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Game Delayed For 22 Years Is Finally Out
5.7.2024
In 2002 a group of friends in Italy started developing an action-platformer with RPG elements for Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance handheld. Then 22 years passed and now, in 2024, Kien is finally launching on GBA, ending one of the longest delays in video game history. Read more
Switch Gets 7 More Random NES Games, Including One Programmed By Nintendo's Former President
5.7.2024
Nearly six years after it launched, Nintendo Switch Online is still getting new NES classics added to its on-demand subscription service. Nintendo announced seven more games are now available to play. The esoteric bunch, which includes Mach Rider and The Mystery of Atlantis, means almost every...
Nintendo Will No Longer Fix That Console You Never Used
5.7.2024
The poor Wii U. That inexplicable console that was simultaneously too confusing to be useful, but too unexceptional to be inspiring. Meaninglessly carrying the weight of the name of the phenomenal success of the Nintendo Wii, it was—by most metrics—a rare miss and a colossal flop. And now you can’t...
Nintendo will not use generative AI to build game titles
4.7.2024
Nintendo’s president addresses the risks of intellectual property breaches with generative AI at a shareholder meeting
July 4th Gaming Deals That Would Make The Founders Proud
3.7.2024
The 4th of July is a day for jingoistic mythmaking and summer merriment. I can’t think of a better way to celebrate it than by grilling food, watching things explode, and ordering a bunch of cool stuff online that you totally don’t need but will still be really awesome to have. Read more
It Feels Like Sony Is Finally Leaving The PlayStation 4 Behind
3.7.2024
The long-tail on the PlayStation 4 has been incredible. The console still has 49 million active users according to Sony’s most recent estimate. But all good things must come to an end, and it feels more clear than ever that Sony is ready to leave the PS5's predecessor in the past, with Horizon Lego...
Všichni čekali, že je právníci sedřou z kůže, největší letošní hit ale prošel
3.7.2024
Vývojáři hry Palworld, které se neoficiálně přezdívá Pokémoni se zbraněmi, se nechali slyšet, že navzdory všem očekáváním je obvykle velmi aktivní právníci Nintenda dosud ani nekontaktovali. Vypadá to tedy, že se o vydělané miliardy nebudou muset s nikým dělit
Nintendo Gave Switch Pirates A Chance To Walk Away But They Apparently Refused
2.7.2024
The Switch may be at the end of its life, but Nintendo is still on the hunt for the platform’s biggest pirates. In a pair of new lawsuits, the console manufacture has taken aim at both mod chip sellers as well as the moderator of the popular r/SwitchPiracy subreddit. Read more
Valve Remembers Team Fortress 2 Exists, But In The Worst Way Possible
1.7.2024
It’s been over 6 years since Team Fortress 2 received a major update. But don’t worry, Valve hasn’t forgotten about its popular class-based FPS franchise. In fact, the Half-Life creators have approved a new TF2 DLC for Funko Fusion aka that Funko Pop-themed video game coming out later this year....
Nintendo Says It Has A Plan To Prevent Scalping: Just Make Loads Of Switch 2s
1.7.2024
A few years on, it’s oddly hard to remember how difficult it was to get hold of the most recent generation of games consoles. On their release in November 2020, both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X were incredibly scarce, thanks to an imperfect storm of covid, global chip shortages, and supply...
Toys 'R' Us' New AI-Generated Ad Is Truly Horrible And More Of The Week's Takes
29.6.2024
Toys ‘R’ Us—or, more accurately, the brand’s reanimated corpse—made waves this week with the release of an AI-generated ad that inadvertently reveals so much about this era of widespread “enshittification.” Our piece on that, as well as a lament for the way expiring licenses are killing Forza...
Donkey Kong Country's Controversial $60 Price Tag Makes Metroid Prime Feel Like A Steal
27.6.2024
Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is an enhanced version of the 2o10 Wii game coming to Switch in 2025, and fans can’t believe Nintendo is charging $60 for it. The price was revealed in the new eShop listing and makes last year’s Metroid Prime Remaster look like an incredible deal by comparison. Read...
Nintendo Doubling-Down On Security Following Latest Video Game Leaker Drama
27.6.2024
Nintendo is working to beef up its security and IT training following recent reports of how major announcements were scrapped from YouTube’s backend ahead of major Directs. The acknowledgement of efforts to curb internal information from being exposed by outside actors comes as the video game...
Toys 'R' Us Spits On Its Own Grave With AI-Generated Trash
26.6.2024
Private equity vultures made Toys ‘R’ Us go bankrupt in 2017. All its U.S. stores closed in 2021. But the zombie brand is still around thanks to a licensing deal with Macy’s. Now it’s using generative AI to reanimate its corpse with an origin story ad that puts its 70-year history in a machine...
Steam Deck Now Cheaper Than A Switch During Valve's Big Summer Sale
24.6.2024
Valve’s popular portable PC, the Steam Deck, is currently on sale ahead of the company’s upcoming Steam Summer Sale. You can currently buy the powerful gaming device for less than a Standard Switch or Switch OLED. Read more
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble: The Kotaku Review
24.6.2024
I play the original 2001 Super Monkey Ball almost every day, and if you’ll allow me one brag, I’m pretty good at it. Sometimes I play to jumpstart my brain in the morning, sometimes to unwind during my lunch break, sometimes to fill some time in the evening. Usually, I choose the fifty-stage-long...
Gamers Are Reeling From Erdtree's Difficulty, The Switch Is Going Out Strong, And More Of The Week's Takes
23.6.2024
This past week gave us no shortage of things to talk about, from just how strong the final year of the Nintendo Switch is looking to just how absurd the latest Acolyte controversy is. We’ve also got a hands-on with the gorgeous Dragon Quest 3 remake and impressions of the great mafia-themed...
Nintendo's Huge June Direct And More Of The Week's Big Gaming News
22.6.2024
Nintendo’s big June Direct showcase delivered the biggest headlines of the week, with its reveal of Echoes of Wisdom, a new Zelda game in which you actually play as the titular princess, as well as a new Mario & Luigi RPG and, yes, Metroid Prime 4. Read on for all the reveals from that event...
Pašeračka ukryla 350 cartridgí do podprsenky, kontrolou stejně neprošla
22.6.2024
Čínští celníci zadrželi ženu, která se do země pokusila propašovat stovky herních cartridgí určených pro konzoli Nintendo Switch. Kontraband v hodnotě převyšující 300 tisíc korun skrývala v podprsence
An Underrated Mashup Of Zelda 2 And Mega Man Is Finally Getting The Multiplatform Love It Deserves
21.6.2024
Some games make my heart bubble up with joy. They remind me of thumbing through tiny, beautiful booklets and tag-teaming tough bosses with friends. Not everyone’s childhood was easy, simple, or happy, but all of us have moments in our lives we look back fondly on and games that briefly bring them...