If you’ve been following along with Call Of Duty lately, you’re no stranger to seeing skins that remind of something you’ve seen before, be it John McClain from Die Hard or Ghostface from Scream. A recent, very adorable, very fluffy skin, however, is looking all too familiar to one artist, and they’re now accusing the…
Source: Kotaku – Have You Seen This Dog? Call Of Duty Pup Is ‘Plagiarized,’ Artist Claims
The Analogue Pocket’s always turned heads: first for being the most authentic-sounding Game Boy replacement ever announced, then for taking an extraordinary length of time to finally come out. But come out it did, and it was pretty good. For some, its biggest drawback was that it required old, increasingly expensive…
Source: Kotaku – There It Is: Analogue Pocket Just Got Its Long-Awaited Jailbreak
The Mega Millions lottery is once again making headlines with a current jackpot worth $1.28 billion. It’s the kind of thing that’s nice to daydream about winning in-between scrolling TikTok and ignoring your boss, because of course you won’t win it. The chances are indistinguishable from zero. These jackpots are the…
Source: Kotaku – 8 Things More Likely Than Winning The Colossal Mega Millions Jackpot Today
Anime as a medium has the power to cross physical and cultural barriers through its transformative stories and evocative art styles. To this day, legacy anime like Astro Boy, Akira, and Dragon Ball Z’s inspire modern popular media through their iconic characters and genre-defining stories.
Source: Kotaku – 17 NSFW Anime And Manga To Check Out For The ‘Plot’
Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent, newly available on mobile, is a worthy sequel to the original 2018 Switch role-playing game. I had expected a watered-down combat system and a menu hell like many other gacha games on mobile devices. Square Enix proved me wrong. Champions retains the visuals and music…
Source: Kotaku – Octopath Traveler: Champions Of The Continent Is Better Than The Nintendo Switch Original
Following a June revamp, Sony’s PS Plus service now has a games-on-demand library (well, provided you pay for the $15 “PS Plus Extra” tier). The on-demand catalog comprises hundreds of games, with the obvious main draws being massive tent-poles like Ghost of Tsushima, Demon’s Souls, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, and…
Source: Kotaku – The Best PS Plus Games To Devour In A Weekend
Yesterday, Valve issued an update for devs who sell on their storefront. Starting September 1 of this year, “banner images,” referred to as “Capsules” in Steamworks, will be restricted from including a variety of accolades, current sales, and more. In the announcement of the policy change, the house of Gordon Freeman…
Source: Kotaku – Valve’s New Art Rules Will Change How Games Catch Your Eye
Valkyrie Profile, Tactics Ogre, and Front Mission are all due out in the months ahead. What year is it again? It’s 2022, and it’s already been glorious for fans of new and classic JRPGs alike. But some of the most exciting stuff is still ahead. Years after the genre was left for dead, it’s never felt more vibrant.
Source: Kotaku – 13 Games Making 2022 A JRPG Bonanza
It all started with a question: “How do you get into the church?” The answer, it turns out, is simple: You don’t—at least not yet. Yes, Nier: Automata’s baffling secret door was all just an intricate mod.
Source: Kotaku – The Nier: Automata Secret Door Hunt Is Over, In The Wildest Possible Way
Itch.io, an egalitarian site for hosting, posting, and downloading indie video games, is filled with cum. As a refuge for creative nobodies to harness an audience without worrying about the money, Itch is stuffed with plenty of other things too, like medieval comic books, murder nuns, and cat assets. But the cum is…
Source: Kotaku – The Best Indie Sex Games On The ‘Unspeakable’ Itch.io
You’d be forgiven for thinking that the new Dungeons & Dragons movie looks a lot like a Marvel film. Though I’d argue it has a much more alluring color palette than your standard, often dry, modern comic book adaptation, the latest trailer for the tabletop-based movie otherwise reveals the calculated Hollywood formula…
Source: Kotaku – So Far, The Dungeons And Dragons Movie Chooses Marvel Over Everything That Makes D&D Great
In 2022 Yakuza is a pretty big series in the West, as we saw yesterday when eight games made it to PlayStation Plus. But it wasn’t always this way! Between the release of Yakuza 2 and 3 things were looking incredibly dicey for English-speakers, and there were real fears that if Yakuza 3 didn’t sell well, it would be…
Source: Kotaku – Sega, Please Let Us Play The Yakuza Samurai Spin-Offs
During a recent Overwatch Contenders tournament, Blizzard told two teams that they’d be playing a best-of-seven showdown. Then, halfway through, said it would be a best-of-five and pulled the pin on what was looking like an incredible comeback. That, understandably, did not go down well.
Source: Kotaku – Blizzard Screws Up Overwatch Comp Rules, Teams ‘Strike’ In Protest
Alien: Isolation is the kind of game you play and then just can’t stop thinking about. From its unique design to its fully-realised world to its moments of sheer terror, it’s a game like no other, and despite coming out in 2014 there really hasn’t been anything like it since, either.
Source: Kotaku – A Whole Damn Book About Alien: Isolation
Earlier this week, Rockstar Games released the latest, big update for Grand Theft Auto Online, its super popular open-world MMO. The new update brought some much-needed changes and features to the nearly decade-old game. It also added a new semi-auto rifle to the digital streets of Los Santos that cost nearly half a…
Source: Kotaku – PSA: Don’t Buy The New 0k Rifle In GTA Online, It Blows
Minecraft is on fire. At least that’s how it currently feels if you follow the fandom on social media or certain message boards. A portion of the community is up in arms following the news that developer Mojang won’t back down from a controversial move to open private servers up to moderation and account-wide player…
Source: Kotaku – ‘Save Minecraft!’ Cry Players After Mojang Starts Moderating Private Servers
The animal kingdom is a savage beast that cares not for gentle creatures, or at least that’s the only way I can mentally justify why YouTuber BjornTheBear would concoct a messed-up situation like this one. Bjorn decided to find out what would happen if you put every Elden Ring animal in an ultimate death match, and…
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring’s Turtle Pope Wins All-Out Death Battle By Doing Absolutely Nothing
