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Monster Hunter World’s Real Star Is Nature Itself

The only thing more satisfying than a successful Monster Hunter hunt is wearing the armor you made out of the beast you took down. I watched as Monster Hunter World director Yuya Tokuda hunted down a giant beast during a demonstration at E3, and while the weapons and monsters were great, the game’s world was…

Let It Die is getting a new area, The Tower of Barbs. At the end of this trailer there’s a sneak peak of the next of the 4 Forcemen, who appears to be a woman wearing an outfit made of swords.

Arena brawler Battlerite is coming to Xbox One next year. The competitive game from Stunlock Studios madea big splash on Steam last year, and seems like a great fit for console play. It’ll also be on Windows 10 via Xbox Play Anywhere.

The New Yoshi Switch Game Looks So Good

The handcrafted look for the upcoming Yoshi game on the Switch is freaking adorable. On yesterday’s Treehouse stream, Nintendo showed off a little over half an hour of their new Yoshi game, which takes place in a papercraft diorama. Each of the stages has two sides—the front is covered in colorful paper models of a…

Chun-Li And Dante Look Weird Now, Capcom 

As it is with video games, character designs evolve and change over time. Sometimes they get better, and sometimes they do this. Fans notice! For example, one character looks so different in Resident Evil 6 that his appearance launched conspiracy theories (more here, spoilers). Now, folks are noticing how in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite that…

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The Xbox Has Brand New Avatars

Remember Microsoft’s Avatars, those wobbly caricatures that danced around the Xbox 360’s dashboard? They’ve been sidelined ever since the release of the Xbox One, but that doesn’t mean the company has given up on them. They’re being overhauled in the Fall, given not just a new look, but loads of new features as well, from…

“It’s certainly the most memorable game here.” Overheard at E3’s Senran Kagura booth. The comically pervy series has now moved into third-person shooter territory. Let me tell you, it is something else to watch a whole crowd stare in confusion as anime girls shoot each others’ swimsuits off.

Virtual Reality Mario Kart Looks Like It Could End Friendships Forever

Namco Bandai’s VR ZONE amusement center in Shinjukudoesn’t just have a Neon Genesis game. It also has virtual reality Mario Kart. And Dragon Ball Z If you’re wondering how/why this is happening, remember that Namco Bandai has released a few arcade versions of Mario Kart, the latest of which—Mario Kart Arcade GP DX, which this…

E3 2017: A Cringe Compilation

Video games do not have the decades of experience that, say, sports has when it comes to live television. So when everyone gets together for an event like E3, the broadcast entertainment you enjoy at home doesn’t always go according to plan. Here, as is becoming tradition, is bigMooney06‘s roundup of those moments when the…

What Beyond Good & Evil 2 Is Now, And What Its Creators Dream It Can Be

“This is day zero of Beyond Good & Evil 2,” Michel Ancel told me on Monday. As he spoke, he was playing an early version of a game people have been expecting for nearly a decade, but that he says has only actually been in development for a few years. On Monday afternoon out here…

Mod Brings Super Mario Odyssey’s Hat Powers To Super Mario 64

Boy, that was fast. Only a day after Mario’s new bodily-possession-via-hat powers were revealed in Super Mario Odyssey’s E3 trailer, modder Kaze Emanuar has released a download that will let you do the same thing in Super Mario 64 And not just enemies! As you can see, it also works on objects like the birds…

Small Fire Interrupts E3 Spider-Man Panel

Earlier this week, Insomniac were hosting an E3 panel about their new Spider-Man game. The show ended up being postponed, though, when audience members noticed that there was a small fire up on stage blowing smoke across the stage. Turns out that one of the lights above the stage had caught fire, and so all…

E3 2017: The Winners & Losers

You did not come here for a nuanced discussion of the positives inherent in every E3 press conference, and the love we all share for this medium. You came here for blood, and it is blood you shall receive. While E3 is supposed to be a place where the video game industry’s biggest players present…

The Agony And Ecstasy Of Waiting In Line To Play Mario At E3

Kotaku video producer Tim Rogers had one mission at E3: play Super Mario Odyssey. The problem? The lines at the Nintendo booth were incredibly long and vague. Watch as Tim does his best to not lose his mind at E3. So close, yet so far… RIP Tim.

Sonic Forces Impressions: Great When It Sticks To Its Roots

Sonic Forces is more than just a Deviant original character creation kit, it is also a genuine Sonic game with loops and platforms. I played three stages from the game and found it fun and fast but also a bit clumsy. Building off the strong model set in Sonic Generations, Forces has a few different…

Popular GTA V Modding Tool Shuts Down, Community Explodes [UPDATE]

The creators of Open IV, one of the most popular modding tools for GTA V, are shutting their services down. They claim they have received a cease and desist from Take-Two Interactive after nearly 10 years of operation. The news comes as a shock to the PC Grand Theft Auto community, who use OpenIV to…

Nintendo has announced a new game for the 3DS, Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido It’s an action puzzle game where you eat sushi and hurl your plates at your opponents. Looks cute, and the song in this trailer fucking bangs

That’s One Way To Start Working On Zelda

Super Mario Odyssey producer Yoshiaki Koizumi held an AMA on the Nintendo Switch Reddit today. He answered questions about the game, its music and even hot dogs (not a sandwich), but the most interesting response came when he was asked how he got into game design.

Ashly Burch ‘Heartbroken’ She Won’t Play Chloe In Life Is Strange Prequel

As the longest strike in Screen Actors Guild history chugs on, video game voice actors are making painful career sacrifices to show solidarity with their union. 234 days into the strike, after Microsoft announced Life Is Strange: Before The Storm, fans immediately sussed out that award-winning voice actress and SAG-AFTRA member Ashly Burch will not…