Live A Live is a pixel-art role-playing game that’s here for a good time, not a long time, a formula that’s sorely needed in today’s games space where RPGs often demand dozens if not hundreds of hours to see through to the end.
Source: Kotaku – Live A Live: The Kotaku Review
On July 24, the mysterious Twitter account @nicekeybinds posted a comprehensive Google Doc accusing MarsArxa, a member of the all-women Valorant esports team Fallacy, and her boyfriend Nate ‘Payen’ Lopez of cheating during a tournament organized by Galorants, a Valorant community space for female and non-binary…
Source: Kotaku – Valorant Pro Accused Of Letting Boyfriend Take Over During Women-Only Match
We are in a proper golden age of tabletop roleplaying games. Never have there been so many wonderful titles, accessible in both print and digital, playable in-person, or on-screen with a virtual tabletop or just a Zoom chat. Here are the best TTRPG books from the last year of role playing to consider.
Source: Kotaku – The 10 Best Tabletop Roleplaying Books Of 2022
We’re an odd species, what with our predilection for scarcity, even if that scarce item is a piece of cardboard with a cartoon drawn on it. So it is that 62-year-old South Carolina resident Christopher Polydorou is alleged to have had his home broken into, and his $500,000 Pokémon card collection stolen.
Source: Kotaku – Police: A Half-Million Dollar Pokémon Card Collection Heist Was Just Called In
Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto VI is one of the most anticipated games ever. Despite the hype, the studio has been incredibly tightlipped for almost a decade now. But a new report by Bloomberg offers big new details including that the game will feature the series first-ever playable woman protagonist.
Source: Kotaku – Report: GTA VI Will Star Series’ First Playable Woman, Will Be More Culturally Sensitive
Anime Expo 2022, held earlier this month in Los Angeles, bills itself as “the largest celebration of Japanese pop culture in North America”. Just before the pandemic it was attracting over 100,000 people to the LACC, and while numbers were well down on that for this year’s show, for attendees it was a pleasure just to…
Source: Kotaku – Our Favorite Cosplay From Anime Expo 2022
If you have ever been around Roblox for any extended amount of time, you’ll already be familiar with one of the game’s platform’s most well-known (or annoying) quirks: that every time a player dies, there used to be a childish “oof” sound that was played.
Source: Kotaku – RIP Roblox’s Famous ‘Oof’ Sound, Which Has Been Removed
Stray has been in the headlines for a lot of very good reasons over the last week, but having just finished the game, the one thing I can’t get out of my head is not the cat, or the robots, or the platforming, but how much I loved each one of its little worlds.
Source: Kotaku – Stray’s Little Worlds Are The Best Part Of The Game
The upcoming Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake is on indefinite hold following the recent firings of two key directors, Bloomberg reports.
Source: Kotaku – Report: Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic Remake In Serious Trouble
Today, Rockstar Games released what might be one of the biggest, best updates Grand Theft Auto Online has seen in years. While it might not add something as big and flashy as a casino or superyacht, the new “Criminal Enterprises” update expands a huge list of old content, adds new quality-of-life changes, and even…
Source: Kotaku – GTA Online’s New Update Is Just What The Nearly Decade-Old Game Needed
A wallpaper app is the tenth most-played game on Steam right now for one very good reason: Chinese players have been using it to distribute porn. Porn has been illegal in China since 1997, but the gray regulatory status of Steam has allowed Wallpaper Engine users to share uncensored content.
Source: Kotaku – Chinese Steam Users Get Around National Porn Ban With Wallpaper App
MultiVersus, WB Games’ answer to Super Smash Bros., entered open beta earlier today with a new playable character in real-life basketball player LeBron James and a host of balance changes.
Source: Kotaku – MultiVersus Patch Addresses Taz’s Reign Of Terror, Slims Velma
Rollerdrome is an indie rollerskating murder game from the OlliOlli crew out on Playstation 4, 5, and Steam starting August 16. Rollerdrome is a single-player third-person shooter that sends you rolling toward your fate on bulletproof white skates. Rollerdrome is a shaken can of soda, exploding with color and energy,…
Source: Kotaku – 5 Hot Tips To Survive The Fiery New Skating Shooter From OlliOlli World Devs
The latest addition to Fortnite’s ever-expanding conglomeration of pop culture is none other than John Cena, the WWE superstar turned actor who, in his prime, was inarguably the biggest professional wrestler in the world.
Source: Kotaku – John Cena Joins Fortnite, Won’t Actually Be Invisible
Usually gaming hardware prices get cheaper over time. But Meta is bucking that trend and raising the price of its entry-level Quest 2 VR headset by $100. The company formerly known as Facebook says it’s to help pay for innovation, a move that comes as Mark Zuckerberg’s social media company scrambles to fend off the…
Source: Kotaku – Facebook Jacks Up Price Of The One Affordable VR Headset
Elden Ring is a tale about a land that has been forsaken by its masters, with many of its legends, deities, and gods either decommissioned, missing, or nearly forgotten. Fans of Elden Ring multiplayer might know exactly what that’s like, because as far as they’re concerned, game developer FromSoftware has left them…
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring Fans Are Still Begging FromSoftware To Fix The Broken Multiplayer Months Later
Fact: The characters in Mario Strikers: Battle League are enormous babies. Score a goal on Wario and he’ll turn bright red, steam pouring out of his ears. Yoshi will drop to the ground and wail. Don’t even get me started on Peach’s behavior. Honestly, the only roster member with a lick of sportsmanship is the…
Source: Kotaku – Mario Strikers Fans Love Shy Guy’s New Existential Crises
Nier: Automata players are collectively losing their minds over a room. It’s not just any room: No one, save for seemingly one person, has been able to access it. Even the player who discovered the chamber doesn’t appear to know how to enter it, which makes the whole thing extra confounding.
Source: Kotaku – Nier: Automata Players Are Losing It Over A Secret Room, And No One Knows How To Get In
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 might not end up being the best Switch game of 2022, but it certainly sounds like one of the longest. With a main story that takes dozens of hours and more thorough playthroughs clocking in at over 150 hours, it sounds every bit the sprawling JRPG fans have come to expect from Monolith Soft. But…
Source: Kotaku – Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Reviews Praise Everything But The Filler
