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Ask Kotaku‘s Staff Anything [UPDATE: Q&A Over]

It’s Friday, it’s brutally hot, and we’re here for an hour or so to answer your questions. Ask whatever you’d like, including but not limited to “why is July the worst?”

It’s Time To Play Red Dead Redemption Again

With Red Dead Redemption finally backwards compatible on the Xbox One, it’s time to look back at Rockstar’s Western masterpiece. A staggering example of AAA design gone horribly right, Red Dead is one hell of a game. Join me in this video for an adventure full of bounty hunters, sharpshooting, and shenanigans!

Someone Made A Destiny Sidescroller And It’s Actually Pretty Fun

In honor of Bungie Day, Destiny fan Brenton Whitwell made a sidescroller version of the vast online shooter. In honor of Destiny, it has no story. Whitwell’s sidescroller—which he called Project Tiger, after Destiny’s original codename—is short but surprisingly fun, letting you gun down some shanks and hop around a 2D version of the Cosmodrome.…

The Strange History Of The Word ‘Pokemon’

Turns out, Pokémon didn’t start with Nintendo and Game Freak. Or at least, the word didn’t. This piece originally appeared 5/22/15. Pokémon, as you likely know, is short for Pocket Monsters. The global sensation has captured the hearts, minds, and other organs—all of which presumably say their own names and evolve into better organs—for two…

Red Dead Redemption Runs Better On Xbox One

Inexplicably, there’s still no way to play the fantastic western open-world game Red Dead Redemption on PC or PlayStation 4, but starting today you can at least play it on an Xbox One. As of this morning, you can either pop in your old 360 disc to get a free Xbox One copy of Red…

Pokémon Go’s Launch Has Been Terrible [Update]

Playing Pokémon Go this week has proven to be pretty difficult thanks to a wide array of issues plaguing the augmented reality game. Things got to an iffy start right from the get-go, given the lack of clarity from developer Niantic as to when the game would actually launch across various regions. Players were left…

Hollywood’s upcoming Tomb Raider movie, which stars Alicia Vikander, now has a release date. According to Variety, it’s slated for March 16, 2018.

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Turbine, the Boston-based studio behind games like Lord of the Rings Online, laid off a significant number of people today. “Turbine is transitioning into a free-to-play, mobile development studio, and as a result we are eliminating some positions,” said parent company Warner Bros. in a statement. “The Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and…

Adam Boyes, PlayStation third-party relations vice president (and a big champion of indie games on Sony platforms), is leaving the company to return to game development For a good idea on the work he did with Sony, check out this interview Jason had with him back in 2013

Broforce, which is America’s Game, just got a 4th of July update. On the 7th of July. Better late than never! It adds Bruce Lee, Dirty Harry, a new Snake Plisskin and Tank Girl.

Guy Beats Fallout 4 Without Getting Hit Even Once

Streamer T Ronix set himself a pretty tough challenge: to beat Fallout 4 without being hit even once. Oh, and without using chems, power armour or companions (unless the story mandated it) either. If he got hit or broke those rules, he’d have to go right back to the start. It took him over 25…

Dirt Rally is getting Oculus Rift support next Monday, July 11. From what I’ve played of the non-VR game, it will be a lot to deal with. I’m going to play it anyway.

Watch Out For World Of Warcraft‘s Newest Thieving Scam

The World of Warcraft community is abuzz over an infectious, gold-stealing scam affecting players across realms. This morning, VICE Motherboard reported that a scam with “a sophisticated combination of social engineering and malicious code” is spreading through a sort of viral word-of-mouth chat script. On Reddit, WoW player MrNoobyy described how another player, impersonating a…

Hitman’s next Elusive Target, The Twin, will appear in Sapienza for 72 hours on July 15 IO has also introduced an app that will let you know when Elusive Targets are live, along with other news and updates.

Preparing For Life After Dark Souls: A Conversation With Designer Hidetaka Miyazaki

Between directing Bloodborne and co-directing Dark Souls 3, From Software president Hidetaka Miyazaki has kept busy. As he works on Dark Souls 3‘s downloadable content, Miyazaki must consider the future of From Software and what’s after Souls. Here’s what the designer had to say. Though Miyazaki is now running From Software, he comes from humble…

Blizzard Is Changing Overwatch‘s Controversial Sudden Death Mode

Overwatch’s competitive mode has proven a contentious subject, to say the least. One thing pretty much everyone agrees on, however, is that the sudden death tiebreaker mode needs a serious overhaul. The good news: it’s getting one! The bad news: in the near future, tweaks will be slight. Blizzard isn’t Pharah ulting it into oblivion…

Pokémon Go Is Sending Lots of Players To Church

The first thing I noticed after initially booting up Pokémon Go was that 70% of the landmarks near me were churches. Considering that I’m not a religious person, this has proven to be kiiiind of awkward. I am not alone in feeling this way. Actually, a lot of Pokémon Go players are being directed to…

Infamous Price Gouger Martin Shkreli Wants To Collect Rare Magic: The Gathering Cards

Infamous price gouger Martin Shkreli has found his next potential scheme, and it’s a little less glamorous than his shady pharmaceutical company: Magic: The Gathering. Shkreli posted on the MTG subreddit last night fishing for details about collecting rare Magic cards. He identifies as a “new and wealthy player” who collects “wine, art and other…

Resident Evil 4 will arrive for PS4 and Xbox One on August 30, with all the tweaks and changes that have been made to the horror classic over the years. Man, I’ve wanted an excuse to play RE4 again. Maybe this is it.