Twitter, the social media site that has spawned one A24 movie and too many meltdowns to quantify, is tumbling into its next circle of hell with soon-to-be-implemented extensive monetization.
Source: Kotaku – Elon Musk Seems To Be Turning Twitter Into The Worst Pay-To-Win Game
Hello there, I’m Alyssa. I’m the newest senior editor here at good ol’ Kotaku, as you’ve probably already ascertained from the headline. But did you know I’m also Italian? Don’t worry, I bring it up so often you’ll soon be convinced that pure tomato sauce runs through my veins.
Source: Kotaku – Who Is She? She’s Kotaku’s New Senior Editor
Netflix has announced Stranger Things VR, a new game that will let fans of the show play as Vecna, the big bad from season four. Tender Claws, the developer, promises that the game will provide some more information and backstory about the creepy villain who terrorized Eleven, Will, Mike, Lucas, and the others last…
Source: Kotaku – New Stranger Things Game Stars Vecna, Will Reveal More About The Villian
Sonic Frontiers reviews have just hit the internet. From what we’ve seen so far, critics think it’s a good game. It’s just not necessarily a great one. Nostalgia softened some of the disappointment, but it couldn’t completely paper over its numerous shortcomings. The story is just okay, but you’re here for the blue…
Source: Kotaku – Sonic Frontiers Is Nostalgic But Tedious, Say Critics
Following the latest series of info dumps and interviews, Sony may have just let slip the biggest news of all: Final Fantasy XVI will only be a PlayStation 5 exclusive for six months. PC owners rejoice.
Source: Kotaku – Final Fantasy XVI PS5 Exclusivity Only Runs Six Months
Ramattra is the newest tank hero coming to Overwatch 2 and the latest to be locked behind its battle pass system. Revealed during the Overwatch League finals last Friday, the shape-shifting warlord can transform between defensive and offensive modes, but will require players who don’t want to pay to grind their way to…
Source: Kotaku – Overwatch 2 Reveals New Hero Ramattra, Locked Behind Battle Pass
Chipzel, one of the most well-known chiptune artists (and video game composers) on the planet, is among a number of high profile users who have had their Twitter account suspended after seemingly breaking, but also not breaking, some new rules.
Source: Kotaku – Chiptune Artist Chipzel Among Those Suspended From Twitter Because Elon Musk Has No Idea What He Is Doing
While Amazon’s big Lord of the Rings show probably wasn’t the success anyone involved in bankrolling or promoting it might have been hoping for, there was still some good stuff there, and one of the big things that I wanted to focus on for this post was the work that went into designing its world.
Source: Kotaku – The Art Of The Lord Of The Rings: Rings Of Power
Late last week 500 drones were dispatched into the air above New York City, lighting up the Manhattan skyline on Thursday night so the world could see…a Candy Crush advertisement.
Source: Kotaku – Dystopian Candy Crush Drone Fleet Unleashed Into Skies Above New York
It shouldn’t be a big ask from gamers to have more gender-inclusive pronoun options in a video game, especially in RPGs. One producer at Square Enix thinks helping gamers feel welcome by including non-binary pronouns is such a small ask that it was a no-brainer to have it be a part of his new game.
Source: Kotaku – Square Enix’s New Farming Game Lets You Choose Non-Binary Pronouns
If you, like me John Walker, are still fathoming your way through the lower echelons of Marvel Snap, there’s a good chance there are cards you’re clinging on to because they were working so well for you. However, you’re now starting to lose more often, wondering what went wrong. The answer is: Kill your darlings.
Source: Kotaku – It’s Time To Ditch Some Of Your Favorite Cards From Your Marvel Snap Deck
Hello, welcome to the end of the week. I’m here to send you off into the night with the news that rapper Drake has posted a bunch of anime porn, aka hentai on his main Instagram account. The account has 124M followers, for the record, which is more than the entirety of Crunchyroll’s viewership in 2021. The porn is…
Source: Kotaku – Drake Just Went On A Hentai Barrage On Instagram
Here’s something you might want to know: For the next week, Twitch is partnering up with Microsoft and offering three-month PC Game Pass trials to Twitch users who purchase two subscriptions.
Source: Kotaku – Buy Two Twitch Subs And They’ll Throw In A 3-Month Xbox Game Pass Trial
Two weeks ago, Square Enix released a new story trailer for its upcoming RPG, Final Fantasy XVI. There’s just one noticeable problem—there doesn’t seem to be a single non-white character in it. So IGN asked producer Naoki Yoshida about whether or not the game would feature any Black people or other people of color.…
Source: Kotaku – Final Fantasy XVI Dev Has A Terrible Answer For Why The Game Is So White
I live only a 15-minute drive from the house where I grew up. My parents moved when I was in college, at which point the physical embodiment of every memory from my formative years was turned over to strangers, only to be revisited in my dreams. On the few occasions I’ve gone back to that street the memories come…
Source: Kotaku – Star Ocean: The Divine Force Isn’t Terrible—And That’s Good Enough
By most definitions and easily made observations, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is not Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, a 2009 installment of the game with a very similar name but, as you can see, a 2 instead of a II. Their stories are different. Their mechanics are different. As we discussed, one has a 2 instead of…
Source: Kotaku – Fans Won’t Stop Comparing Modern Warfare II To Modern Warfare 2 (They’re Totally Different Games)
I don’t watch many Counter-Strike: Global Offensive professional matches or tournaments or whatever, but even I find Sergey “Ax1Le” Rykhtorov’s amazing one-shot kill during a recent CS:GO tourney incredible. In fact, even if you’ve never played CS:GO, it’s really something to see…assuming you can even see it! Ax1Le’s…
Source: Kotaku – Counter-Strike Pro Pulls Off Unbelievable One-Shot Kill In Tourney
For whatever reason, every time November rolls around a chosen few take it upon themselves to participate in the internet’s self-celibacy challenge: No Nut November.
Source: Kotaku – 10 Anime Characters Who Would Absolutely Fail No Nut November
Yesterday, Hideo Kojima went on his Spotify podcast to talk about the controversy surrounding Blue Box Game Studios. He said that fans were still harassing him over the unfounded rumors that he was working on a new Silent Hill game, and that he had no involvement with the studio. Today, the developers thanked Kojima…
Source: Kotaku – Hideo Kojima Is Still Being Harassed About The Silent Hill Conspiracy Theories
