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Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Enticing Games That Will Send You On Epic Adventures
24.5.2024
We’ve reached the end of yet another week here on planet Earth, so we’re turning our attention to the games we’re hoping to check out for the first time, or those we want to spend more time with. This weekend we’ve got two perspectives on a certain popular fantasy MMO, and sword-swinging action...
Genshin Impact’s Next Big Region Is Giving Major Pokémon Vibes
24.5.2024
With the imminent release of Genshin Impact version 4.7, which will down the story of Fontaine and its inhabitants, players are starting to look toward the future. Developer HoYoverse is doing the same, as the company gave us a surprise first look at the action RPG’s next location. Like past major...
Did Fans Get Characters Modeled After Hideo Kojima Into The Silent Hill Interactive Show?
24.5.2024
Do y’all remember that interactive Silent Hill show that premiered last November and was real bad? Did you know it was still going for several months before its final chapter premiered on May 2? I had completely wiped Silent Hill: Ascension from my memory, but now that I’ve learned that there...
A New Job Listing Has Given Me Hope For Titanfall 3 Again
24.5.2024
A job listing at Respawn Entertainment, the developer behind Titanfall and the battle-royale spin-off title Apex Legends, is calling for a senior director with “multiplayer FPS experience” to lead a team on a title that’s incredibly early in pre-production right now. It’s no confirmation, but...
Fortnite’s New Season Adds Fallout, Magneto, And Off-Brand Mad Max
24.5.2024
After a handful of teases of things to come, Fortnite has finally revealed what players can look forward to in Chapter 5 Season 3. Epic Games’ ubiquitous battle royale full of licensed crossovers is shifting into a post-apocalyptic gear just as Furiosa lands in theaters. As previously teased,...
Armored Core VI Isn't The End Of The Beloved Mech Series
23.5.2024
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubiconis incredible. But despite some glowing reviews and high praise from the very dedicated and very particular fanbase, it feels like the mech shooter’s revival didn’t quite make the larger splash some had hoped for. Not to worry, though: Elden Ring director...
Duck Detective Is The Perfect Indie Mystery You Can Finish In Just 2 Hours
23.5.2024
Released on May 23, 2024 for Switch and Windows (and it runs perfectly on Steam Deck), Duck Detective: The Secret Salami is an endearing indie puzzle game full of character. And while I didn’t totally vibe with its puzzles, the presentation made the experience more than worth its brief, silly...
This Inside Out 2 Character Is Practically Begging To Be In Kingdom Hearts IV
23.5.2024
Inside Out 2, the sequel to Pixar’s incredibly clever spin on the voices inside our head, is heading to theaters on June 14. If you’re unfamiliar, the first film personified the emotions of a teenage girl named Riley as five colorful people in her noggin. The whole thing was built on taking...
Destiny 2 Reveals First Look At Keith David As Commander Zavala
23.5.2024
As Bungie continues to tease out the release of Destiny 2: The Final Shape, it has finally unveiled how Keith David (The Thing, Halo, Mass Effect) will sound when he assumes the mantle of Commander Zavala. Zavala, a key character in the Destiny series, had been played by the beloved actor Lance...
Super Mario 64 Speedrunner Explains How He Just Made History In The Wildest Way Possible
23.5.2024
How many hours would you stand around in Super Mario 64 waiting to do something that’s never been done before? Five? Ten? A whole day? A speedrunner who goes by Marbler recently clocked in over 80 hours with the Nintendo classic to be the first ever player to beat it without pressing the jump...
This Origami-Inspired Puzzle Game Is A Short And Sweet Adventure
23.5.2024
The first thing that will jump out to you when starting the new indie puzzle game Paper Trail is how damn good it looks. A gorgeous color palette, lovingly crafted characters and environments that look like an arts-and-crafts project, and an almost tangible feel to the visible fold lines on...
Playing Hellblade II Twice Is Essential To Unpacking Its Themes
23.5.2024
Narrative action-adventure game Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II arrived on PC and Xbox on May 21, 2024. It features a focused story covering a wide variety of emotional and societal themes that are fascinating to turn over in your mind. Read more
The Internet Reacts To Hunter Schafer Playing A Switch For Vogue
23.5.2024
Hunter Schafer, the actor you may know from Euphoria, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, and Kojima Productions’ upcoming Xbox game OD, was recently part of a cover story and photoshoot for Vogue Magazine. Most of these photos show Schafer doing mundane things like reading...
Hades 2 Is An Unbelievable Sequel To One Of The Best Games Ever
23.5.2024
Playing Hades in the throes of the anguish that was 2020 was exactly the balm I needed. It was the rare roguelike that worked for me, marrying a story that toyed with a pantheon and mythos I’d loved since childhood with some of the most white-knuckle combat I’d experienced in a game. Whether...
Director George Miller’s Perfect Mad Max Game Would Be Made By Kojima
23.5.2024
Mad Max franchise creator George Miller already knows what he wants from another video game set in his iconic universe. Ahead of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’s release on May 24, the director revealed that his dream would be to have none other than Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding mastermind Hideo...
This Year's Call Of Duty Is Confirmed As Black Ops 6
23.5.2024
It’s official—as speculated, Activision has confirmed that 2024's sausage from the Call of Duty meat grinder will be Black Ops 6. First revealed in a wraparound advertisement in today’s USA Today, and thus only known about by people staying in hotels, the marketing campaign has begun its inexorable...
The Studio Behind 2024's Biggest Hit Doesn't Plan On Selling Out Anytime Soon
22.5.2024
When 2024 started, Helldivers 2 was barely a blip on most people’s game release radars. It quickly became the biggest hit of the year so far, turning into both a sales juggernaut and a cultural phenomenon. And in an era of hyper consolidation, it made Arrowhead Studios an obvious target...
The Kingdom Hearts Games, Ranked From Worst To Best
22.5.2024
The Kingdom Hearts franchise is finally coming to Steam next month (most of it is, at least), and now people who don’t like the Epic Games Store will be able to see Sora, Donald, and Goofy’s story from start to finish. But like any long-running franchise, the series has had its high points and...
Valve's New Hero Shooter Is Leaking All Over The Place And Fans Are Confused
22.5.2024
Valve—the company behind Half-Life and Steam—is working on a new game likely named Deadlock. It’sprobably a third-person team-based hero-shooter with MOBA and tower defense elements. And people are playing it right now via a closed and private beta. However, some of those same people have started...
Hellblade II Tips For Mastering The Game’s Visceral Combat
22.5.2024
Narrative action-adventure game Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II may have relatively simple combat compared to other action games, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be mastered. As I said in my review, the combat itself has a narrative feeling to it, with Senua’s successes or failures in battle feeling...