Spider-Man Continues To Look Like A Lot Of Fun

Everything in the world might be bad, but if nothing else, the last couple years have made it official: Spider-Man is good again. Today during Sony’s E3 press conference, Insomniac showed off a demo of its upcoming Spider-Man game. It centered on a conflict between Spidey and Electro in a prison. After downing the helicopter…

Kojima’s Death Stranding Gets Weirder Every Damn Time We See It

The new Death Stranding trailer picks right back up where it left off with Norman Reedus’s fetus, but I still have so many questions. This new trailer for Death Stranding shows off some truly beautiful environments, is set to a melancholy indie song, and yes, Norman Reedus gets naked. We have learned one new piece…

Nioh Gets A Sequel

2017 action-RPG and Geralt of Rivia lookalike platform Nioh (which was rather good) has a sequel, just announced during Sony’s E3 press conference.

Samurai Game Ghost of Tsushima Is Gorgeous

Sony showed the first gameplay of the upcoming samurai action game Ghost of Tsushima at their E3 2018 press conference this evening. It was a beautiful ballet of swords and arrows. First announced at last year’s Paris Games Week, Ghost of Tsushima is the next game from Infamous studio Sucker Punch Productions, and it’s looking…

The Last Of Us 2 Is Looking Ruthless (And Gay)

Sony kicked off its E3 2018 press conference with a showing of The Last Of Us 2, showing a lengthy gameplay sequence that sure was something. The presentation began with a long cinematic sequence, in which we see Ellie and some friends at a party hanging out, talking social politics, dancing and then getting some…

Podcast: We React To Bethesda, Square Enix, And Ubisoft At E3 2018

Another day, another bunch of E3 press conferences. Let’s talk about them! On the second episode of Kotaku Splitscreen’s special E3 coverage, Jason Schreier and I talked about everything we liked (and didn’t like) about Bethesda’s press conference from last night, Square Enix’s letdown of a show this morning, and Ubisoft’s reliably daffy extravaganza earlier…

We’re Liveblogging Sony’s E3 Press Conference [Update: It’s Over]

We’re in the thick of E3 2018’s press conference bonanza and it’s time to hear from Sony. Maybe we’ll finally see gameplay for Death Stranding and get a release date for Ghost of Tsushima. Chris and I will have live commentary here for you in a few moments. You can watch the press conference here…

Watch Sony’s E3 2018 Press Conference Here, Live [Update: Over]

We’ve got more E3 with Sony’s press conference at 6pm PT/9pm ET. We’re looking forward to more Spider-Man, The Last of Us Part 2, and maybe some Death Stranding You can watch at YouTube, below, or on Twitch

Fallout 76‘s Approach To Nukes Seems Like A Shift For The Series

Fallout 76 will have nukes. Provided players find the keys, they will be able to fire these nukes off whenever they please. This gameplay feature, announced at last night’s Bethesda press conference, is presumably meant to encourage player-created drama in the upcoming online survival game. It’s also the clearest signal yet that the Fallout series,…

The Division 2 Feels Like An Apology To Those Burned By The Last Game

It’s clear the developers of The Division 2 have a long list of the grievances people had with first game, even though many of those problems were patched out during the game’s radical post-launch improvement. That wasn’t enough, and now they’re really pouring on the charm while making a sequel that is impressive to play…

Satisfactory Has The Best Name At E3

Satisfactory is an upcoming game for the PC that’s about foraging for supplies, working as a team and then taking all that stuff and actually building something huge and complicated and functional with it. There are loads of games that have you scavenging and constructing, from Minecraft on upwards, but those have usually been aimless…

Sable is an open-world desert exploration game that just got announced at E3’s PC gaming conference. It’s a coming-of-age tale set against the backdrop of an alien planet rich with its own history. The art style, inspired by French and Belgian comics, is something else. It’ll be out on PC and consoles next year.

Yakuza Is Coming To The PC

Sega just announced that two Yakuza games are on the way for the PC. They’ll be joined by the upcoming Valkyria Chronicles 4 The two games mentioned during Sega’s trailer at the PC Gaming Show at E3 were Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami Yakuza 0 is out in August, and is already up for preorder…

We Played Anthem, And It’s Pretty Fun

I sat down with Anthem, BioWare’s upcoming shared-world third-person shooter, for 30 minutes today. I came away surprised at just how good it feels to move around in the game’s fantasy sci-fi world. Flying through its gorgeous environments on my way to kill some bad guys, fix an ancient relic, or take out a giant…

Everything Ubisoft Showed At E3 2018

It’s the third day of E3 press conferences, and Ubisoft just took their turn. The Parisian publisher showed a bunch of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, some hot Skull & Bones pirates, and announced a Star Fox crossover as well as a new Trials game. Let’s go over everything Ubisoft announced. They started with an appropriately ridiculous…

Everything We Learned About Assassin’s Creed Odyssey After Playing It

The next Assassin’s Creed is going to turn heads. That won’t just be because it’s set in ancient Greece, nor simply because it lets you play as a man or a woman. It’s also changing the series’ combat yet again, offering more options for stealth, and even fleshing out the modern-day stuff that’s been lacking…