I’m not a prude about war games, but real war is so horrifying that I always need some abstraction to get into it. The outlandish outfit designs in Fire Emblem and the cat ears in Arknights create a bit of cognitive distance from the harsh realities of armed conflict I learned about in school, allowing me to embrace…
Source: Kotaku – The Advance Wars Remake Is Tactically Satisfying But Narratively Toothless
Getting to play as Storm, Mistress of the Elements, is a highlight of any X-Men gaming experience, whether it be Konami’s classic arcade beat ‘em up, the beloved action-RPG X-Men: Legends, or as part of the Certified Gay Trio of Storm, Rogue, and Psylocke in Marvel vs. Capcom 2. As a lover of all the female X-Men, and…
Source: Kotaku – This Game Has The Best Depiction Of X-Men Women We’ve Ever Seen
In Second Dinner’s mobile card game Marvel Snap, one card seems to draw curiosity more than any other: Agatha Harkness. Part of this may be due to the character’s growth in popularity stemming from her role in the Disney Plus series WandaVision, which led to the creation of spin-off series Agatha: Coven of Chaos, set…
Source: Kotaku – Marvel Snap’s Creator Doesn’t Want You To Play Agatha Harkness’ Card
Humans are going back to the Moon! NASA’s Artemis program is going to send a bunch of astronauts to the Lunar surface in the coming years, initially for Moon business, but later to start work on the eventual journey to Mars. It’s exciting stuff, but as this art series shows, it can’t hurt to pack a few extra pieces of…
Source: Kotaku – Maybe We Shouldn’t Go Back To The Moon After All
As technology advances, and online communities shift to adapt, we take it as a kind of default proposition that new sites and platforms should be better than old ones. Reality, of course, has different plans.
Source: Kotaku – Stop. Closing. Forums. For. Discord.
Back in the 1990s, Philips tried to break into the video game market with its doomed-to-fail, multimedia set-top box standard called CD-i. Many brands and models of CD-i players were released but all of them were flops and mostly forgotten in 2023. However, Philips did acquire the rights to develop three Zelda games…
Source: Kotaku – Worst Zelda Game Gets New Life As Fan-Made Game Boy Demake
The Ukrainian army has a new weapon in the fight against Russian invaders: Valve’s Steam Deck handheld.
Source: Kotaku – Ukraine Has A Steam Deck-Controlled Machine Gun
If you’ve played Rockstar’s iconic PS2-era open-world crime simulator Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, you likely know about the infamously awful train mission. Hell, even if you haven’t played the game that mission has become popular online as a meme. And now someone has created a video showing it play out from the…
Source: Kotaku – Behold: GTA’s Worst Mission, Now With Thomas The Tank Engine
I’ve played a lot of Pokémon games, but Pokémon Black and White were never really standouts to me. And yet, after over two decades of love for the monster-collecting franchise, the only tattoo I have of a Pokémon is Herdier, the normal-type “loyal dog” Pokémon that debuted in the DS games. But the tattoo is not of…
Source: Kotaku – When A Beloved Pet Dies, Sometimes Pokémon Lets Us Immortalize Them
Just glancing at her, you’d never be able to tell that Elise—the red-haired protagonist in Czech-based indie studio Attu Games’ forthcoming adventure game, Scarlet Deer Inn—is made entirely of real, tangible thread. In fact, every character frame in Scarlet Deer Inn is made of thread, embroidered on a machine, and…
Source: Kotaku – This Adventure Game’s Characters Were All Embroidery First
Sony keeps saying that “play has no limits,” and a researcher just proved the company right. A robot controlled with a PlayStation 5 DualSense controller managed to inject human sperm into human eggs and the resulting babies were just recently born. It’s all part of an attempt to make in vitro fertilization [IVF]…
Source: Kotaku – Humanity Used A PS5 Controller To Inject Sperm With A Robot, Create Real Babies
The march of post-launch patches for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor begins. Following a massive day-one update that still left some bugs and performance issues for its Metroidvania exploration and Souls-like combat, especially on PC, EA has released another big patch for PC players with one for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S…
Source: Kotaku – Another Big Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Patch Is On The Way
Redfall, Arkane’s new co-op, immersive-sim, vampire-killer game is out on May 2, and naturally leaks of the game are spilling out on Twitter. At the same time, the official Twitter account for the title is doing its usual round of hype promo posts. The timing of these two forces, however, can lead to some…
Source: Kotaku – Not Even The Official Account For Xbox’s Big New Shooter Was Safe From Microsoft’s Leak Takedown
With Twitter struggling since Elon Musk was forced to buy the social media platform in October 2022, folks on the decaying Bird App have taken to posting entire films online thanks to the site’s stark lack of content moderation and safety, including the Chris Pratt-led The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
Source: Kotaku – Sheesh, The Full Super Mario Bros. Movie Keeps Popping Up On Twitter
There I was, exploring the large hub world of Koboh, the first planet you visit after the opening section of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. I had found myself inside a grungy cantina on the planet. And without realizing it, I went the wrong way and stumbled into the cantina’s refresher aka the bathroom. And hiding in the…
Source: Kotaku – Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Might Include The First Canonical Toilet In A Star Wars Game
Over a week ahead of schedule, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is now out in the wild. After months of dissecting every little leak they could find about the game, , some fans are now descending upon footage of how it starts in search of new information while others try to avoid spoilers at all costs.
Source: Kotaku – Fans Freak Out As Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Leaks Two Weeks Early [Update]
The production of big-budget games has felt unsustainable for a while now, and all evidence points to major blockbusters only getting more expensive in the years to come. Testimony in the regulatory fight over Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard shows that game publishers are spending more than ever to make…
Source: Kotaku – Blockbuster Game Development Costs Are Out Of Control
In the wake of Pokémon cards totally selling out in Japan, it appears that one trading card store in the country’s Akihabara district has adopted some drastic measures: Bar adults from buying cards so kids can enjoy the hobby.
Source: Kotaku – Japanese Store Is Banning Adults From Buying Pokémon Cards
