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Baldur's Gate 3 Has Everything: Polyamory, Bear Banging, Blood Sacrifice
7.7.2023
If you’ve played Baldur’s Gate 3 in early access, you’ve probably met Halsin, the Druid companion who can transform into a bear that you can recruit as a party member. He’s also a romance option, and that transformation comes into play when you’re getting down and dirty with him. And I was...
10 Things You Should Never Say To A Genshin Impact Player
7.7.2023
The Genshin Impact community is no stranger to navigating choppy waters, whether it’s discussions about farming, characters and their voice actors, or even the genre of game itself. If you want to survive out there, you’ll want to avoid some sore subjects to avoid facing wrath or disappointment....
Diablo IV Pulls Rarest Item After Fans Find Easy Exploit
7.7.2023
Diablo IV has six Uber Uniques that are the rarest and some of the most powerful items in the game. Players have spent hundreds of hours without ever coming across them—until now. A trick for easily earning them was recently discovered and Blizzard has now removed the items from the game entirely...
Diablo’s First New Class Since 2014 Is A Cool-Looking Vampire Warrior
7.7.2023
On July 6, Blizzard announced the first new Diablo class in almost a decade, confirming that a vampire-themed Blood Knight class will be coming to mobile spin-off Diablo Immortal on July 13. This is the first new class introduced in the franchise since 2014, when the Crusader was added in Diablo...
Diablo IV's First Season Brings New Eldritch Quests, Gear, And More
6.7.2023
Blizzard has officially announced the details of the first season of its popular open-world action RPG, Diablo IV. The Season of the Malignant launches July 20 and will feature new quests, gear, powers, and Varshan the Consumed, a new boss just waiting to be killed and looted.Read more
Cyberpunk 2077 Players Protest Reddit By Posting Nudes
6.7.2023
Open-world sci-fi RPG Cyberpunk 2077’s biggest subreddit recently switched to NSFW (not safe for work,) with the explanation that the game it is focused on is a mature game filled with nudity and gore. However, Reddit allegedly demanded that mods of the subreddit quickly revert the change. The mods...
A Goldfish Just Took Down One Of Elden Ring’s Toughest Bosses
6.7.2023
I haven’t finished Elden Ring, but now that a goldfish has beaten Malenia, one of the hardest bosses in FromSotware’s latest game, I feel like I have to in order to maintain any modicum of self-respect I have for myself.Read more
The Skyrim Modding Community Has Its Own Deepfake Porn Controversy
5.7.2023
The Skyrim modding community is currently embroiled in its own deepfake porn controversy, with popular modding site NexusMods and AI voice-cloning technology at its center. Ahead of the release of Bethesda’s upcoming space epic, Starfield, and the belief that the game will be a sort of Eden for...
The Outer Worlds Was Pitched As A More Casual 'Fallout Meets Firefly' RPG
5.7.2023
If you haven’t been tuning into Fallout creator Tim Cain’s YouTube channel, you are sorely missing out on some fun gaming trivia and insights. Whether it’s the gritty details of how RPG gameplay gets fleshed out or Cain’s own personal experience as a gay dev, the former Obsidian creative is never...
14 Amazing Games To Celebrate Indie Penance Day 2023
5.7.2023
Hello! It’s Indie Penance Day once again! The day that all Americans put aside their differences and unite in celebration of the joy of independent games development. Ever since the founding fathers played their first game of World Of Goo, the celebration has been observed by every American by law....
Put These July 2023 Game Releases On Your Radar
4.7.2023
Summer is upon us, and the heat’s on the rise.. This year has already seen a number of great games, but there are still more to come. While July’s release slate isn’t packed with household names, there are more than a few titles you might recognize here. Read more
14 Weird Things Diehard Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Fans Have To Explain
3.7.2023
Tears of the Kingdom is, without doubt, an extraordinary game. It’s possibly one of the best video games ever made, achieves elements and showing off features that other games have strived toward for decades as nonchalant asides. We absolutely love The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Read...
Diablo IV Players Are Following Rats To Find Good Loot
3.7.2023
It was inevitable. Here I am, scouring a dark dungeon filled with ghastly horrors that can easily overwhelm me in number. I’m here for a purpose, a small step on my path to glory. My foes will be vanquished; I will emerge from this dark pit of misery a stronger woman than I was entering it…or I’ll...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 7 Great Games To Play
30.6.2023
This weekend is a weird one: We’ve got Saturday, Sunday, then a normal workday for most of us, and then a holiday here in the States with July 4. And if you find yourself lacking any barbecue or other outdoor activity plans, that means it’s time for more games. Read more
Diablo IV Players Are Getting Destroyed By 'Harmless' Treasure Goblins
30.6.2023
Treasure goblins in Diablo IV aren’t particularly scary or dangerous. In fact, most players get excited when one of these little weirdos appears, because they can’t attack and drop good loot when killed. However, some high-level players are dying to treasure goblins due to what some players believe...
Sources: Assassin's Creed Publisher Remaking Black Flag, The Pirate One
30.6.2023
Ubisoft is doubling down on its most popular franchises, including Assassin’s Creed. Kotaku has learned that strategy now includes a remake of Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag, the 18th-century pirate fantasy period piece, and one of the more fondly remembered entries in the series. It’s what many...
Super Mario Odyssey, Not The Mario Movie, Gave Us The Best Princess Peach
30.6.2023
Last week as part of the latest Nintendo Direct broadcast, the company behind the Mario games announced that in 2024, Princess Peach will be headlining her own game for the first time in 18 years. No title was announced for the game and few gameplay details can be gleaned from the brief teaser,...
Elden Ring's Most-Killed Enemy Shows We're All XP-Grinding Animals
29.6.2023
Elden Ring may be a tough open-world RPG that requires precise timing and ongoing dedication, but the enemies don’t scale in difficulty with you. So if your progress ever hits a wall, it’s technically possible to take the easy way out and simply grind your character into having better stats than...
Someone Killed An Ultra-Powerful Diablo IV Boss In Less Than 15 Seconds
29.6.2023
A powerful world boss in Diablo IV has been slain in only a dozen or so seconds. And while that’s impressive enough on its own, it’s even more amazing that it was basically one very powerful Necromancer that wiped out this usually hard-to-kill baddie. Read more
Final Fantasy XVI’s Gay Romance Fails To Commit Where It Counts
29.6.2023
Back in May, it was announced Final Fantasy XVI would be banned in Saudi Arabia. Officially, it was because developer Square Enix refused to alter scenes in the game for the territory, which led to rumors and speculation that the 16th game in the long-running RPG series would have explicit gay...