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Donkey Kong Country's Controversial $60 Price Tag Makes Metroid Prime Feel Like A Steal
27.6.2024
Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is an enhanced version of the 2o10 Wii game coming to Switch in 2025, and fans can’t believe Nintendo is charging $60 for it. The price was revealed in the new eShop listing and makes last year’s Metroid Prime Remaster look like an incredible deal by comparison. Read...
Nintendo's Huge June Direct And More Of The Week's Big Gaming News
22.6.2024
Nintendo’s big June Direct showcase delivered the biggest headlines of the week, with its reveal of Echoes of Wisdom, a new Zelda game in which you actually play as the titular princess, as well as a new Mario & Luigi RPG and, yes, Metroid Prime 4. Read on for all the reveals from that event...
Ubisoft Deletes Announcement Of Game It Already Accidentally Released Last Year
20.6.2024
Oops! Ubisoft seemingly jumped the gun earlier today when it announced the release date and full title for a new remaster of Beyond Good & Evil via Twitter. The publisher has since deleted the tweet, but the internet never forgets. Read more
XDefiant Devs Talk Bunny Hopping, Balance, And New Maps
18.6.2024
As the dust settled on a hectic (and messy) launch, I got the chance to talk with FPS XDefiant’s executive producer Mark Rubin, and creative director Safy Saada, about the free-to-play Call of Duty-like’s first few weeks, how the Ubisoft team balances the game, all-important bunny hopping, creating...
Hands-On With Star Wars Outlaws, Weighing In On Dragon Age Discourse, And More Takes For The Week
15.6.2024
With Kotaku in attendance at last week’s Summer Game Fest, we got to go hands-on with some of the biggest games on the horizon. Read on for our impressions of Star Wars Outlaws, Horizon Lego Adventures, and the delightful-looking Astro Bot, among other games. We’ve also got an early look at one...
A Revealing Epic Store Leak, New Star Wars Outlaws Details And More Of The Week's Big Stories
15.6.2024
Summer Game Fest took up a lot of the oxygen in the room last week, and from there, we got new details on Star Wars Outlaws, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and more. But there was no shortage of stories from beyond the showcases and show floor, too. An Epic Games Store leak hinted at some big things...
XDefiant Devs Say Any Ubisoft Game Could End Up In The FPS
14.6.2024
Could Rayman or the Panda from Just Dance show up in XDefiant? I asked executive producer Mark Rubin and creative director Safy Saada about that, how they decide on which Ubisoft games to add, and all the work that goes into taking characters from one franchise and smashing them into XDefiant’s...
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Producer Responds To Backlash Over Yasuke
13.6.2024
When Ubisoft unveiled Assassin’s Creed Shadows in May, there was backlash directed at the inclusion of Yasuke, the game’s Black samurai co-lead and real-world historical figure. Some argued that the reaction was simply over a matter of what they saw as historical inaccuracy, as they repeated that...
Monster Hunter Rise Headlines A Varied Month Of PlayStation Plus Games
13.6.2024
PlayStation has announced the new rotation of games coming to PlayStation Plus on June 18, and there are some standouts. Strategy fans have a lot to look forward to with the addition of Anno 1880 and Crusader Kings III, and Far Cry 4 is always a fun time for fans of the Ubisoft open-world...
Star Wars Outlaws Won't Take You 100 Hours To Complete, Says Ubisoft
12.6.2024
Ubisoft’s upcoming Star Wars Outlaws looks to be a massive open-world video game spanning multiple planets and cities. However, according to the game’s creative director, completing everything in Outlaws isn’t going to take you 100 to 200 hours like in some past Ubisoft games. Read more
Division 2 Players Really Hate The New Shift To Seasonal Characters
11.6.2024
The Division 2's newest season—Year 6 Season 1—is now live and with it, Ubisoft also revealed its plans for the rest of the year. However, a big change on the roadmap involving seasonal characters that players must create fresh at the start of each new stretch has led to a massive amount...
The 16 Best Trailers From Summer Game Fest's Busy Weekend
11.6.2024
Over the weekend (and some of Monday), Summer Game Fest 2024 took place, with many of the industry’s biggest publishers and studios—as well as tiny teams and solo devs—showing up to debut trailers for new games. It was an exciting time for sure, but also a very busy time for the game industry....
Star Wars Outlaws Hands-On: Good Gameplay, Wonderful World
11.6.2024
Kay Vess, lovable scoundrel and star of Ubisoft’s upcoming action adventure game Star Wars Outlaws, has a data spike shoved through her ponytail like a number 2 pencil. Alongside Kay at all times is her adorable companion Nix, a Merqaal that can help her snag hard-to-reach objects or distract...
Star Wars Outlaws Is The First Canonical Appearance Of A Video Game In The Franchise
11.6.2024
Ubisoft says Star Wars Outlaws is the first open-world video game based on the popular sci-fi franchise. But it also offers another first: In a new trailer for Outlaws that debuted at Ubisoft Forward 2024, we see our first canonical example of an in-universe video game in Star Wars. Read more
14 Cool Details We Spotted In Star Wars Outlaws' New Gameplay Trailer
11.6.2024
On June 10, Ubisoft held its annual Ubisoft Forward event as the final big event of Summer Game Fest 2024. The show was a bit subdued compared to past years, but we did get a huge look at Star Wars Outlaws, which is set to launch on August 30, 2024 on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC.Read more
Assassin’s Creed Shadows' Gameplay Will Be Wildly Different Based On Which Protagonist You're Playing
10.6.2024
One of the main attractions during the June 10 Ubisoft Forward was a proper look atAssassin’s Creed Shadows gameplay. After a couple of story trailers earlier this year, we got a deep dive into how the game, set in feudal Japan, will play (we also got a chance to this gameplay in-person at Summer...
Ubisoft Excited To Let You Know Prince Of Persia Remake Is Still Years Away
10.6.2024
During Ubisoft’s Summer Game Fest showcase today it took a moment to acknowledge that, yes, its long-in-development and oft-delayed Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake is still being made. But if you wanted to play it soon... bad news. It won’t be out until sometime in 2026. Read more
Ubisoft odhaluje chystané hry. Star Wars a Assassin’s Creed jsou jistota
10.6.2024
I letos se dočkáme pravidelné konference Ubisoft Forward, kde nás tento francouzský vydavatel zahrne přívalem informací o chystaných hrách. V tuto chvíli už lze říct, že je prakticky jistý nášup informací o Star Wars Outlaws a Assassin’s Creed Shadows, které vycházejí letos. Konferenci sledujeme...
Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 Single-Player Campaign Demands Permanent Internet Connection On Consoles
10.6.2024
Apparently it’s 2012 all over again, and publishers are once more attempting the move of requiring always-on internet connections to play single-player games. That’s been revealed to be the case for Call of Duty: Black Op 6's single-player campaign, not just on PC as it has been for years, but...
Prepping For Shadow Of The Erdtree, Stealing In FF7 Rebirth, And More Tips For The Week
9.6.2024
Whether you want to know about Elden Ring’s New Game + modeor master Ubisoft’s new free-to-play Call of Duty-like shooter XDefiant, we’ve got tips for you in the pages ahead.Read more