2022 was a huge bummer of a year for a lot of reasons, and buggy video games only exacerbated that feeling. It really does suck to shell out $60 or, as is quickly becoming the norm, $70 on something that is fundamentally broken at launch, especially if that something was created under exploitative working conditions.
Source: Kotaku – The 9 Most Busted Games Of 2022
A few months ago, the growing presence and influence of gambling sites on Twitch motivated the platform’s top personalities to threaten to strike. Pressure from top streaming celebrities like Pokimane pushed the Amazon-owned site to ban crypto gambling site Stake.com and others that “aren’t licensed in either the U.S.…
Source: Kotaku – Twitch Star Is Hawking A New Livestreaming Platform Owned By Banned Gambling Site
Dwarf Fortress’s enormous graphical overhaul, and accompanying Steam release, has seen the 16-year-old game receive triumphant reviews. Currently sporting 4,634 “Overwhelmingly Positive” reviews on Steam, people are delighted. But one person is dubious. Posting to the roguelike game’s discussions on Steam, they asked,…
Source: Kotaku – Steam Loves Dwarf Fortress So Much It’s Confusing The Locals
It was only three weeks ago that we reported the astonishing news that Yuji Naka, the creator of Sonic The Hedgehog, had been arrested over allegations of insider training in relation to Dragon Quest. Now, it’s being reported that he’s been arrested again for similar charges, this time allegedly regarding shares…
Source: Kotaku – Report: Sonic Creator Arrested Again, This Time Over Final Fantasy
Call of Duty might be one of the most popular series on the planet, but it’s not exactly the kind of game you think of when you picture the Nintendo Switch. So in one way it’s very strange to see Microsoft come out tonight and announce a “10-year commitment” to release CoD games on Nintendo platforms, starting with…
Source: Kotaku – Microsoft Announces Bizarre Pledge To Bring Call of Duty To Nintendo Consoles
England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has made a few handy saves so far at this World Cup, but between waiting around for large parts of a game and then having days between matches, there’s a lot of spare time to fill. Which he has duly done by getting an enormous gaming setup shipped over from home.
Source: Kotaku – World Cup Player Gets Gaming Setup Shipped To Qatar So He Can Play Fortnite
The good news is that The Witcher 3, already a very good-looking game, is about to get even more good-looking when its next-gen update is released. The bad news is that, for anyone playing the game on PC, loads of your favourite mods from the last seven years aren’t going to work anymore.
Source: Kotaku – Witcher 3 Next-Gen Update Will Include Some Fan-Made Mods, Break Loads Of Others
Today is a sad day for card sharks who enjoy Gwent: The Witcher Card Game. The developers have announced there will be no more new cards added to the mobile card game in 2024, nor will there be online tournaments. Updates for the game will become more insular as developers are shuffled onto other projects.
Source: Kotaku – Gwent Being Left In The Cold As CD Projekt Red Plans To End Support
This past weekend on Fox the newest episode of the long-running animated sitcom The Simpsons aired, and it was all about a fake game called Boblox, a not-subtle-at-all reference to the real-life Roblox. And it ended up being one of the season’s better episodes so far.
Source: Kotaku – Latest Simpsons Episode Has Bart Running An Illegal Roblox Scam
While Epic Games continues to position itself as a pro-game developer company, the same can’t be said for how it treats artists and their copyrights. The Fortnite developer recently offered $3,000 to an artist for an illustration and the copyright—which meant that the artist wouldn’t be able to sell the prints or…
Source: Kotaku – Artist Turns Down ,000 Fortnite Job Offer, Calls It ‘Hilarious’
There are those who said this day would never come, but here we are: After a remarkably shaky launch last year, Halo Infinite just profoundly leveled up in one of the best ways possible. With a new/old map, a custom games browser, new customization options, and the proverbial more, the game feels more like Halo than…
Source: Kotaku – Halo Infinite’s December Update Is A Very Big Deal
From heartbreaking to chillingly horny, the God of War game series has invigorated nearly two decades of gaming with expert storytelling. In video games’ brief history, two decades is practically old enough to form its own mythology, so I’ve decided to help cultivate one by pitting all the women against each other in…
Source: Kotaku – The God of War Series’ Best Leading Ladies, Ranked
Today, the new season of free-to-play card battler Marvel Snap launched across all platforms, and with it, a brand new battle pass. Many fans online and folks I know IRL were caught off guard by this, even though the game includes both a timer and warnings. Some feel the seasons are too short and too pricey, and it…
Source: Kotaku – Marvel Snap’s Honeymoon Period Might Be Over With Frustrating New Season
Aggrieved Steam reviewers are likely enough indication that The Callisto Protocol has been having a pretty painful opening week. However, if you couldn’t tell from the choral cries of unplayable PC performance and console bugs, game director and Striking Distance Studios CEO Glen Schofield confirms it himself in a…
Source: Kotaku – The Callisto Protocol Director Blames Launch Issues On ‘A Damn Clerical Error’
The video game industry went on a shopping spree in 2021. Epic Games bought Mediatonic (Fall Guys), Sony bought Housemarque (Returnal), and Embracer bought Gearbox (Borderlands). It seemed like things might slow down in 2022, but instead they ramped up even more into an acquisition free-for-all. What will the future…
Source: Kotaku – 2022 Was The Year The Video Game Industry Ate Itself
Farming experience points has never been easier. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet introduced a “Let’s Go” function that allows your leading Pokémon to auto-battle roaming opponents in the overworld. But if you want to take your laziness a step further, there’s a passive farming hack that lets you strengthen your Pokémon…
Source: Kotaku – Pokémon Scarlet And Violet’s Passive EXP Hack Feels Too Cruel To Use
29-year-old Kaitlyn Siragusa, who variety streams on Twitch as Amouranth, has not had an easy year. She pushed her offline extracurriculars, buying an inflatable pool company and building her investments, but her public life got overshadowed by her brutally candid disclosure that she was in an abusive marriage, and…
Source: Kotaku – Twitch Streamer Amouranth Receives ,000 In Cash, Private Security From Anonymous Donor
If you’ve been holding out hope that Cyberpunk 2077 will see its once-promised multiplayer features sometime soon…you might be better off waiting for the game’s sequel. In the hot mess of a saga that is Cyberpunk’s blistering fall and recent redemption arc, CD Projekt Red has had its hands full patching digital pot…
Source: Kotaku – Cyberpunk 2077 Multiplayer Abandoned As CDPR Focuses On Its ‘Single-Player DNA’
The wait is finally over if you’ve been dying for more Elden Ring content. Just days before The Game Awards, where fans have been (and probably should still be) speculating that developer FromSoftware would announce some sort of add-on for the game, the Japanese studio took to Twitter today to confirm that its most…
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring Gets Free Colosseum PVP DLC After Months Of Fans Begging
