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Destiny 2 Tossing Away Old Story Content Is Making It Harder To Keep Up
7.1.2022
Recently, my fiancée and I started playing Destiny 2 together. We were looking for a co-op game with a lot of stuff that supported crossplay and cross-saving. Somehow, I convinced her to give Destiny 2 a shot. So far, we’ve had a great time. It’s been excellent coming back to the game after years...
Battlefield 2042 Subreddit Might Get Closed Due To Toxicity
7.1.2022
So look, no one likes a busted video game. It’s not fun to play and leads to all kinds of headaches for developers and players alike. But worse than a busted video game are Angry Gamers™ demanding studios miraculously fix shit immediately. The latest game plagued by both such problems and such...
Let's Talk About That Bonkers Halo Infinite Ending
6.1.2022
Despite its name, Halo Infinite is very literally finite. Like most story-driven games, 343’s barnbuster first-person shooter comes to a conclusion—and, man, it is bananas, teeing up all sorts of implications for where Halo’s narrative could go. By now, a bunch of you have seen it for yourselves....
New Agent Neon Brings Sprinting And Sliding To Valorant
5.1.2022
In her recent (and gorgeous) reveal trailer, Neon, the newest agent about to be introduced to Riot’s team-based tactical shooter, Valorant, breaks the cardinal rule of the sweaty, tryhard, head-clicking tac-shooter genre—she can actually move fluidly.Read more
Halo Infinite’s Samurai Event Is Back, And It’s Actually Good This Time
4.1.2022
Halo Infinite’s contentious “Fracture: Tenrai” event returns today with a makeover that should make everyone happy. Probably. Maybe? You can never tell with these things. Players who don’t wanna trudge through big team battleBTB-themed challenges to open Fracture-themed ones will be delighted,...
Destiny 2 Players Are Rescuing One Another From Impossible Mission
4.1.2022
There’s so much to do in Destiny 2 that it’s easy to get lost, especially for new players. That’s part of why Bungie’s loot shooter automatically throws players into new events once they go live, like this season’s Dares of Eternity activity. For some new players, however, it means their first...
Steam Breaks New Record, With More Players Than Ever Before
3.1.2022
As the unstoppable virus of Sundays continues its gruesome pandemic into a new week, it seems more humans than ever are turning to video games in order to survive. On the 10th Sunday since the outbreak began, January 2, Steam broke its concurrent user record, hitting just shy of 28 million.Read more
Halo Infinite Player Wins 100 Free-For-All Matches In A Row
30.12.2021
Talk about redefining “unfriggenbelievable.” A Halo Infinite player recently went 100-and-0 during an impressive spree of free-for-all matches in 343 Industries’ popular multiplayer shooter.Read more
343 Says Halo Is For Everyone Following Harassment Video, But That’s Never Been True
21.12.2021
After a viral clip showed a female streamer playing Halo Infinite getting berated by her own teammates and told the game isn’t “for” her, the developers of said game have publicly disagreed.Read more
Every Halo Game, Ranked From Worst To Best
19.12.2021
If there’s one thing Halo fans like more than playing Halo games, it’s ranking Halo games. Now that Halo Infinite, the latest in a long lineage of stellar first-person shooters, has been out for a bit, two of Kotaku’s big series fans—staff writer Ari Notis and weekend editor Zack Zweizen—figured...
Halo Infinite Glitch Allows For Campaign Couch Co-op
17.12.2021
Halo Infinite may have launched without the series’ ever-popular co-op feature, but an innovative player has discovered a glitch that makes playing locally with a friend possible, albeit in a limited capacity. Read more
Halo Infinite's Next Samurai Armor Event Will Be Better, Devs Promise
17.12.2021
When Halo Infinite’s recurring “Fracture: Tenrai” event comes back in January, it’ll be significantly more generous with its rewards. That’s according to 343 Industries’ head of design, Jerry Hook, who said as much during the company’s holiday community stream on Twitch earlier this week.Read more
Where To Find Halo Infinite’s Funniest Skull
16.12.2021
Halo games have always encouraged the player to go where they’re not supposed to go. Halo Infinite, which saw its campaign hit Xbox and PC last week, is no different. Free advice: If you haven’t done so yet, scale the Tower. It’s a fun climb, and you get a terrific view, but you’ll also unlock...
Halo Infinite Players Keep Jumping Off The Edge To Win Oddball
14.12.2021
You may have seen it too: In a recent match of Halo Infinite—specifically, the oddball game type—a player runs toward the edge of the map and leaps to their death. This isn’t some furtive gesture of inner bravery. Rather, it’s a bona fide strategy for victory, and it’s annoying AF.Read more
Halo Infinite Players Keep Jumping Off The Map To Win Oddball
14.12.2021
You may have seen it too: In a recent match of Halo Infinite—specifically, the oddball game type—a player runs toward the edge of the map and leaps to their death. This isn’t some furtive gesture of inner bravery. Rather, it’s a bona fide strategy for victory, and it’s annoying AF.Read more
Halo Infinite Finally Getting A Slayer Playlist Next Week
11.12.2021
343 Industries has confirmed today that Halo Infinite’s next update on December 14 will add a Slayer playlist to the game’s popular multiplayer mode, as well as playlists for Fiesta, Free-For-All, and Tactical Slayer aka SWAT. Plus some welcomed tweaks to the game’s challenge system.Read more
Don’t Use Quick Resume With Halo Infinite, Devs Warn
9.12.2021
343 Industries is telling Halo Infinite players not to use Quick Resume, a key feature of the Xbox Series X/S, for fear of missing out on special multiplayer cosmetics.Read more
27 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting Halo Infinite’s Campaign
8.12.2021
You may have spent the past month playing Halo Infinite’s multiplayer mode, but the campaign, out now for Xbox and PC, is a wholly different beast. As in previous Halo games, your ostensible goal is to aim your gun and shoot at a zealous battalion of aliens. But Halo Infinite bucks precedent...
Destiny 2 Debuts Gjallarhorn With Powerful New Perk
8.12.2021
Destiny 2’s massive mid-season update went live yesterday, and while there are a million aspects to discuss about it, the first thing a lot of returning players will want to know is how to get Gjallarhorn, the overpowered Exotic rocket launcher from Destiny 1. The answer isn’t complicated, but it’s...
Destiny’s New Space Horse Is Stealing The Show
8.12.2021
There is so much to talk about in Destiny 2’s Bungie 30th Anniversary mini-expansion. There’s a fantastic new dungeon, tons of interesting new guns, and sweeping balance changes to the sandbox. Fuck all of that. For now we are talking about the horse because it’s taking over Destiny and it’s just...