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Sonic’s New 'Best Friend' Snuck Into Yesterday's Symphony
25.6.2021
I’ve heard tell that a lot of folks had a great time with yesterday’s symphonic celebration of the Sonic the Hedgehog series’ 30th anniversary. What’s better than listening to hours of iconic video game music? Maybe listening to hours of iconic video game music while a character you created pals...
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...
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
12 Hours With Scarlet Nexus, Bandai Namco’s New Action-RPG
23.6.2021
Right out of the gate, Scarlet Nexus shows off its gimmick. You can play as one of two characters, viewing the same storyline from different perspectives. Both share the same formidable telekinetic superpower, spicing up what appears to be typical blade-swinging combat. While cool, it initially...
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...
Ubisoft DRM Breaks Might & Magic X: Legacy Single-Player, DLC
21.6.2021
On June 1 Ubisoft shut down online services for several popular games. One of those games was 2014's Might & Magic X: Legacy, an old-school first-person hack-n-slash dungeon crawler with no online multiplayer components whatsoever. It did, however, require a one-time verification through...
Myth: Gods of Asgard Sure Looks Like Hades
21.6.2021
We’ve all done it. Usually, “it” means lifting test answers off the kid in front of you, or pretending you’re the one who actually came up with that really funny joke. Less often, “it” means copy-pasting a widely lauded and enormously successful game down to the pixel. Well, allow me to introduce...
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...
Assassin's Creed Valhalla Is Being Used To Attract Tourists
21.6.2021
Wrath of the Druids, the first DLC expansion for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, is set in Ireland and features a gorgeous recreation of the island country, complete with famous natural landmarks and centuries-old villages. Is all that enough to entice some digital Vikings to leave their homes...
The Best Metroid: Dread Reaction Is a Metroid Cosplayer One
18.6.2021
To get ready for Nintendo’s E3 presentation, you might have poured yourself a beverage, grabbed a snack, and got comfy. Cosplayer Bonbon, it seems, donned a Varia Power Suit.Read more
The Best Xbox Demos To Play This Weekend, Before They're Gone
17.6.2021
Back for its second year, the Xbox Summer Game Fest Demo Event—which somehow didn’t get a more palatable name during its time off—puts up 40 demos of unreleased games, generally indies. Over the past few days, two of us—staff writer Ari Notis and weekend editor Zack Zweizen—have given a bunch...
Nintendo Scores Highest Peak Viewership Of E3
17.6.2021
Switch Pro or not, Nintendo still had the most people watching its E3 2021 presentation. Nintendo amassed 3.1 million peak viewers for its nearly 40 minute presentation, according to yesterday’s tweet from Stream Hatchet, a data analytics firm specializing in video game streaming.Read more
Five Nights At Freddy’s Creator Scott Cawthon Retires Amid Controversy
17.6.2021
Scott Cawthon, the independent developer best known as the creator of the Five Nights at Freddy series, has announced his retirement from professional game development.Read more
Final Fantasy Origin’s Normie Fuckboy Scores More Stylish Gear As You Play
16.6.2021
Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin’s main character looks completely out of place, but here’s some good news from the newly fixed demo: His wardrobe quickly expands to include clothes and accessories that better fit the setting.Read more
Report: Breath of the Wild 2's Real Title Might Give It Way, Nintendo says
16.6.2021
Yesterday, Nintendo came out swinging with its E3 presentation, showing off a trailer for the long-anticipated Breath of the Wild 2. But amidst the explosion of new fan art and fan speculation, you might have noticed that Nintendo isn’t calling this game BotW 2 like everyone else is.Read more
Why Was Nintendo's 'Switch Pro' Missing From E3?
16.6.2021
There was a bunch of cool stuff to get excited about during today’s E3 2021-adjacent Nintendo Direct presentation. Metroid Dread is real, Advance Wars is back, and Tekken’s Kazuya Mishima dropped the entire Super Smash Bros. Ultimate cast into a volcano. But one major announcement was notably...
Bayonetta 3 Director Seems Annoyed By Speculation
16.6.2021
One glaring omission in yesterday’s Nintendo Direct for E3 2021 was Bayonetta 3. Heck, even Kotaku thought news about the game was a “safe bet.” Hideki Kamiya, the game’s outspoken creator, is once again not mincing words with those speculating as to why the title was absent.Read more
Nintendo At E3 2021: The Biggest Announcements, In Four-And-A-Half Minutes
16.6.2021
Nintendo’s E3 2021-flavored Direct presentation was meatier than most of the last few days, with a good deal of info on upcoming games and surprise reveals. If you don’t have the time to sit through the entire press conference, our video is the perfect place to get all the juicy highlights in just...
Metroid Dread’s Adam Won’t Order Samus Around, Says Nintendo
16.6.2021
It’s been a busy day for E3 2021, with the biggest announcement probably being Nintendo’s revival of the long-rumored Metroid Dread title for the series’ fifth mainline installment. Metroid Dread, coming to Switch on October 8, again follows Samus Aran on her planetary explorations, but also...