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FF7 Rebirth, TLOU 2, And More Of The Week's Essential Game Tips
20.1.2024
Practice your headshots. The Last of Us Part II is back, and this time it’s remastered. The spiffed-up version dropping on January 19 also includes a wholly new gameplay mode called No Return, if you’re looking to wile away the hours in Naughty Dog’s combat sandbox. And if you’re as excited about...
Indiana Jones, TLOU 2, And The Week's Hottest Gaming Takes
20.1.2024
After a couple sleepy weeks, the gaming hype train of 2024 is finally moving at full steam. We saw the first major showcase of the year with Xbox’s Developer Direct, dug into The Last of Us Part II Remastered, and oogled MachineGames flamin’ hot digital dupe of ‘80s Harrison Ford. These are...
Plus: Palworld sold a million copies... already?
19.1.2024
Also: lots of other PC and console trend charts for games!
9 Tips To Bend Time And Survive Death In Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown
19.1.2024
Ubisoft Montpellier’s 2.5D side-scrolling Metroidvania Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is finally out on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. It’s a long, challenging action-platforming game with lots of tough bosses and intricate puzzles. Here are a handful...
All The Starfield Quests Fixed In The First Beta Update
19.1.2024
After a brief snag that caused a delay, Starfield’s first beta update is finally here. Containing more than 100 fixes, there’s a lot to test drive in this first patch.Read more
The Top 10 Most-Played Games On Steam Deck: December 2023 Edition
19.1.2024
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Here's Why Palworld Limits Multiplayer Numbers On Xbox
19.1.2024
Palworld, Pocketpair’s “Pokémon With Guns” survival game, is popping off after entering Early Access today, January 19. Shortly after launch, it boasted 300,000 concurrent players on Steam, but for those playing the game through Xbox Game Pass on PC or console, there are some limitations to...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Games To Escape The Cold
19.1.2024
This past week, January has been happy to give those of us who live in cold-weather-prone areas a reason to look forward to spring. One look at how things are outside and I am ready to make plans to move to warmer climates (despite being from the east coast, I can’t tolerate anything under...
Donkey Kong Coaster Jumps The Rails, Just Like The SNES Games
19.1.2024
At Universal Studios Japan, Super Nintendo World’s “jumping” Donkey Kong ride puts visitors in the mine-cart action of the video game, broken tracks and all. That’s right, you’ll be experiencing a very realistic simulation of being in Kong’s cart and jumping onto a completely different rail on this...
Everything We Know About Square Enix's Visions Of Mana
19.1.2024
It’s been 15 years since the last mainline entry in Square Enix’s Mana series, and the wait for another one is coming to an end. The publisher revealed during December 2023's The Game Awards that Visions of Mana, the upcoming action RPG in the long-running franchise, is set to launch later this...
Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth’s New Game Plus Seemingly Locked Behind $15 Paywall
19.1.2024
Locking key game features behind paywalls feels very 2024. This is the move Sega appears to be taking with Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth. PC Gamer has spotted that the game’s New Game Plus mode is listed as limited to premium versions of the game, which cost at least $15 more than the Digital...
Halo Actor Didn’t Want Master Chief To Get Laid
19.1.2024
The Halo TV series on Paramount+ was always billed as a non-canon take on the universe and characters from the iconic franchise developed by Bungie and 343 Industries. That didn’t stop fans from lamenting the “changes” made to characters like Master Chief and Cortana—and freaking out when season...
Pokémon With Guns Game So Popular The Servers Can’t Handle It
19.1.2024
Palworld, or the game more colloquially known as “Pokémon With Guns” is out today, January 19, and it’s quickly found a rather large audience interested in gunning down cute creatures. While Pocketpair’s monster-taming survival game is also available freely to Game Pass subscribers, a lot of people...
Everything You Need To Know About Final Fantasy VII, Before Rebirth
19.1.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is out on February 29, 2024. But if you haven’t played 2020’s Remake, or any of the other games in the FF7 universe (known officially as the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII), you might be wondering where to start, what order you should play the games in, and whether...
11 Essential Tips For TLOU 2's Roguelike Mode, No Return
19.1.2024
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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 Game’s Version Of Harrison Ford Is Extremely Hot
18.1.2024
Thanks to today’s Xbox Developer Direct, we’ve finally got the long-awaited details of the upcoming Indiana Jones game from Bethesda-owned studio and Wolfenstein developer MachineGames. It’s called Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, it swaps between first- and third-person, you can choose to...
Everything We Saw At Xbox’s January Developer Direct
18.1.2024
Xbox just held its January Developer Direct, which showcased a handful of its upcoming first-party games. If you missed out on the 50-minute stream and want to watch the whole thing, you can watch it here on Xbox’s YouTube channel, but if you want a quick rundown of everything they showed, read...
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...