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Persona 5 Strikers Comes West On February 23, With A Surprise PC Port
4.12.2020
According to an unlisted video on Atlus’ YouTube channel, since pulled, the Dynasty Warriors-style sequel to Persona 5 is finally coming to North America and Europe on February 23, including a release on Steam for PC, along with PS4 and Switch. That’ll wake you up, get you up, and get you...
Star Ocean: The Second Story’s Killer Final Song Comes Out Of Nowhere
4.12.2020
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re listening to “We Form In Crystals,” an absolute banger of a credits song that is way better than it had any right to be.Read more
Sadly, Atelier Ryza 2 Won't Get A PlayStation 5 Upgrade In South Korea
4.12.2020
Originally announced for the PlayStation 4, Atelier Ryza 2 is also coming to the PlayStation 5 via a free update. In South Korea, however, it’s not. Read more
Ditto Makes For An Excellent Pokémon Sofa
4.12.2020
When you see that purple amorphous Pokémon blob, don’t you just want to sit on it? Good news, you can!Read more
The Monster Hunter Movie Was Inspired By A Metal Gear Solid Collab
4.12.2020
When the first trailer for the live-action Monster Hunter movie debut, some fans might have been surprised by the soldiers and military hardware. For director Paul W.S. Anderson, this was not out of left field. It was, as he said, organic.Read more
Cross-Platform Gaming Has Been Great
4.12.2020
While I’ve already bemoaned the lack of real technological advances in the past console generation, not every innovation of the PS4/Xbox One era had to do with visuals or framerate. One of the quieter revelations, and one of the most forward-thinking, has been the slow adoption of cross-platform...
New Mars Game Isn't A City-Builder, It's A Planet-Builder
4.12.2020
Per Aspera is a new PC game out this week that has you playing as an AI responsible for transforming Mars from a big cold rock into somewhere humans can walk their dogs outside in a grassy green park.Read more
You Can All Get This Ugly Suit In Arkham Knight Now
3.12.2020
Today, Rocksteady Games announced that two obscure skins will finally be obtainable again in its five-year-old superhero adventure Batman: Arkham Knight. The suits in question are the Anime Batman suit and the Zur En Arrh suit, and starting today, after you update Arkham Knight, the suits will...
BioWare Studio Head, Dragon Age Producer Both Leave Studio
3.12.2020
Casey Hudson is leaving BioWare, again. Read more
Ardenweald Is The Best Shadowlands Zone And It’s Not Even Close
3.12.2020
My Shadowlands experience has been an interesting curve. It started poorly in Bastion, picked up in Maldraxxus, and now, in Ardenweald, I’m at the top of the curve. Everything in this zone—the story, the questing, just being in Ardenweald is WoW at its best. Read more
Markiplier Fans Celebrate His Bowel Movement
3.12.2020
Mark “Markiplier” Fischbach is one of the biggest YouTube stars in the world. At almost 30 million subscribers, he’s afforded a level of celebrity that can make even a mundane activity, like taking a dump, a big deal.Read more
Demon’s Souls Was Filled With Rubber Duckies During Development
3.12.2020
Just like the PlayStation 3 original, the Demon’s Souls remake on PlayStation 5 is a moody, atmospheric game with very little in the way of brightness or joy. But that wasn’t always the case.Read more
Recently Teased Division 2 Mode Won’t Happen After All, ‘A Casualty Of A Tough Year.”
3.12.2020
Yesterday, Ubisoft confirmed that an upcoming gameplay event in The Division 2, Codename Nightmare, has been canceled and will not be released as planned this year, Yannick Banchereau, the Associate Creative Director on the game, explained the situation in the latest State of The Game livestream....
Immortals: Fenyx Rising: The Kotaku Review
3.12.2020
Immortals: Fenyx Rising isn’t the game I was expecting. I was prepared for a big Ubisoft open-world action game filled with colorful vistas, Greek gods, and some elements inspired by The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild. It is all of that, but it’s not just Assassin’s Creed: Hyrule. It’s...
World Of Warcraft Shadowlands’ Alt-Leveling System Is A Refreshing Change
3.12.2020
Unlike World of Warcraft’s Legion and Battle For Azeroth expansions, which gave players a choice on which zones to level up their characters, Shadowlands’ story campaign is very linear. Fortunately you only have to play through it once. With the new Threads of Fate mode, players who’ve reached...
Fortnite Leaks And Teases Suggest Major Xbox, PlayStation Characters Coming To The Game
3.12.2020
Kratos and Master Chief could be headed to Fortnite soon based on recent tweets and leaks that hint at a major new cross-over in Epic Games’ massive battle royale game.Read more
Sea Of Thieves Is Getting A Battle Pass
3.12.2020
Sea of Thieves will ditch its monthly update schedule and move to a Fortnite-style seasonal model starting next year, Rare creative director Mike Chapman announced in a new update to players. Read more
Nothing Takes Me Back To 1987 Like The Legend Of Zelda
3.12.2020
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today’s object of aural inquiry requires no introduction, so what am I even writing here? Let’s get to it.Read more
Silent Hill and Gravity Rush Creator Keiichiro Toyama Has Left Sony
3.12.2020
Keiichiro Toyama first made a name for himself, writing and directing the first Silent Hill while at Konami. In 1999, he joined Sony’s Japan Studio, and today, he’s announced that he has left to form his own studio.Read more
PlayStation Vita’s Store Isn’t Working For Some Reason
3.12.2020
Widespread issues with PlayStation Network on PlayStation Vita have kept players from downloading or transferring games to the handheld for almost 24 hours. Kotaku contacted Sony earlier in the day for more information but didn’t hear back before publication.Read more