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New Transformers Game Captures That Saturday Morning Cartoon Vibe
5.11.2021
With Hasbro’s main Transformers toy line focused on reliving the excellent Beast Wars saga at the moment, where’s a Generation One fan supposed to go for their 1980s, robots-in-disguise fix? Red Games’ Transformers Tactical Arena is taking me back to the early days of the series, when Autobots were...
Genshin Impact's Endgame Is A Brutal But Irresistible Grind
5.11.2021
Genshin Impact gets a lot of rightful public flak for its gambling mechanics, but only endgame players know about the luck-based grind of rolling for the best character equipment. While these “artifacts” don’t cost any real money, their luck-based randomization almost makes me wish that they did....
Once, He Was At The Mercy of Snipers and Explosions IRL. Now He's A Fortnite Pro.
5.11.2021
It isn’t always easy turning tragedy into triumph, but Mounir “33 Mony” Mkhallati is no stranger to that odyssey. Once a child during a tumultuous time in Syria, 33 Mony has gone on to earn some $60,000 since competing in the pro Fortnite gaming circuit and joining esports organization Team 33.Read...
Frustrated Ubisoft Workers Are Asking For Your Help So The Company Doesn't Ignore Them
5.11.2021
Game developers associated with the ABetterUbisoft group are petitioning the Assassin’s Creed publisher for a seat at the table, and a “meaningful say in how Ubisoft as a company moves forward.” The move to enlist the support of fans and other developers in its push for change comes just months...
The 10 Worst Missions From The Classic GTA Trilogy
5.11.2021
Replaying classic Grand Theft Auto games with new-and-improved graphics and controls sounds great. But with the just-revealed Grand Theft Auto Trilogy drawing closer, I’m worried about having to play some of the franchise’s most annoying missions once again.Read more
A Second Nintendo Store Is Opening In Japan
5.11.2021
While you’d think Nintendo would have a slew of official shops in Japan, the Kyoto-based game company only has one. Located in Tokyo, the store, cleverly called Nintendo Tokyo, opened in November 2019. But that is going to change because now, in November 2021, Nintendo has announced a second one....
Konami's New Soccer Game Continues To Be An Utter Fiasco
5.11.2021
Things aren’t going well for eFootball and keep getting worse. Konami’s Friday news dump cannot bury how bad things are. Right now, this is a complete fiasco. But it seems like it’s been a complete disaster from the get-go when Konami dropped the PES name in favor of eFootball. The rebranding...
Freeze!
5.11.2021
François Leroy, aka Friendly Robot, is a concept artist, designer and creative director.Read more
Unpacking: The Kotaku Review
5.11.2021
I studied archaeology at university, and on our very first day of classes our professor walked in carrying all these bags of trash. He dumped them on our tables and said “here, pick through all this then tell me everything about the person they belonged to”.Read more
Katrina Joins Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Costs 100,000 Bells
4.11.2021
Brewster isn’t the only fan-favorite making their triumphant return in Animal Crossing: New Horizons this week. In addition to the sea shanty-singing Kapp’n and others, fortune teller Katrina is also back as of the 2.0 update, ready to grant you all sorts of bonuses, for a price.Read more
Hit Puzzle Game Unpacking Features 14,000 (!) Audio Files Replicating Ordinary Sounds
4.11.2021
Unpacking is more than meets the ears. The chillwave puzzle game, developed by Brisbane-based Witch Beam and out this week for Switch, PC, and Xbox (via Game Pass), apparently features a whopping 14,000 individual Foley sound effects. No, that’s not a typo.Read more
A Truck Full Of Precious PC Graphics Cards Has Been Stolen
4.11.2021
According to EVGA, one of NVidia’s primary manufacturers, a shipment of GTX 30-series graphics cards has been stolen from a truck in California. I do not care how badly you think you need more frames per second, you should not rob a truck to do it. The frames just aren’t worth it. I promise...
Animal Crossing's New Fisheye Lens Makes Everything Better
4.11.2021
If you’ve downloaded the new Animal Crossing update early, chances are good that you’ve already bought the new Pro Camera and are fiddling with its new features, like the fancy new first-person view. But that’s not all. The camera also comes with a few other new features and filters, which I...
Animal Crossing's New Update Is Full of Picture-Perfect Food Recipes
4.11.2021
A year ago, Animal Crossing: New Horizons offered us the tantalizing opportunity to emulate something we couldn’t do in real life: go outside. Now, the new 2.0 update similarly allows some of us a vicarious experience we can’t attain IRL. Namely, you can now craft Instagram-worthy meals, even...
Animal Crossing's Got Hundreds Of Cool New Items, Like Fairy Lights And Castle Towers
4.11.2021
Ever since Nintendo announced Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ big 2.0 update players have been scrambling to build up their Nook Mile stashes knowing good things were in store. Now the update is live and they’ve been rewarded with lots of cool new stuff like better hairstyles, outdoor furniture,...
Animal Crossing: New Horizon's Endless Sea Bass Finally Have A Purpose
4.11.2021
Sure, there are lots of positive things to say about Animal Crossing: New Horizons, but there was one argument that could tale it all down: the Sea bass. But not any more! In the New Horizons 2.0 update, those sneaky people at Nintendo have made the floppy blighters useful. You can cook them!Read...
Netflix's Squid Game Is Accidentally Making One Twitch Streamer's Life Way Harder
4.11.2021
Netflix’s Squid Game is a popular show, having been watched by some 142 million households worldwide since it hit the streaming service on September 17. Unfortunately for Twitch streamer Lydia ‘SquidGame’ Ellery, the username and brand she’s built for the past decade is in jeopardy due to...
Senior Couple Was Having Trouble With TLOU2. He Answered Their Craigslist Ad.
4.11.2021
You never know what kind of ad you’ll find on Craigslist. While some listings may be unorthodox, one gig post back in late September was wholesome enough to sound like a fairy tale. And this one has a happy ending. Read more
Here's 15 Minutes Of Elden Ring Gameplay
4.11.2021
At this point—and you’re well within your rights to still have reservations—it’s becoming pretty difficult to refute that Elden Ring...is real? Today, during a digital showcase, publisher Bandai Namco shows off 15 minutes of the next action-adventure game from FromSoftware. Have a look:Read more
Oh Snap, Animal Crossing Rocks Can Give You Star Fragments Now
4.11.2021
Well, this is a nice surprise. Folks have been exploring the big new Animal Crossing update since last night, as the patch went up early. Already, the community has struck gold. As it turns out, you can now visit a type of island that contains a special, never-before-seen type of rock.Read more