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Magnus Carlsen and Animoca Brands Begin Phased Launch of Decentralized Chess Game
16.1.2024
Game software development company Animoca Brands has begun the phased launch of its decentralized chess strategy video game, Anichess, in partnership with Norwegian chess grandmaster, Magnus Carlsen, the company announced today. A “spellbinding strategy game” According to a Tuesday...
Ellie And Abby's Best Video Game T-Shirts in TLOU 2's No Return
16.1.2024
In this house, we don’t like to pit two strong women against each other. That includes Ellie and Abby from The Last of Us Part II. Well, except for that part in the game where they are literally pitted against one another, but I digress. In The Last of Us Part II Remastered, both our heroines...
GTA And Alan Wake Devs Are Beefing Over The Letter ‘R’
16.1.2024
Two gaming giants have entered the legal colosseum. GTA publisher Take-Two Interactive has dragged the Alan Wake developer into a trademark dispute over Remedy Entertainment’s new logo design.Read more
Ubisoft Wants You To Be Comfortable Not Owning Your Games
15.1.2024
With the pre-release of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown started, Ubisoft has chosen this week to rebrand its Ubisoft+ subscription services, and introduce a PC version of the “Classics” tier at a lower price. And a big part of this, says the publisher’s director of subscriptions, Philippe...
UK's Biggest Gaming Store Rumored To End Trade-Ins
15.1.2024
Staff from the UK’s biggest video game retailer, GAME, have told Eurogamer the retailer is to stop accepting trade-ins. Which, if true, is the end of an era.Read more
Steam Pulls Fan's Portal 64 Project, But Not For The Reason You Think
15.1.2024
A fun-sounding project, a Nintendo 64 demake of Portal, has been pulled from Steam. It’s developer, however, is imploring people not to get angry with Valve, suggesting his idea was always doomed from the start. And yet, you know, I’m still a bit mad.Read more
Call Of Duty, Starfield, And More Of The Week's Essential Gaming Tips
14.1.2024
The first half of January can be a slow time for new game releases, but that also makes it a great time to tick some boxes on your backlog or revisit some old favorites. Read on for some of this week’s essential strategies for Starfield, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, and some heckin’ great...
Switch 2, Pokémon With Guns, And More Of The Week's Biggest Gaming News
13.1.2024
It’s CES week! That doesn’t typically mean a whole lot to video game fans, but this year was a bit of an exception, as ‘90s cheat peripheral standby GameShark appears to have rebranded as “AI Shark,” (sigh) and may have accidentally leaked key information about Nintendo’s next console. And speaking...
Our Best Tips To Track Down A PlayStation Portal
12.1.2024
When Sony launched its the PS portal, it’s portable PS5 streaming device, on November 15, 2023,it swiftly sold out. With the ability to stream your favorite PS5 games to a handheld device anywhere you can get a decent internet connection, it’s no surprise that the Portal has been so popular with...
Sonic 3 And Knuckles Storyboards Leak, Beware Of Spoilers
12.1.2024
Sonic the Hedgehog fans should be wary of spoilers making their way online, as storyboards allegedly from the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 3 live-action movie and the upcoming Paramount+ series Knuckles have leaked on social media.Read more
Suicide Squad Devs Spent Last Year Ripping Out Hated Gear Scores
12.1.2024
Suicide Squad devs have confirmed that gear score, one of the more controversial elements of Rocksteady’s upcoming co-op shooter, has been entirely removed from the game. However, the game is still very much a looter-shooter.Read more
PS5 Just Did Something A PlayStation Console Hasn’t Done Since 2004
12.1.2024
Sony’s PlayStation 5 is selling pretty dang well in Japan, according to new data that shows it was the second best-selling console in the country last year, behind only Nintendo’s Switch. Even more impressive, the PS5 sold better than any PlayStation console has ever sold since the PS2 in 2004....
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet’s Epilogue Is Silly And Anticlimactic
12.1.2024
After playing through Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s epilogue I can definitively say I was mostly let down by the Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC. Don’t get me wrong, the “Mochi Mayhem” episode is an hour of silly fun alongside some of the best characters to grace the games’ Paldea region, but it...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: A Turn-Based Crime RPG And First-Person Shooters
12.1.2024
Hey, it’s a three-day weekend here in the States. That means more time for gaming. This weekend we’re taking a look at some shooters, both of the traditional “Boomer Shooter,” and team-based variety. But that’s not all. Ahead of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth’s release on January 26, now’s a good...
How To Keep Your Naughty Xbox Captures Private
11.1.2024
Modern consoles such as the Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and even the Nintendo Switch all have some pretty handy capture features. Want to grab an awesome screenshot? There’s a dedicated button. Even recording long clips on Xbox and PlayStation is rather easy. And it’s even easier to share these...
Um, GameShark May Have (But Probably Didn't) Leak Switch 2's Release Date
11.1.2024
In a new press release from audio electronics company Altec Lansing, it was revealed that GameShark is returning, sort of via an artificial intelligence-powered successor called “AI Shark” You don’t care about that. Instead, the big news out of this press release is that it might have leaked...
Bethesda’s Indiana Jones Game May Finally Have A Name
11.1.2024
Twitter sleuth Kurakasis believes they’ve figured out the name of Bethesda’s upcoming Indiana Jones video game. And, well, it’s right up there with howlers like “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” and “Dial of Destiny.” According to a bunch of URLs recently registered by the rightsholder Lucasfilm,...
The Best Survival Horror Game Ever Made Joins PlayStation Plus This Month
11.1.2024
In 2019, Capcom blew our minds with a brutal remake of 1998’s Resident Evil 2, this time with a new camera perspective, modern graphics, and the return of two classic horror protagonists: Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield. Starting on January 16, you’ll be able to download this incredible remake...
PS5's DualSense Controller Is Getting An Update, Store Listing Reveals
11.1.2024
If you’re sick and tired of your DualSense controller dying after a measly three to six hours of use, it looks like Sony might be getting ready to release a new version of the PlayStation 5 controller that could double its typical battery life. That’s if a Canadian store listing is to...
Some Of The Coolest And Weirdest GTA 6 Trailer Remakes Out There
11.1.2024
2025 is still a long way off, but that hasn’t stopped the Grand Theft Auto VI hype-train from leaving the station. And as fans wait to play the game, some of the more ambitious among them are remaking that initial trailer shot-for-shot in other games.Read more