QUOTE | “I believe that it is very difficult to immediately build up a big IP…. you need at least three games before you can tell whether an IP is going to be really successful or not.” – Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda, explaining his Law of Third Titles for AAA games. Elsewhere in the…
TJ Dillashaw wasn’t supposed to beat Renan Barao. He wasn’t even supposed to be in the ring with him. There are two kinds of upsets in the UFC: the fast, unexpected kind, and the slow-motion car wreck, where it’s like watching somebody get hit by the same truck over and over and over. The first…
Over time, fans have noticed that underneath all those bright colors and cheery attitude, Splatoon can be a pretty creepy game. Surely Nintendo has an explanation for that, right? Well… Some background, in case you’re not caught up with it: earlier this year, YouTuber Siertes found that certain Splatoon boss levels play disturbing sounds that…
Are you a former troll? I’m rounding up stories from reformed internet jerks, and would love to hear the tale of what caused you to change your ways. If this sounds like you, drop me an email at [email protected]
At one point in its development, Skyrim was gonna be a lot more… macabre. Digging through game files, Skyrim fans uncovered two scrapped features that would’ve made NPC death a bit more meaningful. Once upon a time, the fantasy role-playing mega-behemoth was set to include haunting and mourning. Here’s how they work: Haunting: when a…
The European League of Legends pro team Fnatic just set a world record by becoming the first team in League Championship Series (LCS) history to win every game in an entirely season’s split. Nobody’s ever gone a full 18-0 before. Amazing! Fnatic finished its winning game against rival EU LCS team Unicorns of Love just…
Fourteen years ago, a run of X-Men comics took Marvel’s famous mutants out of superhero costumes, put them in rockstar leather uniforms and detoured away from years of dead-end storylines. The X-Men got much cooler. This week, we get to see what happens when the X-Men’s cool runs out. One of the core conceits of…
I’ve been playing Suikoden II for the first time, and in between the epic battles and the heartwarming flashbacks, it can be a pretty silly game.
I want to tell you about Strawberry Cubes, a game that’s causing me to lose my grip on sanity. Designed by Loren Schmidt, Strawberry Cubes was quietly released a few weeks back without much—any?—explanation. The website offers no useful information, and the instruction manual with the game recommends you “try pressing other keys” to learn…
Today, QuakeCon attendees were treated to a brand new Fallout 4 demo chock full of new information. While there’s no footage of this panel, we’ve rounded up the most interesting details for you. Thanks to a combination of an IGN liveblog, as well as Twitter updates from PC Gamer and Kotaku friend Dave Oshry, here…
As you have likely heard, Pixels is a bad movie, almost pleasingly stupid. After watching it last night, I had more fun retelling the plot to my wife, who had never heard of the movie, than I did sitting through Pixels. I am now going to spoil it, all of it, so that you don’t…
Rejoice, Fallout fans on Android. Soon, you too will be able to create a vault full of productive citizens, according to news coming out of QuakeCon 2015. Additionally, Mr. Handy—a character from Fallout 4—will be added to Fallout Shelter as well, for both iOS and Android users. You can use him to collect resources more…
The final chapter of the Freddy Fazbear horror saga dropped last night—and I’ve spent hours playing and reading about the game. Here’s everything I’ve found out about the game so far, from the new mechanics, the disturbing story, and the juicy secrets hiding within. The premise As you might already know, FNAF 4 puts you…
“It just boils down to what kind of meta we want to see.” Avid Smash Bros. player and YouTuber Omni makes a strong case for not allowing custom moves in the game’s tournaments in the aftermath of EVO accepting them last weekend. I guess this means the debate is officially not settled yet!
Ladies and gentleman, it’s time to panic. Teemo, theundisputed king of troll champions inLeague of Legends thanks to his infuriating poison attacks that’ve caused many a painful and infuriating death for his opponents, is getting a few adjustments that are expected to make the cute and deadly creature more powerful in a few key ways.…
Track: Feelin’ It | Artist: Jay Z | Album: Reasonable Doubt Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
It’s Friday, which means a new installment in Worth Reading, our weekly roundup of the best writing about games in the past week. Except, of course, when one story is from four years ago. Hey, You Should Read This “An hour with Randy Pitchford” by Wesley Yin-Poole It’s tough to hoodwink game fans, and though…
Following his suspension for the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) earlier this week due to allegations that he’d leveled another player’s account for $1,300, professional League player Yu “XiaoWeiXiao” Xian has come clean. He says he didn’t realize he was committing a “severe” offense. Xian’s team, Team Impulse, issued a statement last night confirming…
Intended to launch yesterday on the PS4, the highly anticipated beta for Street Fighter V suffered an inauspicious debut last night. Now it looks like it’ll be a while before the beta gets fully up and running again. Or ever get up and running, really. The game’s servers were deactivated barely an hour after the…
Fascinating video games come out of nowhere these days. Take Prune, a new $4 iOS game about growing and pruning trees. I never heard of it until it popped up on the app store yesterday. I played a bit of it for you in the video above. It’s good! Here’s a trailer, too: Good stuff…
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