Nintendo is not messing around when it comes to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom leaks. In fact it’s so aggro right now, it seems to have unintentionally snagged innocent content creators simply sharing official footage in its copyright clampdown. God of War writer and streamer Alanah Pearce said she was…
Source: Kotaku – Nintendo’s Aggressive Efforts To Squash Tears Of The Kingdom Leaks Are Having Unintended Side Effects
During its successful open beta, action role-playing game Diablo IV had players kicking their feet and blushing their way to hell, and now they can return sooner than they initially believed. Diablo general manager Rod Fergusson clarified on Twitter that, despite what promotional material says, Diablo IV will be…
Source: Kotaku – Here’s When You Can Actually Start Playing Diablo IV
Fans eager for a successor to the Switch will have to wait a bit longer. Nintendo confirmed that no Switch 2 or Switch Pro is expected in the coming months during its latest earnings call. 2024 could finally be the year we see what new console the company’s been working on, but in the meantime players will have to put…
Source: Kotaku – Nintendo Says Don’t Expect A New Switch This Year Either
On Monday, Viz Media announced the launch of a new manga reading service called Viz Manga which will give users access to a wider variety of manga outside of its usual action-adventure shonen series for just $1.99 a month. To further sweeten the deal, the new manga subscription service will exclusively feature Nana,…
Source: Kotaku – Viz Media’s New Manga App Is The Criterion Collection Of Romance, Horror Series
In Respawn’s Jedi series, one of the constants across both games is the Mantis, a starship that’s kinda yours, but also not yours, but you use it enough that it may as well be. And I think, more than the combat or the jumping or the surprisingly Star Warsy tone of the games, it’s my favourite thing about them. At…
Source: Kotaku – Star Wars’ Mantis Is Such A Good Ship
In August 2022 we told the very sad story of a serious Nintendo collector who, having thought he’d got hold of some very special old playing cards, had in fact got hold of two hunks of worthless cardboard.
Source: Kotaku – Tragic Nintendo Unboxing Story Has A Happy Ending
Few game show moments are as great as when a Jeopardy! contestant desperately needs a Daily Double, they find it, get it right, and take the lead. Almost as good: When someone bets big while in the lead and loses. Well, now this iconic part of the show is changing as viewers at home will be told where the Daily Double…
Source: Kotaku – Jeopardy!’s Big Winners-Only Tournament Is Changing How Daily Doubles Work
The series hasn’t even been released in the U.S. yet, but Pokémon anime fans are already adopting Fuecoco as their favorite son. Sprigatto and Quaxly who?
Source: Kotaku – Fuecoco Is The Breakout Star Of The New Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Anime
On the colorful, cartoonish race tracks of Gameloft’s free-to-play kart racer, Disney Speedstorm, one monster has become a menace. One monster can’t be stopped. That monster is Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc. And while fans want this green little speed ball nerfed, Gameloft has no plans to do so anytime soon.
Source: Kotaku – Disney Speedstorm Players Beg Devs To Nerf Monsters Inc.’s Mike Wazowski
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 punctuated the ending to arguably one of Marvel’s best trilogy films (don’t @ me) with an emotionally gratifying final needle drop that had its titular characters, the fans, and even the musician behind the song ugly-crying with happiness. Minor spoilers ahead.
Source: Kotaku – Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3’s Final Needle Drop Had Its Songwriter In Tears, Too
Sometimes I discover a website or app that I know is going to suck up hours or even days of my life and immediately have to close it or else I’ll not get any work done. That’s exactly what happened when I stumbled upon the new official website that lets you freely explore every Enterprise bridge that has appeared over…
Source: Kotaku – New Star Trek Website Lets You Explore Every Enterprise Bridge
If you attempt to skip past certain story elements in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, the latest Force-powered action-adventure from Respawn Entertainment, you’re greeted with a funny little pop-up message warning you that the game may break. That sounds like it could suck, but in actuality, it’s pretty cool that the…
Source: Kotaku – Star Wars Jedi: Survivor’s Got Your Back If You Purposefully Break Its Story
Despite Dead Island 2’s glamorous outer shell—its sparkling, sprawling vision of L.A., filled with scattered cash and ruined mansions—what makes it compelling is making its many zombies literally spill their guts. As you may have once heard, it’s what’s on the inside that counts.
Source: Kotaku – 8 Surprising Facts About Dead Island 2’s Legendary Gore
Are you ever playing a Pokémon game like Scarlet and Violet, happily running around the open world catching critters and having a good ol’ time, when you suddenly remember Game Freak stranded the protagonists of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl in the ancient past with no means of returning to their friends and family in the…
Source: Kotaku – A Year Later, Pokémon Legends: Arceus’ Incomplete Story Remains The Series’ Most Compelling
When The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom began leaking online, Nintendo initially fought back with standard copyright takedowns of screenshots, video streams, and entire Discord servers hosting links to pirated versions of the game. Now it appears to be ramping up the offensive, going after some of the emulation…
Source: Kotaku – Nintendo Seemingly Goes After Switch Emulation Following Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Leak
Recently, a guest on the popular TV series Antiques Roadshow brought on something quite different from the types of things folks usually have appraised by the show’s experts: a binder containing all 102 original, base-set Pokémon cards. What makes the segment so interesting is that appraiser Travis Landry takes it…
Source: Kotaku – Binder Of Extremely Rare Pokémon Cards Showed Up On Antiques Roadshow
Charles Philip Arthur George, aka Charles III, was officially crowned the King of England on May 6. The coronation, which took place at the Westminster Abbey Anglican church in London, was expectedly gaudy and lavish, overflowing with enough gold and jewels to make you blind with all the incessant sparkling. Never…
Source: Kotaku – Gamers Are Memeing The Hell Out Of The King Charles Coronation
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is only a few more days away. The special edition consoles have shipped. The leaks are out there. And the digital version of the game has begun pre-loading on every Switch. The only thing left? Trying to remember what the hell happened in the first game, Breath of the Wild.
Source: Kotaku – Catch-Up On Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Before The Sequel In Under Seven Minutes
There are, by my count, 1732 indie games coming out every day now, which makes promoting them (for devs) and covering them (for us) almost impossible. One trend I’ve enjoyed lately, though, is an attempt to market a game not just by showing the game, but by showing what went into making the game.
Source: Kotaku – I Could Watch These Rotoscoped Graphics All Day Long
