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KotakuKotakuThere It Is: Analogue Pocket Just Got Its Long-Awaited Jailbreak
The Analogue Pocket’s always turned heads: first for being the most authentic-sounding Game Boy replacement ever announced, then for taking an extraordinary length of time to finally come out. But come out it did, and it was pretty good. For some, its biggest drawback was that it required old, increasingly expensive…
Kotaku8 Things More Likely Than Winning The Colossal Mega Millions Jackpot Today
The Mega Millions lottery is once again making headlines with a current jackpot worth $1.28 billion. It’s the kind of thing that’s nice to daydream about winning in-between scrolling TikTok and ignoring your boss, because of course you won’t win it. The chances are indistinguishable from zero. These jackpots are the…
Kotaku17 NSFW Anime And Manga To Check Out For The 'Plot'
Anime as a medium has the power to cross physical and cultural barriers through its transformative stories and evocative art styles. To this day, legacy anime like Astro Boy, Akira, and Dragon Ball Z’s inspire modern popular media through their iconic characters and genre-defining stories.
KotakuOctopath Traveler: Champions Of The Continent Is Better Than The Nintendo Switch Original
Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent, newly available on mobile, is a worthy sequel to the original 2018 Switch role-playing game. I had expected a watered-down combat system and a menu hell like many other gacha games on mobile devices. Square Enix proved me wrong. Champions retains the visuals and music…
KotakuThe Best PS Plus Games To Devour In A Weekend
Following a June revamp, Sony’s PS Plus service now has a games-on-demand library (well, provided you pay for the $15 “PS Plus Extra” tier). The on-demand catalog comprises hundreds of games, with the obvious main draws being massive tent-poles like Ghost of Tsushima, Demon’s Souls, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, and…
KotakuStray Almost Feels Like A Modern Valve Game
KotakuValve’s New Art Rules Will Change How Games Catch Your Eye
Yesterday, Valve issued an update for devs who sell on their storefront. Starting September 1 of this year, “banner images,” referred to as “Capsules” in Steamworks, will be restricted from including a variety of accolades, current sales, and more. In the announcement of the policy change, the house of Gordon Freeman…
Kotaku13 Games Making 2022 A JRPG Bonanza
Valkyrie Profile, Tactics Ogre, and Front Mission are all due out in the months ahead. What year is it again? It’s 2022, and it’s already been glorious for fans of new and classic JRPGs alike. But some of the most exciting stuff is still ahead. Years after the genre was left for dead, it’s never felt more vibrant.
KotakuThe Nier: Automata Secret Door Hunt Is Over, In The Wildest Possible Way
It all started with a question: “How do you get into the church?” The answer, it turns out, is simple: You don’t—at least not yet. Yes, Nier: Automata’s baffling secret door was all just an intricate mod.
KotakuThe Best Indie Sex Games On The ‘Unspeakable’ Itch.io
Itch.io, an egalitarian site for hosting, posting, and downloading indie video games, is filled with cum. As a refuge for creative nobodies to harness an audience without worrying about the money, Itch is stuffed with plenty of other things too, like medieval comic books, murder nuns, and cat assets. But the cum is…
KotakuSo Far, The Dungeons And Dragons Movie Chooses Marvel Over Everything That Makes D&D Great
You’d be forgiven for thinking that the new Dungeons & Dragons movie looks a lot like a Marvel film. Though I’d argue it has a much more alluring color palette than your standard, often dry, modern comic book adaptation, the latest trailer for the tabletop-based movie otherwise reveals the calculated Hollywood formula…
KotakuSega, Please Let Us Play The Yakuza Samurai Spin-Offs
In 2022 Yakuza is a pretty big series in the West, as we saw yesterday when eight games made it to PlayStation Plus. But it wasn’t always this way! Between the release of Yakuza 2 and 3 things were looking incredibly dicey for English-speakers, and there were real fears that if Yakuza 3 didn’t sell well, it would be…
KotakuBlizzard Screws Up Overwatch Comp Rules, Teams 'Strike' In Protest
During a recent Overwatch Contenders tournament, Blizzard told two teams that they’d be playing a best-of-seven showdown. Then, halfway through, said it would be a best-of-five and pulled the pin on what was looking like an incredible comeback. That, understandably, did not go down well.
KotakuA Whole Damn Book About Alien: Isolation
Alien: Isolation is the kind of game you play and then just can’t stop thinking about. From its unique design to its fully-realised world to its moments of sheer terror, it’s a game like no other, and despite coming out in 2014 there really hasn’t been anything like it since, either.
KotakuYou Gotta Check Out This Stylish, Gender-Swapped Scott Pilgrim-Like RPG
KotakuPSA: Don’t Buy The New $450k Rifle In GTA Online, It Blows
Earlier this week, Rockstar Games released the latest, big update for Grand Theft Auto Online, its super popular open-world MMO. The new update brought some much-needed changes and features to the nearly decade-old game. It also added a new semi-auto rifle to the digital streets of Los Santos that cost nearly half a…
Kotaku‘Save Minecraft!’ Cry Players After Mojang Starts Moderating Private Servers
Minecraft is on fire. At least that’s how it currently feels if you follow the fandom on social media or certain message boards. A portion of the community is up in arms following the news that developer Mojang won’t back down from a controversial move to open private servers up to moderation and account-wide player…
KotakuElden Ring's Turtle Pope Wins All-Out Death Battle By Doing Absolutely Nothing
The animal kingdom is a savage beast that cares not for gentle creatures, or at least that’s the only way I can mentally justify why YouTuber BjornTheBear would concoct a messed-up situation like this one. Bjorn decided to find out what would happen if you put every Elden Ring animal in an ultimate death match, and…
KotakuXbox Is Getting 3 Terrific PlayStation Exclusives
You thought not-E3 was over? Ha! A month after Geoff Keighley summoned the entire gaming industry to Los Angeles for a week of marketing, Annapurna Interactive, a bit late to the party, hosted its annual showcase. Today, over the course of 30 minutes, the indie publisher gave a look at what’s in the works for its…
KotakuFired Assassin’s Creed Director Surfaces At Pokémon Unite Company As Ubi Devs Renew Calls For Accountability
It’s been two years since a workplace reckoning over sexual misconduct at Ubisoft led to numerous departures, resigniations, and firings. Now one of the people investigated has resurfaced. Ashraf Ismail, previously creative director on the hit Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, is now working for competitor Tencent, Axios…
KotakuSims 4 Update Accidentally Adds Incest
Earlier this week, The Sims 4 received a big, free update that added curved walls, body hair, and new wants and fears. It also seems to have accidentally added incestual relationships. Oh, and people are aging much faster, too. It’s a weird time to be a Sim, that’s for sure.
KotakuMario Kart 8 Deluxe's DLC Will Have Brand-New Race Track Amid Returning Courses
Nintendo just unveiled details for the second wave of Mario Kart 8 updates, and fans got a sweet surprise: an original race track. Sky-High Sundae will be available as part of the next installment of Mario Kart 8 DLC, and it looks incredibly edible—pretty. I meant pretty.
KotakuSquare Enix Botches New Manga Service With Sex Censorship, Extra Charges
Yesterday, Square Enix launched the English version of its new online manga service, Manga Up!. But within 24 hours of its release, users have voiced outrage over the app’s aggressive censorship bars and monetization practices.
KotakuShots Fired At Facebook’s VR Monopoly
It’s been a very bad year so far for Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, in ways extremely unique to being one of the biggest tech companies in the world. Despite still making almost $7 billion in profit in recent months, TikTok is eating its lunch, the stock price is in shambles, and even the Kardashians…
KotakuThe Internet Can't Stop Joking About Nier: Automata's Secret Door
Well, that was fast. Nier: Automata’s secret door—the very same one that’s fractured the game’s fandom into factions—went from an amusing little secret to a viral meme in three days flat.
KotakuSony Announces Better PlayStation 5 Visuals, Folders, And Other New Features
This morning, Sony announced that it would be rolling out a beta to test a collection of fan-requested new features for the PlayStation 5. These features include curatable gamelists, the ability to play games in 1440p output, and small quality-of-life features for those who enjoy playing games with their friends.
KotakuHD-2D, The Unique Retro-Inspired Art Style, Took Off In 2022
KotakuThe World’s Most Popular Social VR Game Is In Turmoil
VRChat’s had a hell of a week. On Monday, the wildly popular virtual reality social game announced that its next update would implement Epic Games’ Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) technology, prompting immediate outrage from a large portion of its playerbase. That update landed Tuesday, and since then, VRChat’s struggled to…
KotakuGTA Online Reacts To Hated, OP Jetbike Finally Getting Nerfed
Ding dong, the wicked witch is dead. In other words, the player-hated, troll-approved Oppressor Mk. II jetbike in Grand Theft Auto Online has finally been nerfed following nearly half a decade of terror. While many players are happy about the change, others have shared concerns that it has made the expensive vehicle…