Nintendo’s decision to close both the Wii U and 3DS eShops might make commercial sense for the company, but for fans and lovers of video game history it’s a disaster, as it’s feared many of the games being removed will disappear and never be seen or made available ever again.
Source: Kotaku – YouTuber Buys Every Single Video Game On The Wii U and 3DS eShops Before They Close
A 38-year-old man has been arrested in South Brunswick, New Jersey after allegedly posting a death threat targeting a Sherriff in Florida, and ending his statement with the words “In Minecraft”.
Source: Kotaku – Man Arrested After Making ‘Minecraft’ Death Threat To Sheriff
The internet’s been buzzy of late for the freshly announced Persona 5 spin-off game, Phantom of the Night (P5X). Fans were intrigued by the new characters, but they were also excited to meet their old favorites again. But when I looked at the screenshots, I noticed one person missing: Goro Akechi. What gives, Atlus?…
Source: Kotaku – Persona 5, Does Goro Akechi Mean Nothing To You?
I spend a lot of time putzing around my PlayStation 5: deleting games here, downloading them there, looking for old saves, and trying to talk to friends. It’s made me appreciate every new firmware update, no matter how small or niche the improvements it makes are. And earlier this month, Sony delivered a bunch of…
Source: Kotaku – A Ton Of Lowkey Features Just Made The PS5 Way More Convenient
Lance Reddick, the actor who’s been lending his voice to games ranging from the Horizon series to Quantum Break, passed away Friday. He was 60 years old. While he’s been in films and TV shows such as John Wick and The Wire, Destiny players know him best as the commander of The Last City, the Awoken Guardian Zavala.…
Source: Kotaku – Destiny Players Pay Tribute To Lance Reddick, Their Fallen Commander
The player known as Let Me Solo Her has become an icon in the Elden Ring community in the year since FromSoftware’s action RPG launched. It started when he used the game’s online co-op features to help a player fight Malenia, one of the game’s hardest boss battles, wearing nothing but some underwear and a pot on his…
Source: Kotaku – Let Me Solo Her Is Playing Elden Ring, But Every Enemy Is Malenia
“Honestly, I don’t even know where to start.”
Source: Kotaku – Pedro Pascal’s Most Unhinged Role Might Be For This Game Ad
Blizzard brought down the banhammer on “almost 120,000” World of Warcraft Classic accounts after discovering players were creating bots to exploit the Death Knight class to farm resources in the Wrath of the Lich King Classic expansion that launched in September.
Source: Kotaku – Blizzard Bans 120,000 World Of Warcraft Classic Death Knights
Lance Reddick has passed away. TMZ reports that police found him in his Studio City, Los Angeles home on Thursday. He was 60 years old.
Source: Kotaku – Destiny, Horizon Actor Lance Reddick Dies At 60
2023 has already been a pretty solid year for games. However, if you stop and look at Metacritic to see what some of the highest-rated games released this year actually were, you’ll notice a trend: Many of them are remakes or remasters of older games. It’s a trend that likely has a few different causes, but which also…
Source: Kotaku – 2023’s Highest Rated Games Are Mostly Remakes Or Remasters
2016 psychological horror game Layers of Fear is, in developers Anshar Studios and Bloober Team’s words, getting not quite a remake, but a “reimagining”—”a unified vision of horror” chaining together the stories of Layers of Fear, sequel Layers of Fear 2, all pre-existing DLCs and a new one, called “The Final Note.” A…
Source: Kotaku – Silent Hill 2 Team Shows Terrifying Gameplay Preview Of Their OG Horror Remake
The imminent Resident Evil 4 remake, like the original classic, contains a whole lot of destructible crates. However, the crates are now a bit different. As the game’s recent demo suggests, the developers have now marked these boxes with a painted yellow “X” to indicate that you should smash them to bits for the…
Source: Kotaku – Resident Evil 4 Remake Has Devs Explaining Why Games Make Things Extremely Obvious
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has been a long time coming and the hype is off the charts for the next entry in the Zelda franchise. Can people get more excited about this game? That depends: How exciting are branded forks and spoons to you?
Source: Kotaku – Japan’s Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Pre-Order Comes With…A Fancy Spoon And Fork?
Yesterday, Epic Games stunned the entire Fortnite player base with the announcement that an Unreal Editor add-on is coming to the mega-popular battle royale game.
Source: Kotaku – Fortnite Is About To Blow Wide Open Thanks To The Unreal Editor
Everyone’s talking about the ending of The Last of Us again. With the final episode having aired just this past weekend, and tons of folks who had never experienced Joel and Ellie’s journey together seeing it for the first time, the brutal actions that unfold and the moral dilemmas at their heart provoke natural…
Source: Kotaku – The Last Of Us’ Famous Ending Was Almost Changed For The Show
Starfield, Bethesda Game Studios’ Skyrim-but-in-space RPG, finally has a firm September 6 release date. A June 11 presentation will give us a closer look at the game that has over 1,000 planets, but something you might not have expected to learn before then is just how sexless Starfield will be. By sexless, I mean,…
Source: Kotaku – No One’s Getting Laid In Starfield, Apparently
The Resident Evil revival marches on with a vengeance. Early praise for Resident Evil 4 remake makes it sound like the best game of 2023 so far. While not everyone is as impressed as those who think it’s an early GOTY contender, It appears to be a modernized version that’s still true to the spirit of the original,…
Source: Kotaku – Resident Evil 4 Remake Sounds Like A Repeat Of An All-Time Classic
The first season of The Last of Us, the undeniable smash-hit HBO series based on the video game of the same name, has ended. And though the discourse about the controversial ending rages on, people are already looking ahead to season two, which will introduce one of the most infamous characters in the series: Abby…
Source: Kotaku – The Last Of Us Season 2 Better Make Abby Ripped, God Dammit
Content warning: language about sexual assault.
Source: Kotaku – Overwatch 2 Pros Apologize For Making Rape Jokes During Practice
