GameStop has once again proven with their NFT shenanigans that an unregulated market built on planet-destroying technology is, and this may shock you, not a terribly great idea. In a thorough report from Ars Technica, the GameStop NFT marketplace is yet again the topic of controversy as an NFT minter on the platform…
Source: Kotaku – GameStop Sold NFT Games Without ‘Consent,’ Dev Claims
I really wanted Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim, released quietly on August 3, to be good. The asymmetric online survival horror Dead by Daylight first captured my attention between its bloody teeth in May, and, since then, I’ve been hypnotized by its singularly savage Killers, limping, determined…
Source: Kotaku – The Dead By Daylight Dating Sim Isn’t Hot Or Romantic, It’s Just Bad
Here’s a sign of the times: Activision has confirmed via newly released financial documents that it made more money on its phone games last quarter than it did on all of its console and PC games combined.
Source: Kotaku – Activision Is Earning More Money From Mobile Than PC And Console Combined
Digimon Survive, the new video game made in celebration of the anime’s 25th anniversary, attempts to juggle being both a visual novel and a tactical role-playing game. The result is a slog of a game that’s 70 percent visual novel, 20 percent tactical role-playing game, and 10 percent horror; totalling out as a 100…
Source: Kotaku – Digimon Survive Is A Painfully Boring Tactical RPG
I’ve probably written this before on this very website, but whenever someone asks me what my favorite video game is, my default answer is Half-Life 2. So any game that tries to capture Half-Life 2’s excellent mix of exploration, action, puzzle-solving, and emptiness has my attention. And if that game succeeds and also…
Source: Kotaku – New Steam Shooter Is Basically Half-Life 2 And It Rules
A lawsuit against Activision Blizzard was dismissed last month because, according to a judge in the Southern California District Court where the complaint was brought, the plaintiffs didn’t play enough Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare to make an informed case against the maligned publisher. For once in Activision…
Source: Kotaku – Lawyer To Pay Activision For Not Playing Call Of Duty, Judge Decrees
Orgynizer isn’t a game where you participate in an orgy: it’s a game where you’re organizing one. You may be wondering: How hard could it be to organize a sex party? It turns out, it’s very complicated.
Source: Kotaku – Orgy Party Game On Steam Will Donate Proceeds To Planned Parenthood
We at Kotaku have long been in the habit of ranking all the games worst-to-best in a major series, whether it’s Pokémon or Halo or Assassin’s Creed. At a glance, it’s possible to read those posts as reductive. Most every game has at least one redeeming quality. On the other hand, every “perfect” game probably has…
Source: Kotaku – The Best And Worst Parts About Every Borderlands Game
We need to set out our terms. Vampire Survivors is such a recent phenomenon that a genre name for it, and the many games appearing in its wake, has yet to be agreed upon. In fact, a lot of recent clones attempt to dress things up in ambiguous terms to pretend away the comparisons, saying things like “reverse bullet…
Source: Kotaku – 7 Games To Play After Vampire Survivors
Harvestella is only a few months away and Square Enix is finally starting to dish a little more on its social farming sim. While the core loop will focus as much on job-based combat and character relationships as anything else, raising fruit and vegetables will also play an important role. Thankfully, Square confirmed…
Source: Kotaku – Stardew Valley-Like Final Fantasy Sim Reveals Horny Produce
Nintendo hasn’t revealed what the majority of Mario Kart 8’s new courses will be, but players think they already know thanks to some clues reportedly left in the latest DLC files. Dataminers say the latest update contains a ton of leftover music references that hint at what 14 of the remaining 32 courses will be.
Source: Kotaku – Mario Kart 8 DLC Leaks Hint At Rest Of New Courses
Sims 4 recently released its High School Years Expansion Pack, its first Expansion Pack since 2021. But navigating the DLC might be as confusing as freshman year homeroom. You need tips from a worldly senior, who is me, in this scenario.
Source: Kotaku – 5 Crucial Tips To Surviving Sims 4: High School Years Expansion Pack
A guy gets a mysterious letter from his girlfriend, arrives at a castle to find her missing, and loads of rooms full of monsters…it’s the setup to 1996’s classic Super Mario 64, sure, but it’s also very much also a survival horror pitch, which is why this new fan-made project is such a perfect fit.
Source: Kotaku – Super Mario 64 Becomes A First-Person Horror Game
While a big deal has been made about some former PlayStation exclusives coming to the PC—like Horizon and God of War—no deal was made last week whatsoever about a game with a much lower profile, but which I love regardless.
Source: Kotaku – Another PlayStation Game Quietly Comes To The PC
There have been firefighting games for as long as there have been video games, but for whatever reason—and I’ll speculate on this in a second—there has never been a great one. Fire Commander is the latest game to try and break this duck, and while it doesn’t make it, I at least admire the way it tries.
Source: Kotaku – Fire Commander Is A Firefighting Game That Doesn’t Suck
Because the Culture Wars have now spread to every front imaginable, for the last few years board and tabletop games have been going through their own struggles as players traditionally marginalised in the space have fought for greater inclusion, in turn facing increasingly shrill levels of opposition. That opposition…
Source: Kotaku – Psychos Impersonate Board Game Con Staff, Send Harassing Messages To Attendees
Bear And Breakfast is a hotel management sim that plays like Animal Crossing. You gather resources every day, complete delivery errands, and build your Airbnb empire–all while playing as an adorable bear. The problem is that Bear and Breakfast lacks the relentless optimism of business sims while not delivering on any…
Source: Kotaku – Management Sim Bear And Breakfast Isn’t Animal Crossing, So Don’t Expect That
Today Vampire Survivors, the popular top-down, reverse bullet hell roguelike currently in Early Access on Steam, received a patch that not only tweaked some of the game’s mechanics, but added a handy cheat menu as well.
Source: Kotaku – Vampire Survivors’ Latest Patch Adds A Cheat Menu, New Characters, And More
While it’s not the most powerful console out there, the smaller and more affordable Xbox Series S has been a big hit for Xbox. But reportedly, some devs have felt the strain of getting bigger, more advanced games to work on the console and in response, Microsoft is freeing up some memory to help improve the tiny…
Source: Kotaku – Your Xbox Series S Is Getting A Small Performance Boost
