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These Are The Choices That Carry Over In Dragon Age: The Veilguard
25.9.2024
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is changing how players carry over choices from previous games. BioWare’s fantasy RPG series has previously followed in the footsteps of Mass Effect and let you import your world state so you could have some continuity in your Dragon Age II and Inquisition playthroughs....
Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Character Creator Is Incredible, But It Could Be Even Better
19.9.2024
Earlier this month, myself and several other content creators and members of the press got to go hands-on with BioWare’s long-anticipated RPG Dragon Age: The Veilguard. I came away from my seven hours with it really impressed with what feels like the most cohesive game BioWare has put together...
BioWare Wants Fans To ‘Discover’ If Dragon Age: The Veilguard Shows Hog
10.7.2024
We already know Dragon Age: The Veilguard will have romance and spicy scenes. That’s par for the course with a BioWare RPG in a post-Mass Effect world. But sounds like the upcoming game in the beloved fantasy series isn’t restricting nudity to when protagonist Rook and their chosen partner...
Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Character Creator Fixes A Big Problem
27.6.2024
Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s character creator is the most robust BioWare’s ever put in one of its RPGs. We saw a glimpse of it at Summer Game Fest and can confirm Mass Effect and Dragon Ages of old have nothing on what’s coming. But the options for how you customize your character aren’t nearly...
8 Big Things We Learned About Dragon Age: The Veilguard This Week
11.6.2024
Dragon Age: The Veilguard has been a long time coming. After ten years of waiting, BioWare is finally blowing the lid off the fourth entry in its fantasy RPG series. The studio put out a cinematic trailer showcasing the game’s party members during the Xbox Showcase, and released a gameplay trailer...
Why I Make Myself In Every Video Game Character Creator
19.4.2024
On the day I started here at Kotaku back in 2022, the very first post I wrote had an image of a character who looked like me right at the top. It was my custom V from Cyberpunk 2077, and he’s appeared more than a few times on this site as I’ve covered the game and its Phantom Liberty expansion....
Pokémon GO's New Character Creator Is Out And Everyone Hates It
18.4.2024
Pretty much every change Niantic makes to Pokémon GO results in enormous backlash from its vast community of players. That’s usually because pretty much every change Niantic makes to Pokémon GO is disastrous and stupid. The latest is a new avatar creator, and guess what.Read more
Dragon’s Dogma 2 Sickos Are Making Their Favorite Characters In-Game
11.3.2024
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is the latest in a surprisingly long line of 2024 RPGs that are trying to suck up all my free time. Before it’s even launched, Capcom’s released the game’s character creator free of charge, proving that this game is going to be a lovely time suck. We know the upcoming RPG...
Dragon’s Dogma 2 Players Are Going Wild With The Character Creator
8.3.2024
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is dropping on March 22 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, and in advance of that, Capcom has released the game’s character creator so folks can already enjoy the age-old tradition of spending hours tinkering with their in-game appearance. As is customary with these tools...
Baldur's Gate 3 Aims For RPG Fans' Ultimate Character Creator
18.7.2023
Baldur’s Gate 3’s character creator is incredibly expansive. Larian Studios has described it as a tool for players to build their ideal fantasy protagonist, but before it could be that, the Belgian studio needed it to serve a different purpose: filling the RPG’s world with unique, believable...
11 Minutes With Baldur’s Gate 3’s Character Creator
18.7.2023
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6 Cool Things We Just Learned About Baldur’s Gate 3
7.7.2023
Baldur’s Gate 3 is imminent, and every time we see more of Larian Studio’s upcoming fantasy RPG, I’m reminded at just how large this game is going to be. The team put together one more Panel From Hell presentation to show off some more of the game before it launches out of Early Access for PC...
Street Fighter 6’s Lobbies Are Full Of Chaos Freaks, It Rules
20.6.2023
Every time I hop into a lobby in Street Fighter 6, it feels like I’m one of the only people who has an avatar that looks just like a regular guy. This game’s character creator is wild, folks. You can create near-perfect recreations of just about anyone, or you can make some weird little guy, and...
Surprise Pikmin 4 Trailer Reveals Brand New Character Creator
6.6.2023
Pikmin 4 got a surprise new trailer early June 6, and, as is standard for a Nintendo game, it’s still looking pretty adorable. Considering Nintendo game director Shigeru Miyamoto said in 2015 that the real-time strategy game was “very close to completion,” it’s a relief to see its cute characters...
8 Minutes Of Diablo IV's Character Creator
24.3.2023
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Wo Long’s Extensive Character Creator Encourages Experimentation
7.3.2023
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It’s About Damn Time Games ‘Git Gud’ At Black Hair
28.2.2023
When you think of Black hair in games, what comes to mind? Maybe a clean set of cornrows? What about some dreadlocks? Or, and this is probably the most likely, do you think of an afro, a Caesar fade, or just a bald scalp?Read more
Someone On Tinder Made A Game About What It’s Like To Date Them
26.1.2023
There is a bottomless dress-up box filled with things that people look for in a partner. You might prefer someone who is funny or empathetic, I consider myself lucky to have ended up with someone who never had an AJR phase. And I’m sure, out there somewhere, there is a person who wouldn’t want...
Street Fighter 6 Players Are Embracing Madness With The Unhinged Character Creator
7.10.2022
Street Fighter 6's closed beta test kicked off today, giving folks a chance to check out various aspects of the upcoming fighter all weekend long. This includes traditional gameplay elements like online matches and the training mode, as well as new additions to the series including...
Gaming’s Best Character Creators, From Demon’s Souls To Final Fantasy
19.5.2022
Sometimes I think I like sliding into a character creator sandbox more than the game it’s attached to. Character creators let me play a benevolent god that only creates hot people—like Abercrombie in the 2010s, except I’m a socialist. I feel powerful and clever until I run smack into a wall:...