Today, CD Projekt Red has announced that a remake of 2007’s original Witcher is in development. The project is being handled by Polish studio Fool’s Theory and is being built from the ground up in Unreal Engine 5 using the same tools CDPR is creating for its own future Witcher games.
Source: Kotaku – The Original Witcher Is Getting A Fancy New Unreal 5 Remake
There are plenty of great horror games on PlayStation, and a bunch of them can be played for free if you’re already a paid PS Plus subscriber at the Extra tier or above. Ever since Sony expanded the program to emulate Game Pass’ Netflix-style library of downloadable and streaming games, fans of zombies, slasher…
Source: Kotaku – The 12 Best Horror Games On PS Plus
You likely haven’t heard, but there’s an arcane tradition around these parts where every October 31 we recognize All Hallow’s Eve. It takes place the night before the international celebration of All Saints’ Day, the festival in recognition of the ‘90s English girl-band. Known by some as “Halloween,” the preceding…
Source: Kotaku – Steam’s Big Halloween Sale: The 10 Most Terrifying Deals To Check Out
Disney’s been on a naughty streak lately. Not long ago, there was the Western port of the Twisted Wonderland game, in which characters based on classic villains turn into pretty anime boys who fight each other. More recently, at the House of Mouse’s big D23 fan event, Disney teased that it was starting to think about…
Source: Kotaku – Screw Mickey, Disney Dreamlight Valley Villains Make The Game
When you’re first getting to grips with Gotham Knights, it can be a counterintuitive mix of familiar mechanics grafted onto a confusing hodgepodge of systems from other games. There’s Arkham-inspired melee combat, a Destiny-style progression system, and RPG elements that might lure you into the false sense that you’re…
Source: Kotaku – 11 Gotham Knights Tips To Kick Criminal Ass And Clean The Streets In Style
It’s very easy to look back on the last 25 years of The Simpsons and write it off as being rubbish because, well, for the most part it has been exactly that. But sometimes, like the sun shining through for an hour between passing storms, it can still get its shit together, and the upcoming tribute to Death Note looks…
Source: Kotaku – The Simpsons Is Going Anime For A Death Note Tribute, And It Looks…Good?
Marvel Snap is a very good card game that recently left early access and is now playable on Android, iOS, and Steam. However, unlike basically every other digital card game, Snap doesn’t include a mulligan option at the start of the match, letting you ditch some or all of your cards for new cards. But as Ben Brode of…
Source: Kotaku – Marvel Snap Ignored A Card Game Staple And It Worked
For the second time since this year, publisher Activision Blizzard—the subject of historic allegations of sexual harassment and gender discrimination—has tried to get the case against it thrown out. And for the second time, it has failed.
Source: Kotaku – Activision Tries To Get Civil Rights Lawsuit Thrown Out Again, Fails Again
Older readers and/or Kanye West fans (however many of you are left) might remember that in 2013 a game called Kanye Quest 3030 blew up for a minute. Then, two years later, it blew up all over again after a bizarre hidden area was discovered in the game, one laced with all kinds of apparent links to ARGs and cults.
Source: Kotaku – Two Guys Tried To Solve The Mystery Of Kanye Quest 3030
Perhaps the over-sized, power-hungry, and highly-priced 4000-series graphics cards from Nvidia are a bit too hot of a product right now. After one user posted photos of their charred 12-volt, high power (12VHPWR) connector on Reddit, Nvidia responded with an investigation into at least two cases.
Source: Kotaku – Nvidia PC Graphics Card Cables May Be Burning, So There’s An Investigation
I was today years old when I found out that Microsoft tried to turn Genshin Impact into an Xbox console exclusive. According to sources, its failure to do so is one of the big reasons why the publisher is trying to sign deals with Chinese gaming studios.
Source: Kotaku – Report: After Sony, Microsoft Wants Its Own Genshin Impact Now
I love to catalog things. I’m a scrapbooker, a flower presser, and I need to log every movie I watch on Letterboxd or I’ll cease breathing. My desire to collect could be pathological, but I often wish I could capture all the games I play in the same way. Some games I want to remember forever, long after their consoles…
Source: Kotaku – 10 Horror Games Worse Than The Movies They’re Based On
Happy birthday to the Fallout franchise—which I’m currently treating as a real person and not a corporate-owned IP—you’re 25 years old this year! Wow, how time flies. You are bigger than ever, with multiple games, DLC, mods, and now an in-development TV show from Amazon. Let’s see what Amazon got you and all your fans…
Source: Kotaku – Amazon Has Something ‘Special’ For Fallout Fans: A Single Screenshot Of The Show
With Gotham Knights being an open-world action RPG where you level up by beating the crap out of goons doing crimes, you’d imagine that everyone’s fair game. If you demolish this guy or pummel that girl, there’s the expectation that their bodies would explode in a cascade of brightly colored experience points. Games…
Source: Kotaku – Gotham Knights’ Cops Are The Only Enemies That Don’t Give XP
Diablo 3’s 2012 launch was a disaster thanks to its always-online requirements, broken servers, and a real-money auction house that nobody liked or wanted. Today, a decade later, we know that eventually Blizzard got things back on track with Diablo 3 and ended up creating a damn fine ARPG. But why did it take nearly…
Source: Kotaku – Diablo 3’s Most Hated Feature Stuck Around Because Of Its Box
Bayonetta 3 reviews are in, and we finally get to find out if Platinum Games has done its titular protagonist any justice. The high-octane action series is known for its over-the-top combat and its aggressively sexualized, superpowered dominatrix hero, and the third entry of the series delivers more of that. But some…
Source: Kotaku – Bayonetta 3 Reviews Say It’s Stylish And Fun But Flubs The Ending
The characters are easily one of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II’s clear strengths. The game features sharp voice acting that brings its cast to life, along with some uncanny-valley-shattering visual fidelity with excellent facial animation. It profoundly elevates the presentation of these characters and the story.…
Source: Kotaku – New Call Of Duty Baddie Has Has The Internet In A Chokehold
After EA unveiled the next installment of The Sims during last week’s Sims Summit, Black content creators were not happy about the lack of inclusion. Critics noted that out of twenty or so people shown, only one was a Black streamer.
Source: Kotaku – Sims 4 Devs Are Sorry For Not Highlighting More Black Creators At Showcase
If you’ve come across other savvy denizens of the Lands Between lately, you’ve probably not been having a great time playing Elden Ring multiplayer. Perhaps you’ve been getting punctured repeatedly by thrust weapons. More likely than not, though, you’ve found that every single one of your attacks is just getting…
Source: Kotaku – A Week Later, Elden Ring Undoes ‘Invincible’ Combat Change That Broke The Game
It’s time for more Overwatch 2 Twitch drops! This time it’s in celebration of the spooky season. Twitch viewers will have a chance at earning two cosmetics starting October 25, plus a couple others later in November. As with all Twitch drops, you’ll need to link your Battle.net account to your Twitch account, plus a…
Source: Kotaku – Overwatch 2 Halloween Twitch Drops: How To Grab A Winston Werewolf Skin (And More)