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A Ton Of Xbox Players Can't Play Elden Ring Online
26.2.2022
Elden Ring is currently one of the most highly praised games in recent memory and also having its fair share of troubles on PC and PS5. Most recently, tons of Xbox players have reported being unable to play the open world RPG online since it launched yesterday. Read more
Elden Ring Looks Brutal As A PS1 Game
25.2.2022
We’ve featured London-based 3D artist and VFX supervisor Hoolopee a number of times on Kotaku, from his terrifying Zelda work to a Nintendo 64 rendition of Halo Infinite to a DragonBall fight made with...sheep. Tonight, we’re taking a look at his latest work, a PS1-looking take on Elden Ring’s...
The Steam Deck Compatibility Test vs 810 Steam Games
24.2.2022
Valve just released a new feature that lets you sign into Steam and check to see how many of the games in your library will run on the new Steam Deck handheld. I’ve ended up with a lot of games over my time in this job, from all kinds of genres and eras, so figured running the test on them might...
Sad Halo Fans Buy Cool Dragon Gun Attachment, Discover It Looks Like A Cheeto Instead
23.2.2022
For the fourth run of its samurai event, Halo Infinite is selling a weapon attachment shaped like a dragon. It affixes to the barrel of your battle rifle, in theory making your gun look like it’s spitting fire every time you shoot. Only problem? From a first-person perspective—y’know,...
Report: There Will Be No Mainline Call Of Duty Game Released In 2023
23.2.2022
The Call of Duty series, a sales juggernaut since its debut in 2003, will for the first time in decades be skipping a year in 2023, following reports that Activision has delayed next year’s mainline game.Read more
Bethesda Ditching Its Stupid Launcher, Returning To Steam
22.2.2022
Easily one of the worst trends to hit PC gaming in the last decade has been the obsession major publishers have had with creating their own launchers and digital marketplaces, moves which have done little for the user but make botting up a game fiddlier and more tedious.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
Microsoft Started Activision Acquisition Talks Three Days After Bombshell Harassment Report
19.2.2022
On November 16, 2021, a report was published that claimed Activision CEO Bobby Kotick was well aware of harassment happening within his company. It also alleged that he himself mistreated women, both inside and outside work. Now, new docs reveal that three days later, Xbox head Phil Spencer called...
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...
Bobby Kotick's Police Records Subpoenaed As Harassment Investigations Ramp Up
18.2.2022
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that, following the company’s recent sale to Microsoft, efforts to pursue Activision Blizzard—and its embattled CEO Bobby Kotick—have escalated at both the state and federal level.Read more
Report: Bobby Kotick Has Two Secret Companies Making Big Republican Donations
17.2.2022
Yes, you read that right. CNBC recently uncovered that Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick established not one but two secret companies through which he donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to political campaigns.Read more
As Billions Fly, Ubisoft Analyst Just Wondering Why Nobody Wants To Buy It
17.2.2022
With three massive game industry acquisitions this year already, everyone’s wondering what will happen to the few big publishers and studios left. Chief among those question marks is Ubisoft, the Assassin’s Creed maker currently struggling to make new hits. Amidst delays and employee frustration...
Report: EA Executives Blame Halo, Covid For Battlefield 2042's Failures
17.2.2022
While the game has its fans (hi!), there’s no escaping the fact that in a wider context Battlefield 2042's launch has been a disaster for Electronic Arts. Fan reception has been hostile, playercounts have dropped like a stone and the company won’t even disclose how many copies of the game have...
Halo Infinite Community Goes Nuts Over Leaked Forge Mode
16.2.2022
Halo Infinite’s creation mode, Forge, isn’t supposed to come out until way later this year, but apparently leaked early footage has started making the rounds this week. It looks amazing.Read more
February’s Game Pass Lineup Is Kinda A Snore
15.2.2022
Following a banner start to the year, Xbox Game Pass kicked off February not by continuing the streak but by purging some of its best games. Nothing major is getting the boot. But nothing huge is really coming, either. Here’s everything coming to Microsoft’s Netflix-for-games in the coming...
Browser-based metaverse Portals aims to remove the need to get a VR headset
11.2.2022
Portals co-founder Adam Gomez explained that a browser-based platform lowers the barrier to enter metaverse for many people
Halo Infinite Finally Addresses Desync Lag, And You'd Better Pull Up A Seat
10.2.2022
If you’ve played a competitive online shooter, it’s happened to you. You shoot an enemy a bunch. You swear you saw your shots connect. But the next minute, it’s you who’s sitting through a respawn timer. To take it from hardcore players, Halo Infinite can seem particularly egregious about such...
Halo Infinite Is Selling A Literal Halo
9.2.2022
First came the cat ears. Then came the Iron Man armor. But this week, one of Halo Infinite’s prime cosmetics options is a bit more on the nose: a literal halo.Read more
GameStop stock up on rumors of Microsoft NFT game partnership
9.2.2022
Execs from Immutable X and Microsoft appear to have hinted that the software giant could also be teaming up with GameStop for NFT games
Halo Infinite Tips For People Who Already Know What They’re Doing
8.2.2022
By now, Halo Infinite has been out long enough for you to get pretty good. But there comes a point in all competitive shooters—hey, no shame in this—where you hit a plateau. Your matches start playing out just as the previous 50 did. You find yourself falling back on the same tactics, to the same...