Uncategorized

A Look At Spielberg’s Ready Player One Shoot

Steven Spielberg is bringing Ernest Cline’s book Ready Player One to the big screen. The famed director is currently filming in the U.K., and here’s a peek at the production. As The Birmingham Mail points out, the production has turned the city’s historic Jewellery Quarter into a dystopian American future. Our colleagues at io9 already…

Is a Red Dead Redemption remaster coming? According to Korean site Game Focus (via tipster Sang), a Red Dead remaster for PS4, Xbox One, and PC is in the works. Kotaku is following up with Rockstar and will update this story should the company comment.

Alan Becker’s Minecraft recreation of Totoro is just fantastic.

Video Game Screenshots As Art (Or Wallpaper)

Andy Cull, a screenshot artist we’ve featured before on Kotaku, has recently put together a gallery containing some of the best shots he’s taken in games over the past couple of years. If you want/need new desktop wallpaper, this is for you. If you’re wondering how he gets some of these shots and effects, like…

It’s Been Real

Well, folks, it’s been awesome. Got one last Deltron track for you, which, surprisingly, comes from Battleborn, and I’m out. It’s been real. I’ve gained a new appreciation for what the writers at Kotaku do here. 20+ posts in 3 days is a lot of work, whew, even when a few of them were republished.…

Lara Croft Is The Worst Thing About Rise of the Tomb Raider

Rise of the Tomb Raider is the best action-adventure game of this generation, a game that effortlessly balances great gameplay with puzzles that feel more naturalistic than artificial. As if that weren’t enough, the levels are awesome, exploration is a blast, and the game’s great at encouraging a sense of completionism. There’s just one problem:…

Why Rika Is The Best Character In Digimon

By the time Digimon Tamers aired, I was growing out of cartoons, or so I thought. Tamers was an impressive feat for an after-school cartoon, a surprisingly mature, more grounded take on the Digimon series, and that’s thanks in a large part to the show’s best character: Rika Nonaka. Tamers was great in part thanks…

Your Shooter Deserves Better Feedback

So there you are, minding your own business, when the CEO of Giant Game Publisher approaches you with an offer: he wants you to lead the development of a brand new entry in That First Person Shooter that he makes, and he wants you to make sure it’s fun to play. How do you make…

How To Save Duke Nukem

It’s no secret that Duke Nukem Forever was not particularly well received. As a self-described snob of first person shooters, I’m certainly not wild about the game. Broken encounters, weak level design, and an inconsistent sense of humor held Duke Nukem Forever back from being a great game. Duke deserves better. Duke Nukem 3D is…

Minecraft’s Free Tumble Mini-Game Is A Blast

Following fast on the heels of Mojang’s first console mini-game—Battle—is another competitive arena game mode, but this time with a little bit more polish and a lot more fun. Rather than trying to badly emulate the highly niche and wonky PvP that is popular on big Minecraft servers, Tumble takes all of the best elements…

Why Last-Gen’s Downloadable Games Are So Great

Downloadable-only games have exploded in popularity in the last few years. Gone are the days when retail was the be-all, end-all of video games. Now, some of the coolest, most inventive games are just a few clicks away from being able to play. Still, I can’t help but feel like the grass is greener on…

In Fallout 4, Food Is More Important Than You Think

The first thing you need to do in Fallout 4, obviously, is find a decent weapon. The Wasteland is a deadly, dangerous place and to survive, you’ll need to defend yourself. Make it through that first fight, though, and you’ll soon need to find something else: Food. This piece originally appeared 11/16/15 via Kotaku Australia…

Sunset at the Coliseum. Rome, Italy. By Caleb Lesch. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!

Battlefield 1 vs Team Fortress 2

Hey Tommy Charge, was the intention here with this Battlefield 1 trailer remake to actually make us want a new, bigger Team Fortress game? The same cast, only with tanks and zeppelins? Because that’s all I’m taking away from this. If anyone at Valve is still making new video games, please be making this Here’s…

The trailer for Husqvarna’s advergame Limberjack will almost convince you that the key to a successful house party is cumbersome virtual reality equipment and a Scandinavian chainsaw.

A Little More Than Meets The Eye

In THE REAL DEAL, Patrick Boivin brings a five year-old boy’s Transformers showdown to life.

Why Half-Life 2 Doesn’t Live Up To Its Predecessor

You’re probably wondering what’s taking Valve, a company with nigh-infinite resources, forever to make Half-Life 2: Episode 3. Or you’ve given up on that and you believe it’s going to be called Half-Life 3. The sad truth is that we will never see another Half-Life game from Valve, and for one very good reason: its…

Something Nice To Say About Half-Life 2 Before I Destroy It Later

I met Max Barnyard ages ago. He’s a cool dude and makes cool videos. I was going to write a Half-Life 2 piece today, but something came up, and I thought that hey, you might like to watch Max’s video while you wait.

The Only Superhero I Want To Play Is Rogue

Most discussion about superhero video games revolves around the same few boring superheroes. People want to be Superman. They want to be Wolverine. They want to be Batman. Everyone wants to be the most popular and least interesting superheroes in comic books. Enough, I say! There’s only one superhero we absolutely need to play, and…

On Virtual Realism

I do not relish the thought of academia, through few faults of its own. We’re just not that compatible. What I want to do and what it wants to do fits on a Venn diagram with “philosophy” as our only area of overlap. I mention this because I think I’ve figured out something about games,…