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New World Quietly Made Its Endgame Harder And Players Are Pissed
22.11.2021
Last week’s “Into The Void” update for Amazon MMO New World introduced a new weapon for players to wield, new enemies to conquer, and balance changes aimed at making life a little more enjoyable for explorers of Aeternum Island. Unfortunately, the update also included an undocumented boost in power...
How To Trade For Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl Exclusives
22.11.2021
A new pair of Pokémon games is out which means players will once again need to trade in order to complete each game’s full Pokédex. Fortunately, some in the community are pushing a unified list of trade codes and good manners to make it easier for players to exchange Pokémon between Brilliant...
Shin Megami Tensei V: The Kotaku Review
22.11.2021
Shin Megami Tensei V takes place in two Tokyos—both are real, despite what the angels will tell you on their worst days. Bodies and ghosts alike still pump through streets, subway stations, and the city’s other familiar arteries. They cross long-forgotten leylines, producing a new arcane...
Former Bungie Composer Tells Fans To 'Destroy' Destiny Music He Published Against Court Orders
20.11.2021
Marty O’Donnell, the former audio director at Bungie who worked on Halo and Destiny for years, was forced by a court to upload a video yesterday asking folks to stop sharing and publishing video game music he uploaded online without legal permission and against court orders. In the short video,...
Here's All The Type Matchups In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl
20.11.2021
A new Pokémon is out in the wild. Well, an old Pokémon is out in the wild, resprayed to look and feel like a new Pokémon. Yes, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, released for the Switch on November 19, are by all accounts faithful but unimaginative remakes of the 2006 generation-IV...
Here Are Your Chances Of Finding Shinies In Pokémon Diamond And Pearl Remasters
19.11.2021
Players are once again on the hunt for shiny Pokémon, those incredibly rare, incredibly sought-after variants, in the latest batch of games. And while Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl only just came out today, thanks to leaked early copies and the efforts of dataminers, we already have...
Shin Megami Tensei V's Demons Are Cheeky Little Bastards
19.11.2021
It’s rough being a demon in Shin Megami Tensei V. The demonic netherworld is a barely hospitable wasteland even when there’s not a blue-haired anime boy beating up your friends and collecting them like Pokémon. Honestly, I can’t even blame these creatures for occasionally getting cheeky.Read more
Life-Sized Lucario Goes On Sale In Japan For $400
19.11.2021
Are you a big Lucario fan? If so, and if you’re in Japan, you can order a large version of the Fighting-Steel type Pokémon. A life-sized one, to be exact. Read more
Destiny 2 Gets Biggest Balance Patch Ever Next Month
19.11.2021
It’s quiet in Destiny 2 at the moment, but big changes are right around the corner. Last week, Bungie outlined major balance changes coming to weapons next month. Today, it revealed it’s completely overhauling how ability cooldowns work. Destiny 2 is going to feel like a very different game when...
Sounds Like The Pokémon Diamond And Pearl Remakes Play It Safe
17.11.2021
Reviews have started dropping for Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl on the Nintendo Switch and it sounds like the remakes are a resounding meh. For players hoping for a bit more of a shakeup of the 2007 DS games, that’s a big disappointment. For hardcore fans who will play any new release...
Four Hours With Dying Light 2: Beyond An Open-World Zombie Game
16.11.2021
Dying Light 2 was announced all the way back at E3 2018. A lot has happened in the three years since, including multiple delays and the departure of RPG writer/designer Chris Avellone from the project following sexual harassment allegations. Now set to come out in February 2022 (alongside a bunch...
Pokémon Fan Makes Epic Paper Dioramas
15.11.2021
In honor of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl’s release, Twitter user Uma decided to create a paper diorama version of Twinleaf Town, the first town players encounter in the game. Read more
Animal Crossing Player Creates Maze Island, Instantly Regrets It
13.11.2021
Refamiliarizing oneself with their Animal Crossing: New Horizons island after spending a considerable amount of time away can feel like navigating a labyrinth of your own making. This was certainly the case for actor and screenwriter Avery Monsen, who recently returned to the island that he’d...
The Elden Ring Network Test, According To The Most Popular Souls Nerds Around
11.11.2021
Elden Ring’s closed network test begins tomorrow, but some journalists and influencers have had access to the game for about a week. This early access has produced several videos, two of which have caused me to salivate over the game’s January release date for totally different reasons.Read more
The Pokémon Company Knows Fans Want More ‘Grown-Up’ Games
11.11.2021
For years, Pokémon fans have requested one thing from the series: games that are more adult. (No, not in that way, c’mon!) Recent entries are too easy, longtime players say, or tend to feature plots aimed toward children. The feedback has taken root to the point where Pokémon’s bosses are...
Pokémon Unite Patch To Fix Game's Most Broken Monster, Greedent The Terror
9.11.2021
When Pokémon Unite devs TiMi Studio Group announced that the next character for the game would be Greedent, many scratched their heads. Others, I presume, had to Google what generation the squirrel-like monster even hailed from. And some fans just scrunched up their noses and thought, why?Read more
New Pokémon Airplane Coming To Japan
9.11.2021
Since 1998, All Nippon Airways has rolled out Pokémon Jets, which are planes covered in Pocket Monsters. The themed planes have been wrapped in an array of Pokémon over the years, with fans in Japan either hoping to spot them at airports or ride them to their destination. Read more
Mass Effect DLC With Lost Source Code Returns To Legendary Edition Via Mod
9.11.2021
Back in February it was announced that Mass Effect Legendary Edition wasn’t going to be including everything in the trilogy, because the source code for a single piece of old DLC—Pinnacle Station, which we reviewed back in 2009—had been lost.Read more
Persona Comparisons In Positive SMT5 Reviews Leave Fans Furious
8.11.2021
On November 4, the first reviews for Shin Megami Tensei V were published. And while a number of those reviews drew ire from a certain segment of the SMT community, one in particular garnered more heat than most. The IGN review for the game scored it a very respectable 8, but some readers were...
Pokémon Fans Ask Each Other To Chill Re: Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl Leaks
8.11.2021
As Kotaku reported last weekend, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl details have leaked online, a couple of weeks ahead of the Switch release date. As a result, Nintendo is attempting to play whack-a-mole against all the videos popping up, showing features from the game that were supposed...