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The Top 15 Halo Multiplayer Maps
25.11.2021
By my own rough count, the Halo series has seen some 150 or so multiplayer maps over the course of its two decades. Many of these are good. Some are great. And of course, some are terrible. For this list, I and my fellow Kotaku Halo fans tried to narrow this extensive field down to what we consider...
7.6 Tons Of Fake Pokémon Cards Seized By Chinese Authorities
25.11.2021
Customs officials at Shanghai’s Pudong Airport have seized 7.6 tons of fake Pokémon cards. The cards were shipped from a company in China’s Qingdao province and headed for the Netherlands. Read more
Fire At Super Nintendo World, But Thankfully No One Was Injured
25.11.2021
On Tuesday, a maintenance worker discovered at fire in the indoor area of the Yoshi’s Adventure attraction at Super Nintendo World in Universal Studios Japan. Fire trucks and emergency vehicles were called, but thankfully no one was injured as the park was already closed for the day. Read more
MetaWars Launchpad Revolutionizing the GameFi Industry as the ‘First’ Cross-Game Metaverse Launchpad
25.11.2021
PRESS RELEASE. MetaWars is the first project to unite the world of metaverses – with the first of its kind MetaWars Launchpad portal. For the first time, players will be able to build portals that transfer characters, currencies, and assets between game worlds. This builds on Meta...
Sports Game Delayed Over Cover Star's Dick Pic Scandal
25.11.2021
Sometimes, sports video games need to change their covers just before they’re released. It’s happened with FIFA and PES, it’s happened with Madden, it’s happened to NBA 2K. It’s now also happening with Cricket 22, but for slightly more scandalous reasons.Read more
Animoca to repay users 265 ETH stolen in fake NFT drop Discord hack
25.11.2021
The attack is the latest in a long string of exploits targeting users on Discord with fake “stealth” NFT drops
Video Game Faces Might Finally Start Bridging The Uncanny Valley
25.11.2021
Photorealistic faces in video games have been with us for a while, but they’ve still been a long way from what you’d call realistic, as while we’ve got the polygons and texturing almost perfected, facial animations remain are still stuck in the depths of the uncanny valley.Read more
Spaceseven’s Game-Changing NFT Marketplace
24.11.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Recently, on the 23rd of November, SpaceSeven launched its state-of-the-art NFT marketplace. The SpaceSeven marketplace is the first of its kind — one of the few — if not the only scaled e-commerce, fully regulatory compliant platform. By combining powerful...
Bobby Kotick Has Always Been A Siimy Douchebag
24.11.2021
Bobby Kotick is a weasel of the highest order. And while he may finally be facing a reckoning for some of his actions as CEO of Activision Blizzard, it’s been a long time coming.Read more
Halo Infinite Devs Respond To Samurai Armor Event Backlash
24.11.2021
Halo Infinite, despite its impeccable game feel, has been heavily under fire for its mediocre cosmetic offerings and utterly dreadful progression system—luckily, 343 Industries claim to be on the case after a short (and very well deserved) break.Read more
The Recent EVE Online Riots Where Thousands of Fans Burned Their In-Game Money, Explained
24.11.2021
EVE Online’s latest slate of updates, “New Dawn”, promised to bring with it a return to an age of prosperity to the game’s universe. Alongside the first patch of the new quadrant came a Nov. 12th Developer Blog detailing how CCP, the developer behind the game, planned on delivering that new age....
Halo Infinite Cheaters Are Insta-Clicking Heads With Aimbots
24.11.2021
Though its campaign isn’t out yet, 343 Industries’ Halo Infinite is already seeing massive success on account of its free-to-play multiplayer that launched just last week. Unfortunately for those playing with dignity and respect, it seems cheaters are out in full force, resorting to dubious tactics...
The Dragon Ball Z Horror Game Is Getting A Beta Soon, Here’s A Closer Look
24.11.2021
Bandai Namco posted a more in-depth gameplay video of its anime take on Dead By Daylight where one Dragon Ball Z villain is pitted against a handful of survivors on Wednesday. The company also included information about their closed beta test, which you can register for if you have a Steam...
This Sci-Fi Game Might Have The Best Movement Of The Year
24.11.2021
Controlling Exo One’s strange spherical spacecraft, as it rolls over hills, soars through the skies, or skips across ocean waves, is an extraordinary feeling. It’s a rollercoaster ride. It’s making a perfect ski jump in a round of Tribes. It’s skimming the clouds in Tiny Wings. It’s all the good...
Report: North Korean Man Sentenced To Death For Smuggling Copies Of Squid Game
24.11.2021
Last week, Radio Free Asia reported that copies of Squid Game had been smuggled into North Korea on USB drives and SD cards. Now, according to RFA, a man who is said to have smuggled in the show has been sentenced to death by a firing squad. Read more
Arcades In Japan Keep Closing, Which Sucks
24.11.2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has hit the Japanese arcade industry hard. With the country closed off to tourism, it might only seem like big city arcades are the ones that are hurting the most. That’s simply not the case. Earlier this year, Kotaku reported that things were horrible for Japanese arcades....
Fold Launches AR Game With Bitcoin Rewards, Firm Partners With Niantic to Forge a BTC Metaverse
24.11.2021
Best known for creating the augmented reality (AR) mobile games Ingress and Pokémon Go, the software company Niantic revealed it has partnered with the bitcoin rewards company Fold. The two companies unveiled a new AR game that allows people to earn bitcoin in the metaverse. Bitcoin Rewards...
MetaGods, The 8-Bit Action Role-Playing Blockchain Game
24.11.2021
PRESS RELEASE. The gaming business is undergoing a revolution thanks to the advent of blockchain technology. Because of this, it’s giving developers a new way to engage the audience with capabilities that were previously unavailable. The Play-To-Earn (P2E) concept, in which gamers’...
Microsoft Publishes 1999 Letter From Failed Attempt To Buy Nintendo
24.11.2021
Over 20 years ago, as Microsoft were gearing up to release the original Xbox, some at the company were concerned that they wouldn’t have enough games to accompany the console at launch. So someone had the bright idea to go and try to buy Nintendo. Problem solved.Read more
Xbox Celebrates 20th Anniversary With A Museum That Might Drag You
23.11.2021
Today, as part of Xbox’s ongoing 20th anniversary celebration, Microsoft released a virtual museum covering the history of the consoles themselves, as well as our own personal, individual history with them. In the browser-centric museum, you can walk the halls, taking in 3D timelines of each...