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Genshin Impact’s Inazuma Update Adds Yae Miko, New Enemies, And Bartending
4.2.2022
This morning, Genshin Impact revealed the next major update for the game, which consists of new content for the Inazuma region. Yae Miko will become playable for the first time, the Enkanomiya sub-region will get its own event, and players will be able to fight a boss who looks suspiciously like...
One Piece Manga's Hiatus Leads To Fan Complaints In Japan
4.2.2022
One Piece began publication in 1997 and has now surpassed 1,000 chapters. There’s a lot for fans to celebrate! But according to website My Jitsu, some manga readers in Japan are not happy about how things are going. My Jitsu reports that a segment of fans in Japan are not only annoyed by...
Japanese Fast Food Chain Giving Away Half-Assed "Chocolate Burgers" For Valentine's Day
4.2.2022
Ah, yes. It’s that time of year again. Time for eateries in Japan to slather things with chocolate in the name of Valentine’s Day, commerce, and science. Last year, we got chocolate ramen. And this year? Japanese fast food chain Lotteria has what it’s calling a choko baagaa (チョコバーガー) or chocolate...
It's Ok To Start Dying Light 2 On Easy
4.2.2022
Video games can be hard at times. They require accuracy, attentiveness, dexterity, and above all, patience. So playing on Normal isn’t always an option, especially if you’re rusty in a particular genre or have a disability that impedes your gameplay. Dying Light 2, the sequel to Techland’s 2015...
The Future Is Also The Past
4.2.2022
Wojtek Ostrycharz is currently art director on development of The Invincible, a retro sci-fi thriller based on a Stanisław Lem novel that’s coming to Steam later this year.Read more
Even Battlefield 2042's Smaller Updates Are Being Delayed
4.2.2022
It was only earlier this week that we were reporting that Battlefield 2042's first major content updates won’t be out for months. Now the smaller updates are being pushed back as well.Read more
Destiny 2 Exotic Guns Are About To Get Way Stronger
4.2.2022
Bungie dropped a bombshell in today’s blog post, and it had nothing to do with being bought by Sony. The studio revealed some more major changes coming to Destiny 2 with the launch of the long anticipated Witch Queen expansion later this month. While the game’s crating system was the big topic...
Star Citizen Studio Calls 'Loud' Fans A 'Distraction' In Very Bad Post
3.2.2022
Star Citizen, a game that has been in development for over a decade and has raised over $400 million in funding, is nowhere near being done. Not even close. And as work continues on the game, recent changes to the way the studio communicates their progress with fans have not exactly been helping...
Halo Infinite's Big Team Battle Finally Works After Months Of Dysfunction
3.2.2022
While we’re getting six more weeks of winter IRL, Halo Infinite’s most frigid cold snap is coming to an end. Today, developer 343 Industries rolled out a hotfix for the multiplayer shooter’s long-troubled Big Team Battle playlist. Don’t look now—and I sincerely hope writing about it doesn’t jinx...
The Best Switch Games To Play On A Flight
3.2.2022
When the Nintendo Switch launched in 2017, it promised to marry console-quality games with the convenient portability of a handheld device. For the most part, that promise has borne out, changing how we play games in ways both big and small. It’s certainly made air travel less tedious.Read more
Halo Mod Makes TV Show Canon By Adding Chevy Tahoe
3.2.2022
Chevy fans who also love Halo, rejoice. Finally, your day has arrived. A talented modder has added a Chevy Tahoe into Halo 3 after being inspired by the SUV’s recent appearance in a new Halo TV show trailer. Read more
Genshin Impact Player Survives Impossible Falls By Pinballing Off Cliffs
3.2.2022
Some Genshin Impact players refuse to play the game the way that it’s meant to be played, and I respect that. Yesterday, Reddit user Ezmankong posted a video in which they used playable character Ningguang to spectacularly bounce off two cliffsides and avoided dying of fall damage, and it’s...
Real-Life Spy Agencies Troll Each Other Over Wordle
3.2.2022
Wordle continues its gentle taking over of the world. In the days following the surprise announcement that the New York Times is buying the game for at least a million bucks, the head of the UK secret intelligence service, MI6, tweeted complaining about people’s results from the word game appearing...
Sony Is Spending 1.2 Billion To Keep Destiny 2 Devs From Leaving
3.2.2022
When Sony revealed its surprise $3.6 billion deal to buy Bungie, it was clear the PS5 manufacturer was paying a premium for the original creators of Halo and now Destiny 2. Now the company has revealed roughly a third of that price tag is actually just to pay Bungie developers so they don’t...
Nintendo Sounds Leery Of Acquisitions, But Isn't Against Them
3.2.2022
While Xbox and Sony are entering an acquisition arms race, Nintendo isn’t so eager to snap up a slew of game studios.Read more
The Nintendo Switch Has Now Surpassed The Wii In Sales
3.2.2022
First launched in 2017, the Nintendo Switch has now sold more units than the Kyoto-based game company’s previous top home console, the Wii.“Sales [of the Switch] rising to the second-highest level ever, despite scarcity due to delays in production and distribution (especially in North America)...
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
The World's Best Guitar Hero Player Was A Cheat
3.2.2022
For the last few years, a Guitar Hero player called Schmooey was widely believed to be the best in the world, having racked up achievements and displayed feats that other players thought impossible. A discovery made last month, however, shows there was a very good reason for that.Read more
Kotaku's 3-Episode Anime Test: Ranking Of Kings
2.2.2022
There’s a bunch of anime packed into the winter season but not a lot of time to watch them all. That’s where the otaku of Kotaku have your back. Welcome to Kotaku’s Anime Revolution, presented by Acura. Each week, we’ll take a look at one of the hottest shows of the winter season and put them...
Destiny 2 Players Are Arguing Over Worm Babies
2.2.2022
Yesterday, Bungie revealed a bonkers new Exotic gun coming to Destiny 2 later this month in The Witch Queen: a grenade launcher called Parasite that shoots live Worm rounds (alien parasites shaped like giant slugs). It was an instant hit among the loot game’s faithful and has also ignited a debate...