At least somewhere between 20-30 staff were laid off at G4TV today, according to two sources familiar with business. The video game talk show network from the 2000s was resurrected last fall on streaming platforms like Twitch as well as cable TV, but now faces major upheaval less than a year later. “I truly can not…
Source: Kotaku – G4TV Hit With Major Layoffs Less Than A Year After Coming Back
Sony’s PSVR for PlayStation 4, the first serious VR add-on for a console, did pretty darn well for itself. It was reasonably affordable, well received by players and critics alike, and got a lot more post-launch support than many prior PlayStation hardware efforts (RIP, dear Vita). Now, various outlets have gotten…
Source: Kotaku – PS5’s New VR Tech Is Making A Great First Impression
In a new GameSpot interview, Yakuza executive producer and Ryu Ga Gotoku studio head Masayoshi Yokoyama expressed that he’s hesitant to bring the popular franchise to Nintendo Switch. He explained that the console’s family-friendly image in Japan doesn’t fit with the franchise’s mix of combat, crime, and its…
Source: Kotaku – Yakuza Producer Thinks The Series Is Too ‘Underground’ And Violent For Switch
Last night, we finally got a look at the next mainline game in the Yakuza series, Like a Dragon 8, and the announcement trailer immediately had folks online racing to assemble memes poking fun at the youthful new hairdo of the series’ longtime, stalwart protagonist, Kiryu Kazuma. Although it’s nice to know that the…
Source: Kotaku – Bringing Yakuza’s Kiryu Back In Like A Dragon 8 Is Silly
The Tokyo Game Show begins tomorrow, just as Valve is on the cusp of launching its wildly successful Steam Deck in Asian markets. What better way to flex than by building a super-enormous version of the portable PC to loom large over the show floor?
Source: Kotaku – Oh No, Valve Built A Steam Deck For Giants
Over the past day, I’ve seen many jokes that there were too many farming games shown off at the Nintendo Direct. Calm down, there were like four. But one announcement made me immediately sit up in my seat: Rune Factory 3 Special is coming to the Nintendo Switch. I’m stoked that Marvelous is finally porting its best…
Source: Kotaku – I’m Hyped For Rune Factory 3 On The Switch And You Should Be Too
Yesterday’s Nintendo Direct showcase taught me many things, such as there are many upcoming farming games and people like playing farming games. I am so overwhelmed with the power of this knowledge—the power of the big farming sim in the sky running on children’s imaginations and a Nintendo DS Lite—that I am putting…
Source: Kotaku – Look At Every Farming Sim We Saw At Nintendo Direct
Last month, GameStop announced new stock bonuses for store managers and hourly raises for other employees. It seemed like some relief was finally coming for the staff, who have been through so much these last few years, all while watching investors profit off unprecedented meme stock hijinks. Over the past week,…
Source: Kotaku – GameStop Rewards Employees For Sticking Around With 50-Cent Raise
EA announced today that starting next month, the base Sims 4 game on all platforms will be free to download and play. It also announced an upcoming livestream in which Maxis will lay out its plans for the game’s future updates.
Source: Kotaku – The Sims 4 Is Going Totally Free Everywhere Next Month
With information on the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild as rare as Coccu’s teeth, every snippet or trailer is pored over, torn apart, and minutely inspected by avid fans, like conspiracists decoding the latest Q-drop. Here are some of our favorite fan-theories from yesterday’s new trailer, along with…
Source: Kotaku – The Best (And Weirdest) Zelda Fan Theories From The Tears Of The Kingdom Trailer
What should one have to do to earn an award? How much work should one have to complete before receiving an achievement? These are questions without answers. But according to the devs behind Disney Dreamlight Valley, you need to catch nearly 2000 fish and harvest over 4000 vegetables before you get achievements. Better…
Source: Kotaku – Disney Dreamlight Valley’s Achievements Are Surprisingly Intense
Destiny 2’s Crucible has seen better days. Rarely does it seem like the PVP offerings please anyone. Hardcore players complain about gun balance, while newcomers are quickly thrashed and resign themselves to never coming back. But today many players are united in being pissed off about the latest change to the…
Source: Kotaku – Destiny 2 Players Are Losing It Over Stealth Change That Feels Harsh
Sega just released trailers for two new Yakuza games that are on the way: Yakuza 8, the next mainline game in the series (and one which we’d already seen and knew about), and Like a Dragon Gaiden, an all-new announcement which stars series stalwart Kazuma Kiryu. That makes this three Yakuza announcements in one week…
Source: Kotaku – Sega Announces Another New Yakuza Game, Drops First Trailer For Yakuza 8
Ken Fairclough is an artist at BioWare who has worked on stuff like Mass Effect, Anthem, Star Citizen and the Alita: Battle Angel movie.
Source: Kotaku – Welcome To White Castle
Pacific Drive, announced earlier today, is that rare game that you look at and say, hrm, I don’t think I’ve ever quite seen something like this before.
Source: Kotaku – Pacific Drive Is A ‘Road-Like’, Looks Very Cool
Announced today during PlayStation’s showcase event, Rise of the Ronin is the latest game from the studio that has previously brought us Ninja Gaiden and Nioh.
Source: Kotaku – Team Ninja’s New Game Is A 19th-Century ‘Action RPG’
Last year, Sony Santa Monica wouldn’t even confirm the next God of War’s official name. In the past year, though, it’s finally started pulling back the curtain on God Of War Ragnarok in some big ways, and now a new trailer at today’s State of Play showcase has revealed even more about its world and the mythological…
Source: Kotaku – God Of War Ragnarök Gets Moody New Story Trailer
Holy shit. It was just two months ago that I was asking Sega, very nicely, to maybe think about bringing the Yakuza series’ historical spin-off games to the West. Now, today, Sega only went and announced that one of them is indeed on the way, and has been remade for modern hardware to boot.
Source: Kotaku – Oh Man, We’re Actually Getting A Samurai Yakuza Game
Today Sony held another PlayStation State of Play event. This one was about 20 minutes long and featured a few small announcements, a couple of new trailers for some already-announced games, and a bizarre ad for Sony’s terrible digital-collector program, PlayStation Stars. Yes, this could have been a blog post or an…
Source: Kotaku – Everything Shown At Today’s Sony State Of Play
Nintendo’s big dump of a Direct presentation has come to a close, delivering copious news for games like Fire Emblem Engage and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Though the biggest announcement was the BotW sequel The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom—which got an official name and definitive release date in a new trailer—the…
Source: Kotaku – A Buncha Square Enix JRPG Classics Are Headed To Switch