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7 Santas, 7 Grinches: The heroes and villains of 2024
25.12.2024
From blockchain boosters to crypto critics, 2024 highlighted the champions and adversaries shaping the future of digital assets
Marvels Rivals Is The Hero Shooter We Didn’t Know We Needed
22.12.2024
One of 2024’s biggest success stories has been Marvel Rivals, a third-person PVP shooter starring Marvel heroes and baddies. The game has already picked up over 20 million players and shows no signs of stopping. Which is cool but also very surprising!Read more
The Best Marvel Rivals Tips, Steam Winter Sale Deals, And More Of The Week's Most Helpful Gaming Info
22.12.2024
This week, Marvel Rivals continued to pull players in with its enjoyably chaotic take on the hero-shooter genre, and we’ve got heaps of tips to help you come to grips with the game and see what cool strats other players are using. We’ll also fill you in on everything we know about Intergalactic...
Here's One Thing Marvel Rivals Won't Copy From Overwatch 2
17.12.2024
Guangyun “Guangguang” Chen, creative director behind Marvel Rivals, says that while many players have requested a role queue system, a matchmaking option to help create balanced teams, there are currently no plans to implement one in the free-to-play character shooter.Read more
Marvel Rivals Still Doesn't Have Cross-Progression But The Devs Are Working On It
17.12.2024
On seas awash with the wreckage of lesser online multiplayer shooters, Marvel Rivals has managed to not only stay afloat but maintain some momentum following its big free-to-play launch earlier this month. However, the live-service game is still missing one very big feature: cross-progression. Read...
Stand Out From The Crowd With These Free Marvel Rivals Skins
16.12.2024
Marvel Rivals is quite a generous game. Not only are all future heroes confirmed to be free, but every battle pass can be enjoyed permanently as long as you’ve purchased them. You’ll mostly be tempted to put your money toward skins, but there are many you can acquire for free.Read more
Indiana Jones, Marvel Rivals, Secret Level, And More Of The Week's Reviews
14.12.2024
The long-anticipated Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has finally arrived, and it’s different—and better—that what we expected, really putting you in the boots of Harrison Ford’s adventurous archaeologist to become something of an Indiana Jones simulator. Read our full review for lots more...
Overwatch 2’s Avatar: The Last Airbender Collaboration Finally Gives An Underserved Hero A Skin
12.12.2024
After a brief tease at the end of its most recent trailer, Overwatch 2 has finally revealed the specifics of its Avatar: The Last Airbender collaboration. The event includes six skins for different heroes based on characters from the beloved animated series, but most importantly, it gives one hero...
Every Team-Up Attack In Marvel Rivals, Explained
11.12.2024
It certainly feels appropriate that a cooperative game based on superheroes and villains would let them work together to take out the opposition. Marvel Rivals takes that to heart with its Team-Ups mechanic, which allows certain character combinations to unlock stat boosts or even special...
Marvel Rivals: The Kotaku Review
10.12.2024
Marvel Rivals, NetEase’s shameless Overwatch-like featuring the heroes and villains that have captivated comic book readers and moviegoers for decades, is already at a crossroads. It’s less than a week old, but it’s clear even now that the decisions NetEase makes in the coming months will determine...
Dragon Age: Veilguard Stats Reveal You Monsters Are Ignoring The Griffon
4.12.2024
It’s December 4, and that means it’s the officially unofficial “Dragon Age Day.” Get it? D4. DA. Dragon Age. Anyway, this year, BioWare released some statistics about players’ choices in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. The RPG has been out for a little over a month now, so that means more players have...
I Can't Stop Watching Marvel Rivals' Anime-Ass Launch Trailer
2.12.2024
I have had a sudden surge of excitement for Marvel Rivals, NetEase’s swing at a superpowered hero shooter akin to Overwatch. Is it because the game is a few days away from launching on December 6? Could it be because it’s a game my friends and I might actually play together after almost all of them...
Fortnite's Next Chapter Seemingly Leaked, Confirms Godzilla Is Coming
25.11.2024
Fortnite’s Chapter 6 Season 1 has seemingly started to leak online via promo artwork and images. And if the leaks are accurate, which they seem to be, then Godzilla, as well as Baymax from Big Hero 6, might be arriving in Epic’s popular free-to-play shooter next month. Read more
The Biggest Surprises From The Game Awards Nominees And More Of The Week's Top Takes
24.11.2024
This week, perhaps nothing sparked more discussion than the announcement of the 2024 Game Awards nominees. We weighed in ourselves with a breakdown of the seven biggest surprises in what got nominated, and what didn’t. Also this week, both Sony and Microsoft announced new forays into game...
Overwatch 2’s New Tank Hero Looks Like An Absolute Menace
22.11.2024
Overwatch 2’s newest tank hero, Hazard, is officially launching next month when the shooter’s 14th season starts, but you can take him for a spin from now until November 25. Just before the test period began, Blizzard released the first footage of Hazard in action and a breakdown of the Scottish...
Black Myth: Wukong Devs Tease December Surprise For The 2024 GOTY Contender
22.11.2024
Black Myth: Wukong turned out to be one of the surprise hits of the year, and the action-adventure game is currently racking up awards. During an acceptance speech for one of those trophies, the cofounder of the studio behind the game said fans can expect a new surprise next month. Read more
The Perfect Starting Party For Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Is Surprisingly Simple
22.11.2024
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is overflowing with quality-of-life improvements around every corner, successfully bringing the best version of one of the world’s most beloved role-playing adventures to an entirely new generation of players. However, that doesn’t mean that every aspect of the game...
Making Rook The Hero Of The Next Dragon Age Could Fix The Series' Biggest Problem
21.11.2024
Dragon Age: The Veilguard had a lot to live up to. Its predecessor, Dragon Age: Inquisition, launched in 2014 and left the series on a devastating cliffhanger, a cliffhanger that went unresolved as developer BioWare went through 10 years of development hell and internal reboots, before ultimately...
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Nearly Brought Back Another Hero Alongside The Inquisitor
20.11.2024
Reading the official Dragon Age: The Veilguard art book is kind of maddening, honestly. I adored the fourth game in BioWare’s fantasy RPG franchise despite my many, many issues with the series going in but each time I look at the art book, which is full of concepts that didn’t make it into...
Here's Your First Look At Overwatch 2's New Tank Hero, Hazard (And You Can Play Him Soon)
19.11.2024
The impending arrival of Overwatch 2’s next tank hero has been teased through graffiti in the game’s Oasis map since the beginning of its ongoing 13th season. Now, we finally have our first look at Hazard, the 42nd hero in the shooter’s roster, and he’ll be playable briefly this weekend for those...