Tabletop roleplaying games can be intimidating. With hefty tomes of rules that can mirror and outpace the size of a college textbook, even veterans of the hobby can sometimes be overwhelmed when they just want to dive in quickly and get to the point of a new game. And look, I won’t name names here, but some games just…
Source: Kotaku – Five Steps For Learning Even The Most Daunting Tabletop Roleplaying Game
I’ve been looking forward to Monolith Soft’s next game since the last one ended in 2017, though not without my fair share of reservations. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 was a meandering JRPG with a hodgepodge of systems and extremely uneven storytelling. As much as I love the series, I was worried Xenoblade Chronicles 3…
Source: Kotaku – Surprisingly, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Won Me Over In The First Few Hours
Beleaguered multiplayer shooter Battlefield 2042, which has not exactly been the success EA would have been hoping for, will take another step towards being an actual video game this week with the release of its next update.
Source: Kotaku – Battlefield 2042 Update Is Going To Give Everyone Beards
TwitchCon will be taking place in San Diego between October 7-9, and if you had any thoughts about attending whatsoever, know that the organisers are under the assumption that we’re living in 2019, not 2022, and that you’re very much going to be taking your personal safety into your own hands.
Source: Kotaku – TwitchCon Doesn’t Care That The Pandemic Is Still Happening
So, gameplay footage of the debut project being developed by contentious streamer Dr. Disrespect’s recently formed studio is now floating around online. Dubbed a “vertical extraction shooter” that the Doc has claimed will blow Call of Duty’s engine outta the water, the NFT game, titled Deadrop, does have an intriguing…
Source: Kotaku – Here’s The Shooter That Dr. Disrespect Says Will Blow Away Call Of Duty
A YouTuber built a PC out of a working toilet, creating what might be the first toilet capable of both handling your waste and playing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. What a world we live in!
Source: Kotaku – Someone Built A Gaming PC Into A Working Toilet
Nier: Automata spent the last week in the headlines, the result of a secret door that sent the community into a scramble. The mystery itself may have come to a sudden, surprising conclusion, but that doesn’t mean the base game it was part of should drop off your radar. In fact, it’s all the more reason to revisit what…
Source: Kotaku – The Best Time To Play Nier: Automata Is Right Now
Netflix just dropped a new trailer for its anime series based on Cyberpunk 2077, and it’s more breathtaking than CD Projekt Red’s action role-playing video game.
Source: Kotaku – Netflix’s Cyberpunk 2077 Anime Looks More Breathtaking Than The Game
Over the weekend, Bungie disabled Destiny 2’s in-game text chat across all platforms after trolls discovered a way to use it to crash other players’ games. Now, the chat still remains off and Bungie hasn’t provided an ETA for when it will return.
Source: Kotaku – Destiny 2 Chat Shut Off After Players Abuse It To Crash Games
With the new Grand Theft Auto Online update released last week, the game has become easier after Rockstar added more ways to make money that don’t involve ripping your hair out and putting up with annoying trolls. But a big update like this for an already massive game can be very overwhelming.
Source: Kotaku – 10 Things Every GTA Online Player Trying The Giant New Update Should Do
Diablo Immortal’s pay-to-win mechanics have been controversial since the game launched back in June. Now they’ve also apparently broken the game for at least one YouTuber who reportedly spent over $100,000 on beefing up his Barbarian character. The player’s win rate is seemingly so good the game won’t even match him…
Source: Kotaku – Diablo Immortal Player Says He Can’t Get A Match After Spending 0,000
Thirsty Suitors has all the makings of the next big game.
Source: Kotaku – Here’s The Lowdown On That Kickass, Scott Pilgrim-Esque Skateboarding RPG
Those dastardly loot boxes containing randomized goodies might be a thing of the past come Overwatch 2’s launch later this year, but a recent survey suggests the hero shooter’s monetization may become more aggressive elsewhere.
Source: Kotaku – Blizzard Asks Overwatch Players If They’d Pay For A Skin
Sony announced it will increase the production of the PlayStation 5 in preparation for the holiday shopping season. The company still plans to hit its projected 18 million units sold for the 2022 fiscal year, but a new financial earnings report published on July 29 reveals that “significant improvements” in the supply…
Source: Kotaku – Sony Says It’ll Pump Out More PS5s For The Holidays, So Maybe You’ll Finally Get One
Sony updated its important notices page today to tell PlayStation 5 users that the console’s Accolades feature will, as of this fall, “no longer be supported,” citing that it “hadn’t seen the level of use we anticipated.” Like most PS5 users, this was the first time I’d heard that the console had a built-in…
Source: Kotaku – Sony Retiring PlayStation 5 Feature Almost Nobody Knew About
Minecraft is a game of infinite customization, where players attempt to push boundaries on what can and cannot be done in a video game. The game has been used to recreate the entire country of Denmark, as an educational tool to introduce children to programming, and even has applications in secondary school science…
Source: Kotaku – Seven Bonkers Minecraft Mods That Will Throw You Into A New Level Of Madness
The Pokémon Company announced its next Pokémon Presents livestream will take place on August 3. The upcoming info dump on Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and other Pokémon games comes just in time as fans, desperate for new details, pour over a recent flood of alleged leaks for the earlier than expected Gen 9 entries.
Source: Kotaku – Big Pokémon Presents Info Dump Announced Amid Alleged Leaks
Over the weekend the Indonesian government began the task of blocking any website or service that had failed to register as part of new “internet control” laws. That ended up being a lot, including everything from Steam to the Epic Games Store to Nintendo Online to EA and Ubisoft’s platforms.
Source: Kotaku – Indonesian Government Blocks Steam, Epic & Nintendo For 270 Million People
I had no idea there was a cover band specialising in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater soundtracks. I’m happy enough today knowing such a thing exists, but even happier knowing that they had a show on the weekend blow up because the man himself was there and joined them on stage for a couple of tracks.
Source: Kotaku – Tony Hawk Makes Surprise Appearance For Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Cover Band
Earlier this week, Rockstar released a massive free update for Grand Theft Auto Online. For the most part it focused on improving and expanding on what was already in the game. But the update also included a new series of missions involving covert government operations and conspiracies, and this new campaign ends with…
Source: Kotaku – No One Expected GTA Online’s Latest Mission To Be So Terrifying