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And Now, A Game Where You're A Serial Killer (But Also Have No Bones)
22.4.2022
Shhh…be very quiet if you are reading this in bed. I don’t want to alarm you, but there might be a serial killer hiding under your mattress. However, he might also have no bones and can only wiggle and flail about to get anywhere, which gives you a big advantage. It’s also the setup for a silly...
Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Repair Center Was Constantly Overwhelmed, Claims Former Supervisor
22.4.2022
If you live east of the Mississippi River and you’ve ever had to send your Switch to Nintendo due to Joy-Con drift, then it definitely passed through a single repair shop in Syracuse, New York. Though Nintendo handled the process for submitting repairs, the actual work was performed by a company...
The Nintendo of America Contractors Who Feel Like Second Class Workers
22.4.2022
A union-busting complaint recently filed with the National Labor Relations Board accused Nintendo of America and contract worker agency Aston Carter of surveillance, retaliation, and other unfair labor practices. According to four sources familiar with the incident, that complaint, first reported...
Nike's Official Hello Kitty Sneakers Are Perfect
22.4.2022
I’ve written before how I’m a huge fan of Nike’s subtle “tributes” to things they don’t actually hold the license for, the latest example being a line of Prestos based on Star Wars characters like Boba Fett. These upcoming Hello Kitty sneakers, though, are the real deal.Read more
PlayStation's Gender Discrimination Lawsuit Dismissed By Court
22.4.2022
A lawsuit brought against Sony last year accusing PlayStation of “pay disparity, wrongful termination, and other instances of gender-based discrimination” has been dismissed by the United States District Court of North California.Read more
Sonic Origins Has Some Of The Dumbest DLC I Have Ever Seen
22.4.2022
Were you excited yesterday by the announcement of Sonic Origins, a modern remake of four classic Sonic games? You might want to pump your brakes, then, because this game has some of the dumbest DLC and preorder exclusivity I have ever seen.Read more
Halo Infinite’s Latest Mode Sounds Awful Similar To A Battle Royale
22.4.2022
Halo Infinite’s already kickass-sounding second season is starting to sound even more kickass. Developer 343 Industries detailed all the new modes en route in a blog post today, including one that sounds suspiciously like a battle royale.Read more
All Elite Wrestling's New Game Is Named After A Crowd Chant And That's 2 Sweet
21.4.2022
After AEW Dynamite and Rampage went off the air, President Tony Khan came out to the live crowd and announced the official name of its upcoming video game. Its name: AEW: Fight Forever.Read more
Beloved Tales From The Borderlands Finally Getting 2022 Sequel It Deserves
21.4.2022
Today, Gearbox announced at PAX East that it was developing a new entry in the Tales From The Borderlands series. The original Telltale-developed game was a narrative-focused adventure game, similar to The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us. The just-announced sequel will star new characters...
Why Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Is Selling Zillions Of Copies
21.4.2022
WB Games announced today that Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga had a massive launch, selling through over 3 million copies worldwide, and has set new records for Lego games across all platforms around the world. To put it another way: This latest Lego Star Wars game is one of the biggest releases...
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands Patch Makes Its Strongest Class Even Stronger ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
21.4.2022
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands hasn’t even been out a month, but fresh on the heels of releasing the game’s first expansion, developer Gearbox has rolled out the biggest patch yet for its buzzy loot-shooter. Let’s break it down.Read more
8 Kick-Ass Skateboarding Games You Should Totally Play
21.4.2022
Skateboarding games have changed a lot since the 1980s. With new hardware comes new engines, which leads to better physics, fancier graphics, and new innovations like the genre-changing dual-stick controls seen in games such as Skate. But while the genre is seeing a resurgence thanks to SkateBird...
Report: Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg Killed News About Bobby Kotick’s Restraining Order
21.4.2022
Between 2016 and 2019, Facebook exec Sheryl Sandberg used her political clout to bury two news stories about a restraining order filed against Activision Blizzard exec Bobby Kotick, according to a bombshell report this morning from The Wall Street Journal. Sandberg was dating Kotick at...
Holy Crap, There Are A Lot Of Star Wars Games Coming
21.4.2022
Earlier this week, we learned that Amy Hennig would get another chance to help make a Star Wars game following the infamous shutdown of her previous attempt with EA and Visceral. A big announcement to be sure, but have you noticed? There are a lot of Star Wars games being announced this past year...
Skate 4 Footage Leaks, Gets Pulled, Leaks Again
21.4.2022
EA appears to have quickly sniped leaked footage of Skate 4 before it can make the rounds. In other news, have you heard of the Streisand Effect?Read more
Kirby And The Forgotten Land: The Kotaku Review
21.4.2022
Kirby and the Forgotten Land puts to bed any doubt that Nintendo’s pink puffball can more than carry his own 3D adventure game.Read more
Shadowrun Trilogy Is Coming To Xbox, PlayStation And Switch
21.4.2022
We’re coming up on the tenth anniversary of the release of 2013's Shadowrun Returns, and it’s only today I learned that the game (and its two sequels) were never released on console. I just assumed they had been, at some point! That sucks, so it’s wonderful to see Paradox get around to fixing...
Digimon Survive Is Coming Out The Same Day As Xenoblade Chronicles 3
21.4.2022
Long-awaited strategy JRPG Digimon Survive finally has a release date and it’s July 29, 2022. Any other year, like the ones Survive was previously supposed to release in, that would be a perfectly reasonable date for a niche game with a cult following. But the announcement comes just a day after...
Why Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands Isn't An M-Rated Borderlands, A Series First
20.4.2022
Longtime Borderlands players will notice something…different about Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands: It’s comparatively tamer than its predecessors. That’s by intent, as it’s the first game in the series to feature a “T” rating, something its creative director called a “pillar” of its design in a recent...
TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge Stars Original Cast, Out This Summer
20.4.2022
Today, we got a better look at TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge, an upcoming four-player side-scrolling beat-’em-up being developed by Streets of Rage 4 publisher Dotemu. This new retro-looking action game is heavily inspired by Konami’s popular TMNT arcade classics and the original 1987 animated show....