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PS5's Best New Feature Overshadowed By Scourge Of Unblockable Ads
30.9.2024
Earlier this month, Sony rolled out a new firmware update that, among other things, added a customizable welcome hub to the PlayStation 5 home screen. It’s lowkey one of the best new features the console has gotten in years, but it’s being overshadowed by an equally frustrating change that’s...
16 Things We Wish We Knew Before Playing Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster
30.9.2024
Dead Rising is back! The remaster of the original game is out across Xbox, PS5 and PC, letting us once more attempt to live out three days in the company of an awful lot of zombies. But surviving 72 hours in Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster’s Willamette Parkview Mall is not an easy task—it’ll force...
A Scrapped Overwatch Netflix Show, A Proposed Call Of Duty RTS, And Four More Details From An Upcoming Book On Blizzard
30.9.2024
Activision Blizzard has been the subject of immense attention and scrutiny over the past three years, ever since the company was sued over an alleged culture of workplace harassment in 2021. This was followed by a $69 billion acquisition by Microsoft and over 2000 layoffs at the company. With...
KFC Won't Let Colonel Sanders Appear In Tekken
30.9.2024
Tekken development chief Katsuhiro Harada has long dreamed of adding Kentucky Fried Chicken’s founder-turned-mascot Colonel Sanders to the long-running fighting game. But according to Harada, KFC isn’t interested in the crossover. And it seems unlikely that you’ll get a Waffle House stage...
You Can Get The Entire Myst Series For Just $25 On Humble Bundle Right Now
30.9.2024
If you’re a puzzle fan, then this year’s Riven remake was one of the most exciting releases of 2024. The updated version of the original 1997 adventure and a sequel to the equally iconic Myst, is an absolute joy to play for those who love unique game worlds filled with striking environments...
Death Stranding 2 Shows Off Wild Photo Shoot Mode And Teases Release Date
30.9.2024
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach is still on its way to the PlayStation 5 and at Tokyo Game Show 2024 over the weekend, director Hideo Kojima teased more gameplay, new features, and an in-game performance by Japanese singer Daichi Miura and a group of Death Stranding 2's unnerving Dollmen. Read more
Players Eye Lawsuits as Analysts Label Hamster Kombat a ‘Time Ponzi Scheme’
30.9.2024
Analysts have begun to try to explain the weak performance of HMSTR, the Hamster Kombat official game token, since its token generation event and subsequent airdrop. Neomarkets chief analyst Oleg Kalmanovich assessed that one of the key problems for the projects included the dilution of HMSTR...
Why Heroes of Mavia Is Poised to Be Web3’s Next Big Hit
29.9.2024
Imagine leading a virtual army, conquering enemy bases, and earning real-world rewards. That’s what Heroes of Mavia, a Web3 play-to-earn strategy game, promises. Find out if Regina thinks it’s worth your time. Last episode’s quick recap Last episode’s Web3 gameplay...
Multiple Meanings For "Sham" Have Got Some NYT Connections Players Stumped Today
29.9.2024
One day left in the weekend, puzzlers—make it count! Maybe with some lighter fare like The Wild Robot? Grab the kids and go, or just take yourself—nothing wrong with a little popcorn and animation to wrap up your weekend!Read more
PS5 Pro Pre-Orders, Dragon Age: Veilguard Advice, And More Hot Tips Of The Week
29.9.2024
It was quite the week in gaming, from impossible-to-secure pre-orders of the newly announced PS5 Pro, to huge sales on major Capcom and Xbox games, to confirmation about which of your Dragon Age choices will carry over to Veilguard. As always, we covered them all, and now they’re in one spot here...
Forgotten Playland Is Launching on the Epic Games Store This November
29.9.2024
PRESS RELEASE. Forgotten Playland is coming to every single gamer out there! At the start of the summer we hinted at something epic. After much preparation, we have finally announced that Forgotten Playland will be available on the Epic Games Store this November. Enough said, time to add the game...
Enter Into The Beacon’s Roguelike Dungeons and Earn NFTs
29.9.2024
After a laid-back farming session in Pixels last week, Regina cranks up the intensity with The Beacon, a dungeon-crawling NFT game Last week’s quick recap From last week’s gameplay, we played Pixels, a Web3 game set in a captivating world with vibrant pixelated characters and lush...
30th Anniversary PS5 Pre-Orders Were A Mess, February 2025 Is Too Packed With Big Games, And More Of The Week's Takes
28.9.2024
This week, Sony opened up pre-orders for the items in its 30th Anniversary PlayStation 5 collection, and for many at least, the experience of trying to snag anything was one of confusion and frustration. Also, we’ll tell you about a great arcade platformer called Bzzzt that’s now available...
Sony's Big State Of Play, An Assassin's Creed Shadows Delay, And More Of The Week's Top Stories
28.9.2024
Sony held a State of Play showcase this week that showed off a few new games alongside updates for Astro Bot, Alan Wake 2, and others, with the biggest reveal being our first look at the sequel to Ghost of Tsushima. Meanwhile, Xbox held an event of its own at Tokyo Game Show, images of some of...
Hamster Kombat Outlines Gaming-Focused Post-Airdrop Roadmap
28.9.2024
Hamster Kombat, one of the games capitalizing on the “clicker” mania of applications distributed via Telegram, has updated its roadmap after its airdrop on Thursday. The roadmap outlines the inclusion of new elements, such as NFTs, into the game and the release of major gaming titles...
Kotaku Weekend Guide: 6 Great Games To Play Before The Next Avalanche Of Releases
27.9.2024
We are but mere days away from October, and that’s when the video game industry is going to start dropping some big games. Metaphor: ReFantazio, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 are just a few of the big releases coming out next month. Luckily...
Short, Wonderful Games Like Astro Bot Are The Antidote To The Industry's Scope Problem
27.9.2024
I’ve been on a tear the last few weeks. I often fall into long stretches where I pick up and play a lot of games for varying periods of time, but never finish them. Thanks to the job, I just rarely have the time to linger on a thing for too long outside of a professional obligation. Fortunately...
Blizzard Reportedly Hasn't Given Up On The Dream Of A StarCraft Shooter
27.9.2024
While the possibility of Blizzard ever making StarCraft III appears to remain distant at best, the company is reportedly still keeping the dream of a StarCraft shooter alive despite several previous mothballed attempts. This time, however, Far Cry 5 director Dan Hay is seemingly at the helm. Read...
New Law Will Force Companies To Admit You Don't Actually Own Digital Games
27.9.2024
AB 2426, a newly passed piece of legislation in California signed into law earlier this week by governor Gavin Newsom, will force companies selling digital goods—like games—in the state to warn consumers that they don’t actually own that content, but instead are licensing it and could lose access...
Pokemon Go's Sword Or Shield Quest Is A Colossal Waste Of Your Time
27.9.2024
Pokémon Go has made a lot of big changes in the last month, to the degree that if you’ve not logged in for a while, you’ll find yourself bemused by what look like new, pink Poké Stops, Dynamaxing Pokémon, and at long last, the starters from 2019's Pokémon Sword and Shield. Continuing this trend...