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Oculus Rift Exclusivity Debate Heats Up Over Serious Sam VR

The debate over “exclusive” Oculus Rift games reached a new pitch yesterday. The catalyst: Serious Sam VR, and the question of whether Oculus is attempting to buy up exclusivity for in-development games. Since the Rift launched in March, Oculus has offered a number of exclusive games for their headset. Games like Farlands, Lucky’s Tale, and…

Final Fantasy XV Will Have A Pause Mode

Good news for old-school Final Fantasy fans who miss turn-based combat: FFXV will offer an option called Wait Mode, letting you freeze time and pick attacks at your own leisure. Director Hajima Tabata announced the mode during a livestream today, and it should make for welcome news to anyone who likes a slower pace in…

The Witcher‘s Gwent Spinoff Has A Beefy Single-Player Mode

I haven’t spent a lot of time playing Gwent in The Witcher 3—there are too many monsters to hunt, too many mysteries to solve—but with CD Projekt Red’s new spinoff, that’s probably going to change. Gwent, which is free-to-play and will launch on PC, Xbox One, and PS4, is more than just a competitive card…

Nyko Has Speakers For Your Controllers And Rubber Straps For Your Forearms

If you’re the kind of online player who instantly mutes everybody talking at the beginning of a match, then the Nyko SpeakerCom is probably not for you. Maybe go with virtual reality acupressure arm strap instead. Nyko brings weird things to E3. The weirdest to me, the $24.99 SpeakerCom, might be the most convenient to…

Fans Think The Newest Pokémon Totally Looks Like Donald Trump

Meet the newest Pokémon, Yungoos. The internet thinks he looks kiiiind of familiar. Earlier today, Nintendo debuted footage of a new normal-type weasel monster who will be available in Pokémon Sun and Moon This is what he looks like normally: See the yellow fur on the top of his head? That’s what Pokémon fans are…

Roach’s Gwent Card Is Perfect

I still don’t play Gwent in The Witcher 3, and I’m not sure about CD Projekt Red’s new standalone Gwent game, either. The card for Geralt’s horse Roach, however, is so perfect that it may convince me to finally start. Jason just played some Gwent at E3, so we’ll have more impressions of the game…

The Mystery of What The Resident Evil 7 Teaser Hides [Updated]

Last night, a Resident Evil 7 teaser was uploaded as a free demo on PSN. The whole thing lasts maybe 20 minutes, tops. Lots of people have played the demo multiple times, searching every nook and cranny—but many believe they’ve yet to find every secret. To get this out of the way: the demo has…

Watch Over An Hour Of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Throughout the morning and afternoon, Nintendo folks have been demoing their new open-world Zelda game, Breath of the Wild. (We’ve played it, too.) If you missed some of the stream, we’ve got you covered. Watch a bunch of the demos below: My favorite part was the part where Link got cold. Aw! Poor little guy.

Rock Band 4 is getting an expansion called Rivals this fall. It’ll include “really big, new modes” that Harmonix isn’t saying anything about for some reason. They also announced a Fender Jaguar guitar controller that’ll be foldable. Convenient! Now it’ll gather dust in your closet even more efficiently. (I kid.)

What’s It’s Like To Be Batman In VR

One of the more exciting announcements at Sony’s press conference was Batman: Arkham VR, a virtual reality experience set in Rocksteady’s Batman universe. Not long after the event, I had a chance to give it a shot. This is actually being developed internally at Rocksteady; it’s not a spin-off made at an external studio. In…

Zelda Producer Explains Why, Despite Speculation, The New Link Is A Guy

Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma credits fan speculation for the creation of a female Link in the recent Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Warriors 3DS game, but he clarified to Kotaku here at E3 that the Link in the new Wii U Zelda who first showed up in a 2014 trailer was always planned to be…

New Zelda Amiibo, Waluigi Amiibo, Boo Amiibo, All The Amiibo

Not only are we getting a trio of Amiibo figures based on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild—including the first-ever articulated Amiibo—Nintendo has seven new Super Mario Amiibo coming in November, complete with a glowing ghost and the worst character ever. Nintendo’s E3 Amiibo page treats the Breath of the Wild Amiibo all…

Overwatch Update Nerfs McCree And Widowmaker

It’s been hinted at for a couple weeks, but now it’s finally here: Overwatch’s first big post-launch balance update. Blizzard has looked in the general direction of McCree and Widowmaker and uttered those fateful words: “It’s hiiiiiiiigh noon.” For now the patch is only out on PC. These changes will be included in a larger…

Announced back in March, Paper Mario Color Splash will be hitting the Wii U on October 7, giving console owners something to do once they’ve finished Tokyo Mirage Sessions and Monster Hunter Generations.

Hands On With The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild

I’ve played the new Zelda game for about half an hour. It’s terrific. It’s also very unlike the many Zeldas I’ve played before. On Sunday, Nintendo reps gave me and other reporters access to the game’s two E3 demos. One lets players run around as franchise hero Link, exploring a large area that the devs…

Our First Look At The New Zelda, Breath of the Wild

Nintendo today revealed a bunch of new information on their next Zelda game, due to come out on NX and Wii U next year. The presentation opened with a brand new trailer voiced by a woman (presumably Zelda) telling Link to open his eyes. Lots of shots of vast open world areas, and we see…

Pokémon Sun and Moon Footage Shows Three New Monsters, Battles, and More

Nintendo’s Treehouse livestream event this year kicked off with new Pokémon Sun and Moon gameplay, and so far, it’s looking great. First off, we have Yungoos, a normal-type monster: And also Pikapek, a normal/flying woodpecker: And Grubbin, a bug-type: Encounters are also slightly different now, as Sun and Moon actually warn you with darkened screen…

Watch Nintendo’s Treehouse Live, Right Here

Ready to learn about the next Zelda? In lieu of a Nintendo Direct this year, the big N is running a Treehouse stream that’s dedicated to Link’s new adventure, among other games. Let’s watch! The stream starts at 12pm ET and should continue for a few hours today, then pick up again on Wednesday. Nintendo…

Hideo Kojima’s New Game, Death Stranding, Already Has Conspiracy Theories

If you viewed the bizarre teaser for Death Stranding and immediately thought, “what the hell did I just watch,” the good news is that you are not alone. Above all, the trailer seemed conceptual: there was no gameplay, just some hints at themes and ideas. Subsequently, there are some things we know concretely about the…

Square Enix has announced that Platinum Games’ follow-up to Nier will arrive on PlayStation 4 in early 2017. The news came with a very pretty trailer for Nier: Automata, as all things should.