Mario Strikers: Battle League’s first big update will add a character fans have clamored for since before launch: Daisy. Yeah, yeah, the update also introduces some other stuff, but c’mon! Daisy!! Finally!!!
Source: Kotaku – Mario Strikers Fans Put Pitchforks Down As Daisy Confirmed As DLC
People like Nintendo Directs. People want Nintendo Directs. But these streamed promotion for forthcoming Switch games are so rare people get a little…twitchy. Yesterday, after someone tweeted that they’d seen an ad on YouTube demanding a new Direct, it rapidly went viral. It’s not all it seems, but it certainly…
Source: Kotaku – The YouTube Ad Demanding A New Nintendo Direct Isn’t Quite What It Seems
A decade ago, Gearbox famously marketed its new loot-shooter Borderlands 2 with an eye-catching phrase: “87 bazillion guns.” It was a joke, obviously. But the latest entry in the series, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, has recently surfaced a similarly eye-catching number. This week, one player stumbled upon a piece of gear…
Source: Kotaku – Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands Player Finds A Rare ‘One In 85 Billion’ Item
Battlefield 3 is a chaotic shooter where realism takes a backseat to explosions and people doing wild shit with vehicles. Thanks to an ambitious new mod, though, the game can now also be played slightly more seriously.
Source: Kotaku – Mod Turns Battlefield 3 Into A More Realistic Military Shooter
When Ghostbusters arrived on Sega Genesis in 1990, it did so with one major caveat: Winston Zeddemore wasn’t playable. Now, a group of fans are looking to right that wrong with a ROM hack over 30 years in the making. (h/t Ghostbusters News)
Source: Kotaku – Ghostbusters ROM Hack Finally Adds Winston Zeddemore To Classic Sega Genesis Game
Streamer Charlie ‘Cr1tikal’ White has a challenge for you, Halo fans: all you need to do is beat Halo 2 at a certain difficulty level (without dying) and he’ll give you $20,000. The thing is, that custom difficulty level is one that makes the game seemingly impossible.
Source: Kotaku – ,000 Bounty Offered For Finishing Halo 2 (With Skulls) Without Dying
Last week saw reports of many Fall Guys players complaining about accidental purchases. Today, in response to these issues, Fall Guys developer Mediatonic sent every active player a decidedly phallic-looking in-game costume. It’s also offering refunds to affected players while it works to fix its store.
Source: Kotaku – Fall Guys Threatens Everyone With Free Dick Bean
Netflix always asks you “Are you still watching?” after you dip your toes into a couple episodes of a show but it never quite nails its suggestions for which shows you should watch next. No lie, Netflix’s “Surprise Me” feature pointed me in the direction of this little-known indie TV series Stranger Things. Suffice it…
Source: Kotaku – The 10 Absolute Best Anime On Netflix
Remember earlier this month, when Nintendo and Lego revealed a massive new Bowser set? At the time we all thought that was a big Bowser. And to be fair, at a foot tall and nearly 3,000 pieces, it’s still pretty large (and will set you back $270). But now we have an even bigger Bowser. This massive new Bowser…
Source: Kotaku – Lego Reveals Even Bigger Bowser
Bungie is taking a Destiny 2 troll to court. The freshly minted PlayStation studio filed a lawsuit last Friday accusing one of the loot shooter’s players of serially cheating and harassing its developers. The complaint comes as toxic elements within the Destiny fanbase have led Bungie to be more tight-lipped about its…
Source: Kotaku – Destiny 2 Troll Gets Sued As Studio Opens Up About Impact Of Toxicity
Well, that took a while. We’re seven months into the year, and Game Pass is only just getting its first first-party offering of 2022: the narrative party game As Dusk Falls. But that’s not the only title en route to Microsoft’s games-on-demand service. Here’s everything coming to Game Pass in the coming weeks:
Source: Kotaku – Game Pass Finally Gets Its First Xbox Exclusive Of 2022
Last week Unity CEO and former head of Electronic Arts, John Riccitiello, called game developers who don’t think about monetization early “fucking idiots.” Now the only person feeling like an idiot seems to be him. After previously calling stories about the rogue comment “clickbait,” he’s now offered a more thorough,…
Source: Kotaku – Unity CEO Promises To ‘Do Better’ After Calling Some Game Devs ‘F*cking Idiots’
During a recent pre-season friendly between defending Italian champions AC Milan and German side (and GamesCom attendee favourites) FC Köln, the presenters tried something I don’t ever remember seeing on a football field before: they strapped cameras to some of the players so that anyone watching from home could get…
Source: Kotaku – Footballers Wearing Body Cameras Looks Like FIFA From The Future
When the next Sims 4 expansion—High School Years—is released, it will be accompanied by an update to the base experience that will introduce a new feature for all players: a ‘Sexual Orientation’ toggle.
Source: Kotaku – The Sims 4 Will Soon Let Players Choose Their Sexual Orientation
Digital Extremes, the studio behind Warframe, announced over the weekend their brand new game: Soulframe. And the latter is most definitely not the sequel to the former.
Source: Kotaku – Warframe Team’s Next Game Is Soulframe
Summer means many things, including pool parties, eating too much ice cream, going out camping, and uh…apparently video game sales? I don’t question the companies taking part in the annual summer sales we see across digital stores. Instead, I nod in approval and begin spending money on games I likely won’t play…
Source: Kotaku – Xbox’s Summer Sale Features Huge Deals On Far Cry, Red Dead Redemption II, And More
On July 9, late into the night, Twitch streamer Ainrun roared in relief after beating Elden Ring’s final boss. After a grueling two-and-a-half hours he had finished the game without taking a hit from any enemy or spending a single rune to make his character stronger. “Oh my god it’s over dude, let’s go, yes!” he said…
Source: Kotaku – How One Player Beat Elden Ring Without Getting Hit Or Leveling
What makes the Steam Deck the most unique piece of gaming hardware currently available? You might be tempted to suggest its impressive graphical horsepower crammed into such a small form factor, or portable access to Steam, or even the software gymnastics it does to make Windows games play on Linux. That’s all cool…
Source: Kotaku – The Steam Deck’s Funky Controls Prove That Gamepads Are Outdated
