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Ex-Witcher 3 Devs Are Making A ‘Summer Souls,’ Hard But Cheery Game
KotakuKotakuNintendo Switch Price Cheaters Accidentally Rocketed A Game To Mass Audiences
Price tourism, the scummy practice where people spoof their location so as to take advantage of emerging economies in the poorest parts of the world, isn’t exactly looked fondly upon by the games industry. Picking up a full-price game for a buck-fifty by pretending you’re in Brazil both rips off the developers, and…
KotakuCompetitive Overwatch 2 Players Have A Lot Of Complaints
It’s time to reset the clock on Overwatch 2 players finding something to be unhappy about with the rocky launch of Blizzard’s sequel hero shooter. Last time—which is to say, two days ago—players discovered that crossplay automatically deactivated aim assist for console players in matches with PC players, thus ruining…
KotakuFired Smash Bros. Ultimate Tester Will Get $25,000 In Nintendo Union-Busting Settlement
Nintendo, and a former game tester fired earlier this year, have seemingly reached a settlement in a labor dispute that kicked off widespread allegations about bad working conditions at the Mario maker’s U.S. office. Mackenzie Clifton, who worked on games like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, will be paid $25,910 as part…
KotakuSteam Finally Has A Modern Phone App
While the main Steam application itself has got better over the years, it’s still pretty easy to look at Valve’s approach to store and platform design, look at competitors like Google and Apple and see how everything feels a little quaint. Steam’s mobile app was one of the main offenders in this regard, so it’s great…
KotakuNew Activision Lawsuit Makes Revenge Porn, Sexual Harassment Allegations
Over a year after the first reports and government investigations into the company began, publisher Activision Blizzard is facing fresh lawsuits over what is described in this latest case as a “pervasive ‘frat-boy’ workplace culture that is a breeding ground for harassment and discrimination against women”.
KotakuA 20-Second Simpsons Joke Is Now A Fully-Fledged Game
Back in the ‘90s, when The Simpsons was one of the best shows on TV, the world was gifted a theatrical bomb known as Waterworld. This post-apocalyptic action film starring Kevin Costner cost a lot of money to make and was an infamous dud. So naturally, The Simpsons made a joke about it. And now that joke has become a…
KotakuCyberpunk 2077 Tips To Break Hearts, Romance Everyone After All The Updates
Are you sick of wandering the streets of Night City alone, with only the sights and sounds of gratuitously over-sexualized advertisements to keep you company? Has someone caught your eye? Someone you’d like to be more than just chooms with? Even if you’ve ventured into Night City before, it’s worth jumping back in for…
KotakuThe 13 Best (Not Scary) Games To Play This Halloween Season
Halloween is here and while you may enjoy this holiday, you might not be as into scary horror games as others. You aren’t alone! Horror games can be incredibly intense, even for those who love a good scary movie. But maybe you still want to enjoy some games on Halloween, just without all the jump scares.
KotakuScience Has Wrought A Lab-Grown Gamer Brain That Plays Pong
No, you didn’t accidentally click on the webpage of our sister site, The Onion. A scientist really grew a brain in a lab and, unfortunately, it’s a gamer.
KotakuA Bunch Of Great Assassin's Creed Games Flood PS Plus This Month
Sony’s revamped PS Plus service is getting bigger and better every month, and October opens the sluice gates on a torrent of great games. There’s Assassin’s Creed III and Syndicate, yes, but also a ton of Dragon Quest games, the recent remaster of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and even former Xbox Series X/S exclusive, …
KotakuNew Interview With The Vampire Show Encourages Fanfic, Anne Rice's Spirit Likely Furious
In a stunning twist of irony, the official Interview with the Vampire account, associated with the new AMC TV series, just revealed a collaboration with a mobile app that empowers fans to “write your own vampire stories” featuring the show’s memorable characters. Which is absolutely incredible. Anne Rice, who wrote…
KotakuValve Might Soon Start Selling Steam Deck Boot Videos
Data miner and SteamDB creator Pavel Djundik has found solid evidence that Valve is planning to introduce Steam Deck startup movies, brief videos triggered by turning on your Steam Deck, to the Steam Points Shop.
KotakuNo Man’s Sky’s Billionaires Just Got Rocked By A Galaxy-Wide Market Crash
At the start of last week, Activated Indium farming was one of the simplest ways to make big money in No Man’s Sky. Players would find a deposit, plop down a ton of drills, and surround it with storage containers. The sci-fi ore poured in. All they had to do was exchange it at a terminal for nearly 1,000 units a…
KotakuThe Rock Gets Fortnite Skin For Movie In The Works For 15 Years
DC’s latest comic book blockbuster, Black Adam starring Dwanye “The Rock” Johnson, is coming out next week. So it’s not surprising that the character is also headed to Fortnitesoon as part of the game’s next pop culture crossover. But it took a long time to get here, as The Rock has been attached to the Black Adam …
KotakuCyberpunk 2077 Mod Lets You Experience Your Brain On Cyberpsychosis, Just Like The Netflix Anime
Wake the f@#^ up, Samurai. There’s a new mod in Cyberpunk 2077 that lets you experience the meteoric rise and fall of going full cyberpsycho, just as depicted in one of your favorite Japanese anime, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.
KotakuEvery Way Pokémon Scarlet And Violet's New Gym Leader Could Get Canceled
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet introduced a new gym leader today. Her name is Iono, she’s the electric-specializing leader of Levincia. But even more central to her identity, according to a translation of her dialogue in a trailer released this morning, is being a “streamer and influencer bringin’ dreams to the masses!”
KotakuSquare Enix Kills Its Final Fantasy 7 Battle Royale Before It’s Even A Year Old
Everything’s gotta die eventually, and Square Enix heard the death knell loud and clear. Dig up an early grave because the company’s battle royale mobile game, Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier, will shut down on January 11, 2023.
KotakuPokémon Violet Vs. Pokémon Scarlet: The Big Version Differences & Exclusives You Should Know
Ever since Arceus made the world in its image, Pokémon fans have had to grapple with a huge choice for every mainline game: which version to get. That quandary will remain in place for the latest games, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, with many more unique features than usual, some even pertaining to the distant past or…
KotakuReport: Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Creator Died Trying To Save People From Drowning
In July, the world learned of the sad passing of Kazuki Takahashi, the creator of Yu-Gi-Oh! At the time his death was recorded by officials as a drowning, but a recent report from the US military’s newspaper has provided some extra details not known at the time.
KotakuTwo Unreleased NES Games Have Turned Up On eBay
Not one but two unreleased NES games have recently appeared on eBay, and one of them in particular should be of huge interest to fans of the Nintendo Power Glove, and/or Donkey Kong Country developers Rare.
KotakuCowards: Lady Dimitrescu Will Be Shorter In The Resident Evil Village DLC
Lady Dimitrescu, otherwise known as Tall Vampire Lady or simply Big Lady if you’re experiencing a loss for words, might have to get a more diminutive nickname that doesn’t reference her towering height come the release of Resident Evil Village’s first major DLC because Capcom will be making her a little bit shorter.
KotakuBlizzard Apologizes For Rocky Overwatch 2 Launch With Free Skin, Charm, More
Last night, after many players found themselves unable to access a dozen or more of their Overwatch 2 rosters, and following a week of non-stop issues, I saw angry fans demanding that Blizzard make it right by rewarding them for their wasted time. And Blizzard acknowledged just a couple of days ago, that the developer…
KotakuGoogle Kills Cloud Gaming Service, Announces Cloud Gaming Laptops
At the end of September, Google shut down its Stadia gaming platform, an ambitious attempt at letting people play video games without needing any actual video game hardware to play them on. Today, Google announced a new line of Chromebooks with an emphasis on cloud-based gaming.
Kotaku16 Incredible Steam Deck Custom Start Animations
As you might’ve heard Steam Deck users have been eating good this week, between the surprise launch of the official Dock accessory and a big software update. They’re also celebrating an unexpected feature of Valve’s mini PC: The ability to customize the boot animation. There’s an entire subreddit and a dedicated…
KotakuVtubers Apologize For Streaming Porn During A Live Splatoon 3 Match
So, uh, awkward. Apparently, it’s possible to display porn within Splatoon 3 matches. This weekend, a group of vtubers broadcasted porn videos in Splatoon 3 by using the ink projectiles as a video screen. The stream caused “Splatoon AV” (adult video) to trend on Japanese Twitter, and the participating vtubing group…
KotakuThis Indie Survival Game Is Essentially Half-Life With Co-Op
KotakuMeta Can’t Wait For You To Use Excel In Its New $1,500 VR Device
Meta just showed off its latest headset, the Meta Quest Pro. While it’s got real-time expression tracking and mixed reality, it’s also going to set you back $1,499. So who’s buying this tech that costs roughly the price of three current-gen consoles? The answer is *drumrolls* working professionals. Mark Zuckerberg…
KotakuOverwatch 2 Console Players Displeased To Find Aim Assist Disabled During PC Crossplay
While Blizzard was preoccupied with effectively turning Overwatch 2 “off and back on again” last night and accidentally made a third of its heroes temporarily unplayable in an effort to deal with issues impacting just two, players have taken umbrage with another part of the troubled hero shooter: the disabling of aim…
KotakuEveryone Cheers As Mark Zuckerberg Reveals Feet
Facebook’s virtual reality metaverse is getting a major upgrade. After a year of being floating torsos, people in Horizon Worlds are finally getting feet. The feature is set to launch sometime in 2023. Please clap.