Video games are hard to make. These weird, complex pieces of intricate interactive software take years to make and can sometimes break in very weird ways. For example, players of Powerwash Simulator on Xbox noticed the game started crashing a lot when they’d hop online with others. And while a patch is coming to fix…
Source: Kotaku – Powerwash Simulator Devs Warn Xbox Players: Do Not Look At The Sun
Russia is looking into the possibility of developing a national video game engine to support the country’s developers should American companies like Unreal Engine creator Epic Games and Unity Technologies refuse to do business with them over the Russian government’s ongoing assault on Ukraine, Kommersant reports. (h/t …
Source: Kotaku – Fearing Unity And Unreal Abandonment, Russia May Build Its Own Game Engine
If you were to tell manga fans last year that Berserk and Hunter x Hunter would no longer be on hiatus in 2022, you’d get laughed out of whatever water cooler conversation you were attempting to start. But, as fate would have it, the forever-hiatus alumni Hunter x Hunter is prepping for its return and …
Source: Kotaku – Your Favorite Manga Isn’t More Important Than The Creator’s Health
For ages, PS Plus was simply a perk program for people who played video games on a PlayStation console. Following a relaunch in June 2022, it’s now also a true games-on-demand service, replete with a library of games that you can download and play on your PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5 (provided you’ve signed up for…
Source: Kotaku – The Best Games On The New PS Plus
Earlier this year, Rockstar Games launched GTA+, a monthly subscription service for Grand Theft Auto Online players that provides rewards, freebies, and in-game bonuses. At the time, it wasn’t clear if this new plan was worth it, as Rockstar planned to change the rewards every month. Having now taken it for a…
Source: Kotaku – Four Months In, GTA’s New Subscription Isn’t Worth It For Most
BioWare Points. You remember them, right? Once purchased in “packs,” they’d allow you to buy DLC for BioWare games on PC that you weren’t allowed to just directly buy with real money for some reason. In October, EA will be phasing out the premium currency. The publisher has sent out emails to those with remaining…
Source: Kotaku – EA Is Killing BioWare Points, So Mass Effect And Dragon Age DLC Are Now Free
You’re Niantic, and your community of Pokémon GO players is pretty damned pissed at you over a whole bunch of recent changes, not least to Community Days. So what do you do to try to fix things? No, sorry, you’re wrong. You make the next Community Day about sodding Starly.
Source: Kotaku – Pokémon GO’s Starly Community Day Seems Like Self-Sabotage
It’s been over a month since the last official news dump about Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, and a flurry of unofficial and extremely blurry images purportedly leaked from an unfinished build of the game are now filling the void. Fans have no idea if they’re real, but that hasn’t stopped them from rushing to create new…
Source: Kotaku – Pokémon Community Is In A Frenzy Over Blurry Pictures That Look Like Bigfoot JPEGs
Souls “scholar” Lokey, who is both a student of the series’ lore and a fluent Japanese speaker, has been digging into the story and themes of the original Dark Souls for years. Now, for the game’s impending 10th anniversary, he’s put everything he knows into two absolutely gorgeous books that are up for pre-order.
Source: Kotaku – Dark Souls’ Lore Is Being Released In Two Glorious Books
Throughout the 1990s, Totally Games had one of the most accomplished track records in all of video games. The studio, releasing games for Lucasfilm and then Lucasarts, specialised in all things flight, and won acclaim for releases set both in the sky and way beyond.
Source: Kotaku – The X-Wing Team Were Working On A Cancelled Xbox Game
Destiny 2’s summer “Solstice” seasonal event is right around the corner, and ahead of this year’s loot celebration Bungie has outlined some big changes. A few of them I love. Others not so much. The proof will be in how the event’s overall grind is balanced, but for now I’m intrigued in a way I haven’t been in years.
Source: Kotaku – Destiny 2’s Big Summer Hangout Gets A Major Overhaul
Since covid broke loose, games like Minecraft, Fortnite, and Roblox—early examples of a social “metaverse,”— have been playing host to all sorts of fantastic music acts, like glitchpop duo 100 gecs, mega pop star Ariana Grande, and most recently, indie rock queen Soccer Mommy (aka singer-songwriter Sophie Allison). As…
Source: Kotaku – I Got Hit By A Car In A Roblox Indie Rock Show So You Don’t Have To
Update 7/15/2022 10:10 a.m. ET: Good news everyone, last night Hidive tweeted out that Legend of the Galactic Heroes has returned to its streaming service. Original article continues below:
Source: Kotaku – One Of The Most Epic Anime Ever Just Got Delisted [Update: It’s Back]
Speaking with PocketGamer.biz about Unity’s recent merger, CEO John Riccitiello had some harsh words for mobile game developers who don’t take monetization seriously.
Source: Kotaku – Unity CEO Calls Mobile Devs Who Don’t Monetize ‘F*cking Idiots’
Skate is still somewhat of an enigma, despite leaking, like, every five minutes. Today, during a 20-minute livestream, publisher EA revealed a ton of information—on purpose, in this case—about the next entry in its long-dormant skateboarding series, including a surprise pivot to a free-to-play model. Here’s everything…
Source: Kotaku – Everything We Learned Today About Skate 4, Which Isn’t Actually Called Skate 4
Wordle at one point earlier this year dominated the internet and filled your Twitter feeds with colorful squares. And while today it’s not nearly the cultural phenomenon it once was, it’s still very popular, and to capitalize on that, Hasbro is creating a board game based on Wordle that will be out later this year.
Source: Kotaku – Wordle Is Getting Its Own Party Game, Out In October
There are a lot of Lego video games. Too many, some might say. But thankfully, most of them are fun to play, and great to enjoy with younger family members. Today, you can score a bunch of them on the latest Humble Bundle for a modest 10 bucks.
Source: Kotaku – Latest Bundle: 0+ Of Lego Games For 10 Bucks
Bad news for scrublords everywhere: Suffering defeat without damaging your opponent in Street Fighter 6 comes with the added insult to injury of witnessing their special win animations.
Source: Kotaku – Street Fighter 6 Adds Salt To The Wound With Perfect Win Animations
This week marks the Metal Gear series’ 35th anniversary—the first game came out for the MSX on July 13, 1987—and Quiet, Metal Gear Solid V’s taciturn sniper, is forever wearing a bikini. Metal Gear artist Yoji Shinkawa pictures Quiet as naked in some early concept art, a meditation he performs with many of his female…
Source: Kotaku – Metal Gear Turned 35, But Quiet’s Character Design Marks A Timeless Controversy
