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Sony Has A Weak Excuse For Not Allowing Cross-Platform Play

Minecraft owners can soon play across Xbox One, Switch and PC. Rocket League owners will soon be able to play across Xbox One, Switch and PC. There’s a console missing from that equation, and Sony’s explanation for why that’s the case is not good. In an interview with Eurogamer, PlayStation global sales and marketing head…

Super Mario Odyssey’s Outfits Are A Nice Throwback

Here’s something you might not have noticed watching Super Mario Odyssey’s new trailer: many of those outfits Mario is wearing are based on his appearance in old/obscure Nintendo games. Cute touch! If you’re wondering where they’re all from, clockwise from top-left they’re Picross 2 (1996), Mario x Qix (1990, Game Boy), Yoshi’s Cookie (1993) and…

This Is Not A Drill

Garfield GO is a real video game. Here is the press release: Hello, Just wanted to let you know that our new game — Garfield GO — is now live! Garfield GO is a brand new augmented reality treasure hunt game, featuring everyone’s favorite lasagna-loving cat!  If you enjoy playing Pokemon Go, Munzee, or other…

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Getting Some Good New Stuff

Remember, as fun as it is, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is still a work in progress, so lots of things are going to not just change, but be added to the game as well. Stuff like climbing, vaulting and weather. The climbing looks incredibly useful! The vaulting looks like something that is going to glitch out a…

If you missed it, Kotaku video producer Tim Rogers gave us a tour of the Nintendo E3 booth, the PlayStation E3 booth, and the Sega E3 booth. More to come tomorrow! And if you haven’t seen it yet, here is Tim’s hilarious recap of yesterday’s PlayStation conference:

Injustice 2‘s first DLC fighter, Red Hood, is now available for early play for folks who purchased the ultimate edition, ultimate pack or fighter pack 1. In case you have trouble getting him to show up in game, there’s a guide over on the game forums. Or just jimmy him loose with a crowbar.

Why Today’s Metroid Announcements Are Such A Big Deal

Nintendo announced two Metroid titles today: Metroid Prime 4 and a 3DS remake of the 1991 Game Boy classic Metroid II: Return of Samus, to be called Metroid: Samus Returns. Metroid superfans haven’t been waiting as long as Beyond Good & Evil fans, but this is still a coup. Best of all, the war between…

Nine Cool Things I Noticed While Playing Assassin’s Creed Origins

I played Assassin’s Creed Origins for an hour yesterday, with one of the game’s level designers at my side pointing out cool stuff. Combat is now based on hitboxes, meaning you don’t automatically close the gap when attacking… you need to close in and strike accurately. Climbing either is faster or at least feels faster.…

Here’s Destiny 2 Running At 60fps On PC 

When I played Destiny 2 last month, the most striking difference wasn’t anything about the game itself. It was how it felt to play it on PC. Today Nvidia posted a video that shows what the game looks like on PC in 4K resolution, running at 60fps. This won’t be of interest to anyone but…

Come Watch Us Tour The Nintendo Booth At E3 [Update: Over]

The intrepid Tim Rogers, who you might know as our new video producer / creator of Long-Ass Kotaku posts, is down in LA right now, adventuring through E3. Come and ask him whatever you want about Nintendo!

Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga Remake Coming to 3DS

Nintendo’s not done announcing games yet at E3. On its Treehouse Live stream, it just unveiled Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions. The game will be out on October 6. The “Bowser’s Minions” part is a new storyline starring enemy characters. Nintendo describes it as: “Recruit characters to grow your own Minion army…

Crackdown 3 Impressions: So Much Chaos, So Many Orbs

Crackdown 3 tosses players into a world of delightful chaos, superhero strength, and guns that shoot black holes. I got some hands on time with a ten minute demo of the game and it’s pretty fun. If you’re looking for cool explosions, Crackdown 3 has you covered. In the Crackdown games, you play as a…

Watch Us Clear Two Strategic Battles In The New Mario + Rabbids Game 

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle was one of the strangest announcements at E3 this year, and fearless Kotaku editor-in-chief Stephen Totilo got a chance to play it for about 15 minutes. Based on what we’ve seen so far, this mash-up works surprisingly well! As some of you already know, this is a tactics game in…

Sea Of Thieves Is Really Fun, But A Little Clunky

There are many important roles one can occupy aboard a pirate ship. You can steer, or keep the cannons loaded, or manage sails, or navigate. Me? I was the guy who rang the bell. In peace and at war, I held my post. Until I launched myself out of a cannon and into a shark,…

Reacting To The PlayStation E3 2017 Showcase, For You

As I did yesterday with the Xbox One X E3 2017 Briefing, I recorded myself commenting over last night’s Sony PlayStation Showcase E3 2017. This time, I was in a hotel bed, wearing a Rilakkuma sweatshirt. I was very comfortable. I was also very tired. However, here’s a video of my “best” comments on this…

I Played 30 Minutes Of Super Mario Odyssey And It Sure Is Impressive

Super Mario Odyssey is a wild, ambitious game. It’s got secrets, dinosaurs, and the type of flawless jumping you’d expect from a new main Mario made by the design wizards at Nintendo. It’s less Super Mario 3D World, more Super Mario 64. And it lets you throw around Mario’s hat, which I promise is more…

Nintendo Has A Second Metroid Too, Metroid: Samus Returns For 3DS [Update: Gameplay Details]

It’s a big day for Samus Aran. In addition to Metroid Prime 4 on Switch, Nintendo announced today a sidescrolling game for 3DS called Metroid: Samus Returns This is a “reimagination” of the Game Boy game Metroid II: Return of Samus, developed by MercurySteam, the studio behind the early 3DS game Castlevania: Lords of Shadow.…

Everything Nintendo Announced At E3 2017

Nintendo made a bunch of hopes and dreams come true today at E3. After a seemingly endless wait, they finally announced Rocket League for Switch! Oh, also Metroid Prime. They announced a new Metroid Prime Nintendo has got these pre-recorded E3 videos down to a science at this point, and this year was their usual…

Super Mario Odyssey Lets You Play As A Dinosaur

The next big Mario game is coming to Switch on October 27, and it’ll let you play as a Cheep Cheep, a taxi cab, and even a dinosaur. Using Mario’s special abilities in Super Mario Odyssey, you can inhabit those people and objects, as we saw in a new trailer during the Nintendo Spotlight today.…

Rocket League Is Coming To Switch, Will Have Mario Hats

It was a happy inevitability: Rocket League’s weird and wonderful car soccer is coming to the Nintendo Switch this holiday season. And, yes, you’ll be able to play against your friends on all other platforms. On the Switch, Rocket League will have all the same content, plus some new stuff, like Mario and Luigi hats…