There are games that are going to sell no matter what. Grand Theft Auto VI could be released in such a broken state that it kills your firstborn, and it’d still sell a billion copies day one. Breath of the Wild 2 could come laced with anthrax, and people would buy two copies each. So it is that no matter what state …
Source: Kotaku – Everyone’s Still Playing Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Even Though It’s Glitchy As Hell
Facebook, or as we’re supposed to call them now Meta, announced earlier today that their CICERO artificial intelligence has achieved “human-level performance” in the board game Diplomacy, which is notable for the fact that’s a game built on human interaction, not moves and manoeuvres (like, say, chess).
Source: Kotaku – Facebook Says It Has Created A ‘Human-Level’ Board Game AI
For a while there, Square Enix Montreal (later rebranded to Onoma) were making some of the best mobile puzzle games of all time. Hitman Go, Lara Croft Go and Deus Ex Go were three of the slickest, most challenging games you could play on your phone, and all have gone down as classics of the genre. Sadly, one of them…
Source: Kotaku – One Of The Best Deus Ex Games Is Disappearing
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, the new monster-collecting RPGs from Game Freak, have been getting dragged since they launched on November 18 for objectively terrible technical performance that is only outshone by the immense number of glitches. (At least one bug is good: It lets you hunt for shiny Pokémon more easily).…
Source: Kotaku – Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Players Are Trying To Get Refunds
AfterClimate, a research and consultancy business “on a mission to decarbonise the games industry”, have this week published the results of their “game industry net zero 2022 snapshot”, a report that takes a detailed look at how most of the world’s biggest video game companies are responding to the impending climate…
Source: Kotaku – Report: Big Game Companies Like Square Enix And Roblox Are Ignoring Climate Change
I play almost exclusively competitive shooters and I always wear a headset, so the only gaming sounds you’d hear if you walked past my apartment window would be the piercing shrieks of my own voice. Without context, the things I yell at games like Warzone 2.0 and Halo Infinite would still make sense to the average…
Source: Kotaku – Overwatch Slang Is Its Own Special Brand Of Twisted
God of War Ragnarök just came out, and yet, there appears to be some hopefulness around the action-adventure game getting DLC. 2018’s God of War didn’t get any sort of expansion after launch, so why this follow-up would when it’s supposed to conclude the rebooted series is a little odd. But now, game director Eric…
Source: Kotaku – God Of War Ragnarök Director ‘Would Love’ To Take A Swing At Castlevania
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Nintendo is using its army of lawyers and chests of money to go after people who appear to be some of the biggest fans of its games and franchises. Yeah, you probably have, huh? This time, Nintendo is going after people who create and host custom artwork for icons used in Steam…
Source: Kotaku – Nintendo’s Latest DMCA Takedowns Are Over (Checks Notes) Fan-Created Steam Icons
Valve’s massive autumn Steam sale is officially underway and includes steep discounts on some of the best and biggest PC games, from atmospheric adventure In Other Waters to action Souls-like Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Now’s the time to fill in any major holes in your gaming library and expand your ever-growing…
Source: Kotaku – Go Into Hibernation With Steam’s Giant Autumn Sale
We’re not even a month shy of Bayonetta 3’s release and Hideki Kamiya, the creator and supervisor of the series, has already confirmed that Bayonetta 4 is in development and that it will address the game’s contentious ending in “unexpected” ways.
Source: Kotaku – Bayonetta Creator Shares His Two Cents On Fan Outrage Over Bayonetta 3’s Ending
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet are the second open-world games in the Pokémon series, but the basic premise remains the same: raise terrifying creatures and sic them on both the enemy AI and your online friends. While I’m getting my ass kicked by wild Pokémon who are twenty levels above mine, I’ve noticed that they’re…
Source: Kotaku – Pokémon Scarlet And Violet’s Powerful New Moves, Explained
I remember my first console controller—the polished black batwing I used to steer my Xbox 360—as vaguely sticky. What do middle schoolers do to cover everything they touch in a thin, gummy worm film? Aside from eating many gummy worms? (In my case, at least.) Peripheral manufacturer Hyperkin is giving us all a good…
Source: Kotaku – The Xbox 360 Controller Is Coming Back For Its 17th Birthday
Developer Arc System Works announced the newest character to its popular 2D fighter Guilty Gear Strive. The brawler, Sin Kiske, will be added to the roster as part of the game’s $25 Season Pass 2 DLC, and the internet seems pretty pleased with the announcement. So pleased, in fact, that folks are calling Sin their…
Source: Kotaku – Guilty Gear Strive Fans Adore The New Twink DLC Character Sin Kiske
The current men’s football (soccer) Wold Cup in Qatar feels like the clearest exemplar for everything wrong in the world. From its origins in a bribery scandal, to the horrendous deaths of migrant workers to make it happen, to the international support for the competition despite it being held in a nation with a…
Source: Kotaku – Fortnite’s Unofficial World Cup-Themed Skins Offer Pride Color Customization
I didn’t know it was possible for me to fall in love with Star Wars spin-off Andor any more than I already had. Then I saw this amazing retro tribute to the Disney+ streaming hit and got pumped for the season one finale all over again.
Source: Kotaku – Retro Andor Trailer Is Peak Star Wars Hype
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet continues to ring in its opening week with some solid co-op outshone by destructive glitches, but now there’s a new exploit in town. YouTuber PhillyBeatzU describes what he calls the “Shiny Picnic Reset Method” (it’s more prescriptive than descriptive) in a recent video—where repeatedly…
Source: Kotaku – There’s A Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Exploit That Helps You Generate Shinies
It’s a tale as old as Twitter itself: Person says stupid, offensive stuff in the past, person comes to prominence, old tweets get dug up, person apologizes, the internet holds court. The whole performance has just taken place once again, this time featuring Crystal Dynamics’ spokesperson and game design lead on …
Source: Kotaku – Marvel’s Avengers Spokesperson Removed After Offensive Tweets Unearthed
I’ve been writing about V-Commandos on this website for over five years now. The WW2 tactics game, and its multiple expansions, are some of the best expressions of stealth in all of board gaming, and for those five years it has remained one of my most-played co-op experiences.
Source: Kotaku – My Favorite WW2 Board Game Just Keeps Getting Better
I had mixed feelings about Paradox’s latest grand strategy game, Victoria 3, because for everything cool and funny and interesting it managed to pull off it was as much saddled by an obsession with some truly boring, broken stuff. One thing I loved at first play and will appreciate until the end of time, though, is…
Source: Kotaku – The Art Of Victoria 3
