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The Late-Summer Game Pass Lineup Is Stacked
17.8.2021
Xbox Game Pass’ initial August additions were somewhat of a letdown, thanks to a lineup anchored by Hades (amazing) but not much else. For the back half of the month, Microsoft seems to have turned up the heat...with a cloud version of Need for Speed Heat. (I’m so sorry. I can’t help myself.)...
Homeowners Offered Crypto-Backed Loans to Finance Home Improvement Projects
15.8.2021
As buying a home is by itself a serious investment, homeowners often lack the cash to fund further improvements to their property. While traditional bank loans are not as easily available, a new partnership now offers crypto holders to use their digital assets as collateral and instantly borrow...
Didi Taihuttu Discusses Hiding His Cold Storage Wallets After Selling Everything for Bitcoin 3 Years Ago
13.8.2021
Over three years ago, a Netherlands native made headlines when he told the world he and his minimalist family sold everything for bitcoin. At that time, Didi Taihuttu and his family sold their home, valuables, and vehicles in order to accumulate the digital asset. Taihuttu recently discussed...
Stardew Valley One Of Many New Juicy Xbox Game Pass Options
11.8.2021
Stardew Valley, the farming sim about meeting the love of your life and marrying them in under an hour, is coming to Xbox Game Pass some time this fall. Microsoft announced the news—alongside a raft of other updates about forthcoming indie games—yesterday during a two-hour Twitch Gaming...
The Commodore Amiga Gets A Mini Version
10.8.2021
Dubbed the THEA500 Mini, this is the latest gaming machine to get a mini version. Retro Games Ltd. is releasing what it says is a fully-licensed homage early next year. Inspired by the Amiga 500, it’s packed with 25 Amiga games, including Worms, The Chaos Engine, Another World, and Simon...
One Of The Wildest Console Hacks Ever
10.8.2021
When Microsoft released the Xbox 360, it was designed to be unhackable. Security-wise, the machine was a step up from the original Xbox with custom hardware and encryption keys to keep hackers and modders at bay. Of course, they figured out an in, but what makes this exploit for the Xbox 360 Slim...
Xbox Consoles Are Getting A 'Night Mode' To Help Your Tired Eyes
10.8.2021
Xbox Insiders are currently testing a new feature that’s rolling out to consoles soon: “Night Mode”, which will dim everything that Microsoft can dim, from the console’s UI to the lights on the controller.Read more
Intellivision Amico Delayed A Third Time, Now Out By End Of Year
8.8.2021
The Intellivision Amico has been delayed. Again. The console was supposed to launch this October. Now, it’s been delayed, with the company behind the console promising that folks who preordered it will get the machine “by the end of the year.” This is the third delay the Amico has experienced. Read...
No Longer Home: The Kotaku Review
7.8.2021
It’s always magical when a book or game or film lands in your life at the precise moment when it will speak to you the most. Playing No Longer Home, a new game about two friends facing the end of their time together in a London flat, was one of those rare experiences for me. There’s a remarkable...
I Want This Portable PlayStation 2
7.8.2021
The PlayStation 2 is a great console, but does have one annoying flaw: It’s not portable. So one YouTuber, GingerOfOz, decided to fix this glaring design deficit and in the process created a sweet-looking handheld console he named the PS2 Eclipse.Read more
All Those Cool Games You Thought Were Already On PS4 Are Coming To PS4
6.8.2021
Typically, big companies batch their announcements. Maybe that’s by way of a digital showcase, or issuing a press release. In those long-ago, very precedented times, it could even involve shuffling hundreds of folks into an auditorium where they might catch a glimpse of Keanu Reeves. Today, Sony...
The Ascent Is On Console But Still Aggressively PC
5.8.2021
It’s perfect timing for a game like The Ascent. Not much else is coming out right now, so there’s more incentive to break through its slow opening to get at some of the chunkier gameplay in the back-half of the game. It’s also on Game Pass for PC and Xbox, so you can get in, give it a try,...
Nintendo Sold Too Much Animal Crossing Last Year And That's Hard To Repeat
5.8.2021
Last year was effing awful, but Nintendo did great. At this time last year, Kotaku reported that Nintendo’s profits between April and June 2020 increased by over 400 percent—a number that even a year later is hard to comprehend. Understandably, during that same period this year, the feat was hard...
Gone Home Studio Co-Founder Steps Down After Allegations Of 'Toxic' Workplace
5.8.2021
Steve Gaynor, the co-founder of Gone Home developers Fullbright, has left his position as creative lead and manager on their latest game Open Roads following allegations he fostered a “toxic” work environment.Read more
PS5 Dev Kits Quickly Pulled From Ebay
5.8.2021
Earlier today, a pair of PlayStation 5 development kits reportedly popped up on eBay before being taken off the auction site within a few hours.Read more
The Tricky, Essential Art of Preserving Canceled Games Like Starfox 2
4.8.2021
What we know of history is preserved in the art we create, and what we leave behind. Cave paintings tell stories of great hunting feats, crumbling texts give us a glimpse into ancient cultures, and film reels show us how far life has come. In the same way, these artifacts represent the breadth...
Nintendo Lawsuit Forces Japanese Dev To Cough Up $30 Million
4.8.2021
In December 2017, Nintendo sued Japanese developer Colopl over patent infringements in the free-to-play mobile game Shironeko Project. According to an official statement, Colopl has agreed to pay Nintendo 3.3 billion yen ($30 million).Read more
Shiny New Xbox Controller Adds A Subtle Upgrade
3.8.2021
Microsoft’s latest special-edition controller for the Xbox Series X/S is called “Aqua Shift” and it comes out August 31. In addition to looking like a moonbeam shot through the ocean surf, it has a new rubberized panel to help you keep hold of it even when your hands start to sweat. At long last...
Grand Theft Auto V Is Already Leaving Xbox Game Pass After A Few Months
3.8.2021
After just four months, Grand Theft Auto V is getting delisted from Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft’s games-on-demand service. But its big shoes are getting filled by some heavy hitters, including the one-and-only Hades. Here’s everything coming to Xbox Game Pass in the coming weeks.Read more
Sony Stops McDonalds From Giving Away PS5 Controllers
3.8.2021
As of last week McDonalds Australia had been planning on giving away a bunch of custom PS5 controllers, each plastered with a burgers + fries motif in celebration of the company’s 50th birthday (in Australia). Weirdly, the international dining behemoth forgot to ask Sony about this first.Read more