If you’re reading this, then I’ve somehow managed to pull myself away from my latest obsession: the generously purple, isometric twin-stick roguelike Lone Ruin. Though its main three-layer ruin might feel too short for some, I’ve found it to hardly dampen the perpetual fun; the creative possibilities from randomly…
Source: Kotaku – Fans Of Hades Should Check Out This Dark, Electrifying Roguelike
Bruce Straley hasn’t been at Naughty Dog for six years, but the game director behind the original PlayStation 3 version of The Last of Us isn’t happy about his lack of credit in the HBO adaptation that began airing this week.
Source: Kotaku – The Last Of Us’ Original Co-Director Unhappy Over HBO Show Credits Snub
Two of the biggest outlets in games media are the latest to face layoffs. A number of editorial staff across both Giant Bomb and GameSpot revealed they’d been let go on Thursday, just months after the sites were purchased by the Fandom wiki network.
Source: Kotaku – Layoffs Hit GameSpot, Giant Bomb Just Months After Fandom Buys Them
Listeners of Joe Rogan’s podcast often run the risk of witnessing the self-proclaimed “f—-ing moron” spew garbage like covid misinformation, platforming the internet’s biggest crybaby, or routinely exercise media illiteracy. On the latest episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, the UFC color commentator admitted to…
Source: Kotaku – Apparently Joe Rogan Is A Scrublord At Fighting Games
Another week, another new Marvel Snap location. And sadly, it’s becoming a trend that a lot of these new locations are just really annoying and bad. The latest awful Snap location is Rickety Bridge, a frustrating spot that destroys cards faster than an angry kid who didn’t pull anything good from a dozen packs of …
Source: Kotaku – I’m Begging Marvel Snap To Stop With All The Annoying Featured Zones
Keke Palmer, the actor known for her recent roles in Nope and Lightyear (or as the titular character in the Nickelodeon True Jackson, VP depending on which side of 2000 you were born) has been thriving as of late. As a former Nickelodeon/Disney Channel kid, I’m always happy to see anyone from that era doing well…
Source: Kotaku – Keke Palmer Is Playing The Sims On Instagram, And It’s Pure Drama
If you played Elden Ring and are a fan of the wildly popular GeoGuessr game genre—in which you’re dropped into a Google Street View and tasked with pinpointing your location—then you may want to thank Redditor u/TheEdenChild. They recently announced they’d created an Elden Ring-based take on GeoGuessr which has over…
Source: Kotaku – Someone Made a GeoGuessr For Elden Ring
Most of us like to think that we’re good people. But if you picked up something worth millions in your local currency, it’s pretty unlikely that you’d give it back to its owner. Yet that’s exactly what one Neopets player did when they found a Wand of the Darkest Faerie.
Source: Kotaku – Rare Neopets Item Worth Millions Gets Saved By Players After Accident
It’s the end of an era. Over the last three years, the Pokémon Trading Card Game has been primarily focused on the Pokémon and characters from 2019’s Sword and Shield (SWSH) game, but come March 20, that’s all coming to an end. That’s when the world outside of Japan will see its first official sets of Scarlet & Violet …
Source: Kotaku – The Best Pokémon Cards Ever Are Out This Year, And They’re Mighty Generous
Of all the Microsoft teams caught in the blast radius of mass layoffs announced yesterday, it’s possible Halo Infinite maker 343 Industries was among the worst hit. The studio has faced a wave of departures following Halo Infinite’s multiplayer struggles, and the new cuts have sparked strong criticism of those who…
Source: Kotaku – Former Halo Infinite Dev Blasts Management Over Layoffs
The Overwatch League, an officially funded esports event, has been dealing with declining viewership and issues with sponsors following Activision Blizzard’s ongoing workplace culture scandal. Now, based on a report from Jacob Wolf, it seems the teams Activision Blizzard employs to play the game for a live audience…
Source: Kotaku – Pro Overwatch Teams Reportedly Want Legal Fight Against Activision Over Money
Co-op shooter Deep Rock Galactic was first released on the PC back in 2018. It has a dedicated following online, and tons of loyal fans, but this is not a review of the video game. This is a review of the board game with, confusingly, the exact same name.
Source: Kotaku – Deep Rock Galactic (The Board Game): The Kotaku Review
Hi, welcome, let’s take a break from industry news and global doom and talk about a rap video and very, very expensive PlayStation Portable handheld.
Source: Kotaku – Drake Now Owns Pharrell’s ,000 Golden PSP
Wizards of the Coast, the company responsible for Dungeons & Dragons, have not had a great week. As io9 reported, plans for a revision to D&D’s Open Gaming License—through which other games from other people can borrow some of D&D’s systems—went down terribly, facing opposition from both fans and other tabletop…
Source: Kotaku – Dungeons & Dragons Owners ‘Sorry’ After Week Of Very Bad Press
Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2, Arc System Works’ 2017 entry in the long-running anime fighting game franchise, is will get an update on January 20. This isn’t just any old update, though, as it makes one crucial change that will benefit everyone who plays online. The game is finally receiving the much-coveted “rollback”…
Source: Kotaku – 6 Years Later, Popular Guilty Gear Game Finally Gets Smooth Online Gameplay
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer juxtaposed the joys of gaming with the current sense of despair in the world after accepting the Andrew Yoon Legend Award at the 12th Annual New York Game Awards on Tuesday night. He also applauded creators who still release “their visions” into the world in the “current culture of…
Source: Kotaku – Xbox Exec Praises Devs For Releasing Games Amid Culture of ‘Cancellation’
Yo ho! One Piece Odyssey, the first turn-based RPG game in the storied franchise, has been a bit of a mixed bag in its early moments. While the game knocks it out of the park with how it portrays the dynamic of the lovable Straw Hat crew, the game’s “fully blown RPG” mechanics are a bit of a bore to play through.
Source: Kotaku – One Piece Odyssey Is A Good Anime Game But A Meh JRPG So Far
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are about two months old at this point, but the quest to find out which Pokémon are the very best like no one ever was is an ongoing conversation among the competitive community. Smogon, one of the biggest hubs for competitive Pokémon on the internet, has been trying to sort through the…
Source: Kotaku – The Pokémon Tier List Everyone Is Waiting On For Scarlet And Violet
There are two sides to gacha in Genshin Impact. One is the normally infuriating and wallet-draining character gacha. Its more sinister brother is the weapons gacha, which is widely considered by the community to be a massive scam, especially for players who aren’t made of gold bricks (Thankfully, they’re also entirely…
Source: Kotaku – Rolling Genshin Impact’s Infamous ‘Scam’ Weapons Banner After Two Years
Cardboard boxes are very useful. You can use them to move stuff, create large elaborate forts out of them, and uh, probably other things too. But did you know that you can use a cardboard box to hide from a highly advanced military robot? It’s true, even if it sounds like something straight out of a video game.
Source: Kotaku – Real Soldiers Use Metal Gear Solid Tactic To Defeat Military Robot