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You Can Snag A PS5 For Just $350 This Holiday Season
9.10.2024
The PlayStation 5 Pro is about to land, but why spend $700 on a suped up version of an already fine system when you can get the normal one for about half the cost? That’s now the case with the standard versions of the PS5, which Sony is now selling refurbished and at a much more palatable...
Desperately Need More Stardew Valley? Try Stardew Valley Expanded
9.10.2024
Like most human beings, I have spent countless hundreds of hours playing Stardew Valley across multiple systems. It’s a joyfully engaging game, with one of the most satisfying progression loops, and all while being so very charming. But there comes a time when you need more. You’ve grown every...
Two Classic PlayStation Horror Games Are Coming To PS Plus This Month
9.10.2024
For a long time now, fans have been yelling at Capcom to make a new Dino Crisis. And well, Capcom hasn’t done that yet. But we are getting the original Dino Crisis on PS4 and PS5 as part of the next round of PlayStation Plus classics. Plus, Dead Island 2, Ghost Busters, Gris, and more. Read more
11 Baldur’s Gate 3 Mods To Give You New Ways To Play
9.10.2024
Fans have been modding Larian Studios’ Dungeons & Dragons RPG Baldur’s Gate 3 for over a year now, but the developer added official mod support in the game’s seventh big patch. This means the BG3 mod scene should be able to alter the game more easily and with reliable tools, and players can install...
Street Fighter 6’s V-Rival Mode Is A Great Tool, Once You Figure Out How It Works
9.10.2024
Whether it’s the Training mode or the recently released Replay Review, Street Fighter 6 does a wonderful job of easing players into the fighting rhythm. And if you want to master mechanics and hone your play style, there are great in-game tools to help you. A fantastic example of this is...
Mario Will Personally Wake You Up With Nintendo’s New $100 Alarm Clock
9.10.2024
The Switch 2 is here! Just kidding. Nintendo’s newest gadget is actually the Alarmo, and its a clock to help you get out of bed in the morning. The device is the Mario maker’s latest quirky yet whimsical attempt to weave itself into the most unlikely parts of its gaming fans’ lifestyles. Read more
Another Previously Current Gen-Only Game Is Getting A PS4 Port
9.10.2024
The PlayStation 4 and Xbox are nearly 11 years old, but they are still surprisingly popular and used daily by a lot of people. That probably explains why Goat Simulator 3, released back in 2022 as a current-gen-only game, is now getting ported to the older consoles later this month. And this isn’t...
Cities Skylines 2 Publisher Opens Up About Recent String Of Mess-Ups
8.10.2024
Paradox Entertainment is the Swedish company behind some of the biggest, densest strategy games around, from Europa Universalis IV to Crusader Kings III. It’s also been responsible for a number of major blunders lately. Now some of its executives are on an apology tour promising a return to better...
Diablo IV's Vessel Of Hatred Expansion Is Locking Some Players Out
8.10.2024
Diablo IV is zero for two when it comes to smooth launches. While the new expansion, Vessel of Hatred, seemed like it had all the kinks ironed out, a last-minute delay upended those plans. Worse, however, is a bizarre licensing bug that’s locking some players out of the new content, including...
The 14-Year Wait Is Over: Red Dead Redemption Finally Hits PC Later This Month
8.10.2024
Over a decade after it first landed on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Red Dead Redemption is finally going to be available to play on PC. Rockstar Games announced the hit open-world Western will arrive at the end of October alongside its zombie apocalypse add-on, Undead Nightmare. Read more
Grab The Mass Effect Trilogy For Less Than 10 Bucks
7.10.2024
I’ll be real with you, there’s a lot to play right now. The fall season of releases is in full swing and is especially full of heavyweight RPGS like Metaphor: ReFantazio and Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which are coming down the pipeline later this month. However, if I could draw your attention away...
6 Things I Wish I Knew Before Playing Diablo 4: Vessel Of Hatred
7.10.2024
It’s time, once again, for The Wanderer to suit up and go dungeon crawling. This time, in the new Vessel of Hatred expansion for Diablo IV, you’re in pursuit of poor, tormented Neyrelle in the Hate-ridden lands of Nahantu. Much as I’d like to tell you that there’s a nice handy little pamphlet...
One Of The Best Metroidvanias Of The Past Decade Is A Bargain On Steam Right Now
7.10.2024
In the past decade, Metroidvanias have seen a massive resurgence thanks to the indie scene. There have been dozens of new entries in the genre that introduce their own twists on the formula, and one of the best examples of this is Dead Cells. Released in 2018, the title from developers Motion Twin...
The Future Of Halo Is Coming And It Includes Multiple Games
7.10.2024
Ever since mass layoffs at Halo maker 343 Industries, fans have wondered what the future will hold for the famed sci-fi shooter. It turns out Microsoft still has big plans for Master Chief, and they involve multiple upcoming projects as well as the franchise making the jump to Epic Games’ Unreal...
Starfield DLC Fail, Astro Bot Devs Speak, And Other Big Gaming News Of The Week
6.10.2024
It’s been a week, guys.From new DLC releases, to a new PS5 feature getting frustrating real fast, there was a lot to cover in this first week of October. We covered Astro Bot devs acknowledging the lack of FF7 characters in its PlayStation love letter, Microsoft asking devs why they’re skipping...
How To Get Ready For Diablo IV Vessel of Hatred, Nab Games For Cheap, And More Helpful Hints
5.10.2024
It’s the start of a new month, which means there’s a host of hot, new games coming your way. It can get overwhelming, scanning through the various game marketplaces to decide what you should spend your hard-earned money on, so we’ve gathered 34 games coming out this month that we’re stoked for....
You'll Never Guess What Game This Is From
4.10.2024
I shared the image above with some co-workers at Kotaku and asked them what game they thought it was. The most popular answer was Call of Duty. And that’s totally fair. It looks like a new Call of Duty game, maybe a mobile port of one. But nope. The screenshot above is from Fortnite. Read more
Most Players Prefer Single-Player Games, New Study Claims
4.10.2024
For the last few years, the video game industry has seemed obsessed with building always-online live-service multiplayer experiences. And many of those live games, like Concord, have failed to find much success. Now a new survey reveals that might be because most folks prefer playing single-player...
It's Possible To Beat Frostpunk 2 On Its Hardest Setting, Promise
4.10.2024
Let’s not even pretend: Frostpunk 2 is an extremely challenging game, one that will test even the most veteran strategy and city-building fans. But if you really consider yourself a masochist, you can always up the challenge by playing the game on ‘Captain’ difficulty—something the studio...
Ubisoft Begins The Long, Painful Road Toward Fixing Star Wars Outlaws
4.10.2024
Star Wars Outlaws is in a bit of a pickle. Ubisoft’s model of making games that are too big to fail means the severe flaws in its seemingly guaranteed hit combining the open-world scope and mechanics the developer has made its bread and butter in recent years with Star Wars have left the publisher...