After six months, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet now have Pokémon Home support, allowing players to transfer some of their old favorite ‘mons from the storage app to the latest games. The update allows a select number of Pokémon to join your Paldea journey, but as fans have been exploring the update, they’ve discovered a…
Source: Kotaku – Pokémon Scarlet And Violet’s Big Home Update Brings New Monsters And New Problems
Silent Hill Ascension, Konami’s cryptic “live, real-time interactive series” game, just got a brand new trailer. It looks tense, with nasty enemies that should provide enough nightmare fuel to last through your waiting for details on other upcoming Silent Hill projects, like the Silent Hill 2 movie and desperately…
Source: Kotaku – The Most Unique Silent Hill In Years Just Got A Freaky New Trailer
HoYoverse has just released its latest gacha game, Honkai: Star Rail, and this latest space adventure has met endless comparisons to its sister gacha, Genshin Impact. After spending dozens of hours trailblazing through Honkai: Star Rail’s galaxy, I’ve experienced and combed through a huge number of different systems…
Source: Kotaku – 15 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting Honkai: Star Rail, Genshin Impact Devs’ New RPG
Some Shrines in Tears of the Kingdom have obvious solution. Others, well, if you’ve come across the Mayachin Shrine, which contains a giant target and a big ball that perpetually rolls down a slope, well you might still be standing there unsure what to do.
Source: Kotaku – Tears of the Kingdom’s ‘Pinball’ Shrine Is Driving Players Bonkers
To say Capcom fumbled Street Fighter V is an understatement. SF5 launched in an incomplete state, going all-in on “esports” to the point that it shipped without even basic single-player modes, and the flat, offense-heavy combat came off so canned, so rote, that it almost felt turn-based. (Also, Ken had bananas for…
Source: Kotaku – Street Fighter 6: The Kotaku Review
Last week a video was released featuring two senior developers working on Diablo IV: Associate Game Director Joseph Piepiora and Art Director John Mueller. In the clip the pair were presented with a series of questions from “fans”, which they answer at length, but it didn’t take long for some digging to find that the…
Source: Kotaku – Diablo IV Interview’s Questions From ‘Fans’ Are Very Questionable
Timur Kvasov is a veteran concept artist based in Serbia who has done work for companies like Tencent and 5518 Studios.
Source: Kotaku – That Is An Excellent Portable Computer Design
Mods have for decades been a way for fans to create content for their favourite games, and for decades have been seen as a community pursuit, something free, something people do for the love of it. Over the last few years, though, that stance has begun to change.
Source: Kotaku – Should Mods Be Paid For? Not In Valheim
Next month sees the release of Magic: The Gathering’s Universes Beyond expansion for Lord of the Rings. The Tales of Middle-Earth card game will, say creators Wizards of the Coast, introduce a diversity to the endlessly reworked franchise that hasn’t been seen before.
Source: Kotaku – Lord Of The Rings CCG Will Include Diversity And Originality
If you’re as sick of AAA development practices and staff treatment as you say you are, then you really ought to be looking a lot deeper into the world of indie development. And wouldn’t you know it, along with nine from earlier today, we’ve another 10 unknown or under-known indie games that are well-deserving of your…
Source: Kotaku – 10 Indie Games That Are Bursting With Imagination
If you don’t follow a game particularly closely, then the storms that occur within its communities can seem very bizarre. Take Final Fantasy XVI—obviously a game with a huge fanbase and a lot of people very excited for next month’s release—but one where you might have missed the furore over its UI. Or indeed the fuss…
Source: Kotaku – Final Fantasy XVI Will Have Perfect Grapes
Hello, sit down, and welcome. It’s time for some Indiegeddon! This is where I distract the entire Kotaku crew with a barbecue-based holiday, and take over the site with indie games that otherwise struggle to get coverage on major gaming sites. You, in turn, wishlist then buy all these games, causing a total revolution…
Source: Kotaku – 9 Of The Most Fascinating Indie Games For Your Steam Wishlist
Everyone’s got a favorite Pokémon game. Whether it’s one of the mainline RPGs where you catch ‘em all and become champion, or one of the spin-offs that show new sides of the world and people’s relationship to the titular Pocket Monsters, the series has given people a lot of different ways to inhabit its huge world.…
Source: Kotaku – What Your Favorite Pokémon Game Says About You: Brutal Callout Edition
AI is coming to games, whether you like it or not. Last night’s Nvidia keynote showed just how powerful—and devastating—that’s going to be. The company’s CEO, Jensen Huang, showed off how its freshly announced “Omniverse Avatar Cloud Engine” (ACE) can create real-time interactive AI NPCs, complete with improvised…
Source: Kotaku – Nvidia’s New AI Is Coming For Absolutely Every Gaming Job
Valve removed the Steam listing for Dolphin, a popular emulator for the GameCube and Wii, after it received a cease and desist from Nintendo, developers behind the project claim. The company behind Mario and Zelda accuses the emulator of illegally circumventing its protections, and says it’s merely protecting the…
Source: Kotaku – Nintendo Asks Valve To Kick GameCube And Wii Emulator Off Steam, Says It’s Protecting Its Creativity And Work
Rarely do I watch a trailer for a video game more than once. Yet with Bungie’s Marathon reboot/sequel/whatever, I’ve found myself looping its slick and stylish announcement trailer. It’s not just because the trailer slaps, but because Bungie is teasing looks to be one of the coolest shooters released in years.
Source: Kotaku – Wow, Bungie’s Marathon Is The Coolest-Looking Shooter In Years
With a game as expansive and malleable as Tears of the Kingdom, there are countless ways to solve puzzles, traverse the environment, defeat your enemies, or just have fun. As the game’s been out now just a couple of weeks, players are still discovering unique contraptions, and one that’s swiftly growing in popularity…
Source: Kotaku – This Tears Of The Kingdom ‘Air Bike’ Is Starting A Revolution
The official reveal of a Metal Gear Solid 3 remake was one of the headliners of Sony’s recent PlayStation 5 showcase, but it likely won’t be finished for some time. Fortunately, a collection of Metal Gear classics is coming to modern platforms this fall and it will actually include more games than originally expected.
Source: Kotaku – Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Will Include Five Games You Need To Play
The Outlast Trials is excessively nasty and obscene—appropriate, considering it’s developer Red Barrels’ first follow up in six years to its, in the best way, abhorrent Outlast survival horror series. Since its Early Access release on May 18, the blood-drenched multiplayer has been sliding up the Steam charts, making…
Source: Kotaku – The Most Disgusting Game Of The Year Is Here And Steam Loves It
Artificial Intelligence is everywhere, from software like the language processor ChatGPT and the image generator DALL-E to AI chatbots—and now, even Twitch streamers are starting to take notice. Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa, one of the platform’s biggest stars with over 6.4 million followers, recently dropped her own…
Source: Kotaku – Twitch Star Amouranth Wants Her AI Chatbot To Put Trolls In Their Place