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Big Switch Eshop Sale: Discounts On Lego, Resident Evil, And More
21.1.2023
This week, all at once, a perfect storm of deals, discounts, and sales has hit the Nintendo Switch eShop. Batten down the hatches, open up your wallets, and check out some of these limited-time deals, including massive savings on numerous Lego titles, Mortal Kombat games, and hits from Capcom...
One Piece Odyssey Is A Good Anime Game But A Meh JRPG So Far
18.1.2023
Yo ho! One Piece Odyssey, the first turn-based RPG game in the storied franchise, has been a bit of a mixed bag in its early moments. While the game knocks it out of the park with how it portrays the dynamic of the lovable Straw Hat crew, the game’s “fully blown RPG” mechanics are a bit of a bore...
5 Classic Retro Games You Can Play For Free
17.1.2023
In the down moments of playing a distressingly long Mario Party 2 game this weekend—my friends get a garbage truck full of NES and Super NES games with their Nintendo Switch Online membership—I started wondering what other retro games were only a download away on publishers’ official...
Fortnite Fans Say New Skin Is A JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Rip-Off
13.1.2023
Recently, Fortnite has become a wacky and eclectic ensemble of the best anime characters of all time with its Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, and My Hero Academia crossovers. However, some fans are calling out the battle royale’s latest original skin for not being so original at all, but rather what they...
Your Winter 2023 Anime Guide: What To Watch And Where It's Streaming
16.12.2022
Oh, you thought you were free of Kotaku-themed anime slideshows? Nah, fam, you’re still trapped in the weeb mines with me. But hark, there be light at the end of this dakimakura-infested tunnel. Winter is coming, and with it are even more anime for your viewing pleasure.Read more
The Next, And 'Biggest' Tomb Raider To Be Delivered By Amazon
15.12.2022
In really stepping things up news, it’s just been announced that Amazon Games is set to publish the next Tomb Raider game. Following Square Enix’s retreat from the Western front, and the sale of both developer Crystal Dynamics and the Tomb Raider license itself, it was unclear what might happen...
It’s An Anime Post-Apocalyptic MMO, And It Looks Gorgeous
9.12.2022
Last night’s Game Awards was one of the annual event’s biggest shows yet. With a flurry of surprise appearances, awards, excellent speeches, game reveals, and other oddities, it was easy to lose track of everything. But if you’re a fan of anime MMOs and you find the idea of a sci-fi fantasy...
Armored Core VI Announced, Which Isn't A Souls Game
9.12.2022
FromSoftware is a development studio famous these days for the Souls games, but there was once a time that it was most famous for Armored Core, a mech combat series that has spanned decades and which is now making a comeback.Read more
Report: Big Game Companies Like Square Enix And Roblox Are Ignoring Climate Change
23.11.2022
AfterClimate, a research and consultancy business “on a mission to decarbonise the games industry”, have this week published the results of their “game industry net zero 2022 snapshot”, a report that takes a detailed look at how most of the world’s biggest video game companies are responding to...
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Stuns With 2022 GOTY Game Awards Nomination
14.11.2022
After guessing that Nintendo Switch hit Xenoblade Chronicles 3 would be the biggest snub at the 2022 Game Awards, stunned Xeno-heads and Tetsuya Takahashi-stans can’t believe it. Geoff Keighley revealed on Monday that it is actually one of the six finalists for his show’s Game of the Year category...
A 2D Dark Souls Game Was Pitched In 2016, And It Looked Badass
9.11.2022
Earlier today, artist Thomas Feichtmeir dropped an interesting piece of news on his Twitter feed: back in 2016 he was part of a pitch that wanted to reimagine Dark Souls 3 (or at least its world) as a 2D Metroidvania game.Read more
Tekken Players Are Debating How 'Anti-Beginner' The Series Is
29.9.2022
Recently, the fighting game community has been at each other’s throats over how “anti-beginner” the Tekken series is. Tekken 7, the latest entry to forgo a tutorial mode, is at the discourse’s center, with one player suggesting it needs changes to stay relevant. A good tutorial wouldn’t hurt, along...
Your Fall 2022 Anime Guide: What To Watch, Binge, And Obsess Over
22.9.2022
Congratulations, weebs. You’ve made it to the fall anime season. Your reward? More anime. But not just any kind of anime. You’ve got the return of Bleach (the sword-swinging member of the “Big Three Anime”) as well as the final season of Mob Psycho 100, the glorious debut of Chainsaw Man, and...
Fans Blast Tales Of Symphonia Remaster For Being A Downgrade
15.9.2022
Tales fans rejoiced earlier this week when Bandai Namco announced that one of the best entries in the long-running JRPG series would come to Nintendo Switch, and other modern platforms, by way of a remaster. Now they’re having second thoughts. The publisher has since made it clear that the new...
Everything We Saw During The Nintendo Direct Blowout
13.9.2022
RIP to British gamers who didn’t watch the Nintendo Direct live in remembrance of the late queen’s passing. For the rest of us, we were treated to almost 40 whole minutes of upcoming winter releases on the Nintendo Switch. Brits are totally welcome to watch our FREEDOM DIRECT as long as they...
Elden Ring Is Easily One Of YouTube's Most Popular Games Ever
3.8.2022
We’ve known just how hot Elden Ring has become. Released on February 25, FromSoftware’s latest Soulslike has shipped some 13.4 million copies to date, making it more successful than Sledgehammer Games’ disappointing Call of Duty: Vanguard from last year, a franchise often known for dominating...