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Your Winter 2022 Anime Guide
It’s cold! Who wants to go outside when there’s new anime to watch? Not me, that’s for sure.
KotakuKotakuThe Week In Games: God of War and Monster Hunter Arrive On PC
This week sees the release of some previously console-only games on PC. The _God of War_reboot-sequel-thing hits PC on January 14 and Monster Hunter Rise lands on PC two days earlier on January 12.
KotakuHalf-Life Mod Ditches Gordon For Spyro The Dragon
Who needs Gordon Freeman aka the main protagonist of the original Half-Life game released back in 1998? The dude is boring. It’s time to move on to someone new. Someone like Spyro, that purple dragon from the Spyro The Dragon franchise. And thankfully, a new mod swaps the old Gordon for the (similarly old) Spyro,…
KotakuRed Dead Online Players Are Frustrated After Months Without A Major Update
The last major update for Red Dead Online was released in July 2021. Since then, the game has received no major content updates. As 2022 starts, RDO fans have become fed up with the lack of content and communication from Rockstar and have collectively started the #SaveRedDeadOnline campaign to... well, save Red Dead…
KotakuAwesome Games Done Quick 2022 Starts Today, Here’s How To Watch
And just like that, somehow it’s been a whole year since the last Awesome Games Done Quick. The speedrunning event, back for its 13th year, starts today. After a terrible 2021, relax and enjoy some fun, impressive, and wild speedruns for the next week. It might just be the best way to kick off 2022. And all of this is…
KotakuSunday Comics: I Did It!
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon.
KotakuNew Minecraft Mod Turns The Game Into Doom (2016)
_Doomed: Demons of the Nether_is a new, free mod out today for Minecraft that turns the entire blocky survival game into a surprisingly accurate-looking recreation of the 2016 Doom reboot, complete with shotguns and even a BFG.
KotakuDying Light 2 Will Take 500 Hours To Fully Complete And I'm Already So Tired
Some games, like Wordleand other indie titles, are trying to be smaller experiences that you play for a few minutes or hours and then leave. Dying Light 2 isn’t one of those games. Instead, the folks behind the game are excitedly advertising that it will take players over 500 hours to fully complete the open-world…
KotakuPokimane Temporarily Banned On Twitch After Streaming Avatar: The Last Airbender
Pokimane, one of Twitch’s biggest and most popular streamers with over 8.5 million followers, was banned from the platform last night while streaming the cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender. The ban is temporary, according to Pokimane, but is a sign that Twitch’s growing “TV Meta” is probably going to cause further…
KotakuNetflix Is Planning On Making A Scott Pilgrim Anime
And then it was time for Toronto to drown in the sweet sorrow of Clash At Demonhead, again, but in the form of an anime. That’s right, Netflix is planning to develop a new adaptation to the cult classic comic book and movie_Scott Pilgrim vs. The World_.
KotakuCloud Looks So Fantastic In A Dress In These Final Fantasy VII Remake Mods
While Final Fantasy VII Remake does include an updated take on the original game’s infamous crossdressing scene, there isn’t a way to play as Cloud in a dress throughout the game. Or, at least, not an official way. Thankfully, PC players who want Cloud to keep rockin’ his feminine side have options, like this PC mod…
KotakuThe 21 Best Games On Xbox Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass is one of the best deals in gaming today. For $10 a month, you get access to a Netflix-style library of video games that you can download and play whenever you want. Some marquee games hit the service the same day they’re released, as with Outriders or Rainbow Six Extraction. In other words, it’s no…
KotakuUno All Wild Is Uno Without All Those Pesky Numbers And Colors
The point of the card game Uno is to discard your hand one card at a time by matching the color or number of the previously played card. In Mattel’s new take on the classic game, Uno All Wild, you need not worry about numbers or colors, because every single card is wild.
KotakuDestiny 2 Tossing Away Old Story Content Is Making It Harder To Keep Up
Recently, my fiancée and I started playing_Destiny 2_ together. We were looking for a co-op game with a lot of stuff that supported crossplay and cross-saving. Somehow, I convinced her to give Destiny 2 a shot. So far, we’ve had a great time. It’s been excellent coming back to the game after years away. But returning to…
KotakuIt Happened To Me: I Got Owned By Halo Infinite’s Most Annoying Boss Fight
“Ugh, not this bucket of bolts again,” I thought the second time Installation 07’s Adjutant Resolution Sentinel mech showed up to grind my Halo Infinite playthrough to a halt. Then he killed me. Again. And again. And again. I was not owned, except I was, and I hated him for it, not least of all because it’s not even a…
KotakuThis B-Movie-Inspired Action-RPG Looks Like An Anime Fan's Fever Dream
Not often do video game trailers wed my love for cheesy B movies, anime references, and balls-to-the-wall action spectacles, but this upcoming action role-playing game might as well have lifted its premise from my fever dreams and brought them to life.
KotakuBattlefield 2042 Subreddit Might Get Closed Due To Toxicity
So look, no one likes a busted video game. It’s not fun to play and leads to all kinds of headaches for developers and players alike. But worse than a busted video game are Angry Gamers™ demanding studios miraculously fix shit immediately. The latest game plagued by both such problems and such players is DICE’s …
KotakuAfter Sony Passed On Days Gone 2, Devs Pitched Open-World Resistance Reboot
Former Bend Studio director Jeff Ross recently revealed that he pitched an open-world Resistance sequel after Sony made it clear it had no interest in a _Days Gone 2._There were also talks of a new Syphon Filter reboot. But none of these projects made it very far, according to Ross in a new interview with David Jaffe.
KotakuHalo Infinite Should Stop Issuing Challenges For Troubled BTB Mode, Players Say
Halo Infinite’s big team battle mode has a big team problem, and it’s not the notoriously busted functionality. Infinite’s player base is, for perhaps the first time since launch, in lockstep on something: Developer 343 Industries should stop issuing BTB-focused challenges for the time being, players say, at least…
KotakuPokémon Legends: Arceus Trailer Highlights The Horror Of Aggressive Pocket Monsters
With the release of Pokémon Legends: Arceus right around the corner, Nintendo has released a new gameplay overview that shows off the downsides of adventuring in the time before pocket monsters and humans became the best of friends. Avoiding the tall grass is not going to save you when Garchomp and Snorlax are coming…
KotakuReport: GameStop Is Going Into Crypto And NFTs
It’s not only game companies like Square Enix and Ubisoft who are getting into NFTs, game retailer GameStop is reportedly doing so, too. According to The Wall Street Journal reports, the Texas-based company is launching its own crypto division with plans to create an online NFT marketplace and enter in cryptocurrency…
KotakuControversial Steam Best Seller Ready Or Not Is An Unsettling SWAT Fantasy
Ready or Not is a tactical horror game where you creep through sprawling mazes of American decay searching for violent suspects amidst cowering bystanders. Steam currently loves it, but after spending a few hours with it I can’t say I do. At its best it’s an admirably tense puzzle game punctuated by twitchy shootouts,…
KotakuE3 2022 Goes Online-Only Amid Pandemic Fueled By Omicron Variant
The Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, will shift to an online-only showcase for the second consecutive year and a year off, according to GamesBeat.
KotakuLet's Talk About That Bonkers Halo Infinite Ending
Despite its name, Halo Infinite is very literally finite. Like most story-driven games, 343’s barnbuster first-person shooter comes to a conclusion—and, man, it is bananas, teeing up all sorts of implications for where Halo’s narrative could go. By now, a bunch of you have seen it for yourselves. You probably have…
KotakuWordle Creator Doesn't Want His Popular Game To Take Over Your Life
The creator behind _Wordle,a free browser-based puzzle game,_has no plans to include ads into his suddenly super-popular game, explaining in a recent interview that he doesn’t understand why some things can’t just be fun. Creator Josh Wardle also seems uninterested in converting _Wordle_into a mobile game as he doesn’t…
KotakuThe Elden Ring Community Is Now Arguing Over Horse Crotches
The hype surrounding FromSoftware’s Elden Ring has reached critical mass for fervent fans in the form of a very unorthodox debate. Surprisingly, the current discourse surrounding the highly anticipated Souls-like game isn’t centered on the same tired online argument over reused animation. Oh no, this debate is about…
KotakuBioWare To Adopt Remote Work Options For Employees
With the ongoing pandemic continuing to disrupt life as we know it, especially as the omicron variant fuels an increase in confirmed covid infections, developer BioWare plans to embrace a remote work ethos.
KotakuThe Nintendo Switch Outsold Every Other Console Combined In Japan Last Year
Nintendo sold a lot of Switch consoles in Japan last year. Like a lot—5.3 million, to be exact. The Switch was easily the best-selling console in Japan in 2021, beating out the PlayStation 5, which didn’t even crack a million units. In fact, you can add up all the other consoles sold in the country, and you’d still be…
KotakuThe Quest 2 VR Headset Had A Hell Of A Good Holiday Season
Last holiday season the Quest 2 VR headset had gotten off to a rocky start, with reviewers praising the virtual reality headset’s tech, but panning its mandatory Facebook integration. This year, with the Facebook restrictions relaxed, Xbox and PlayStation consoles being hard to find, and the imagined rise of some sort…
KotakuWhat To Expect From Nintendo In 2022
For the past few years, Nintendo has been in stasis. Sure, the Switch has seen no shortage of terrific games recently, but Nintendo’s annual slates have lacked the incandescentmarqueesthatdefined the hybrid console’s first year or two. The dry streak comes to a halting stop in 2022, which is shaping up to be a…