After years and years of rumors, whispers, fan outcry, and endless internet theories, Rare’s beloved Nintendo 64 first-person shooter, GoldenEye 007, is finally out on modern consoles. And while for many this is something to celebrate, these new ports aren’t quite as good as they could have been.
Source: Kotaku – GoldenEye 007’s Finally On Switch And Xbox, But It Needs Some Work
A big fighting game tournament, Genesis 9, took place from January 20-23 in San Jose, California. Top talent from around the world, including Super Smash Bros. competitors Leonardo “MkLeo” Lopez and Samuel “Dabuz” Buzby, gathered at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center to play games like Guilty Gear Strive and …
Source: Kotaku – Smash Bros. Pro Got Hurt Jumping Out Of Illegal Taxi On Way To Tourney
You know where you’re going wrong? After a long day indiscriminately firing your Beretta 1301 in the desert, you’re home chugging back your InfoWars Ultimate Bone Broth Plus, when you discover you’re all out of SSI Sight-Rite chamber cartridge laser bore sights. So you jump into your SUV to head to the nearest Dick’s…
Source: Kotaku – This Absurd Real Car Designed By A Game Artist Is Almost Sci-Fi Satire
If you don’t have an HBO Max subscription but want to see what all the fuss is about when it comes to The Last of Us TV series, you’re in luck. In an unusual move, the streaming service has made the first episode of the new hit show free to watch.
Source: Kotaku – You Can Watch The First Episode Of The Last Of Us Show For Free Now
The Pokémon Company will print its first new Kadabra card in over 20 years. According to a report by PokéBeach, the Pokemon Card 151 set due out in June will feature the psychic spoon-bender alongside the series other original Pokémon, something that would have previously been blocked by illusionist Uri Geller’s…
Source: Kotaku – Kadabra Will Finally Return To Pokémon Card Game After 18-Year Ban
Each day, I walk down the path of blue-lit internet highways, through Instagram rabbit holes to nowhere, across Wikipedia pages I don’t remember why I was scanning, my face painted a clinical white by my favorite Google question, “Do I have a UTI?”
Source: Kotaku – Twitter’s ‘Useless’ Animation Facts Will Change How You See Your Favorite Show
Two days ago, Bungie turned off the Destiny 2 servers while the studio looked into a problem that had players apparently losing progress on in-game challenges. This outage lasted a bit longer than everyone expected, with the free-to-play loot shooter remaining offline for nearly 20 hours. So what happened? Today…
Source: Kotaku – Bungie Explains Destiny 2’s Recent 20-Hour Outage
Assassin’s Creed publisher Ubisoft has at least two new Far Cry experiences coming down the road. One will effectively be Far Cry 7, the next mainline game in the hit first-person shooter series. The other is a standalone multiplayer spin-off and likely the company’s latest attempt to create a live-service money-maker…
Source: Kotaku – New Far Cry Multiplayer And Far Cry 7 Both In Works At Ubisoft
There was a time, not that long ago if you can believe it, when Microsoft could publish a news blog talking about its plans to make Xbox more environmentally friendly and nobody would really bat an eye. The world would move on, perhaps a little bit less polluted, and that would be that. But those days are gone. Now,…
Source: Kotaku – Ted Cruz Isn’t Really Mad About Your Xbox (He’s Full Of Crap)
Cancellations, right? That really does seem to have been the New Year’s theme for the French publisher so far, with at least seven projects recently scrapped, while other big names seem to slip ever-further toward the distant horizon. Yet, until last year, the problematic multi-billion dollar company was known as one…
Source: Kotaku – 5 Games To Expect From Ubisoft In 2023 (And Some To Be Skeptical Of)
It’s January, and do you have any idea what’s coming to your PlayStation 5 in 2023? Sony’s been pretty quiet so far, but between major accessory launches, the rollout of an HBO show, and some notable exclusivity partnerships, the PlayStation brand has a lot going for it in the coming year. Read on for everything we…
Source: Kotaku – PlayStation 5: What To Expect From Sony’s Console In 2023
Warzone 2.0’s DMZ extraction mode has been one of the most popular parts of the battle royale sequel, but a controversial upcoming change has some players wondering if they’ll stick around. Infinity Ward recently revealed that player progress will be wiped when Season 2 goes live next month, eliciting more than a few…
Source: Kotaku – Call Of Duty Warzone Players Caught Off Guard By DMZ Progress Wipe
Following its announcement in 2021 and a refreshingly open development period, EA’s remake of the horror classic Dead Space is out tomorrow, January 27 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. And reviews from various sites around the net suggest the remake is something very special, elevating the original while remaining…
Source: Kotaku – Critics Love The New Dead Space Remake
Steam gets a bunch of new games all the time, but one has been making headlines this week for its absurdly exorbitant $2,000 price tag. That game, The Hidden and Unknown, isn’t exactly worth your time, though, especially considering that it has this extremely long opening text crawl all about men’s rights and “the…
Source: Kotaku – ,000 Steam Game Starts With 8-Minute-Long Men’s Rights Rant
Sega and its Ryu Ga Gotoku studio announced that some big stars in the worlds of professional wrestling and Hollywood will make cameos in the upcoming samurai Yakuza spin-off, Like A Dragon: Ishin!
Source: Kotaku – The Samurai Yakuza Game Will Guest-Star A World-Famous Wrestler And An Internet Hottie
There is a bottomless dress-up box filled with things that people look for in a partner. You might prefer someone who is funny or empathetic, I consider myself lucky to have ended up with someone who never had an AJR phase. And I’m sure, out there somewhere, there is a person who wouldn’t want to date anyone who…
Source: Kotaku – Someone On Tinder Made A Game About What It’s Like To Date Them
The union-oriented Twitter account Daily Union Elections asked the world in a recent tweet, “Union folks, what is the best grievance/[Unfair Labor Practice] that you’ve ever won?” And the world responded in kind. As a proud union girl myself, I thought a few stories stood out, but one came up above the rest—a worker…
Source: Kotaku – Guy Gets Saved From Being Fired Over Gaming On The Job In The Best Way
Season two for Call of Duty’s Modern Warfare II multiplayer and Warzone 2.0 arrives on February 15. An official blog from yesterday details the many changes we can expect for the game’s various modes, some of which ought to make fans of the original Warzone very, very happy people. Ya’ll didn’t just get your 1v1…
Source: Kotaku – Call Of Duty’s Next Season Undoes What People Hated About Warzone 2.0
When someone kept stinking up her airplane with their—I’m sorry, I need to do this—unrelenting fart surge, New York City-based video producer Devin Hance decided to meet the situation head on. Fart on. After a moment of disappointed acceptance, hanging her head in her hands, and, she tells Kotaku, “gagging” as the…
Source: Kotaku – This Whole Plane Started Playing IRL Battleship To Figure Out Who Farted
At the start of 2023, Twitch streamer MissMikkaa made headlines for beating Elden Ring’s notorious rot queen, Malenia, Blade of Miquella, with two completely different controllers at the same time. It was a ridiculous feat of dexterity and focus, but would you believe this method of play was how she finished…
Source: Kotaku – The Queen Of Elden Ring Won’t Stop Finding New Ways To Beat The Game