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Convention Booth Tries To Sell Porn Game With Underage Nudity For $250
1.7.2024
The Guy Game is an infamous 2004 trivia game that featured actual women flashing their breasts in the style of Girls Gone Wild videos. It was banned from sale in 2005 after the studio behind the game was sued for including footage of an underage girl. This weekend it showed up at a video game...
Final Fantasy XIV: Should You Buy The Starter Edition Or Play The Free Trial?
1.7.2024
With the release of Final Fantasy XIV’s newest expansion, Dawntrail, many new players are sure to be interested in joining Square Enix’s long running MMORPG. But this curiosity may turn to confusion when trying to decide between the extremely generous, no-cost Free Trial and the paid Starter...
It Sounds Like Destiny 2 Is Finally Leaving Our Solar System Next Year
1.7.2024
Bungie has spent the past ten years exploring the depths of our solar system, but it seems like it’s finally gearing up to move on to something, or rather somewhere, else. At least that’s what it sounds like is going to happen in Destiny’s 11th year, which is tentatively titled Frontiers.Read more
Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail, As Told By Steam Reviews
1.7.2024
There’s a lot of pressure on Dawntrail, the newest expansion for Square Enix’s critically acclaimed MMO Final Fantasy XIV. As the first expansion after the game finished off a decades-long story with world-ending stakes in Endwalker, Dawntrail’s adventure in the tropical locale of Tural is a...
Valve Remembers Team Fortress 2 Exists, But In The Worst Way Possible
1.7.2024
It’s been over 6 years since Team Fortress 2 received a major update. But don’t worry, Valve hasn’t forgotten about its popular class-based FPS franchise. In fact, the Half-Life creators have approved a new TF2 DLC for Funko Fusion aka that Funko Pop-themed video game coming out later this year....
Should You Buy The Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Digital Deluxe Edition?
1.7.2024
In the tradition of many modern games, Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance offers two different versions of the game to purchase: The base game, which costs $59.99 USD, contains the additional demon subquest DLC packs that were made available for the original 2021 release of Shin Megami Tensei V...
Sega Explains What Its New Crazy Taxi Game Is And It Sounds Ridiculous
1.7.2024
At last year’s Game Awards, Sega pulled a crazy move and announced not one, but half a dozen revivals of beloved series that have been dormant for a long time. Chief among them was a new Crazy Taxi game, and we’ve finally gotten the first details about it, namely that it’ll be a large scale...
Final Fantasy 14 Players Can’t Shut Up About How Much They Love Dawntrail’s Wuk Lamat
1.7.2024
It hasn’t taken long for players in Final Fantasy 14 to get attached to the new expansion Dawntrail’s most important NPC. Launching in Early Access on June 28, it takes us all to the new location of Tural, to help the adorable Hrotghar Wuk Lamat in her own adventure. While it still feels too early...
Why You Keep Dying In The Elden Ring DLC And More Of The Week's Tips
30.6.2024
If you keep dying in Elden Ring’s new Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, we’ve got a tip that may help make you more resilient against the dangers of the Land of Shadow. We’ve also got a primer on how to explain the whole Dr Disrespect situation to the normal people in your life, explainers for Shin...
Toys 'R' Us' New AI-Generated Ad Is Truly Horrible And More Of The Week's Takes
29.6.2024
Toys ‘R’ Us—or, more accurately, the brand’s reanimated corpse—made waves this week with the release of an AI-generated ad that inadvertently reveals so much about this era of widespread “enshittification.” Our piece on that, as well as a lament for the way expiring licenses are killing Forza...
Space Marine 2 Devs Cancel Beta To Focus On 'Best' Possible Launch
28.6.2024
The developers behind Space Marine 2 have announced that a planned multiplayer beta has been canceled as the team wants to focus all of its attention on the retail game and its launch. And after the last few years, which saw many big games launch in rough shape, this sounds like a smart move. Read...
Overwatch 2 Devs Agree: Tanks Are Miserable To Play Right Now
28.6.2024
Overwatch 2’s tank role has been in an awkward spot since the sequel took one of them out of the mix. Where once the role prioritized team-wide defense, Overwatch 2 has built and reworked tanks to be frontline brawlers. Since then, the role has been in constant flux as Blizzard has tried to better...
Wield The Power Of Darkness With This Shadow Of The Erdtree Katana
28.6.2024
The Sword of Night is a Katana that is only found in Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. It’s an excellent weapon for Dexterity builds seeking something fresh, but it’s worth noting that getting it will require you to complete a relatively lengthy quest. If you’re up for it, though, this...
Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree’s Story, Explained
28.6.2024
Elden Ring, FromSoftware’s 2022 open-world action RPG, just dropped its first and only DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, bringing with it a few dozen hours of combat, exploration, and exposition. Erdtree is perhaps FromSoftware’s most lore-heavy creation yet, offering explicit details on the fallen gods...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: Eight Eclectic Games We Love
28.6.2024
How are we at the end of June already? Can time slow down? No? Okay. Fine. Well, at least we’re at the weekend, so that means (hopefully) you have some free time to spend on video games. This week we’ve rounded up an eclectic mix of eight games worth checking out as you shelter from the heat...
Devs Want Cyberpunk 2 To Capture The Worst Of America
28.6.2024
Cyberpunk 2077 takes place in Night City, a fictional metropolis in California meant to embody the endgame of America’s capitalist excess. Corporations run everything, people have to resort to a life of crime to get a step ahead, and the only pockets of solace are found in community, because...
Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake Producer Says It Would Be A 'Dream' To Work With Kojima Again
28.6.2024
Metal Gear Solid series producer Noriaki Okamura told fans in a new video feature that he would like to work with Kojima again on the franchise, but explained that people have moved on and that’s just “reality.”Read more
Zenless Zone Zero Is Taking Big Steps To Eliminate The Gacha Grind
28.6.2024
If you’ve never been able to stomach the gacha grind of HoYoverse’s games, then Zenless Zone Zero might be for you. The next game from the developer behind Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail releases on July 4 (only a few days away) and is set to make some welcome quality-of-life changes to...
Pokémon GO Is Refusing To Let Long-Time Players Come To Its Birthday Party
28.6.2024
Mobile game mega-hit Pokémon GOnever misses a chance to make an inexplicably dreadful decision. Its latest comes with the celebration of the game’s eighth birthday, where it has made the bizarre decision to refuse to allow access to long-time players who completed one specific quest back...
Elden Ring Player Beats DLC's Final Boss In The Most Terrifying Way Possible
28.6.2024
Elden Ring players kicked up a fuss recently upon the recent release of the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, with many believing it is simply too hard. New enemies were (and still are) wiping the floor with players, and countless boss fights were (and still are) one-shotting folks right out...