For the first time in a decade, EA Sports will be releasing a college football game this season. The main reasons for that 10-year hiatus was a conflict over player payments (which weren’t allowed under NCAA rules) and likenesses. Those had presumably been resolved in the lead-up to EA Sports College Football’s…
Source: Kotaku – Report: EA ‘Exploiting The Players’ With College Football Payments
Earlier this week, Twitch set the streaming world ablaze with what appeared to be new guidelines that heavily impacted how streamers could monetize their channels. The rules appeared to dictate things like how much space logos could take up on the screen, and whether or not these sponsorships could be permanently…
Source: Kotaku – Twitch Abandons Bad Ad Changes After Streamer Freak Out
In Grace Van Dien’s first online appearance since her signing with gaming influencer crew FaZe Clan ignited a whirlwind of drama and misogyny, the Stranger Things actor turned Twitch streamer sat down with Call of Duty content maker Ashtronova to discuss toxicity in gaming. The conversation appears to be the first…
Source: Kotaku – Stranger Things Twitch Streamer Dishes On Gamer Toxicity After FaZe Clan Fallout
GameStop has terminated CEO Matt Furlong and announced that meme stock investor and SuperStonk cult-hero, Ryan Cohen, will take over as Executive Chairman. The famous brick-and-mortar gaming retailer’s stock price proceeded to drop over 15 percent in after-hours trading.
Source: Kotaku – GameStock Fires CEO As Meme Stock Plummets
I don’t think I’m alone in wanting a Mario Maker-like game focused on another Nintendo property, specifically The Legend of Zelda. Sadly, a theoretical “Zelda Maker” is probably never going to happen. But a newly announced game, Quest Master, seems to be the next best thing by letting you and your friends build the…
Source: Kotaku – Rad New Game Is Basically Zelda Mixed With Mario Maker
After years of silence on the game, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 publisher Paradox Interactive has finally revealed a few new screenshots to hint at its ongoing development. At the same time, the company has offered refunds to anyone who pre-ordered the sequel, people who in some cases have been waiting…
Source: Kotaku – RPG Starts Offering Refunds For People Sick Of Waiting Years For It To Come Out
With E3 out of the picture this year, Summer Game Fest and all its satellite shows have the stage for video gamings’ annual summer showcase. Since all the presentations happening this week aren’t all in the same place, it might be hard to keep track of where to tune in. That’s what we’re here to help with. Here’s a…
Source: Kotaku – How To Watch Summer Game Fest, 2023’s Biggest News Event Yet
Cyberpunk 2077 launched as a broken game. But as someone who was going through the early work of gender transition during a world-stopping pandemic at the time, it somehow made sense that the big-budget, mega-popular video game everyone was so hyped about was also falling the fuck apart.
Source: Kotaku – Cyberpunk 2077, A Game As Broken As I Was, Helped Me Bid Farewell To Closeted Life
Last year’s retro-inspired arcade co-op brawler, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, was unexpectedly one of 2022’s best games. It was also one of the best TMNT games in years and a genuine hit. So it makes sense that Tribute Games, the developers behind Shredder’s Revenge, are planning to add more…
Source: Kotaku – The Best TNMT Game In Years Gets Radical New DLC
Iron Sheik, an iconic WWE Hall of Fame wrestler, has passed away at the age of 81.
Source: Kotaku – WWE Hall Of Fame Wrestler Iron Sheik Has Died
Doug Cockle, the man who provides Geralt of Rivia’s distinctive voice for CD Projekt Red’s Witcher games (not to mention staunch trans ally), has recently shared that he’s been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Fans and developers of the games have since come together to show their support in the wake of this upsetting…
Source: Kotaku – Witcher Voice Actor Gets Outpouring Of Fan Support After Cancer Diagnosis
How far tubby honey bear Winnie-the-Pooh has fallen. Now that he’s entered the public domain, he can no longer merely stumble through the painless Hundred Acre Wood stuffing his face full of dessert with no pants on. Now, he plays the swollen and bleeding protagonist to the just-announced indie horror game Winnie’s…
Source: Kotaku – This New Steam Exclusive Is Literally About Winnie The Pooh’s Hole
Former Dota 2 and StarCraft pro Souaïb ‘cArn’ Hanaf became Diablo IV’s first player to hit level 100 while playing on Hardcore mode (where death is permanent), immortalizing his name within the new hit action-RPG. But his overpowered Barbarian later died in the worst way possible, the grim fantasy world of Sanctuary’s…
Source: Kotaku – First Diablo 4 Fan At Hardcore Level 100 Perma-Killed In Worst Way Possible
Spacebound survival game No Man’s Sky received a massive surprise update early on June 7, expanding on April’s stocked Interceptor update. This one, christened the “Singularity,” is “part expedition and part update with a ton of new content, story, gameplay and some of our most exciting rewards,” developer Hello Games…
Source: Kotaku – No Man’s Sky Gets Sweet Quality Of Life Upgrades In Surprise Big Update
My first foray into the world of Pokémon as a kid was the Generation 3 games, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. So it brought me great pleasure to hear of a new project led by a group of video game preservationists, working to restore a lost web-browser-based Pokémon game that was released during the transition from Gen 3 to…
Source: Kotaku – This Pokémon Game Had Been Lost For Years, Until Now
Developer Toys For Bob has been working on the Crash Bandicoot series since it released the remade Crash N. Sane Trilogy in 2017. What started as a chance to recapture the spirit of Naughty Dog’s original PlayStation trilogy for a modern audience has turned into a steady gig, expanding upon a franchise that jumped…
Source: Kotaku – Meet Catbat, The Crash Bandicoot Series’ First Non-Binary Character
On June 16, The Pokémon Company in Japan will finally release the enormously anticipated Pokémon Card 151 set of trading cards. The reason people are so excited? Well, in large part it’s because this is the first time the original 151 Generation 1 Pokémon will be released together in a set in over two decades. Also,…
Source: Kotaku – The Pokémon Card Game’s Return To The OG 151 Didn’t Need To Pop Off This Hard
Cyan, the studio behind Myst and Riven, has for the last few years been funding its games via Kickstarter. That’s how 2016’s Obduction was made, and it’s also how 2023’s Firmament—with more than a little help from machines this time—was developed as well.
Source: Kotaku – Myst Studio’s New Game Has Loads Of AI-Generated Stuff
As we reported last week, Reddit is planning to make some changes under the hood that will essentially kill off every third-party app that readers use to engage with the site’s communities. Given the state of the official app and its heavy reliance on huge ads, it’s a deeply unpopular move, so unpopular that it has…
Source: Kotaku – Reddit Communities Are ‘Going Dark’ To Protest Wildly Unpopular App Changes
