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The 3DS’ Pikmin Sidescroller Seems Fine, Unclear Why It Isn’t Also For Switch

At an event in a New York City hotel meeting room engineered by Nintendo to hype the July launch of the New 2DSXL, we played one of the new games also coming out that month: Hey! Pikmin. And we were left wondering, hey, why not also have these games run on Nintendo’s portable Switch? Hey!…

Here’s A Big Sign That Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Is Coming To 3DS

Last week, a dataminer who goes by the handle SciresM reported that he’d discovered an apparent port or remake of the GBA game Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga in a 3DS file database. Although we can’t confirm this rumor, we did discover a new bit of evidence this week that makes it seem very likely.…

Hands-On With The New 2DS XL

The newly announced New 2DS XL looks sort of like an iPhone attached to a 3DS bottom, as you can see in the above video, which Kotaku boss Stephen Totilo and I shot at a Nintendo event in New York City this week. If you’re in the market for one of these New 2DS XLs,…

Starfire and two others are the first three DLC characters for Injustice 2. The exiled Tamaran princess, Sub-Zero and the Red Hood, collectively known as Fighter Pack 1, will be available some time after the game launches, free for Digital Deluxe and Ultimate edition owners.

Donkey Kong, Halo: Combat Evolved, Pokémon Red and Green, and Street Fighter II have been inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame. They were picked out of twelve finalists that included Final Fantasy VII, Mortal Kombat, Portal, Resident Evil, and Wii Sports. 

DOTA 2 Is Getting A Co-op Campaign With A Story

DOTA 2, usually a video game about saying mean things to other humans over the internet, is embracing the spirit of togetherness later this year with the release of a series of co-op story missions, part of a campaign called Siltbreaker. Anyone owning a 2017 Battle Pass will be given access to the campaign, which…

In case you need some practice before throwing actual video game controllers, Prey has you covered. It took me half an hour to leave the game’s opening area because of this.

The Long Dark is an excellent sandbox survival game, but its promised story mode has been a long time coming. The first two of five episodes will finally be out in August, and here’s a trailer for them.

Civilization VI Offers Free Stuff Because Of Currency Rip-Offs

I have seen many reasons given by major publishers for the distribution of free content, but international currency discrepancies is a new one. Yet that’s what is happening with Civilization VI, with 2K announcing a whole range of new stuff that’s going to be given away free to owners of the game’s Digital Deluxe edition.…

Korean Politician Uses Overwatch Video On The Campaign Trail

Sim Sang-jung is a politician currently running for President in the wake of South Korea’s disastrous corruption scandal. She (or at least someone on her campaign team) knows that a good way to reach out to the kids is with Overwatch Play of the Game videos, in which her kills are political owns. Thanks Peter!

18 Years Later, Germany Gets An Uncensored Version Of Half-Life

The Half-Life that was released in Germany in 1998 was a little different. Instead of marines there were robots, and instead of dying horribly the scientists would just kind of sit down and be sad. Well chin up lads, in 2017 Germany’s Half-Life is now as human and violent as everyone else’s. An official update…

Call Of Duty Zombies Chronicles Announced A Few Feet From YouTuber’s Bathroom

Leaked all to hell and confirmed today via unzipped hoodie in a YouTube video, Black Ops 3 players are getting an extra dose of DLC in the form of Zombies Chronicles, a collection of eight remastered zombie maps from Black Ops, World At War and Black Ops 3 on May 16. You can follow the…

Transformers: Forged To Fight Adds Another Cool Bot I’ll Spend Money To Not Get

Random paid character drops in mobile games aren’t new, but I’m really feeling the burn in Kabam’s mobile fighting game Transformers: Forged to Fight. First I missed out on Beast Wars Waspinator. Now I’m not going to get Soundwave. Ugh. Because I love the Transformers characters and concept and the fighting isn’t too shabby, I’m…

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Has Connection Issues

The Nintendo Switch’s first big online multiplayer game has arrived, and while many people are enjoying the upgraded version of Mario Kart 8, others are also enjoying frequent disconnects and lag. Despite upgrading and tweaking several aspects of Mario Kart 8 for the largely excellentSwitch port, online multiplayer is one area that hasn’t seen much…

The first two episodes of The Long Dark’s story mode, Season One: Wintermute, will launch August 1st. The game will also come out of Early Access that day for Steam, Xbox One, and—surprise!—PS4.

Nier: Automata Is Even Better If You Remap The Buttons

If you, like me, picked up Nier: Automata on PlayStation 4 during the Golden Week sale, here is a tip that will CHANGE EVERYTHING: Remap the buttons. As you may notice when you first start playing Nier, the default control setup has a few weird quirks. Evade is mapped to R2 while shooting is mapped…

Nioh‘s Player Battles Are A Laggy Nightmare

Nioh is an astonishing game with fast samurai action. Ninja tools, magic spells, and a variety of weapons should have made for fun player versus player battles. Unfortunately, sloppy connections and overpowered builds drag down the experience. A free addition to the game, Nioh’s new PvP mode drops right as a new DLC, Dragon of…

Rhythm violence game Thumper arrives on Nintendo Switch on May 18. The “best kind of rhythm game”comes with full HD rumble support on Nintendo hybrid console, running at a smooth 60 frames per second in both handheld (720p) and TV (1080p) modes.

Build Your Own Lego Overwatch D.Va Mech

It’s time to stop looking at other people’s awesome Lego Overwatch creations and start building your own . . . versions of their awesome Lego Overwatch creations. Nick Brick’s Legendary B.Va skin mech tutorial is a fine place to start. Let’s face it, Lego is never going to make official Overwatch sets. Their rules against…

Professional Kojima BFF Geoff Keighley is hosting an event this year called E3 Coliseum, he announced today. Taking place at L.A. Live on June 13 and June 14 (the Tuesday and Wednesday of E3), the event will be a live-streamed set of “panels, conversations, talks, and other surprises.” Should be fun.