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New World of Warcraft: Legion Dungeon Is A Ride On A Giant Ghost Ship

The instance is called Maw of Souls, and was added recently to the forthcoming expansion’s alpha build. It’s one of the nine five-man dungeons coming with Legion and it looks really impressive! The setting is Vyrkul-themed (basically it’s Norse mythology) with appropriate misty, rocky shores and shipwrecks. Players are transported into Vyrkul hell where they…

A Minecraft X-Wing, On Its Way to Blow Up the Death Star

Held together by Slime Blocks and Redstone, the Minecraft X-Wing blazes through the trench, heading towards the Death Star’s thermal exhaust port. This is the video the GIF’s from: As you can see, in real-time, the X-Wing actually moves a lot more slowly. The video showcases a Command Block-based X-Wing made by MythicalSnowman, on Adrian…

Choose Wisely

This is some excellent Pokémon fan-art by digital artist Orioto. It would be cool to play a version with graphics and colors like this. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

The Top 10 Games On Twitch For 2015 Were…

Twitch released their look back on 2015tonight, and amongst all the “total hours viewed” stuff was something genuinely interesting: the top ten games streamed on the service for the year. Number one will shock you! (OK no it won’t). 1. League of Legends 2. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. 3. DOTA 2 4. Hearthstone 5. Minecraft 6.…

Real Talk At A Dinner Party For The Sims

This had all the makings of a memorable dinner party. Good friends, good food, some wine…if only these were real people, and not Sims.

Eastshade is so pretty that I want to paint it. Fortunately, that’s exactly what I’ll be doing in the game. You play as a traveling painter on a massive Morrowind-looking island where you can compose paintings anywhere. Characters will give you items and secrets in exchange for them. I’m intrigued.

Clustertruck Is Indeed A Clusterfuck

Clustertruck looked cool when I first saw it. Now that I’ve played it? First opinion still stands. Below you’ll see me play through some of the alpha’s first few levels. Oh, and die a lot. The entire game isn’t due out until later in the year, but if you want to try out a few…

Firewatch In Third-Person Is Messed Up

Firewatch is a first-person video game where you’re constantly reminded of your character’s feet, arms, torso and legs. That all looks very cool in the intended first-person, but pan the camera out a little and oh my god Artist Olly Moss, who worked on the game, has been tweeting these clips today, showing the game’s…

I got done reading The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers Volume 2 the other day, and it was awesome, full of stories like yakuza links to 80s studios, a video game kidnapping and a ton of fascinating interviews with Japanese developers. You can take a look here (or get it in a rad bundle…

Overwatch‘s New Progression System Is A Big Step In The Right Direction

Overwatch is back! And in case you were worried, no, Blizzard didn’t ruin it. Overwatch is, broadly speaking, very good—and has been since its first closed beta late last year. It’s a fun, lightning-fast team-based shooter that draws a surprising amount of character inspiration from MOBAs like League of Legends and DOTA 2. What Blizzard…

Firewatch Has Your Wallpaper Needs Covered For 2016

Now that Firewatch has been out for a few days, players have had enough time for the game’s Steam page to fill up with user-submitted screenshots. And hoo boy I knew this was a pretty video game, but I forgot that there’d be folks out there playing it on 21:9/double monitors, whose setup basically means…

I’m Not Sure What XCOM 2 Wants Me To Do Here

I’m getting something about a “Shadow Chamber,” but I don’t quite understand what I’m supposed to do, exactly. I’ll click Tell Me More… Hmm… still not quite getting it…

Destiny Expansion Coming This Year; Destiny 2 In 2017 

Today Activision confirmed that, as Kotaku reported last month, Destiny 2 won’t be out until 2017. But there will be a significant expansion later this year. Said the company in a press release this afternoon: “Activision Publishing, along with its partners at Bungie, expects to bring a large new expansion to Destiny in 2016 and…

Agreed.

Slick Moves, Bats

Last night I learned that if you happen to land on an enemy vehicle in Arkham Knight, Batman will automatically drop a remote mine, leap to safety, and disable the car. Most games would probably just make you ragdoll out and go flying, but I guess most games don’t star Batman.

Fallout 4 Looks Better On Consoles Now

Good news, PS4 and Xbox One owners. Thanks to the latest Fallout 4 patch, the console versions of the game are about on par with the PC version running on high. The ever-meticulous Digital Foundry took a closer look at patch 1.03 and found that thanks to new tweaks, the draw distance on both Xbox…

Assassin’s Creed is skipping 2016, but Ubisoft says they’ve got a full slate for the coming fiscal year. By April 1, 2017, they’ll release: Watch Dogs 2 (which we’ve reported is set in San Francisco), For Honor, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, Ghost Recon Wildlands, and a new game “with strong digital live services.”

There’s No Downside To A Game Ditching Exclusivity

Quantum Break will never arrive on PlayStation 4, but PC owners can play it the same day as Xbox One owners. This has caused anxiety among some Xbox fans, prompting Microsoft executive Phil Spencer to digitally spar with passionate Xbox One owners. It’s been fascinating to watch. This started when a Twitter user blasted Spencer…

The New Powerpuff Girls Aren’t Taking Any Crap

Samurai Jack’s on his way back to TV. So are the Powerpuff Girls. Don’t dare use the p-word around Townsville’s cute crimefighters, though. Contact the author at [email protected]

It’s Official: Assassin’s Creed Is Skipping 2016

For the first time since 2009, Ubisoft will not release a big Assassin’s Creed game this fall, the publisher said today. It’s a huge shift for their tentpole series. Kotaku first broke news of this change last month, when we reported that the next big Assassin’s Creed game, which is code-named Empire and set in…