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PSA: Sonic Mania Is Free Right Now
24.6.2021
In case the kick-ass concert didn’t make it clear, it’s Sonic the Hedgehog’s 30th birthday, and how better to celebrate than with a copy of the game that Kotaku ranked the second-best Sonic game of all time? The Epic Games Store is giving away copies of Sonic Mania for free but you gotta...
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus Adds Extra In-Game Content Warnings
24.6.2021
Doki Doki Literature Club, a pleasant game about adorable anime teens learning about life and love, has many issues. Serious issues that you might want to be warned about as you play through the otherwise bright and cheery visual novel. For the release of Doki Doki Literature Club Plus on PC...
Pokémon GO Fest 2021 Will Feature Every Legendary Pokémon In The Game
24.6.2021
In an unprecedented move, this year’s Pokémon GO Fest’s raids will give players a shot at capturing every legendary Pokémon that’s ever appeared in the game, helping trainers fill out some of the rarest gaps in their Pokédexes.Read more
Military Shooter Launch Event Turns Into A Racist Mess
24.6.2021
An event organized to celebrate the release of military shooter Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 had journalists and influencers take part in a mock training program based around killing “enemies” and “bad guys” who were dressed up to appear Arab, according to a report published last night by...
The Nintendo Download: Doki Doki Disgaea Golf Club
24.6.2021
It’s a banner week for the Nintendo Download, with 37 new games hitting the Switch eShop, including Mario Golf: Super Rush, Doki Doki Literature Club Plus, Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny, and the remastered version of Legend of Mana. There’s almost no room on the list for nonsense shovelware!...
Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Suspiciously Jumps To $13.4 Million At Auction In China
24.6.2021
The Blue-Eyes White Dragon 20th Anniversary Gold Edition card was first announced in 2018, limited to only 500 cards, and priced at 200,000 yen ($1,800). At a recent auction in China, the price suddenly increased to over $13 million.Read more
Sonic’s 30th Anniversary Concert Kicked So Much Ass I Cried
24.6.2021
Video game concerts make everything better. Today’s livestream video game concert of Sonic music was so damn great it had me crying in the middle of a Wednesday afternoon—as opposed to my regularly scheduled Thursday cry. Read more
One Of Last Year’s Best JRPGs Now Has Pet Dual Wielding
23.6.2021
After six long months, gaming’s most important update of 2021 has arrived: a new patch for farming JRPG Sakuna: Of Rice And Ruin that lets you dual-wield the game’s adorable pets.Read more
Microsoft Will Stop Offering Cyberpunk Refunds Next Month
23.6.2021
Microsoft will roll back its refund policy for Cyberpunk 2077 on July 6, the company announced the news in an update on the Microsoft support site.Read more
Space Jam Sequel Getting A Tie-In Beat 'Em Up Game
23.6.2021
Today, Xbox announced that Space Jam: A New Legacy is getting a beat ‘em up tie-in game that will be available on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on July 1.Read more
Commander Riker Is Here To Explain PUBG’s Lore
23.6.2021
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, the battle royale game where you run around shooting people without pants for a chicken dinner, apparently has a good deal of lore backing up its death matches. But don’t take my word for it: The developers recently got the one and only Jonathan Frakes to homage...
Destiny 2 Datamining Debate Erupts Over Ramen Coupon
22.6.2021
Sunday night Destiny 2 content creator Tryhard ‘Trials Player’ Tristan tweeted out a picture of his exo hunter sporting a mysteriou new emblem called A Classy Order. It was a reference to the Spicy Ramen Coupon players got back in the game’s Forsaken expansion and an ode to one of the game’s most...
Street Fighter’s Ryu Is The Kevin Bacon Of Video Games
22.6.2021
Did you know that Ryu, the globe-hopping protagonist of the Street Fighter franchise, has become so prolific that it’s possible to connect him to just about every other video game character in existence? It’s true! No matter how weird or obscure, they probably lead back to Ryu in some way...
Marvel’s Avengers Update Leaks Your IP Address
22.6.2021
If you’ve downloaded the latest Marvel’s Avengers update with plans to stream your epic battle against A.I.M. Scientist Supreme Monica Rappaccini, maybe wait until Square Enix fixes the issue that’s making players’ IP addresses float around the screen during gameplay.Read more
Call of Duty Warzone Skin Had To Be Nerfed Twice
22.6.2021
Originally released as a tier 100 reward for Call of Duty: Warzone’s Season Five Battle Pass, the “Rook” skin for Operator Roze effectively turned the Shadow Company member into an actual shadow, capable of becoming nearly invisible in any of the game’s shadowy crevices. Previously, the skin’s...
After Playing Pachinko, Man Gets Irritated And Goes On Rampage In His Car
22.6.2021
Startling footage from Hokkaido, Japan shows a man going on a rampage in his kei car, repeatedly smashing into another vehicle and trying to run over a man on a bicycle.Read more
Next Yakuza Spin-Off Has A Playable Sega Master System
22.6.2021
The Yakuza games have long featured playable versions of classic Sega games, but they’ve normally come in the form of arcade classics. The upcoming Lost Judgment, though, is taking things back a little further in time.Read more
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Is A Good Intro To An Old Series
21.6.2021
Jumping cold into the latest entry of a long-running series is often a daunting proposition. Catching up with dozens of characters across decades of games? Checking out Wikipedia pages between missions? No thanks! An exception to this rule is Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, released earlier this...
Tekken X Street Fighter Is Dead
21.6.2021
After years of speculation, Tekken series director Katsuhiro Harada has officially closed the book on Tekken X Street Fighter, announcing that work has halted on the highly anticipated crossover via his personal YouTube channel.Read more
Hideo Kojima Conspiracy Theory Ends With Tears
21.6.2021
A week ago, most people didn’t know that Abandoned was an upcoming indie horror game for the PS5, or that it was being made by Danish developer Blue Box Game Studios. Now both are at the heart of gaming’s latest conspiracy theory that Metal Gear designer Hideo Kojima is secretly involved...