Revealed today during the somewhat underwhelming Disney and Marvel Games Showcase, Illusion Island is a new 2D, animated platformer being developed by DLaLa Studios and which seems to be heavily inspired by the recent (and fantastic) animated Mickey Mouse cartoon shorts. And weirdly, this new platformer will be…
Source: Kotaku – Lowkey, This Nintendo Switch Mickey Mouse Game Was The Coolest Thing At Disney’s Showcase
Gameloft’s Disney-themed take on Animal Crossing hasn’t been in early access for very long, but the life simulator seems poised to take over the world already. It helps that there’s plenty more Disney Dreamlight Valley content coming down the pike, per today’s announcement at the big D23 Expo.
Source: Kotaku – Disney Dreamlight Valley Is Expanding Fast, Toy Story Hits Soon
Ari Notis, Kotaku’s primary source for guides, puns, and woefully uncritical games coverage, is leaving us. That absolute bastard.
Source: Kotaku – Let Us Notis That Ari Is Leaving
The recently released multiplatform life-sim, Dreamlight Valley, is a bit Animal Crossing, a bit Stardew Valley, and a whole lot of Disney. It’s also the kind of game you might want to play while watching a TV show, multitasking with a handheld console. But while it did come out on Switch, that version isn’t great.…
Source: Kotaku – Steam Deck May Be The Best Way To Play Disney Dreamlight Valley (With Some Tweaks)
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga contained a mind-bogglingly epic amount of content and characters from all of the nine, main Star Wars films. Yet, there’s always more Star Wars out there. So, TT Games is adding even more characters to the game via DLC announced at D23 today.
Source: Kotaku – Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Is About To Get A Bunch Of New Characters, Like Cassian Andor
Marvel’s Midnight Suns, which you may know as SpandeXCOM, got a release date again (again). Publisher 2K Games announced the news today with a splashy animated promo during the Disney and Marvel Games Showcase. It’s out December 2 for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
Source: Kotaku – Marvel’s Take On XCOM Gets Release Date Again, Plus Some Nice Animated Promos
Anyone who has spoken to me in the last week knows that I am slowly losing my grip on reality due to the presence of rats in my apartment. The only thing keeping me from confronting the greasy creatures with a tactical vest made of rat coronavirus spike proteins and knives is Ooblets, the saccharine farming sim that…
Source: Kotaku – 11 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting The Full Version Of Ooblets
It’s rare for a fighting game to extend an olive branch allowing both casual and hardcore players to have their fun, but JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R does a remarkable job while evincing the massively popular anime series’ undeniable charisma.
Source: Kotaku – The New JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Fighter Is A Perfect Celebration Of The Manga And Anime
Today is the official launch of the Pokémon Trading Card Game’s Lost Origin expansion, which might be the penultimate set for the Sword and Shield (SWSH) era before next year sees new packs based on Scarlet and Violet. And it marks the return of the Lost Zone, the very occasional mechanic that entirely changes how…
Source: Kotaku – The Pokémon Card Game’s New Expansion Dramatically Changes Everything
Well, Blizzard’s surprise has been spoiled. Late last night, a YouTuber named Kuriboh cervantes uploaded a video revealing Overwatch 2‘s newest hero, Kiriko. The company tried cracking down on the content, an unfinished animated short that gives a bit of backstory to who Kiriko is and shows off some of her abilities,…
Source: Kotaku – New Overwatch 2 Hero Leaks: A Teleporting Fox Girl Who Plays Support
The passing of Britain’s long-reigning monarch has made the internet a curious place over the last 24 hours, as every brand on earth Says Something, and the rest of the world goes between mourning an important historical figure, metaphorically spitting on a colonialist grave, or shitposting themselves a path straight…
Source: Kotaku – The Splatoon 3 Plaza Is Filling Up With Queen Elizabeth Posts Because Of Course It Is
In need of hundreds of hours of open world RPG adventuring? You’re in luck. A new Assassin’s Creed blowout sale means Valhalla and other titles are currently super cheap. And don’t worry, some of the older ones are massively discounted as well.
Source: Kotaku – Assassin’s Creed Games Are Dirt Cheap Right Now
Selling stolen goods to the place you took them from in the first place may not be the most brilliant of thievery plans, but it certainly saves on police paperwork. This is the alleged crime of a Washington man, who the Bellingham Herald reports stole a whole bunch of Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering cards, then later…
Source: Kotaku – Store Says Man Stole Pokémon Cards, Then Tried To Sell Them Back
Today’s Disney & Marvel Games Showcase, due to stream at 4 p.m. ET, is rumored to bring us news of Amy Hennig’s of Uncharted fame’s latest unnamed game. The news was originally reported by MCU Status, and further corroborated by Eurogamer, a news site with a good track record, the Marvel project will feature Captain…
Source: Kotaku – Report: New Marvel Game Stars Captain America And Black Panther…In World War II
Do you like trains? And beautiful animation? And dogs? And puzzles? And video games? Of course you do, which is why you’re going to like Railbound as much as I did.
Source: Kotaku – Railbound Is A Beautiful Puzzle Game About Dogs And Trains
The last time the main Battlefield series dabbled with a proper campaign was all the way back in 2013, when Battlefield 4’s singleplayer dropped and underwhelmed pretty much anyone who laid hands on it.
Source: Kotaku – Battlefield Is Going Back To A ‘Narrative Campaign’
Xbox consoles will be getting a new user interface next year, with Microsoft now testing a refreshed menu is still, 17 years later, not as fast or as practical as the Xbox 360’s “blades”.
Source: Kotaku – Xbox Consoles Are Getting A New Menu
A new 2K-themed Humble Bundle deal that will help support homeless youth contains one of the best deals I’ve seen all year. For only $16, you can walk away with over two dozen PC games including some genuine greats, like Civilization VI, XCOM 2, Borderlands 3, and a lot more. Even wilder, some of the games included…
Source: Kotaku – Get Every BioShock, All The XCOM games, Civ VI, Borderlands 3, And More For
I think we can all agree that whether or not Billy Mitchell cheated at Donkey Kong that one time is basically the most important event in all of human history, and must be forensically dissected until the heat death of the universe. But in the latest round of the ongoing battle between this famed video game player…
Source: Kotaku – Billy Mitchell Says His Doctor Won’t See Him Because Of Donkey Kong Cheating Allegations
Disney Dreamlight Valley–out now on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and PC– is a new cozy life sim that combines the chill village vibes of Animal Crossing with the farming and mining of Stardew Valley, all while sprinkling on a heaping of Disney magic in the form of iconic characters and locations from popular films like …
Source: Kotaku – 27 Things I Wish I Knew Before Playing Disney Dreamlight Valley