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Monster Hunter Wilds Devs Are Fixing A Game-Breaking Bug While PC Players Edit File Typos Because Of Bad Performance
3.3.2025
Monster Hunter Wilds continued its massive launch into the weekend with the second-most players on Steam, helping propel the Valve-owned storefront to a new record-breaking 40 million concurrent users. The action-RPG’s performance on PC, however, has remained somewhere between less than stellar...
13 Things To Know Before You Start Playing Monster Hunter Wilds
28.2.2025
Monster Hunter Wilds is the most streamlined game in Capcom’s long-running action-RPG series. Worried that juggling menus and harvesting laundry lists of arcane animal parts sounds too overwhelming and boring? Fear not! Monster Hunter Wilds lets you (mostly) make the experience as simple or...
Monster Hunter Wilds Explodes On Steam Despite Terrible User Reviews
28.2.2025
Monster Hunter Wilds is out and off to a roaring start on Steam, already shattering previous records to become the series’ most-played PC launch to date. And that’s all despite one of the lowest Steam review scores of any recent blockbuster, due to optimization, performance issues, and other...
Monster Hunter Wilds Promises Stronger Bosses Are Coming After Complaints About It Being Too Easy
27.2.2025
Ahead of its February 28 release, Capcom is already giving fans a tease of Monster Hunter Wilds’ first big title update coming in early April. The free post-launch patch will include even more powerful monsters for players to hunt, a relief following pre-release worries that the game might be...
Monster Hunter Wilds: The Kotaku Review
24.2.2025
A giant rooster that sets a desert sea on fire every time it brushes its beautiful but deadly tail feathers. A toad-like octopus that sends mini-tidal waves roiling through a thick jungle forest as it flops around like a violent puppy. These and other majestic creatures I’ve killed dozens of times...
Hands-On With Monster Hunter Wilds, What Makes Avowed's Inventory So Great, And More Of The Week's Takes
15.2.2025
This week’s roundup of our hot takes from the past week includes a plea for Nintendo to let us buy older games again on the Switch 2 like we could in the days of the Wii’s Virtual Console instead of just locking all that stuff behind a subscription paywall and letting us pay for the privilege...
Okami 2: 7 Small Details We Now Know About The Mysterious Sequel To A PS2 Cult Classic
14.2.2025
Okami 2 was one of the most surprising game reveals ever, as evidenced by the fact that host Geoff Keighley almost broke into tears when talking about it at The Game Awards 2024. But there’s still a ton we don’t know about the sequel to the beloved PlayStation 2 cult hit, including its official...
The PS5's Future Is Full Of Sword-Swinging Action Games
13.2.2025
If you watched Sony’s February 12, 2025 State of Play showcase, you might have noticed that there are an awful lot of third-person, melee-based combat games on the horizon for PS5 (as well as Xbox and PC). Some are expected this year, while others are more likely to land in 2026. Read more
I Can't Believe We're Getting These Two Gorgeous Ninja Side-Scrollers In The Same Year
13.2.2025
I didn’t expect one of the best low-key rivalries in gaming to make a comeback in 2025, but here we are. Both Sega’s Shinobi and Capcom’s Ninja Gaiden are getting 2D retro revivals this year, they’re each coming from great studios, and so far they look incredible. Read more
Wilds Wants To Make A Monster Hunter Sicko Out Of Me And It's Working
11.2.2025
I’ve been told for years by friends and colleagues that Monster Hunter is probably not for me. The dense, systems-heavy RPGs grind against my sensibilities. I don’t mind friction as a pillar of game design, but at a certain point, I find it makes games a chore to play. I recently got to play about...
Bayonetta Director Calls For Switch 2 Leakers To Be Covered In Poop And Shot Into Space
17.1.2025
Hideki Kamiya, the director behind Platinum Games’ Bayonetta series who’s now working on Okami 2 under a new studio, has never been one to hold back. The latest targets of his ire are Switch 2 leakers who basically beat Nintendo to revealing the console weeks ago. Kamiya used the occasion of...
Monster Hunter Wilds Announces More Free Beta Weekends But They Won't Include Needed Changes
8.1.2025
Capcom just announced another Monster Hunter Wilds open beta test next month, giving players a few more chances to checkout the multiplayer action-RPG for free ahead of its February 28 release date.Read more
5 Superhero Games To Play If Marvel Rivals Ain't Your Thing
7.1.2025
As someone who used to play a lot, and i mean A LOT of Overwatch before Blizzard nuked it and turned it into the shambolic mess that is Overwatch 2, Marvel Rivals has been a very welcoming experience so far, the perfect rebound relationship for someone who’s been hurt before, a loving embrace that...
The Best Video Game Moments Of 2024
6.1.2025
It’s January 2025 and we’re still thinking about all the best games and moments of 2024. We’ve looked back on our favorite games of last year, the characters who stuck with us throughout the last 12 months, and the various highs and lows of the industry. While we’ve celebrated the best games...
Amazon Cancels Mighty No. 9 3DS And Vita Pre-Orders 12 Years After They Were Originally Promised
6.1.2025
Mighty No. 9 represented Mega Man artist Keiji Inafune’s ambition to resurrect—with the help of millions in funding from devout fans—a classic series that was languishing at the time under Capcom’s stewardship. The results were frequently delayed and generally quite bad. Promised 3DS...
Pokémon TCG Pocket's Game-Changing Update And More Of The Week's Big News
21.12.2024
The year is wrapping up but the gaming news keeps coming. This week, tales of hurt feelings and anger among some developers and fans of Black Myth: Wukong emerged after it failed to take home Game of the Year honors at this year’s Game Awards. Additionally, the announcement that pricey Killzone...
Capcom Planning To Revive More Of Its 'Dormant' Franchises
16.12.2024
Capcom has confirmed that the publisher plans to revive more old, dormant video game franchises after recently announcing a new Okami and Onimusha. That sound you just heard was thousands of Dino Crisis fans around the world gasping at once. Read more
Star Wars' Rey Is Here To Explain What Monster Hunter Is All About
16.12.2024
Monster Hunter Wilds is just a couple of months away. The action-RPG looks great so far and is poised to be the biggest game yet in the long-running series. It also probably looks completely overwhelming and hard to parse for newcomers to the franchise. Fortunately, actor Daisy Ridley is here...
Beloved Zelda-Like Okami Is Getting A Sequel 18-Years Later
13.12.2024
Okami was a 2006 game of the year winner that never achieved sale success in-line with its critical-acclaim. It’s fitting then, if still completely bonkers, that a sequel to the Legend of Zelda-inspired adventure game would get announced at this year’s Game Awards. A musical medley on stage...
Capcom’s Halloween Sale Is Full Of Cheap Horror Treats For The Holiday
30.10.2024
At this point, with only a day left until Halloween, it feels like almost every game under the sun is on some kind of sale. Storefronts like Steam, GOG, and PlayStation all have big sales running right now that you can take advantage of. Not to be outdone, Capcom has joined the club, offering...