Sword Coast Legends Lets Dungeon Masters Screw With Players In Real Time

Last week the developers of Sword Coast Legends demonstrated how players delve the upcoming CRPG’s dungeons. Now take a look at the tools Dungeon Masters can use to make their players’ lives hell. Representing Dungeons & Dragons‘ dungeon master/player relationship in video game form is a real challenge. Giving a DM the power to craft…

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The Legend of Zelda Wii U Delayed Out Of 2015

Bad news, Zelda fans. The next game won’t be out this year, Nintendo just announced—they’re “no longer making a 2015 release [their] number one priority” for the upcoming Zelda Wii U Series producer Eiji Aonuma announced the bad news in a video message on Facebook, where he talked about how the team has “discovered several…

Destiny Players Are Trying To See The Future–And Bungie’s Pushing Back

Hardcore Destiny players don’t just wait around for updates from Bungie about the game. Armed with specialized knowledge of how game files work, some Destiny players try to predict what’s going to happen before Bungie actually makes any changes. These players find all sorts of things. They can, for example, tell what exotic weapons weekend-only…

Bloodborne Monster Can’t Stop Dancing

On today’s Highlight Reel we have the saddest character in Los Santos, boatloads of Bloodborne clips, unfazed NPC and more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. Prototype – Such is life…

Kotaku Asks: The Lead Developers Of Dragon Age: Inquisition [Q&A Over]

Three top people from BioWare, one of the world’s most acclaimed RPG studios, are here to answer your questions this afternoon. Welcome to Kotaku Asks, a weekly feature where we invite guests from the world of gaming to come answer burning questions from Kotaku readers. (If you think you’d be a good guest or have…

What I Like (And Don’t Like) In Final Fantasy XV So Far

It’s been three weeks since I first played through the demo for Final Fantasy XV, a video game about what will happen to One Direction now that Zayn’s gone. So I’ve had plenty of time to digest. I first completed FFXV: Episode Duscae during a two-hour session at Square Enix’s PAX East media booth in…

Chainmail Bikini Anthology Has Women Gamers Telling Their Own Stories

Nearly every gamer has tales about how the imaginary worlds and real-life friendships of their shared hobby has inspired them and gotten them through some rough spots. An upcoming graphic novel anthology takes those moments and turns them in even more inspiration in the form of beautifully drawn comics stories. Due out later this year,…

The Argument Over Whether A Bloodborne Exploit Is Cheating

Bloodborne is a difficult game, no doubt. If look closely, though, there are ways to make it easier. Boss exploits—aka cheesing—are the stuff of legend in Souls games, but is that cheating? So far, I haven’t summoned a friend in Bloodborne, and I’m hoping to keep it that way. I’m not against others asking for…

Battlefield Hardline: The Kotaku Review

I really wish Hardline could deal with being a bad cop. The lack of rewards, unlocks or even acknowledgement for shooting people means it all takes place in a weird moral environment, where only good exists. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK The way it handles bad behaviour – by allowing but completely ignoring…