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‘Games For Impact’ Is A Meaningless Awards Category
14.11.2022
Geoff Keighley just unveiled the categories and nominees for The Game Awards 2022. Like any other year, one of those categories is “Games for Impact.” I don’t have anything against the “impactful” games that were selected this year, like I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (which I reviewed favorably)....
The Year Is Nearly Over, But You Still Have 10 Game Releases To Look Forward To
11.11.2022
I know Elden Ring is out, and God of War Ragnarök is out, and Elon Musk’s dead-on-arrival Twitter shenanigans are making it feel like we’ve lived a couple thousand years. But no, you’re still here in 2022, and we have two more months of it. What could happen in that time? Read more
Marvel Snap Creator’s Favorite Cards Prove We All Play The Game Like Buttheads
10.11.2022
Marvel Snap’s boss, Ben Brode, recently sat down and talked shop about the popular free-to-play card game. He revealed a few decks he’s currently playing—one of them being a nasty piece of work that likely annoys many players—and said who his favorite character in the game is. It’s Mysterio...
Video Games, Please Stop Making Me Craft Crap
10.11.2022
If I was playing a video game this year, odds were high that I was also dealing with some sort of crafting system. Sometimes I was fighting off zombies in a large open world. Or killing monsters and bandits in God of War Ragnarök. Or fighting bad guys on the mean streets of Gotham City as Batgirl....
Call Of Duty: Warzone 2.0: Everything You Need To Know About The Gulag, Proximity Chat, and More
10.11.2022
In less than a week, Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 will massively overhaul the Warzone experience. There are a ton of changes and updates coming to CoD’s spin on the battle royale formula. The update contains the same core BR experience, but adds a ton of interesting twists that’ll surely shake some...
Modern Warfare II Reveals A Game-Changing, Non-Linear Battle Pass
10.11.2022
In a November 9 blog, as part of a stuffed first season, Call of Duty announced that it was introducing a pliable battle pass system to both Modern Warfare II and Warzone 2.0, a huge deviation from Call of Duty’s norm. Read more
Doom Eternal Composer Claims Soundtrack Was A 'Nightmare'
10.11.2022
In a lengthy, 14,000-word Medium post, Doom Eternal composer Mick Gordon accused id Software’s executive producer Marty Stratton of lying about the official soundtrack’s shoddy release and throwing him under the bus as the cause for its poorly mixed tracks. Read more
Everything We Saw At Today’s Nintendo World Showcase
9.11.2022
Nintendo wrapped up its Indie World Showcase today, highlighting a ton of upcoming and just-launched games for the Switch. There’s a little bit of everything here, from a cute puzzler with a mischievous cat to a Fox and the Hound-like adventure game. This indie presentation was pretty big, so let’s...
We Need To Start Holding Japanese RPGs To Higher Standards
9.11.2022
I had one hell of a weekend. After I published my piece on Final Fantasy producer Naoki Yoshida’s misguided comments about the next game’s overwhelming whiteness, the fans completely lost their minds. Sure, I saw the usual slurs and petty insults. But those weren’t the comments that stuck to...
Halo Infinite Just Leveled Up, But Still Has A Ways To Go
9.11.2022
Yesterday’s Halo Infinite Winter Update proves one thing: This game still needs more updates, and specifically updates like this, and on a regular basis. With two new maps, a unique game mode, expansions to the campaign sandbox, the forge beta, and yet more besides, the Winter Update proves that...
Steam Devs Reveal The Secret Tricks They Use To Get You To Click
9.11.2022
There are hundreds of games that hit Steam every day, making the prospect of finding your next fave rather cumbersome and exhausting. But what makes a page capture your attention, shining among the crowd? YouTuber Danny O’Dwyer, who runs the documentary channel Noclip, has wondered how and why that...
TikTok Is Bimbofying Modern Warfare II’s Ghost And Veteran Players Are Big Mad
9.11.2022
The Call of Duty Modern Warfare II space has been invaded by thirsty TikTokers who are going absolutely feral for Simon “Ghost” Riley, one of the game’s main characters who has never revealed his face. The sequel dropped less than two weeks ago, but in that brief period of time Ghost edits have...
A 2D Dark Souls Game Was Pitched In 2016, And It Looked Badass
9.11.2022
Earlier today, artist Thomas Feichtmeir dropped an interesting piece of news on his Twitter feed: back in 2016 he was part of a pitch that wanted to reimagine Dark Souls 3 (or at least its world) as a 2D Metroidvania game.Read more
FIFA Announces Entire Range Of Nightmarish Blockchain World Cup Games
9.11.2022
Earlier this year, EA Sports and FIFA ended a partnership that had lasted for 30 years, mostly because the irredeemably-corrupt sports governing body had started making all kinds of wild demands for the rights to their name. EA walked away, and FIFA tried to pretend everything was going to be just...
Report: There Might Be A Horizon MMO In the Works
8.11.2022
Guerrilla Games and Sony’s popular open-world sci-fi franchise, Horizon, already has one confirmed spin-off in the works, a brand new VR adventure for PSVR 2. But now a new report claims Sony is working with NCSoft on an MMO set within the universe as last year’s Horizon: Forbidden West. Read more
Prince Of Persia Pre-Orders Canceled, But Ubisoft Swears It's Not Dead
8.11.2022
Two years after it was first announced, and following a string of delays and bad news, Ubisoft officially confirmed that the game isn’t dead, but it has canceled all pre-orders and refunded everyone their money. Read more
What You Need To Know About Modern Warfare II's Confusing Gun Mods, Tuning
8.11.2022
If you’ve an appetite for destruction, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is happy to provide a near-infinite supply of guns which you can customize to an absurdly delightful degree. Seriously, this is almost as fun as sorting my nail polish colors.Read more
Mass Effect Fans Scramble To Decipher Next Game's New Teaser
7.11.2022
Why release a new Mass Effect trailer when you can just send fans spiraling down the conspiracy hole with a brief tease instead? BioWare released its latest salvo of clues for the upcoming sci-fi RPG today, including ambient video of a new mass relay, giant space stations that shoot ships around...
Sega Is Hiring A Sonic Lore Master To Keep Up With All His Nonsense
7.11.2022
Today in job listings that exude a menacing aura: Sega is looking to hire a Sonic loremaster to keep track of the blue hedgehog’s canon and non-canon antics. Read more
Who Is She? She's Kotaku's New Senior Editor
7.11.2022
Hello there, I’m Alyssa. I’m the newest senior editor here at good ol’ Kotaku, as you’ve probably already ascertained from the headline. But did you know I’m also Italian? Don’t worry, I bring it up so often you’ll soon be convinced that pure tomato sauce runs through my veins.Read more