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The Half-Life 2 RTS Is Finally "Out" After 13 Years Of Development
23.2.2021
For over a decade now, a group of fans have been working on Lambda Wars, a real-time strategy game set in the Half-Life universe. Originally a Half-Life 2 mod, and later a standalone beta, the thing is now finished, or as finished as a game ever gets these days, anyway.Read more
Stadia Developers Can't Fix The Bugs In Their Own Game Because Google Fired Them
23.2.2021
Apart from the sacking of about 150 developers, the throttling of Google Stadia has left a ton of early adopters well and truly in the lurch. Stadia was maligned from the start, and if the latest experience of Stadia users is any indication, it’s sure as hell not leaving a positive impression...
Epic Settles Real Lawsuit With Fake Money
22.2.2021
Fortnite players who purchased one of Save The World’s randomized Loot Llamas will receive 1000 V-Bucks, developer Epic announced today. The move comes as part of a preliminary class action settlement regarding loot boxes.Read more
Why Diablo IV Is So Obsessed With Ears
22.2.2021
Ears. If you watched the debut trailer for Diablo IV’s rogue class, that was your main takeaway—at least, if you’re anything like me. The rogue showed up to “confession” with a big ol’ bag of ears. The priest had a whole darn trophy case of ears. This might have struck you as strange—most regular...
What Was Your Best-Ever Year For Gaming?
22.2.2021
It’s Monday and time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take.Read more
Google's Facing A Class-Action Suit Over Stadia's Lack Of True 4K Gaming
22.2.2021
There’s another gaming-focused class action lawsuit in the works, this one against Google Stadia over whether or not Stadia can run games at 4K resolution. The suit was originally filed in October, but had a development earlier this month when lawyers for co-defendants id Software filed a notice...
We Gotta Talk About This Main Story Quest In A Realm Reborn
22.2.2021
My journey through Final Fantasy XIV continues apace. My bard and black mage are now at level 46, and I’m currently questing through the icy Coerthas, which seems oddly French with all the names ending in -x and -eau. When I first started playing, my circle of FF14-playing friends all told me to...
Doom Eternal Director Has ‘Put A Lot Of Thought’ Into Making A Female Doom Slayer
22.2.2021
During a playthrough stream earlier this month, Doom Eternal director Hugo Martin was asked if the team had ever considered developing a female Doom Slayer for the game. His answer was surprisingly thorough.Read more
Destiny 2 Players Are Jumping Off Cliffs To Avoid Playing Trials Of Osiris
22.2.2021
It happened to me: I was looking for groups on the Destiny 2 app to play Trials of Osiris with, joined one, and then found myself jumping off a clif for the next few minutes in a tribute to just how unfun the game’s competitive PVP loot grind can be.Read more
Watch Dogs: Legion Gets Co-Op On March 9
22.2.2021
Watch Dogs: Legion is about to become legion. The multiplayer mode for Ubisoft’s open-world hacking game comes out March 9.Read more
Ruin All Your Friendships With Overcooked! All You Can Eat for $35
22.2.2021
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Forrest 64 Is What A Fictional Nintendo 64 Game Sounds Like
22.2.2021
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. We’ve got an odd one today: the soundtrack to a make-believe Nintendo 64 game hidden away in the Switch version of Firewatch.Read more
Take-Two Goes After Reverse-Engineered Grand Theft Auto Code
22.2.2021
Last week we shared the good news that the source code for Grand Theft Autos III & Vice City had been reverse-engineered, allowing folks to port the games and come up with cool new mods. Now, we bring you the predictable news that publisher Take-Two Interactive are not happy.Read more
The Week In Games: Persona 5 Strikers Arrives In Style
21.2.2021
Persona 5 Strikers is one stylish-looking game and it comes out later this week for PS4, Switch, and PC.Read more
It's Weird To See Ryu Use A Gun In Fortnite
21.2.2021
Yesterday, after some hints and leaks, Street Fighter characters Ryu and Chun-Li came to Epic’s mega-popular battle royale game, Fortnite. Watching Ryu run around shooting people with an assault rifle is weird. It’s also just one more example of how Fortnite consumes popular characters...
Rock N' Roll Racing Music Might Get Twitch Streamers In Trouble
20.2.2021
Yesterday, Blizzard released a collection of the studio’s classic games. But the studio also gave a warning to those looking to stream one of the games, Rock n’ Roll Racing on Twitch: Turn off the music. All of it. Read more
There's Been An N64 Mini-Game Hidden Inside The Switch Version Of Firewatch All This Time
20.2.2021
Yesterday Cabel Sasser, the co-founder of Panic, revealed a little-known secret only found in the Switch port of Firewatch, a game his company published back in 2016. Turns out, there’s a fun platformer hidden in it. And (almost) nobody found it! Read more
Splatoon 3 Coming 2022, New Mortal Kombat Film Trailer, Texas Devs Struggling During Brutal Weather, And More
20.2.2021
This week on Morning Checkpoint, we check out the new Mortal Kombat trailer, catch up with all the news from BlizzCon and the latest Nintendo Direct, hear how developers in Texas are dealing with the terrible weather and eat a stupid-big gummy controller. Read more
It Would've Been OK To Skip This One, Blizzard
20.2.2021
Tonight’s keynote for BlizzConline, Blizzard’s virtual showcase, was a tepid hour of previously leaked reveals for World of Warcraft and Diablo, some Hearthstone news, a passing mention of Diablo Immortal, and no Overwatch 2. As we’re fond of saying these days, it could have been an email.Read more
Everything Blizzard Announced During BlizzConline's Opening Ceremony
19.2.2021
It sure as heck isn’t BlizzCon, but until we can safely gather together again in the stew of scents and juices that is a convention hall (so maybe never?), BlizzConline will have to do. Blizzard kicked off the online version of its annual convention today with a handful of announcements that...