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KotakuKotakuPeacemaker Season 2 Will Feature A Whole New Dancing Intro
The next season of HBO Max and DC’s Peacemaker starring John Cena is bringing back the dancing intro seen in the first season. But this time around, it will feature more characters, new dance moves, and a fresh song. And yes, Eagly fans will get to see the bird shake its tail feathers.
KotakuThe Nintendo Switch Phone App Just Got A Lot Better
The Nintendo Switch 2 launches in exactly one week, and in the lead up to the new console, Nintendo has updated the Nintendo Switch Online app and made it much more useful. It also has a new, pithier name. Say goodbye to the Nintendo Switch Online App, and say hello to the Nintendo Switch App.
KotakuSwitch 2 Leaker Explains How He Got The Console Early And Why He's Not Afraid Of Nintendo
It was the middle of the night when Fedor Volkov found himself anxiously waiting on the streets of Moscow for a ride back home. In his arms he held a Switch 2 box and nestled within was the console fans had been waiting years to get their hands on, but which still didn’t officially go on sale for more than a week. He…
KotakuElden Ring Nightreign Gets A Fittingly Opaque Day-One Patch
Elden Ring Nightreign’s bosses can be a real struggle, even working alongside two other teammates. Solo, however, they’re downright brutal. While the game allows fans to play offline by themselves, it’s an experience best left to only the most hardcore Soulslike sickos. Will FromSoftware address that in a day-one…
KotakuHow To Become A Competitor Of Cosmic Proportions With Marvel Rivals' Adam Warlock
Adam Warlock is a powerful Strategist with unique healing and defensive abilities that no other Rivals character has. But that’s not all: Adam Warlock also has some of the most potent offensive moves in the game. Learn how to play him and people may start calling you the perfect teammate.
KotakuSomeone Take Away Randy Pitchford's Phone
Sometimes you just gotta walk away. And this might be one of those times. Earlier this month, Gearbox co-founder and CEO Randy Pitchford replied to someone on social media about the studio’s next game, Borderlands 4, possibly receiving an $80 price tag. He said it wasn’t his call and then infamously added, “If you’re…
KotakuHow To Find Every Moth Girl Camcorder Spot In Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
Remember back in the ‘90s when Furby brought delight and horror to people of all ages? In Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, Swann keeps a little cryptid toy called Moth Girl, a parody of Moth Girl that’s just as cute and terrifying, with antlers below her antennae and moth wings for which she is named. Whenever she gets the…
KotakuSwitch 2 Is Shaping Up To Be The Port Machine The Original Never Was
I hope all of you are ready for a lot of PS4, PS5, and Xbox ports arriving on Switch 2 over the next few months, because that seems to be our future. For folks who primarily play on Switch and soon Switch 2, it will be a chance to play a lot of great games that were too much for the OG console to handle, or which…
KotakuEverything You Need to Know To Get into Magic the Gathering's Final Fantasy Set
Few game franchises can match the pedigree of Final Fantasy, but one that arguably comes close is the long-running trading card game Magic: the Gathering. Much like FF, Wizards of the Coast’s TCG has been around for decades, bringing in new players regularly and exciting existing ones continualy.
KotakuHow To Find And Join Every Guild In Oblivion Remastered
You could wander the lands of Cyrodiil aimlessly—and I recommend a playthrough in which you do precisely that—but where’s the fun in a solo adventure mostly filled with wandering? You could become part of something grander, something bigger than you. Join your local guild today! But which one(s)? There are five main…
KotakuMake Your Rifle Your Own With Helldivers 2’s Weapon Customization Suite
I spent about twenty hours playing Helldivers 2 on launch, and then my wife bought the game; we easily put in another sixty. There was one feature I continuously begged for in the beginning, much to my wife’s annoyance since she couldn’t do anything about it. I wanted weapon customization. Not just skins, but…
KotakuMonster Hunter Wilds’ Electric Wyvern Is Harder To Beat In Its New Form, But It Can Be Done
Whether you’re a veteran of the series or are just someone grinding out their first hunts, everyone reaches a point of wanting more batt;es and harder challenges in Monster Hunter Wilds. While the Blossomdance Festival has provided plenty of the former, the latter is being answered with the addition of Arch-Tempered…
KotakuBlack Panther Game Cancelled As EA Shuts Down Studio By Ex-Monolith Devs
A Black Panther action game that was in development at Electronic Arts has been killed and the studio behind it is no more. The Madden publisher announced it’s shutting down Cliffhanger Games, previously formed by ex-Monolith Productions leadership, according to a new report by IGN.
KotakuOver 200 PS5 Games Are On Sale Right Now On The PlayStation Store
Sony’s massive Days of Play sales event is live now on the PlayStation Store, and it contains some great (and not so great) PS5 games marked down to super low prices.
KotakuThe Best Class For Last Epoch’s Second Season Is A Time-Warping, Hammer-Swinging Powerhouse
Everyone plays ARPGs differently. And in Last Epoch, it can take a player anywhere from 25 to 50 hours to fully delve into all of the game’s mechanics and reach the endgame. For that journey, you’re likely to stick with a single class instead of swapping between characters. For Season Two—Tombs of the Erased—I decided…
KotakuHow To Defeat Renoir In Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Remember when you first got into the Paintress’ domain, and 10 seconds later, this old guy welcomes you by going full Thanos on 90-percent of your compatriots? Welp, here’s your first honest chance to get some goddamn payback. Renoir’s his name, being an absolute shithead is his game, and we’ll show you how to put him…
KotakuThis Enormous ARPG Is A Constant Treat Of Progression And Laughs
Crashlands 2 is one of those completely brilliant games that can entirely consume your spare time for weeks. It’s an open-world craft-heavy RPG in which you charge around an alien planet, beating up the local flora and fauna, in order to gather their parts to build more effective means of beating up the local flora…
KotakuCyberpunk 2 Moves Into Pre-Production As CD Projekt Red Confirms Almost 100 Developers Are Already Working On It
We might finally be closer to Cyberpunk 2 coming out than the original game was when it was first announced back in 2012. CD Projekt Red recently confirmed that the sci-fi open-world RPG sequel has moved into pre-production with roughly 100 developers currently devoted to the Polish studio’s second major franchise.
KotakuA Death Stranding Anime Is Coming
Hideo Kojima is one of the greatest video game designers ever, but he always has his sights set beyond consoles. Less than two years after announcing an A24-produced film adaptation of his 2020 game Death Stranding, Kojima has revealed that the Death Stranding visual universe will also include an anime.
KotakuHow To Master Nature's Wrath As Storm In Marvel Rivals
Ororo Munroe (AKA Storm) was born to control the weather and if you learn her well, everyone in the game will know which way the wind blows.
KotakuGameStop Just Bought Half A Billion Dollars Worth Of Bitcoin
Video game retailer and Funko Pop depository GameStop has announced that it has purchased over 4,500 Bitcoin. It’s estimated that the company spent at least $500 million on the cryptocurrency transaction. GameStop stock dropped as a result of the news.
KotakuElden Ring Nightreign Is A Bizarre Experiment In Fortnite-ification I Can't Stop Thinking About
I’m playing with randos. One is a big burly guy dressed in animal skins and crowned with ram antlers. The other is a katana-wielding ninja in sleek black armor. We are frantically racing around, killing and plundering everything we can in a fever dream remix of the Lands Between from 2022's megahit Elden Ring called…
KotakuRumored Persona 4 Remake Seemingly Confirmed By Voice Actor After He Claims To Have Been Recast
Persona 4 voice actor Yuri Lowenthal, who has voiced the character of Yosuke in every Persona 4 game and project, announced on social media that he wouldn’t be returning in the upcoming Persona 4 remake, despite asking if he could come back. Funny thing, though: Atlus and Sega haven’t actually announced a remake of Pe…
KotakuNext Pokémon Presents Is Announced For The End Of July
Nintendo and The Pokémon Company International have just announced the date for the next Pokémon Presents, due to be with us before the end of July.
KotakuSwitch 2 Startup And Menu Settings Appear Online As Early Player Shows Off Console In 'Code Red' Leak For Nintendo
The Switch 2 is just days away from its official June 5 launch, but already footage is beginning to spread online of people going hands-on with Nintendo’s next console. One fan based in Russia recently uploaded a nearly 10-minute video that includes the Switch 2's startup sequence and a tour through its menu…
KotakuPokémon Legends Z-A Comes Out In October, With $10 Upgrade For Switch 2
Pokémon Legends Z-A, the much-anticipated sequel to 2022'sPokémon Legends: Arceus, and the first new full-scale Pokémon game since late 2022’s Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, finally has an official release date. It’s due to be with us on October 16, with pre-orders starting as early as June 5.
KotakuThis C9 10MM Loadout Dominates Black Ops 6 and Warzone's Close-Quarters Game
The C9 is one of the first submachine guns available to the player in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. It’s a stock class until you unlock custom classes after a few levels, and it’s a viable long-term SMG that many still use at high ranks. I do—though it can be a tough gun to master. But with the right attachments,…
KotakuThe Internet Reacts To The Last Of Us’ Second Season Finale
The Last of Us concluded its second season on Sunday with a pretty big cliffhanger, as HBO plans to adapt the story of The Last of Us Part II across three seasons in total. Here at Kotaku, I’ve been recapping each episode of the show, and I have not been having a good time. Frankly, I find it to be a mostly…
KotakuDC And Marvel Doing Crossover Comic For The First Time In Over 20 Years
Later this year, DC’s iconic superhero Batman will meet up with Marvel’s famous Deadpool in a new two-part comic book crossover. This will be the first time since 2003 that DC and Marvel have worked together on a comic project.