Overwatch 2 landed this week with a bunch of changes compared to the first game, not the least of which were its new heroes. And if you’re looking to kit out the game’s latest support hero, Kiriko, you don’t want to miss out on Overwatch 2’s first Twitch Drop. Kicking off today, October 7, at 2:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m.…
Source: Kotaku – Overwatch 2 Twitch Drops: What To Know About Scoring Kiriko’s Exclusive Goodies
Street Fighter 6‘s closed beta test kicked off today, giving folks a chance to check out various aspects of the upcoming fighter all weekend long. This includes traditional gameplay elements like online matches and the training mode, as well as new additions to the series including the character creator. And my god,…
Source: Kotaku – Street Fighter 6 Players Are Embracing Madness With The Unhinged Character Creator
Although the fall anime season is stacked as hell, one anime sits atop the catalog of new and returning isekai, mecha, and shonen shows as the most hotly anticipated show of the year: Chainsaw Man. Whether you’re in the anime community or not, chances are decent you’ve seen fans hype up the manga—dubbing it “peak…
Source: Kotaku – Chainsaw Man’s Bombastic, Gory First Episode Lives Up To The Hype
Though Overwatch 2’s wait times have seemingly improved after maintenance on the game’s servers last night, you still might want to wait a bit if you’re looking for an entirely bug-free experience—especially if you don’t like bugs that might be spending premium currency on hero skins without your consent while using…
Source: Kotaku – Overwatch 2 Chat Bug Is Randomly Buying Skins From The Shop
According to a report by The Verge, Meta’s Horizon Worlds metaverse app is so dreadful, even the people making it don’t want to use it. So if you woke up this morning wondering, “I wonder if anyone’s figured out what the metaverse is for?” you can rest assured, it’s still nope.
Source: Kotaku – Report: Even Facebook Isn’t Using Its Own Metaverse, Begs Employees To Spend Time In It
Destiny 2’s Exotic Trace Rifle Divinity has been the backbone of a lot of players’ arsenals for end game content ever since it was first introduced back in the Shadowkeep expansion in 2019. Yesterday, Bungie finally announced a long-awaited nerf to how powerful it is, and while many are welcoming the change, it’s also…
Source: Kotaku – Destiny 2’s Most Powerful Exotic Gets Controversial Downgrade
Bloodborne has always given me goosebumps. It’s one of those games that, whenever I see its name or hear it in conversation, makes me shudder. Every facet of FromSoftware’s Lovecraftian homage, from the ominous soundtrack to the horrific bosses, sends shivers down my spine. But nothing in the game is more frightening…
Source: Kotaku – This Bloodborne Enemy Captures Everything That Makes The Game So Terrifying
To say that No Man’s Sky has come a long way since its 2016 launch would be an understatement. But despite all of the welcome expansions to the epic-scale space sim, gameplay elements like survival, crafting, and the interesting choice of inventory layout have remained an obstacle for some players. With the new 4.0,…
Source: Kotaku – No Man’s Sky Is Getting A Major Overhaul As It Launches On Switch
Thanks to a bunch of funny people, the most difficult aspect of Overwatch 2 right now is probably just getting into the damn game. But if you’re new to this franchise, what awaits is a whole suite of heroes with unique abilities that mesh together into a hectic first-person shooter in which teamwork is absolutely…
Source: Kotaku – 7 Tips For Overwatch 2 Beginners Determined To Win
True to his word, Chris Pratt will not be “offending Italians” in his leading role in the Super Mario Bros. movie. In fact, his voiced performance in the official trailer was so lackluster that I can’t help but wonder: What if Mario had been more Italian? It turns out, I didn’t have to wonder for very long. There’s an…
Source: Kotaku – Here’s What The Super Mario Movie Sounds Like In Actual Italian
Not too long ago, I helped a family friend rebuild their computer. At the time, I thought their choice of a power supply over 1000 was silly. Well, now who looks like an idiot? (It’s okay, I’m used to it.) Size and price aren’t the only supersized elements of the 4000-series GPUs. Based on requirements from card…
Source: Kotaku – New Nvidia PC Graphics Cards Are Nearly As Big As A PS5 (And Power Hogs, Too)
Despite being afraid of literally anything and everything on the planet, I love Halloween. Octobers mean dutifully logging a slasher a day in my Letterboxd account, or using my journal to hash out what Friday the 13th would have been if Jason were handsome under the mask (he’s a waterlogged hermit, but does he really…
Source: Kotaku – 11 Gruesome Horror Games, Ranked By How Much They Made Us Scream
Square Enix’s Valkyrie Profile series of RPGs has been dormant for quite a while, with the last full-fledged entry being 2009’s DS game Covenant of the Plume. Now, however, a brand new entry has arrived in Valkyrie Elysium, which brings with it a shift from the franchise’s turn-based combat system to a real-time…
Source: Kotaku – Valkyrie Elysium: The Kotaku Review
Hey, did anything happen to get revealed yesterday? I’m kidding, yes, the first official trailer for the Super Mario Bros. movie, of course. While half the internet is losing their collective minds over the vocal performance of Chris Pratt, another, more cultured subset of the interwebs has started theorizing that the…
Source: Kotaku – Anime Might Help Predict What Happens In The Mario Movie
Patience is a virtue, as somehow it is still difficult to find a PlayStation 5 some two years after launch. But fortunately, if you’re in the market for a Steam Deck, there’s no longer any need to chase after a far-off pre-order: Valve is now shipping them right after purchase. No waiting, no queues, no $5…
Source: Kotaku – You Don’t Have To Wait For A Steam Deck Anymore
Nintendo’s trailer for Super Mario Bros. Movie is finally out in the world, and so is Chris Pratt’s extremely normal dude Mario voice. The first look didn’t explain why everyone’s favorite Italian plumber lost his ass, but it does appear to confirm the recent leak of a Mario movie calendar by an alleged McDonalds…
Source: Kotaku – That McDonald’s Mario Movie Leak With Princess Peach Looks Real Now
Nobody is excited about Chris Pratt’s Normal Dude rendition of Mario in Nintendo’s upcoming Super Mario Bros. movie, but that’s perfectly okay. The disappointment is balanced out by the sheer hype we now all have after hearing Jack Black as Bowser. It sounded like perfect casting the moment it was announced, and the…
Source: Kotaku – The Vibes Are Immaculate With Jack Black As Bowser In The Mario Movie
Today, a Nintendo Direct dedicated entirely to the upcoming Super Mario movie gave us our first proper look at the film, letting us see what all the familiar characters will look like and, more importantly, letting us hear what Chris Pratt sounds like as Nintendo’s mustachioed hero. It’s all timed to coincide with…
Source: Kotaku – Mario Movie’s First Trailer Reveals Chris Pratt Sounds Like Just A Dude, No Accent
Nintendo lobbed a grenade the size of a King Bob-omb at the social fabric of America yesterday when it announced that Hollywood leading man and charming village idiot Chris Pratt would be Mario. That’s right, the Italian plumber is finally re-appearing on the big screen after a nearly 30-year hiatus. The Marvel…
Source: Kotaku – The Internet’s Hateboner For Chris Pratt As Mario In Nintendo’s Movie, Explained
Here’s some good news for those who got the dreaded “Player is in a different version of Overwatch” error. You can still play with your friends right now. It just takes a very simple workaround.
Source: Kotaku – Overwatch 2’s ‘Different Version’ Error Is Actually Easy To Solve