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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...
Ubisoft Wants You To Be Comfortable Not Owning Your Games
15.1.2024
With the pre-release of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown started, Ubisoft has chosen this week to rebrand its Ubisoft+ subscription services, and introduce a PC version of the “Classics” tier at a lower price. And a big part of this, says the publisher’s director of subscriptions, Philippe...
New Prince Of Persia Game Has A Wild NPC Oopsie
12.1.2024
Reviews for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown are popping up ahead of the game’s official launch on January 18. With 14 hours under my belt, I can tell you that it’s great, as evidenced by the myriad positive scores on aggregators Metacritic and OpenCritic. But during previews something puzzling...
Following Meh Previews, Rocksteady Is Lifting Suicide Squad's Alpha Test NDA
11.1.2024
Rocksteady and WB Games are doing something odd. They are partially lifting the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) surrounding a previous alpha test of the upcoming Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League following a load of mixed and negative previews. Read more
Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown Fixes The Worst Thing About Metroidvanias
11.1.2024
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is the newest entry in Ubisoft’s action-adventure franchise, launching on just about every platform on January 18. (You get three-day early access if you preorder the $60 Deluxe Edition.) I’ve been having a great time with the 2.5D side-scrolling Metroidvania, which...
Sony’s New Smart Car Can Display Fortnite Ads, For Some Reason
10.1.2024
During January 8's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Sony literally pulled up on stage with a new electric vehicle that can be driven with the PlayStation 5's DualSense controller. The vehicle, named AFEELA and created in partnership with car manufacturer Honda, has a bunch of features...
Suicide Squad Previews Paint A Pretty ‘Meh’ Picture
9.1.2024
The first hands-on previews of WB and Rocksteady’s upcoming Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League are live now across multiple outlets. And while some folks enjoyed playing the co-op shooter more than others, the general vibe I got after reading all of these previews is not great. The consensus...
Total Recall: You Should Play Grand Theft Auto III Before GTA VI
9.1.2024
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Gravity Rush Film Makes Surprise Appearance At Sony CES Presentation
9.1.2024
Nearly a year and five months after its announcement, Sony has revealed a brief look at the Gravity Rush film that’s currently in production and based on the 2012 open-world action-adventure game of the same name by the now-defunct developer Japan Studio. It’s just a small tease, but what...
Suicide Squad Boss Downplays Live-Service Elements Of Obviously Live-Service Game
8.1.2024
In a new interview, Darius Sadeghian, studio product director at Rocksteady, danced around the obvious fact that Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League is an online live-service game, instead claiming it’s “still full of the DNA that infuses the Batman: Arkham series” and adding that no “label”...
OK Boomer: These Are 10 Of The Best Boomer Shooters
8.1.2024
Only the other day we were calling out Steam on its poor curation of the 14,500 games added to the store last year. Now we learn of a tiny step forward in the clumsy storefront’s usefulness: a new genre category for boomer shooters. This is the term for classic or classic-style first-person...
The Whole Alan Wake ‘Remedyverse’ Is On Sale Right Now On PC
5.1.2024
If you’ve been eyeing (or playing) Alan Wake II lately but haven’t yet played any of the other titles in Remedy Games’ growing “Remedyverse” of connected stories, then you might want to take a look at the Epic Games Store right now. During its “Developer Spotlight” sale, Alan Wake Remastered, Alan...
New Prince of Persia Will Be 60fps (Or More) On All Platforms, Even Switch
5.1.2024
The upcoming 2D Prince of Persia reboot from Ubisoft not only looks good, but it also has excellent performance. According to Ubisoft, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown will run at 60fps on all platforms, including the Switch, and will also support 4K/120fps on some consoles, too. After a string...
Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth Is A Perfect Antidote To January
4.1.2024
Once upon a time, not so very long ago, the first couple of months of the year were a dead zone for new game releases. Typically, publishers rushed to get their shiny new titles out in time for the holiday gift rush. But then some clever genius realized that people buy games all year round. 2023...