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This Week In The Business: Or Your Money Back

QUOTE | “It is indeed a safety net for gamers, but it’s not perceived as some type of time-limited demo they can make use of – certainly not for our type of games.” – Slitherine Software marketing director Marco Minoli defends Steam’s refunds policy, saying less than 2% of the PC strategy publisher’s games sold…

Brendan Sinclair Published June 11, 2016

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Watch Zygarde Achieve Its Final Form In Pokémon Sun and Moon

The digital snake-thing that made its debut in Pokémon X and Y was just the tip of the five-form Zygarde, and while we’ve seen the doglike 10 percent form and Digimon-ish complete forms in side games and the anime, we’ve yet to see them in a proper Pokémon game. Now we have. Zygarde starts life…

By Mike Fahey Published June 11, 2016

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Here’s That Mystery Sun and Moon Pokémon, Revealed

Remember how last month fans spotted an unannounced monster hidden in the Pokémon Sun and Moon trailers? Welp, turns out it wasn’t a fake-out. Meet Iwanko, drawn here by Tumblr artist kokoro. This rendition is based on the recent Japanese magazine, CoroCoro, which actually includes two new ‘mon. According to Serebii, Iwanko is a rock-type…

By Patricia Hernandez Published June 10, 2016

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Fallout 4 Accidentally Goes Free On Xbox Store (Update)

A likely pricing error on the Xbox Store today meant that both Fallout 4 and its season pass were selling for the princely sum of $0.00 [Update: the free copies are being revoked]. UPDATE: Microsoft has revoked the license of every copy of the game/DLC that took advantage of the exploit. However, the company will…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2016

Culture

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

It’s been a super relaxing Friday, huh? Doubtless this weekend and next week will be chill, too. What better time to kick back with some video games? So, right, just kidding, everything is crazy all the time and E3 is about to happen. Still time to play some games, though. For my part, I’m planning…

By Kirk Hamilton Published June 10, 2016

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Overwatch Fan Dreams Up A Better Play Of The Game System

As we’ve pointed out on a couple occasions, Overwatch’s Play Of The Game feature, while excellent in concept, is kinda borked. It tends to focus on multi-kills or the occasional ult denial, as opposed to strong team play, vital supports, or truly tide-turning moments. One fan took a crack at making something better. Inspired by…

By Nathan Grayson Published June 10, 2016

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A Note To Readers

The news is out that Gawker Media, our parent company, is up for sale as part of a filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. This was due to an unprecedented legal assault financed in secret by Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel. What does that mean for Kotaku? Thankfully, not much. We aren’t going anywhere. For…

By Stephen Totilo Published June 10, 2016

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The Real Stories Behind E3’s Glossy Game Demos

You only get one chance to make a first impression, and for many games, that happens at E3. The annual mega show is nearly upon us, and developers are spending days and nights putting together flashy demos to convince us to open our wallets. What’s real? What’s fake? Maybe both? I asked some developers to…

By Patrick Klepek Published June 10, 2016

Culture

Dear Batman…

Andy Timm is a concept artist working at Hi-Rez studios, the developers behind Smite and the newer Tribes games. You can see more of Andy’s work at his ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand”…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2016

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Halo Wars 2 Getting An Open Beta Next Week

We should know a whole lot more about Halo Wars 2 soon, according to a series of leaks today. One, there will be an open beta for Halo Wars 2 during E3 week, from June 30 to June 20. You’ll need an Xbox Live Gold subscription to join up. This was discovered after people noticed…

By Patrick Klepek Published June 10, 2016

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FAR Lets You Explore An Ocean Without Water

This is FAR. Or, as I’m going to call it, The Little Snowpiercer That Could Due for Xbox and PC, it looks like a beautiful little mix of exploration and survival, as you both look after your ship…train…thing, as well as react to situations in the world around you. It’s still early days in terms…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2016

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Dark Souls Players Are Flooding Back To The Original Game Right Now

It’s been almost five years since the release of Dark Souls, and most people have moved onto other games. But a group of hardcore fans aren’t letting the game die without a fight, resulting in today’s Global Restart Day. The idea began on the Dark Souls subreddit, which recently passed a 100,000 subscribers milestone. Global…

By Patrick Klepek Published June 10, 2016

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Blizzard Talks World of Warcraft Legacy Servers And More

Will World of Warcraft legacy servers ever happen? Are content updates going to drop more frequently? And when are we getting that ship expansion? During a recent Blizzard event in Irvine, California, I had the chance to sit down with some of the team behind World of Warcraft’s next expansion, Legion, which comes out on…

By Jason Schreier Published June 10, 2016

Esports

Report: Manchester United Want To Sign An Overwatch Esports Team

There’s a rumour going around that Manchester United, a name even our dear American readers will recognise, are interested in signing an Overwatch esports team. Do not let this news surprise you. Esports News UK report that United are among the bidders (along with Fnatic and another third party, rumoured to be German football club…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2016

Reviews

The Warcraft Movie Is Not Good

Some people had hoped, after months of hype and the pedigree of director Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code), that Warcraft might break the long and storied Curse Of Bad Video Game Movies. I have some sad news for those people. Maybe video game adaptations were just never meant to be. This post originally appeared May…

By Jason Schreier Published June 10, 2016

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Sony Confirms PlayStation 4.5, Says More Powerful Console Won’t Be At E3

Sony has finally acknowledged that it is indeed building a more powerful version of the PlayStation 4, as Kotaku first reported in March. PlayStation chief Andrew House told the Financial Times that the codenamed Neo is “intended to sit alongside and complement the standard PS4″ and that “”We will be selling both [versions] through the…

By Stephen Totilo Published June 10, 2016

Culture

Track: Beautiful Thing | Artist: The Stone Roses | Album: N/A Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 10, 2016

Kotaku East

Sushi Chef Makes Star Wars Vegetable Sculptures

Meet Okitsugu Kado. For the past ten years, this sushi chef has been honing skills as the best Star Wars vegetable carver around. Kado uses veggies like carrots, cucumbers and sweet potatoes to create an array of Star Wars characters. To date, he’s carved over 90 different Star Wars characters. Kado even appeared at last…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 10, 2016

Kotaku East

Koei Tecmo launched a new teaser site for an upcoming Musou title, Famitsu reports. It says the game will be produced by the company’s Omega Force arm. The countdown teaser has drippy blood and fire animation.

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 10, 2016

Kotaku East

Overwatch Devs Show Up At A Korean Gaming Cafe

This is cool. Members of the Overwatch team appeared at a Korean PC bang (net cafe) in Seoul, challenging other players to defeat them. The visit was supposed to be secret. However, before the visit, someone posted on an Inven forum (warning: NSFW images) that the Overwatch devs were coming to a Korean PC bang…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 10, 2016