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One Big Reason Sony’s Revamped PS Plus Isn’t Just Another Game Pass
KotakuKotakuElden Ring, One Month Later
It feels like just yesterday FromSoftware fans were worried they were going to die before Elden Ring arrived, and now we’re an entire month removed from its launch. In that time, dedicated players have eagerly explored every inch of this massive game, resulting in a lot of great coverage here on Kotaku dot com.
KotakuThe Traditional Beauty Of Nintendo's Playing Cards
In the late 19th century, Nintendo got its start making another type of game: playing cards. The company continues to make cards, and whether it’s the ones from past or today, the decks show off the beauty of Japan.
KotakuEnjoying The View
Louis Laurent is an artist at Framestore, a studio that has worked on movies like No Time To Die, the upcoming _Dr Strange_sequel and Spider-Man: No Way Home.
KotakuBattlefield 2042's Maps, Ranked
Hi, yes, it’s me again, one of the only 14 people on Earth who enjoy playing Battlefield 2042. As I enter my sixth month of playing the game, and as I approach the game’s level cap on a personal basis, I’ve found my attention of late turning towards the finer details of the game’s maps, and which ones I prefer playing.
KotakuWar Game Disables In-Game Chat Over 'Political' Concerns
_War Thunder_is a multiplayer combat game on PC and consoles that lets players take control of tanks, ships and aircraft from various time periods and just go at it. And like many other games of this type—World of Tanks and _Warships_in particular—the in-game chat experience can sometimes be dreadful.
KotakuValorant Art Director Comments On Endeavor Skin Criticism
On March 23, Matthew Hagg, a professional Call of Duty player known as Nadeshot, expressed disappointment in a viral tweet that a new skin bundle for a weapon in the first-person shooter _Valorant_didn’t have a ton of alternate colors and special effects. He noted that the new cosmetics had “so much potential” but were…
KotakuLoop Hero's Developers Tell Russian Players To Pirate Their Game
Four Quarters, the developer behind the highly regarded deck-building roguelike Loop Hero, is encouraging players to pirate its game if they can’t find any legal means of purchasing it amid the ongoing sanctions placed on Russia after its military invasion of Ukraine.
KotakuGhostwire: Tokyo Has One Of The Coolest Healing Systems In Open-World Games
Ghostwire: Tokyo, the cool new Tango Gameworks project about chatting up spirits and fighting ghastly humanoids, has managed to pull me away from Elden Ring. It’s a nice reprieve. Ghostwire is nowhere near as hard as FromSoftware’s latest Souls-like. So rather than roaming a vast, haunting open world and getting…
KotakuThe New PS Plus Isn’t Game Pass, But That’s OK
This morning, Sony finally unveiled its games-on-demand service in a blog post with more asterisks than the lease on your first apartment.. It’s a revamp of PS Plus called… [drum roll] wait for it… [another drum roll] PS Plus.
KotakuThe Worst Enemy in Elden Ring's Weeping Peninsula Region
KotakuCrypto Gaming's Biggest Success Story Scammed Out Of $600 Million
Pokémon-style NFT battler Axie Infinity was one of the biggest “success” stories in the world of crypto gaming. Now it’s responsible for one of the biggest thefts in the history of the technology. The gaming-focused blockchain Ronin Network announced earlier today that an Axie Infinity exploit allowed a hacker to…
KotakuPlayStation Boss Explains Why New Subscription Service Won't Have Game Pass’ Biggest Feature
So the news is official: Sony’s long-rumored Xbox Game Pass competitor, previously codenamed “Spartacus,” was revealed earlier today. You can read more about that here. Alongside the announcement, PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan decided it was finally time to explain exactly why the company’s biggest first-party games won’t…
KotakuActivision Blizzard Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit For $18 Million
U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer approved a $18 million relief settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission today. This settlement comes months after Activision Blizzard originally agreed to settle with the EEOC on September 27, 2021. But those attempting to hold the game publisher to account are split…
KotakuPokemon GO's Creators Want Players Back Outside, Despite The Outcry
Recent changes to Pokémon GO have yet again stirred controversy. The nerfing of Incense, and the halving of Community Day, have once more sent out a signal that Niantic wants the mobile game to return to its pre-pandemic form, before some of its audience is ready. We spoke to POGO’s live game director, Michael…
KotakuBreath Of The Wild Sequel Delayed To 2023, Nintendo Apologizes
Please don’t shoot the messenger. The Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has been pushed to spring 2023, Nintendo announced in a brief video today.
KotakuDamn, Elden Ring Doesn't Even Let You Die In Peace
I should know better by now; I should expect that anyone I meet in Elden Ring will either straight-up suck or have some kind of tragic storyline that will desiccate my bones in existential dread. Probably, I should be killing every NPC I see just to save myself the anguish, leaving only the Turtle Pope and his pure…
KotakuPlayStation Unveils Game Pass Competitor That Will Let You Play Old Games
Forget “Netflix for games” for a sec. The conversation to watch this week is “Hulu for games.” Yes, Sony has finally lifted the curtain on its eagerly anticipated overhaul of PS Plus and PS Now, formerly known under the code name “Spartacus.”
KotakuKingdom Hearts Celebrates 20 Years With Tamagotchi
What better way to celebrate twenty years of Kingdom Hearts than with Tamagotchi. You remember those virtual pets, right? Sure you do. And this fall, they’re teaming up with Square Enix’s Disney-themed RPG.
I remember first writing about Tamagotchi for Wired Magazineback in 2004, when infrared sensors were…
KotakuGo Mouthful Mode On Real-World Kirby Car Cake
It’s not only the Waddle Dee Town Café in Kirby and the Forgotten Land where you can stuff your face with Kirby-themed eats. At Kirby Café in Japan, try out real-world mouthful mode as you chow down on Kirby burgers and cakes.
KotakuOur Favorite Cosplay From Japan Expo 2022
With most of the scene having been shut down during the pandemic, and major shows only just starting to make their way back into the lineup, it’s lovely to be able to turn our attention internationally once again with this feature on Japan Expo 2022, which was held in Bangkok a few months back.
KotakuSmash Bros Champion Gets Twitter Hacked By NFT Dipshits
Earlier today the Twitter account of Leonardo Lopez Perez, aka “MkLeo”, one of if not the best _Smash_players in the world, was hacked by crypto freaks trying to shill their bogus NFT schemes.
KotakuHell Yes, Kairosoft's Classic Management Games Are Now On Steam
Readers, an occasional dabble with emulation and board game ports aside, I don’t normally play games on my phone. Ever. But over the years I have made one major concession and played the _shit_out of a series of management games released by Japanese studio Kairosoft.
KotakuDevelopers Fighting & Fleeing Russians Somehow Releasing Switch Game Next Month
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter is a game that has been out for six years now on PC, and has also been ported to the PS4 and Xbox One. Next month it’ll be hitting the Nintendo Switch, which might not sound like big deal, except for the fact it’s a port that’s practically a miracle effort considering what the…
KotakuGames Industry Mourns Coffee Talk Creator, Who Passed Away At 32
It’s with a heavy heart that we must report that Mohammad Fahmi, the creator of the beloved barista visual novel Coffee Talk and a notable figure in the Indonesian game development scene, passed away over the weekend. He was 32 years old. A cause of death hasn’t been specified at this time.
KotakuThis Cyberpunk Game's Simmering Lesbian Romance Has Me Hook, Line, And Sinker
I was immediately smitten with Anno: Mutationem’s sleek, side-scrolling pixel art and bombastic, beat ‘em up-inspired action sequences. However, even these notable highlights pale in comparison to its wonderful portrayal of Ayane, one of the game’s side characters, who ascends from mere NPC into being the emotional…
KotakuThe First 26 Minutes Of Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
KotakuInternet Angrily Descends On Wrong Will Smith and Chris Rock After Oscars Slap
The internet is a mess, especially after something big happens that pierces the online zeitgeist and bleeds it dry. Right now, that’s the fact that newly-minted Oscar winner Will Smith seemingly slapped two-time Oscars host Chris Rock over a poor ‘joke’ regarding Jada Pinkett Smith at last night’s 2022 Academy…
KotakuI Wish Kirby Still Kissed His Homies In Forgotten Land
I’ve been having a great time with Kirby and the Forgotten Land. The pink puffball’s saccharine-sweet, post-apocalyptic journey is the perfect palate cleanser after exploring the massive Elden Ring. But one thing in Forgotten Land bothers me more than any horror that could spring from the minds of Hidetaka Miyazaki…
KotakuTiny Tina's Revolution Side-Quest Is Borderlands Writing At Its Best
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands revitalizes Borderlands, thanks to a fantasy-inspired respray and an increased focus on melee attacks. A quieter but perhaps no less significant change is how the loot-shooter handles side-quests. For me, this clicked in an early optional mission called “Goblins Tired of Forced Oppression.”