In 1996, the very first Resident Evil game was released and since then, the survival horror series has become one of Capcom’s biggest and most successful franchises. While that original hit game—featuring creepy monsters, zombies, and a big ol’ mansion—the spooky series has expanded to include numerous movies, comics,…
Source: Kotaku – The Best And Worst Parts Of Every Resident Evil Game
Lifeweaver, Overwatch 2’s new support hero, has a pretty high skill ceiling. There’s an argument to be made this is because he’s not a great healer, and his support kit requires a pretty strong game sense to get the most out of. It’s still unclear how Lifeweaver might play into the competitive meta, if at all, and for…
Source: Kotaku – 6 Tips That Will Help You Master Lifeweaver In Overwatch 2
Look out at a sea of purses, totes, and backpacks and you’ll notice a few endearing, dangly bag charms—typically superfluous, purely aesthetic accessories that the Resident Evil 4 remake manages to make crucial. The survival horror adds useful charms to its now more customizable version of the attache case, the…
Source: Kotaku – Resident Evil 4 Remake’s Attache Charms Are Surprisingly Fashionable
The backstage drama in the world of professional wrestling can upstage the theatrics inside the squared circle. AEW’s lack of a release date for its upcoming video game is starting to wear thin on fans.
Source: Kotaku – Wrestling President Says Video Game Is Finished, But Its Devs Disagree
It’s a new month, which means Sony’s adding another crop of games to its PlayStation Plus vault for Extra and Premium subscribers. There are some good additions here, including Dishonored and Doom Eternal. But, as the saying goes, out with the old and in with the new: Insomniac Games’ Marvel’s Spider-Man is poised to…
Source: Kotaku – PlayStation Plus Axes Marvel’s Spider-Man, One Of Its Biggest Games, Soon
Blizzard has recently expanded on the kinds of updates that Diablo IV fans can expect to see after launch. The developers say they are adding story content to the base game every three months. Diablo IV will also have a battle pass some time after the game is released.
Source: Kotaku – Diablo IV Will Release Story Updates Every Three Months
Just days after Redfall gameplay footage from IGN was lampooned across the internet for looking stiff and unimpressive, Microsoft revealed that its first big blockbuster of 2023 won’t support 60fps at launch. It’s another disappointing data point for a first-person shooter arriving as a new-gen exclusive at a time…
Source: Kotaku – The Best Version Of Xbox’s Next Big Exclusive Won’t Arrive At Launch
Last year, Nvidia launched beefy, expensive power hogs with the GeForce RTX 4080 and 4090 graphics cards and canceled the only real budget option over its own confusing naming conventions. Today, compromised performance in exchange for big savings is back on the table thanks to the 4070, a $600 card that promises…
Source: Kotaku – After Much Controversy, Nvidia Brings Back A Budget PC Graphics Card
Despite all the discourse about what effects that AI will have on game development, we don’t have to speculate about what can happen. We can just take a look at how AI is transforming game development in China right now. A combination of AI adaptation and regulatory setbacks have reportedly caused illustration jobs to…
Source: Kotaku – Fans Are Already Revolting Against AI That Make Their Games Feel Cheap And Soulless
I’ve reviewed a lot of board game adaptations of video games on this website, and with good reason: it’s the most intimate intersection of our board game and video game coverage. In nearly every case, the key consideration has been how does the board game feel compared to the original. What kind of concessions have…
Source: Kotaku – Frostpunk: The Board Game: The Kotaku Review
Anyone who is familiar with Crusader Kings II will be familiar with AGOT, a sprawling mod that transforms the world of medieval Europe into George R R Martin’s Westeros from A Song Of Ice And Fire. So it is good, and also terrifying (in terms of my spare time) news that the mod is ready to make the leap to the newer …
Source: Kotaku – Game Of Thrones Is Coming To Crusader Kings III
Normally I wouldn’t get too excited about a Resident Evil film, as both the live-action and CG entries haven’t been great. But a new trailer for the upcoming Death Island looks too damn campy and fun to ignore. I mean, all your favorite Resident Evil heroes—like RE4’s Leon and RE3’s Jill—are back together to take on…
Source: Kotaku – The Next Resident Evil Movie Goes All Out And Fans Are Into The Absurdity
Now that this year’s E3 is dead, what fills the summer void is up in the air. You’ve got the usual contenders, such as Geoff Keighley’s Summer Games Fest and Xbox’s joint Starfield presentation with Bethesda, but nothing matches E3’s scale. While PlayStation has yet to formally announce anything, Nintendo is…
Source: Kotaku – Nintendo’s Doing A Live Fan Event That Kinda Sounds Like Its Own E3
Hideaki Anno, the auteur behind the mid-‘90s smash-hit mecha anime Neon Genesis Evangelion, recently revealed that his work schedule is clear for the first time in 30 years.
Source: Kotaku – Evangelion Creator Can Finally Take A Damn Vacation
Both PlayStation and Xbox are running big spring sales right now. From Lego Star Wars to The Last of Us Part 1, it’s the perfect time to dip into some of 2023’s biggest blockbusters so far, or catch up on last year’s releases.
Source: Kotaku – A Bunch Of PlayStation And Xbox Games Just Got Steep Discounts
A former Konami employee was arrested this week for allegedly attempting to murder his boss by hitting him in the head with a fire extinguisher in the office, Livedoor reported.
Source: Kotaku – Konami Employee Arrested For Allegedly Attempting To Murder His Former Boss
If you had previously enjoyed the blistering body damage and absurd headshot multiplier of Fortnite’s Mythic Havoc pump shotgun, I’ve got some sad news. In a recent update, Epic Games nerfed the brutal weapon. But don’t worry, as update 24.20 still has a few exciting things to take advantage of.
Source: Kotaku – Fortnite Stops The ‘One Pump’ Shotgun, Unvaults Dirt Bikes
Elden Ring modders just can’t stop tampering with FromSoftware’s latest Soulslike, adding all kinds of crazy things from jets and tanks to flying brooms and pocket monsters. While The Lands Between is already an expansive location to die in, prolific Souls modder Dropoff has added a familiar location to the game, one…
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring Modder Crammed Demon’s Souls’ Most Iconic Level Into Game
Third-person team-based online free-to-play crossplay shooter Rogue Company is ending support for its Switch version on June 20. Developer Hi-Rez Studios cited “significant technical and process challenges” working on the Switch version in its announcement of the upcoming shutdown. Meanwhile—and I am just reporting…
Source: Kotaku – Switch Shooter’s Shutdown Has Xbox, PS5 Fans Happy They May Face Fewer Kids
A clever mod makes it so that Half-Life: Alyx, the Half-Life series VR exclusive, no longer requires a VR set up to play. Appropriately titled “Half-Life: Alyx NoVR,” the mod allows you to experience the game’s full campaign without an Oculus Quest 2 to your name. This isn’t the first mod to attempt this, but from…
Source: Kotaku – The Best VR Game Doesn’t Require VR Anymore