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Snooker Champion Is Not VR Champion, Falls Over
Ronnie O’Sullivan is one of the greatest snooker players to ever pick up a cue. In the real world, he would kick your ass. In a virtual game of snooker, though, the dude has some problems. Mostly with the floor. This clip is from a trailer for a new History Channel show starring the Englishman,…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 12, 2016 -
Battlefield 1‘s Opening Actually Says Something About WW1’s Pointless Carnage
I didn’t know how Battlefield 1 was going to approach the Great War, which was historically not great at all. I was worried they’d treat it like a fun game. But “Storm of Steel” doesn’t shy away from the war’s brutality. Spoiler Warning: If you want to experience this incredibly interesting and smart bit of…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 12, 2016 -
An Adventure Game That Lets You Explore Ruins As A Wolf
Lost Ember is an upcoming indie game from a wolf’s perspective. Marvelously, that wolf can possess other animals as a way of exploring the ruins of the imaginary Machu Kila. It looks to be a gorgeous adventure title that, as of yesterday, is raising funds on Kickstarter In Lost Ember, currently in development, players will…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 12, 2016 -
Enraged EVE Online Player Offers $75,000 Bounty On Enemy Corporation
EVE Online can get pretty intense. From battles that cost $300,000 in damages to histories so complex that a book was written about them, the long running MMO can get very serious. Now, a personal disagreement has led to a hefty bounty. In a Reddit post, user holder2k has offered $75,000 for the eviction of…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 12, 2016 -
Dragon Quest Builders Feels Like A More Guided Minecraft
I love the idea of Minecraft, but I lack the time, patience and attention span to get anywhere in it. What I need is Minecraft with a strong guiding hand. That’s Dragon Quest Builders in a nutshell. I’ve spent several hours wandering about Minecraft. I start projects and end them before the materials are gathered.…
By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2016 -
Battlefield 1 Trial Goes Live One Day Early
Members of Origin Access and EA Access can now download the ten hour trial for Battlefield 1, an entire day before originally planned. The early trial was meant to go live tomorrow but it can now be downloaded on PC and Xbox One by members. The download comes in at 40.39 GB total on PC…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 12, 2016 -
Despite Hype, Osiris: New Dawn Is Not The Perfect Space Sim Yet
Osiris: New Dawn is a space exploration game out in Early Access on Steam. It’s a vast but unfortunately tedious take on the survival genre. There’s a lot of potential but a long way to go if the game wants to dominate the field. With the mixed response to No Man’s Sky, the space exploration…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 12, 2016 -
Overwatch Fans Are Using The Halloween Update To Throw Candy On Corpses
Overwatch’s Halloween-themed seasonal event launched yesterday, and along with some spooky-scary skins, Blizzard gave us something else: Ana’s “grandma candy” emote and some solid trolling potential. Here, little boys and girls, don’t be afraid: Ana’s new “grandma candy” emote appears to be a riff on the “grandma candy” memefrom July, which Blizzard had taken note…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 12, 2016 -
Ubisoft Is Giving Away Beyond Good & Evil For Free
For the next month, Ubisoft’s ultimate cult classic, Beyond Good & Evil, can be yours for zero dollars if you have a PC and a free Ubisoft Club account. That’s down from $10 on Steam. The mega-publisher is giving the game away as part of a year-long celebration of their 30th anniversary (and maybe boost…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 12, 2016 -
WWE 2K17 Glitches Are A Good Time
WWE 2K’s physics may not misbehave quite so perfectly as FIFA’swhen they go wrong, but when it goes wrong, it can still be pretty great. The game’s only been out for a day, and already we have sightings of poltergeist body slams, wrestlers wearing tables and ladder murder. WARNING: Lotta gifs ahead.
By Luke Plunkett Published October 12, 2016 -
Finding A Match In Gears of War 4 Sucks [UPDATED]
I’ve been playing Gears of War 4 for a few dozen hours now and a good portion of that time has been spent waiting for the game to find someone to play with. At first, I thought it was simply that I was playing the game earlier than most people. So I waited for the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 12, 2016 -
Sports Games Dominate September PlayStation Download Charts, As No Man’s Sky Disappears
They don’t get a lot of press here on Kotaku, but sports games are still a big, big deal, especially in this fairly fallow fall gaming season where there ain’t much else for gamers to buy. Sony’s newly released charts of thetop 20 downloaded games for PS4 in America in September lead with NBA 2K,…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 12, 2016 -
Netflix’s Skylanders Series Looks Like Fun
Launching October 28 on Netflix, Skylanders Academy taps top animation, voice and production talent to make the toys-to-life game characters livelier than ever. Check out the official trailer. Along with this year’s installment of the hit video game franchise, Skylanders Academy gives characters like Spyro, Stealth Elf, Eruptor, Jet-Vac and Pop Fizz much more personality.…
By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2016
