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Final Fantasy Tactics Director Wants You To Play Unicorn Overlord
14.3.2024
Vanillaware’s Unicorn Overlord has managed to carve out a niche amongst the larger releases of 2024 so far. The game offers tactics and strategy fans one of the best experiences they’ve had in years. One of the game’s most vocal fans is Yasumi Matsuno, best known for directing the likes of Final...
Is This Reality TV Dude Really The Face Of Assassin’s Creed’s Protagonist?
14.3.2024
Assassin’s Creed, Ubisoft’s long-running open-world RPG series, and Vanderpump Rules, Bravo’s long-running reality TV series, are connected—kind of. It’s rare that two of my biggest, most disparate interests collide so spectacularly as this, but here we are, and it’s all thanks to a man named...
Připravuje se (nejen?) nové stolní RPG ze světa Zeměplochy. Vyrazíme do Ankh-Morporku
14.3.2024
One Of The Best Marvel Games In Years Is Coming To PS Plus Soon
13.3.2024
It’s once again time for Sony to unveil which games are being added to its PlayStation Plus service and its various tiers in the second half of March. The list features some solid choices, including a Jak and Daxter game, the Resident Evil 3 remake, a DC Lego adventure, and one of my favorite...
Sea Of Stars Gets Surprise Co-op Mode To Celebrate 5 Million Players
13.3.2024
Last year’s hit indie RPG Sea of Stars has passed an impressive milestone and the team behind the game is celebrating in a bit of an unorthodox way. Since its launch late last summer, Sea of Stars has been played by more than five million players, and to mark the occasion, Sabotage Studio...
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s Best Mini-Game May Get Expansions
13.3.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has a lot of mini-games—some might argue it has too many—but one thing we can all agree on is that Queen’s Blood, the in-universe card game Cloud plays with various NPCs, is one of the highlights. In fact, the game has become such a hit that Square Enix is open to adding...
FF7 Rebirth: How To Not Suck At Gears And Gambits
13.3.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth certainly has no shortage of mini-games. Like the original RPG in 1997, Rebirth has well over a dozen different kinds, some of which are a bit easier to understand than others. Gears and Gambits, a mini-game you’ll need to win in to finish the Cosmo Canyon Protorelic...
Toonami Is Holding A Dragon Ball Kai Marathon In Tribute To Akira Toriyama
12.3.2024
In the wake of Akira Toriyama’s death, thousands of tributes to the legendary creator of the Dragon Ball franchise have been pouring in online. Toonami, the Cartoon Network offshoot now hosted as part of Adult Swim that aired Dragon Ball and its various sequels and spin-offs in its prime, is having...
PSA: Unicorn Overlord's Sellswords Make Leveling A Breeze
12.3.2024
In Unicorn Overlord, Vanillaware’s tactical RPG, players are tasked with building an army to take back the Kingdom of Cornia from an evil emperor. This gargantuan task takes tens of hours to complete, during which you must fight your way through multiple kingdoms, facing progressively difficult...
FF7 Rebirth: What To Do With Pirate’s Jetsam (And Where To Find It)
12.3.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth sure is a massive RPG, with tons of side activities to do, places to explore, and gear to find. And the world’s ocean opens up to players in Chapter 12, granting the party a new vessel to freely traverse the waters between FF7’s two main continents. Read more
Stardew Valley Fans Going Bananas After One Line From 1.6 Patch Notes
12.3.2024
Stardew Valley’s fast-approaching 1.6 update is introducing new game content such as a new festival and dialogue, and it’s bringing some quality-of-life changes with it too. Stardew’s developer Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone has been coy with plenty of the patch’s finer details so far, but did recently...
7 Games To Play After Finishing Unicorn Overlord
12.3.2024
With the release of Unicorn Overlord, fans of tactics and strategy RPGs have one of the best games in either genre in recent years. Vanillaware’s latest title is a mechanical marvel that ties a number of complex systems together into a tightly designed game that rewards strategy over brute force....
Rise Of The Ronin Is A Cat Lover’s Paradise
11.3.2024
Just as I arrive in Yokohama, one of Rise of the Ronin’s three major cities, I hear a soft meowing in the distance. Spurred by what must be the cutest of cats, I sprint off in the direction of the mews when I encounter a dilapidated bandit camp. I kill everyone there, not just because the game’s...
Dragon’s Dogma 2 Sickos Are Making Their Favorite Characters In-Game
11.3.2024
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is the latest in a surprisingly long line of 2024 RPGs that are trying to suck up all my free time. Before it’s even launched, Capcom’s released the game’s character creator free of charge, proving that this game is going to be a lovely time suck. We know the upcoming RPG...
Final Fantasy XVI PC Port Is In ‘Final Stages,’ Producer Says
11.3.2024
Final Fantasy XVI, the latest mainline entry in Square Enix’s iconic RPG franchise, released in June of last year for PS5, but PC players are still waiting to find out when they’ll get their hands on the game. Well that time might be coming sooner rather than later, according to producer Naoki...
The Best Mario Games, According To You
11.3.2024
Another Mar10 Day has come and gone, and with it came several surprisingly big announcements. While Nintendo celebrated the Italian plumber’s holiday by solidifying release dates for the Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door remake and officially announcing a new animated movie, we here at Kotaku...
Ex-PlayStation Boss Has Mixed Feelings About Console Exclusives
11.3.2024
During the PS4 and PS5 era, PlayStation has established itself as a destination platform for exclusive series like Spider-Man, God of War, and The Last of Us. And now, former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden, who ran Sony’s gaming division from 2014 to 2019, has shared some ambivalent opinions on...
FF7 Rebirth Has More In Common With 2022’s Best RPG Than You Think
11.3.2024
Stepping out into the seaside region of Junon at the start of chapter four of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, I can feel the sun beaming down on Cloud and the gang as it was setting along the ocean’s horizon and painting the fields in a soothing orange glow. The craggy cliffs pave routes for my...
Grab These PlayStation-Exclusive Action Games On Sale Right Now
8.3.2024
Sony is currently running a pretty awesome sale for a number of its first-party games, particularly those in the action genre. Whether you’re looking to check out Nathan Drake’s swan song in Uncharted 4, Sam Porter Bridges’ strange trip through the apocalypse in Death Stranding, or Kratos’ dramatic...
Kotaku Asks: What’s The Best Mario Game?
8.3.2024
It’s time again for one of those made-up video game holidays in which we celebrate a long-running franchise. This time, it’s Mar10 Day, or Mario Day. On March 10, Nintendo celebrates the Super Mario franchise’s long history and even puts some games and merch on sale. But if we’re going to reflect...