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Halo Fan Turns Microsoft’s Cortana Into Actual Hologram

Usually, Cortana the personal assistant is just a disembodied voice. One Halo fan decided to take his Cortana to the next level by building a rad hologram appliance that responds to your queries. The whole thing is still a work in progress, creator Jarem “untitled network” Archer says, but it’s still pretty cool to watch…

Seemingly Rare Game-Breaking Bug Found In PC Version Of Prey [UPDATE]

Prey players have apparently discovered a save-corrupting bug in the PC version that renders the new sci-fi game unplayable. Those of us at Kotaku who are playing Prey haven’t run into this one, but you should be aware nonetheless. The most high-profile report comes from IGN, whose reviewer enjoyed Prey but gave it a 4/10…

Payday 2 Makers Donate DLC Profits To Help Big YouTubers Fight Legal Battle

It’s not often that game devs raise money for celebrities, but Ethan and Hila Klein aren’t ordinary YouTube stars. Right now, the comedy YouTubers say they are fighting an extraordinary—and expensive—legal battle over their right to make “reaction” videos for their 4 million YouTube subscribers. On April Fools, Overkill Software introduced Ethan Klein into first-person…

2011 indie RPG To The Moon is available for mobile devices today, for iOS and Android. If you missed it the first time on computers, now’s your chance.

Live Spiders Found Smuggled Inside Bootleg Nintendo Cartridges

Mexico’s Federal Police yesterday intercepted a shipment of contraband goods headed for the US at Guadalajara Airport. Inside was not drugs, or weapons, but vials full of live spiders hidden inside what look like fake Famicom games. As Cronica report, authorities opened a box that contained ten cartridges with labels like Jurassic Park and Robocop…

Lego Dimensions Goonies Is Good Enough For Me, Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

Here we are, hanging onto strains of greed and blues. Break the chain then we break down. Oh it’s not real if you don’t feel it. Unspoken expectations, ideals you used to play with—they’ve finally taken shape for us. What’s good enough for you is good enough for me. It’s good enough. Good enough for…

Nintendo just revealed its E3 plans, which are similar to years past. On June 13 at 9am PT, there will be a Nintendo Spotlight presentation for Switch games, including Super Mario Odyssey. That will be followed by a Treehouse Live event. 

Poll: The Most Beloved Action Games In Japan

Over the decades, there have been so many great action games. But which one do people in Japan like best? This poll might shed light on that question. In Japan, Weekly Famitsu has been asking readers about their favorite game in various genres. The results are in for the first of these polls, which was…

Square Enix Splits With Hitman Creators IO Interactive

In 2009, Square Enix took control of Hitman developers IO Interactive. Today, the two companies part ways. Square initially assumed ownership of IO when it bought Eidos Interactive, IO’s parent company. But in a statement released today, the Japanese publisher says “to maximize player satisfaction as well as market potential going forward”, they have “regrettably…

Look At This SNES-Themed Nintendo Switch

Here’s an unofficial SNES (well, Super Famicom) theme for the Nintendo Switch that looks incredible Made by Pop Skin, it covers everything. The base, the Joy-Cons, their backs, even the Switch itself. Because it’s a skin and not a paintjob, there are naturally going to be some rough edges, particularly at the points where there…

NBA Playgrounds Is Not The New NBA Jam

NBA Playgrounds’trailer—indeed, its entire existence—is a throwback to arcade sports games like NBA Jam and NBA Street. The kind of experiences where you don’t even need to be a fan of the sport in question to be able to jump on, learn a few moves and have a good time. Like those classics, there’s the…

Rakuen, a game we’ve been tracking for a while now, is finally out on PC. You play a sick kid in a hospital who can travel to a fantasy world, helping his other sick friends along the way.

Overwatch Sky Fight Is Some Dragon Ball Z Shit

People might tell you that Overwatch revolves around pithy things like “team compositions” and “the payload,” but they’re wrong. Hideously wrong. Only one thing matters in Overwatch: airborne superiority. This clip is short, but I think I speak for everyone who’s spent their life with the cold shackles of gravity wrapped tight around their ankles…

Prey isn’t afraid to ask the big questions, like what happens if you fire a Nerf crossbow into the side of a space station in zero-g?

Musician Arranges Jazz Set For Pro Smash Matches

Music student Nicholas Caleb Goss sees melodies when he watches Super Smash Bros. Melee champion Jose “Mango” Marquez flit across a stage. “He likes to style,” Goss said, describing a fight against Marquez as “energetic, surprising.” To Goss, Marquez’s playstyle is jazz, which is exactly what he turned it into. This month, Goss composed a…

Overwatch Incest ‘Shipping Tests The Limits Of What’s Permissible In Fandom

While it’s possible to play Overwatch and not pay attention to its lore, there’s a part of that game’s fandom that loves it for its lore. These fans theorize about character backgrounds, make fan art, and often obsess over the possible romantic pairing in the game, known as “shipping.” They imagine former friends Reaper and…

Sources: BioWare Montreal Scaled Down, Mass Effect Put On Ice For Now

In the wake of BioWare’s polarizing Mass Effect: Andromeda, fans have wondered where the lauded sci-fi series will go next. The answer, according to people familiar with the studio, is nowhere—at least for the time being. BioWare has put Mass Effect on hiatus and turned Andromeda’s developer, BioWare Montreal, into a support studio, according to…

Prey Runs Remarkably Well On My Wimpy Microsoft Surface Tablet

The other day, my colleagues Kirk and Riley were having a discussion about how miraculously well Prey runs on their gaming PCs. “Good optimization?” I thought. “In a big-budget game with console versions? Obviously, I have to put this to the test.” I travel a lot, so what I wanted to know wasn’t whether Prey…

The Nintendo Switch version of Rime is getting a price drop, of sorts: While publisher Greybox says it can’t lower the $40 price of the Switch cart without “selling at a loss,” it’s lowering the digital version to $30 to match other versions, and including a digital code for the game’s soundtrack inside the physical…

Four Hours In, I’m Enjoying The Challenge Of Fire Emblem Echoes

I’ve just started up playing Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. It’s a remake of the Famicom exclusive Fire Emblem Gaiden. I’m making my way through the early hours of the campaign. It’s been a challenging game that I can’t put down. Fire Emblem Echoes tells the story of Alm, a simple peasant, and Celica,…