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Vitalik Buterin proposes faster Ethereum trades with single-slot finality
1.7.2024
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin proposed moving away from Ethereum’s epoch-and-slot mechanism to a single-slot finality system, pointing out key potential challenges
Why You Keep Dying In The Elden Ring DLC And More Of The Week's Tips
30.6.2024
If you keep dying in Elden Ring’s new Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, we’ve got a tip that may help make you more resilient against the dangers of the Land of Shadow. We’ve also got a primer on how to explain the whole Dr Disrespect situation to the normal people in your life, explainers for Shin...
Toys 'R' Us' New AI-Generated Ad Is Truly Horrible And More Of The Week's Takes
29.6.2024
Toys ‘R’ Us—or, more accurately, the brand’s reanimated corpse—made waves this week with the release of an AI-generated ad that inadvertently reveals so much about this era of widespread “enshittification.” Our piece on that, as well as a lament for the way expiring licenses are killing Forza...
Devs Want Cyberpunk 2 To Capture The Worst Of America
28.6.2024
Cyberpunk 2077 takes place in Night City, a fictional metropolis in California meant to embody the endgame of America’s capitalist excess. Corporations run everything, people have to resort to a life of crime to get a step ahead, and the only pockets of solace are found in community, because...
Zenless Zone Zero Is Taking Big Steps To Eliminate The Gacha Grind
28.6.2024
If you’ve never been able to stomach the gacha grind of HoYoverse’s games, then Zenless Zone Zero might be for you. The next game from the developer behind Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail releases on July 4 (only a few days away) and is set to make some welcome quality-of-life changes to...
You Probably Missed The Best Video Game Song Of The Year So Far
27.6.2024
2023’s Alan Wake II is an impressive horror game that melds mediums and tells a metatextual story about creating art. It’s a wondrous accomplishment of game design. It also has one of the catchiest songs ever put into a video game, memorably accompanied by a spectacular interactive performance....
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter Is Being Remastered And Adding Boba Fett
27.6.2024
A remastered and improved version of Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, originally released over 20 years ago, is set to launch in August across consoles and PC. And this new version will finally let players unlock Boba Fett, something teased in the original release but never actually offered. Read more
Donkey Kong Country's Controversial $60 Price Tag Makes Metroid Prime Feel Like A Steal
27.6.2024
Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is an enhanced version of the 2o10 Wii game coming to Switch in 2025, and fans can’t believe Nintendo is charging $60 for it. The price was revealed in the new eShop listing and makes last year’s Metroid Prime Remaster look like an incredible deal by comparison. Read...
Take Out Conor McGregor In The Newest Hitman DLC
27.6.2024
Much as it stuns me to admit, Hitman: World of Assassination is evidently still receiving DLC years after its release, and its latest bit might be my personal favorite. That’s because the newest mission tasks Agent 47 with eliminating none other than Conor McGregor, MMA’s most infamous fighter.Read...
Someone Is Porting Super Mario 64 To The Game Boy Advance
26.6.2024
A fan developer is doing something that seems impossible: Porting Super Mario 64 to the Game Boy Advance. And so far, their progress is impressive.Read more
Everything You Need To Know About Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance's Holy Will And Profane Dissent DLC
26.6.2024
The Shin Megami Tensei series rewards swapping out your roster of demons, but that doesn’t mean fans don’t get attached to certain monsters. One of these is Dagda, and… look, I didn’t play Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse, so I’m not going to pretend I can give a lesson on Dagda’s backstory....
Everything You Need To Know About Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance's Sakura Cinders of the East DLC
26.6.2024
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance includes (almost) all the DLC from its original 2021 release. However, if you want to give Atlus more of your money, Vengeance adds two extra quests that you can purchase for $5 USD a pop. The first of these is the Sakura Cinders of the East DLC, which players...
Capcom Is Remastering Dead Rising And Hmmm...
26.6.2024
Capcom has just announced it’s remastering the original zombie-killing shooter Dead Rising for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. The new version of the 2006 game doesn’t have a release date yet, but we did get a short teaser trailer showing off the new visuals and a redesigned Frank West, and well...hmmm....
The Resident Evil Trilogy's Original PC Ports Are Coming Back Completely Unchanged
26.6.2024
Resident Evil, Capcom’s seminal horror franchise, is in the middle of a renaissance thanks to several remakes and new entries in recent years. But the game that started it all, 1996’s Resident Evil, remains a difficult game to play for modern gamers, at least in its original state. However, thanks...
Amazon Giving Away 15 Free Games To Prime Members
25.6.2024
Amazon giving 15 free games to Prime members ahead of Prime Day 2024, the online retail giant’s big, made-up holiday all-about deals. ‘Tis the season! Read more
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s Best Weapons For Barret
25.6.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s gun-arm wielding, zealous environmentalist, Barret, not only makes for a great ranged fighter, he can typically soak more damage than anyone else given his high defense and HP stats. So when it comes to kitting out Barret with the best gear, it’s a solid idea...
10 Cool Indie Games And Retro Classics Getting Immortalized With New Physical Editions
25.6.2024
I’m a sucker for physical games. Walking into a Walmart or Target and seeing the game section made up almost exclusively of download codes makes my gamer spirit cry out in anguish. By the same token, any time a physical edition of a new game or an old classic gets announced I get a warm, fuzzy...
Fallout: New Vegas Villain Tease For Season 2 Raises All Sorts Of Questions
25.6.2024
The Fallout series from Amazon isn’t done teasing fans over the potential canonicity of Obsidian’s beloved New Vegas. After constant questions about whether that game even existed in the show’s world (which were pretty definitively answered by the first season’s final episode), the second season...
Starfield’s 20-Minute, $7 Bounty Hunter Quest: The Kotaku Review
24.6.2024
Taking a break from unraveling the mysteries of the stars in my repeated trips across the Unity into parallel replications of the universe, I encounter a new group that promises credits in exchange for dangerous and hopefully exciting quests hunting down the galaxy’s most wanted. I take up...
Tomb Raider's Lara Croft Will Soon Get Gruesomely Killed Over And Over In A Different Game
24.6.2024
Lara Croft from Tomb Raider is reportedly the next crossover character arriving in the popular online asymmetrical horror game Dead by Daylight. According to early, leaked details, the character will arrive in July. Read more