On June 1, Diablo IV’s early access began and it just worked. No ubiquitous error codes. No server crashes. No major bugs. Some players on console are encountering a nasty license code issue with a bizarre workaround, but more broadly, and especially on PC, things appear to be going surprisingly smoothly. And after…
Source: Kotaku – Diablo IV Players Can’t Believe How Smooth Launch Is Going So Far
Street Fighter 6 has a lot of modes to check out and knobs to turn, to the point where it might seem overwhelming if you don’t know where to start. The sickest of fighting game sickos will likely head straight for the training room to discover the finer points of their preferred fighter and figure out the matchups,…
Source: Kotaku – 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Playing Street Fighter 6
What would otherwise have been a fairly minor announcement, the news that some old Duke Nukem games were coming to an Evercade handheld, has blown up after the rapid discovery that the bundle’s promotion included a bunch of terrible machine-generated imagery.
Source: Kotaku – Duke Nukem Promo Caught Using AI Images, Publisher Apologises
Back in April we brought you the very sad news that Waypoint, VICE’s video game website, was being shut down. Now, only a few weeks later, we get to bring you the excellent news that the site—and its podcast—will live on at a new home.
Source: Kotaku – Waypoint Is Dead, Long Live Remap
We’re long enough into the Nintendo Switch’s lifespan to have seen a lot of different colours for the console’s controllers, but these news ones just announced by the company may be the nicest yet. If you’re into soft pastels.
Source: Kotaku – Nintendo Releasing Beautiful New Pastel Joy-Cons
Diablo IV is out, at least in Early Access, and while things seem to be going smoothly so far on PC—fingers crossed—loads of PS5 players have run into a wall and can’t access the game.
Source: Kotaku – Diablo IV Players Getting Launch Errors, But Not If They Pay Up
Diablo IV’s microtransactions won’t affect gameplay but they will cost you a ton. Our first look at the dungeon-crawler’s cosmetic shop shows special mounts priced at as much as $15, while armor for classes like the Necromancer will run as high as $25.
Source: Kotaku – Some Of Diablo IV’s Special Armor Sets Will Cost You
Something unexpected happened in a simulated test of an AI-powered military drone. The robot, tasked with taking out specific targets on approval of a human operator, decided to just take out the human so it could take out all the targets that the human might say no to. And somehow, this wild story that sounds…
Source: Kotaku – Uh-Oh: USAF’s Killer AI Drone Sounds Straight Out Of Horizon Zero Dawn
Over the last decade many of the biggest video game publishers (and some smaller ones too!) have decided that we can’t just launch our PC games straight from Steam or the desktop. Instead, we need to fire up their own desktop app first and then start our games.
Source: Kotaku – A Review Of Every Major Desktop Launcher For PC Games
As a lot of studios do these days, the team at Respawn have waited a few weeks after the launch of Star Wars: Jedi Survivor then decided to share some statistics on how the players have been playing. And I am shocked.
Source: Kotaku – Jedi Survivor Players, You Are An Enormous Disappointment
Good news, everyone! Futurama is back (again) with new episodes coming to Hulu in July. I’m very happy to have more Zoidberg in my life. And the other characters, too, I guess. But before we move forward into this new strange world of “More Futurama Episodes” let’s figure out the best episodes of the show, which first…
Source: Kotaku – The 11 Best Futurama Episodes Of All Time
Last week, the massively popular gaming esports and content creator group called FaZe Clan signed Stranger Things season four actor Grace Van Dien. Its community has been in shambles ever since, once again exposing the misogynistic underbelly of some of the organization’s fandom. Now Van Dien has locked her Twitter…
Source: Kotaku – Massive FaZe Clan Drama Over Stranger Things Actor Turns Even Uglier
In 2021, shortly after Facebook rebranded itself as Meta, the company announced a new virtual reality port of Rockstar’s open-world classic, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the Quest 2. Now, after its most recent gaming presentation, it seems Facebook and Rockstar have forgotten about this VR port.
Source: Kotaku – Remember GTA: San Andreas VR? Fans Aren’t Letting Meta Forget
The Overwatch 2 Pride event is now live, and along with the confirmation that two more heroes are queer and a collection of themed player banners and icons, Blizzard has reskinned an NYC-based map so that it looks like it’s set in the middle of a Pride parade.
Source: Kotaku – Overwatch 2 Removes Cop Cars From Pride Version Of Map
The developers of the upcoming PlayStation 5 sequel Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 say that the game will try to strike a balance between humor and heart while respectfully depicting the darker tones of Peter Parker when he is using his Venom symbiote suit.
Source: Kotaku – Spider-Man 2 PS5 Will Be Darker Than The Tobey Maguire Movie
Xbox has announced its plans for Pride 2023, and they include a “long-term” partnership with media-monitoring organization GLAAD, the option for players to donate Microsoft Rewards points to several LGBTQIA+ organizations, and a curated list of games that are made by queer-identifying developers, feature inclusive…
Source: Kotaku – Xbox Promises To Make Games For Much-Needed Queer Visibility
Facebook, I mean, Meta, has officially announced the long-rumored Quest 3, its next virtual reality headset. The Quest 3, the successor to the most popular VR headset so far, will be out later this year starting at $500.
Source: Kotaku – Meta Reveals Quest 3, A Sleeker VR Headset With Notable Upgrades
Did you think Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta was done with its soon-to-be old virtual reality headset? Think again. The company formerly known as Facebook announced the popular Oculus Quest 2 will get an upgrade and see its price slashed by $100, bringing it back down to where it was a year ago before Meta took the…
Source: Kotaku – Meta’s Popular Quest 2 VR Headset Pricing Is A Roller-Coaster
While Diablo IV “officially” comes out next week, an early access period for it begins tonight, June 1, or maybe tomorrow, June 2. See, exactly when it launches depends on your location and, of course, whether or not you’ve pre-ordered certain versions of the game.
Source: Kotaku – Diablo IV: Here’s How To Start Playing Early
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom can be overwhelming with all the choice it gives you. It gives you so little guided direction when you fall to Hyrule’s surface that you can straight up miss crucial tools like the paraglider if you wander off on your own. If you find yourself trapped by your own indecision…
Source: Kotaku – This Is The Best Order To Play Tears Of The Kingdom’s Temples Based On Their Rewards