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The Week In Games: Back 4 Blood 4 You
11.10.2021
*Insert joke about how zombies are ironically one of the hardest things to kill in pop culture and keep coming back, over and over.* Anyway, Back 4 Blood is out this week for PlayStation, Xbox and PC. Read more
Hitman GOTY Edition Removed From GOG Over Online DRM
9.10.2021
Hitman - Game of the Year Edition was released on GOG.com late last month and following weeks of player complaints and review bombing due to obtrusive online DRM requirements, it has now been removed from the storefront. Read more
Far Cry 6: The Kotaku Review
9.10.2021
Early on in Far Cry 6, a character explains that a revolution isn’t something that happens once, but rather something that will keep happening. History is destined to repeat itself over and over. The irony of Far Cry 6 using this as a theme isn’t lost on me. And yet, here I am, unable to break free...
Yes, Far Cry 6 Has A Transmog Feature
8.10.2021
Far Cry 6, Ubisoft’s cockfighting game that includes a gazillion-hour open-world shooter, has a transmog feature. But you might not know so from the start. In fact, to take it from some players, it’s all too easy to glaze right over it.Read more
Genshin Impact Developers Launch Closed Beta For Space Fantasy RPG
8.10.2021
Yesterday, Genshin Impact developer miHoYo announced that closed beta sign-ups for their new game Honkai: Star Rail will begin today. While it’s set in the same universe as the popular mobile game Honkai Impact 3rd, the announcement confirmed that Star Rail will be available for both mobile...
Avengers Adds Paid Experience Boosts, Pissing Off Everybody
8.10.2021
Last week Marvel’s Avengers was added to Xbox Game Pass, quickly becoming one of the most played games on the console. Perhaps capitalizing on this forward momentum, this week Avengers adds paid timed experience point boosters to its cash shop, something the developers said they were committed...
What's A 4X Game, And Why Do They Rule?
8.10.2021
Here’s an experience we’ve all definitely had: It’s a Monday and your co-workers are gathering around the water cooler discussing the games they played over the weekend. “I can’t get enough of this new 4X game,” one of them declares. Excited by talk of video games, you make an effort to break into...
The Art Of Deathloop
8.10.2021
Good evening! For the first time in what feels like forever, we’re running a Fine Art that’s dedicated to the concept and produdction art behind a major release, in this case Arkane’s Deathloop.Read more
Our First Look At The Shenmue Anime Series
8.10.2021
First announced over a year ago, today we got our first look at the Shenmue anime series. I hope you like punching. And kicking.Read more
Behind The Scenes Of The Fall's Gayest RPG
7.10.2021
Creating Get In the Car, Loser!, an RPG road-trip adventure game in which high schoolers take on “machine devil cultists” to save the world, was a labor of love for its developers, Love Conquers All Games. I spoke to Christine Love, the game’s lead developer, about the team’s development process...
Before You Start: Six Settings To Change In Far Cry 6
7.10.2021
Far Cry 6, Ubisoft’s latest open-world shooter about making sure you never have another second of free time, is out now for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. For the most part, it’s more of the stuff that’s defined previous Far Cry games: a bunch of structures to climb, a bunch of people to shoot, a...
Destiny 2 Is Deleting Its Best Expansion
7.10.2021
Destiny 2’s Forsaken expansion, a high-water mark for Bungie’s loot shooter, is going away next year with the launch of The Witch Queen, the studio announced today. The move has been positioned as a way to keep the game optimized and make room for new content, but it will also be a heavy pill...
The Ubisoft Formula Seems To Be Wearing Thin
7.10.2021
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla was one of last year’s best games and, arguably, a homerun moment in a multi-year project to transform the action stealth series into a full-fledged open-world RPG that could measure up to its genre-defining rivals. Everywhere else, however, Ubisoft seems to be hitting...
Navy Warship’s Facebook Account Hacked To Stream Age Of Empires
7.10.2021
Naval warship, The USS KIDD, apparently woke up one day earlier this month and said fuck global hegomony, let’s play some video games. Or at least, the internet troll who hacked the ship’s Facebook page and proceeded to play Age of Empires like a chump, did.Read more
Sega Knows Lacking Content For PSO2 New Genesis Is A Big Problem
7.10.2021
When Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis was first launched this past July, fans were happy with the overhauled graphics and combat, but there were complaints about the lack of content. At the time, those quibbles were explained as launch issues. It’s now October, and Sega is addressing why...
EA Might Rename Its FIFA Games
7.10.2021
Since 1993, EA and FIFA have been synonymous. With its FIFA games, EA has created a beloved franchise with the official Fédération Internationale de Football Association branding. That could change. In a recent press release, EA trumpeted its “recording-breaking FIFA 22 launch,” with over nine...
Konami's New Soccer Game Is A Complete Disaster
7.10.2021
You might have heard that Konami’s new football games, eFootball 2022, is bad. I am here today to tell you exactly why it is bad, and just how bad it is.Read more
Battlefield 2042 Beta Feels Wild, Yet Somehow Plays It Safe
7.10.2021
One minute into my first match of Battlefield 2042, I accidentally fell out of a helicopter. I somehow survived, then blew up a wall with my rocket launcher and took out the enemy hiding behind it. I died seconds later...not totally sure how, but it must’ve been badass. My lively outing ended as...
Exhausted Man, A Game For All Of Us Right Now
7.10.2021
I’m tired. You, reading this right now, are probably tired. Tired is a constant state of being for most of us these days thanks to, you know, everything. Now, you can play a game that’s all about being tired.Read more
The Game That Gets Easier The More Tired You Are
7.10.2021
This week’s Steam Next Fest, during which hundreds of in-development PC games released demos, features a game that really seems to care about how you’re doing just now. Please, Touch the Artwork is a puzzle adventure in which you’re allowed to prod at the paintings in an exhibition, and it picks...