Whenever I see a new trailer for Horizon Zero Dawn, I mutter to myself: “please don’t suck.” Based on the 30 minutes I played this week, things are looking promising, and it’s not just the big stuff: it’s the game’s smaller details, too. My favorite a-ha moment happened when the developers were guiding us through…
Dragon Quest VII was one of the biggest games of its time, a significant leap over its predecessors in terms of raw size. So when the developers at Square decided to remake it for 3DS, they ran into some issues. For example, as Dragon Quest VII 3DS producer Noriyoshi Fujimoto explained to me during an…
Every time there’s a mass shooting in America—which is more or less constantly—politicians take to social media to talk about their thoughts and prayers. NRA-supported legislators tend to be particularly thoughtful and prayerful, something that’s thankfully been called out more aggressively of late. Thoughts & Prayers is a short, easy-to-play browser game from political game-makers…
YouTube’s biggest star is infamous for screaming over footage of video games, and while he makes some good money doing it, it seems that his neighbors don’t really appreciate his shitck at all. Actually, Pewdiepie says he is getting evicted from an apartment that he used as a recording studio over the noise he makes…
We ended this E3 the way we started, bygoing hands-on with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Here, for your viewing pleasure, is direct feed footage of some cool moments that happened naturally as we played the game. Hunting, cooking, stealth attacks, wolf link and more. Tip: listen with headphones, because the sound…
Why build a massive PC case out of Overwatch’s bespectacled, science-tastic simian? Alternative question: why not? The build, which was on display at E3 this week, was given life by the tech warlocks at PCJunkieMods. They even made videos chronicling the process: It’s a damn impressive piece of work. What if there’s more to it,…
No podcast episode today, sorry! Due to unexpected travel complications, Jason and I won’t be able to record our final E3 bonus episode of Kotaku Splitscreen. Thanks for listening along this week; we’ll be back next week with regular episodes.
The next Zelda game isn’t out yet, but eagle-eyed players are already finding all sorts of cool easter eggs. Yesterday, we brought your attention to some of the references and callbacks that Breath of the Wild makes toward older Zelda games. Today, we bring you a discovery made by neoGAFFER RagnarokX, who noticed that the…
Welcome to E3 2016! Kotaku is in Los Angeles for the week, bringing you all the news, interviews, media, and more from the year’s biggest trade show. We’ll update this post regularly as E3 continues, so check back! PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULE First up, the schedule! Much of the biggest news comes from the major press…
E3’s press conferences are great for showcasing all those fancy-pantsy new games but, more importantly, they’re also an invaluable source of the most glorious corporate folly: a place to revel in poorly-conceived skits, mirthless misfires and moments of such inexplicable lunacy that its impossible to see how anyone ever thought they might be a good…
E3 isn’t all about the soulless march of retail products from the ether into your digital wishlists. There is still, in the more secluded corners of the show, room for true love to be found. As Tiny Cartridge report, Logan and Caitlin—both massive fans of Japanese publisher Natsume and its Harvest Moon series—were engaged during…
It’s been a good year for video game endings! Not long after Uncharted 4’s masterpiece, along comes The Witcher 3’s final expansion Blood & Wine, which serves as a playable farewell tour for Geralt of Rivia, someone fans have been playing as for almost nine years now. And that farewell is good Where Nathan Drake’s…
The lines at E3 are really long. Wanna know how long? Kotaku’s editor in chief Stephen Totilo gave us a live tour.
I was wondering if we’d written about Death’s Gambit before, and all I could find was a 2014 post about how much I loved a GIF I saw of it. That GIF is still cool, but the actual game looks good, too. Yesterday at E3, the game’s lead designer Jean Canellas played through a demo…
God of War 4 (aka God of W4r, God of Four, 4 God 4 Fourious, etc) is, I think it’s fair to say, not what people expected from a God of War follow-up. In it, Kratos has a precious new family member (his beard) and also a son. What does it all mean? Nothing’s concrete…
We last checked in on Rain Worlda little over a year ago, with its nifty platforming and cute little Slugcat star.Yesterday at E3, half of the game’s two-man dev team showed off the progress they’ve made since then. This clip via Sony’s PlayStation underground stream: Rain World will be out “hopefully soon-ish,” according to the…
Today in sea shanties: These folks in pirate garb outside the Sea of Thieves booth at E3, as captured by Jason Schreier.
There have been a lot of stage presentations, interviews, videos and livestreams to come out of E3 this year. Some have been slick, professional and informative! Others have not. We’re here to celebrate/die 1000 deaths watching the latter, via digbickqt
We’re three days into E3, and there’s still plenty to talk about. Final Fantasy XIV, for example. And Final Fantasy XV. And maybe a little Final Fantasy XII. Let’s hit ‘em all, on another bonus E3 episode of Kotaku Splitscreen You can listen to the podcast on iTunes here, and we’re also on Google Play.…
Update:
Mode
Follow us
