Games tend to have trouble depicting black hair, but this year’s E3 displayed refreshing palette of kinky, coily, textured hair. Here’s a breakdown.
Destiny 2 Director Answers Our Questions About The Open World, The Darkness, And Titan Bubbles
Yesterday at E3, my Kotaku Splitscreen co-host Jason Schreier sat down with Bungie’s Luke Smith, game director on Destiny 2. They hit a wide variety of topics including what The Darkness is, how the game’s open world levels will work, and why they’re taking away Jason’s Sunsinger res.
Despite Political Overtones, David Cage Says Detroit Is Mostly About Androids
Near the end of the Detroit: Become Human demo I saw during E3, renegade android Markus and his partner North incite a riot among recently freed androids. If you choose to set things on fire, North triumphantly declares, “Now the humans will have no choice but to listen to us.” Main character Markus, staring into the…
The Xbox Has Brand New Avatars
Remember Microsoft’s Avatars, those wobbly caricatures that danced around the Xbox 360’s dashboard? They’ve been sidelined ever since the release of the Xbox One, but that doesn’t mean the company has given up on them.
“It’s certainly the most memorable game here.”
“It’s certainly the most memorable game here.” Overheard at E3’s Senran Kagura booth. The comically pervy series has now moved into third-person shooter territory. Let me tell you, it is something else to watch a whole crowd stare in confusion as anime girls shoot each others’ swimsuits off.
E3 2017: A Cringe Compilation
Video games do not have the decades of experience that, say, sports has when it comes to live television. So when everyone gets together for an event like E3, the broadcast entertainment you enjoy at home doesn’t always go according to plan.
What Beyond Good & Evil 2 Is Now, And What Its Creators Dream It Can Be
“This is day zero of Beyond Good & Evil 2,” Michel Ancel told me on Monday. As he spoke, he was playing an early version of a game people have been expecting for nearly a decade, but that he says has only actually been in development for a few years.
Small Fire Interrupts E3 Spider-Man Panel
Earlier this week, Insomniac were hosting an E3 panel about their new Spider-Man game. The show ended up being postponed, though, when audience members noticed that there was a small fire up on stage blowing smoke across the stage.Read more…
E3 2017: The Winners & Losers
You did not come here for a nuanced discussion of the positives inherent in every E3 press conference, and the love we all share for this medium. You came here for blood, and it is blood you shall receive.Read more…
Nintendo has announced a new game for the 3DS, Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido.
Nintendo has announced a new game for the 3DS, Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido. It’s an action puzzle game where you eat sushi and hurl your plates at your opponents. Looks cute, and the song in this trailer fucking bangs.