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Gearbox’s Homeworld Remastered has been completely retooled under hood courtesy of a new patch, with everything from formations to unit stats to the UI tweaked. If you haven’t played in a while, might be worth jumping back in tomorrow when the patch goes live.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 6, 2016 -
Razer Blade 2016 Review: It Keeps Getting Better Every Time We Review It
Eschewing the unpopular and largely non-existent practice of releasing new versions of products that are worse than the previous ones, the latest version of Razer’s wafer-thin gaming laptop is better than the ones that came before it. Good call. I’ve been playing around with Razer’s gaming laptops since the first Blade arrived back in 2012.…
By Mike Fahey Published June 6, 2016 -
UFC 199 Was The UFC At Its Best And Worst
UFC 199 was stacked with moments that reminded me why I love MMA. Michael Bisping’s championship win. Dan Henderson’s age-defying comeback KO of Hector Lombard. The last ten seconds of Max Holloway vs Ricardo Lamas. Shame the UFC had to mar it by being a petty wreck of an organization. It’s a storybook event whose…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 6, 2016 -
The Overwatch Equivalent Of Liking Your Own Facebook Post
There’s nothing more frustrating than being called out in Overwatch’s post-match results screen and having nobody give a thumbs up. When that happens, I resort to extreme measures: I give myself a thumbs up. NO. SHAME. There are two different ways that Overwatch tries to make players feel cool when the match is over, win…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 6, 2016 -
Chat With The Kotaku Staff About E3 And More
People, it’s less than a week until the big E3 press conferences begin and you just might be in the mood to talk about the big show. Or maybe you just want to talk about games that are out now or about Kotaku. Got questions? We’ll do our best to answer! Fire away in the…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 6, 2016 -
Ubisoft Announces Watch Dogs 2 Announcement
And now it’s time for an annual Ubisoft tradition: the announcement of an announcement. Per this lame teaser, Watch Dogs 2 will be officially unveiled on Wednesday at 12pm Eastern. Fortunately, Kotaku has already learned most of the important details about Watch Dogs 2: It’s set in San Francisco, it stars a black hacker named…
By Jason Schreier Published June 6, 2016 -
Overwatch Fans Have Turned DVA Into A Dorito-Eating Gremlin
According to Overwatch’s story, Hana Song used to be a professional StarCraft 2 player. That’s DVA’s entire schtick, really: she’s a big gamer. Fans have run with that premise, and taken it to its logical (and somehow adorable) conclusion. You know what the stereotype about gamers is by now, right? That we like to eat…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 6, 2016 -
Horizon Zero Dawn Delayed To February 2017
Hunting robot dinosaurs in the post-apocalypse will have to wait until February 28, but for now, there’s a new Horizon Zero Dawn trailer Rumors of a delay for the PS4 exclusive have been kicking around, and it’s not a surprise Sony wanted to get it out of the way before E3. “It wasn’t an easy…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 6, 2016 -
Saints Row Creators Announce New Game, Agents of Mayhem
Saints Row developer Volition Studios today announced Agents of Mayhem, a new game that sure seems a lot like Saints Row. Publisher Deep Silver announced the game through IGN this morning. There’s a cinematic trailer (above) but not much else yet. IGN describes it as “an exclusively single-player open-world action game featuring characters with cool…
By Jason Schreier Published June 6, 2016 -
Yooka-Laylee Looks Like So Much Fun
The bad news: Yooka-Laylee is delayed to 2017. The good news: It looks wonderful. New trailer above. Originally pitched last year on Kickstarter as a spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie, Yooka-Laylee raised over $2 million. The independent studio Playtonic, made up mostly of ex-Rare developers, is making the game.
By Jason Schreier Published June 6, 2016 -
It really was that easy
By Luke Plunkett Published June 6, 2016 -
There’s A Little Game Of Thrones In The Witcher 3: Blood And Wine
Fanfic writers aren’t the only ones penning Game of Thrones/The Witcher crossovers. Developer CD Project Red slipped their own into the latest Witcher 3 DLC. Be warned: ahead lies only spoilers. Seriously, even the YouTube thumb is a spoiler. Don’t go down there if you don’t want to know. YouTuber FluffyNinjaLlama posted the 30-second Westeros-themed…
By Mary Kenney Published June 5, 2016 -
The Week in Games: A Hop, Skip and an Origin Story
It’s a good week to love indie and strategy games. Mirror’s Edge Catalyst drops this week for those of us who tried real-life Parkour and failed (cough me cough). The reboot focuses on Faith’s origin story. Next week is a bit sparse thanks to the E3 lull, and our fingers are crossed for a few…
By Mary Kenney Published June 5, 2016 -
Eloquent Plea For Free Overwatch Rejected By Blizzard In The Best Way
Reader Kyle really, really wants to play Overwatch, but he hasn’t been able to buy it. Hoping to earn a copy—using wit alone—he wrote to Blizzard about his valiant efforts to convince his wife he needs it. According to Kyle, his plea began with a table dance, though his wife asked him to get down.…
By Mary Kenney Published June 5, 2016 -
X-Men: Apocalypse‘s Finest Moment Recreated In Fallout 4
Between Days of Future Past and Apocalypse, Evan Peters’ Quicksilver has swiftly established himself as a cornerstone of the X-Men movie universe. YouTuber Ez pays tribute to the speedster by recreating his latest heroic music video in Fallout 4 Mild spoilers for the movie ahead, though really nothing we’ve not seen in the trailers. First…
By Mike Fahey Published June 5, 2016 -
P.T. spiritual successor Allison Road has been canceled, according to a post on the game’s official Twitter account. Thefan project ended its Kickstarter campaign early last September to partner with Worms developer Team 17. A statement regarding the cancellation is expected in the next few days.
By Mike Fahey Published June 5, 2016
