Microsoft’s $69 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard inched closer in a big way on Friday. UK regulators announced a provisional finding that the acquisition wouldn’t harm competition, despite previously suggesting the Xbox maker might need to spin-off the Call of Duty business to get the sale approved.
Source: Kotaku – Microsoft Just Overcame A Major Hurdle Blocking The Activision Deal
In the 20+ years since the Fallout franchise was introduced to the world, most of the games have been met with praise—which means that ranking them isn’t easy. It’s especially difficult to pit the games against each other when you consider that the post-nuclear franchise has undergone a couple of genre changes through…
Source: Kotaku – Let’s Rank The Fallout Games, Worst To Best
Let’s all get on the same page before going any further: this is not canon. This is not hidden lore, endorsed by Nintendo, that you should arm yourself with and take with you on an official basis every time you play a Mario game from now on. OK?
Source: Kotaku – Horrific Mario Manga Shows 1-UP Mushroom Growing Out Of Dead Plumber
As Sony and Microsoft continue to battle over the latter’s proposed $69 billion dollar purchase of Activision Blizzard, more and more people—relatively powerful and influential people—are being drawn into the debate.
Source: Kotaku – U.S. Senator Blasts Sony’s Monopoly On Cool Japanese Games
Ahead of tomorrow’s Diablo IV open beta, Blizzard warns that—as was the case last weekend—players will likely suffer from long waits and other server issues as even more folks than last weekend all queue up to try to play the super-hyped sequel.
Source: Kotaku – Blizzard Warns Diablo IV Open Beta Will Also Be A Mess At First
Respawn just announced its new Apex Legends Sun Squad Collection Event which will give players a chance to earn some sweet, swimsuit-themed character skins. But Apex Legends fans want more—specifically, a slutty swimsuit for character Loba.
Source: Kotaku – Thirsty Apex Legends Players Pissed Swimsuit Skins Aren’t Hot Enough
The more I learn about the creator of Chainsaw Man, the more I like his vibe. His art assistant just had their explicit work published in a manga anthology featuring gay men, and Tatsuki Fujimoto wants his fans to check it out.
Source: Kotaku – Chainsaw Man Creator Asks Fans To Read Gay Porn, Fans Go Hell Yeah
This week, Epic Games revealed Unreal Editor for Fortnite, a toolset that expands on the battle royale’s existing creator resources and could completely revolutionize the game in the process. Players have wasted no time offering glimpses into that potential, using the new tools for everything from recreating scenes…
Source: Kotaku – Fortnite Players Are Already Making Incredible Things With Unreal
Resident Evil 4’s long-awaited remake is out tomorrow. And while this soon-to-be-released horror game is a mostly faithful adaptation of the original Capcom classic, not everything from the original game has been recreated in the remake. For example: You monsters who like murdering the mysterious merchant will be…
Source: Kotaku – Sorry Sickos, Resident Evil 4 Remake Won’t Let You Kill The Merchant
Remember Everywhere, that ambitious-yet-vague open-world game spearheaded by former Grand Theft Auto producer Leslie Benzies? It’s OK if you don’t. After all, the project had only the briefest of reveals during last year’s Gamescom Opening Night Live presentation. However, after half a year of silence, developer Build…
Source: Kotaku – What The Hell Is Everywhere, That New Creator Game From Ex-GTA Devs?
Between my PC, PS5, Switch, GameCube (yeah, I still have one of those), iPhone, and my friend’s Xbox 360 (yeah, he still has one of those), it’s hard not to feel completely boxed in by screens leaking evil, sleep-disrupting blue light. Though I like playing games every day, I also have screen fatigue, and I’ve been…
Source: Kotaku – Reduce Your Screen Time With These Video Game-Inspired Board Games
The FIFA 23 lords giveth, and the FIFA 23 lords taketh away. Fans have been asking for the National Women’s Soccer League to be added to the game for over a decade, and EA finally dropped all 12 teams (plus the UWCL) into the game yesterday. Unfortunately for the women on those rosters, their in-game likenesses are…
Source: Kotaku – Women’s Pro Soccer Players React To Their Terrible FIFA 23 Characters
Yesterday, I came across a viral post from a Dragon Ball Z fan account called Dragon Ball Perfect Shots showcasing Vegeta’s victory over Goku in the after-credit scene in the new film Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero. In Vegeta and Goku’s cinematic fight, which served as the B-plot of the film, the all-powerful saiyans…
Source: Kotaku – Fraud Alert: Goku Has Never Actually Beaten Vegeta
On the newest episode of Disney+’s The Mandalorian, a cool Jedi appeared to save the day in a short but awesome flashback. However, what really made this sequence so memorable and exciting was that finally, after over two decades, the man who played the widely reviled prequel CG character Jar Jar Binks finally got his…
Source: Kotaku – The Mandalorian Finally Honors Star Wars’ Most Unfairly Abused Actor
Linus Tech Tips is one of YouTube’s most popular content creators for tech hardware, with over 15 million followers on the platform. That changed very quickly after the account was hacked by crypto scammers who used it to run Bitcoin ads. The account has now been “terminated,” according to an error page on individual …
Source: Kotaku – Popular YouTube Channel Linus Tech Tips Pulled After Scammer Hack
If you’ve played Destiny 2 at all in the weeks since Lightfall released, you’ve probably died more than once to a Thresher. The nondescript Cabal gunships have been utterly destroying players since the new expansion hit, but some much needed relief is finally on the way.
Source: Kotaku – Destiny 2 Fixing Gunship That Keeps Killing Everyone
Last week, Epic Games announced that it would graft its industry-standard game engine into the most popular battle royale game on earth. Fortnite content creators are using the Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) to create all sorts of wild shit, including the original Fortnite map as it existed in chapter one, season…
Source: Kotaku – Fortnite’s Unreal Editor Used To Recreate Original Map, And You Can Play It
After leaking ahead of schedule earlier this week, Lego 2K Drive has been officially unveiled.
Source: Kotaku – The Lego Racing Game Looks Like A Chaotic Open-World Mario Kart
