I can’t do it. I’m not strong enough. I skipped 18 weeks of Genshin Impact banners to ensure that I could get Nahida, but farming materials for her is so unpleasant. This isn’t just a problem for fans of the tragic goddess. Sumeru is just the worst area for collecting any kind of material. Things are so dire that I’ve…
Source: Kotaku – Genshin Impact Has Made Farming So Tedious, I’m Regretting Everything
The new Call of Duty battle royale may be about squading up with friends to take on bad guys, but Warzone 2’s social tab is currently stopping you from doing just that. The tab is meant to let you see all of your friends logged onto Warzone 2.0 and invite them to team up, no matter what platform they’re on–but it’s…
Source: Kotaku – No One Can Invite Friends In Warzone 2.0 (Unless You Know The Workaround)
NetEase, the service provider Overwatch creators Blizzard have been using to bring its games to China for the last 14 years, is ending several licenses with the developer. Overwatch 2, Diablo III, World of Warcraft, StarCraft, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm will no longer receive service in mainland China on January…
Source: Kotaku – Blizzard Games Are Disappearing From China Thanks To ‘A Jerk’
While you’ll be responsible for securing much of your own gear once you touch down on Al Mazrah, Warzone 2.0 does allow you access to custom loadouts and preset perks packages. But if you’re used to loadouts and perks as they work in Modern Warfare II’s regular multiplayer, you might be in for a bit of a surprise as…
Source: Kotaku – Call of Duty: Warzone 2: What’s Worth Knowing About Loadouts And Perks
The Xbox Series S is without question my favorite home console in years. It’s small, sleek, and runs like a Swiss watch. It’s also incredibly affordable at just $300, but somehow it just got even cheaper. Microsoft announced earlier today that the Game Pass juggernaut will be discounted to $250 throughout the holiday…
Source: Kotaku – The Xbox Series S Is Now Even Cheaper Than The Nintendo Switch
As Pokémon Scarlet and Violet reviews hit the internet one day before the twin games are released, the overriding message has a grim tone: the Switch just can’t handle the game. Despite most effusively praising the game itself, few reviews can ignore that the open-world game struggles to run on the five-year-old…
Source: Kotaku – The Nintendo Switch Can’t Seem To Handle Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
I tend to land on the Martin Scorsese side of the superhero craze—“The problem is the amusement park films,” he said in 2019—and so I admittedly went into Marvel’s Midnight Suns feeling bratty. The tactical role-playing game, which was delayed twice before finally landing on its current December 2 release date, comes…
Source: Kotaku – Marvel’s Midnight Suns Seems Good Enough To Turn Me, A Hater, Into A Fan
Ikumi Nakamura is best known to you, while still reading this opening sentence, as a games artist and director who has worked on everything from Okami to Bayonetta to The Evil Within to Ghostwire: Tokyo. Did you know, though, that for over a decade she has also been a prolific urban explorer?
Source: Kotaku – Ikumi Nakamura Is Also An Urban Explorer, Releasing A Lovely Coffee Table Book
Last year LEGO released their longest-ever set, the HMS Titanic, so this year they have decided to go breaking records on the vertical plane, announcing an Eiffel Tower set that is comically tall.
Source: Kotaku – LEGO Releasing Eiffel Tower Set That’s Nearly Five Feet Tall
While everyone was dealing with a confusing week of Elon Musk transforming Twitter verification check marks into an advertiser’s worst nightmare, the creator of the wildly popular manga, Chainsaw Man, was desperately fighting to get his account unsuspended.
Source: Kotaku – Chainsaw Man Creator Accidentally Got His Twitter Account Banned
In April, crypto exchange FTX paid esports company TSM $210 million to change its name to TSM FTX. On Wednesday, TSM FTX changed its name back to just plain old TSM days after FTX filed for bankruptcy following the biggest crash in crypto history. And it only had to spam Twitter’s save button hundreds of times to do…
Source: Kotaku – Gaming Pros Battle Elon Musk’s Twitter While Ditching Bankrupt Crypto Sponsor
We’ve only had Warzone 2.0 for a few hours, and it’s already clear that proximity chat is an absolutely bonkers new feature. Today, the brand-new battle royale from Call of Duty launched an hour or so earlier than planned, and there are a ton of new features to parse through—an entirely revamped inventory system, a…
Source: Kotaku – Warzone 2.0’s Proximity Chat Is Predictably Unhinged
Marvel Snap contains a ton of variants for each base card in the game. Some of these variants feature different poses or place the heroes in completely new outfits. Others are a bit wackier, with heroes sporting odd costumes or anime-like variants of popular heroes such as Hawkeye or Spider-Man. But by far the most…
Source: Kotaku – Marvel Snap’s Pixel Art Variant Cards Aren’t Great
Blizzard released a really cool new epic skin for Mei. The only problem is that players can’t see what her skin looks like because she’s been temporarily taken out of the game.
Source: Kotaku – Overwatch 2 Selling Mei Skin Even Though She’s Unplayable
Overwatch 2 continues to incur issue after issue, with the latest problem leaving the icy damage dealer Mei totally unplayable due to a “critical issue” with her Ice Wall ability. Well, Blizzard may also want to investigate the hero shooter’s newest support character, Kiriko, as it appears she can block headshot…
Source: Kotaku – Overwatch 2’s New Support Hero Can Block Headshots By…Looking Up
Getting into tabletop roleplaying isn’t always easy. With thick rulebooks that mirror math textbooks and the need to find at least one other player (but ideally three others), simply getting to the table, ready to roleplay is enough of a challenge. Enter the concept of the Starter Set: An all-in-one collection of…
Source: Kotaku – What To Know Before Getting D&D’s New Starter Set
In 2022, virtual reality can be an amazing experience. It can transport you to brand-new worlds or let you meet and socialize with thousands of people from around the globe. However, even after years of improvements, VR can still be a very messy, hard-to-explain, and often annoying experience, too. And the latest…
Source: Kotaku – Bob’s Burgers Nails How Virtual Reality Can Be Terrible, Sometimes
I can’t believe that U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just massacred millions of League of Legends players yesterday. She was dunking on a crypto bro who was really bad at Riot’s MOBA game, but she also caught many innocent players in the crossfire. Actually, that just makes me respect her more.
Source: Kotaku – League Of Legends Player AOC Mocks Crypto Disaster Bro For Being Terrible At Ranked
This afternoon, Activision’s anticipated shooter Warzone 2.0 launched earlier than expected in certain regions, in a shocking break from the live-service launch tradition of everything getting delayed by a few hours. We’re looking at you, Overwatch 2.
Source: Kotaku – Surprise! Warzone 2.0 Launched At Least An Hour Early
