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23 Years Later, We've Discovered An Amazing GameCube Easter Egg
19.1.2024
Have you ever heard of GameCube’s squeaks? Perhaps we’re revealing some embarrassing gap in our collective knowledge at Kotaku in admitting we hadn’t, but we have now. And we’ve scientifically tested it. There’s a bizarre start-up Easter egg on the 2001 Nintendo console, and it makes it get...
The Best Part Of The Xbox Direct Happened Before It Started
18.1.2024
Thursday’s Xbox showcase included some big games that I can’t wait to play. But if you tuned it right when the action started you might have missed the best part of the show: a series of fun pop-up facts and trivia about various Xbox-owned studios. Read more
Indiana Jones' Great Circle Actor Sounds Familiar For A Reason
18.1.2024
Troy Baker, the voice behind Joel from The Last of Us and a myriad of other video game characters from the past two decades, officially has a new starring role to add to his filmography. After finally unveilingthe long-awaited Indiana Jones and the Great Circle at the Xbox Developer Direct...
Bethesda's Indiana Jones Is Both First-Person And Third-Person
18.1.2024
First announced in 2021, Bethesda’s big Indiana Jones game has been mostly off the radar since its initial teaser. But during Xbox’s January 18th Developer Direct, Xbox showed off the next digital Indy adventure—Indiana Jones and The Great Circle—via a new gameplay video while confirming it will...
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...
Baldur’s Gate 3 Will Never Be On Game Pass Or PS Plus, Says Dev
18.1.2024
Larian Studios’ award-winning RPG Baldur’s Gate 3 is now on almost every major platform since it came to Xbox in December after first launching for PC and PlayStation 5 in August and September, respectively. It was one of our favorite games of last year, and months later, it’s still creating buzz...
Portable PS5 Fan Hack Is A Wild Portal Alternative
17.1.2024
Do you want a slim PlayStation 5? How about one that’s so thin it could easily slide into your backpack’s laptop sleeve? That’s what one DIYer managed to do with his base PS5, again showing up Sony, which still lags behind in the burgeoning, ultra-mobile handheld console market.Read more
Xbox Game Pass Is Stacked For The Second Half Of January
16.1.2024
We’re halfway through January—where is the time going?—and Microsoft has revealed the rest of the games you can download this month with your Xbox Game Pass subscription. The crop is good, featuring a dungeon-crawling RPG, a monster collector, a social sim turn-based RPG, and more for your...
Steam Pulls Fan's Portal 64 Project, But Not For The Reason You Think
15.1.2024
A fun-sounding project, a Nintendo 64 demake of Portal, has been pulled from Steam. It’s developer, however, is imploring people not to get angry with Valve, suggesting his idea was always doomed from the start. And yet, you know, I’m still a bit mad.Read more
Switch 2, Pokémon With Guns, And More Of The Week's Biggest Gaming News
13.1.2024
It’s CES week! That doesn’t typically mean a whole lot to video game fans, but this year was a bit of an exception, as ‘90s cheat peripheral standby GameShark appears to have rebranded as “AI Shark,” (sigh) and may have accidentally leaked key information about Nintendo’s next console. And speaking...
Our Best Tips To Track Down A PlayStation Portal
12.1.2024
When Sony launched its the PS portal, it’s portable PS5 streaming device, on November 15, 2023,it swiftly sold out. With the ability to stream your favorite PS5 games to a handheld device anywhere you can get a decent internet connection, it’s no surprise that the Portal has been so popular with...
PS5 Just Did Something A PlayStation Console Hasn’t Done Since 2004
12.1.2024
Sony’s PlayStation 5 is selling pretty dang well in Japan, according to new data that shows it was the second best-selling console in the country last year, behind only Nintendo’s Switch. Even more impressive, the PS5 sold better than any PlayStation console has ever sold since the PS2 in 2004....
How To Keep Your Naughty Xbox Captures Private
11.1.2024
Modern consoles such as the Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and even the Nintendo Switch all have some pretty handy capture features. Want to grab an awesome screenshot? There’s a dedicated button. Even recording long clips on Xbox and PlayStation is rather easy. And it’s even easier to share these...
Um, GameShark May Have (But Probably Didn't) Leak Switch 2's Release Date
11.1.2024
In a new press release from audio electronics company Altec Lansing, it was revealed that GameShark is returning, sort of via an artificial intelligence-powered successor called “AI Shark” You don’t care about that. Instead, the big news out of this press release is that it might have leaked...
Bethesda’s Indiana Jones Game May Finally Have A Name
11.1.2024
Twitter sleuth Kurakasis believes they’ve figured out the name of Bethesda’s upcoming Indiana Jones video game. And, well, it’s right up there with howlers like “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” and “Dial of Destiny.” According to a bunch of URLs recently registered by the rightsholder Lucasfilm,...
The Best Survival Horror Game Ever Made Joins PlayStation Plus This Month
11.1.2024
In 2019, Capcom blew our minds with a brutal remake of 1998’s Resident Evil 2, this time with a new camera perspective, modern graphics, and the return of two classic horror protagonists: Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield. Starting on January 16, you’ll be able to download this incredible remake...
PS5's DualSense Controller Is Getting An Update, Store Listing Reveals
11.1.2024
If you’re sick and tired of your DualSense controller dying after a measly three to six hours of use, it looks like Sony might be getting ready to release a new version of the PlayStation 5 controller that could double its typical battery life. That’s if a Canadian store listing is to...
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...
New PS5 Slim Colors From CES Are So Damn Boring
10.1.2024
Sony has made some pretty big reveals at tech showcase CES this year—a mixed-reality headset, a first look at the Gravity Rush movie, and a car that you can control with a DualSense—so it makes the desultory offerings of new PS5 Slim colorways all the more disappointing. Red, blue and silver...
Rad: A New Handheld Sega Genesis Is On The Way
9.1.2024
Like measuring temperature on the deranged scale of Fahrenheit, the United States is nearly alone in the world in calling Sega’s classic gaming console the “Genesis.” The 1989 SNES rival was actually called the Mega Drive, and it’s time to get on board with that name, as a new announcement from...