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The World's Best Guitar Hero Player Was A Cheat
3.2.2022
For the last few years, a Guitar Hero player called Schmooey was widely believed to be the best in the world, having racked up achievements and displayed feats that other players thought impossible. A discovery made last month, however, shows there was a very good reason for that.Read more
Destiny 2 Players Are Arguing Over Worm Babies
2.2.2022
Yesterday, Bungie revealed a bonkers new Exotic gun coming to Destiny 2 later this month in The Witch Queen: a grenade launcher called Parasite that shoots live Worm rounds (alien parasites shaped like giant slugs). It was an instant hit among the loot game’s faithful and has also ignited a debate...
Hardcore Halo Infinite Fans Are Frustrated With State Of Shooter Despite Updates, Events
2.2.2022
Yesterday, Halo Infinite’s samurai-themed “Fracture: Tenrai” event returned for a third round, looking much like it did for its second outing. For some players, it’s another excuse to hop into a fun event with meaningful rewards. But for others, it’s an underbaked game spinning its wheels.Read more
Halo Infinite Spartans Fly Around Like Titanfall Players With This Grappling Hook Technique
2.2.2022
Since Halo Infinite’s launch, players have used the grappling hook in both the campaign and multiplayer to pull off all kinds of feats. From using the tool in a no-damage run to clipping out of the story mode’s first level, the grappleshot has been one of the standout additions to 343 Industries’...
Dying Light 2: The Kotaku Review
2.2.2022
The idea of being excited about yet another zombie video game in this, the year of our lord two-thousand and twenty-two, might seem ridiculous to some. Even I, a die-hard fan of the undead, understand how tired people are of zombies. They really are everywhere, from Back 4 Blood to Project Zomboid....
Resident Evil 4 HD Mod, Out Now After 8 Years In Development, Looks Amazing
2.2.2022
Resident Evil 4, inarguably one of the greatest games of all time, is now playable with full high-definition textures, enhanced 3D models, and revamped lighting courtesy of the Resident Evil 4 HD Project.Read more
Shovel Knight Devs’ Next Game Is A Mash-Up Of Link’s Awakening And Castlevania
2.2.2022
Yacht Club Games is working on a new project which, for the first time in the indie studio’s history, has nothing to do with Shovel Knight. It’s called Mina the Hollower, it’s a retro-homage to Game Boy classics like Link’s Awakening, and in a weird twist, Yacht Club is going back to Kickstarter...
Worms Studio Ditches NFT Scam After Only 24 Hours
1.2.2022
Yesterday Team17—the studio behind the classic Worms series—announced it was getting into the NFT space, teaming up with a third party to release “collectible digital artwork based on one of the most beloved IPs in indie games”. A day later, that plan is in the bin.Read more
Destiny 2 Is Getting New Guns That Are Bonkers, Like The Exploding Worms Grenade Launcher
1.2.2022
Hot off the shocking news of its acquisition by Sony, Bungie revealed what new Exotic gear players will soon be getting their hands on in Destiny 2’s The Witch Queen, when launches later this month. TL;DR: the new guns and armor look like some of the loot shooter’s coolest yet.Read more
Xbox Game Pass Is Losing Some Of Its Best Games
1.2.2022
The Xbox hard drives of the world needed a break eventually. For February 2022, Xbox Game Pass isn’t cluttering the most jam-packed release slate in recent memory. Not only is the upcoming lineup fairly slight, but some of the best and biggest on Microsoft’s games-on-demand service will soon...
Battlefield 2042 Just Can't Catch A Break
1.2.2022
It’s been a rough few months for Battlefield 2042, and things don’t sound like they’re going to magically turn around anytime soon. EA announced today that the live service shooter won’t be getting any new content until summer, over six months after launch, with season one delayed and basic...
Fate/Grand Order Director Is Going Independent
1.2.2022
Yousuke Shiokawa, the director of the massively successful free-to-play Fate/Grand Order, has left his executive position as creative officer at Delightworks just as its game division was spun off and is set to be acquired by Sony-owned Aniplex. Read more
Horde & Alliance Players Will Soon Be Able To Raid Together In World Of Warcraft
31.1.2022
Since 2004, World of Warcraft players have been asked to pick a faction and run with it. If you were Horde and your best friend was Alliance, your options for doing stuff in-game were practically zero, which made for a thematically strong experience, but also one that could kinda suck if family...
Elden Ring Director On Game's Difficulty: 'More Players Will Finish It'
28.1.2022
We are less than a month out from the release of Elden Ring. Some are already planning to take off from work to play it. Others are planning to take off from the internet to avoid what will likely be another round of game difficulty discourse. Director Hidetaka Miyazaki has broached the subject...
Eight Things To Do In Destiny 2 To Prepare For The Witch Queen
28.1.2022
Destiny 2’s longest season still has a month to go. That’s bad news for everyone eagerly awaiting the game’s massive upcoming Witch Queen expansion, but good news for those who still need time to tie up a few loose ends. That’s especially true for newer players who may be a bit behind on...
My, Link, How You've Grown
28.1.2022
Dan Eder is an artist currently working on Warner Bros’ fighting game Multiversus.Read more
Hitman 3 Had A Bad Steam Launch, So Everyone Gets An Upgrade
27.1.2022
The news here isn’t that IO Interactive—which has historically been reticent in doling out a bevy of publicity screenshots for its hit stealth game, Hitman 3—published a decadent 4K screenshot of suave hero Agent 47 pouring a glass of Argentinian Malbec. No, no, that’s just icing on the cake:...
Horizon Forbidden West Reusing Animations Isn’t A New Phenomenon (And It's Not Bad, Either)
27.1.2022
IGN has published a new comparison video for Guerrilla Games’ Horizon Forbidden West. The four-minute clip, a rundown of the biggest changes made between the upcoming action-adventure game and 2017's Horizon Zero Dawn, showed how similar the two appear to be side-by-side. One particular moment...
Halo Infinite's Ranked Capture The Flag Matches Are Too Long
27.1.2022
Yesterday, developer 343 Industries shook up Halo Infinite’s ranked playlist. For the foreseeable future, matches of capture the flag, specifically on the Behemoth map, will no longer appear in the playlist’s rotation, effectively nixing one of the most widely hated maps. Players of the...
No Man's Sky Dev Brings Back Older Games To Brighten One Kid's Life
27.1.2022
Before Hello Games made a name for itself with the procedurally generated space adventure No Man’s Sky, its developer was all about Joe Danger, a cartoonish motorcycle stuntman racing through an eponymous series of console and mobile games. After years of being defunct due to iOS updates, the...