If you thought Control was a mindfuck, you’re not ready for Alan Wake 2. Remedy says the sequel that’s been 13 years in the making is the most expansive game the studio has ever done, and that’s saying a lot if you consider its impressive oeuvre.
Source: Kotaku – Survival Horror Alan Wake 2 Could Be Max Payne Developer Remedy’s Best Yet
If you have a Switch, chances are very good that you’ve seen, or even own, some sort of cat-themed peripheral. As you read this, there are paw-shaped thumbstick covers collecting dust somewhere under my bed, having slipped from my Joy-Cons god knows when. We’ve all fallen prey to the cozy influencers with their fairy…
Source: Kotaku – A Nintendo Switch Like This Should Frankly Be Illegal
In early June, Korean Pokémon players made headlines after coordinating a protest against the very league they were playing in. Rather than submitting competitively viable teams, as they normally would, they gave each monster on their roster a strange skill called “Metronome,” which makes a Pokémon launch a totally…
Source: Kotaku – Pokémon Pros Permabanned From Ever Playing After Protesting Tourney
Wicca Phase Springs Eternal—34-year-old songwriter Adam McIlwee, who has been setting precedents for emo music since 2005—has spent the past few years playing Red Dead Redemption 2. Well, that, and Fire Pro Wrestling World, which is “just, like, a wrestling simulator,” he tells me over Zoom.
Source: Kotaku – One Of The Best Albums This Year Is Secretly About Red Dead Redemption 2
While rumors that Nintendo is close to closing a deal with animation studio Illumination for a Legend of Zelda film should come as no surprise in the wake of the record-breaking success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, some fans have made it abundantly clear online that they aren’t all that jazzed about this potential…
Source: Kotaku – Zelda Movie Rumors Have Nintendo Fans Mighty Nervous After Super Mario Bros.
I met “Rare Trash” during the middle of (yet another) late-night session of Diablo IV. The large barbarian leaped into action to help me out during a random event involving demons attacking helpless travelers. I thanked them with an emote and moved on. And then another player helped me later that night. This rogue had…
Source: Kotaku – Diablo IV Players Keep Nicknaming Themselves ‘Trash’
After the surprising news that the next Mortal Kombat would be a reboot of sorts, bearing a 1 instead of a 12, fans have been eager to feast their eyes on what the new vision for the franchise will mean for its gameplay. Well, the first official gameplay trailer revealed during the June 8 Summer Game Fest showcase…
Source: Kotaku – Mortal Kombat 1: Seven Deadly Fatalities From The New Trailer
A meme that has likely felt apt the past few days if you’re in New York, the “This is Fine” meme has long been a symbol of catharsis for those of us hopelessly accepting crushing realities beyond our control. And now, after paying 1,000 V-Bucks and reaching level 26 in the battle pass, it can be yours to express…
Source: Kotaku – Fortnite’s New Battle Pass Features ‘This Is Fine’ Joke
Fortnite just debuted its latest season, which features dinos and Transformers (well, Optimus Prime, anyway) on an island where vast new sunken wilds have been revealed. There’s a new battle pass to grind, new skins to unlock, a new map, new augments, and new weapons and items to discover. That’s all well and good,…
Source: Kotaku – Fortnite Fans Mourn As Season 4 Vaults Chug Splash And Other Great Healing Items
Activision has pulled a Call of Duty skin based on the hugely-popular Nickmercs after he made an anti-LGBTQ comment on Twitter.
Source: Kotaku – Call Of Duty Pulls YouTube Streamer Nickmercs’ Skin Over Anti-LGBTQ Comment
Two weeks ago it looked like League of Legend’s North American season was going to be thrown into turmoil when the player’s union called for a strike over Riot’s plan to make cuts to the North American Challenger’s League, and Riot responded by suspending the entire LCS. After negotiations between the LCS Players…
Source: Kotaku – League Strike Called Off After Riot, Player’s Union Reach Agreement
I am so dead inside to video game trailers that I woke up this morning—a day dedicated almost entirely to video game trailers—dreading the things I would have to see and write about. Imagine my surprise, then, when about 109 videos into the day I found one that I was laughing out loud at.
Source: Kotaku – Baby Steps Is A Game About A ‘Failson’ Who Cannot Walk
The YouTube Theater, where the first-ever in-person Summer Game Fest Event is being held, sits inside a massive structure that also houses SoFi Stadium, home of the LA Rams and Chargers. The structure looks enormous as I walk around its exterior—stark white and seemingly endless. A long line of people snake out of its…
Source: Kotaku – What It’s Like To Be At Summer Game Fest As The Reveals Happen
Ahead of a more formal announcement that was likely due sometime over the next few days, a couple of trailers for new Persona games have leaked online. Well, they weren’t even leaked; they were posted accidentally on Atlus’ English-language Instagram page, making them official leaks.
Source: Kotaku – Persona 5 Tactics, Persona 3 Remake Trailers Leak
Summer Game Fest is now the big gaming event of the summery season. With E3 seeming ever-more unlikely to ever return, it’s Geoff Keighley’s schmooze-a-thon alone for all your big game announcement news. And we have this year’s show covered, with every single game announced, shown or even mumbled under someone’s…
Source: Kotaku – Everything At Summer Game Fest 2023’s Main Showcase
From action roguelites to painterly adventure games, your post-Sumer Game Fest indie livestream showcase is here with the perfect array of palate cleansers to restore your faith in the power of games by showing you cool stuff you’ve never seen before.
Source: Kotaku – 15 Innovative Games Spotlighted Today That Deserve Your Attention
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, the highly anticipated sequel to Final Fantasy VII Remake, rounded out Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest broadcast. At the end of the sizzlingly cinematic trailer was confirmation of the game’s early 2024 release window. Right under those words was a nostalgia trip no one expected in the…
Source: Kotaku – A PS5 Game On Two Discs Is Giving 1995
Today’s been a good day for Final Fantasy fans. The new trailer for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth was revealed during today’s Summer Game Fest, finally showing us more of what Square Enix has in store for the second chapter of its re-imagining of a legendary game, and there are some bonkers curve balls.
Source: Kotaku – Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Teases Wild Twist In New Deep-Dive
Epic Games’ mega-popular shooter Fortnite is just about to enter its third season of its fourth chapter and after mysterious fractures began appearing across the latest island, we finally know what’s been lurking below. And it looks like there’ll be dinosaurs.
Source: Kotaku – Fornite’s New Season Sees Island Collapse, Transformers And Dinos Take Over
