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The Week In Games: What’s Coming Out Beyond Eternights
11.9.2023
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Starfield: Essential Skills To Snag (And How To Raise Them)
11.9.2023
As an RPG, Starfield is all about statistics and chance. Combat, persuasion, crafting, lock-picking, virtually every activity has some matrix of math behind it. But unlike previous Bethesda games in which you often earned progress in a Skill for simply performing its associated action, Starfield...
I’m Only Playing Baldur’s Gate 3 For The Romance
11.9.2023
Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game Baldur’s Gate 3 has tough combat and rewarding, deeply tangled plot lines, but I wouldn’t know—I only ever play it when it seems like I might get to kiss someone.Read more
Animoca plans to develop digital IDs and point system for Web3
11.9.2023
Animoca Brands closed a funding round supporting the acceleration of the Mocaverse to create digital IDs and point system for Web3 culture, gaming and entertainment
7 Minutes Of Payday 3
9.9.2023
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Overwatch 2 Heroes’ Official Ages Sound Extremely Made Up
8.9.2023
For a game like Overwatch 2, in which its story has been trickled out over dozens of disparate external media stories rather than in one, cohesive thing—you know, like, a video game campaign?—there are bound to be inconsistencies along the way. But lord, seeing the game’s 38 heroes suddenly...
Starfield Isn’t The Future Of Video Games, And That’s Okay
8.9.2023
In the months (nay, years) leading up to Starfield’s September 6 release, the hype for the Bethesda RPG grew and grew until it was a heretofore unseen beast, a giant Kaiju of expectation that threatened to take down Sony, upend 2023’s GOTY race, and suck up all of gamers’ precious free time.Read...
I Wish Starfield Had Fallout-Style Radio Stations
8.9.2023
Starfield, Bethesda’s new space RPG, is vast, and I’ve spent plenty of hours just running around its planets and cities exploring. And all this exploring and looting has been a lot of fun! But it would be better yet if I could turn on some tunes while mining space rocks or exploring barren...
Slicing Up Starfield Enemies With Katanas Is A Blast
8.9.2023
Starfield has a bunch of weapons for you to build out the perfect character to suit your style. Maybe you want to be a gunslinger who focuses on pistols, or a sharpshooter who specializes in snipers. Or maybe, like me, you want to get up close and very personal with a katana. Thankfully, Bethesda’s...
Epic Chief, Fortnite Loremaster Donald Mustard Leaving Company After Seven Years
8.9.2023
Donald Mustard is leaving Epic Games. Mustard was a driving force behind Fortnite’s success and the chief creative officer at Epic Games for the last seven years. Read more
Todd Howard Tells Starfield Players To Upgrade Their PCs
8.9.2023
Starfield officially released on Xbox Series X/S and PC September 6, introducing players to developer Bethesda’s first new universe in 25 years, and their platforms to really great potato physics. But some PC users have been disappointed—why does the game seem to be struggling on their computers?...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Games To Rejuvenate The Soul
8.9.2023
We’re a good week into September, though if you’re based on the east coast of the United States, the temperature sure doesn’t feel like it. No matter: There’s air conditioning and video games to keep us distracted from irrational weather.Read more
Twitch Sensation Only Up! Removed From Steam So Dev Can Find ‘Peace Of Mind And Healing’
8.9.2023
Only Up! Is a brutal janky platformer that blew up on Steam earlier this summer after becoming a hit with Twitch viewers. A number of controversies later, its creator has removed the game from Valve’s digital storefront seemingly forever, saying they made a lot of mistakes and need time to heal...
Baldur’s Gate 3’s ‘Evil’ Ending Feels Like An Afterthought
8.9.2023
I adored the Baldur’s Gate 3 ending I got. It definitely felt a bit rushed in its efforts to wrap up several plot lines at once, but I was pretty happy with where my character ended up and the direction his relationships went, or were implied to go. However, it was all contingent on me making what...
Saudi Arabia looks to blockchain gaming and Web3 to diversify economy
8.9.2023
The kingdom is currently diversifying its economy away from oil and turning to new opportunities, such as gaming and Web3
How To Avoid Carrying Too Much Crap In Starfield
8.9.2023
Starfield, Bethesda’s newest RPG, is, well…a big game. It’s filled with quests to complete and aliens to shoot. It’s also jam-packed with items to grab, sell, and manipulate. And it’s very easy to pick up too much junk and suddenly find yourself overencumbered, unable to fast-travel or sprint...
Payday 3 Hands-On: A Real-Life Bank Heist And Better Gunplay
7.9.2023
I walk up the stone steps of Brooklyn’s Williamsburg Savings Bank just as the J train loudly scrapes by overhead. I’m here for an “immersive” Payday 3 hands-on experience, which includes a champagne tower that glitters and winks at me as soon as I cross through the double doors, an actor posing...
Starfield, As Told By Steam Reviews
7.9.2023
Bethesda’s space monster Starfield landed on Xbox consoles and PCs worldwide on its September 6 release date, officially ending the Fallout developer’s 25-year-long dry spell for new IP. These conditions—the decades of ideating, a novel franchise opportunity, Starfield’s intimidating...
Every Pokémon TCG Card Revealed So Far In Pokémon 151
7.9.2023
Pokémon 151 is set to be one of the biggest sets the Pokémon Trading Card Game has ever seen. Releasing on September 22, it’s a celebration of the original 151 Gen I Kanto pocket monsters, uniting the gang in full for the first time ever. Things are likely going to get loud, with pre-orders already...
Bethesda Explains Starfield's Complete Lack Of Ground Vehicles
7.9.2023
Starfield, the latest and largest open-world RPG from Bethesda, is out now. The game contains all manner of spaceships, even letting you create your own custom vessel to explore the stars. But when you land on a planet, you don’t get any kind of ground-based vehicle to help you travel faster on...