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In an email sent to customers, Oculus has cited “an unexpected component shortage” as the cause of the widespread launch-week shipping delays for their Rift VR headset. To make it up to people, they’re covering shipping costs for all orders made before yesterday. They say everyone’s order status page should be updated with a new…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 2, 2016 -
Angry Birds Makes For The Least Exciting LEGO Sets Ever
Which is stronger, my unrelenting excitement over new LEGO products, or my apathy towards the upcoming Angry Birds movie? After putting together the cheapest set released on Friday, apathy is triumphant. The Angry Birds Movie hits theaters on May 20, several years after Angry Birds had the sort of popularity that would support such a…
By Mike Fahey Published April 2, 2016 -
Forums Abuzz About Possible Leaked Mass Effect Andromeda Footage
A video identified by NeoGAF user Taker34 as a demo reel from the website of a developer working on the next installment of BioWare’s space opera shows off special effects and new movement abilities that may or may not show up in next year’s Mass Effect Andromeda The 50 second video is a series of…
By Mike Fahey Published April 2, 2016 -
Track: Ai no Uta/Love Song | Artist: Hatsune Miku/Lamaze-P | Album: Project Diva X Track
By Mike Fahey Published April 2, 2016 -
Really Cool New VR App Wraps Your PC Desktop Around You
I’ve played a lot of VR games this week, but the best thing I’ve done in virtual reality wasn’t a game at all. It was just my computer desktop, blown up into immersive 3D. Yesterday the 1.0 version of Virtual Desktop launched on Steam. Created by a developer named Guy Godin, Virtual Desktop has been…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 1, 2016 -
Podcast: What’s So Special About Quantum Break
On this week’s Kotaku Splitscreen, special guest Stephen Totilo and I talk about new video games, new gaming controversies, and what it’s like to have a bucket of tears strapped to your face. Topics covered: The state of our “best games for Wii U” list, the surprisingly interesting new game Quantum Break, some thoughts after…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 1, 2016 -
Bandai Namco Clamping Down On Dark Souls 3 Streaming, But It’s Too Late
Dark Souls 3 doesn’t come out until April 12, but three weeks before its release, streamers could start sharing their experiences. As I recently observed, that didn’t over so well the series’ passionate fans. Now, Bandai Namco is trying to put the genie back in the bottle. The embargo for Dark Souls 3 asked people…
By Patrick Klepek Published April 1, 2016 -
How to Find the Powerful Secret Weapons in the New Final Fantasy XV Platinum Demo
The newest playable teaser for Final Fantasy XV is short, but it still has a few cool things secreted away inside the dreamscape of young Noctis. The best thing players have found so far is a weapon that makes the final boss fight a breeze. Obviously, spoilers if you haven’t played the FFXV Platinum Demo…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 1, 2016 -
How A Blind Gamer Manages To Seriously Play Fighting Games
If you’re looking for something to read with your Friday coffee (beer?), look no further than Worth Reading, our roundup of the best in games writing. Hey, You Should Read These “Dwarf Fortress’ creator on how he’s 42% towards simulating existence” by Wes Fenlon Dwarf Fortress is, for me, in the same category as EVE…
By Patrick Klepek Published April 1, 2016 -
Oculus Founder Responds To Late Shipping Complaints [Update]
The Oculus Rift’s big launch week has been dampened a bit by the fact there apparently just aren’t that many headsets to go around. A lot of people who preordered have no real idea when their headset might ship, and Oculus has been mostly silent on what’s going on. That changed somewhat yesterday, when Oculus…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 1, 2016 -
The Future of WWE Is A Women’s Wrestler Named Bayley
The future of the WWE is a 26-year-old woman who wears a side ponytail in a scrunchie and snap bracelets on her wrists. She’s an athletic hero to little girls and jaded, older male fans alike, and she wrestled in what may have been the WWE’s best match of 2015. Her name is Bayley, real…
By Kevin Wong Published April 1, 2016 -
Our Favorite Games from March
It’s the first of April, but the games listed here aren’t jokes. On the contrary! They’re actually quite good, in various ways. From indies to triple-As, expansions to re-releases, the 19 below were our favorite games last month. Bunker Punks An extremely cool, fast-paced, roguelike shooter that’s really fun to play, even in its current…
By András Neltz Published April 1, 2016 -
The Struggle To Bring Back Baldur’s Gate After 17 Years
Baldur’s Gate is one of the most revered RPG series in video game history. It helped write the book on Western-style RPGs, putting a focus on memorable followers and party-based combat, and tossing it all in a blender with a dungeon and a dragon. Nearly two decades later, it’s back. This piece originally appeared 3/31/16.…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 1, 2016 -
Fake Patch Notes Turn World of Warcraft Into A Hot Mess
A service called “HeirBnB,” Twitch Plays Raid Finder, underwater Ashran (hell no!), Arena matches on Vine… Well, even if these are for April 1, I can see some of the new World of Warcraft: Legion alpha updates working in-game and waking up the community one way or another. General After the success of Warlords of…
By Gergo Vas Published April 1, 2016 -
WoW’s Goldshire Inn Looks Great in Unreal Engine 4, Despite the Murder
Apparently, a card game session went wrong in the Lion’s Pride Inn’s basement and someone bled all over the place. Thankfully that doesn’t tarnish the beauty of this Unreal Engine 4-World of Warcraft map too much. Made by Mikhail Petaykin, a 3D artist from Russia, the build, called “Dawn in the Lion’s Pride Inn,” is…
By András Neltz Published April 1, 2016 -
Japanese VR Game: Save The Cat Or Die Trying
Look, spaceships and guns are fine for hardcore gamers, but when it comes to VR and the masses, you need to start somewhere softer. Like cats. On April 15, Namco Bandai will open VR ZONE Project i Can, a demo and display centre in Tokyo that’s going to let people put on a HTC Vive…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2016 -
Daigo Immortalized With Statue (That You Can Buy)
Daigo Umehara is getting his own piece of fancy merch later in the year, when statue company Kinetiquettesreleases this piece commemorating the Street Fighter legend. Flanked by two of his favourite characters—Ryu and Evil Ryu—Daigo’s at the back, just chillin’, holding his arcade stick. The statue will stand around 18 inches tall when it’s done…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2016