The Witch Queen is the best campaign Destiny’s ever had, and it’s made Destiny 2 the best shooter of the year so far. Now everyone can try it out for themselves. Bungie announced today during its Lightfall showcase that Witch Queen and every other Destiny 2 expansion will be free from now until August 30.
Source: Kotaku – Destiny 2: The Witch Queen, The Best Shooter Of 2022, Is Free For One Week
The Gamescom 2022 conference celebrated its Opening Night Live kickoff ceremony in Cologne, Germany today, its first in-person chance to show Sonic doing a little loopty loop on a metal wheel since before the pandemic. Geoff Keighley, host, games journalist, wearer of slim-fit pants, announced several world premieres…
Source: Kotaku – Everything We Saw Today At Gamescom Opening Night
Eight years later, Dead Island 2 has made its triumphant return to Gamescom. The beleaguered zombie RPG showcased a fancy new CGI trailer and a sizzle reel of characters smashing zombies like Gallagher going to town on a pallet of rotting watermelons. It comes out on February 3, 2023, almost exactly a year after …
Source: Kotaku – Dead Island 2 Is Finally Coming After A Decade Of Development Hell
During today’s Opening Night Live broadcast, host Geoff Keighley introduced a new trailer for Gotham Knights, the third-person action-adventure game developed by WB Games Montreal that’s coming sooner—a little bit sooner—than expected.
Source: Kotaku – Gotham Knights Coming Four Days Sooner, Shows ‘Bratgirl’ Utterly Stomping Iconic Goons
Gamescom showed a new trailer for the steampunk action game Lies of P. We finally got our first look at what the in-game combat looks like, and the terrifying puppet enemies that Pinocchio will face.
Source: Kotaku – Dark ‘Pinocchio’ Soulslike Shows Off Gameplay At Gamescom
Quantic Dream just announced their newest “narrative experience” at Gamescom: Under the Deep. This underwater diving game is made in collaboration with the France-based Parallel Studio, and you can wishlist it now.
Source: Kotaku – Quantic Dream Reveals Underwater Game At Gamescom
Leslie Benzies, a former Rockstar Games lead developer and president of GTA makers Rockstar North, appeared during today’s Gamescom Opening Night Live broadcast to reveal his studio’s next game, the ambitious yet super vague Everywhere. No, really, that’s the title, and if you’re confused on what this is…well, so…
Source: Kotaku – Former GTA Lead’s Next Open-World Game Looks Ambitious, Sounds Vague AF
Fun fact about Borderlands fans: We could always use some morederlands. Good news, then, seeing as Gearbox revealed what’s next for the long-running series of loot shooters at today’s kickoff event for Gamescom: The sequel for Tales From the Borderlands is out October 21, 2022, for consoles and PC.
Source: Kotaku – New Tales From The Borderlands Out In October With New Characters, Story, Ex-Telltale Devs
Sony announced a new model for its popular PlayStation 5 DualSense controller at Gamescom today. Called the DualSense Edge, Gamescom host Geoff Keighley described it as a “high-performance, ultra-customizable” gamepad.
Source: Kotaku – PlayStation Announces ‘Customizable’ Model Of PS5’s DualSense Controller
Destiny 2‘s most controversial practice is no more. Bungie confirmed during its 2022 showcase today that no more of the loot shooter’s content will be vaulted. That announcement comes after lots of fan complaints in recent years as huge portions of the game were removed to make room for new expansions.
Source: Kotaku – Destiny 2 Promises No More Axing Old Parts Of Game, Something That Players Hated
Rob Hale, the solo developer behind twin-stick shooter series Waves, passed away earlier this month. Fans of the series have since flooded the series’ reviews sections with a community-wide outpouring of support, condolences, and other messages praising Hale’s work.
Source: Kotaku – Steam Players Pay Their Respects In Reviews Section After Dev Passes Away
It’s regrettably over. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has officially been laid to rest today, as director Masahiro Sakurai won’t post any more daily screenshots from the game on his Twitter, something he’s done since December 2019. The final nail has been placed. It’s the end of an era.
Source: Kotaku – Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Director Stops Posting Daily Screens, Ending An Era
The modern-day trend of lone wolf and cub stories has achieved an all-new form in Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero. The movie, about how Piccolo is the father who stepped up to rear Gohan and his daughter Pan, just made U.S. box office history by getting the widest U.S. release of any anime ever while raking in a modest…
Source: Kotaku – Everything We Loved About Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
First teased over two years ago, Bungie finally dished on Destiny 2 Lightfall during its big annual 2022 showcase, revealing new powers, threats, and mysteries all dressed up in a spiky, neon-infused cyberpunk art style. The Witch Queen turned the Destiny universe on its head, and the next expansion looks poised to…
Source: Kotaku – Destiny 2 Lightfall Reveal Shows Crap Is Going To Hit The Fan
Early tastes of Sonic Frontiers indicated an open-world action game that was far off from a publishable state. But if a seemingly unintentional reveal from Sega is to be believed, it’s due out imminently: November 8, 2022, smack in the middle of the busiest release cadence on the horizon.
Source: Kotaku – Open World Sonic Frontiers Release Date Leaks, New Footage Actually Goes Fast
And to think, it’s been two whole months since the phrase has bounced its way across a stage in curly font: “WORLD PREMIERE.” That changes this afternoon with Gamescom’s opening live stream.
Source: Kotaku – Gamescom Is Basically E3 2.0 Now: Here’s Where To Watch (And What To Expect)
In case you weren’t already aware, Battlefield 2042 is a game that was released in the middle of a pandemic without anywhere near enough design work or testing being done for such a flagship release. Our latest reminder of this comes in the form of an update which will kinda undo one of its major selling points at…
Source: Kotaku – Battlefield 2042 Goes Back To The Drawing Board, Will Bring Back Classes
Erik Voskuil, who runs the wonderful Before Mario (and has written an excellent book by the same name), has one of the world’s finest collections of Nintendo stuff. Recently though he managed to get hold of something that was special even by his standards: a couple of packets of Nintendo playing cards from the 1950s,…
Source: Kotaku – Vintage Nintendo Unboxing Ends In Tragedy
The last we heard of the attempt to remake Bioware’s classic Star Wars RPG Knights Of The Old Republic, two of the game’s lead developers had been fired and a game originally hoping for a 2022 release was now looking at 2025. A fresh report now paints an even bleaker picture.
Source: Kotaku – Sounds Like The KOTOR Remake Is In Even Bigger Trouble
