If Pokémon knows how to do anything, it’s capitalize on its fans’ long history with the franchise. This sentiment isn’t just held for its major anniversary years, because if The Pokémon Company can make a viral video that encapsulates the entirety of the series’ 27 years, it’s gonna do it. And it looks like it’s going…
Source: Kotaku – The Next Pokémon Animation Looks Incredible
Bungie announced on Thursday that Destiny 2’s Witch Queen expansion will be free to access for all players through the weekend. With a flashy new expansion, Lightfall, coming in hot on February 28, it’s a perfect time to give one of the best sci-fi shooters around a second chance. Or a third, or a fourth. Wait. Where…
Source: Kotaku – Destiny 2’s Best Campaign Ever Is Free Until Lightfall
Ash Ketchum and Pikachu may be heading into the sunset after an epic 25-season run, but the Pokémon anime they starred in isn’t. Another series will take flight soon with new trainers Liko and Roy to root for. But they won’t be the only heroes. On Friday the Pokémon Company revealed the series’ new professor, Friede,…
Source: Kotaku – Ash Might Be Gone, But The New Pokémon Anime Will Still Star A New Pikachu
The ISO Hemlock assault rifle, one of the newest additions to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Warzone 2.0, is quickly becoming a go-to weapon. Though you’ll have to make some progress in the battle pass to unlock it, it’s free for all players, making it a must on your list of can’t-miss items for season two.
Source: Kotaku – Here’s The New Call Of Duty Gun That Should Have Your Attention
The world received some very sad news earlier today when we learned that legendary English football commentator John Motson, whose career spanned decades (and included very long stints in video games), had passed away at the age of 77.
Source: Kotaku – RIP John Motson, 1945-2023
Warner Bros., this is not how it is done! There are rules and guidelines in place for how video games are revealed in 2023, and “quickly mentioning it in passing on a phone call” breaks all of them!
Source: Kotaku – Mortal Kombat 12 Has Been Very Quietly Announced
Destiny 2 players have been waiting for its giant magic alien ball to finally do something for years. Bungie rewarded nearly a decade of patience and passion for its weird sci-fi epic on Thursday with a new Lightfall trailer that shows the Traveler doing something indeed: literally shooting its load.
Source: Kotaku – Destiny 2’s Big Space Nut Finally Shot Something
Today, during Sony’s first State of Play broadcast of 2023, we got a big ol’ look at the upcoming online third-person DC Comics shooter Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League. It looked…fine. But a newly posted FAQ on the official game’s website has confirmed that you’ll have to be online at all times to play the…
Source: Kotaku – Definitely-Not-A-Live-Service-Shooter Suicide Squad Is Always Online
It’s been a minute since Sony’s last State of Play showcase, and PlayStation fans have been hungry for new updates and big reveals on the PlayStation 5’s future. What they got today was not that. Resident Evil 4, Street Fighter 6, and more known quantities all got fresh trailers, while an extended gameplay demo for Suicide Squad: Kill the…
Source: Kotaku – Everything Shown At Sony’s Latest State Of Play
We get it, new-gen games are expensive. At $70 a pop for PlayStation’s most sought after first-party games that are jam-packed with all the goodies you’d want in a PS5 game (like ray-tracing, higher frame rates, and less load times), it’s understandable if you don’t have an extensive collection just yet. The era of…
Source: Kotaku – Pricey First-Party PS5 Games Everyone Should Play Are On Sale
Metroid Prime Remastered is a hi-fi return to the home planet for anyone who played Nintendo’s iconic action-adventure game when it first came out back in 2002. But Remastered is also a fresh opportunity for those of us who were sleeping or busy being literal children back then—a first chance to be Prime’s version of…
Source: Kotaku – 13 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting Metroid Prime Remastered
Today, during Sony’s very first State of Play of 2023, we got our a big look at one mission’s in the upcoming Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League game, out later this year.
Source: Kotaku – 15 Minutes of Suicide Squad Gameplay Just Dropped
We’re just three days into Atomic Heart’s release and the Russian BioShock-type game is already knee-deep in controversy. How did we get here? Why do folks have to be mad? Let’s get into the nitty-gritty and answer those questions.
Source: Kotaku – The Russian BioShock Game Atomic Heart Is A Best Seller, And Also Controversial As Hell
In the opening chapters of Like A Dragon: Ishin!, a samurai becomes an exiled criminal after his father is assassinated in front of him. A year later, his brother offers him safety and power in exchange for his loyalty. All he has to do is turn a blind eye to the powerful lords who could have orchestrated their…
Source: Kotaku – Like A Dragon: Ishin!: The Kotaku Review
Earlier this month, Metroid Prime Remastered was announced and released digitally on Nintendo Switch. It’s very good and a perfect example of how to remaster an old game. However, it wasn’t available physically until yesterday, February 22. And uh, well, it’s still kind of not available physically, as people are…
Source: Kotaku – Metroid Prime Remastered Is Selling Out, Going For 0+ On eBay
The good thing about the PlayStation 5 shortage being over now is that people who want the consoles can finally buy them. The bad news is that it’s also apparently led to an uptick in GameStop robberies as thieves target the pricey and easy-to-flip consoles. GameStop’s answer? A $5,000 reward for catching thieves,…
Source: Kotaku – GameStop Offers ,000 Reward To Stop PS5 Crime Spree
The U.S. Copyright Office turned away an AI-generated piece of work last February, citing a prerequisite of human authorship. That hasn’t prevented AI enthusiasts from trying to legitimize glorified art theft. Last year, one creator tried to register a comic book with images that they generated in the AI tool…
Source: Kotaku – AI Comic Art Gets Copyright Revoked After Office Learns How AI Works
1998’s Half-Life is one the best games ever made. And now, thanks to a new mod out today, you can play this classic PC shooter with modern ray tracing. It’s yet another classic PC game that has received a sweet-looking upgrade thanks to community modders.
Source: Kotaku – Half-Life With Ray Tracing Looks Amazing, Mod Out Now
Shinji Mikami, famed Japanese game designer best known for his work on the Resident Evil series, has decided to leave Tango Gameworks after founding the studio over 10 years ago, according to a TrueAchievements report that was corroborated by Bethesda on Twitter.
Source: Kotaku – Shinji Mikami, Resident Evil Mastermind, Leaving Studio He Founded
Trying to predict the biggest gaming sales events of the year can feel a bit like staring into a crystal ball. PC gamers used to guess the dates based on the historical patterns of previous years, but that was still never any guarantee of accuracy. Valve has finally taken out all the guesswork by simply telling us the…
Source: Kotaku – Valve Just Revealed All Steam Sale Dates For 2023