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Tomb Raider 3 Update Secretly Nukes Lara Croft Pinups
22.4.2024
Well, this is weird. Pinups of Lara Croft appear to have gone missing in Tomb Raider I-III Remastered following a patch earlier this month to fix a bunch of bugs. Whether intentional or not, some fans are now calling it out as heavy-handed censorship of retro classics.Read more
Star Wars: KOTOR Remake Is Coming Along Just Fine, Says Saber CEO
3.4.2024
A lot can happen to games that get stuck in development limbo. They can get passed around like a hot potato, stopped and restarted several times, and even canceled. Saber Interactive’s Knights of the Old Republic remake has experienced many of these trials and tribulations, but has eluded the worst...
Star Wars Battlefront: Classic Collection's First Update Is Here And Fixes A Lot
19.3.2024
Star Wars Battlefront: Classic Collection hasn’t had the best rollout since it launched on March 14. From issues with online multiplayer to some missing control options and other annoying bugs, the new package—which contains remastered ports of the first two Pandemic-developed Battlefront...
Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection Devs Respond After Abysmal Launch
15.3.2024
The Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection launched on March 14, and it sounds like it’s a bit of a mess. As of this writing, the compilation has mostly “Overwhelmingly Negative” user reviews on Steam, with only 19 percent of over 4000 scores being positive. Fans are complaining of online server...
Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection Is A Messy Stumble Down Memory Lane
14.3.2024
Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection, which combines remastered versions of the first two Pandemic-developed games, is now out on consoles and PC. And while I’m enjoying the chance to replay this favorite of mine from yesteryear, bugs and other problems make it tricky to recommend in...
Star Wars: KOTOR Remake Developer Escapes Embracer’s Clutches
14.3.2024
Saber Interactive, the developer and publisher working on projects such as Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - Remake, has officially been sold by Embracer Group. This comes in the wake of a Bloomberg report and updates to its website indicating a sale was imminent. The $500 million deal will...
Fans Say Tomb Raider Trilogy Is Better On Epic Store, Devs Claim That's The Wrong Version
29.2.2024
According to Tomb Raider fans, the best version of the recently released Tomb Raider I-III Remastered collection isn’t on Steam or Xbox. Instead, it’s on the Epic Games Store. Or, well, it was, until today when the studio behind the remaster patched it out of existence, leaving some players...
OG Star Wars: Battlefront Games Are Back With Bonus Content And Features
21.2.2024
Two incredibly popular Star Wars games— 2004’s Battlefront and 2005’s Battlefront II—are coming back in a new classic collection that will bring 64-player online action to consoles for the first time as well as other new features and bonus content, too. And you won’t have to wait long as these...
Fantastic Tomb Raider Remastered Collection Was Led By Fan Modder
20.2.2024
The recently released Tomb Raider I-III Remastered collection is a damn-near perfect reconstructed version of those classic ‘90s action platformers starring the iconic Lara Croft and her two handguns. And if you were curious as to why the remastered Tomb Raiders were so dang good, you can probably...
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered: The Kotaku Review
13.2.2024
How you define “remastered” means will certainly color your experience of playing Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft—the full, extraordinarily silly title of this collection. It’s an ambiguous word, and one that in gaming can mean anything from new packaging to remade from scratch....
Remastered Tomb Raider Collection On PS4 Has Something The PS5 Version Doesn't
6.2.2024
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered is set to arrive on most platforms, including Xbox and Switch, later this month. However, the PlayStation 5 version of the collection won’t include a platinum trophy for collecting all the other trophies. Weirdly, the PlayStation 4 port will. Read more
New Deus Ex Game Reportedly Canceled By *That* Gaming Company
29.1.2024
Embattled gaming company Embracer Group has cancelled an in-development Deus Ex game that Eidos Montreal was working on, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The untitled and unannounced RPG was reportedly in pre-production for two years and was set to “enter production later this year,”...
Tomb Raider Remaster Fixes The Worst Thing About The Original Trilogy
16.1.2024
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered will feature some spiffy quality-of-life updates, including the ability to turn on modern controls and health bars for bosses. However, the folks behind the updated collection are being careful to preserve the original games and let fans turn off most of the new tweaks...
Family Is Suing Makers Of Fortnite, Call Of Duty For Fostering Addiction
9.11.2023
Fans sue (or attempt to sue) video game companies all the time. Just this year a Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II fan sued remaster publisher Aspyr for not delivering its planned restored content DLC, but these situations are usually targeted at specific companies about an isolated issue....
Sony Deletes Mentions Of Troubled Star Wars: KotOR PS5 Remake, Hides Trailer
29.9.2023
A teaser for a Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake coming to PlayStation 5 nearly stole the show at Sony’s September 2021 showcase. But reports surfaced last year that the project was already in trouble. Now Star Wars fans have noticed that Sony recently deleted tweets about the game...
Fan Who Waited For Star Wars DLC Sues Over Broken Promises
26.9.2023
A new gamer lawsuit rises. Three months after Aspyr said it was abandoning promised DLC for the remaster of Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords on Nintendo Switch, someone is suing the publisher for failing to make good on its original promise or to offer a refund when that was no longer...
Hey Young People, The OG Tomb Raider Games Are Getting Remastered
15.9.2023
Revealed during a Nintendo Direct, but in fact happening across all of gaming, the world has learned that the first three Tomb Raider games are returning with shiny new graphics, designed to work on modern consoles. Let me—an old person—gift you—presumably a young person—a piece of insight:...
Devs Abandon KOTOR 2 Restoration DLC On Switch, Apologize With Free Games
3.6.2023
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 on Switch was a mess from the start. Like the original game’s buggy and incomplete release back in 2004, last year’s port to Nintendo’s handheld hybrid launched with a bug that made the game impossible to beat for some players. Subsequent patches added other...
What It Looks Like When A $2 Billion Gaming Deal Collapses Overnight
24.5.2023
Embracer Group CEO Lars Wingefors looked dejected during his gaming conglomerate’s latest earnings presentation. Despite recently acquiring the gaming studios behind Deus Ex and Tomb Raider at a bargain, Dead Island 2 releasing to strong sales and good reviews, and now owning the rights to The Lord...
Sounds Like The KOTOR Remake Is In Even Bigger Trouble
23.8.2022
The last we heard of the attempt to remake Bioware’s classic Star Wars RPG Knights Of The Old Republic, two of the game’s lead developers had been fired and a game originally hoping for a 2022 release was now looking at 2025. A fresh report now paints an even bleaker picture.Read more