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Two Of The Oldest Video Game Torrents In The World Are Ubisoft Classics

The Pirate Bay is about to turn 13, and in honour of the site becoming a teenager, folks like Torrentfreakare checking out the oldest content that has been continuously available since its launch back in 2003. While the oldest torrent in the world is a bizarre copy of The Matrix, among the ten oldest on…

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…

Why Women Want To Have Sex With Garrus

My Mass Effect playthrough was the most straight-laced, male heterosexual journey you could imagine. I boned Ashley, despite her space-alt-right leanings. Then I boned Miranda, because I mean, I’m only human. Garrus was just my mechanic. The guy stuck at the bottom of my ship fixing shit. But then I discovered something. Women dig Garrus.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Bungie Announces Destiny 2

First leakedlast week via poster, here it is: Destiny 2, a video game in which players travel through space, reminiscing about Destiny 1. It’ll be out this September. More details to come whenever Bungie announces them…

Valkyria Revolution, a spinoff to the Valkyria Chronicles series, will be out in North America on June 27, Atlus announced today. This one’s gota totally different combat system and will be out on PS4, Xbox One, and Vita.

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…