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GTA V Loads Way Faster On PlayStation 5
15.3.2022
Grand Theft Auto V is a very good video game, we’ve known this for almost a decade across more platforms than we ever should have had to know it, but one thing the game has never been able to sort out during that timeframe is its enormous loading time.Read more
Actually, I Will Ride The Giant Pig In Assassin’s Creed’s New DLC
11.3.2022
Yesterday, Ubisoft released Dawn of Ragnarok, the latest and biggest DLC expansion for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. And as has become tradition, it includes a new, unrealistic animal mount for players to ride. This time, it’s a huge armored boar. But unlike before, on this occasion I broke. I gave...
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla's Fantasy Expansion Makes It Bigger, For Better And For Worse
10.3.2022
Ubisoft isn’t done updating and expanding Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. The latest and biggest expansion, Dawn of Ragnarok, is out today across all major platforms. And unlike the previous DLC packs, Ragnarok is entirely focused on the game’s more fantastical elements. It tells a new story about Odin...
Ikumi Nakamura Introduces Her New Studio, Unseen
10.3.2022
Former GhostWire: Tokyo creative director Ikumi Nakamura has officially launched her new studio called Unseen.Read more
Please Help: I’m Addicted To Vampire Survivors And It’s Ruining My Life
4.3.2022
I’ve gotten addicted to an itch.io game called Vampire Survivors.Read more
Nintendo Buys Longtime Partner And Super Mario Bros. Programmer SRD
24.2.2022
Today, Nintendo announced it’s acquiring longtime partner SRD (Systems Research and Development), a company that has helped in programming some of the company’s most iconic games, including Super Mario Bros.Nintendo acquired 100 percent of SRD’s outstanding shares for an undisclosed sum, making...
Square Enix Is Impossible To Please
22.2.2022
The Guardians of the Galaxy have a new foe: lofty publisher expectations. The interstellar misfit band’s latest outing, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, underperformed unstated sales targets, according to a recent financial filing from publisher Square Enix.Read more
13 Years On, Mirror's Edge Is Still A Masterpiece
21.2.2022
I don’t tend to replay video games very often. The demands of this job mean I’m normally straight onto the next one as soon as the credits roll on the last. But every year I try to find the time to revisit one of my all-time favourites: EA’s Mirror’s Edge.Read more
Yakuza Creator Toshihiro Nagoshi Won't Be Making Smartphone Games
15.2.2022
After leaving Sega, Toshihiro Nagoshi set up a new studio called Nagoshi Studio in Tokyo. Earlier this year, NetEase Games described the wholly-owned subsidiary’s M.O., stating it “develops high-end titles for worldwide release, with a primary focus on the console software business.”Read more
One Of The Weirdest Resident Evil Games Is Getting An Unofficial 3D Remake
14.2.2022
Not to be outdone by its more respected siblings, the handheld Resident Evil Gaiden is being remade by a group of independent developers.Read more
God of War PC Mod Makes Atreus Playable, Kinda
14.2.2022
A new PC mod for God of War aims to make Kratos’ arrow-wielding son, Atreus, a playable character. But it will likely be some time before he’s as agile as he is in the game’s finale. Read more
Tom Holland’s Uncharted Movie Is Getting Trashed By Critics
14.2.2022
The Uncharted movie won’t be out stateside until later this week, but it’s been out internationally for a few days, having released in a handful of markets last Thursday and Friday. So far, the cinematic adaptation of a popular video game series is being received about as well as any other...
Nolan North Is Voicing Nathan Drake For The Uncharted Movie Version's Novelization
11.2.2022
Nolan North voices Nathan Drake in the Uncharted games. Tom Holland plays the character in the upcoming movie version. So how do you cast for the audiobook of the feature film’s novelization? Nolan North, that’s who. Variety (via Eurogamer) reports that North will be narrating the novelization...
Surprise, The First Nintendo Direct Of The Year Has Been Scheduled
8.2.2022
Switch owners can finally chill for a minute. The first Nintendo Direct of 2022 has been revealed, and it’s taking place tomorrow, February 9. The lengthy presentation will “mainly” cover games coming out in the first half of the year, so news about Breath of the Wild 2 might be a long shot,...
Sifu's Early Access Release On PlayStation Is Kind Of A Mess
6.2.2022
Sifu is out today for folks who pre-ordered the game’s Digital Deluxe Edition, which comes with a few bonuses including 48-hour early access. However, loads of people on PlayStation have reported issues with downloading and installing the early access version of the game, prompting devs SloClap...
Rockstar: GTA 6 Development Underway, And It's 'Significantly' More Ambitious
4.2.2022
Well, after years of rumors and fake-outs, it’s finally happened. Rockstar Games has confirmed that the next entry in the Grand Theft Auto franchise is in active development.Read more
Report: Suicide Squad Game Delayed All The Way Into 2023
3.2.2022
Your calendar is not lying, it’s only the first week of February, but according to reports Warner Bros. have decided to get in early and kick the upcoming Suicide Squad game all the way into 2023.Read more
Dying Light 2: The Kotaku Review
2.2.2022
The idea of being excited about yet another zombie video game in this, the year of our lord two-thousand and twenty-two, might seem ridiculous to some. Even I, a die-hard fan of the undead, understand how tired people are of zombies. They really are everywhere, from Back 4 Blood to Project Zomboid....
Let's Check Out Ocarina Of Time's PC 'Port'
31.1.2022
In November 2021 a team of fans at Zelda 64 Reverse Engineering—having spent two years on the project—revealed that they’d painstakingly recreated the entirety of The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time. Now, only a few months later, we’re getting a good look at one of the main goals of that project:...
NES Zelda Map Recreated By One Person Using 25,000 Lego Bricks
30.1.2022
If I dumped 25,000 Lego bricks and pieces in front of you and gave you a few months to build something with them, what would you make? You’d probably be more concerned that I dumped all that plastic on you. But one Zelda fan and Lego builder took all those blocks and created a marvelous looking...