Matthew earned a degree in Mass Communications / Journalism and interned for a college semester
at Kotaku, writing about gaming before turning it into part of his career.
Mark Serrels
at Kotaku AU this week wrote «An Open Letter to Metacritic» — but be warned, it's not exactly what you're expecting.
As reported over
at Kotaku, the Best Buy product details for the new Madden lists that it's now possible to execute chain kills and pickpocket opponents.
It's been rumoured since Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot teased about a «special» game in development last year, but now the folks
at Kotaku have confirmed that Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is real.
Here's some of what Kirk Hamilton had to say about Golden Abyss in his review over
at Kotaku:
UPDATE 15:00 EST APRIL 18: Jason Schreier, news editor
at Kotaku, has backed up Polygon's claims that the game won't have a single player but will have a battle royale mode.
The sleuths over
at Kotaku have examined the HTML to find the large secret: tagline»:» Shadow of The Tomb Raider is the climatic...
The sleuths over
at Kotaku have examined the HTML to find the massive secret: tagline»:» Shadow of The Tomb Raider is the climatic finale of Lara's origin story.
The storytelling, worldbuilding and characterization of Destiny were all hit and miss and thanks to some strong investigative reporting from Jason Scheler
at Kotaku we know that much of the story content for Destiny was scrapped and rewritten pretty far into the game's development.
What is happening over
at Kotaku is that the writers and gamers are complaining that GameStop is selling used copies of the rare Wii RPG Xenoblade Chronicles for $ 90 rather than the normal below retail price of most games.
The company posted a bunch of sales numbers overnight, and
we at Kotaku HQ have been discussing which is the most stunning.
A writer
at Kotaku this week wrote that he has a gambling problem and video games are at fault.
Back at launch, we also had some very thoughtful write - ups and reviews from Evan Narcisse
at Kotaku, Laura Hudson at Offworld, Davis Cox at Kill Screen, and Kathryn Hemmann on her Contemporary Japanese Literature site.
I met Iwata way back at the 2005 Tokyo Game Show when I just began to work
at Kotaku.
Ethan Gach
at Kotaku explains Rayman's unfinished origins:
Jason Schreier over
at Kotaku cites 13 anonymous sources within Bungie who reportedly paint a picture of a studio overwhelmed by having to completely reboot its story late in development.
Over
at Kotaku, Mark Serrels dives deeper into this phenomenon, in a wonderful personal essay on how the flexibility of the Nintendo Switch helped him reconnect with his love of video games, even with the responsibilities of being a homeowner and a father.
The journalists
at Kotaku directly sponsored many of her games.
I've spoken about this with other folks
at Kotaku, and they've all given excellent counterpoints to my complaints beyond «well this isn't a problem in the back end of the game».
A reader over
at Kotaku sent a photo of a Best Buy pre-oder boxes for inFamous that had an interesting promotion sticker on it.
Several stills from the video are up
at Kotaku and they certainly look good, very Victorian and all that, but there is something irksome about seeing the next Assassin's Creed — even by way of leaked footage — while the current game is still such a mess.
Now the acclaimed author of Power - Up and an editor
at Kotaku, Kohler is revisiting the game that started his career in games journalism.
Our colleagues
at Kotaku UK broke the news yesterday that music licensing issues will force Rockstar Games to remove some songs from Grand Theft Auto IV, a game that celebrates its 10 - year anniversary this month.
We also have confirmation over
at Kotaku that states Nintendo going to increase the amount of units over the NES Classic.
I remember one of my first «assignments»
at Kotaku was to cover the console's launch in Sydney in early 2007.
According to a post over
at Kotaku, the DLC info was accidentally posted on the official Rock Band forums and just as accidentally swept under the rug — but not before we bloggers could pounce on it like a pack of starved wolves.
Over
at Kotaku, writer Stephen Totilo offered a theory of his own based on a huge move recently made by Sony.
Jason Schreier, a senior writer
at Kotaku, can be seen defending Nathan Grayson, the journalist who admitted to beginning a sexual relationship with Zoe Quinn just days after he mentioned her in his reporting and linking to her game, Depression Quest.
PSP for the well - heeled — Saw this over
at Kotaku the other day.
The post revealed that she had cheated on him with a couple indie developers, and, most notably, her boss
at Kotaku.
In this edition I talk with Kirk Hamilton, features editor
at Kotaku, and Brett Douville, Lead Programmer at Bethesda Game Studios.We discuss the impact of indie games on AAA developers, «Anita and the cesspool,» and why now is the best of all possible times to be a gamer... among many other topics.
Our ninetieth episode features us talking to Patricia Hernandez (senior writer
at Kotaku) and Danielle Riendeau (senior reviewer at Polygon).
Our friends over
at Kotaku just gotten word that God of War: Ascension has been classified R18 + and, given Queensland's issues with passing the correct legislation, retailers have been advised that they can not sell the game in that state.
Recently it was discovered by the scientists
at Kotaku and GiantBomb that the PS4 has the innate ability to twerk.
First posted over
at Kotaku in a story by Mike Fahey, and then just confirmed by Disney Infinity Vice President John Vignocchi earlier today on Twitter, it also appears that Mike actually narrates the video for the release as Tron's MCP... congrats Mike!
In order, I talked to N'Gai Croal of Newsweek's Level Up; Kieron Gillen from Rock, Paper, Shotgun; Leigh Alexander of Sexy Videogameland (also an editor
at Kotaku); Shawn Elliott, an editor at 1Up; Chris Dahlen of Save The Robot; Michael Abbott at The Brainy Gamer; and Mitch Krpata of Insult Swordfighting.
Take a look
at Kotaku's article here.
I've started writing a column on sex games
at Kotaku!
The folks
at Kotaku got their hands on a handful of Japanese screenshots from the upcoming PSP title Valkyria Chronicles 2 from Sega.
Yeah but an editor
at Kotaku made an article (a week after singing the praises for the game) calling the gameplay dull and boring.
The helpful crew over
at Kotaku have seemingly spilled the beans on Modern Warfare 3, the sequel to blockbuster game Call of Duty: Moderern Warfare 2.
The previously announced, PS3 - exclusive BioShock DLC is set to hit the PlayStation Network on Nov. 20, and the folks over
at Kotaku have had a chance to wade through the various challenge rooms.
Matthew earned a degree in Mass Communications / Journalism and interned for a college semester
at Kotaku, writing about gaming before turning it into part of his career.
If you're interested in stories from Platinum's past and a glimpse into what's next, check out Atsushi Inaba's full interview over
at Kotaku.
Of course you do, because all us here
at Kotaku can't seem to stop posting about it.
The Wii U version of Namco Bandai's Pokémon fighting game has landed
at Kotaku, along with strict time constraints on how much video we can share.
As a kid I found Harvest Moon boring, and even when everyone else
at Kotaku was obsessing over Animal Crossing last year, I just couldn't play it for more than a couple of hours.
For some, including my peers
at Kotaku, it was troubling.
Far Cry Primal — Promotional screenshot (Ubisoft) Jason Schreier, a writer
at Kotaku — a site known for often getting wind of leaks ahead of any other publication — indicated that there is no reason to assume the next Far Cry game will be a Western, simply that it will take place in Montana.
Almost everyone
at Kotaku is playing God of War, and we can not stop talking about it.