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What To Expect From Nintendo In 2022
6.1.2022
For the past few years, Nintendo has been in stasis. Sure, the Switch has seen no shortage of terrific games recently, but Nintendo’s annual slates have lacked the incandescent marquees that defined the hybrid console’s first year or two. The dry streak comes to a halting stop in 2022, which...
The Pope Listened To Undertale's 'Megalovania' In The Year Of Our Lord 2022
6.1.2022
The Pope is a lot of things: a religious figurehead for the Catholic church, hat aficionado, and an apparent hater of cat owners. But now Papa Francis can add being a listener to game soundtracks to his wheelhouse as well. He’s apparently a big fan of Undertale’s infectiously catchy song...
Days Gone Was A 'Disappointment' To Sony Despite Selling Millions, Director Says
6.1.2022
While developer Sucker Punch Productions celebrates the massive success of Ghost of Tsushima, which recently sold more than eight million copies, not everyone is reveling in the excitement. Case in point: Former Bend Studio director Jeff Ross, who used the opportunity to take a stab at Sony for...
Konami Celebrates Castlevania's 35th Anniversary With... NFTs
6.1.2022
While Castlevania’s actual 35th anniversary was in 2021, Konami, it seems, is excited about NFTs this year. So, to mark the milestone, it’s auctioning off some Castlevania NFTs. Read more
New Agent Neon Brings Sprinting And Sliding To Valorant
5.1.2022
In her recent (and gorgeous) reveal trailer, Neon, the newest agent about to be introduced to Riot’s team-based tactical shooter, Valorant, breaks the cardinal rule of the sweaty, tryhard, head-clicking tac-shooter genre—she can actually move fluidly.Read more
This Jet Set Radio Spiritual Successor Continues To Blow Me Away
5.1.2022
As a big fan of Jet Set Radio, an early-aughts action-rollerblading game publisher Sega still has yet to officially reboot, I was stoked to see developer Team Reptile unveil its spiritual successor, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, in 2020. Here is a game that serves as a Jet Set Radio sequel in all but name...
Rainbow Six Extraction Is Coming To Xbox Game Pass Day One
5.1.2022
Ubisoft’s first major release of the year, Rainbow Six Extraction, is launching on Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft announced in a blog post today. It’ll be available starting January 20, and will no doubt send a drove of players to the multiplayer cooperative shooter.Read more
Activision Sues Call Of Duty: Warzone Cheat Maker For Selling To 'Tens Of Thousands' Of Players
5.1.2022
Call of Duty publisher Activision is kicking off 2022 by asking a court to shut down Warzone cheat maker EngineOwning, opening up a new legal front in its never-ending war against the hackers plaguing its popular online battle royale. In addition to lost revenue, the company currently under fire...
Logan Paul Spends $3.5 Million On Pokémon Cards That Are Probably Fake
5.1.2022
Source of over 2.9 percent of human disappointment, Logan Paul, may have spent $3.5 million on a pile of fake Pokémon cards. After suspicions were raised by PokéBeach, the former YouTuber has announced he’s off to Chicago to get the case of first edition base set boosters properly verified.Read more
Everything We Know About PlayStation VR2
5.1.2022
Sony’s next virtual reality headset is about to exist in non-virtual reality. Last night, at CES 2022, Sony formally announced PlayStation VR2 in a brief segment that offered no info about pricing, availability, or a release date. Still, there’s enough swirling abound to glean a picture of...
Tom Holland Discovered Uncharted On The Set Of Spider-Man: Homecoming
5.1.2022
Sony’s Uncharted movie has been in the works since 2008, but the star of next month’s theatrical release didn’t play the games until 2016. During last night’s Sony CES keynote event, actor Tom Holland took the stage, where he talked about discovering Naughty Dog’s acclaimed adventure series while...
Horizon Zero Dawn Spin-Off Coming To PlayStation VR2
5.1.2022
Sony pulled back the curtain on its next-gen virtual reality headset tonight at CES 2022. It’s called PlayStation VR2 (woah, who would’ve guessed?) and it’ll feature a virtual reality spinoff of Horizon Zero Dawn (okay, no snark here, who would’ve guessed?).Read more
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Mod Turns Sephiroth Into Ronald McDonald
5.1.2022
Literally what the fuck? It’s been 2022 for less than a week and already the shit has begun. The mods for Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade started rolling in shortly after its troubled PC release last month, but I certainly did not expect someone to go full sicko and give Sephiroth the Ronald...
Kotaku's 2021 Games Of The Year
4.1.2022
Here, as is our custom at Kotaku, are our collective picks for the 12 best games of the past year, shared in the early days of the new one. But before we get to the games, I want to say a few words about the list, and why we present it the way we do, unranked, in alphabetical order.Read more
Halo Infinite’s Samurai Event Is Back, And It’s Actually Good This Time
4.1.2022
Halo Infinite’s contentious “Fracture: Tenrai” event returns today with a makeover that should make everyone happy. Probably. Maybe? You can never tell with these things. Players who don’t wanna trudge through big team battleBTB-themed challenges to open Fracture-themed ones will be delighted,...
Destiny 2 Players Are Rescuing One Another From Impossible Mission
4.1.2022
There’s so much to do in Destiny 2 that it’s easy to get lost, especially for new players. That’s part of why Bungie’s loot shooter automatically throws players into new events once they go live, like this season’s Dares of Eternity activity. For some new players, however, it means their first...
In 2022, Justin Wong Gets To Relive Evo Moment 37
4.1.2022
One of the most famous esports moments in history happened way back in 2004 at Evo. Two now legendary Street Fighter players, Justin Wong playing Chun-Li and Daigo Umehara as Ken, were duking it out. Just as it seemed Wong was going to take the round, Daigo, with one pixel of health, parried...
January's PS Now And PS Plus Games Have Been Announced, Including Persona 5 Strikers
3.1.2022
Sony has officially announced the games being added to PS Now and PS Plus as of tomorrow. The former adds Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age and Mortal Kombat 11, while the latter includes Persona 5 Strikers.Read more
Report: Ken Levine's Ghost Story Studio Is Nowhere Near Releasing A Game
3.1.2022
An article appearing on Bloomberg today reports that industry veteran Ken Levine’s studio Ghost Story Games is not a happy place to be. Half the company’s founders having quit, along with many staff, and after eight years there’s still no sign of a game.Read more
Steam Breaks New Record, With More Players Than Ever Before
3.1.2022
As the unstoppable virus of Sundays continues its gruesome pandemic into a new week, it seems more humans than ever are turning to video games in order to survive. On the 10th Sunday since the outbreak began, January 2, Steam broke its concurrent user record, hitting just shy of 28 million.Read more