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Avowed: First-Person Vs. Third-Person, Which Should You Use
24.2.2025
If you were to watch any trailers or marketing material for Obsidian’s role-playing hit Avowed, it would be perfectly reasonable to assume the game is strictly a first-person affair. With this focus on first-person melee combat in every video around, you may be shocked to hear that it actually...
Elden Ring Nightreign Impressions, Marvel Rivals Layoff Reactions, And More Of The Week's Top Commentary
22.2.2025
We’ve been playing quite a bit of Obsidian’s great new first-person RPGAvowed lately, and we have thoughts about the companions who fight by your side during your journey. Also, we share our impressions on Elden Ring Nightreign after spending time with its recent network test, and look at how...
Marvel Rivals Hit With Layoffs, MrBeast Says Life Is 'Easier When You're Broke,' And More Of The Week's Top News
22.2.2025
This week saw many of the people behind smash hit Marvel Rivals, including the game’s director, get laid off by developer NetEase in a move the company says was made “for organizational reasons and to optimize development efficiency for the game.” Meanwhile Humane, the company behind a $700 AI...
Marvel Rivals Says Popular Third-Party PC Plugin Is 'Cheating Software' And Bans It
21.2.2025
Today, Marvel Rivals launched its big mid-season update, adding two new characters, a fresh map, and some balance tweaks. But the developer behind the online character shooter also warned PC players to stop using a popular piece of software, as it believes it is “cheating.” Read more
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Good Games We Can't Get Off Our Minds
21.2.2025
Spring is almost here. I can practically feel it quietly blossoming between the 25-degree overnight lows and the desperate last flurry of snowflakes coating my driveway this week. Until then, we’re feasting on 2025's early bounty of games ahead of some heavy hitters that will be rounding out...
Xbox's Latest Big Single-Player RPG Was Originally Pitched As Skyrim + Destiny
21.2.2025
Obsidian Entertainment’s Avowed is a wonderful single-player RPG featuring large fantasy zones to explore and chatty companions. But that wasn’t always the plan. In fact, it was originally designed as an online game similar to Destiny.Read more
Yakuza Creator's New Action Game Could Be In Trouble
21.2.2025
Long-time Sega producer Toshihiro Nagoshi left the Sonic publisher in 2021 to form a new studio under Chinese gaming giant NetEase. After establishing the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series as one of the best action-RPG sandboxes around, he had the chance to start up a new team to work on a new franchise....
Don't Sleep On This Indie Roguelike Cult Hit And Its First Major Update In Five Years
21.2.2025
Star of Providence is a bullet hell roguelike shooter that mostly went under the radar when it came to Steam back in 2017. But since then, it’s won over a devoted fan following, including the YouTuber videogamedunkey, who liked it so much he decided to help republish it eight years later under...
After Working On Oblivion Fan Remake For A Decade, Its Devs Aren't Worried About The Rumored Official One
21.2.2025
The modders behind the highly anticipated Skyblivion PCmod aren’t concerned that Bethesda might be gearing up to release its very own official Oblivion remake. Instead, the team is just “excited” to finally finish its project and get it in the hands of gamers and Elder Scrolls fans. Read more
Ex-Dragon Age Producer Asks People To Stop Harassing Developers, Gets Predictable Response
21.2.2025
When you’ve been on the internet as long as I have, you get the distinct displeasure of watching cycles of toxicity repeat themselves ad nauseam, usually over things that don’t matter in the grand scheme of things. The world is on fire and rather than devoting energy to important matters, a subset...
How To Have A Little Respec In Hit RPG Avowed
21.2.2025
Part of the appeal of a large-scale role-playing game is customizing your character in ways that compliment your preferred playstyle. But as you play through a sprawling game like Avowed, you may find that the way you like to approach combat or dialogue evolves. As such, you may want to reset your...
It Took 10 Years For The Makers Of This Blatant Pokémon Rip-Off To Apologize And Pay $15 Million
21.2.2025
Pocket Monster: Remake was released back in 2015. The mobile game played almost identically to Pokémon, even using the art, names, and move sets form the existing franchise. A decade later, The Pokémon Company has finally reached a settlement with the Chinese devs behind the rip-off and gotten them...
Avowed Has A Secret Room In Its Tutorial, With A Bonus Item
21.2.2025
Avowed is a sprawling role-playing game with hundreds of secrets to uncover throughout its 30+ hours of content. However, one of its first hidden areas can be found during the tutorial segment—a hidden room that grants you an achievement just for finding it. Even better, it contains a lockbox with...
How To Make The Most Of Avowed's Fast Travel
20.2.2025
Many role-playing games are well-known for their sprawling worlds filled with points of interest to discover, and simply walking between all these locations over and over again can be a pretty exhausting affair. Avowed is one such massive RPG, offering dozens of hours of exploration through...
PUBG Creator's Next Game Is Very Different But Even More Ambitious
20.2.2025
Nearly a decade ago, Brendan Greene’s obsession with battle royales fundamentally reshaped gaming. Now the designer, best known by his online moniker “PlayerUnknown,” is toiling away on a new set of projects that could change much more than that if they’re successful. PUBG: Battlegrounds redefined...
6 Diablo 4-Like Games To Grind Before The ARPG's Next Season
20.2.2025
Following the success of Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred, along with the recurring seasonal themes and fresh start opportunities, enjoying the grind brought to us by Blizzard Entertainment is easier than ever. But sometimes it’s not enough. Say, for example, you finish a season early. What then? Well...
How And Where To Watch The Pokémon Day Presents Showcase
20.2.2025
It’s that time of year when The Pokémon Company pulls back the curtain on things it’s been cooking up. Pokémon Day, the anniversary of the release of the original Pokémon Red and Green, is February 27, and The Pokémon Company has announced it will be holding a Pokémon Presents livestream on YouTube...
Elden Ring Nightreign Is The Multiplayer Hades I've Been Craving
20.2.2025
Elden Ring Nightreign looks like Elden Ring, the 2022 FromSoftware hit,and it seems like it should play like Elden Ring, an action-RPG about fighting massive bosses in a cursed open world. And in a lot of ways it does feel cut from the same cloth as its predecessor, but there are also some very...
How To Get Rich Quick In Civilization 7
20.2.2025
As in life, money makes most aspects of Civilization VII more manageable. Sure, you could wait a few turns for a building to finish construction or for a unit to enter the fray, but you could toss some gold at the problem. However, acquiring gold in Civilization VII poses unique challenges, and...
Ex-Bungie Director's Creepy Texts To Female Employees Released By Sony In Ongoing Lawsuit
20.2.2025
Sony is firing back in court in the ongoing lawsuit between Bungie and former Marathon director Christopher Barrett. The Bungie veteran sued the studio in late 2024 after he was fired over alleged misconduct. He called the investigation a “sham” in his lawsuit. Now Sony has responded and published...