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Learn Bad Coding Habits In This Beautiful Game About A Struggling Developer
16.9.2022
When I played One Dreamer‘s demo back in June, I figured this could be something special. It looked to be a game about a failing game developer, presented using a combination of point-and-click, and coding puzzles, but in an accessible way. And that’s what it is! Hooray! In fact, it’s far more...
Classic Jurassic Park Scene Somehow Recreated In PlayStation Game
16.9.2022
The video you’re about to watch was built in Dreams, which is a video game but also some kind of mystical toolset that allows you to make anything.Read more
The Yakuza Name Is Officially Dead
16.9.2022
The first Yakuza game was released all the way back in 2006, and the branding was most recently used in 2020's Yakuza: Like A Dragon. Across eight main releases and a number of spin-offs, the name became synonymous with sharp suits, hour-long cutscenes and bikes being smashed into dude’s faces...
Xbox PC Now Tells You How Long A Game Should Take To Finish, Which Is Tricky
15.9.2022
The ways people judge their video games are many and various, with few agreeing on hard and fast rules for what truly imbues gaming time with value. But surely one of the most controversial is the length of a game. And now, “how long to beat” is a metric Microsoft has just added to its PC version...
Both Judgment Games Are Now Available On PC, You Should Play Them
15.9.2022
It was only last year that the future of the Judgment series was looking extremely dicey, courtesy of a legal battle over star Takuya Kimura’s likeness. Looks like that’s all been cleared up, though, because both games aren’t just coming to the PC, they’re already here.Read more
Yakuza Producer Thinks The Series Is Too ‘Underground’ And Violent For Switch
14.9.2022
In a new GameSpot interview, Yakuza executive producer and Ryu Ga Gotoku studio head Masayoshi Yokoyama expressed that he’s hesitant to bring the popular franchise to Nintendo Switch. He explained that the console’s family-friendly image in Japan doesn’t fit with the franchise’s mix of combat...
The Best (And Weirdest) Zelda Fan Theories From The Tears Of The Kingdom Trailer
14.9.2022
With information on the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild as rare as Coccu’s teeth, every snippet or trailer is pored over, torn apart, and minutely inspected by avid fans, like conspiracists decoding the latest Q-drop. Here are some of our favorite fan-theories from yesterday’s...
Sega Announces Another New Yakuza Game, Drops First Trailer For Yakuza 8
14.9.2022
Sega just announced two new Yakuza games that are on the way: Yakuza 8, the next mainline game in the series (and one which we’d already seen and knew about), and Like a Dragon Gaiden, an all-new release which stars series stalwart Kazuma Kiryu. That makes this three Yakuza announcements in...
Bringing Yakuza's Kiryu Back In Like A Dragon 8 Is Silly
14.9.2022
Last night, we finally got a look at the next mainline game in the Yakuza series, Like a Dragon 8, and the announcement trailer immediately had folks online racing to assemble memes poking fun at the youthful new hairdo of the series’ longtime, stalwart protagonist, Kiryu Kazuma. Although it’s nice...
Team Ninja's New Game Is A 19th-Century 'Action RPG'
14.9.2022
Announced today during PlayStation’s showcase event, Rise of the Ronin is the latest game from the studio that has previously brought us Ninja Gaiden and Nioh.Read more
Nintendo UK Didn’t Livestream Today’s Presentation, And Fans Think They Know Why
13.9.2022
Today’s Nintendo Direct showed off tons of visual splendor and many games to get excited about, and even included the long-awaited reveal of the official title for the next Zelda game. The celebration wasn’t had everywhere, however, as Nintendo UK, per its announcement yesterday on Twitter, chose...
The Legend of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild 2 Gets A Totally Different Name, Release Date, And Trailer
13.9.2022
It’s been a long while since we’ve heard anything about the next Zelda game, hasn’t it? Fortunately, today’s Nintendo Direct finally gave us another glimpse of the highly anticipated action adventure game by Nintendo, to hold us steady until its release next year. It’s coming on 5/13/2022, and it’s...
Stealth Games Like This New Sneak 'Em Up Are A Rare Breed
13.9.2022
Gloomwood, a first-person stealth game with a killer retro style that just hit Steam Early Access, is garnering its share of praise. Being in pre-release, it’s not quite finished yet, and does have some limitations. But if you want to get a peek at what looks to be a great tribute to classic Thief...
Metal Gear Solid 3 Could Have Had A Boss Battle That Would Take Two Weeks To Finish
13.9.2022
Hideo Kojima’s new podcast isn’t for everyone, so thankfully it’s not the only place we can turn to for development stories from the games he’s worked on. Like this one about a very tedious idea for Metal Gear Solid 3.Read more
Future Assassin's Creed Games Are Ditching Modern Day Stuff, And That's Disappointing
12.9.2022
Over the weekend, Ubisoft announced about 50 different Assassin’s Creed games and projects. (Editor’s note: It was a lot…but not 50). The company also laid out the future of the series and how its upcoming hub, Infinity, will bring the franchise together in a way that we haven’t seen before....
Here’s Hoping Assassin’s Creed Red Learns From What Ghost Of Tsushima Did Wrong
12.9.2022
Ubisoft didn’t give us a ton to chew on when it unveiled Assassin’s Creed Red, which will follow next year’s Mirage in the long-running historical fiction series, beyond the fact that it’s set in Japan. However, that hasn’t stopped AC fans from making comparisons to Ghost of Tsushima, Sucker...
Everything We Saw At Ubisoft's Big Event Today
11.9.2022
Today Ubisoft showed off a wide variety of upcoming and currently available titles from the French publisher. With Ubisoft Forward, there were some fun titles like Mario + Rabbids and Just Dance, a bunch of stuff for The Division franchise, some hints at a partnership with Netflix, and a lot...
There's So Much Assassin's Creed Happening Now That It's Almost Hard To Keep Up
11.9.2022
I am sorry if the front page of Kotaku reads like an advertisement for Ubisoft right now, but do you want to know the wildest thing about it all? That’s not even everything that the French company announced recently in the world of Assassin’s Creed during its big Ubisoft Forward event. There was...
Assassin's Creed Valhalla Is Actually Ending, And The DLC Will Be Free
10.9.2022
It felt like Assassin’s Creed Valhalla might never end. Long after the seas had swallowed the continents and the stars had gone out, Eivor would still be finding new settlements to pillage and new cosmetics to play around with. But today Ubisoft announced the almost unthinkable: Assassin’s Creed...
After Years Of Anticipation, Assassin's Creed Is Finally Going To Japan
10.9.2022
It’s finally happening: Assassin’s Creed is going to Japan. After a series of earlier reports and leaks, Ubisoft finally made the news official during Saturday’s 2022 gaming showcase.Read more