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Elden Ring’s latest update includes a proper ending to Patches’ quest that sees the fan favorite NPC reward players with his iconic pose.
KotakuKotakuTiny Tina’s Wonderlands Already Has DLC, Will Never Let You Go
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands hasn’t even been out for a month and it’s already getting DLC. The first, “Coiled Captors,” is part of the “Mirrors of Mystery” series of additional biomes to shoot and loot your way through, which itself is part of the game’s season pass. It’s out Thursday for all platforms.
KotakuHere's An Elden Ring Farm That Nets You A Cool 40,000+ Runes Per Minute
KotakuNew World Of Warcraft Expansion Lets You Fly Dragons
Blizzard pulled back the curtain on the next chapter in World of Warcraft in a developer livestream Tuesday, and it’s all about dragons. The appropriately titled Dragonflight expansion will unleash players upon the Dragon Isles and let them roll as a new playable dragon race called the Dracthyr. And of course you ride…
KotakuElden Ring Patch Really Wants Folks To Finally Notice The Damn Tutorial
Among the many changes buried in Elden Ring’s latest patch, one harks back to the very beginning of the game. Like many games, Elden Ring offers a combat tutorial a little after creating your Tarnished near the start of the game. Unlike most games, the tutorial is a side path that’s so easy to miss, many players went…
KotakuLego Star Wars Is Exactly What I Needed After Years Of Toxic Star Wars Fandom
I’m a long-suffering Star Wars fan. A fan of the movies almost since birth, I have fond memories of the original games, too. But lately, the ongoing discourse around the series has caused my love of it to dim. I even grew a bit bitter about it all. So thank the Maker that Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga recently…
KotakuXbox Game Pass’ April Lineup Is Kind Of A Letdown
Assassin’s Creed Origins, one of the best Ubisoft maps games of the modern era, is coming to Game Pass. But…not anytime soon. Microsoft says it’ll hit the games-on-demand service “in the next two months.” In the meantime, the library is getting beefed up by a lineup that’s frankly underwhelming. Here’s everything…
KotakuElden Ring's Biggest Patch Yet Nerfs Bleed, Fixes Huge Bug Quest, And Way More
FromSoftware released another massive update to Elden Ringon Tuesday and players are celebrating and beamoning its long list of balance changes and bug fixes. Rather than weaken fan favorite weapons like the Moonveil katana, the game’s biggest patch yet makes a ton of other stuff stronger. Plus bleed, one of the…
KotakuKim Kardashian Threatens To Sue Roblox Over Sex Tape Ad, Creator Banned
I’m used to Roblox being almost everywhere, but I wasn’t expecting to see it in a clip of The Kardashians. On the April 14 episode “Burn Them All to the Fucking Ground,” Kim Kardashian became visibly upset after her son Saint supposedly discovered an in-game advertisement that used an image of her crying face. She…
KotakuReport: Sega Developing New, 'Big-Budget' Jet Set Radio & Crazy Taxi Games
Earlier this month we learned that Sega’s big, secret “Super Game” that has been in development for a while was actually a series of “AAA games”. Bloomberg is now reporting that the first two of those are “big-budget” Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi reboots.
KotakuFormer Xbox Boss Remembers Microsoft Trying To Buy Blizzard, Westwood Back In The Day
It’s 2022 and Microsoft is in the process of tying up a deal to purchase Blizzard. This isn’t the first time the computing giant has tried to buy the company, though; according to Ed Fries, who led development of the first Xbox console, it’s actually the third.
KotakuCrusty PlayStation Leads To Bomb Scare At Boston Airport
Passengers at Boston’s Logan International Airport were evacuated from a terminal on Saturday and the local bomb squad called in after TSA agents found a “suspicious item” inside a Delta passenger’s bag that turned out to be a “PlayStation”.
KotakuIt's April 2022, And Battlefield 2042 Is Finally Getting VoIP
While you would think that a blockbuster multiplayer shooter featuring up to 128 players at a time would be built entirely upon voice communication, ever since its launch last year Battlefield 2042 has not allowed players to chat via VoIP. That’s finally about to change.
KotakuReport: Streets Of Rage Film Happening, Script By John Wick Creator
2022 continues to offer up headlines that seem like they were created by a rogue AI learning how to play Mad Libs. Today’s example: It’s reported that, following the continued success of the Sonic films, Sega and dj2 Entertainment are working with the writer of John Wick on a movie adaptation of classic Sega beat ‘em…
KotakuNintendo’s GBA Emulator For Switch Online Seemingly Leaks
The retro library for Nintendo Switch Online might be getting beefed up any day now. Game Boy and Game Boy Advance emulators for the service developed by Nintendo have apparently leaked online, and it looks like a long list of games, including Mario Kart, Golden Sun, and Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire, have been…
Kotaku4 Cost-Effective Cards To Craft For Hearthstone's Sunken City Set
KotakuButt-Naked Elden Ring Legend 'Let Me Solo Her' Has Been Modded Into A Badass Spirit Summon
Legendary Elden Ring hero Let Me Solo Her, who’s stolen the community’s heart by aiding battered Tarnished struggling to beat Malenia, hasn’t just had their bravery immortalized in 3D-printed sculptures and fan art: They’re also now a summonable ally. Thanks to a modder named Garden of Eyes, PC players can now call…
KotakuReport: Jason Momoa Will Star In That Minecraft Movie
The Minecraft movie is stacking up its cast. Jason Momoa, whom you may know as the guy with mountainous biceps and a waterfall of hair from Aquaman or the guy with mountainous biceps and a waterfall of hair from Game of Thrones, will star in the Minecraft movie. At least, that’s according to a report today from The…
KotakuBlizzard Boss Tries To Shut Down Player Speculation After NFT Survey
While some companies are doubling down on the lucrative scam behind NFTs, others are trying to head off any association right from the start. After an Activision Blizzard survey went out polling players on their interest in the blockchain technology, Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra was quick to shoot down speculation of…
KotakuCut Content Reveals Elden Ring’s Best Summon Used To Have Its Own Quest
It seems like every day we learn about some new piece of Elden Ring content that didn’t survive to launch, but this one is a doozy. At some point in the game’s development, acquiring the potent Mimic Tear summon would have apparently required completion of a lengthy questline.
KotakuPortal Writer Wants Valve To Make Next Game Before He's 'Too Old To Work' On It
Erik Wolpaw, co-writer of the Portal series, would love to work on a third game. There are just a few problems: He’s one developer out of hundreds of staff and he’s not sure that Valve would go for another Portal game’s profit margins.
KotakuHalo Infinite Is Losing Its Most (Accidentally) Powerful Gun
Next month, Halo Infinite is getting a welcome infusion of new content for its second season. But for all the forthcoming multiplayer maps, modes, and cosmetics, developer 343 Industries is taking something out of the campaign: the scorpion gun.
KotakuSquare Enix President Still Insists Future Of Gaming Features Blockchain Tech
Remember back in January when Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda published that terrible letter hyping up a future where video games would feature NFTs and blockchain tech? Well, even though a lot of players and devs criticized the letter, Matsuda ain’t backing down. And in a new interview, he continued to explain…
KotakuHikaru Utada Performed Some Certified Kingdom Hearts Bangers At Coachella
Coachella was in full swing over the weekend and while people were fawning over Harry Styles and discovering what Danny Elfman actually looks like, Hikaru Utada graced the stage and performed some certified Kingdom Hearts bangers.
KotakuElden Ring Players Are Getting Soft-Banned After Picking Up Hacked Underwear
There are many dangers in Elden Ring. Walk through any field or turn any corner in the Lands Between and you’re sure to meet an unceremonious end. However, there seems to be something else for players to fear far more than even Radahn himself. That’s Fia’s underwear, the Deathbed Smalls, which is getting folks…
KotakuMicrosoft Is Doing A Huge PC Game Pass Giveaway For Certain Players
Microsoft is currently running a big promotion for PC Game Pass. New subscribers who recently played one of the company’s big fall 2021 releases get three months of access to the service’s Netflix-like library of games for free. It’s perfect timing, too, because the PC side of Game Pass currently has plenty of great…
KotakuAfter Two Years, Ghost Of Tsushima Has Received Its Final Patch
No art is ever “done,” but there comes a point where it has to exist on its own merits, untethered from its creators. That time has come for Ghost of Tsushima, which has now received what appears to be its final significant post-release update.
KotakuCrypto Gaming 'Landlords' Upset They Can't Keep Exploiting All The Players Quitting
Axie Infinity is the crypto-backed Pokémon clone in which cute little creatures that double as NFTs battle for fun and profit. It’s also a pyramid scheme that relies on cheap labor from countries like the Philippines to fuel its growth. Now, fictional inflation, combined with a historic crypto heist allegedly…
KotakuLego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga’s Air Combos Make Me Feel Skilled AF
KotakuSuper Mario Bros.' Iconic Blocks Hold More Coins Than You Think
Without thinking too hard about it, what’s the maximum number of coins you can knock out of multi-coin blocks in the original Super Mario Bros.? Did you say 10? Well, you’re wrong, but it’s not your fault. You just haven’t done a deep dive into the almost 37-year-old game’s code like a complete weirdo.