What makes Fortnite so engaging? Ask players what they love, and there’s a number of things they might mention about the hugely popular battle royale. The gameplay loop is fun, with solid third-person shooter controls and the unique complexity of its building mechanic nicely complicating the simple quest to be the…
Source: Kotaku – Fortnite’s Story Is Way Better Than It Gets Credit For
Polyphony’s Gran Turismo 4, released in December 2004, is a video game we have been playing for almost 20 years, and we have all been playing it, this entire time, without realising that it has cheat codes.
Source: Kotaku – Someone Just Found Cheat Codes For 2004’s Gran Turismo 4
Earlier this month we reported that a small number of people had been taking and appearing in “lewd” photos with statues at Studio Ghibli’s new theme park, and that the act of posting those images on social media had reportedly “disturbed many people”.
Source: Kotaku – Lewd Ghibli Posters Now Very Sorry For Causing ‘Distress’
Kirby’s whole thing is that he has a huge mouth, and anything he swallows he either absorbs their powers or transforms into. If he swallows Mario in a Smash fight he gets a red hat. In more recent times, if he puts a car in his mouth, he turns into a car.
Source: Kotaku – Sadly, Kirby Will Not Turn Into A Hot Man If He Swallows A Hot Man
Diablo IV’s open beta has finally come to an end, meaning we won’t get another opportunity to play the loot-grinding RPG until it drops on June 6. Now that most of everyone at Kotaku had the chance to check out Hell (or at least the emissaries from it you encounter in the early game), we decided to round up some folks…
Source: Kotaku – Diablo IV’s Beta Has Us Kinda Obsessed With Hell
Today, Warner Bros. Games and Player First announced that the MultiVersus open beta will be shutting down in 90 days. The publisher and devs promise the game will return in “early 2024.” In the meantime, players will be unable to play online, and no new updates will be released. And in bad news for players who…
Source: Kotaku – Surprising Fans, WB’s Smash Bros.-Like Shutters Until 2024 With No Refunds
Several game developers who attended this year’s Game Developers Conference have reported that they experienced harassment on the show floor, while others claim they had their drinks spiked at a networking event that took place off-site.
Source: Kotaku – GDC Organizers Respond To Reports Women Were Drugged, Assaulted At Off-Site Events
The most beautiful thing about the 2021 follow-up to dress-up role-playing game Love Nikki, Shining Nikki, is its arcane strangeness. The clothes are pretty, too—glittery dresses with skirts shaped like a tulip petals’ cup, tiaras with knots of pearls like dollops of cake frosting, one implausibly pastel Sanrio collab…
Source: Kotaku – Dress-Up RPG Has Loophole That Lets Disney Princesses Wield Guns
Two of the women who accused game writer Chris Avellone of sexual misconduct in 2020 now say they were misinterpreted and have retracted their statements to the press after settling a libel lawsuit brought by the Obsidian co-founder. “We believe that he deserves a full return to the industry and support him in those…
Source: Kotaku – Fallout Writer Chris Avellone’s Accusers Settle Libel Case For Seven Figures
We’ve still got a few months before the action-heavy Final Fantasy XVI drops on June 22 for PlayStation 5. And in preparation for the RPG’s imminent release, Square Enix continues to show off more of the game’s various elements, from gameplay and cutscenes to characters and Eikon battles. While we’ve known that you…
Source: Kotaku – Final Fantasy 16 Producer Tries To Pet Dog, Attacks It Instead
Ubisoft has confirmed that the company won’t be attending E3 2023 in Los Angeles this summer. This is a reversal for the publisher, as it confirmed last month that it would be attending the annual trade show. It now joins other large video game companies, like Microsoft, in skipping the upcoming E3 event.
Source: Kotaku – Ubisoft Is Skipping E3 2023 As The Show Continues To Fall Apart
I know that we’ve all been calling it “BOTW 2” for years, but Zelda fans really do want Tears of the Kingdom. I promise. Yet despite that game’s imminent release date Nintendo has proudly tweeted a new video promoting Breath of the Wild. Please, Nintendo. That game came out six years ago. Fans have started wondering:…
Source: Kotaku – Nintendo Is Still Going Hard With Breath of the Wild 6 Years Later, Despite Sequel
Last week, Epic Games revealed its exciting new Unreal Editor for Fortnite, which gives players incredible freedom to design their own unique experiences within the battle royale. Already, they’ve made everything from chapter one map to recreations of Mario Kart maps and original game ideas. While the tool opens up a…
Source: Kotaku – Fortnite’s New Unreal Editor Has Limits On What Fans Can Make, Monetize
At PAX East 2023, there was one game I couldn’t walk the show floor without hearing about, and after playing one route of Black Tabby Games’ Slay The Princess, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it, either. The demo that other attendees and I played is available on Steam, and it illustrates how effectively the…
Source: Kotaku – This Horror Time Loop Game Stole PAX (And You Can Play It Right Now)
I’m hiding in a small shack on a lonely hill surrounded by a deadly storm of energy that will destroy me in seconds if I touch it. There’s no escaping the situation. Around me, I can hear other players shooting and breaking walls. I know it’s now or never if I want to win this match of Fortnite. I sprint and slam…
Source: Kotaku – The True Gods Of Fortnite Are The Expert Snipers
The video game-inspired fight scene in the recently released neo-noir film, John Wick: Chapter 4, may have changed the game for action movies moving forward.
Source: Kotaku – John Wick 4 Director On That Scene That Looks Straight Out Of Hotline Miami
It’s Aries season, Women’s History Month, the start of spring, and Kotaku Royale week. What’s that last one, you ask? Well, we’re spending all week bringing you exclusive interviews with the teams behind your favorite battle royales, pointed opinions about the state of Warzone and the genre at large, hot takes on…
Source: Kotaku – Welcome To Kotaku Royale, Exploring The Genre That’s Defining Modern Gaming
Since its release in November 2022, Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 has undergone immense scrutiny from the community due to its rocky launch. Warzone 2.0 dropped with numerous missing features that undid a lot of the goodwill garnered during the first game’s lifecycle, and while it still has a long way to go, it’s headed…
Source: Kotaku – After Three Months Of Struggles, Ashika Island Saved Warzone 2.0
Love makes you do crazy things. When you feel connected to another person, you feel compelled to go to the ends of the Earth for them. Maybe you’ll take a bullet for your significant other. Maybe you’ll do their taxes and handle their dirty laundry (figuratively and literally). Or maybe, as in the case of two…
Source: Kotaku – Netflix Star Wants To Name Kids After Elden Ring Bosses, And The Internet Approves
