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Ubisoft Postpones Closed Beta For Ghost Recon Frontline, The Game Nobody Asked For
14.10.2021
It’s only been a matter of days since Ubisoft announced a new Ghost Recon game, Frontline, but public reception to its reveal has seemingly been strong enough to have already had an effect on the game’s planned closed beta testing.Read more
Former Pac-Man Champ Billy Mitchell Can Now Sue World Record Leaderboard Group
14.10.2021
Billy Mitchell, a pro gamer best known for making the numbers on an arcade machine get really big, is going to court. As spotted by Axios’ Stephen Totilo, a U.S. appeals court gave the green light yesterday for Mitchell to proceed with a defamation suit against Twin Galaxies, the popular gaming...
Pokémon Fans Mixed On Experience Share Feature Making Diamond, Pearl Remakes Easier
14.10.2021
Not every Pokémon player is happy about the new gameplay details that are emerging for Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, the Switch remakes of Nintendo DS’ Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. In fact, a significant portion of the playerbase is currently upset because Exp. Share (a feature in which...
Spelunky World Record Holder Busted As A Cheater
14.10.2021
A player by the name of BarryMode has, for the last eight years, held the world record for a run through Spelunky. Not anymore, though, after fans discovered that he’d cheated, with the evidence clearly visible in the video he’d recorded of the run.Read more
Activision Says Call Of Duty: Warzone, Vanguard Are Getting New, Souped-Up Anti-Cheat
13.10.2021
Amidst numerous lawsuits claiming the company fostered an abuse-filled working environment, Activision Blizzard is getting serious about Call of Duty: Warzone cheaters with the introduction of its new, proprietary Ricochet Anti-Cheat system.Read more
Diablo II: Resurrected Plagued By Login Issues, Some Players Demand Refunds
13.10.2021
For the past six days, Diablo II: Resurrected players in the United States, Asia, and the United Kingdom have experienced intermittent difficulties when attempting to log in to the game’s online servers. Now, some are taking to social media to demand refunds. Read more
Genshin Leak Teases Massive Cliffhanger Resolution With Albedo
13.10.2021
Hey, it’s me: the Kotaku staffer who explains why a random Genshin Impact character is trending on Twitter. Today, several notable Genshin Impact leakers stated that the geo element swordsman Albedo will be making an event appearance in the 2.3 update.Read more
FFXIV Director Wants You To Be Normal About The Game’s Success
13.10.2021
In a recent interview with PC Gamer, Final Fantasy XIV Director Naoki Yoshida spoke at length about the MMO’s influx of players, and his mixed feelings about World of Warcraft comparisons. At the heart of it all is Yoshida’s consistent refrain that video games are just that: video games. So don’t...
New Chinese Action-RPG Is Like The Witcher, But More Focused
13.10.2021
Sometimes, I want the gritty fantasy storytelling of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt without dealing with hundreds of hours of content or an open world map. Xuan Yuan Sword 7, the latest entry in an action roleplaying series that has been a cornerstone of Chinese gaming for almost 30 years, scratches that...
Far Cry 6's Autosave Bug Keeps Killing Players Repeatedly
13.10.2021
Arkane’s recent and well-regarded immersive sim isn’t the only death loop of the fall. Thanks to a rare autosave bug in Far Cry 6 that spawns players milliseconds before a death, some players have found themselves stuck in an unbreakable feedback loop, with no apparent way to break the cycle.Read...
All The Possible Video Game TV Series Announced In The Last 48 Hours
13.10.2021
On Monday, publisher Raw Fury announced a new first-look deal with dJ2 Entertainment for adapting their publishing catalogue into film and television series. And in the same moment, we’ve just heard word of a live-action version of the classic action-adventure, System Shock.Read more
FFXIV’s Biggest Expansion Yet, Endwalker, Will Take Your Breath Away
13.10.2021
I recently had the opportunity to spend several hours exploring the new lands, jobs, and dungeons coming in Final Fantasy XIV’s Endwalker expansion when it launches November 23. I flew through the wretched ruins of Garlemald, strolled the serene streets of the scholarly city of Old Sharlayan,...
Destiny 2 Gets Slightly Unsettling Goose Game Mask
13.10.2021
Bungie has changed up how Destiny 2’s annual Festival of the Lost Halloween celebration works this year, as well as adding a new pulse rifle, and scaly dinosaur armor. But this Untitled Goose Game mask is all that matters.Read more
Cowboy Bebop's Original Japanese Voice Cast Returns To Dub Netflix Series
13.10.2021
Yoko Kanno, who scored the original anime, isn’t the only one returning to Cowboy Bebop. The entire, original voice cast is, too, and will be dubbing the live-action Netflix show’s Japanese language track. That’s right, not just some of the original Japanese language cast, but the entire Japanese...
Old Video Shows The Birth Of Mortal Kombat's 'Get Over Here' Move
13.10.2021
You’d be forgiven for thinking that every move and every system you’ve ever enjoyed in a video game has been planned to the last meticulous detail. But hey, sometimes a thought just comes to you, and the results stand the test of time.Read more
13 Years Too Late, Fallout 3 Removes Game For Windows Live
13.10.2021
There are probably some readers out there young enough to not even know what Games For Windows Live even was, but for those of us who lived through it, we remember: how pointless it was, how broken.Read more
Sorry, No More Telling Your League Of Legends Opponents They Suck
12.10.2021
Riot announced today it will disable chat between opposing League of Legends teams in the game’s next update as a way of cutting down on the toxicity that’s often present in these conversations.Read more
Deathloop, As Told By Steam Reviews
12.10.2021
It’s safe to say that Deathloop stood tall as one of the most anticipated games of the year. Amid a release slate flush with sequels and remakes, here was a brand-new concept from Arkane, a studio that hasn’t missed in nearly a decade, making creative use of its time-loop feature to deliver a truly...
Suikoden’s Last Untranslated Game Is Finally Playable In English
12.10.2021
Thanks to a recent fan translation of a nine-year-old PlayStation Portable game, every installment of the Suikoden role-playing franchise is now playable in English.Read more
Pokémon Go’s Halloween Update Adds Ghosts, Very Large Pokémon
12.10.2021
Hey, wanna hear a ghost story? It’s short, just one act. Here you go: We’re already at Halloween season. I can tell this not by the seasonal weather (my weather app clocked a high of 73 F today) or pumpkin beer (there’s a shortage this year) but because Niantic recently unveiled the details...