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Greedy Publishers Have Won And Normalized Paying To Play Early
17.7.2024
Last year, a growing trend saw AAA video game publishers offering early access to new games if you pre-ordered a pricey special edition version. I worried then that if some publishers were successful in locking games behind a ransom fee, many others would do the same in the future. And here we...
Hades 2’s Fourth Patch Nerfs Some Overpowered Builds Ahead Of First Major Update
17.7.2024
Though Supergiant Games largely has its head down as it works on Hades 2’s first major update coming later this year, the already phenomenal sequel is still getting patched throughout early access. Its latest update isn’t focused on any one thing, but aims to fix a lot of issues that have been...
Flock Is This Summer's Best Chillfest
17.7.2024
As a New Yorker in my late twenties, it’s only a matter of time until I get into birding. Flock might be the thing that finally makes me take the plunge into the hobby. The new shepherding/creature collecting game from developer Hollow Ponds is full of color and life, inviting you to explore...
Flintlock: The Siege Of Dawn: The Kotaku Review
17.7.2024
The world has been plunged into darkness. The dead persist violently among the living. What remains of humanity following a cataclysm I helped trigger is now at each other’s throats. I carry my share of the blame, but it’s clear the gods must pay for what they’ve done to us. There’s a path...
Dev Casually Reveals We Almost Got Crash Bandicoot 5
15.7.2024
Project Dragon, a new game from Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs, has been canceled. This was revealed by former devs on the project over the weekend, including principal concept artist, Nicholas Kole. revealed over the weekend that an in-development game codenamed Project Dragon has been canceled....
9 Incredible Games To Get For Cheap During Steam's Big Indie Festival Sale
15.7.2024
After this year’s Steam Summer Sale, you might be thinking you don’t need to buy more games. Well the Independent Games Festival’s Celebration Days is here to change your mind.Read more
Amazon’s New Like A Dragon Show Is Being Made By People Who Really Get The Games
15.7.2024
Following its stellar adaptation of Fallout earlier this year, Amazon’s eyes are now set on translating the popular video game series Like a Dragon (formerly known as Yakuza) this fall. Ahead of the release of Amazon’s adaptation, which straddles the line with the title Like a Dragon: Yakuza, lead...
A Free Game, More Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree Help, And This Week's Other Tips
13.7.2024
We’re about halfway through the summer and I’ve given up on avoiding sweat You’re probably about halfway to giving up on Elden Ring’s Shaddw of the Erdtree DLC, but we can help with that. We’ve also got a tip for a free game for you to snag, and some FF14 advice. Read on for more of this week’s...
Report: Nintendo Isn't Crediting Everyone Who Worked On Its Biggest Games
12.7.2024
A new report claims that Nintendo doesn’t allow external contractors—who help translate some of their biggest games—to be named and listed in a game’s credits. The company behind Super Mario even, reportedly, forces these translators to sometimes sign 10-year NDAs, making it nearly impossible...
That Gorgeous Dragon Quest 3 Remake Includes New Story Elements By The Series Creator
12.7.2024
We already know that the HD-2D remake of Dragon Quest 3 is going to look amazing, and now we have some new information on what other improvements and additions the updated classic is getting. In a recent Famitsu article, Square Enix revealed a range of information on the hotly anticipated remake...
Angry Birds Seemingly Confirms Gay Bird Is Just An Ally
11.7.2024
I’ve written about a lot of gay characters in video games over the years, but I didn’t know until yesterday that Angry Birds has what seems to be a pretty explicitly queer bird in its ranks. Well, at least that’s what fans thought until an official post through the game’s social channels labeled...
A Famously Canceled Fallout Game Finds New Life As A Free Mod
11.7.2024
Back in the good ol’ days, the Fallout series was a beloved isometric CRPG series developed by Black Isle Studios, a renowned developer that shut down in the early aughts. Before its closure, it worked on two incarnations of a proposed Fallout 3 before both were eventually canned. One of these...
Suicide Squad Is Already Being Given Away For Free On PC During Prime Day
11.7.2024
Roughly six months after it launched, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League can be yours for free under two conditions: you have an Amazon Prime subscription, and a gaming PC that can handle it. Rocksteady’s infamously maligned loot masher is one of three surprise games the company is giving away...
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion Is Reportedly Hitting PS Plus This Month With A Bunch More Games
9.7.2024
Have you finished Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth’s 50-hour story? What about its 100 hours of side content? Every Remnawave tower, combat assignment, and summon shrine? Even the Odin one? Well, you’re in luck! It sounds like Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion is coming to PS Plus this month so...
Star Wars Outlaws' Planets Sound Like They Fix A Major Ubisoft Problem
9.7.2024
Star Wars Outlaws is nearly here and a lot of players are likely excited to hop into this open-world Star Wars game featuring five large planets. And according to Ubisoft, three of these worlds will take about five minutes to travel across using a speeder bike.Read more
Should You Side With Apsaras or Leanan Sidhe In Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance?
9.7.2024
In the first major zone of Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, you’ll encounter your first sidequest with a branching outcome. You’ll (most likely) first see Apsaras, surrounded by demons kneeling before her. According to her, she wants to protect these demons by forcing them to acknowledge their...
Night Springs Is The Perfect Follow-Up To Alan Wake 2
9.7.2024
How does a developer follow up a game like 2023’s Alan Wake 2? How do you follow a survival horror game steeped in meta-textual commentary on art and its own troubled road to release, with incredibly bold themes and genre-bending moments that earned it several major game awards? If you...
Still Wakes The Deep Achievement And Collectibles Guide
9.7.2024
Developer The Chinese Room’s Still Wakes the Deep is a short, six-hour game that puts you up against the horrors of Lovecraftian nightmares and decaying fossil-fuel infrastructure. Now you can add a third to that list: achievement hunting.Read more
Zenless Zone Zero Is Stylish, Fun, And A Letdown
8.7.2024
Above all else, Zenless Zone Zero is beautiful to look at. HoYoverse’s latest action RPG gacha title, following 2020’s Genshin Impact and last year’s Honkai: Star Rail, has a lot much going for it, with a beautifully detailed world, characters, and animations. Underneath that style there is even...
Starfield Modder Brings Star Wars Ships To Xbox
8.7.2024
In June, Bethesda brought mods to the Xbox version of Starfield. Since then, fans have created a ton of cool and useful mods for the massive, space-faring RPG. And one fan has even started porting Star Wars ships like the X-Wing into Starfield on console. Read more