Pokémon Scarlet and Violet introduced a new gym leader today. Her name is Iono, she’s the electric-specializing leader of Levincia. But even more central to her identity, according to a translation of her dialogue in a trailer released this morning, is being a “streamer and influencer bringin’ dreams to the masses!”
Source: Kotaku – Every Way Pokémon Scarlet And Violet’s New Gym Leader Could Get Canceled
Everything’s gotta die eventually, and Square Enix heard the death knell loud and clear. Dig up an early grave because the company’s battle royale mobile game, Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier, will shut down on January 11, 2023.
Source: Kotaku – Square Enix Kills Its Final Fantasy 7 Battle Royale Before It’s Even A Year Old
In July, the world learned of the sad passing of Kazuki Takahashi, the creator of Yu-Gi-Oh! At the time his death was recorded by officials as a drowning, but a recent report from the US military’s newspaper has provided some extra details not known at the time.
Source: Kotaku – Report: Yu-Gi-Oh!’s Creator Died Trying To Save People From Drowning
Not one but two unreleased NES games have recently appeared on eBay, and one of them in particular should be of huge interest to fans of the Nintendo Power Glove, and/or Donkey Kong Country developers Rare.
Source: Kotaku – Two Unreleased NES Games Have Turned Up On eBay
Lady Dimitrescu, otherwise known as Tall Vampire Lady or simply Big Lady if you’re experiencing a loss for words, might have to get a more diminutive nickname that doesn’t reference her towering height come the release of Resident Evil Village’s first major DLC because Capcom will be making her a little bit shorter.
Source: Kotaku – Cowards: Lady Dimitrescu Will Be Shorter In The Resident Evil Village DLC
Last night, after many players found themselves unable to access a dozen or more of their Overwatch 2 rosters, and following a week of non-stop issues, I saw angry fans demanding that Blizzard make it right by rewarding them for their wasted time. And Blizzard acknowledged just a couple of days ago, that the developer…
Source: Kotaku – Blizzard Apologizes For Rocky Overwatch 2 Launch With Free Skin, Charm, More
At the end of September, Google shut down its Stadia gaming platform, an ambitious attempt at letting people play video games without needing any actual video game hardware to play them on. Today, Google announced a new line of Chromebooks with an emphasis on cloud-based gaming.
Source: Kotaku – Google Kills Cloud Gaming Service, Announces Cloud Gaming Laptops
As you might’ve heard Steam Deck users have been eating good this week, between the surprise launch of the official Dock accessory and a big software update. They’re also celebrating an unexpected feature of Valve’s mini PC: The ability to customize the boot animation. There’s an entire subreddit and a dedicated…
Source: Kotaku – 16 Incredible Steam Deck Custom Start Animations
So, uh, awkward. Apparently, it’s possible to display porn within Splatoon 3 matches. This weekend, a group of vtubers broadcasted porn videos in Splatoon 3 by using the ink projectiles as a video screen. The stream caused “Splatoon AV” (adult video) to trend on Japanese Twitter, and the participating vtubing group…
Source: Kotaku – Vtubers Apologize For Streaming Porn During A Live Splatoon 3 Match
Meta just showed off its latest headset, the Meta Quest Pro. While it’s got real-time expression tracking and mixed reality, it’s also going to set you back $1,499. So who’s buying this tech that costs roughly the price of three current-gen consoles? The answer is *drumrolls* working professionals. Mark Zuckerberg…
Source: Kotaku – Meta Can’t Wait For You To Use Excel In Its New ,500 VR Device
While Blizzard was preoccupied with effectively turning Overwatch 2 “off and back on again” last night and accidentally made a third of its heroes temporarily unplayable in an effort to deal with issues impacting just two, players have taken umbrage with another part of the troubled hero shooter: the disabling of aim…
Source: Kotaku – Overwatch 2 Console Players Displeased To Find Aim Assist Disabled During PC Crossplay
Facebook’s virtual reality metaverse is getting a major upgrade. After a year of being floating torsos, people in Horizon Worlds are finally getting feet. The feature is set to launch sometime in 2023. Please clap.
Source: Kotaku – Everyone Cheers As Mark Zuckerberg Reveals Feet
Convincing fakes have been a menace since at least the advent of photography, so what’s shocking about a set of AI-generated Zelda posters that are making the rounds on social media is the number of people who’ve decided that they are real. As of writing, these fake images of a supposed Netflix-produced Zelda movie…
Source: Kotaku – Fake Zelda Netflix Posters Blow Up, Make People Think Tom Holland Will Play Link
Overwatch 2 is haunted right now, and no, it’s not because the game is buggy as hell. If you booted up Blizzard’s hero shooter recently, you might’ve noticed some eerie avatars littered around one particular loading screen, stuck in super creepy A- and T-poses. How fitting, especially since we’re getting frighteningly…
Source: Kotaku – Overwatch 2 Loading Screen Is Full Of Creepy Little Dudes You Can’t Unsee
Video games are a nearly $200 billion industry. That’s a lot of money sloshing around an increasingly small group of notoriously secretive companies. Where does it all go? At least some of it is poured back into competing storefronts and subscription services like PlayStation Plus and Game Pass. Thanks to a new SEC…
Source: Kotaku – A Rare Opportunity To See The Huge Money Spent To Keep Game Pass, PS Plus Bursting With Games
Pour one out for your homies because the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 reboot—and new accounts for 2019’s Modern Warfare—currently requires a registered phone number to Battle.net, publisher Activision announced. This requirement follows a similar move made by publisher sister series Overwatch 2, which Blizzard has…
Source: Kotaku – Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Promotes Game With Millionaires After Excluding Fans With Fewest Means
It was short, but Street Fighter 6‘s closed beta test was sweet. Wrapping up earlier today, the beta gave a solid look into the future of the iconic fighting game franchise. There’s a lot to like, including the depth of the new avatar creator. But the best part, aside from learning character matchups and mastering…
Source: Kotaku – Street Fighter 6 Is A Fighting Game Newcomer’s Dream
Back in September, 2K suffered a data breach when hackers were somehow able to gain access to the company’s support desk, and in doing so impersonate official channels in order to get hold of people’s data. At the time the company wasn’t sure what, exactly, had been stolen, but it does now.
Source: Kotaku – 2K Customer Data Was Stolen, Sold Online After Support Desk Scam
