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Sound Is The Key To Remaking This All-Time Classic
23.7.2024
Even with its gorgeous modern graphics and intricate puzzles, 2024’s Riven impressed me most with its sounds. The remake of the 1997 sequel to the seminal puzzle game Myst is a masterclass in how creating an ambient soundscape can help flesh out the world of the game. Even with so much visual...
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Would Be Terrific If Not For This One Colossal Flaw
23.7.2024
God, Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is so frustrating. I’m this close to absolutely adoring this assortment of timed challenges from NES games. In many ways, it feels like it’s designed precisely for NES sickos like me, folks who have an enduring fondness not just for well-regarded...
Ubisoft Issues Weird Statement On Assassin's Creed Shadow Controversies
23.7.2024
Since the announcement of Ubisoft’s next Assassin’s Creed game, Shadows, it has been at the center of a culture war. Most of the conversation has been carried out in intensely bad faith, focusing on the usual suspects’ hatred of any game that doesn’t center a straight white male character, but it’s...
We Almost Got A GBA Port Of Rockstar’s Cult Classic The Warriors
22.7.2024
The Warriors, a PS2-era video game adaption of the 1979 film of the same name, was never Rockstar Games’ biggest hit, but it was well-reviewed at the time. And according to a source, a Game Boy Advance port of this cult classic Rockstar game was nearly finished before being canceled.Read more
Fallout And Starfield Maker Bethesda Game Studios Is Unionizing
22.7.2024
Bethesda Game Studios is known for making some of the biggest open-world RPGs in gaming like Fallout 3 and Skyrim. Now it will also be known for being the first major studio in the U.S. to unionize across all of its teams. Read more
Netflix Is Making 80 New Games, Added To The 100 You Forgot You Had
22.7.2024
Netflix is for films and TV, and Game Pass is for video games, right? It’s simple. I don’t expect to get to read eBooks via my Spotify subscription, any more than I would think Hello Fresh would send out movies. This is why I constantly forget that Netflix already has a bunch of games available—96...
This Innovative Puzzle RPG Might Be A Perfect Video Game
22.7.2024
Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure by developer Furniture & Mattress is the kind of delightful, genre-blending game that words can feel inadequate to describe when it’s much more easily understood in motion. Yes, telling you that it’s an adventure game which you navigate via a grid that moves...
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess: The Kotaku Review
19.7.2024
Get a maiden to the shrine. Strike down all of the demons standing in her way. Purge defilement from a mountain and restore the land to its natural harmony and splendor. That’s Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess in a nutshell, and one of my favorite things about it is how little it strays from that...
Flintlock: Six Tips To Build Your Power And Slay Your Foes
19.7.2024
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn isn’t likely to make it to the top of most folks’ list of hardest soulslike titles, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t offer a challenge—especially if you’re not taking full advantage of everything the game has to offer. Read more
New Witcher 3 Mod Gives The Game A Full-Fledged Reputation System
19.7.2024
Modders of The Witcher 3 have only had official tools from developer CD Projekt Red for two months, but they’ve already made great use of them. One ambitious modder was able to recreate some of the first game’s map with the new tools only a day after they were released. More recently, a new mod...
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...
My Lengthy, Frustrating Quest To Become A PC Gamer
15.7.2024
Growing up, the sole PC I had access to was an ancient Dell that my dad used for work and softball scheduling, which could only really (barely) run The Sims 2. My parents were jocks and didn’t understand how anyone would pay thousands of dollars for a computer, so it wasn’t until I started...
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....
10 Tips For Starting Out In Final Fantasy XIV
15.7.2024
Final Fantasy XIV offers a variety of content and depth that few games can match. While this is a huge boon for the MMO’s longtime players, new players who have just started their account with the Starter Edition or Free Trial (we recommend the Free Trial for first-timers) may have trouble sifting...
Concord Is A Really Good Multiplayer Shooter, But That Doesn't Feel Like Enough
15.7.2024
The reaction to Concord wasn’t great during Sony’s State of Play earlier this year. But after playing a few hours of the sci-fi FPS on PS5, I’m sold on Concord’s mix of hero-shooter action and tight Call of Duty-like gameplay. The only question is: Will people be willing to spend $40 for...
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...