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One Year With Genshin Impact
28.9.2021
Exactly one year ago today, Genshin Impact was released. We were almost six months into the coronavirus pandemic, and now, looking back, I can’t imagine my adventure starting any other way. The fantasy world of Teyvat became my safe harbor in a year filled with grief, uncertainty,...
Cruis'n Blast On The Switch Is Arcade Racing At Its Most Ridiculous
28.9.2021
Microsoft and Sony can have their Forzas and Gran Turismos with hyper-realistic graphics, authentic engine noises, and true-to-life physics. The Nintendo Switch has Cruis’n Blast, in which your vaguely Nissan GT-R-shaped vehicle barrels off a cliff at breakneck speed toward a massive yeti which...
Horizon Forbidden West’s Aloy Will Look Realistic AF On PS5, Peach Fuzz And All
28.9.2021
Horizon Zero Dawn, the 2017 open-world game about listening to Lance Reddick’s silky smooth pipes, was a looker, pushing the boundaries of how pretty a game could be on the PlayStation 4, despite coming out halfway through the console’s life cycle. It should come as little surprise that the sequel...
New Nintendo Switch Pokémon Will Have Bits That Look Kinda Like A Game Boy
28.9.2021
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl got a new trailer Tuesday morning, showing off all kinds of neat new details. For example, there will be an improved Pokétch utility watch, Pokémon hangout parks, and surfing Bidoofs. It also sounds like all those pesky HMs present in the original games...
The Maligned Avengers Get Second Chance on Xbox Game Pass
28.9.2021
In a world where blockbuster comic book video games flounder due to repetitive endgame content, one subscription game service takes Earth’s mightiest heroes under its wing. It’s Xbox Game Pass to Marvel’s Avengers’ rescue as the multiplayer superhero game joins Microsoft’s service this...
Pokémon Legends: Arceus Introduces 'Noble' Monsters
28.9.2021
A new Pokémon Legends: Arceus trailer has just hatched, and alongside lots of new footage of the game, it reveals the existence of a whole new class of monsters: Noble Pokémon. The first of which is Kleavor.Read more
Universal Studios Japan Is Adding A New Donkey Kong Themed Area
28.9.2021
Super Nintendo World first opened at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka earlier this March. The theme park area is already set to get its first expansion. Openning in 2024, it’s Donkey Kong themed and will increase the size of Super Nintendo World by a whopping 70 percent. “Super Nintendo World...
Pokémon Unite Survey Suggests Huge Changes Could Be Coming
27.9.2021
Now that Pokémon Unite has made its Android and iOS debut, developer TiMi Studio Group has pushed out an in-game survey for players to complete. The questionnaire suggests that some new features, like additional game modes and more ways to interact with your monsters, might come to the popular MOBA...
Rune Factory 5 Will Finally Let The Gays Marry
27.9.2021
In a lengthy blog post, Rune Factory 5’s publishers confirmed that the English localization will allow same-gender marriages. This decision marks the first time that Rune Factory players can get gay married without a workaround.Read more
Eastward: The Kotaku Review
27.9.2021
Eastward is a phenomenally constructed video game. All of its music hits. The characters are relentlessly charming. Its art and level design are nothing short of extraordinary. Disregarding a few pacing missteps, the game fires on all cylinders for its entire duration. Hell, they even put a second...
Bethesda Gives Deathloop Actor A PS5 So He Can Play His Own Game
27.9.2021
Actor Jason Kelley, who voices Colt in the recently released Deathloop, is among the many still unable to get their hands on a PlayStation 5. After admitting his problem, Bethesda helped out and got him one, IGN reported. Read more
Death Stranding Director’s Cut Makes Its Private Rooms Even Creepier
27.9.2021
The new Director’s Cut edition of Death Stranding has only been out for a few days, but folks are already finding a slew of new Easter eggs, some of which add to the nightmare fuel that occasionally haunted unsuspecting players in the original game’s private rooms.Read more
Rare Mew Pokémon Oreos Are Selling For Thousands
27.9.2021
The best quick-buck scheme of the year isn’t GameStop stock, cryptocurrency, or reselling next-gen consoles. It’s...Pokémon Oreos? Oreos emblazoned with designs of Mew, the psychic-type feline Pokémon, are currently selling for hundreds if not thousands of dollars on eBay.Read more
Halo Infinite Is Filled With Memes, Dataminers Unfortunately Reveal
27.9.2021
Halo Infinite’s latest multiplayer technical preview (or, in actual terms, beta) is live, and has been for a few days now. And while the beta offers only a small taste of what will be available in the online shooter once it releases later this year, dataminers and curious fans have been digging...
Arknights Low Rarity Characters Are Better Than High Rarity Ones
27.9.2021
Arknights, the enormously successful tower defense game, does something special in the crowded field of gacha games: Some of the most common characters in the game can help clear difficult levels that their rarer counterparts can’t. By giving the consolation prize characters unique niches...
Breathedge Would Be Amazing, If It Didn't Insist On Being Bad
27.9.2021
I have longed for a space survival game that makes me feel the same way Subnautica does. That sense of methodical management, combined with serene isolation, is my gaming happy place, and I was so delighted to see Breathedge popping up on Game Pass this month, a game that looked like it would...
Diablo II: Resurrected Keeps Barring Players From Using Their Own Characters
27.9.2021
Diablo II: Resurrected launched last week with a host of annoying bugs and glitches, as is Blizzard tradition. While many of the crash-causing, progression-halting issues have been patched, other players continue to be plagued by a bug that’s keeping their characters from being able to join...
Hands On: Metroid Dread's First Hour Is Legit Kinda Terrifying
27.9.2021
If there’s one thing I want from Metroid games above all else, it’s a feeling of dread.Read more
First Image Of The Last Of Us Live-Action Series From HBO
27.9.2021
Naughty Dog’s post-apocalyptic survival yarn is getting a live-action series from HBO. Here’s a first look at the upcoming show.Read more
Wonderbox Is Like Zelda Meets Captain Toad's Treasure Tracker
27.9.2021
I really enjoyed the Captain Toad mini-games in this year’s expanded Switch version of Super Mario 3D World; they gave my mind a welcome reprieve from the frustration of navigating the main adventure’s floaty, 3D platforming. I know Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker has long been a thing, and while...