You don’t need to be a Splatoon aficionado to be able to recognise good. Mr. Coco, an enormous wife-beater-wearing crab-like who runs a shoe shop, is purest goodness. That’s just solid good. The store is called Crush Station, and that makes no sense on any level. Perfection.
Source: Kotaku – Splatoon 3’s Best New Feature Is A Shoe Store Run By A Hairy Crab-Lobster
Sony announcing its plan to release first-party games on PC was a shock to the system. Not because the idea of seeing a God of War on Steam was strange—that phenomenon had already happened—but because of the company’s desire to really push publishing efforts on the platform, ramping up from a few high-profile games…
Source: Kotaku – Spider-Man Remastered’s PC Port Is A Swinging Success
Nintendo opened the floodgates today and unleashed a torrent of info about its upcoming party shooter, Splatoon 3. In addition to revealing 12 new maps, a Wednesday Direct also showcased new weapons, personal lockers, and shops galore. Splatfests are also confirmed, with three idols at the helm this time around. It…
Source: Kotaku – Everything We Learned About Splatoon 3
Today, in a ploddingly paced live stream, Nintendo revealed tons of details about Splatoon 3. Over the course of 30 minutes, Nintendo detailed the maps, modes, and menu minutia coming to the forthcoming multiplayer shooter. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that’s cool and all. I’m just here for the new hosts: a trio called Deep Cut.
Source: Kotaku – Splatoon 3 Has Three Hosts, Including A Big Manta Ray Named Big Man
FromSoftware games are known for being opaque, but sometimes it’s legitimately just a bug. Case in point: the Opaline Hardtear, a minor bullet point in Tuesday’s enormous PVP-centric Elden Ring patch.
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring’s Most Misleading Item Just Became One Of Its Best In The Huge Update
BitSummit, Japan’s leading indie games event, was held over the weekend in Kyoto, and among the games showcased was one called Tokyo Stories that has really got my attention.
Source: Kotaku – Tokyo Stories Looks Very Cool
Overwatch’s Loot Boxes may not have been the first in video game history, but they quickly became one of the most important, even if we were sick of them as early as June 2016, which was…one month after the game’s release.
Source: Kotaku – Overwatch’s Paid Loot Boxes Are Finally Going Away
Yeah, there have been official Attack on Titan video games, but they’ve never really managed to fully capture the speed and scale of the show, so one indie developer figured he’d try and make his own and release it for free. Which he has done, and then some.
Source: Kotaku – Fan Builds His Own Incredible Attack On Titan Video Game
It’s a rare day in Video Game Land when fans ask for a bunch of stuff from a live service game and then…actually get it. But that’s exactly what happened today, when developer 343 Industries rolled out a ton of community-requested features to Halo Infinite, its free-to-play multiplayer shooter.
Source: Kotaku – Halo Infinite Just Got Its Biggest Update Of The Summer
Waluigi may not get the love he deserves from Nintendo, but the internet has stepped in to show this strange, lanky boy that he is cherished and respected. The weird character has become a popular meme subject online. Now, a group of friends has taken their love of Waluigi even further, throwing an entire bachelorette…
Source: Kotaku – The Story Behind That Viral Waluigi Bachelorette Party On TikTok
I would like nothing more than to settle down each night, shoot some aliens, and score some cool candy-colored guns, but Destiny 2 is making that harder than usual these days. While Bungie’s live-service success story has as much promise as ever, the problems are also building up. It’s Destiny burnout season, folks.…
Source: Kotaku – The Destiny 2 Burnout Is Real Right Now
I started reading Akane-banashi because I didn’t want to start a manga that was hundreds of chapters long. I thought that I’d be able to briefly sample a new series, cancel my Shonen Jump sub, and then go back to chipping away at my games backlog. But Akane-banashi caught me completely flat-footed with its expressive…
Source: Kotaku – This Optimistic New Manga Is Why I Subscribe To Shonen Jump
Yes, Netflix has some excellent games, but no one’s playing them. According to a recent report, less than 1 percent of people who subscribe to the streaming service actually avail themselves of its free games. That stat surely isn’t helped by the process you’ve gotta go through to play, which, while not totally…
Source: Kotaku – How To Actually Play Netflix’s Surprisingly Terrific Games
It’s come back with a vengeance. Yes, Shadow of Mordor’s brilliant Nemesis system has languished for half a decade. But one enterprising modder recently resurrected the tech (kinda) by adding it to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Bethesda’s decade-old fantasy RPG.
Source: Kotaku – It’s Skyrim, But With Shadow Of Mordor’s Brilliant Nemesis System
Cursed items already have a long and storied history in Elden Ring. Players have been soft-banned for collecting illicit panties hidden in the game files, for example. And some have tried to get others banned by forcing unauthorized items on one another. The whole thing has created a swirl of confusion around whether…
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring Now Lets You Know If You Have An Illegal Item
Everyone was shocked to learn that simply accepting a hug in Elden Ring could actually harm you without much fanfare, but it turns out that’s not the only negative thing that can happen when you’re dealing with anything related to Deathbed Companions. In what is perhaps the funniest adjustment in Tuesday’s big 1.06…
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring’s Big Patch Reveals Accidental Hard Mode: Wearing A Dress
It’s been a while since Elden Ring saw any love, but patch 1.06 is here. There’s not much in the way of new additions, though notably the update means you can now do co-op or invasions in multiple places at once in addition to having larger invasion area. There’s also a new mysterious NPC who is supposed to help you…
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring Fans Rejoice As Dreaded Bloodhound Step Nerfed In Enormous Gameplay Update
Midnight Suns, a turn-based tactical game set in the Marvel universe and made by the same guys behind XCOM, has been delayed once more.
Source: Kotaku – Marvel’s XCOM Game Delayed Once Again
