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Nioh 2's PS5 Upgrade Is A Good Reason To Revisit One Of Last Year's Best Action Games
Nioh 2 ’s free PS5 upgrade is out today, and with it there’s one less excuse for anyone to ignore last year’s best samurai combat game.
KotakuKotakuA 12-Year Dream
Let me tell you the best thing about being editor-in-chief of Kotaku.
KotakuRunning Out of Juice? The Best Power Banks to Supercharge Your Travels
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KotakuYou No Longer Have To Hear Hate Speech While Playing Destruction AllStars
Since Destruction AllStars released for PlayStation 5 a whole 72 hours ago, the game has been plagued by reported instances of verbal harassment, exacerbated by a voice chat that’s turned on by default. Today, developer Lucid Games released a fix that switches the default chat to “off.”
KotakuPrince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time Remake Delayed Indefinitely
Ubisoft’s upcoming Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake has had its release date pushed back again, now for the foreseeable future, according to the company’s latest update on the game’s progress.
KotakuIn Mass Effect Legendary Edition, BioWare Bounces Bootylicious Butt Shots
With the Mass Effect Legendary Edition , the team at BioWare is working on updating graphics and textures and showing a little more love to the first game’s Female Shepard model, to bring her image in line with the rest of the trilogy. The team is also tweaking some camera angles to make things a little less...awkward.…
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KotakuGenshin Impact Fans Don't Like Barbara's New Voice, And They're Taking It Out On Her Voice Actor
Genshin Impact ’s brand new 1.3 patch, released earlier this week, added new characters, new activities, and a whole new event, but it also took something away: Barbara’s voice. Barbara is a playable character who’s basically a pop star, and before 1.3, her peppy demeanor reflected that. Now her delivery is more muted.…
KotakuWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for going through all the cool indie game demos available in the Steam Game Festival. I would suggest other activities, but there are more demos than there is weekend.
KotakuA Beginner’s Guide to Heavy Metal Nazi Hunting Online
A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece for the Columbia Journalism Review about the way that my lifelong interest in heavy metal and ongoing career as a metal journalist had equipped me with a very specific skill set—namely, spotting Nazis, especially when they would prefer not to be found. In this respect, I am nothing…
KotakuThe Mass Effect Remaster's New Look Isn't Doing It For Me
This week we got our first good look at BioWare’s Mass Effect trilogy remaster, and I have to say it hasn’t immediately won me over, especially when it comes to the first game.
KotakuYs IX: Monstrum Nox’s Lush Metal Is Hitting Me Right In The Cloaca
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku ’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re going to dive into the first dungeon from Ys IX: Monstrum Nox to see why the latest game in the series rocks so hard.
KotakuLet's See How Judgment On PS5 Looks Compared To The PS4 Version
Judgment originally debuted as a PlayStation 4 exclusive in 2018. It looked great! As announced this week, the game is going multiplatform and bound for the PlayStation 5.
KotakuTrack: Design as Reduction | Artist: Brian Eno | Album: Film Music Europa
Track: Design as Reduction | Artist: Brian Eno | Album: Film Music Europa
KotakuA Hat Generates Big Controversy In Latest Sky: Children Of Light Update
The latest update to thatgamecompany’s Sky: Children of Light introduced a new hat that has stirred up controversy among the game’s Chinese and Korean fans, with both sides claiming cultural significance related to the cosmetic item and refusing to give an inch on social media.
KotakuSomeone Actually Hit Every Target In Super Smash Bros. Melee’s Credits
As a game that’s been played both casually and competitively for almost two decades, Super Smash Bros. Melee is pretty much figured out at this point. But one thing has always eluded diehard fans, at least in terms of recorded footage: a perfect run of the credits sequence. That changed two days ago.
KotakuCyclists Are Now Cheating In Video Games As Well As Real Life
Cycling is a sport that is riddled with lycra-clad cheats. It has been since the very beginning, and remains so to this day. So much so that even while stuck inside and competing in their sport virtually, cyclists are still cheating.
KotakuHow To Play A Single-Player Game With Two People
A co-op game doesn’t necessarily have to be a multiplayer game. You can turn any single-player game into a cooperative one by simply...taking turns passing the controller back and forth. What a concept! But before you start, keep in mind that there’s a code of etiquette at play. Stick to it as best you can because if…
KotakuWallStreetBets Mods Are Now Battling For Control Over The Subreddit
A couple weeks ago, most people hadn’t ever heard of WallStreetBets, the edgelord Reddit hangout for renegade investors and amatuer traders. Now it’s blown up to over 8.5 million users, and a war has broken out between the old mods and the new for control over the community and its future.
KotakuThe best films of Sundance 2021
Sundance 2021 wrapped up last night, though the exact time the screening system went dark depended on when you started your last movie: So long as you clicked play before midnight Mountain Time, you could keep the festival going for at least a little while longer. Having dutifully caught up with a couple of…
KotakuWerewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood Is Dumb Fun ‘90s Me Would Have Loved
A man walks into a room filled with armed employees of an evil corporation that profits off harming the planet. Heavy-metal music kicks in as the man transforms into a fur-covered whirlwind of claws and fangs. One murder-filled moment later the music fades and the beast reverts to human form, quietly exiting the now…
KotakuHere's How Video Game Embargoes (And Other Restrictions) Work
The recent Cyberpunk 2077 review fiasco has people asking (again) why reviews of big budget games are what they are. Let’s talk about it.
KotakuThe 10 Best Deals of February 4, 2021
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KotakuLatest Division 2 Patch Brings Bland Resident Evil Items And A Beautiful New Next-Gen Framerate
On February 2 The Division 2 received its latest update, Title Update 12.1, which added a bunch of Resident Evil -themed items as part of a new apparel event. More importantly, it updated the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions to run at 60 frames per second, allowing console players to experience The Division 2 at a high…
KotakuSerena Williams's Interior Decor Is a Nerd's Delight
Serena Williams is Architectural Digest ’s new cover star. In the feature, written by former Teen Vogue editor-in-chief Elaine Welteroth, Williams walks AD through her Miami enclave, designed by sister Venus’s design firm V Starr. It’s a lot.
KotakuFor The Streamer From The Last Of Us Bunny Meme, Virality Led To Death Threats Over Things She Never Did
If Emme “Negaoryx” Montgomery’s chat moderator hadn’t gotten up to use the bathroom, 6 million people would not have seen what happened next. During a stream last week, a viewer asked Montgomery, “What color is your thong today?” Usually, Montgomery doesn’t acknowledge those sorts of messages. But with her mod gone,…
KotakuZenimax Co-Founder & CEO Robert Altman Has Died
Robert Altman, who co-founded Bethesda parent company Zenimax and was the company’s chairman and CEO, has died, Bethesda announced today.
KotakuCongress Calls On Reddit Meme Stock Trader To Testify About GameStop
Rep. Maxine Waters announced that Reddit investor DeepFuckingValue, aka YouTuber Roaring Kitty, aka former insurance marketer Keith Gill, will testify before Congress about what the hell has been going on with GameStop’s stock later this month.
KotakuThe Best Games For The PlayStation 5
Congratulations! You weathered the queues and were able to nab a PlayStation 5. You’ve somehow finagled the thing into your TV stand and turned it on without issue. So, what comes next? Of all the options at your fingertips, which games deserve your time and energy?
KotakuMarvel's Black Panther: Sins of the King Writer Geoff Thorne Wants to Ask the Tough Questions
Though we’re still a long ways out from Ryan Coogler’s follow up to the first Black Panther movie and the recently-announced Wakanda series heading to Disney+, there’s quite a bit going on with T’Challa in the broader landscape of Marvel stories about mortals stepping up to the plate to become heroes and more.