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Everybody's Lying to Themselves in 'We Happy Few'
How 'Uncharted 4' Fails Nathan Drake
I Can't Stop Reading Fan Theories About 'Inside
You're a Horny Disembodied Penis in 'Genital Jousting'
The Ins and Outs of Time Travel: 'Quantum Break' vs. 'Back to the Future'
'Edge of Nowhere' is a New Kind of Scary in Virtual Reality
I Played 'Let It Die,' the Game with the Skateboarding Grim Reaper
You're Humanity's Last Hope and We're All Screwed in 'The Solus Project'
'The Room' Turns Players Into Characters in a Lovecraft Story
12 Movies That Rival the Mind-Blowing Visuals of 'Hardcore Henry'
10 Retro Movies That Get Virtual Reality Extremely Wrong (and Occasionally Right)
The Shit Four 'StarCraft' Legends Talk When Leave Retirement to Face Off
How I Defeated a Supervillain Game Designer
What Telltale's Best Games and Stephen King Have in Common
6 Ideas for the Next 'Halo' Game That Could be Better Than 'Halo 5'
Why Being Hunted in 'Alien Isolation' is So Damn Terrifying
New Secrets Make 'Destiny' Worth Playing Again (And Again, And Again)
A Computer's Love is More Terrifying Than Its Hate In 'Soma'
'The Talos Principle' Asks How You Know You're a Person
The New 'Guitar Hero' Feels Great, and That's What Worries Me
'Call of Duty_ Black Ops 3' Mixed Two Worlds at Comic-Con
5 Games That Could Have Been More Like 'Metal Gear Solid'
Playing the ‘Game of Thrones’ Game Feels Just As Treacherous As Watching
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Zombies Video Review
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Zombies Review
Like a lot of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, this year’s Zombies mode has undergone what might be described as a "Warzone-ification," forcing its traditional PvE elements into a larger, more open map. But as popular as the Warzone side of Call of Duty (or in this case, the extraction shooter mode, DMZ) might be, mixing it together with Zombies has had the effect of diluting both.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Zombies Review in Progress
This is our Zombies review for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Check out the single-player review for our thoughts on the campaign or the multiplayer review for our thoughts on PvP.
Like a lot of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, this year’s Zombies mode has undergone what might be described as a "Warzone-ification," forcing its traditional PvE elements into a larger, more open map. But as popular as the Warzone side of Call of Duty (or in this case, the extraction shooter mode, DMZ) might be, mi
Like a lot of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, this year’s Zombies mode has undergone what might be described as a "Warzone-ification," forcing its traditional PvE elements into a larger, more open map. But as popular as the Warzone side of Call of Duty (or in this case, the extraction shooter mode, DMZ) might be, mi
Skull Island: Rise of Kong Review
Here's the thing about King Kong: He is not just an ape, he's a giant ape. Skull Island: Rise of Kong is bad for a lot of reasons, but the main one is it's a game that lets you play as an iconically large gorilla and somehow manages to make him feel exceedingly average.
Skull Island: Rise of Kong Review
Here's the thing about King Kong: He is not just an ape, he's a giant ape. It's his defining feature in the 1933 movie that birthed him and the ultimate cause of his tragic demise. Picking up people, climbing skyscrapers, fighting dinosaurs — being huge is King Kong's whole deal. Skull Island: Rise of Kong is bad for a lot of reasons, but the main one is it's a game that lets you play as an iconically large gorilla and somehow manages to make him feel exceedingly average. Rise of Kong portrays King Kong in the most bland way possible, and then it matches that mediocrity for everything else around him.
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Feral Rites explores the challenge of bringing open-world action to VR
Insomniac Games creative director Marcus Smith has a problem. He and his team at Insomniac Games are working on a third-person open-world virtual reality game for the Oculus Rift. And they've been running into lots of little challenges nobody has considered yet.
Insomniac Games reveals The Unspoken, a game of VR magic battles
Close your right fist around the Oculus Touch controller while playing The Unspoken, and you conjure up a fireball. You watch your opponent carefully, waiting to smack your virtual reality dueling partner with a faceful of flame, just as soon as they're struck by a moment of carelessness.
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Batman: Arkham Knight Dropped the Ball On One Major Character: Batman
Batman: Arkham Knight sets up from the beginning to be one of the best Batman stories out there—and then it falls flat at every key moment.
Here’s the thing about Batman: The more time you spend with him, the more you realize that he’s not actually that interesting a guy. Sure, he’s broody and dark, has all kinds of emotional baggage, and is totally unable to allow himself to be happy for fear it’ll all get snatched away one dark night in a shadowy alley.
But he’s also unshakeable, nigh unstop
Here’s the thing about Batman: The more time you spend with him, the more you realize that he’s not actually that interesting a guy. Sure, he’s broody and dark, has all kinds of emotional baggage, and is totally unable to allow himself to be happy for fear it’ll all get snatched away one dark night in a shadowy alley.
But he’s also unshakeable, nigh unstop
Final Fantasy VII Will See 'Dramatic Changes,' and That's Good
Don’t expect the upcoming remake version of Final Fantasy VII to be exactly the same game you remember excitedly talking to your friends about over the school lunch table.
At least when it comes to FFVII’s battle system, things are going to be different the second time around, according to Game Director Tetsuya Nomura. Speaking with Official Playstation Magazine (thanks, GamesRadar), Nomura called the changes “dramatic,” although they won’t change the game so much that fans are left looking at
At least when it comes to FFVII’s battle system, things are going to be different the second time around, according to Game Director Tetsuya Nomura. Speaking with Official Playstation Magazine (thanks, GamesRadar), Nomura called the changes “dramatic,” although they won’t change the game so much that fans are left looking at
Watch Summer Games Done Quick's Last Day of Charity Speedruns
It’s the last day of Summer Games Done Quick, the weeklong pile of awesome video game speedruns to benefit Doctors Without Borders, which makes it your last chance to watch talented players break your favorite games.
We’re in the closing moments of the non-stop 160-hour game extravaganza. Ignore the family and forsake the sun: it’s video game time.
Check out the full schedule of speedruns for the day below (they’re all on Pacific time, so keep that in mind). I’ll be taking note of the Dark Sou
We’re in the closing moments of the non-stop 160-hour game extravaganza. Ignore the family and forsake the sun: it’s video game time.
Check out the full schedule of speedruns for the day below (they’re all on Pacific time, so keep that in mind). I’ll be taking note of the Dark Sou
A Resident Evil 2 Remake Pitch is Already in Capcom's Hands
Good news everyone! Yoshiaki Hirabayashi, the producer behind Resident Evil HD Remaster, has already put together a pitch for a remake of Resident Evil 2 and apparently presented it to his Capcom overlords.
Gematsu reported that Hirabayashi posted a picture of the pitch on Facebook, noting that he started putting the pitch together after the RE HD Remaster was finished. He also says that he cleaned it up and showed it to his bosses. And then ... he doesn’t say what happened. Stop teasing us!
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Gematsu reported that Hirabayashi posted a picture of the pitch on Facebook, noting that he started putting the pitch together after the RE HD Remaster was finished. He also says that he cleaned it up and showed it to his bosses. And then ... he doesn’t say what happened. Stop teasing us!
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Make Your Own Fallout Pip Boy With These Specs and a 3D Printer
Bethesda might have sold out of Pip Boy editions of Fallout 4, never to make any again, but thanks to one enterprising fan, it’s still possible to get one of your own. You just need a 3D printer.
Engineer Yvo de Haas used his know-how and 3D printing capabilities to whip up his own interpretation of Pip Boy 3000 Mark IV based on Bethesda’s recently released teaser trailer. As Eurogamer spotted, he also was cool enough to post the schematics online so anyone can create one.
Like Bethesda’s ve
Engineer Yvo de Haas used his know-how and 3D printing capabilities to whip up his own interpretation of Pip Boy 3000 Mark IV based on Bethesda’s recently released teaser trailer. As Eurogamer spotted, he also was cool enough to post the schematics online so anyone can create one.
Like Bethesda’s ve
Portal Speedrun Makes Me Regret Thinking I Was Good at Portal
Way back in my college days, The Orange Box came out for Xbox 360, and I was very excited.
The Orange Box bundled a bunch of Valve games together, including Half-Life 2 as well as Episode 1 and Episode 2, plus Team Fortress 2 and, most exciting for me at the time, Portal. It was the first time I’d been able to play the soon-to-be-classic puzzle title, and it quickly became my favorite game of the year.
In fact, I went crazy on The Orange Box. Back when I was slightly obsessed with achievements
The Orange Box bundled a bunch of Valve games together, including Half-Life 2 as well as Episode 1 and Episode 2, plus Team Fortress 2 and, most exciting for me at the time, Portal. It was the first time I’d been able to play the soon-to-be-classic puzzle title, and it quickly became my favorite game of the year.
In fact, I went crazy on The Orange Box. Back when I was slightly obsessed with achievements
Game of Thrones Season 6 Casts Ian McShane in 'Key' Role
British actor Ian McShane is joining the cast of Game of Thrones in a role that reportedly will have a small amount of screen time but a lot of significance for Westeros.
That’s according to a report from Entertainment Weekly, also confirmed by Variety.
You might remember McShane from the last time he was involved with HBO, as Al “I sure do say ‘cocksucker’ a lot” Swearengen on the western Deadwood. Or you might remember him from my favorite of his roles, Stabby Hobo Santa Claus from American
That’s according to a report from Entertainment Weekly, also confirmed by Variety.
You might remember McShane from the last time he was involved with HBO, as Al “I sure do say ‘cocksucker’ a lot” Swearengen on the western Deadwood. Or you might remember him from my favorite of his roles, Stabby Hobo Santa Claus from American
Super Mario World Music Medley Will Brighten Up Your Day
Super Mario World was great for a lot of reasons, but I think it might have been the music of composer Koji Kondo that sticks out in my mind more than anything else. It’s even better when played on real instruments, and the talented musicians from YouTube channel moonbowmusicmovie very much do it justice with this medley.
As my very first, incidentally very long day as guest editor at Kotaku draws to a close, this was exactly the pick-me-up I needed. Plus, there are a bunch more game music trac
As my very first, incidentally very long day as guest editor at Kotaku draws to a close, this was exactly the pick-me-up I needed. Plus, there are a bunch more game music trac
Resident Evil 4 Fans Are Creating the HD Graphics Capcom Neglected
A pair of Resident Evil 4 fans are working to improve the graphics of 2014’s “Ultimate HD Edition” on PC, and the results are pretty dramatic.
Called the “RE4 HD Project,” the mod is cleaning up the game’s textures and producing some very pretty screenshots. The differences between Capcom’s definition of HD and those of Cris and Albert, the two modders working on new textures for RE4, are stark. And kind of ridiculous, actually. Side-eyeing in your direction, Capcom.
At present, it looks like
Called the “RE4 HD Project,” the mod is cleaning up the game’s textures and producing some very pretty screenshots. The differences between Capcom’s definition of HD and those of Cris and Albert, the two modders working on new textures for RE4, are stark. And kind of ridiculous, actually. Side-eyeing in your direction, Capcom.
At present, it looks like
Summer Games Done Quick Raises More Than $1.2 Million for Charity
The weeklong speedrun event Summer Games Done Quick has come to an end, inspiring the games community to give a whole lot of their money to Doctors Without Borders.
The event’s final tally was some $1.232,441.90 across 28,466 donations. The highest donation SGDQ 2015 received was a huge $21,498, although your average gamer pitching in to the event was pretty generous, too, giving about $43.
If you haven’t been watching SGDQ, you missed some pretty epic speedruns as top-class players took on 16
The event’s final tally was some $1.232,441.90 across 28,466 donations. The highest donation SGDQ 2015 received was a huge $21,498, although your average gamer pitching in to the event was pretty generous, too, giving about $43.
If you haven’t been watching SGDQ, you missed some pretty epic speedruns as top-class players took on 16
Everything You Do is a Lie in Actual Sunlight Creator's Next Game
All you do in Little Red Lie is lie. You lie constantly, about everything, to everyone—even yourself.
Think of an adventure-style game like Secret of Monkey Island, creator Will O’Neill told me, except instead of verbs like “Look” or “Pick Up” to interact with the world, instead you get “Lie.” Little Red Lie follows two protagonists who never meet and have very different stories, but they’re united by a common thread: they live their lives by lying.
“The reasons for [lying] are as varied as th
Think of an adventure-style game like Secret of Monkey Island, creator Will O’Neill told me, except instead of verbs like “Look” or “Pick Up” to interact with the world, instead you get “Lie.” Little Red Lie follows two protagonists who never meet and have very different stories, but they’re united by a common thread: they live their lives by lying.
“The reasons for [lying] are as varied as th
Reports of League Of Legends Champion's Death Were Greatly Exaggerated
Take heart, League of Legends pirate fans: Champion Gangplank didn’t actually “die,” he was just ... maimed.
Last week, developer Riot Games killed Gangplank off during its big crazy League story event, Bilgewater: Burning Tides, which added new related game modes and rewards while spooling out new lore about League’s characters. Gangplank was murdered in Act 3 of the event’s related story, blown up by rival Miss Fortune, and boom—literally—he was gone. Players couldn’t use him in the game, bec
Last week, developer Riot Games killed Gangplank off during its big crazy League story event, Bilgewater: Burning Tides, which added new related game modes and rewards while spooling out new lore about League’s characters. Gangplank was murdered in Act 3 of the event’s related story, blown up by rival Miss Fortune, and boom—literally—he was gone. Players couldn’t use him in the game, bec
Welcome to the Next Stage in Meme Evolution
What’s the Internet rule number for everything eventually becoming a body pillow?
Reddit user Red_Cheddarz posted this pic, purporting that a (potentially ill-advised) friend liberated this delightful curiosity from a local thrift store. Now hopefully begins his epic quest to determine who had the wherewithal to turn Sanic Hegehog into a body pillow, and much more importantly, why they would play God.
Of course, Redditors in the thread have their own theories: mainly that the creator wanted to
Reddit user Red_Cheddarz posted this pic, purporting that a (potentially ill-advised) friend liberated this delightful curiosity from a local thrift store. Now hopefully begins his epic quest to determine who had the wherewithal to turn Sanic Hegehog into a body pillow, and much more importantly, why they would play God.
Of course, Redditors in the thread have their own theories: mainly that the creator wanted to
These Witcher 3 Panoramas Show Off the Game's Gorgeous Landscapes
Crank up those PC settings and The Witcher 3 becomes pretty damn beautiful.
Redditor R_Spc was captivated by CD Projekt’s work on the latest installment of their RPG franchise, and went and created some huge panoramas to showcase just how great they can look—because not even regular screenshots are enough.
The photos do a great job of capturing the graphical work that went into the game, to say nothing of relaying the huge, expansive scope of some of The Witcher 3’s locales.
R_Spc made a ton
Redditor R_Spc was captivated by CD Projekt’s work on the latest installment of their RPG franchise, and went and created some huge panoramas to showcase just how great they can look—because not even regular screenshots are enough.
The photos do a great job of capturing the graphical work that went into the game, to say nothing of relaying the huge, expansive scope of some of The Witcher 3’s locales.
R_Spc made a ton
Rocket League Video Teaches Us to Accept Our Failures and Move On
I want to close out my time as your Kotaku ancient sentient robot weekend overlord with a final, Zen-like moment, thanks to the wonder that is Rocket League.
Sometimes, things just don’t go your way. You have to let it wash over you and through you, refocus your energies, and persevere. Laugh at yourself, repeatedly, and move on.
Rocket League teaches us that sometimes, we all fail. Sometimes, we all bumble as though suddenly key areas of our brains have ceased to function. Sometimes, we all l
Sometimes, things just don’t go your way. You have to let it wash over you and through you, refocus your energies, and persevere. Laugh at yourself, repeatedly, and move on.
Rocket League teaches us that sometimes, we all fail. Sometimes, we all bumble as though suddenly key areas of our brains have ceased to function. Sometimes, we all l
For the Next 48 Hours, I Am Assuming Direct Control
Greetings, Kotaku! It’s the weekend: my name is Phil Hornshaw, and I’ll be your guest editor for the next two glorious days.
Yes, that’s a Mass Effect joke in the headline. I’m in Los Angeles and it’s early here, folks. We’re constantly at the mercy of the rest of the country having a better time zone than us. I got up at about 5:30 this morning, which for you East Coasters is roughly 8:52 p.m.
But I’ve got coffee and adrenaline! Video games whoo! It’s gonna be a good time.
And now, by way of
Yes, that’s a Mass Effect joke in the headline. I’m in Los Angeles and it’s early here, folks. We’re constantly at the mercy of the rest of the country having a better time zone than us. I got up at about 5:30 this morning, which for you East Coasters is roughly 8:52 p.m.
But I’ve got coffee and adrenaline! Video games whoo! It’s gonna be a good time.
And now, by way of