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The 7 Biggest And Best Doom Announcements From QuakeCon 2024
8.8.2024
Earlier today at QuakeCon 2024, id Software announced a bunch of Doom-related news, including a brand new way to play the first two classic shooters, mod tools for Eternal, and more. Read more
Borderlands 3 Gets Small But Awesome Update That Adds Handy Feature
8.8.2024
Borderlands 3 launched in 2019, so you might not expect an update for the looter shooter in 2024. However, possibly due to the recent release of the (terrible) movie, Gearbox has put out a new, small, but genuinely awesome patch for Borderlands 3. Read more
Country Bans Roblox Due To Possibility Of Child Exploitation
8.8.2024
The popular online free-to-play game Roblox has been banned in Turkey due to concerns the country’s government has over possible child exploitation. Read more
The Borderlands Movie: The Kotaku Review
8.8.2024
An hour after leaving a screening of the new Borderlands movie, directed by Eli Roth (Hostel) and starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Ariana Greenblatt, I’m staring at a blinking cursor in a blank Google Doc, urging inspiration to strike. Read more
Hate The Borderlands Film? Get The Much Better Games For The Price Of A Ticket
8.8.2024
That new Borderlands movie sure does look like…something. Early reviews have panned the thing to hell and back, but even if the film they inspired is reportedly garbage, the games are pretty great. Borderlands’ humor is certainly an acquired taste, but there’s no denying that the games are vibrant...
Destiny 2 Accidentally Nerfs Exotic Loot Drops As Morale Craters
8.8.2024
Prismatic exotic class items are some of the most powerful gear in Destiny 2: The Final Shape because they can randomly roll with special perks from other loot, letting players mix-and-match them to craft extra powerful builds. But thanks to a recent update, their drop rate has once again hit rock...
Borderlands Movie First Impressions Call It 'Lifeless' And 'Really Bad'
7.8.2024
After a very long wait, the live-action Borderlands movie finally arrives in theaters this weekend. But before that, the movie was screened for fans and critics in Los Angeles. And, based on the first impressions being posted online, the Borderlands movie sounds like a complete mess.Read more
Destiny 2 Brings Back Attunement So You Can Farm These Great Weapons Again
6.8.2024
To love Destiny 2 is to know that it can sometimes be a mess of convoluted systems buried within obscure menus. It can be difficult to suss out what new function is being given to which vendor. It can get confusing whether you’re a seasoned vet or a newcomer. Now, Bungie is reintroducing...
The Secret To Final Fantasy XIV’s New Elusive Hunt Is Patience
6.8.2024
With the release of the new Dawntrail expansion for Square Enix’s MMO Final Fantasy XIV, the hunt is on. By that I meant literally hunts, a series of side activities that task players with tracking down and defeating progressively more difficult enemies. The rarest and most difficult hunts...
Tales From The Borderlands Convinced Gearbox A Movie Was A Good Idea
6.8.2024
The upcoming Borderlands movie might not have happened if it wasn’t for the spin-off narrative game Tales from the Borderlands, which gave Gearbox confidence that the universe could be more than just a looter shooter playground.Read more
14 Superheroes We’d Like To See In Marvel Rivals
6.8.2024
Marvel Rivals is currently prompting a lot of comparisons to Overwatch 2, but there’s a whole, expansive Marvel universe it can draw from as it builds its roster in the coming months and (hopefully) years to help it carve out its own identity. Sure, we’ll probably get some mainstays of the comic...
How To Change Worlds And Play With Your Friends In Once Human
6.8.2024
A big part of the appeal of Once Human is surviving in a chaotic, ethereal world alongside a friend or two, building up a sprawling base and defeating otherworldly beings together. But that’s all easier said than done, as the server and world system in the survival game proves rather challenging...
Destiny 2’s Planetary Piston Hammer Is A Great Way To Snag Better Loot
5.8.2024
Destiny 2’s new episode, “Echoes,” is currently in full swing and you’re likely digging into the looter-shooters’s three new Battlegrounds while unraveling what the hell is going on with Saint-14. To get to the bottom of that mystery though, you’ve first got to collect radiolite samples in...
August Game Releases, Elden Ring Help, And More Tips
4.8.2024
Unsure of what new games to pick up this month? Still suck on an Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree boss, or a Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail baddie? We’ve got you covered with the best tips of this final week in July. Click through for them all. Read more
Marvel Rivals Feels Like Overwatch Without All The Baggage
1.8.2024
I have over 1000 hours in Overwatch, but only about a dozen hours in Marvel Rivals, the megalithic comic makers’ attempt to cash in on Blizzard’s once-winning formula. In all the matches I’ve played in the game’s beta as the Guardians of the Galaxy leader Star-Lord alongside other heroes...
Final Fantasy XIV Players Are Up In Arms Over The Latest Patch
31.7.2024
Yesterday, July 30, Final Fantasy XIV received its first big patch since the release of the Dawntrail expansion. While the introduction of the new Savage raids is a source of excitement for the community, the biggest point of contention is the long list of changes the Viper job has received...
How Cross Progression Works in Final Fantasy XIV
30.7.2024
Final Fantasy XIV is a remarkable MMORPG, featuring captivating stories, incredible boss battles, and hundreds (if not thousands) of hours of quality gameplay. FF14 is, also, a game built atop the failure that is the 1.0 version of the game, which means you’ll occasionally encounter cumbersome...
Overwatch 2's Identity Crisis, The Hate Driving The Assassin's Creed 'Controversy,' And More Opinions For The Week
28.7.2024
This week, Ubisoft released a statement addressing what might generously be called a “controversy” about the upcoming Assassin’s Creed game, Shadows. Let’s be real, though. It’s just the latest salvo from a reactionary hate movement. You can read our thoughts on that, the terrific texture of Yakuza...
Overwatch 2 Is Trapped In A Crisis Of Its Own Making
25.7.2024
Today Blizzard published a lengthy Overwatch 2 Director’s Take addressing the Reinhardt-sized elephant in the room: whether or not the sequel should revert back to the original game’s 6v6 format. Written by game director Aaron Keller, the massive blog post traces back to Overwatch 1 and the major...
Ghost Of Tsushima, As Told By Steam Reviews
25.7.2024
When the action-adventure game Ghost of Tsushima first launched on PlayStation 4 in 2020 it was pretty spectacular. The Assassin’s Creed-like title from Infamous developer Sucker Punch, set during the first Mongol invasion of Japan in 1274, delivered a wonderful take on a tried and true formula....