Grand Champion! Did you think running off to space in a new universe—Bethesda’s upcoming Starfield RPG—could save you from the Elder Scrolls’ most annoying “Adoring Fan?” Nope! Sorry. He’s in space, baby!
Source: Kotaku – Oh Look, Starfield Has A Familiar (And Annoying) Elder Scrolls Cameo
During the Starfield Direct at Summer Game Fest, executive producer Todd Howard interrupted the 437 hours of game footage to ask if anyone fancied buying one of these ‘ere watches he had for sale. Surreptitiously opening his coat, while furtively looking around for cops, he said not to worry if the real gold straps…
Source: Kotaku – Starfield’s Most Expensive Version Has A Fancy Space Watch
Alongside a new trailer at Xbox’s Summer Game Fest showcase, a September 26 release date, and a closer look at Luther actor Idris Elba as Solomon Reed, CD Projekt Red also confirmed Cyberpunk 2077’s Phantom Liberty expansion will cost $29.99. An inaccurate $35 price leaked ahead of time, however, and the internet had…
Source: Kotaku – Cyberpunk 2077’s Devs Explain The Expansion Price Tag That’s Raising Eyebrows
After spending an hour in Cyberpunk 2077’s one and only expansion Phantom Liberty, it feels like the spy thriller side story is the actualization of a narrative everyone hasbeen touting in the years since the game’s disastrous launch. Many, including Kotaku’s own Luke Plunkett, have argued that no amount of technical…
Source: Kotaku – Hands-On: Phantom Liberty Is What Cyberpunk 2077 Wished It Could’ve Been
As has started becoming the norm for a lot of companies, Bethesda has given players a chance to get early access to Starfield by purchasing one of its expensive editions. This includes the Constellation Edition, which will let you play Bethesda’s sci-fi RPG five days before it launches on September 6.
Source: Kotaku – Starfield’s Special Edition Gets You Five Days Early Access
Today, June 11, Xbox took the stage during Geoff Keighley’s big, not-E3 Summer Game Fest 2023 extravaganza to show off the future of Xbox and Game Pass. Microsoft has struggled in recent years to release big hits and this year’s Redfall flop didn’t help right the ship. So today was a big deal for the company as it…
Source: Kotaku – Everything Shown At Xbox’s Big Summer Showcase
It’s not an all-out hardware refresh, but the Xbox Series X/S family is growing. Microsoft announced a new Carbon Black Xbox Series S with 1TB of SSD storage for $350. It arrives September 1, just in time for Starfield and the beginning of a steady stream of big new Game Pass releases.
Source: Kotaku – Microsoft Announces New Xbox For Those Giant Games Taking Up Your Storage
Remember when we thought that Starfield was going to be a $60 role-playing game that was going to come out in 2022? Good times. While we’ll have to wait until September 6th to take to the stars, explore its 1,000 worlds, and listen to its 250,000 lines of dialogue, we now have a much better sense of what you’ll…
Source: Kotaku – Starfield Gets The Gameplay And Story Reveal You’ve Been Waiting For
Overwatch 2 has been in a bit of a bad spot after Blizzard recently announced it was gutting the game’s promised PvE modes. But for those who were wondering about the story missions the company showed off when it revealed the game in 2019, they can rest somewhat easy: Overwatch story still exists, and we got a new…
Source: Kotaku – Overwatch 2’s Story Trailer Is A Sign Of Hope After All The Bad News
The quintessential role-playing game Persona 3 is getting a remake, and later sequel Persona 5 is getting another spin-off game, developer Atlus revealed at Xbox Games Showcase. Fans were already braced for this news—leakers predicted it earlier this week, and if that weren’t enough, Atlus accidentally posted it on…
Source: Kotaku – Persona 3 Reload, Persona 5 Spin-off Shown At Xbox Games Showcase
As previously leaked, Payday 3 is coming out on September 21. News of this came during the Xbox Summer Game Fest showcase alongside a new trailer that coupled some cinematic elements with actual gameplay (a rarity at the Xbox show thus far).
Source: Kotaku – Payday 3, Gaming’s Best Heist Series, Shows Off Gameplay, Release Date
Today, during Summer Game Fest 2023, we got a very brief look at the next big Fable game via newly released CG, featuring The IT Crowd’s Richard Ayoade, plus a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it glimpse of in-game footage. The latest reveal of this much-delayed upcoming RPG happened during today’s Xbox and Bethesda’s Not-E3…
Source: Kotaku – Fable, Xbox’s Big Fantasy RPG, Gets New Teaser After Being MIA For A Bit
Is Ubisoft making a massive new blockbuster that actually has a great story and interesting characters? Star Wars Outlaws certainly makes it look that way. The open world sci-fi game from the publisher’s Division 2 studio revealed itself to the world at Microsoft’s Xbox Showcase and it looks incredible so far.
Source: Kotaku – Ubisoft’s Star Wars Game Actually Looks Incredible In First Trailer
When the original Max Payne was ported to consoles in late 2001, I couldn’t get a copy fast enough. I wasn’t a PC gamer at the time, and so for a while I could only enjoy Max Payne through the internet and TechTV at the time. I was transfixed by the graphics and luscious time-slowing bullet time gameplay on display.…
Source: Kotaku – What If Max Payne, But Shooting Vampires In Slo-Mo Instead?
The Day of the Devs showcase at Summer Game Fest is a colorful, diverse collection of indies offering up a wide variety of gaming experiences, and Kotaku got to play a handful of them.
Source: Kotaku – Three Gorgeous, Unreleased Games We Just Played That Should Have Your Attention
When Foamstars, Square Enix’s Splatoon-esque party game where two teams of four face off in a giant foam-spewing battle, was announced at the PlayStation games showcase, it wasn’t clear what to expect. Was this just Splatoon in PlayStation-exclusive form? What was the gameplay like? Would it be any fun?
Source: Kotaku – Square Enix’s Splatoon Clone Isn’t A Complete Fraud
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth exists, it’s coming in early 2024, and the newest trailer gave fans a ton to digest, speculate about, and get pumped for as they wait until next year. Here’s every reason why the surprise Summer Game Fest kick-off showcase closer has players buzzing so much.
Source: Kotaku – 9 Reasons Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Fans Are Losing It Over The Latest Trailer
I sit down at my Summer Game Fest Fae Farm hands-on expecting just another Stardew Valley clone, another cozy game that will temporarily capture the attention of Disney adults and children. But within minutes, I realize I am very wrong. Sure, Fae Farm has crops you can farm, and cutesy little NPCs you can romance,…
Source: Kotaku – This Game’s Like Stardew Valley But With An RPG On Top
During Insomniac Games’ presentation for the upcoming PlayStation exclusive Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, creative director Bryan Intihar unveiled new concept art of Peter Parker and Miles Morales battling the iconic villain, Venom. Intihar revealed that Venom’s host won’t be Eddie Brock, the most well-known symbiote host,…
Source: Kotaku – PS5 Spider-Man 2 Fans Think They’ve Guessed Venom’s New Identity
This really shouldn’t be news and it certainly shouldn’t be surprising to anyone, but yes, new data from Circana shows that—as we told you in 2017—women play video games. In fact, more than half of all Switch owners are women. And a very vocal bunch of idiots are reacting about as well as you’d expect to this…
Source: Kotaku – Data Shows Most Switch Owners Are Women, Gamers React Poorly