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How To Steal The Tonberry King’s Crown In FF7 Rebirth
4.3.2024
As an RPG, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has no shortage of side quests and tough bosses. A combo of the two in Rebirth tasks you with taking out one of Final Fantasy’s iconic creatures: Tonberries! This time, however, you’ll need to not only take down the Tonberry King as one of the steps of the “Saga...
Kotaku Readers Pick The Best Final Fantasy For Newcomers
4.3.2024
With the recent release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth once again putting the spotlight on the long-running series of RPGs, there are more newcomers to the franchise than maybe ever before. But Rebirth, being a direct continuation of 2020’s Remake and a kind of metatextual commentary on the original...
The Week In Games: Tactical RPGs, Creepy Circuses & More New Releases
4.3.2024
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Infinite Wealth Dev Reveals Three Job Classes That Didn’t Make The Cut
4.3.2024
The year has gotten off to a roaring start for fans of sprawling, intricate role-playing games. And one of our firm favorites is Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, the ninth mainline installment of Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios’ long-running series. In it, the sentient meme factory Kazuma Kiryu teams...
Helldivers 2 Advice And Our Hottest Final Fantasy VII Takes Of The Week
3.3.2024
It was a rather big week in gaming, this last one in February—mostly because we got Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth, and everyone came out of the woodwork to spout their hottest take and spiciest opinion about the Square Enix RPG. Is Cid redeemed? Is Aerith a goat lady? Is jank good?Read more
Everything We Know About Metaphor: ReFantazio
1.3.2024
Metaphor: ReFantazio is one of our most anticipated games of the year, and the next RPG from the creative team that brought the world Persona 5. After leaving Persona development team P-Studio in 2016, director Katsura Hashino founded a new internal team at Atlus named Zero Studio. Soon after...
You Can Get A PS5 And Spider-Man 2 For A Great Price Right Now
1.3.2024
If you’re still looking for a PlayStation 5, Best Buy has you covered. Right now, you can pick up Sony’s latest console for $50 cheaper than usual, and the best part of the buy is that it comes bundled with a digital copy of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.Read more
Baldur’s Gate 3 Xbox Physical Edition May Have A Whole Lotta Discs
1.3.2024
The award-winning 2023 game Baldur’s Gate 3 doesn’t have a physical disc edition out in the wild yet. In November, Larian announced that a Deluxe Edition of the Dungeons & Dragons RPG is set to launch this year that will give you a boxed copy for your shelf and physical discs for PC, PlayStation...
Our Favorite Cosplay From Katsucon 2024
29.2.2024
Katsucon, the first major convention of 2024, took place in National Harbor, Maryland over the February 16-18 weekend, and there were some incredible looks on display. The three-day fan convention kicked off 2024 with style, offering up some incredible cosplay that will serve as inspiration...
Sources: Borderlands Studio Will Escape The Most Divisive Company In Gaming
29.2.2024
Embracer bought Borderlands maker Gearbox Entertainment for $1.2 billion back in early 2021 amid an unprecedented acquisition spree that’s since turned into a financial disaster. Now, just three years later, Kotaku has learned that Gearbox is closer than ever to being sold out from under what...
Yuffie Is Better Than Ever In FF7 Rebirth
29.2.2024
Choosing which party members to take into combat is always an important part of a Final Fantasy game, and that’s especially true in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. The just-released RPG offers intense, action-packed combat and gives every character their own signature fighting style. While you may have...
FF7 Rebirth Materia Basics And Recommended Loadouts
29.2.2024
As a fantasy RPG, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth provides characters with all sorts of unique abilities. One of the main ways you gain new powers in Rebirth is through materia, magical orbs found throughout the game’s world that grant characters with spells, new powers, stat boosts, and the ability...
Five Years Ago, Anthem Was A Warning
29.2.2024
In January 2019, I was optimistic when I flew out to BioWare’s headquarters in Austin, Texas. I’d been invited to test out Anthem, the studio’s take on the live-service looter-shooter, before it made its way into players’ hands. I was immediately smitten by the polish of the demo, zipping around...
FF7 Rebirth’s Character Folios, Explained
29.2.2024
As a massive RPG, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has an extraordinary number of ways to grow and customize your characters. One of Rebirth’s newest additions to character building is the Character Folio, a network of abilities and stat boosts that make your characters even more powerful as you invest...
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: Should You Focus On Just The Main Story?
29.2.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has finally arrived. The second installment of Square Enix’s attempt to remake one of the most celebrated video games of all time is here for PlayStation 5. The massive RPG offers damn near close to (if not more) than 100 hours of gameplay. Now you might be asking...
16 Things To Know Before Starting Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
29.2.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Square Enix’s latest RPG, is an enormous game. And like any huge adventure, there are dozens of subsystems, features, and layers to navigate. If you’ve played the first game in the new trilogy, Final Fantasy VII Remake, you already have a good handle on the basics...
Some Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Discs Are Misprinted And Could Cause Problems
28.2.2024
Due to a manufacturing error, physical editions of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth in Japan contain discs that are misprinted. This could cause problems for folks trying to play the highly-anticipated Square Enix RPG as they will likely end up inserting the wrong disc into their console. Read more
The Best Games of 2024 (So Far)
28.2.2024
This year has carried over two significant trends for the video game industry from 2023 into 2024: a lot of excellent games are coming out, and, unfortunately, the people who make them are suffering. It’s still early, but we’ve gotten some fantastic new games like Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and...
How To Get FF7 Rebirth’s Bonus Materia From A Remake Save File
27.2.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Square Enix’s upcoming RPG that continues the saga of 2020’s Final Fantasy VII Remake, is out in a matter of days. Hopefully you’ve requested time off from work, school, friends, and partners in order to indulge your FF7 desires. You’ll also need to free around 150 GB...
Helldivers 2’s Armor Types And Stats Demystified
27.2.2024
Third-person co-op shooter Helldivers 2 not only wants you to spread democracy across the galaxy, it also wants you to protect it. And having the right armor is necessary to protect yourself, so you’re not just saving yourself by equipping the right armor for your needs, you’re saving Super Earth....