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Dragon’s Dogma 2 Is Heavily Inspired By GTA V, Says Director
6.3.2024
Dragon’s Dogma 2, Capcom’s upcoming open-world fantasy RPG, is looking like it’s gonna be something special. And while you might expect a game with swords, mages, dragons, and other high-fantasy concepts to be inspired by something like Dungeons and Dragons or Lord of the Rings, the game’s director...
Sony Has The Final Fantasy 7 Remake Trilogy On Lock
6.3.2024
I hope you weren’t holding your breath for Final Fantasy VII Remake,Rebirth, and whatever the threequel will be called to come to a non-PlayStation console. Because tough luck, Sony and Square Enix have agreed to make the Remake trilogy a PlayStation exclusive forever and ever.Read more
Persona 3 Reload Getting Much-Requested DLC, But There's A Catch
6.3.2024
It turns out that Persona 3 Reload, a remake of the original game released earlier this year, will be getting its much-requested DLC “The Answer” after all. As part of today’s Xbox Partner Preview, Atlus announced that the DLC, called “Episode Aigis,” is releasing in September as part of Persona...
Everything We Saw At Xbox’s Partner Preview Stream
6.3.2024
Xbox held a Partner Preview showcase today, which put spotlight on a handful of third-party games coming to Xbox Series X|S. If you missed the show and want to watch the 30-minute presentation, you can check out the full video below. If you just want to know the highlights, click through to...
Square Enix’s Horror Classic Should Be Adapted To The Silver Screen
6.3.2024
On a snowy Christmas Eve, rookie cop Aya Brea attends the opera at Carnegie Hall. In the middle of the performance, while the star performs a haunting aria, the theater and people within it burst into flames. Screams and crackling wood form a symphony with the still-singing star. This is...
Blackrock’s Bitcoin ETF Adds 12,623 BTC in Largest Single-Day Purchase Since Launch
6.3.2024
Blackrock’s spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), the Ishares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), has broken its record for the largest single-day bitcoin purchase since its launch. The world’s largest asset manager’s spot bitcoin ETF now holds 183,345 bitcoins. Blackrock Bought...
We Need To Talk About Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s Ending
6.3.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is out now, and we here at Kotaku have been chewing on its ending for a bit. Now that folks have had time to play the game and sort out their feelings on it, we wanted to take some time to chat about the finale’s merits, issues, and how it left us feeling after spending...
FF7 Rebirth: How Synergy Skills And Abilities Work
5.3.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth features an evolved form of the combat system as it appeared in Final Fantasy VII Remake. As an action RPG, Rebirth’s combat is both tactical and demanding of reaction time. There are a number of moving parts going on all at once when the blades and spells start flying....
One Of 2023’s Best Shooters Is Now On Game Pass
5.3.2024
Another day, another batch of new and old games are coming to Xbox’s popular Game Pass subscription service. This time around, Xbox is bringing one of 2023’s best shooters to the Game Pass library as well as a great remake, a fantastic Remedy-developed adventure, a new baseball game, and more. Read...
Loveless Embodies One Of FF7 Rebirth’s Biggest Flaws
5.3.2024
In extending one 40-hour RPG into three separate, equally long, titles Square Enix has found a lot of ways to build out the world of Final Fantasy VII. Rebirth, the second entry in the trilogy, takes it a step further than in its predecessor by packing the now-sprawling world full of activities....
Fortnite’s Greek Mythology Skins Leak Ahead Of Season 2
5.3.2024
Over the years, Fortnite has done it all. It’s gone to sea, war, space, alternate timelines, and the end (and subsequent reboot) of the world. Most importantly, it recently hosted a Lady Gaga takeover. With its upcoming season 5 though, Fortnite is taking a classical approach to its theme...
Fans Deem Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s Moogle A Freaky Little Guy
5.3.2024
Moogles, one of the consistent mascots of the Final Fantasy franchise, have taken many different forms over the series’ lifetime. While they’re always mammalian in some way, they’ve resembled different animals such as bears, bunnies, cats, and bats across iterations. These little guys are usually...
25 Years Ago, PlayStation Was Blessed With An Amazing Advergame
5.3.2024
America was culturally adrift in the 1990s. When the Cold War ended, it took a big piece of the nation’s identity with it. So it’s not shocking that, absent a real honest-to-goodness war for the first time in half a century, the most materialistic society in history dove headfirst into brand wars....
FF7 Rebirth: Where To Find All Seventh Infantry Members
4.3.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Square Enix’s latest entry in the ongoing FF7 remake project, contains recreations of several classic moments from the original, such as the parade honoring President Rufus Shinra’s newly acquired title. During this sequence, you’ll be asked to round up a few stray...
One Of PlayStation’s Most Overlooked Games Could Be Coming To PC
4.3.2024
Gravity Rush, the topsy-turvy action-adventure game from Sony’s now-defunct Japan Studio, might be making a return. According to a recent rumor, a Gravity Rush 2 remaster is in development for PS5 and PC. Seven years after its release, and three years after the closure of Japan Studio, fans...
Stop Telling People They Can Play Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Without Remake
4.3.2024
Over the weekend, an old quote from Final Fantasy VII Rebirth co-director Motomu Toriyama started recirculating on social media that, after finishing the game myself, nearly turned me into the Joker. It originated in a social media Q&A with the development team, and one question was, “Do I need...
Chrono Trigger Director Asks What Fans Would Want In A Remake
4.3.2024
If there is one game that fans would love to see return more than any other in the midst of the industry’s remake fever, it would have to be Chrono Trigger. The 1995 time-traveling RPG made by a dream team of developers who had worked on Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy remains one of the best games...
How To Steal The Tonberry King’s Crown In FF7 Rebirth
4.3.2024
As an RPG, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has no shortage of side quests and tough bosses. A combo of the two in Rebirth tasks you with taking out one of Final Fantasy’s iconic creatures: Tonberries! This time, however, you’ll need to not only take down the Tonberry King as one of the steps of the “Saga...
Kotaku Readers Pick The Best Final Fantasy For Newcomers
4.3.2024
With the recent release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth once again putting the spotlight on the long-running series of RPGs, there are more newcomers to the franchise than maybe ever before. But Rebirth, being a direct continuation of 2020’s Remake and a kind of metatextual commentary on the original...
The Week In Games: Tactical RPGs, Creepy Circuses & More New Releases
4.3.2024
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