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Analogue Pocket: The Kotaku Review
13.12.2021
The Analogue Pocket is the ultimate Game Boy. It can play nearly any Game Boy, Game Boy Color, or Game Boy Advance game, on a bright and colorful LCD with 10 times the resolution of the original Nintendo Handheld, sound piping through a pair of superb stereo speakers. That’s just for starters. Read...
It's A Flashy Turn-Based RPG With Scott Pilgrim Vibes
10.12.2021
During the preshow for tonight’s Game Awards, indie mega-publisher Annapurna Interactive pulled back the curtain on the next big game in its portfolio. It’s a turn-based RPG called Thirsty Suitors, made by the folks behind Falcon Age. There’s some sweet-looking skateboarding. And it all smacks...
True or false: 91% of surveys about Bitcoin and crypto are totally wrong
1.12.2021
Welcome to the statistically dubious world of cryptocurrency surveys. Here, we'll find out how many Aussies really own crypto, and why there are so many different claims
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl Glitch Is Renaming Monsters
29.11.2021
The latest batch of Pokémon games, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, are experiencing a handful of silly glitches. While the duplication glitch is something players are exploiting to their advantage, there’s another glitchy issue players are encountering that is just plain weird: seeing their...
RBA warns Aussies over punting on ‘fad driven’ cryptocurrencies
19.11.2021
The Reserve Bank of Australia has warned local investors that the speculative frenzy on crypto could soon dry up if policymakers and regulators step in
Report: Vicarious Visions Changing Its Name After Blizzard Merger
28.10.2021
Back in January it was announced that Vicarious Visions, the studio famous for its work on the Tony Hawk remakes and a whole library of excellent licensed games, was going to be merging with Blizzard. Now it’s emerged that this corporate move means the developer will be changing its name...
The Whiteness of Skater XL’s Mods Is A Major Bummer
22.9.2021
Skater XL, the skateboarding simulator developed by Easy Day Studios, is one of two more recent genre entries that attempts to capture the zeitgeist of EA’s Skate. The game plops you in a myriad of selectable maps, each replete with various obstacles (such as benches and rails) to trick over,...
Almost 500 ‘New’ Xbox, Dreamcast Prototypes Just Got Released
20.9.2021
Project Deluge, a video game archival project from The Hidden Palace, may be the single biggest game preservation effort yet undertaken. Since March, this dedicated group of video game archivists has been releasing many hundreds of unreleased prototypes for classic systems, and now, it’s...
Skatebird Puts Cinnamon Roll Birds In A Bleh Skateboarding Game
17.9.2021
Skatebird is a great idea. A skateboarding game starring adorable, puffy birds! Wonderful. But sadly, while the bird part of Skatebird is perfect, the skate part is a janky and frustrating mess. Read more
The 14 Best Games For The Xbox One
25.8.2021
The Xbox Series X is more or less a suped-up Xbox One, so if you’ve had trouble getting your hands on the newer machine, don’t fret. In fact, given the absence of next-gen launch exclusives, most of the best games you could play on the thing are Xbox One games, anyway. Over its seven years...
California Accuses Activision Blizzard Of Shredding Abuse Evidence
25.8.2021
The state of California recently expanded its discrimination lawsuit against Activision Blizzard, Axios reports. In addition to suing the massive gaming conglomerate over its culture of harassment and abuse toward female employees, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing is now also looking...
Zázračné tóny: Chemici odhalují tajemství legendárních stradivárek
21.8.2021
Stradivari a další dávní houslaři používali na dřevo nástrojů chemikálie, kvůli ochraně i vylepšení zvuku
Black Panther: War For Wakanda Is The Best Marvel’s Avengers DLC
18.8.2021
My least-favorite moment in the story portion of the free Black Panther: War for Wakanda expansion for Marvel’s Avengers is when the rest of the Avengers show up. Until then it’s the T’Challa and Shuri show, and it’s perfect. Read more
Nintendo’s Older Games Are Killing It Right Now
13.8.2021
Nintendo continues absolutely dominating the competition in terms of game sales.Read more
Sony Now Owns Anime Site Crunchyroll
10.8.2021
Having first been reported in October 2020, then begun in December 2020, Sony’s billion-dollar purchase of anime streaming site Crunchyroll has now been completed.Read more
Report: Blizzard Once Slapped With 'Misogyny Tax'
30.7.2021
A cybersecurity company whose security researcher had once been harassed by Blizzard employees at a hacking conference charged the game developer a 50 percent “misogyny tax” when it sought a quote for security services, according to a new report from Waypoint.Read more
Tom Brady’s NFT Platform Inks Deal With Draftkings and Lionsgate
22.7.2021
On Wednesday, the non-fungible token (NFT) platform called Autograph, co-founded by the Super Bowl champion, Tom Brady, announced a strategic partnership with the companies Draftkings and Lionsgate. Draftkings Inc. also revealed on Wednesday that the publicly listed company is launching an...
New Pokémon Snap’s ‘Obama Skip’ Is The Latest Speedrunning Trick With A Weird Name
10.7.2021
Like any sub-culture, speedrunning is known for creating its own unique vocabulary that, at times, can sound like an entirely different language. Fortunately, we have folks like Abyssoft to act as our Sherpas and guide us up the treacherous speedrunning mountain. His latest video explains...
RIP The Xbox Game Pass Joke
29.6.2021
Fact: If you cover games, someone will call you a “shill” at some point. Over the weekend, a contingent of games-focused writers and influencers pushed back on that claim by plastering Twitter with tongue-in-cheek posts about the purported value of Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft’s subscription-based...
The Nintendo Download: Doki Doki Disgaea Golf Club
24.6.2021
It’s a banner week for the Nintendo Download, with 37 new games hitting the Switch eShop, including Mario Golf: Super Rush, Doki Doki Literature Club Plus, Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny, and the remastered version of Legend of Mana. There’s almost no room on the list for nonsense shovelware!...