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Halo 2's Legendary E3 Level Will Finally Be Playable After 21 Years
4.11.2024
Back in 2003, before Halo 2 launched, Bungie showcased a gameplay demo that featured Master Chief on Earth fighting aliens. This level, known online as Earth City, didn’t ship with the retail game in 2004, as it was a highly scripted demo created for E3. But now, 20 years later, you’ll soon be able...
Someone Finally Solved Silent Hill 2 Remake's Biggest Mystery
4.11.2024
The recently released remake of Silent Hill 2 is one of 2024's best horror games and a fantastic adaption of the original 2001 classic. Since the game’s launch, one mystery involving a series of strange Polaroid photos has remained unsolved...until now. Interestingly, the answer seems to confirm...
New Star Wars Outlaws Director Focusing On 3 Things To Improve The Game
4.11.2024
Star Wars Outlaws is an offline single-player game that came out over two months ago, but Ubisoft is increasingly treating it like a post-launch live service game with continual updates and, now, a new director. The French publisher revealed that Massive’s Drew Rechner is the already-shipped game’s...
Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Companions, Ranked From Good To Best
4.11.2024
Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s party is probably the best BioWare has introduced in the series since it began in 2009. It’s the smallest group, with only seven members filling the titular team, but each of them acts as a window into the rich world of Thedas. They build compelling friendships with...
Stardew Valley's Latest Update Is The Perfect Excuse To Get Into The King Of Cozy Games
4.11.2024
Next week marks one of the single most important events in Western civilization, and it’s important that you participate. I am, of course, referring to the console and mobile release of Stardew Valley’s latest major content patch.Read more
Two Awesome Halo 2 Mods Offer The Definitive Way To Play It 20 Years Later
4.11.2024
With the 20th anniversary of Halo 2 arriving November 9, you might be looking to replay this original Xbox classic to bask in the glow of ‘00s nostalgia. Fortunately, that’s an easy task by way of the Master Chief Collection on Xbox Series consoles and Windows PCs (and Game Pass). Read more
We Looked Inside The Box Of The PS5 Pro, Sony's Most Expensive Console In Years
4.11.2024
Sony’s PS5 Pro, a $700 mid-gen upgrade of the PlayStation 5, launches later this week. And ahead of its official launch, Sony has sent over a PS5 Pro for us to play with and poke at. And while I can’t say anything (yet) about how games play or look on the new console, I can at least walk...
Make The Most Of Blizzard's Defining Class, Diablo 4's Sorcerer
4.11.2024
The Sorcerer has been iconic in many Blizzard games (Blizzard itself being a spell in the Sorcerer’s arsenal), and Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred is no different. If you, like many before you, seek to bend the arcane and elemental forces to your will, this build guide will help, whether you’re just...
Game Pass Is Soaring Back To Life This November
4.11.2024
Microsoft has just announced the next wave of Game Pass titles for the first half of November. Among a lovely trove of indie titles, it finally includes the arrival of Flight Simulator 2024, albeit only in the newly expensive “Ultimate” tier.Read more
Mario & Luigi Returns After Nearly A Decade But Not To Universal Acclaim
4.11.2024
2024 might end up being the last year of the Nintendo Switch’s lifespan before it’s replaced by something else. Yet looking at the console’s constant stream of new releases you wouldn’t realize that. In a year that already saw wonderfully charming titles like The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom...
Sony Confirms PS5 Pro Specs And All 50+ Upgraded Games At Launch
4.11.2024
The PlayStation 5 Pro is out November 7 and with just a few days to go ahead of the new console’s launch, we finally have both confirmation on the full specs of the machine as well as all of the 50 games getting PS5 Pro enhanced upgrades in time for release.Read more
9 Games To Play After The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
4.11.2024
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom offers longtime fans something different by finally letting players step into the role of the titular princess. However, once you complete Zelda’s Adventure, you may be wondering what you should dive into next. Here are nine other games that could fill...
Be The Very Best Spiritborn You Can Be In Diablo 4: Vessel Of Hatred
4.11.2024
If you want to play the brand new class Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred introduced, this Spiritborn build guide has you covered. The Spiritborn is a brand new class in Vessel of Hatred, and Blizzard did a fantastic job with them. Every build is viable when leveling, but my two favorites are Centipede...
How To Start Off Strong In Dragon Age: The Veilguard And More Of The Week's Gaming Tips
3.11.2024
This week, heaps of players are returning to the world of Thedas for the first time in many years thanks to the arrival of Dragon Age: The Veilguard. If you’re among them, be sure to look over our tips for helping you get started on the right foot on this epic adventure. We’ll also help you...
Dragon Age: The Veilguard's Launch Week Went Pretty Much The Way We Imagined It Would
3.11.2024
It took 10 years to get here, but we finally have Dragon Age: The Veilguard, the fourth entry in BioWare’s beloved (but divisive) fantasy RPG series. The sequel is a direct continuation of 2014's Inquisition, and it’s made the full shift to action RPG. Your mileage may vary on that, but I loved...
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Is Divisive, Call Of Duty's Launcher Sucks, And More Of The Week's Top Takes
2.11.2024
This week, nothing in video games resulted in more takes being heated and tweets being fired off than the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, the first new entry in BioWare’s series in 10 years. We took a look at the different reactions some critics and players are having to the game. We also...
Xenoblade Chronicles X Is Coming To Switch, The Concord Studio Gets Shut Down, And More Of The Week's Top Stories
2.11.2024
This week, people desperate for Nintendo to finally pull back the curtain on the successor to the Switch instead got an announcement that the acclaimed role-playing gameXenoblade Chronicles X, previously only available on Wii U, will make its way to the handheld hybrid next year. Also, Guy...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Great Games We Can't Wait To Spend Time With
1.11.2024
The year is almost over. Today is November 1, and that means we’re only a few short weeks away from the Game of the Year deliberations that will have us at each other’s throats in December. With only a precious few weekends left in the year, it looks like most of us here at Kotaku are trying...
Everything You Need To Know About Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered
1.11.2024
Horizon Zero Dawn blew the world away with outrageously attractive graphics when it first launched on the PlayStation 4 back in 2017. In the time since, consoles and PCs alike have progressed even further, giving developers more power than ever to work with. As such, Sony has opted to revisit this...
The Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Trailer Is Indeed Just The Goonies In Space, And It Rules
1.11.2024
It’s challenging to watch Disney’s new Skeleton Crew trailer and not compare it to The Goonies, which remains one of the best movies of all time. But, despite what many of us would like to believe, an entire generation or hasn’t seen The Goonies; they need their own version of a rag-tag group...