa Is Still Not Finished
I played Half-Life remake Black Mesa, and really liked it! I also in the intervening years completely forgot that it wasn’t technically finished, since it ended on Earth and not, as the original game did, on the alien planet Xen. That’s because Black Mesa’s developers thought, like the rest of us, that Valve’s ending sequence…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 20, 2017 -
After Three Years, Someone Actually Beat Threes
Oh, you thought Threes was just an endless little time-waster for subway rides and long lines? Turns out you can actually beat the game, a feat accomplished for the first time a mere three years and four months after Threes was first released. Or, to be more precise, as Threes co-creator Greg Wohlwend points out,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 20, 2017 -
Point: Helix From Arms Is Bad; Counter-Point: No He’s Not
Here at Kotaku, we have strong opinions about video games. Currently, Arms’ DNA-themed fighter threatens to tear this snack website apart. Helix is Arms’ gooey fighter whose signature “Blorb” arms squirt blinding goo on opponents’ faces. Depending on who you ask, Helix is either a lovable snot ball with tons of competitive potential or a…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 20, 2017 -
Darkest Dungeon‘s DLC Adds More Awesome Bad Times For Your Party
The new Darkest Dungeon DLC, The Crimson Court, tacks a couple more stressful mechanics on top of an already stressful game. I love it. Darkest Dungeon is a game about losing—you will lose all your party members as they explore dungeons, they will all lose their sanity, and you will lose the game. Despite being…
By Gita Jackson Published June 20, 2017 -
We played Shadow of War for 10 minutes at E3. The demo’s main event was a fortress siege (watch an archived E3 stream of one raid). Arkham-style combat returns, but you storm the gates with hand-picked Orc allies who unleash special attacks. Could be a gimmick. Could be deeply strategic. We’ll know on October 10.
By Stephen Totilo Published June 20, 2017 -
A List Of Things I Still Have To Do In Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
According to my Nintendo Switch, I’ve put more than 125 hours into The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. I’ve defeated Ganon, of course. I’ve also taken down an army of monsters, completed a bunch of shrine puzzles, and found a ton of Korok seeds. There’s still so much to do. Like a lot…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 20, 2017 -
After Dropping A Tier, I Am Freaking Out About My Overwatch Rank
After a difficult string of placement matches for the current Overwatch competitive season, the unthinkable happened. I dropped to a lower tier. I had spent multiple seasons comfortably sitting in the Platinum tier, and suddenly I was Gold. I have become obsessed with undoing this demotion. I like to think that I’m a decent video…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 20, 2017 -
One Of The Mechanical Keyboard Community’s Most Beloved Boards Is Back
This is the WhiteFox, a custom 60 percent keyboard created by Matteo ”Matt30″ Spinelli. A couple of years back this board was offered as a DIY kit on Massdrop, and over 4,000 kits were sold. Now Matt30 and the folks at Input Club are offering the WhiteFox once more, fully-assembled for the masses. Working together…
By Mike Fahey Published June 20, 2017 -
The Secret Behind Scribblenauts: Making Objects By Hand (And Lots Of Crunch)
Back in 2009, a little game called Scribblenauts blew minds across the world with a single ambitious concept: you could make anything. By typing a noun on the in-game keyboard, you’d conjure that object into the game’s world. The game could recognize just about anything, from common (dinosaurs) to esoteric (Shoggoth). Most people believed that…
By Jason Schreier Published June 20, 2017 -
The Man Behind Bloodstained Talks Konami And Kickstarter Pressure
Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Nightis a throwback to Castlevania games like Symphony of the Night. Judging from our hands-on time with it at E3, it’s shaping up into a pretty fun game. I had a chance to talk to Koji Igarashi, Castlevania’s producer and now head of Bloodstained’s development to talk design, female protagonists, and…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 20, 2017 -
The Necromancer class comes to Diablo III on June 27. The Rise of the Necromancer DLC pack will be available for $14.99 on PC and consoles. A Diablo III: Eternal Collection will also be available on Xbox One and PS4, bundling the original game and the Necro update for $39.99.
By Mike Fahey Published June 20, 2017