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Pokémon's New Holiday Plushies Make Me Want To Take Halloween Decorations Down Early
29.10.2024
The Pokémon machine is vicious. Every year they’ve got a new line of merch for every holiday and occasion. It’s a collector’s dream and their wallet’s nightmare. This year is no different, because The Pokémon Company has revealed some adorable plushies for its 2024 holiday line, and these little...
One Of The Best Fighting Games Around Is Half Off Right Now
29.10.2024
If the onslaught of amazing Halloween deals that have inundated us throughout all of October are getting old, why not take advantage of a different kind of deal? To coincide with the release of its fourth season’s first DLC character, the 2021 fighting game Guilty Gear Strive is down to 50 percent...
Diablo 4's Dark Citadel Is Bloody Tricky To Unlock
29.10.2024
In addition to a brand new story, tons of quality-of-life improvements, and new mechanics, Diablo IV: Vessel Of Hatred also adds a new multiplayer endgame activity, the Dark Citadel.Read more
My Favorite Trick For Getting $15 Off New Nintendo Switch Games
29.10.2024
We’re getting toward the end of the year, a time for big game releases, catching up on older ones, and treating yourself to indulgent purchases as the holiday frenzy approaches. Here’s one of my favorite ways to save on new Nintendo Switch games, a deal so good I’m surprised the infamously stingy...
9 Scary Games To Snag During Steam’s Halloween Sale
29.10.2024
Halloween is right around the corner! Spooky season is coming to a climax and then an abrupt close, but that doesn’t mean you can’t keep enjoying horror experiences for the remainder of the fall. Thanks to Steam’s ongoing Halloween sale which runs till November 4, you’ll even have some more time...
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Is Secretly A Great Halloween Game
29.10.2024
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is coming out on Halloween. The release date for BioWare’s fantasy RPG is a little unconventional, as most big video games come out on Fridays, but The Veilguard is landing on a Thursday instead. To Dragon Age fans, this reads like a clever nod to Halloween being...
Instead Of The Switch 2, Nintendo's Big October Surprise Is A Xenoblade Chronicles X Port
29.10.2024
Cult-favorite Xenoblade Chronicles X has been trapped on Wii U for nearly a decade. No longer. The open-world sci-fi RPG is getting a Switch port at long last early next year. It could be the final game to make that jump before Nintendo finally reveals the Switch 2. Read more
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero's Special Finishers Are A Cool, But Untapped Mechanic
29.10.2024
Whether it’s through character interactions or their movesets, Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero makes sure to throw in small nods to the planet-shaking franchise wherever it can. Some of these fun references are hard to find, with one of the most obscure being Special Finishers. These are unique...
Everything You Need To Know About Life Is Strange: Double Exposure
29.10.2024
Life is Strange: Double Exposure, the latest game in the long-running franchise, tells a brand-new story with a beloved returning character. Everything fans have come to love about the series returns in full, bringing together an emotional story and compelling powers-based gameplay to create...
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Is Already Proving To Be One Of BioWare's More Divisive Sequels
28.10.2024
Today, October 28, reviews went live for Dragon Age: The Veilguard. I reviewed it here at Kotaku, and despite being jaded toward the series for the better part of a decade, I really loved the long-awaited fourth entry. Right now it sits at a strong 84 on review aggregate site Metacritic, which...
9 Of Our Favorite Halloween Gaming Updates To End Spooky Season
28.10.2024
The era of the Halloween-themed cartoon and sitcom episode has been replaced by the seasonal Halloween gaming event. Whether you like battle royales or car soccer, sci-fi shooting or life sim-ing, there’s plenty of scary game updates to partake in this year. If you’ve already picked up the best...
Here Are The Best Games To Get During The WB Games Steam Sale
28.10.2024
Sandwiched somewhere among the countless Halloween sales available in October, Warner Bros. Games is offering some of its own stellar discounts. That means some big-name franchises like the Arkham games, Mortal Kombat, and everything Lego are currently on sale. The WB Games Publisher Sale...
Bungie Sci-Fi Extraction Shooter Marathon Does Not Sound Ready For 2025
28.10.2024
Marathon was originally supposed to arrive this year. Instead, Bungie’s new sci-fi extraction shooter was delayed until 2025 and still hasn’t reemerged with new gameplay since its initial PlayStation Showcase reveal. At least now, however, we do have a new development update from the project’s...
Black Ops 6 Adds Perks To The Single-Player Campaign For The First Time
28.10.2024
We’re used to perks being a multiplayer-only feature in Call of Duty titles, so it may come as a surprise when you realize that you have access to a smorgasbord of them in the Black Ops 6 campaign. Early in the game, you’ll post up in a safehouse and discover that you can purchase three upgrade...
Call Of Duty Black Ops 6 Has Some Pretty Bad Spawn Issues At Launch
28.10.2024
Another annual Call of Duty is out in the wild, and fans have quickly found something to complain about in multiplayer: respawn issues. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 players are running into all sorts of problems, from apparent spawn camping to getting put into matches and immediately killed before...
In Dragon Age: The Veilguard, This Dialogue Option Lets You Declare Your Character Is Trans
28.10.2024
Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s character creator is easily the most expansive that developer BioWare has ever put in one of its RPGs, with its most notable additions this time around including options to select your character’s gender and pronouns independent of any aspects of their body, and...
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Is Getting Replaced By A Poorer Version For A Huge Fee
28.10.2024
In August 2024, Nintendo’s free-to-play mobile incarnation of Animal Crossing was announced to be coming to an end this November. It’s now been revealed that its replacement, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete, will appear December 3, and ditch all of the 2017 game’s microtransactions for...
Dragon Age: The Veilguard: The Kotaku Review
28.10.2024
I admit, I’d grown cynical. Dragon Age has a well-established penchant for swapping out protagonists with each new game, and for treating one entry’s be-all, end-all conflicts as little more than narrative springboards that can largely be cast aside in the next. However, with 2014’s Inquisition,...
A Neat Metaphor: ReFantazio MP Recovery Trick, Starting Off Strong In Sonic X Shadow Generations, And More Of The Week's Gaming Tips
27.10.2024
This week’s tips roundup includes a helpful hint for recovering MP in Metaphor: ReFantazio, as well as pointers for tackling Sonic X Shadow Generations. We’ve also got tips of another kind, highlighting some great games to snag on sale this Halloween season. And if you’re wondering just what...
A Compelling Destiny 2 Conspiracy Theory, Black Ops 6's Terrific Zombies Mode, And More Topics We Had Strong Feelings On This Week
26.10.2024
This week saw the arrival of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and with it, the return of a classic Zombies experience. It’s terrific, and took our writer right back to the nights he spent happily playing the mode with friends back in the days of Black Ops 3. Meanwhile, the arrival ofDestiny 2's latest...