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Former Half-Life Writer Now Regrets Releasing 'Epistle 3' Summary
2.3.2023
Six years ago, former Valve and Half-Life writer Marc Laidlaw posted a fictional letter on his website that sure read a lot like an outline for the never-likely-to-be-released Half-Life 2: Episode Three. Now, looking back years later, he regrets the decision, and says he was “deranged” when...
Genshin Impact’s Most Controversial New Character Is Nearly Unplayable
2.3.2023
I’m usually a skeptic whenever Genshin Impact fans whine that an upcoming character will be underpowered. We did this song and dance with meta-definers like Kazuha, Kokomi, and Alhaitham. Now it’s happening again with Dehya, a mercenary captain who had been integral to helping us save a troubled...
The Disney World Debut Of The Mandalorian & Baby Yoda Was Chaos
2.3.2023
To celebrate the start of The Mandalorian season 3, the eponymous character and his surrogate child, Grogu, appeared for the first time ever at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida on March 1—and it was predictably chaotic. While The Mandalorian and not Baby Yoda are regulars at California’s Walt...
Redditors Find Popular YouTuber Ludwig's Stolen Rare Car In 24 Hours
2.3.2023
When you work hard, you’re entitled to, in the immortal words of Parks and Rec, treat yo self. That’s what YouTuber Ludwig “Ludwig” Ahgren did in August 2022 when he imported a 1997 Subaru Sambar from Japan for roughly $7,000. It was his “dream car,” as he put it. A few days ago the prized mini...
5 Huge Games Releasing This Spring (And Music You Should Jam While Playing)
2.3.2023
Congratulations, you made it to March, when it’s still freezing, but you might notice a tulip poke its green head out of the dirt. Like flowers as we get deeper into the year, video game releases are also beginning to flourish. But, perhaps controversially, I rarely manage to get myself excited...
15 Hours With Octopath Traveler II: Good But Disjointed Stories (So Far)
2.3.2023
I’ve had a rough go of it in Octopath Traveler II’s first few hours. As someone who loves RPG parties most when they feel like real units of friends and found family, Octopath’s anthology-like storytelling wasn’t doing it for me. Its eight playable characters felt like islands I had to walk to...
Dead By Daylight Is Getting A Movie From Iconic Horror Production Studios
2.3.2023
Dead by Daylight is getting the video game adaptation treatment. Atomic Monster (Aquaman director James Wan’s production company) and Blumhouse (the famed horror production company behind Megan and Get Out) announced on March 2 that they are working with developer Behaviour Interactive on a feature...
Mario Day: Three New Switch Bundles, And Cheaper Games To Boot
2.3.2023
Mario Day is coming on March 10. You don’t get to take the day off work, but you can save some money on a video game as Nintendo just announced new Switch deals ahead of the upcoming Super Mario Bros. movie.Read more
Sonic Creator Admits To Illegally Trading Over $1 Million
2.3.2023
Earlier today, Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator Yuji Naka admitted to doing insider trading while working at Square Enix. Read more
Popular Vtuber Pikamee Retires Following Hogwarts Legacy Controversy
2.3.2023
Earlier last month, Pikamee, a popular vtuber canceled her Hogwarts Legacy stream and went offline for three weeks, neither tweeting nor creating video content from February 8 through March 1. Yesterday, she announced she will retire from her vtubing career entirely. Angry fans have latched onto...
Escape Room Worker Uses Metal Gear Solid Sneaking Skills To Help Unwitting Players
2.3.2023
There are so many games focused on sneaking, but so few opportunities for most of us to ever get to perform such acts in real life, at least without breaking the law. While that’s likely for the best, one worker at an escape room has discovered the perfect reason to use such skills in real life...
Ash And Pikachu’s Final Pokémon Episode Will Bring Back Gary (And Your Tears)
2.3.2023
The Pokémon anime is wrapping up Ash and Pikachu’s 25-year-long story with a series of farewell episodes, and in each of them, the duo has been revisiting old friends from across the Pokémon world. However, it sounds like the final episode before the show hands off the torch to new protagonists...
Over $30 Million Worth Of Funkos Are Headed To The Landfill
2.3.2023
The company that makes Funko Pop! collectibles is in so much trouble it’s preparing to throw hundreds of thousands of its pop culture-inspired figurines into the garbage. Funko revealed the plans in a recent earnings call filled with so much bad news its stock price fell off a cliff the next...
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty: The Kotaku Review
2.3.2023
The term “Soulslike” generates a specific kind of game in the mind. It conjures something that’s hard as hell, with fearsome bosses to beat, intricate levels to explore, tight combat to experience, and a world rife with enough lore to fill several tomes. You may call games in the genre alluring...
There Is No Saving Cyberpunk 2077
2.3.2023
Were it almost any other game from almost any other studio, Cyberpunk 2077's disastrous launch would have condemned it to the sales bins of history. Big AAA releases dropping with some bugs is one thing; big AAA releases being taken off the PlayStation Store because they were so broken...
The 'Lebron James' PlayStation 5 Looks Bad!
2.3.2023
They were never headline news, but Sony did a pretty good job throughout the PlayStation 4's lifespan of releasing custom consoles. You know the drill: it’s a regular PlayStation 4 inside, but the case would be a new colour, or there’d be a fancy faceplate with a game’s logo or piece of art...
Forspoken Studio Being Absorbed Back Into Square Enix
1.3.2023
Yesterday, Luminous Productions, the developers behind the rocky fantasy parkour game Forspoken, announced that it will no longer exist as a separate game studio. On May 1, Luminous will be merged back into its parent company, Square Enix.Read more
Elden Ring Director Turns To Escape From Tarkov For Inspiration
1.3.2023
It seems that Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki and I share an affinity for the same kind of game: Extraction shooters. (I always knew he had good taste). In a recent interview, the award-winning director said that he was a fan of none other than Escape From Tarkov and, more importantly, that...
Verizon Customers Can Grab An Xbox Series S For Only $150
1.3.2023
The Xbox Series S may not be the most powerful console out there, but its a perfect little machine for playing most Game Pass bangers and Xbox exclusives. And now, the Series S is available for only $150. The catch: You have to be a Verizon subscriber to take advantage of this limited-time deal....
Here Are All The Metroid Prime Remastered Morph Ball Tips You Need
1.3.2023
You’ll get coaxed into turning bounty hunter Samus Aran into a compact, slippy metal Morph Ball shortly after you start the new Metroid Prime Remastered, quickly forcing you to dodge churning, red lava pits and obnoxiously buzzing bombers by rolling around them. This basic bowling ball movement...