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Senator Warren Demands Action Against Crypto-Funded Terrorism Following Hamas Attacks
18.10.2023
In a move paralleling heightened crypto regulatory urgency in the country, Senator Elizabeth Warren led a bipartisan group of 102 lawmakers in sending a letter to U.S. security officials on Tuesday.
Simultaneously, the Department of the Treasury announced today new sanctions against entities...
Spider-Man 2 Fast Travel Is So Quick Players Think It's A Trick
18.10.2023
Spider-Man 2 is full of impressive technical achievements, but the one that’s currently blowing everyone’s minds is just how quick fast travel is. The PlayStation 5 exclusive lets you travel from one end of its sprawling map to the other in just a couple of seconds. It’s so good players thought...
Elizabeth Warren and 100 Lawmakers Push Biden on Crypto-Terrorism Action, Despite Less Than 1% Illicit Use
18.10.2023
Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic senator from Massachusetts, is alarmed by the potential of crypto-fueled terrorism. She has rallied over 100 policymakers and approached the Biden administration, urging the executive branch to tackle this pressing issue. The news follows Warren’s recently...
Google requests dismissal of AI data scraping class-action suit
18.10.2023
Google argued in its motion to dismiss the claims that using publicly available information shared on the internet is not “stealing,” as claimed
Before Alan Wake 2, Check Out This Creepy Fortnite Recap
17.10.2023
Remedy’s action-horror cult hit Alan Wake was first released back in 2010. Later this month, after 13 years, Alan Wake 2 is finally launching. And to help folks remember what happened in the first game over a decade ago, Remedy and Epic have partnered up to create a short, playable recap inside...
GTA VI Superfans Hopeful The Big Reveal Is Imminent (Again)
17.10.2023
A 4chan user alleges they’ve watched a new trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI, Rockstar Games’ years-in-the-making action-adventure game that’s already been leaked so hard we might as well call it a river. And GTA fans, always eager for the smallest morsel about their upcoming obsession, seemed ready...
The Coolest Merch We Saw At New York Comic Con 2023
17.10.2023
New York Comic Con is many things: long lines, shoulder-to-shoulder crowds, panels, cosplay, and, of course, merch...so much merch. Eric and I took a few trips around the floor this year to get a load of all the random knick-knacks, art, statues, and cosplay items that were proudly on display,...
Blizzard Deletes Error-Filled Diablo IV Trailer
17.10.2023
Diablo IV’s vampire-infested new Season of Blood goes live on October 17. In addition to new quests and gear, season 2 also promises a big overhaul of how XP and damage are calculated. The math can get pretty complicated. Even Blizzard’s own trailer got it wrong, which the studio ended up pulling...
Final Fantasy VII’s Most Iconic Flashback Is Better Than Ever
17.10.2023
The church in the slums, the Gold Saucer date, the slap-fest atop Junon’s Sister Ray cannon—Final Fantasy VII has a heaping helping of memorable setpieces. And few among them are more iconic than Square Enix’s own Rashomon—the Nibelheim Incident.Read more
The Week In Games: What’s Coming Out Beyond Marvel's Spider-Man 2
16.10.2023
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Cyberpunk 2077 Dev Says The Game Was A Lesson In Avoiding Crunch
16.10.2023
Callous, crunch-heavy work culture keeps shaking the games industry, but it seems like some developers are at least trying to safeguard against it. Colin Walder, a CD Projekt Red engineering director with over a decade of AAA audio programming experience, discussed game industry leadership during...
Like A Dragon Gaiden Won’t Include a Key Feature At Launch
16.10.2023
Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, the upcoming spinoff in Sega’s Yakuza series, is set to release on November 9. But unlike several recent games in the franchise, it will not launch with an English dub version. Instead, English audio will come to the game in a post-launch update....
Spider-Man 2: The Kotaku Review
16.10.2023
Being Spider-Man never gets old. The rush of swinging like a pendulum through Times Square, the thrill of pirouetting through a high-stakes crime bust, the satisfaction of watching a chorus of tiny Spidey gizmos wrap up another band of bad guys with elegant ease—even after completing everything...
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: Matt Mercer Is Vincent Valentine
14.10.2023
Today at New York Comic Con, it was revealed that voice actor Matt Mercer, perhaps best known as the Dungeon Master of popular actual-play webseries Critical Role, will be starring as gunslinger Vincent Valentine in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, the second chapter in Square Enix’s ongoing remake...
CFTC Sues Former CEO of Crypto Lender Voyager for Fraud
14.10.2023
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) charged the former CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Voyager Digital with fraud. The regulator accused Stephen Ehrlich and the company of luring investors with promises of high-yield returns while breaking derivatives rules. Ehrlich was also...
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Fan Theory Hints At A Major Story Change
14.10.2023
As Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s February 29 release date grows ever closer folks are getting antsy about seeing beloved characters like Cait Sith (pronounced “Kate Sihth,” apparently) Vincent Valentine, and Cid party up with Cloud. Although creative director Tetsuya Nomura has already confirmed that...
How GTA Online’s Halloween Update Made A GTA V Urban Legend Real
13.10.2023
Grand Theft Auto Online’s latest update unleashes ghosts across the world of Los Santos, letting players track down and photograph them for rewards. And one of these ghosts might look kinda familiar if you’ve played GTA IV’s Lost and the Damned DLC…Read more
Diablo IV’s Season 2 Patch Notes Are Over 10,000 Words Long
12.10.2023
Diablo IV’s second season, the “Season of Blood,” is set to go live next week, bringing with it some big changes that Blizzard hopes will improve the action-RPG and bring back players. And while we’ll have to wait to see if Patch 1.2.0 can pull that off, I can at least tell you that, yes, update...
Bayonetta Creator 'Over' PlatinumGames, Starts YouTube Channel Instead
12.10.2023
After announcing that he would do so late last month, Bayonetta director Hideki Kamiya left his job as vice president at PlatinumGames on October 12. And the very same day he became free of the studio he’d co-founded, he also hard-launched a new YouTube channel, “Hideki Kamiya Channel.” Its first...
CFTC announces lawsuit against Voyager Digital and former CEO
12.10.2023
The legal action followed reports staff at the commission had completed an investigation concluding Stephen Ehrlich violated U.S. derivatives regulations