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Source: Kotaku – My Nine-Day Final Fantasy XV Blitz Commences Tonight
I love NBA Jam, and I love 90s basketball, but look, I don’t always want to play as Tom Gugliotta or Kendall Gill. Sometimes, I want to play NBA Jam and play as Alex Caruso or Bam Adebayo, and now I can.
Source: Kotaku – 1994’s NBA Jam Has Been Updated With 2021 Rosters
What an age we live in. PlayStation consoles, by the pound.
Source: Kotaku – You Can Buy A 912lb Box Of PlayStation Consoles
The EU have fined Valve and five publishers a total of €7.8 million (USD$9.5 million) over their practice of “geo-blocking” PC game sales on Steam, which basically means forcing users in a country (say, Germany) to only pay the German price for a game, instead of letting them buy a cheaper version of the same game…
Source: Kotaku – Valve, Capcom & Bethesda Fined .5 Million For “Geo-Blocking” PC Games
Today at noon Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, but online it was another super-old white guy who stole the show thanks to a photograph by Brendan Smialowski showing Bernie Sanders sitting in a chair emanating such levels of sass and “I don’t have time for this shit”…
Source: Kotaku – Bernie Memes Are Here For All Your Curmudgeonly Needs
If you even casually follow the Grimace-colored streaming monolith that is Twitch, you’re well aware that the current flavor of the month is Rust, a survival game that originally came out in 2013. This means new players are discovering the genre oldtimer for the first time. While some enjoy the game’s inhospitable…
Source: Kotaku – Rust, As Told By Steam Reviews
Hitman 3, out today for pretty much all of the platforms, sees Agent 47 continue his spree of heinous crimes, including murder and travel journalism. Like the previous entry in IO Interactive’s sumptuous Savile Row simulator, you can import levels and character progression from prior games. It’s only a matter of…
Source: Kotaku – How To Ensure Your Old Hitman Data Follows You To Hitman 3
Nintendo preservationists Forest of Illusion recently got their hands on a Nintendo 64 development cart containing what appears to be the demo version of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time shown at the Space World ‘97 trade show. This early build includes maps, items, abilities, and even story beats that didn’t make…
Source: Kotaku – Ocarina Of Time Demo Fragments Reveal A Much Earlier Version Of The Game
Nearly a decade after it released as a bit of a mess on PS3, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on PS5 can now be played at 60 FPS thanks to the work of one of the game’s console modders.
Source: Kotaku – New Mod Makes It Possible To Play Skyrim At 60 FPS On PS5
Genshin Impact has one of the most exciting regions that I’ve visited in a video game in years. It’s called Liyue and its geological and agricultural bounty is distinct from other open world games. To the west, a traveller can find gorgeous cliffs of ashy stone and golden amber. In the east, rugged archipelagos mark…
Source: Kotaku – A Farewell to Liyue, An Exceptional Part Of Genshin Impact
Hitman 3 is out today. And while it’s pretty different from previous games in the rebooted trilogy, it’s still a lot of fun. If you’re new to the series or coming back from a while away, should you jump right into 3 or start with the earlier games? Personally, I’d say you’d be fine just starting with 3, but if you…
Source: Kotaku – To Get Into Hitman Games, Try Starting With Hitman 2
Destiny 2 has always primarily been, and will likely always remain, a multiplayer game best experienced with kind strangers or old friends. But occasionally there have been times where the loot shooter has invited and even encouraged players to see what troublesome fun they can get up to on their own, and the latest…
Source: Kotaku – The New Hawkmoon Quest Is Solo Destiny 2 At Its Best
In the latest video from YouTube’s DK Creations (via NintendoLife), long-time video game artist Kev Bayliss shows off original sketches from Rare’s Donkey Kong Country, and talks about how he transformed Nintendo’s original cartoon ape from 2D villain to 3D-rendered platform hero.
Source: Kotaku – Rare Sketches Of Donkey Kong Country Show Off DK’s Early Evolution
Casio’s line of Baby-G watches are great. Know how to make the timepieces even better? Add Pikachu, that’s how.
Source: Kotaku – Pikachu Makes Everything Better, Even Casio Watches
In his three decades at Nintendo, Takaya Imamura worked on some of the company’s most iconic games, including F-Zero, Star Fox, and The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. He also designed Tingle, and for that, we will be forever grateful.
Source: Kotaku – Takaya Imamura, The Man Who Designed Tingle, Has Retired From Nintendo
While the game itself may not have entered full-blown development until 2016, some of the stuff you’ll see in this collection of concept and production art dates as far back as 2013.
Source: Kotaku – The Art Of Cyberpunk 2077
While it was great that PC owners got to play a big Sony exclusive last year, what wasn’t so great about Horizon Zero Dawn’s port was that it ran like shit. Well, five months later things are looking much better.
Source: Kotaku – Horizon Zero Dawn’s Last Big PC Patch Has Finally, Mostly Fixed The Port
As the great Nute Gunray once said, this is getting out of hand.
Source: Kotaku – Sealed Box Of Pokémon Cards Sells For 8,000