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Ikumi Nakamura Talks About Her New Studio While Exploring Spooky Buildings
24.3.2021
Ikumi Nakamura, the former GhostWire: Tokyo creative director who made a huge splash with her brief appearance at E3 2019, is finally ready to talk about opening her own game development studio after leaving Tango Gameworks in 2019. Fittingly, she did so while exploring some creepy, abandoned...
Hitman 3 Is Getting DLC Based On The Seven Deadly Sins
24.3.2021
Next week, Hitman 3 will receive downloadable content based on the seven deadly sins, developer IO Interactive announced in a blog post today. Just don’t expect it to be quite like the DLC from Hitman 2.Read more
I Have No Idea What Recipes Are in It, but Pre-Order the Tomb Raider Cookbook for $27
24.3.2021
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Incredible Yakuza: Like A Dragon Cosplay Is Punching Me In The Face
24.3.2021
The last time we saw Enyen dabbling in Yakuza cosplay, it was as a solitary star of the gangster saga. This time, he’s back, and just like Ichiban in Like a Dragon, he’s brought some friends.Read more
Final Fantasy XI Reboot Cancelled After Six Years Of Nothingness
24.3.2021
You will probably not remember this, but back in 2015, Nexon and Square Enix announced a mobile version of Final Fantasy XI that was due for release in 2016. It did not come out in 2016, or 2017, or 2018, or 2019, or 2020, and now will never be coming out, since it’s finally been put out of...
Puzzle Quest 3 Does The Match-Three RPG A Little Differently
23.3.2021
The game that kicked off the match-three/RPG genre in 2007 is back for a third go with Puzzle Quest 3. An early preview of the Android version of the threequel reveals a somewhat more dynamic take on the genre mash-up. Giving players two seconds to map out their moves makes a big difference.Read...
Report: Mobile Game Final Fantasy XI R Has Been Canceled
23.3.2021
For the past few years, Square Enix has been co-developing mobile Final Fantasy XI R with Nexon. The game was dubbed an “MMMRPG” or “Massively Multiplayer Mobile RPG.” But now, apparently, it’s no more.Read more
Half-Life & BioShock Come Together In A Very Strange Mod
23.3.2021
Return to Rapture is a “campaign” made for Half-Life: Alyx that takes Valve’s star and drops her into the completely unrelated first-person world of 2007's BioShock.Read more
What’s the Best Single-Player Board Game?
22.3.2021
A few months ago, we asked our readers to tell us what they thought the best two-player board game was. We got a huge collection of answers that ranged from elaborate indies to classics like Cribbage. That was great news for roommates or partners who were cooped up together during the pandemic....
Fallout 76's 2021 Roadmap Shows More Story Content Coming This Summer
22.3.2021
Fallout 76 needs some new content, and based on today’s roadmap players will have to wait until the summer to get it.Read more
Breath Of The Wild Mod Aims To Add A Whole New Story Expansion
22.3.2021
Breath of the Wild has gotten quite a few mods over the years, but few with the scope and ambition of Second Wind, a story-based expansion adding new characters, side-quests, and bosses.Read more
Clear Some Shelf Space Because There's a Buy 2, Get 1 Free Games Sale at Amazon
22.3.2021
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Famicom Graffiti's Metroid Remix Kills, But Oh Dear, That One Zelda Track...
22.3.2021
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today’s vintage selection from Nintendo has a real unpredictable streak and features one of the best Metroid covers you’ll hear. And, well, other things.Read more
Assassin's Creed Valhalla's Post-Launch Woes Continue
21.3.2021
I loved Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. So much so that, had I been given more time with it during the calendar year, it would have made a serious run for my Game Of 2020. But boy, at the same time, I have not been happy with the support the game has got after launch.Read more
Game Preservation Group Releases Over 700 PS2 Prototypes And Unreleased Demos
21.3.2021
Last night video game preservation group, The Hidden Palace, released over 700 PS2 early builds, prototypes, E3, and press release demos in a massive dump the group referred to as “Project Deluge”.Read more
It Takes Less Than 20 Minutes To Eat A Baby In Fallout 3
19.3.2021
File this one under Answers to Questions No One Asked: It apparently only takes 18 minutes and 51 seconds to go from the beginning of Fallout 3 to eating a baby in one of the expansions. Speedrunners, folks.Read more
Gotham Knights Delayed Until 2022
19.3.2021
Warner Bros. Montreal has announced that Gotham Knights has been delayed until 2022. Read more
Life Is Strange, Before The Storm Getting Remastered Collection
18.3.2021
In addition to new Life is Strange installment True Colors, the folks at Square Enix and Deck Nine are working on a remastered bundle that collects every episode of the original Life is Strange and its prequel spin-off Before the Storm for release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Steam, and Stadia this...
Meet The Star Of The New Life Is Strange
18.3.2021
During today’s Square Enix Presents broadcast, the publisher revealed Life is Strange: True Colors, the next entry in the choice-driven adventure series. The full game—no episodic releases this time—is coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC, and Stadia on September...
X-COM’s Beloved Tactical Gameplay Took Months To Get Just Right
18.3.2021
Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: UFO Defense tells the story of the early years of legendary strategy game designer Julian Gollop and the making of the original X-COM, and is funding now on Kickstarter. In this excerpt from the book, Julian and designers from publisher MicroProse...