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We Talk About The People We’ve Reported In Overwatch
On the latest episode of our semi-regular Overwatch show, Cecilia, Heather, and I discuss the game’s new hero, Orisa, debate whether or not Blizzard hurts their game by giving in to fans’ demands too much, and ponder whether new reporting tools will be enough to stop cheaters and toxic players. We also share stories about…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 27, 2017 -
PSA: If Your Switch’s Internet Won’t Work, Reboot The Console
At some point recently, Nintendo Switches all over the country (including several belonging to Kotaku staff) decided to stop connecting to the internet, offering up some nonsense about DNS errors instead of taking us to that sweet sweet eShop. If it’s happening to you, you’re not alone. All you have to do is reboot your…
By Jason Schreier Published March 27, 2017 -
Sunless Sea Is Great On iPad
The beautifully-written survival exploration game Sunless Sea came to iPad last week. It feels right at home on mobile. You play as a sea captain in a steampunk/Lovecraftian/fantasy version of London that’s fallen beneath the surface of the earth and onto a subterranean sea. You set out from your home port of Fallen London in…
By Riley MacLeod Published March 27, 2017 -
Breath Of The Wild Directors Reveal Their Favorite Shrines
The creators behind The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild talk about their favorite shrines, locations and characters in a follow-up to their making-of series. Nintendo has released a bonus video for theirthree part series about the development of Breath of the Wild where art director Satoru Takizawa talks about his favorite shrine, and…
By Gita Jackson Published March 27, 2017 -
Battlefield 1‘s New Maps, Compared To The Real World
Battlefield 1‘s newest DLC They Shall Not Pass adds one of the largest battles from World War One: the Battle of Verdun. But how does this depiction compare to reality? The Battle of Verdun was a massive clash between France and Germany. The German goal was to choose a strategic target of such importance that…
By Heather Alexandra Published March 27, 2017 -
Underwhelming Gay Romance Options In Mass Effect: Andromeda Disappoint Many Fans
Mass Effect is a franchise known for letting players sleep with other characters, and while that sauciness makes a return in Andromeda, some romance routes have left fans heartbroken. Since it was released, Andromeda has been criticized about how it handles gay romance options, particularly for male characters. On neoGAF, Reddit, unofficial BioWare forums, and…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 27, 2017 -
GTA Online Glitch Locks Cops Out Of Their Cars
For brief period over the weekend, Grand Theft Auto Online players were robbed of one of the game’s basic joys—they couldn’t steal police cars. Fortunately for them, the police couldn’t access them either. The issue arose on March 24, when players across all platforms discovered that standard police vehicles were being flagged as personal vehicles…
By Mike Fahey Published March 27, 2017 -
Final Fantasy XV Now Has An Alternative Chapter 13
If you are one of the many people who hated Final Fantasy XV’s thirteenth chapter, you will be pleased to hear that you can now skip it entirely, thanks to a new route that’s full of beefy Gladiolus shots and even political humor (see above). The “alternative” Chapter 13, which you can access from the…
By Jason Schreier Published March 27, 2017 -
You Can Do A Lot Of Role-Playing In The PS4’s Latest Baseball Game
When Sony says MLB The Show 17 includes a third-person baseball role-playing game, they aren’t exaggerating. I’m not just playing baseball. I’m role-playing a character who’s playing baseball, and he’ll be damned if he’s drafted by the Florida Marlins. It’s not just about playing games, building stats, unlocking perks and making your mark on Major…
By Mike Fahey Published March 27, 2017 -
Uwe Boll’s Restaurant Is Better Than His Movies
Ex-film director and notorious crank Uwe Boll now spends most of his time running a restaurant in Vancouver, and by some accounts it’s the best thing he’s ever done. Yes, even better than Bloodrayne Boll, the subject of a fun Vanity Fair profile published today, no longer makes movies or challenges his critics to boxing matches.…
By Jason Schreier Published March 27, 2017 -
Nippon Ichi Software Launches Teaser That Looks Like Minecraft
There’s no title for this, but the teaser clip certainly does look rather Minecraft-esque, no? The teaser’s site URLends with “hakoniwa,” which means “box garden” in English. Perhaps Hako Niwa is the title of this building block game? No word yet on the platform. Or platforms. The site’s URL also has the word “consumer,” which…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 27, 2017 -
Final Fantasy XV’s update 1.07 is live, setting up Episode Gladiolus and making big changes to the polarizing Chapter 13. If you’ve already beaten the game, you can see the revised chapter from the menu. If you can’t imagine subjecting yourself to it again, stay tuned: I’ll check it out tomorrow morning and report back…
By Jason Schreier Published March 26, 2017 -
Fake News Video Game Is A Little Too Real
Fake It To Make Itis a game that puts you in charge of a website devoted to creating and spreading fictional and/or sensationalised online “news” articles. It has been put together by someone who clearly knows how online media works, and that makes it more than a little frightening. Amanda Warner, the game’s designer, says…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2017 -
Animal Crossing’s World Is A Trip
The way later Animal Crossing titles have scrolled make it appear to the player that the game world is round. Zoom the camera out past the confines of a DS/3DS/TV screen, though, and the world is not so much round as it is a giant, habitable roll of toilet paper. The gif above is taken…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2017 -
Fan Creates Patch To Fix Nier: Automata’s Graphics
Nier: Automata is a fine video game, but it also has some technical problems on PC which are a bit of a bummer. Where Platinum and Square have come up short, though, a fan-made mod is making things right. Kaldaien’s FAR mod (Fix Automata Resolution) does like its name suggests and fixes the game’s fullscreen…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2017 -
Loot Rascals Helps Take The Edge Off Of Punishing Roguelikes
I die. A lot. In all types of games, but especially in Loot Rascals. Thanks to its precious art style and bubbling colors though, I can never stay away for long. In the game you play as an astronaut looking for a lost piece of robotic terraforming equipment. What was supposed to be a routine mission…
By Ethan Gach Published March 26, 2017 -
Some Of The Witcher 3‘s Character Animations Are Still Blowing People Away
CD Projekt Red’s RPG masterpiece came out nearly two years ago, but damn does it still hold up. And recently, a handful of people’s favorite character animations from the game have been making the rounds Unsurprisingly, the renewed interest in the game’s storytelling and animation nuances comes in light of Mass Effect: Andromeda’s lackluster achievement…
By Ethan Gach Published March 26, 2017
