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Halo Infinite Won't Have Campaign Co-Op At Launch
20.8.2021
Microsoft and 343 Industries announced today that campaign co-op and Forge mode won’t be available in Halo Infinite at launch. Instead, they’ll be added to the game next year. They also promised more and bigger flights to test out modes like Big Team Battle. And no, we still don’t have a release...
Seriously, There’s A Frogger Game Show Now?
20.8.2021
Frogger, the 1981 arcade game about one amphibian’s quest to shed light on the insidious evils of the automotive industry, is getting an obstacle-course game show adaptation. NBCUniversal will start airing episodes on its Peacock streaming platform next month, and just released an initial trailer...
Work hard at playing: How video game job markets may develop
20.8.2021
The Ascent’s Latest Update May Have Broken The Game Even More
20.8.2021
The Ascent was updated for Xbox and Windows 10 Thursday, putting it on parity with the version Steam players have had for nearly two weeks. It fixed some things, but it seems to have broken a lot, too.Read more
Mario Got Himself Arrested Before An English Soccer Game
20.8.2021
The return of capacity crowds to English football stadiums has been a beautiful thing to see over the last couple of weeks, but in some cases, fans clearly had a few things to work out of their systems after 18 months stuck watching at home.Read more
It's 2021 And Bethesda Has Announced Another Skyrim Port
20.8.2021
Bethesda announced today that its nearly decade-old open-world RPG hit, Skyrim, is once again being ported to consoles both old and new. This time the publisher is sprucing it up with fan-created content. It’s called Skyrim Anniversary Edition, and it’s coming out on November 11, 2021 for PS5,...
Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut Fixes PS5’s Busted Save Transfers
19.8.2021
Save transfers have been a mess on PS5. Time and again, people have wanted to play upgraded versions of their old PS4 games only to discover they can’t import their previous save files without placing their console on a dark altar and performing arcane rituals. Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s...
Amid Turmoil, Activision's Call Of Duty Machine Grinds Ahead With Vanguard
19.8.2021
Call of Duty: Vanguard got its first extended trailer today and a release date of November 5. The announcement comes as publisher Activision Blizzard faces an unprecedented lawsuit by California state regulators alleging years of workplace misconduct and discirimiation.Read more
Pokemon Legends: Arceus Can’t Be The Next Breath of the Wild, But That’s OK
19.8.2021
Sure—Pokémon Legends: Arceus looks like Breath of the Wild—this isn’t a controversial take, but what does that actually mean?Read more
RuneScape Composer Jailed For Sexual Assault Of Preteen Girl
19.8.2021
Ian Taylor, the composer behind much of the music for free-to-play MMO RuneScape, was sentenced today by the Peterborough Crown Court in England to 22 months in prison after admitting to drunkenly assaulting a girl under the age of 13 last December.Read more
Street Fighter Pros Apologize For Trolling Streamers
19.8.2021
Kawano is one of Japan’s top Street Fighter V players. He recently took first place in Evo 2021 Online East Asia and won the Topanga Championship 3. But his actions online earlier this summer have recently come under greater scrutiny.Read more
'Stolen' Game Aeon Must Die Returns, Despite Unresolved Allegations Of Abuse And Corruption
19.8.2021
Last year the game Aeon Must Die, highlighted during a PlayStation showcase, disappeared after a group of former developers accused Estonian studio Limestone Games of “unbearable work conditions with endless crunch, harassment, abuse, corruption, and manipulation.”Read more
Epic Store Adds Self-Publishing, And There’s Still A Loophole For Porn
18.8.2021
Today Epic Games announced its own self-publishing program which enters closed beta. The program will allow developers to publish games on the Epic Store without the assistance of Epic employees so long as it meets several requirements, such as not being porn.Read more
Yakuza's Kiryu Joins The Growing Super Monkey Ball Cinematic Universe
18.8.2021
Move over, Jet Set Radio’s Beat, you’ve been usurped as the coolest guest character in Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania. Sega announced this morning that Kazuma Kiryu, the principled protagonist of the Yakuza series, will also be playable in the upcoming game.Read more
Why Halo Infinite’s Bots Act So Much Like People
18.8.2021
Last month, developer 343 Industries hosted a beta—fine, a “technical test”—for Halo Infinite’s competitive multiplayer mode. Those selected for participation were given a chance to test-drive one shaky server, three maps, and about a dozen-odd weapons for the long-anticipated first-person shooter...
New Pokémon Edition Nintendo Switch Lite Is A Subtle Callback
18.8.2021
The Nintendo Switch Lite gets yet another Pokémon themed console. This time, it’s to mark the upcoming November release of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl, with a familiar design featuring Dialga and Palkia.Read more
I Need To Tell You About This Pokémon Exec's Shirt Right Now
18.8.2021
Kotaku is no stranger to discussing fashion, and so I am proud to uphold this storied tradition. Gamers do not know how to dress themselves, this much is well known. Standard press conference fare, even from executives, is a graphic tee and blazer combo that leaves much to be desired. Sure, it’s...
Pokémon Sleep Is Still Only A Dream
18.8.2021
Back in 2019, the internet was all sorts of excited by the announcement of mobile game/sleep monitor Pokémon Sleep. But despite a 2020 release date, not a single word had been heard about it since, leaving many to assume it had been abandoned. Then, yesterday, someone noticed its trademark had been...
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl: Three Entirely New Things For The Remake
18.8.2021
At today’s Pokémon Presents showcase, trainers got another look at the upcoming Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl remakes. We already knew they’d be newer-looking than the originals (obviously). But more new stuff is coming. These aren’t just pixel-for-pixel remakes.Read more
Pokémon Unite Gets Mobile Launch, Crossplay Confirmed
18.8.2021
Pokémon Unite will come to mobile on September 22, and it will offer crossplay between the Nintendo Switch. The MOBA also adds Mamoswine and Sylveon and gifts for trainers.Read more