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Ubisoft games are known to reference other Ubisoft games, connections I’ve enjoyed spotting and posting about on…
The next game in the generally fun Lego series will be June 15's Lego The Incredibles. It covers the original movie and upcoming sequel. It’s for PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch. Nintendo’s device had four Lego games in its first year, some suffering performance issues. Hopefully publisher Warner Bros ups the quality… Read more
My Switch backlog is ridiculous. I’m busy juggling Ni No Kuni II and a review copy of Far Cry 5 on my PS4,…
I had reason (research for a colleague) to play my Xbox 360 copy of Red Dead Redemption on my Xbox One earlier this…
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A remastered version of the classic stealth game Mark of the Ninja headlined a quick video presentation of indie…
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Nintendo’s newest showcase for indie games heading to the Switch kicks off at noon ET. It’s tied to the Game Developers Conference and is in part a way to recruit more indies to the platform (not that they’re hurting for them!). Watch it here. If you’re feeling nostalgic, you can also read about the indies they…
I like Kirby games, but I would not consider myself an advanced Kirbyologist. I was therefore surprised to learn a…
Ubisoft is releasing a PS4 and Xbox One version of one of my favorite Assassin’s Creed games on Tuesday. Back in…
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Great games are interesting, as are terrible ones. Mediocrity’s a bore. Too bad Nintendo’s newest Kirby game is just…
Barely a year old, the Nintendo Switch just got a 5.0 firmware update (the four-year-old PS4 is up to 5.5). No huge changes. More ways to add friends, new profile pictures and enhancements to parental controls. Still no cloud save support (nor the ability to back-up saves on a computer, something the 3DS and Wii U coul… Read more
I recently began playing through the episodics extensions of 2015’s Batman Arkham Knight, with the lowest of…
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President Donald Trump spent an hour today talking to partisans on both sides of the violent video game debate,…
EA’s $30-a-year Origin Access service for PC gamers is getting six Batman games today. Subscribers will be able to play all three Lego Batman games as well as Arkham Asylum, Origins and City in full at no extra cost (adding to a library mostly comprised of EA games). UPDATE: Asked if Batman’s coming to EA Access on… Read more
It was a no-brainer given the first game’s success, but Ubisoft is making it official today with the announcement…
Given that my Nintendo Switch contains about two dozen games that I’ve bought and downloaded but never played, I…
Microsoft doing a new live show focusing on Sea of Thieves and Xbox Game Pass news? Cool. Doing it at 3pm ET on a Saturday (March 10)? Weird. Microsoft tells Kotaku: “Looking ahead, we’re aiming to do the show on weekdays and will have more to share in the future.” Ok! Read more
It’s not the loot boxes that bummed me out about October’s Shadow of War. When playing the game, you can easily…
Some games grab you right away. Super Mario 64 won me over on the first jump. Bioshock got me at its elevator. Threes…
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Assassin’s Creed Origins’ first expansion accidentally came out a week early. Its newest one, the bigger Curse of the Pharaohs, has been delayed a week to March 13. A new official video shows the mystical expansion, hyping a new city, an elaborate new enemy system and even seven new character skills. Looks impressive.