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New Alan Wake II Update Is For All You Babies Out There
31.1.2024
Alan Wake II’s 1.15 update is now live on Xbox, PlayStation and PC. It fixes a ton of bugs, improves some visual issues, and also adds an option to make the game a little less scary for all you weenies out there. Read more
Suicide Squad Gives Early Access Players Play Money After Dreadful Launch
31.1.2024
It’s fair to say that Suicide Squad:Kill the Justice League’s launch isn’t going great so far. Following a brutal run of previews, and a splendidly petulant attempt to turn the narrative, the game’s few days of paid early access have been dirty with downtime. In an apparent attempt at crisis...
PSA: Suicide Squad Spoilers Are Floating Around Social Media
30.1.2024
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is out, but only for a handful of people who paid extra money for the Deluxe Edition to play it early. For most of us, Rocksteady’s long-awaited (albeit already divisive) follow-up to the Batman: Arkham series is launching Friday, February 2. However,...
Major Suicide Squad Bug Forces Game Offline Right After Launching
29.1.2024
After several delays, the time is finally upon us to kill DC Comics’ major superheroes like The Flash and Superman as Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League launches early for folks who preordered the Digital Deluxe edition. Unfortunately, some players who got into the game before its official...
Suicide Squad Devs Lay Out Battle Pass, Endgame Plans And They Sound…Good?
26.1.2024
Rocksteady developers behind the upcoming Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League—a DC villain-themed open-world co-op looter shooter—revealed some new details and thoughts behind the game’s battle pass, seasons, and endgame content. And while it’s still a live-service game that will likely have...
12 Essential Tips For Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth
26.1.2024
Released on January 26, 2024, Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth is a satisfyingly deep RPG with a great story, wonderful characters, and tons of activities to complete. Featuring turn-based combat, a swappable class system, and plenty of rewarding opportunities to strategize, the latest game in what...
Everyone Will Finally Get To Play Skull And Bones 6 Years After It Was Revealed
26.1.2024
Ubisoft’s oft-delayed online pirate game, Skull and Bones, will finally—thanks to a newly announced open beta—be something that anyone—yes, even you, random reader—can actually play. The open beta starts next month and arrives shortly before the game launches, over six years after its reveal. Read...
Yakuza’s Forgotten Spinoff Deserves More Love
26.1.2024
Kazuma Kiryu is the face of Yakuza. With such a legacy, it’s easy to see why Yakuza has struggled to move past its steely protagonist, but even before the introduction of the charismatic Ichiban Kasuga, an obscure spinoff proved that the franchise could do just fine without the Dragon of Dojima....
The Last Of Us Part II Is Finally Getting Its Making-Of Documentary
25.1.2024
Back in 2013, Naughty Dog released a documentary about the making of The Last of Us called Grounded: Making The Last of Us. It was originally included as part of the game’s season pass, then later released online. It’s a great documentary. Sure, it’s a bit of a puff piece, but it’s still one of...
Zelda Producer Appears In Universal Parks Video, Prompting Speculation
25.1.2024
If you’ve ever wanted to visit Hyrule in theme park form, take heart: rumors and speculation are floating around that you might soon be getting the chance to do just that. Eiji Aonuma, the producer of The Legend of Zelda series, has been spotted in a video from Universal Studios on-site at one...
Suicide Squad’s First New Playable Character Will Be The Joker
22.1.2024
Rocksteady has revealed some of its post-launch plans for Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League. The biggest piece of news is that the Joker will be the first new playable character added to Suicide Squad post-launch. And no, this isn’t the Joker from the Arkham games. He’s still dead. Instead...
9 Tips To Bend Time And Survive Death In Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown
19.1.2024
Ubisoft Montpellier’s 2.5D side-scrolling Metroidvania Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is finally out on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. It’s a long, challenging action-platforming game with lots of tough bosses and intricate puzzles. Here are a handful...
Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth’s New Game Plus Seemingly Locked Behind $15 Paywall
19.1.2024
Locking key game features behind paywalls feels very 2024. This is the move Sega appears to be taking with Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth. PC Gamer has spotted that the game’s New Game Plus mode is listed as limited to premium versions of the game, which cost at least $15 more than the Digital...
Hellblade 2 Revamps Combat, Doubles Down On Psychosis
18.1.2024
Xbox dropped a new Developer Direct presentation on January 18 that gave us updates on many of the company’s upcoming first-party games, including Obsidian Entertainment’s fantasy RPG Avowed and Bethesda Softworks’ Indiana Jones. Among the news was a new trailer and release date for Ninja Theory’s...
Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown: The Kotaku Review
18.1.2024
I hit a roadblock about three-fourths of the way through Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. There was a frustrating platforming section that required I dash and jump through hazardous obstacles: thorny spinning wheels, spiked pits and walls, falling platforms, and invisible auras that shot...
Tomb Raider Remaster Fixes The Worst Thing About The Original Trilogy
16.1.2024
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered will feature some spiffy quality-of-life updates, including the ability to turn on modern controls and health bars for bosses. However, the folks behind the updated collection are being careful to preserve the original games and let fans turn off most of the new tweaks...
Ellie And Abby's Best Video Game T-Shirts in TLOU 2's No Return
16.1.2024
In this house, we don’t like to pit two strong women against each other. That includes Ellie and Abby from The Last of Us Part II. Well, except for that part in the game where they are literally pitted against one another, but I digress. In The Last of Us Part II Remastered, both our heroines...
GTA And Alan Wake Devs Are Beefing Over The Letter ‘R’
16.1.2024
Two gaming giants have entered the legal colosseum. GTA publisher Take-Two Interactive has dragged the Alan Wake developer into a trademark dispute over Remedy Entertainment’s new logo design.Read more
The Last of Us Part II Remastered: The Kotaku Review
16.1.2024
The Last of Us Part II came out at the worst possible time. In June 2020, the pandemic was steadily becoming more terrifying, New York was under a curfew, and almost everything was closed or boarded up. The streets were all but empty despite the summer sunshine. I didn’t realize how good a job...
The Last Of Us Part II’s Roguelike Mode Is Fun If You Don’t Think Too Hard
16.1.2024
The Last of Us Part II Remastered’s roguelike mode, No Return, is a prime example of how it’s nearly impossible for games made by hundreds to thousands of people to have a consistent thematic vision. See, director Neil Druckmann wants you to believe The Last of Us Part II is all about how the cycle...