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For The Love Of God, Play Yakuza 0 Before The Amazon Show Drops
1.10.2024
I just finished Yakuza 0 last week, and I can safely say that it is one of the best games I’ve ever played. If you’ve ever wanted a game with far too many things to do, all of which are equally zany and good-natured, then this is the game for you. I’ve also got more than an inkling that it’ll...
10 Wonderful RPGs To Pick Up During Steam’s Turn-Based Sale
1.10.2024
In Steam’s unrelenting and ever-more specific barrage of sales, this week Valve’s store is focusing on turn-based RPGs, everyone’s favorite waiting games. The likes of Final Fantasy are joined by plenty of delightful games both big and small, charming and horrifying, and above all else, rewarding...
Get A Perfect Visions Of Mana Team With These Class Picks
1.10.2024
Visions of Mana is one of the most friendly RPGs you could ask for, but its class system can still feel overwhelming if you don’t specifically enjoy maximizing your damage numbers. With a total of five characters and eight unique class options (not counting each character’s default classes), you’ll...
Now That You Have More Time, Catch Up On The Latest Assassin’s Creed For Cheap
1.10.2024
Assassin’s Creed Shadows was supposed to be out next month. Ubisoft announced last week that the open-world RPG would be pushed to February 25 thanks to “soft” Star Wars Outlaws sales. The team says it will be using lessons learned to improve the game with those additional months, but what are...
Like A Dragon: Yakuza Gets First Amazon Prime Trailer And It Looks Excellent
1.10.2024
We’re firmly in the era of the video-game-to-prestige-TV-adaptation pipeline, and you know what? It might not be all that bad. Coming off the impressive results of HBO’s The Last of Us and Amazon Prime’s Fallout TV show, we now have the first full trailer for Like a Dragon: Yakuza and it’s looking...
Hades’ Developer's Earlier Games, Including Bastion, Are On Sale
30.9.2024
Before Hades became what many consider to be 2020’s Game of the Year, its developer, Supergiant Games, made a trio of critically acclaimed titles that displayed the team’s impressive range. Everything from each title’s setting to its respective gameplay was wildly different from the others, which...
Yoko Taro Shows The Right Way To Do A Remake In NieR: Automata Ver1.1a’s Stunning Finale
30.9.2024
There was never a world in which NieR: Automata Ver1.1.a ended in a predictable way. The anime adaptation of the 2017 action RPG from Yoko Taro and PlatinumGames has continuously deviated from the expected narrative since it began airing in 2023. Over 24 episodes, Ver1.1a offered a gripping...
Check Out This Sick $1700 Death Stranding 2 Jacket You’ll Never Get
30.9.2024
If you thought legendary game director Hideo Kojima would just give us a no-nonsense look at the upcoming Death Stranding 2 at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, you were wrong. Sure, during the weekend we got a chance to see the upcoming sequel’s impressive photo mode, modeled by the Hollywood actors...
Everything Hideo Kojima Is Currently Working On (That We Know Of)
30.9.2024
Hideo Kojima made his name in the video game industry as the creator of games like Metal Gear and Snatcher, and his work has often been so cinematic that fans (and detractors) have joked that what he really wanted to do was direct films. So perhaps it’s no surprise that he currently has plans...
15 PlayStation Characters Missing From Astro Bot
30.9.2024
Astro Bot contains a lot of references to PlayStation games and hardware from the past few decades. And with over 150+ so-called “Cameo Bots” representing various PlayStation characters, like Nathan Drake from Uncharted or Ratchet from Ratchet and Clank, it might seem like every big Sony franchise...
The 11 Best Weapons In Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, And Where To Find Them
30.9.2024
In Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, you can use just about anything as a weapon. Because of this, a lot of the objects you can wield are joke items, there for the goofs, and don’t offer any true value. But amongst what you can pick up, there are a handful of weapons that stand out from the bunch.Read...
16 Things We Wish We Knew Before Playing Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster
30.9.2024
Dead Rising is back! The remaster of the original game is out across Xbox, PS5 and PC, letting us once more attempt to live out three days in the company of an awful lot of zombies. But surviving 72 hours in Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster’s Willamette Parkview Mall is not an easy task—it’ll force...
You Can Get The Entire Myst Series For Just $25 On Humble Bundle Right Now
30.9.2024
If you’re a puzzle fan, then this year’s Riven remake was one of the most exciting releases of 2024. The updated version of the original 1997 adventure and a sequel to the equally iconic Myst, is an absolute joy to play for those who love unique game worlds filled with striking environments...
Death Stranding 2 Shows Off Wild Photo Shoot Mode And Teases Release Date
30.9.2024
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach is still on its way to the PlayStation 5 and at Tokyo Game Show 2024 over the weekend, director Hideo Kojima teased more gameplay, new features, and an in-game performance by Japanese singer Daichi Miura and a group of Death Stranding 2's unnerving Dollmen. Read more
PlayStation Sale Discounts A Ton Of 2024’s Biggest Games
26.9.2024
It seems PlayStation is holding some huge sale just about every month at this point. We already had one big round of deals a couple of weeks ago and here we are with even more! That’s right, PlayStation’s Big Games Big Deals sale began on September 25 and offers up some incredible deals on some...
Everything You Need To Know About Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom
26.9.2024
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is the first game in the long-running Nintendo franchise to properly star the titular character. In this magic-filled romp, you’ll take on the role of Zelda herself, rather than series protagonist Link. And as such, it plays differently too, Zelda able...
The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom: The Kotaku Review
26.9.2024
How do you follow up on some of the most critically acclaimed games of the past decade? Many thought that Nintendo couldn’t surpass the sheer open-world wonder and physics toy-box creativity that made The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild such a revelation. However, Nintendo seemed to do just...
Astro Bot's Final Challenge Is Super-Tough, But You Can Do It
25.9.2024
Astro Bot isn’t the toughest game, but there are still a couple of stages that will give even the most seasoned players some trouble. The ultimate trial the PlayStation 5 platformer has to offer is the “Grand Master Challenge” which will force you to use every tool you’ve learned to conquer...
Persona-Style Fantasy RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio Seemingly Getting Free Demo Ahead Of Launch
25.9.2024
Metaphor: ReFantazio is just a couple weeks away, and it looks like a free demo for the massive fantasy RPG could be hitting PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC today. The Persona-like riff on medieval politics and magic-infused friendships has been oozing style for months, and will hopefully...
Damn, God Of War Ragnarök’s Opener Still Whips
24.9.2024
I’ve been replaying God of War Ragnarök now that it’s on PC, and despite some clear, widespread technical issues with depreciating framerate, this is still fundamentally the same excellent sequel that launched on PlayStation in 2022. I put a few hours into the game again to test how it ran on...