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Dying Light 2's Post-Apocalypse Would Be More Fun If It Just Let You Hang Out
21.2.2022
I’ve started Dying Light 2 twice now, once on PC, and once on PS5. Both times I’ve had the same struggle: I don’t want to leave that starting location. A few rotting skeletons aside, it’s perfect—it’s where I want to be in an apocalypse. Screw this guy’s missing sister, she’s probably long dead....
Street Fighter 6 Announced, And Ryu Is Wearing Sandals
21.2.2022
Capcom’s countdown site has ended and has announced Street Fighter 6. The debut teaser trailer shows some close-ups of a bearded Ryu’s muscles and sweaty body—as well as his foot-wearing sandal. And who doesn’t like Hot Ryu? And some Ryu Sandal Foot?Read more
The Anakin Meme Looks Better In 3D, Right? Right?
21.2.2022
Natallia ‘BLU1304' Sudas is an artist at Vivix Studios.Read more
13 Years On, Mirror's Edge Is Still A Masterpiece
21.2.2022
I don’t tend to replay video games very often. The demands of this job mean I’m normally straight onto the next one as soon as the credits roll on the last. But every year I try to find the time to revisit one of my all-time favourites: EA’s Mirror’s Edge.Read more
Sunday Comics: I Have No Idea
20.2.2022
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon.Read more
Halo TV Show Will Unmask The Master Chief
19.2.2022
The Master Chief has long been the helmeted hero of humanity through multiple games, comics, books, and spin-offs. But after 20 years of hiding his face, it’s been confirmed that the upcoming Paramount+ TV show will unmask the iconic character. Read more
23 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting Horizon Forbidden West
18.2.2022
Horizon Forbidden West, out now for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, is the size of a dinosaur. Like any big game, it’s a whole lot to take in, and can be overwhelming at times. You can and indeed should figure out a lot of its quirks and secrets on your own. But take it from me, someone who’s...
Remedy's New Shooter Is More Call Of Duty Than Control, But Not In A Good Way
18.2.2022
I really, really wanted to like Catalyst, the new campaign developed by Remedy Entertainment and released for free-to-play shooter CrossfireX earlier this month. Remedy, the developer behind great games like Control and Alan Wake, is one of my favorite out there, and while I wasn’t thrilled about...
Cyberpunk 2077 Is Totally Broken For PS4 Disc Owners
18.2.2022
Cyberpunk 2077's next-gen version finally launched this week after months of delays. It’s pretty good if you’re on PlayStation 5, particularly because of the haptics, but the re-release also addressed myriad bugs with its massive 50 GB patch. Not everyone is enjoying the new update, though,...
Cyberpunk 2077 NPC Will Now Send Nudes
18.2.2022
Cyberpunk 2077 has a lot of sex scenes and they are all incredibly goofy. Instead of adding more of those, patch 1.5 has chosen a more subtle approach when it comes to expanding the game’s romance options. Except in Panam’s case. The Aldecaldos nomad will now send you nudes.Read more
Hundreds Of Sealed Retro '90s Games That Were Just Publicly Revealed Could Be Worth A Million Bucks
18.2.2022
For gaming collectors and preservationists, it’s a high score: hundreds of classic games, many of which, according to video footage of the discovery, appear to be factory sealed. The entire thing is eventually getting sold, and when it does, it could clock in as one of the big ones, potentially...
The 10 Best Skills You Should Get ASAP In Horizon Forbidden West
18.2.2022
Horizon Forbidden West, Guerrilla Games’ sumptuous homage to the concept of lens flare, is massive—so massive, in fact, that it doesn’t have a skill tree. Nope, it has six.Read more
Before You Start: Five Settings To Change In Horizon Forbidden West
18.2.2022
The only thing bigger than Horizon Forbidden West’s open-world is its suite of options. Guerrilla’s splashy PlayStation action-adventure game features dozens of settings, some of which—difficulty sliders, controller presets, visual modes—are par for the course. But others, like the ability to slow...
Desperate Metroid Fans Are Convinced This Image Holds Prime 4 Clues
18.2.2022
I love Metroid, but being a longtime fan does weird things to you. Take, for example, the latest kerfuffle over Retro Studios updating its Twitter banner. Where a normal person might see a cool piece of Samus Aran concept art, the ravenous Metroid fan, their hunger unsatiated by Metroid Dread...
Kingdom Hearts Fans Say The Switch Cloud Ports Suck
18.2.2022
The complete Kingdom Hearts series—if such a thing actually exists—hit Nintendo Switch on February 10, though not in an official capacity. The version that’s available on the console-handheld hybrid is a cloud port, meaning you stream Square Enix’s RPG over the internet. Such ports are becoming...
Cyberpunk 2077's Best Improvement Is Secretly Its Overhauled Map
17.2.2022
Earlier this week, developer CD Projekt Red rolled out a massive patch for its Blade Runner homage, Cyberpunk 2077. It’s the type of update that could turn a troubled RPG around, retooling everything from the notoriously wonky combat to the unbalanced skill tree. But my favorite new change is more...
After Cyberpunk 2077’s Big Update, Dev Says It’s An RPG Now—But Fans Differ
17.2.2022
Cyberpunk 2077 disappointed a lot of players when it launched without many of its originally promised features. The quests were incredibly light on dynamic player choices, and advertised features like apartment customization and body augmentations were not in the final game. The gameplay was...
Elden Ring’s Moody Intro Proves From Software Is Back On Its BS
17.2.2022
Dark Souls developer From Studios’ next adventure, the open-world Elden Ring, is right around the corner, which naturally means copies are leaking into the wild ahead of its official February 25 release date. And while gameplay footage is all well and good, we’ve seen a bunch of that already....
Cyberpunk 2077’s PS5 Controller Haptics Are A Real Game-Changer
17.2.2022
After countless delays and a huge amount of work on the part of developer CD Projekt Red, Cyberpunk 2077 finally hit PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on February 15. This enhanced version launched with a massive patch that added some much-needed quality-of-life improvements and gameplay tweaks, including...
Don’t Miss Horizon Forbidden West’s Buried Gyro Aiming Feature
17.2.2022
Horizon Forbidden West, an open-world game about validating every kindergartener’s dream of being a paleontologist, gives you a vast collection of high-tech bows and arrows to play with. Like many video game bows, this arsenal can be finicky when aiming with a thumbstick, so some players will...