If the past 44 years of Super Bowl commercials are anything to go by, brevity is the soul of wit, especially when it comes to convincing football watchers to buy products and talk about them at the water cooler. Yet somehow, no bizarre celebrity-addled sportsball ad yet created can hold a candle to a certain epic,…
Source: Kotaku – This Japanese Candy Commercial Is Better Than Any Super Bowl Ad
Another four weeks has ticked by already, and Marvel Snap has entered its fifth season pass: Into The Quantum Realm. Timed to match this month’s release of the third Ant-Man movie, Quantumania, things are getting super-teeny, with the ironically enormous-headed M.O.D.O.K. taking center stage. Are you ready to fork…
Source: Kotaku – Everything You Should Know About Marvel Snap’s Game-Changing New Season
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick recently went on TV to say the UK would become “Death Valley” if it didn’t approve his company’s $69 billion sale to Microsoft. We now know why. The country’s Competition and Markets Authority announced provisional findings on Wednesday that the deal would threaten competition in…
Source: Kotaku – The Saga Of Microsoft Buying Activision Blizzard Just Took A Wild Turn
With the years-long PlayStation 5 shortage finally easing up a bit lately, odds are decent you might be a new PlayStation 5 owner. There’s a lot to love about Sony’s most recent console; but if you’ve spent any amount of time gaming on it, then you know the DualSense gamepad’s battery isn’t one of them.
Source: Kotaku – 6 Ways To Improve Your PS5 Controller’s Poor Battery Life
This is now, by my count, the fourth time we’ve posted about a Dark Forces x Unreal Engine remake. It is, however, the first time I’ve been able to post about one that is downloadable and properly playable by you, today, right now.
Source: Kotaku – Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight Levels Remade In Unreal, Actually Playable
There are serious concerns being raised around the world over Microsoft’s planned $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, with opposition coming not just from Xbox’s competitors but everyone from Google to Nvidia as well. You would think such a precarious situation would require some delicate diplomacy, but then, …
Source: Kotaku – Bobby Kotick Says UK Will Become ‘Death Valley’ If Microsoft Purchase Isn’t Approved
Halo Infinite has had a rocky life. While it launched to critical acclaim, its multiplayer offerings have felt lacking, even compared to older Halo games’. One of the biggest problems facing the shooter is its lack of maps. And while 343 has added some over the last few updates, many bad maps (looking at you, Bazaar)…
Source: Kotaku – Halo Infinite Adds Fan-Made Map Playlist, Fixing Huge Problem
Hogwarts Legacy drops on February 10 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S/X, with ports coming to the Nintendo Switch and last-gen consoles later this year. However, if you were hoping to discuss the context surrounding the action RPG—that is, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling and her damaging transphobic…
Source: Kotaku – PS5 Subreddit Doesn’t Want Players To Bring Up Harry Potter Author
Steam Next Fest is here! It’s that wonderful time of year when Valve and a bunch of video game developers get together to flood Steam with hundreds of free demos of upcoming video games. But could it be that there are…too many demos? Let us help you out with some recommendations!
Source: Kotaku – The Best Steam Next Fest Demos To Check Out Right Now
As the local Genshin Impact scholar at Kotaku, it is my solemn responsibility to compile a list of most eligible bachelors and bachelorettes on this most sacred Feast of Saint Valentine.
Source: Kotaku – Genshin Impact Characters As Valentine Dates, Ranked
Twitch isn’t just a place where artificial intelligence festers and drama proliferates. It’s also a useful organizational platform for raising awareness around and funds for various global causes, which is exactly what a handful of big-name streamers, like Ben “CohhCarnage” Cassell and Hasan “Hasanabi” Piker, are…
Source: Kotaku – Twitch, YouTube Streamers Raise Big Funds For Syria-Turkey Earthquake Relief
If you’ve played any of the Pokémon games, you know the series is a heavily iterative one. Each new game makes some notable (or not so notable) strides over the last. But while each of these games builds upon what came before, they’re also full of differentiation that gives them all their own strengths and weaknesses.…
Source: Kotaku – The Best And Worst Parts Of Each Pokémon Game
Destiny 2: Lightfall is just around the corner. If you don’t feel like taking a break before the new expansion or are trying to get back into Destiny ahead of the new release, here’s some things you can do to keep busy and prepare ahead of February 28.
Source: Kotaku – 7 Things To Do In Destiny 2 Before Lightfall
James Kaposztas, the man behind the world’s first-ever AMV (anime music video), has passed away.
Source: Kotaku – World’s First Anime AMV Creator Has Passed Away
FromSoftware’s mammoth role-playing game Elden Ring features six different endings, all with their own proportions of esotericism. The Age of Fracture ending, for example, really only requires you to beat the game, while other endings like the Age of Duskborn or Blessing of Despair need you to follow a series of…
Source: Kotaku – Popular Elden Ring Ending Proves Players Are Thirsty For Ranni
We’re barely one-twelfth of the way through 2023 and a surprising number of games are already about to get killed off, as devs have announced their impending deaths. Normally, we’d reserve this list for the end-of-the-year round-up, but we’re ringing the death knell early because, with 15 games already lined up for…
Source: Kotaku – 15 Games Have Already Been Killed, And 2023 Just Began
YouTube has graced us with a cavalcade of Mass Effect edits, from mans1ay3r’s iconic “we’ll bang okay” to this radical Mass Effect 2 Suicide Squad mashup trailer. Now there’s a new Mass Effect YouTube video that’s taken the fandom by storm, and at the helm of the Normandy is the most unlikely hero we never knew we…
Source: Kotaku – YouTuber Puts The Office’s Michael Scott Into Mass Effect
You can keep your console wars, I just want the pretty peripherals. Xbox keeps providing them with their latest controller color scheme, Stellar Shift, and I can’t help but wonder if Xbox looked at the space-themed PlayStation controllers from a few years back and went, “Yeahhhh, we can do that better.”
Source: Kotaku – Xbox Just Dropped A Gorgeous New Galaxy-Inspired Controller
So, you’ve been watching The Last of Us on HBO and are thinking about getting into the larger franchise? While it does seem pretty straightforward, there’s a bit of external media worth checking out to get the full sense of the series. Here’s a rundown on how to get the full Last of Us experience.
Source: Kotaku – If You Like HBO’s The Last Of Us, Here’s How To Catch Up On The Series
