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Starfield ‘Nerfed The Hell’ Out Of Environmental Damage During Development
27.9.2023
Exploration is a key part of the Starfield experience, with large planetary spaces through which to wander across the galaxy, but it can be risky. On top of combat and quests, environments feature an assortment of hazards, each of which are capable of afflicting the player with specific conditions....
Horizon Forbidden West Is The Next Big PS5 Exclusive To Get Ported To PC
27.9.2023
Horizon Forbidden West will come to PC in “early 2024,” Dutch port house Nixxes Software confirmed today. The sci-fi action-RPG marks the latest in a steady drumbeat of Sony’s first-party exclusives making the jump from PlayStation 5 to Steam and the Epic Games Store. Read more
Max Payne + Creepy PS1 Vibes = One Of The Best Shooters Of 2023
26.9.2023
A single good memory can often be enough to convince (or trick) us into ignoring pain, suffering, fear, and sadness. And when that single, solitary good memory is connected to someone you love, it’s almost impossible to rip yourself away from that pocket of happiness and face reality. It’s even...
Fan Who Waited For Star Wars DLC Sues Over Broken Promises
26.9.2023
A new gamer lawsuit rises. Three months after Aspyr said it was abandoning promised DLC for the remaster of Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords on Nintendo Switch, someone is suing the publisher for failing to make good on its original promise or to offer a refund when that was no longer...
Exclusive Persona 3 Portable Physical Edition Comes With Your Very Own Evoker
25.9.2023
Role-playing game remasters Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden are getting physical releases through distributor Limited Run, with pre-orders for the former beginning September 29, and the latter coming to the digital storefront on October 27. Physical copies for Persona 3 Portable will...
Starfield Gets Another Tiny Update As Players Wait For The Big One
25.9.2023
Bethesda released another tiny update for Starfield on September 25 that addresses a handful of minor bugs and performance issues on PC. The studio promises a much more massive update is still on the way as fans wait for further tweaks and much needed quality of life improvements. Read more
Sony Now Giving Away Free Games To Sell PS5s
25.9.2023
Almost three years into their life, the “next-gen” gaming consoles haven’t received any price drops, but that doesn’t mean Sony isn’t doing some great deals to try and get PlayStation 5s out the door in 2023. The latest discount is a free game for anyone who buys a new PS5. Read more
Spider-Man 2's Peter Parker Was 'All In' On Face Change, Says Fans Need To 'Get Over It’
22.9.2023
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is out soon and looking very good, with a ton of hype surrounding the PS5 exclusive open-world superhero game. But now, even years after Sony made clear it would be giving Spidey a new look, fans keep grumbling about the loss of Peter Parker’s old face, last seen in...
Metal Gear Solid Locked At 30FPS In Master Collection, Konami Confirms
22.9.2023
Part of the appeal of video game remasters and remakes is the prospect of playing an old game on better hardware that can, ostensibly, run it better than your old console did back in the day. That is the hope, at least. Unfortunately, not every “remaster” is an improvement over its source...
Tears Of The Kingdom Player Beats The Game Without Touching The Surface
22.9.2023
So much of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is spent jumping between Hyrule’s landscape and the floating islands above it that I can’t fathom somehow beating the game without traversing both the sky regions and Hyrule proper. But that’s exactly what one player miraculously managed to pull...
Upcoming Star Wars Game Has No Game Over, 'Anyone Can Die'
22.9.2023
Since Star Wars Eclipse was first revealed two years ago, we’ve seen and heard little about the next game from Quantic Dream, the developer behind Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human. However, the devs behind the game have revealed that as in the studio’s previous adventures, Eclipse’s storyline...
Finally, A Method To Steal Starfield NPCs' Clothes
22.9.2023
Though Starfield doesn’t let you directly tear off people’s cool clothes the way other Bethesda role-playing games like Skyrim do, through Manipulation, players on Reddit discovered another, more devious way to look cute.Read more
Hit Pirate Game Sea of Thieves Is Finally Getting A Single-Player Mode
22.9.2023
Over 25 million people have played Sea of Thieves. The pirate ship fantasy sim has some of the most beautiful water you’ve ever seen in a video game. And now Rare’s live-service multiplayer game is finally getting a way for people to play solo. A new mode called Safer Seas will let players explore...
Meet The Early Lies Of P Mini-Boss That’s Terrifying Players
21.9.2023
Lies of P, the punishing Soulslike about Pinocchio looking for his dad Geppetto, has plenty of tough enemies waiting to meet you. They’re all terrifying, ranging from a poison-imbued slug beast to a dude who literally thinks he’s God, but there’s one mini-boss who sucks so much I can’t wait to meet...
There’s Apparently A Two-Hour Section Of Baldur’s Gate 3 No One’s Found Yet
21.9.2023
Baldur’s Gate 3 is a huge game, full of secrets big and small. But according to the voice actor behind the sassy, roguish vampire Astarion, there’s a secret section somewhere in Larian Studios’ RPG that no one’s found yet. I’m now tempted to boot up my save and start pushing against walls until...
Lies Of P: The Kotaku Review
20.9.2023
Lies of P frustrates me. The first Soulslike from developers Neowiz Games and Round8 Studio, this gothic action-RPG keeps kicking my ass no matter how many times I level up. It’s aggravating. And yet, I keep pulling myself from the comfort of my Starfield spaceship to descend into the chaos...
This Adventure Game Wants You To Leave Society Behind
20.9.2023
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‘Lack of Finality’ — Single Mining Pool Commands 53% of Zcash’s Hashrate
20.9.2023
Recent data shows a single mining pool controls more than 53% of the hashrate for the cryptocurrency network Zcash. On September 19, 2023, the crypto mining pool Viabtc had 4.2 giga solutions per second (GSol/s) of Zcash’s total 7.84 GSol/s hashrate. Electric Coin Co., which oversees...
In A Year Of Big Games, Sea Of Stars Is Refreshingly Small
19.9.2023
There are a lot of games to play in 2023, so many that right after I beat Sea of Stars, the new indie RPG inspired by genre classics like Chrono Trigger, I immediately turn my attention to Baldur’s Gate 3. The switch reflects a jarring sea change in the design of role-playing games: after...
Bitcoin Shatters Records With Over 703,000 Transactions Confirmed in a Single Day as Ordinal Inscriptions Soar
19.9.2023
The count of Bitcoin ordinal inscriptions is on an upward trajectory, with the tally now eclipsing a staggering 33 million. Additionally, a milestone was achieved on September 15, 2023, when the Bitcoin blockchain set a new record by registering an astonishing 440,760 inscriptions in a single...