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The Most Underrated Final Fantasy Just Came To Game Pass
17.12.2021
When Final Fantasy XIII-2, the series’ most infamous middle child, first came out, it was received well by people who played it but overlooked by almost everyone else. Now, having just celebrated its 10th anniversary in Japan this week, one of Square Enix’s weirder and more electrifying spin-offs...
Everything Shown At Today's Nintendo Indie Direct
15.12.2021
Nintendo aired a 20-minute Direct showcase today, focusing on third-party games from independent developers. Those holding their breath for news of Hollow Knight: Silksong will, sadly, have to continue holding their breath. Still, Nintendo packed a whole lot of announcements in not a whole lot...
Six Years (And One Bethesda Problem) Later, Shadow Of The Colossus Tribute Is Finally Out
15.12.2021
It was all the way back in 2015 that I first wrote about a game called Prey For The Gods, an indie homage to Shadow of the Colossus. Six years later, with a name change along the way, the game is now out.Read more
The Switch Had An Uneven 2021 Despite Outselling The Competition All Year
14.12.2021
The Nintendo Switch had a pretty odd 2021, all things considered. This has been a bit of a slow year, and it is no wonder why. Developers were thrown into panic, as most of us were, by 2020’s covid-19 outbreak. While this did slow things down in 2020, a lot of games released that year were already...
The Assassin's Creed Expansions Just Keep Coming
14.12.2021
I wrote in January that Assassin’s Creed Valhalla was too damn long, and that was before two whole expansions were released for it over the course of this year. Now the game is getting another one, as well as some missions for its predecessor Assassin’s Creed Odyssey as well.Read more
Netflix's Next Live-Action Victim Is Mega Man
13.12.2021
It looks like Netflix, flush off their success adapting Cowboy Bebop, have cast their eyes towards another beloved Japanese character: Mega Man. Read more
Assassin's Creed Valhalla's Next Big DLC Leaked Ahead Of Official Reveal
11.12.2021
Ubisoft needs to grab some Flex Seal, because a bunch of new screenshots and info about the next big Assassin’s Creed Valhalla DLC have leaked via early listings found on Chinese stores and shared on Reddit and elsewhere. As previously rumored, this new DLC is titled “Dawn of Ragnarok,”...
The Sequel To BotW Started Trending Because It Still Doesn’t Have A Name
10.12.2021
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2–Sorry, sorry. The Sequel to The Legend of–Actually, you know what? Screw it. We all know this is a sequel, and the awkward dance around its name is just cloying at this point. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 started trending on social media last...
Sega Reveals Sonic Frontiers, The First Open-World Sonic Game
10.12.2021
We’ve seen Sonic the Hedgehog games with free-roaming hub areas, but a fully open-world Sonic? That’s an entirely new animal. Ready or not, here comes Sonic Frontiers, which Sega is calling Sonic’s first “open-zone-inspired gaming experience.” Check out the first trailer, as well as a...
Good News, The Final Fantasy 7 Remake Is Coming To PC
10.12.2021
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, the re-imagining of a Square Enix JRPG that’s better than it has any right to be, will head to PC at long last on December 16 so non-console players can experience one of 2020's best games.Read more
Silent Hill Creator Is Working On A Spooky New Horror Game
10.12.2021
It might not be the Silent Hill announcement that fans have been waiting for, but the trailer for Splitterhead revealed at The Game Awards looks just as spooky and dreadful as its spiritual successor. Read more
Horizon Forbidden West's Dinosaurs Are Suitably Epic In New Footage
10.12.2021
Guerrilla Games showed off more of Horizon Forbidden West—which criminally is not titled Horizon One Dawn or Horizon Zero Dusk—at The Game Awards tonight. Take a look:Read more
A Decade Later, Alan Wake II Finally Announced
10.12.2021
After a brutal 11 years, there is finally an Alan Wake sequel and it’s a survival horror game. I, for one, am beyond excited.Read more
The Game Developers Who Enable Speedrunners To Break Their Games
8.12.2021
It was a few days after Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart had launched on PS5, and Insomniac Games had a problem. Using a glitch known as the swingboost to gain phenomenal amounts of forward momentum, a small group of players had found a method of tearing this carefully-crafted experience apart...
Deadmau5 and Portugal The Man release single as 1M NFTs in bid to go platinum
3.12.2021
The award-willing artists want their new release “This is Fine” to become the first NFT single ever to go platinum, but it’s unclear whether that is even possible
Paper Mario Is The Next Nintendo Switch Online N64 Game
3.12.2021
The Nintendo Switch Online’s expansion pack, which brought N64 games to the subscription service for the first time, launched with nine titles, many of which were not in great shape. The tenth, out later this month, will be the original Paper Mario.Read more
Someone Please Explain This Hideo Kojima Tweet To Me
2.12.2021
Hideo Kojima’s Twitter feed is one of the best in the gaming industry. He talks movies, shares his eclectic interests with fans, and generally provides a dose of positivity in a world sorely bereft of good vibes. But I really need someone to walk me through what the heck he meant when he sent a...
Twitch Streamer Beats Every Classic Resident Evil Game Without Taking A Single Hit
1.12.2021
Resident Evil games have never been known for their kindness, which makes beating four of the series classic games in a row (in all their myriad configurations and routes) without taking a single hit all the more impressive—and that’s exactly what streamer MattDaRoc did.Read more
Solar Ash: The Kotaku Review
1.12.2021
I almost pulled the plug on Solar Ash before it really began. For the most part, I’m glad I did not.Read more
Someone Is Trying To Make Mother 4 Again And It Looks Great
30.11.2021
Not satisfied with simply taking inspiration from Mother (known as EarthBound outside Japan), a new group of developers is trying their hands at creating an unofficial numbered entry in Nintendo’s cult classic role-playing franchise.Read more