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Sony Explains Why The PS Portal Ain’t The Vita 2
27.2.2024
In a new interview, Sony explained that the PlayStation Portal—a portable gaming device that lets players remotely play PS5 games without needing to be in front of their TV or console—was never intended to be a Vita or PSP successor. It also revealed some other details on the oddly popular handheld...
PlayStation Cancels Multiple Games Amid Massive Job Cuts
27.2.2024
This morning, Sony revealed that it is adding to the ever-growing pile of industry layoffs. In official posts, the company announced it had “initiated a reduction” in workforce. These cuts will impact a variety of PlayStation’s first-party studios including Insomniac Games, Guerrilla, Naughty...
Microsoft's Pentiment Runs At 120FPS On PS5, But Only 60FPS On Xbox
26.2.2024
Here’s something odd: Pentiment, a previously Xbox-exclusive narrative-focused game from Obsidian, currently runs better on PlayStation 5 than it does on Xbox Series X/S. It’s apparently a bug that will be fixed, but the whole situation has set off a firestorm in the never-ending console war. Read...
Where And When To Watch The Big Pokémon Day Presentation
26.2.2024
Every February 27, The Pokémon Company hosts a Pokémon Presents showcase to celebrate the series’ anniversary. This year is no exception, and fans will get a glimpse at what’s coming for the series in the next year. If you’re looking to tune in, here’s the where, when, and what to expect.Read more
Legendary Final Fantasy Composer May Be Done Making Full Soundtracks For Games
26.2.2024
Composing the entire score for a game must be demanding work, and it’s something that famed Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu has done time and time again over the course of his long and storied career. Now it sounds like the 64-year-old composer, who has dealt with unspecified health issues...
Baldur's Gate 3 Dev Responds To Fan Toxicity: 'Please Stop That'
26.2.2024
Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian Studios has announced it’s working on official mod support for the award-winning RPG for both PC and consoles. This will roll out sometime in 2024, but in the meantime, the studio has responded to fans who have been less than patient, calling out “threats...
The Week In Games: A Rebirth, A Remake, And A Remaster
26.2.2024
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Here’s Why The Nintendo Switch 2 Might Not Launch Until March 2025
26.2.2024
If it feels like you’ve been hearing a lot about the Nintendo Switch 2 recently, it’s because you have. Over the past month or so, a proverbial dam of info about the highly anticipated follow up to the Nintendo Switch has seemingly leaked, including that the console’s launch was delayed to 2025...
Skull and Bones: The Kotaku Review
26.2.2024
There are too many Dutch. Six warships are actively engaged with me, lobbing mortars, zipping torpedos, and peppering my vessel with all manner of cannon shot. Along the horizon I count 13 more ships, all hostile. I’ve already plundered a cache of documents from this innocuous seaside lumber camp...
The Halo TV Series Just Killed Off An Iconic Character
23.2.2024
The latest episode of the Paramount+ Halo series is an action-packed throat punch from the moment it starts. That punch to your windpipe will sting a little more if you’re a big fan of a certain character from the games, who bit the proverbial dust this week. Read more
Tekken 8 Gives Grieving Family A Way To Remember A Loved One
23.2.2024
Video games are the way a lot of us bond with our loved ones. Whether it’s family, a partner, or a group of friends gathering to play Helldivers 2, some of our most cherished memories with people we care about are facilitated through games. Thankfully, some games give us a means to immortalize...
PlayStation Plus Just Added 2022’s Most Stylish Arcade Racer
23.2.2024
Driving games can loosely be divided into two sub-genres: simulation and arcade. The former category includes the likes of Gran Turismo or Forza (not the Horizon series) and focus on more realistic racing. But the latter is all about fun over realism. 2022’s Need for Speed Unbound, the latest...
After Palworld, Pokémon Needs To Come Out Swinging
23.2.2024
The annual Pokémon Day Presents showcase takes place this Tuesday, February 27 in celebration of the series’ anniversary. This is where The Pokémon Company typically announces its next big game, and offers updates on its various live service projects. It’s usually an exciting day, and it probably...
Baldur’s Gate 3 Devs Working On ‘Robust’ Cross-Platform Mod Support
23.2.2024
Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian Studios is keenly aware of the mods that exist for the Dungeons & Dragons-based role-playing game. They’re all unofficial, of course, living in the mod bank that is Nexus Mods—but not for long. The studio said that official mod support is coming to the critically...
Palworld Continues To Grow As It Shoots Past 25 Million Players
22.2.2024
Hey, remember that little game Palworld? Well as of today, it’s surpassed a staggering 25 million players, all within about a month of its early access launch. That’s a lot of people shooting at or alongside their legally distinct “pals,” not Pokémon. Love it or hate it—or don’t get it all, like...
MOBA Brought Back To Life, Only To Be Killed Again
22.2.2024
Can an online video game die twice? Yes, apparently. Paragon: The Overprime, a competitive online multiplayer game built using assets and designs featured in Epic’s previously killed original Paragon, is being shut down in April. Read more
If You Want Mother 3 In English, Hit Up Nintendo, Creator Says
22.2.2024
Mother 3 is one of those games everyone talks about but hardly anyone has played—and for a bummer reason. The 2006 Game Boy Advance RPG was never officially released outside of Japan (it’s called Earthbound everywhere else) so unless you imported it and understood Japanese, you couldn’t experience...
Xbox's Biggest Surprise Hit Of 2023 Is Coming To Switch 2: Report
22.2.2024
Xbox recently announced that four of its older titles would be going multiplatform, and finally detailed which games would be making the leap earlier this week. Among the games is Hi-Fi Rush, Bethesda and Tango Gameworks’ surprising rhythm-action game that came out of nowhere early last year....
Elden Ring Is Still Selling Like Hot Cakes
22.2.2024
After two years on the market, FromSoftware’s magnum opus, Elden Ring, is still posting stellar sales numbers. In a recent press release following the reveal ofShadow of the Erdtree, publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment confirmed that the open-world death game has sold 23 million copies...
11 Years Later, The Most Memeworthy Metal Gear Game Still Holds Up
21.2.2024
2013 was a great year for games, with groundbreaking titles that pushed the medium forward and helped define an era. There was the post-apocalyptic narrative adventure The Last of Us, which spawned a huge sequel and a hit TV show. There were exciting sequels, like the pirate RPG Assassin’s Creed...