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Nintendo Changes E3 Plans, Will Show More Than Zelda
Today Nintendo announced that they plan to talk about more than just the new Zelda at E3 later this month. Don’t get your hopes up: there’s still no press conference or Nintendo Direct planned. But at least they’ll show off some other games. During a livestream on Tuesday June 14 and Wednesday June 15, Nintendo’s…
By Jason Schreier Published June 2, 2016 -
Meet The New Legendaries In Pokémon Sun And Moon
Meet Solgaleo and Lunala, the two newest legendaries in the Pokémon universe. Solgaleo (left) will star in Pokémon Sun, while Lunala (right) will pop up in Pokémon Moon. Both look like they could kick the hell out of Popplio Both new Pokémon games will be out on 3DS November 18. Solgaleo is a psychic/steel creature…
By Jason Schreier Published June 2, 2016 -
Poll: Japan’s Most Memorable Games on Each Console
Japanese game magazine Famitsu is celebrating its 30th anniversary. To mark the occasion, the publication polled readers, asking them which games were most memorable on consoles ranging from the Famicom to the PS4. Famitsu received 2,921 ballots, with each ballot featuring the platforms listed below. The rule was that those who voted could write only…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 2, 2016 -
Report: Jake Gyllenhaal To Star In The Division Movie
Variety is reporting that not only is Ubisoft trying to get a movie made out of The Division (not news), but that they’ve already got Prince of Persia star Chesty Jake Gyllenhaal attached to the project, as both actor and producer (interesting). Before we go any further, remember: as bad as video game movies tend…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2016 -
7 Year-Old Kid Punches Armed GameStop Robber
On Friday night, two men stormed into a GameStop store in Montgomery County, Maryland. They ordered everyone onto the ground at gunpoint, and while employees and a husband and wife complied, the couple’s seven year-old boy started swinging punches at the robbers instead. “He’s a brave little boy, and he recognized he was in a…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2016 -
Why Won’t My PC’s Optical Drive Open?
My PC’s optical drive won’t open. It’s been that way for a few weeks. Why won’t my PC’s optical drive open? It’s passive-aggressively suggesting that I don’t really need an optical drive in the first place. It’s still recovering from when I tried to get it to read my original 7th Guest discs. It still…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 1, 2016 -
Overwatch Doesn’t Do Enough For Its Support Heroes
In team-based games like League of Legends and Team Fortress 2, and MMOs like World of Warcraft, support classes—medics, buffers, debuffers, etc—are a necessary element of victory. However, they’re under-appreciated and sometimes under-played. Overwatch addresses that problem in some smart ways, but it doesn’t completely solve the problem. Whether in single or multiplayer games, support…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 1, 2016 -
More Companies Should Explain Their Censorship Decisions The Way NIS America Just Did
When NIS America announced erotic dungeon crawler Criminal Girls 2: Party Favors would arrive this September on Vita, it came with a big caveat. Like the last game, there have been “modifications” to make it appropriate. In advance, the company published an exhaustive explanation. Warning: The content in this post may be considered NSFW. “I…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 1, 2016 -
AMD’s New Radeon RX 480 Is VR-Ready For $200
The price of entry to PC-based virtual reality just got a lot lower. The first graphics card based on AMD’s Polaris architecture arrives at the end of June, promising VR performance of a $500 GPU for less than half the price. Where Nvidia aimed high with its first two next-generation graphics cards, the GTX 1070…
By Mike Fahey Published June 1, 2016 -
Developer Rejects Player Requesting Steam Key For Supporting LGBT Rights [UPDATE]
Operation Caucasus developer Dream Games has given out tons of early access keys for their shooter. But when this player asked for one, sporting a colorful avatar signaling support for LGBT rights, the developer responded with a simple message: “We’re not support lgbt. Please, just f**k you.” This exchange was posted as part of a…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 1, 2016 -
Vivendi Takes Over Gameloft, Eyes Ubisoft Next
Media conglomerate Vivendi has successfully seized control of the mobile game publisher Gameloft, and it looks like they’re not done yet. Next up: Ubisoft. The Paris-based Vivendi, which owned Activision Blizzard until late 2013, has been gobbling up shares in both game companies for the past few months as part of a hostile takeover attempt.…
By Jason Schreier Published June 1, 2016 -
Reaper Players Always Have The Best Names In Overwatch
Reaper’s tryhard edgelording is partially on Blizzard, which has given the character sharp lines such as “DIE, DIE, DIE.” But players who play Reaper also make him seem like a ridiculous character, too. The excellent @reapernames Twitter account collects screenshots of actual Reaper players in the wild, and they all have amazing names. Sometimes, the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 1, 2016 -
PS4 Video Editing Gets A Bunch Of Useful Upgrades
If you create and publish videos using your PS4, Sony’s added a bunch of new features that should make your life easier. The best way to capture, edit, and stream videos from any device, PS4 or otherwise, is using a separate capture box connected to a computer. Since that’s not possible for most people, you’re…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 1, 2016 -
What A Year To Love Playing Video Games
Somewhere around my fifth hour of Stardew Valley, I thought, “Oh, shit, 2016 is going to be a really good year for video games.” That was back in February. The subsequent months have borne that prediction out. A few weeks ago a new Doom game came out and instead of being bad, it was really…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 1, 2016 -
Our Favorite Games From May
A lot of great games came out in May, from reboots of classics to new team-based shooters to the end of a dashing adventure series. Take a look at some of our favorite games from the last month. Overwatch In this team-based multiplayer shooter, actually playing the game feels like such a small part of…
By Riley MacLeod Published June 1, 2016 -
Overwatch: The Kotaku Review
Overwatch has technically only been out for a week, but it’s already a phenomenon. Even people who have never played Overwatch are getting sucked into its orbit through fan fiction, cosplay, memes and porn. That’s because Overwatch is not really a game as much as it’s an event. Normally, hype tells you nothing concrete about…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 1, 2016 -
Skylanders Imaginators Lets Players Bring Custom Characters To Life
Fans of Activision’s toys-to-life franchise have been dreaming up their own Skylands champions since the first game arrived back in 2011. This year’s Imaginators finally harnesses that creativity, giving players the ability to piece together the Skylander of their dreams. The first thing Activision’s Lou “Zoo Lou” Studdard showed me during a meeting earlier this…
By Mike Fahey Published June 1, 2016 -
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2016
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Nine More Things Revealed about Final Fantasy XV
In one form or another, this game has been in development for ages. Yet, as recently revealed in Square Enix’s Active Time Report(via Dengeki Online), there are still new things we are learning about it. 1. Crash the Flying Car and It’s Game Over. You can crash the car during take off and landing. However,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2016 -
Fable Card Game Survives (For Now) The Death Of Lionhead
Yes, Fable has been driven into the ground until only dust and ash remain, but for remaining fans of Lionhead’s fantasy series, there is small hope: the video games might be gone, but a card game is still being worked on. Turns out that before being shut down, Lionhead was quietly working on a digital…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2016