Developer Insomniac Games dropped a new update for its action-adventure game, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, which addresses game-breaking bugs, gives MJ some buffs, puts your phone on silent, and improves overall stability.
Source: Kotaku – Spider-Man 2 Update Fixes Some Game-Breaking Bugs
Starfield’s long-promised DLSS update is finally available through a beta test on PC.
Source: Kotaku – Starfield’s Controversial Missing PC Feature Arrives In New Update
On November 7, BioWare released a series of teasers for the next Mass Effect game. When stitched together, the short clips show a character sporting an N7 trench coat walking out of a ship and onto an unknown planet. The video itself doesn’t say much, but the accompanying text and art seem to confirm the next game…
Source: Kotaku – Mass Effect’s N7 Day Teasers Say A Lot With Very Little
This year has been one of the most jam-packed years for anime releases in recent memory with the return of fan favorites like Jujutsu Kaisen and the release of new shows like Netflix’s Pluto. While not every show was a memorable work of compelling fiction, 2023 provided us with a bunch of fantastic shows.
Source: Kotaku – Kotaku’s Top 10 Anime Of 2023, Ranked
On Wednesday, Rockstar Games officially confirmed that—after many years of waiting—the next Grand Theft Auto game will finally be revealed via a trailer in early December. People online are understandably going wild over the news and it marks the end of a bizarre era of endless speculation and hijinks.
Source: Kotaku – A Decade Of GTA VI Speculation, Rumors, And Hijinks Will Soon Come To An End
Nintendo announced on November 7 that it has been quietly laboring on the first-ever live-action The Legend of Zelda movie, and fans’ minds detonated with the implications. The movie, which game director Shigeru Miyamoto said has been in the works “for many years now,” is being made alongside former Marvel Studios CEO…
Source: Kotaku – Our Picks For Link, Ganon, And More In The Live-Action Zelda Movie
Though Halo Infinite might be drawing folks back with its expanding map diversity and new customization options, the in-game cosmetics shop is still rubbing fans the wrong way. A recent skin intended to be a tribute to the very first Halo game, 2001’s Halo: Combat Evolved, is drawing a bit of attention not for its…
Source: Kotaku – You Should Buy The OG Halo Instead Of The Pricey Infinite Skin
After barely two weeks on digital and physical store shelves, Super Mario Bros. Wonder has already become the “biggest release for a Super Mario title,” selling 4.3 million copies globally, according to Nintendo’s latest earnings report.
Source: Kotaku – Wowwee, Super Mario Bros. Wonder Sold 4 Million Copies In Two Weeks
With The Marvels landing in theaters on November 10, the talent attached to the latest MCU film has begun speaking about their experiences with the project. Director Nia DaCosta is one such person, and she recently told IGN that some of her inspirations for the movie were games and games-adjacent media, particularly…
Source: Kotaku – The Marvels Director Took Inspiration From A Final Fantasy Movie
I love a “what could’ve been” story. Today’s concerns Starfield’s silent galactic problem solver of a protagonist and how they could’ve been voiced by at least two actors who now play other prominent roles in the game.
Source: Kotaku – Starfield’s Player Character Was Almost Voiced By These Companions
If you’re not on TikTok, you might be surprised at how the smallest game-related thing can grow into a massive, ubiquitous trend that transcends even its own community. That’s what’s happening with Genshin Impact right now, as a line delivery from Neuvillette, one of the playable characters in miHoYo’s RPG, has blown…
Source: Kotaku – Genshin Impact’s Viral Dance Meme Is Peak Gaming Tiktok
For years and years, video games—especially shooters—have gotten faster and faster. RoboCop: Rogue City, out now on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC (see on Amazon), bucks this trend and puts you in the clunky, lumbering metal boots of RoboCop himself. But the real surprise isn’t how much fun it is to be a slow-walking tank,…
Source: Kotaku – RoboCop: Rogue City: The Kotaku Review
Sure, Modern Warfare III, the latest Call of Duty release featuring a brand new single-player story, failed to shake up the format of traditional Call of Duty campaigns. But as I said in our review of the single-player offering, MWIII’s more open-ended levels show some interesting potential, and hint at a more…
Source: Kotaku – Call Of Duty Needs To Evolve And DMZ Is The Key
Possibly the most anticipated video game reveal ever is just weeks away. Rockstar Games president Sam Houser confirmed Grand Theft Auto VI will get its big trailer reveal in December, showcasing the next game in the hit open world series after massive hacks, insider reports, and years of rampant fan speculation.
Source: Kotaku – Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer Reveal Everyone’s Waiting For Officially Happening In December
We’ve known for some time now that IO Interactive, the studio behind the fantastic Hitman games, is working on a new James Bond game. And while that team seems like a perfect match and a new Bond game seems long overdue, according to IOI, the team had to assure the folks who own the spy franchise that it wasn’t going…
Source: Kotaku – Hitman Devs Had To Convince James Bond People Their 007 Game Wouldn’t Be Another Shooter
A live-action movie adaptation of The Legend of Zelda is finally happening. Nintendo announced the upcoming production will be helmed by both Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto and Marvel Studios founder Avi Arad in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment. The gang’s all here. All it’s missing is Chris Pratt.
Source: Kotaku – Nintendo Says A Live-Action Zelda Movie Is Coming
Christmas Massacre, an upcoming low-poly horror game, was initially planned to launch on Switch, Xbox, and PlayStation later this month. However, a few weeks before launch, the developer behind the spooky game revealed that Xbox and Nintendo won’t let the game release on their respective platforms, and they’re…
Source: Kotaku – New Xmas-Themed Horror Game Is ‘Too Crazy’ For Xbox Or Switch, But Not PS5
Action role-playing game Diablo IV has so far been enjoying a fruitful Season of Blood, its second season, adding to the game a huge number of balance changes and quality-of-life features. Now a few weeks out from the season’s launch, developer Blizzard has released a follow-up patch with delectable fan…
Source: Kotaku – Diablo IV Patch Brings Back Legendary Season One Buffs
I’m not interested in just vaguely gesturing at what Slay the Princess, a horror, time-loop visual novel from Black Tabby Games, is actually about. Often there’s an assumption that a review will be a spoiler-free assessment of whether or not something is worth your time, keeping its distance and speaking in broad…
Source: Kotaku – You Need To Play This Brilliant New Time-Loop Horror Game
We probably agree that “Modern Warfare III” is a bad name for a brand-new Call of Duty game. It doesn’t help that 2011 first-person shooter Modern Warfare 3 is, to this day, a fan-favorite title in the neverending war series, while series reboot Modern Warfare III, which releases officially on November 10, is…
Source: Kotaku – Modern Warfare III Haters Are Review-Bombing The Wrong Game