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Hades 2’s Fourth Patch Nerfs Some Overpowered Builds Ahead Of First Major Update
17.7.2024
Though Supergiant Games largely has its head down as it works on Hades 2’s first major update coming later this year, the already phenomenal sequel is still getting patched throughout early access. Its latest update isn’t focused on any one thing, but aims to fix a lot of issues that have been...
Flock Is This Summer's Best Chillfest
17.7.2024
As a New Yorker in my late twenties, it’s only a matter of time until I get into birding. Flock might be the thing that finally makes me take the plunge into the hobby. The new shepherding/creature collecting game from developer Hollow Ponds is full of color and life, inviting you to explore...
8 Essential Things To Do In Palworld’s Sakurajima Region
17.7.2024
Palworld has seen updates here and there since its launch earlier this year, but its biggest came on June 27, 2024 with the Sakurajima update. In addition to a slew of new endgame content and updated mechanics, the focal point is the eponymous island that makes up the game’s latest region. But what...
Nintendo Reveals Its Mysterious Horror Game And It's Not What Fans Expected
17.7.2024
A week after releasing a teaser for a new horror game seemingly called Emio, Nintendo has pulled back the curtain on the mysterious project with a full reveal. Turns out, it isn’t exactly what the creepy first trailer made it out to be, and is instead a new entry in the long-dormant Famicom...
Flintlock: The Siege Of Dawn: The Kotaku Review
17.7.2024
The world has been plunged into darkness. The dead persist violently among the living. What remains of humanity following a cataclysm I helped trigger is now at each other’s throats. I carry my share of the blame, but it’s clear the gods must pay for what they’ve done to us. There’s a path...
Grab 10 Games For Just $15 Before The Xbox 360 Store Shuts Down Forever
16.7.2024
Microsoft has issued its final price update for all digital Xbox 360 games before the console’s marketplace goes offline for good on July 29. That means you can get a bunch of good old games for very cheap right now. And as a tribute to its most successful gaming box ever, Microsoft has even...
The 21 Best Amazon Prime Day 2024 Gaming Deals
16.7.2024
Happy Amazon Prime Day! Amazon Prime Day 2024 started earlier today and lasts until the end of July 17. Yes, Prime Day is actually two days. It’s weird. Anyway, there are some good deals to be found on Xbox consoles, new video games, storage devices, and more during the annual sales event. Read more
Bowser Star Jack Black Cancels Tenacious D Tour Over Trump Joke Backlash
16.7.2024
Rock duo Tenacious D (Jack Black and Kyle Gass) are in crisis mode following backlash to a joke about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally over the weekend. “After much reflection, I no longer feel it is appropriate to continue the Tenacious D tour,...
Devastating Early Leak Hits Next Big Warhammer 40K Game
16.7.2024
While always awful for developers, leaks of unreleased games aren’t rare, but usually occur in the days before release. For a big-name, highly anticipated, fully playable game to hit piracy sites two months before it’s due out, however, is astoundingly unusual. That’s what’s happened to Warhammer...
An Elden Ring Mod Lets You Summon DLC Bosses Like They’re Pokémon
15.7.2024
You know how defeating the major bosses in Elden Ring grants you a remembrance of them? Typically, you’re meant to use these to get runes for leveling or spending, otherwise you can mold those remembrances into weapons reminiscent of the boss. What if, instead, you could use them to call on former...
Final Fantasy XIV: A Beginner’s Guide To Questing
15.7.2024
Like most RPGs, a majority of your time in Final Fantasy XIV is spent completing various quests. However, new players may find themselves wondering what each of the different symbols mean, or how to tell what quests are worth their time. This guide will explain the three main types of quests,...
Baldur's Gate 3 Won So Many Awards It Started To Cause Problems
15.7.2024
Baldur’s Gate 3 was one of the best games of 2023 and easily one of the year’s biggest success stories. And as you might expect, all that acclaim and adoration saw the game winning a lot of awards at various shows and events. According to the game’s director, being showered with so many accolades...
Dev Casually Reveals We Almost Got Crash Bandicoot 5
15.7.2024
Project Dragon, a new game from Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs, has been canceled. This was revealed by former devs on the project over the weekend, including principal concept artist, Nicholas Kole. revealed over the weekend that an in-development game codenamed Project Dragon has been canceled....
Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6's First Beta Weekend Is Closer Than You Think
15.7.2024
Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 is the first game in the series that won’t be giving PlayStation players exclusive entry into its early access beta. Instead, the Gulf War-era shooter will arrive simultaneously on all platforms, including Xbox and PC, starting in August. Read more
10 Tips For Starting Out In Final Fantasy XIV
15.7.2024
Final Fantasy XIV offers a variety of content and depth that few games can match. While this is a huge boon for the MMO’s longtime players, new players who have just started their account with the Starter Edition or Free Trial (we recommend the Free Trial for first-timers) may have trouble sifting...
Concord Is A Really Good Multiplayer Shooter, But That Doesn't Feel Like Enough
15.7.2024
The reaction to Concord wasn’t great during Sony’s State of Play earlier this year. But after playing a few hours of the sci-fi FPS on PS5, I’m sold on Concord’s mix of hero-shooter action and tight Call of Duty-like gameplay. The only question is: Will people be willing to spend $40 for...
9 Incredible Games To Get For Cheap During Steam's Big Indie Festival Sale
15.7.2024
After this year’s Steam Summer Sale, you might be thinking you don’t need to buy more games. Well the Independent Games Festival’s Celebration Days is here to change your mind.Read more
Amazon’s New Like A Dragon Show Is Being Made By People Who Really Get The Games
15.7.2024
Following its stellar adaptation of Fallout earlier this year, Amazon’s eyes are now set on translating the popular video game series Like a Dragon (formerly known as Yakuza) this fall. Ahead of the release of Amazon’s adaptation, which straddles the line with the title Like a Dragon: Yakuza, lead...
Pokémon GO's Big Weekend Accidentally Reminded Us The Game Used To Be Fun
15.7.2024
This weekend may have been deranged on previously unexplored levels, but it was also Go Fest in Pokémon GO, the annual event when the mobile game reminds its millions of players why they used to love playing. This year, as the app reaches new nadirs of money-grubbing banality, the event’s terrific...
Game Pass Woes, Elden Ring Takes, And More Of This Week's Spiciest Opinions
14.7.2024
Gosh, Xbox really did that to Game Pass, huh? And Elden Ring’s beloved DLC is letting down some fans? Yeah, it’s been a week of spicy opinions, and we’ve got them all here, including our impressions of that loot-shooter The First Descendent. Read through for more!Read more