There is, inevitably, going to be a PS5 Slim. Not least because the current PS5 is the size and shape of a Dubai skyscraper, but also because Sony always releases a thinner version of their consoles after a few years. But we’re at least a couple of years away from that, meaning we need instead to turn toward modern…
Source: Kotaku – Actual Wizard Rebuilds His PS5 To Less Than An Inch Wide
There are two ways to play a beat ‘em up. You can carefully learn all the moves, practice delivering them as you make your way through the early levels, until you’ve mastered the moveset of your character and masterfully plow your way forward with balletic displays. Or, you can just hit all the buttons at random and…
Source: Kotaku – Can You Still Enjoy Shredder’s Revenge If You’re A Button-Mashing Idiot?
Diablo Immortal has been one of the more hotly contested releases of 2022, receiving the lowest ever user score on Metacritic, while simultaneously receiving eight million downloads and making over $24,000,000 in its first two weeks. However, according to a report by Reuters, the announcement of an eleventh-hour…
Source: Kotaku – Diablo Immortal’s China Release Delayed Following Social Media Silencing
People have been cosplaying as Link and Zelda (and even Ganon) since the series first debuted, but those guys are (relatively) easy. They’re bipedal, they wear clothes, you put some make-up on, get a weapon, boom, you’re cosplaying as a Nintendo character. But what about Breath of the Wild’s Guardians, those giant…
Source: Kotaku – Breath of the Wild Guardian Cosplay Is A Sight To Behold
Over the past few years we’ve started seeing something beautiful happen: fans of classic console games are taking old code and creating native PC versions of games that never saw an official release. We’ve seen it with some Nintendo games, but now we’re seeing it with a PlayStation platformer as well.
Source: Kotaku – Jak And Daxter Is Being ‘Ported’ To The PC, Looks Great
Maja Moldenhauer, the director at the studio behind Cuphead and its DLC, recently talked about how the company’s number one priority is making sure its employees are healthy and treated well. In fact, Moldenhauer explained that she didn’t even care about delays.
Source: Kotaku – Cuphead Director Didn’t Care About Delays, Only Staff’s Well-Being
WWE CEO and chairperson Vince McMahon “voluntarily stepped back” from his roles within the company amid an investigation of an alleged affair and payout with a WWE employee, according to the Wall Street Journal. Here’s everything we know about McMahon’s ongoing investigation so far.
Source: Kotaku – Everything We Know About WWE’s Probe Of Vince McMahon
Following last night’s back-to-back JRPG stream, not-E3 2022 is officially a wrap. It was a weird one this year. Bethesda finally showed off more than eight seconds of Starfield gameplay, four years after its initial announcement. Several prestigious studios announced remakes of cultural touchstones that may or may…
Source: Kotaku – Everything Missing From This Year’s Not-E3
Here we find ourselves at another happy Friday, so to get your post-work life up and running as you engage weekend mode, I’ve put together a dainty little list of five noteworthy, totally free games on Steam.
Source: Kotaku – Play These Fantastic Free Games On Steam To Fill Your Long Weekend
The CEO of Madden maker Electronic Arts is set to rake in $19.8 million in total compensation for his company’s strong performance in 2021. That’s about half of what it was for 2020 after EA’s Board of Directors cracked down on exorbitant bonuses in the face of shareholder backlash, but still several hundred times…
Source: Kotaku – Let’s Put EA CEO’s Million Payout In Context
Neon White, out now for Switch and PC, is easily one of the best games of the year. Between the anime vibes and the kickass soundtrack from Machine Girl, you’ll find a deliciously stylish speedrunning gauntlet that’s as easy to learn as it is hard to master. Over the past few days, I haven’t been able to put it down.…
Source: Kotaku – 10 Things I Wished I Knew Before Starting Neon White
By now, you’ve probably seen the reviews for Tribute Games’ TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge. It’s got an 85 on Metacritic and an 87 on OpenCritic, scores that solidify the general consensus among critics: Shredder’s Revenge is 2022’s raddest beat ’em up so far. I want to take that a step further and say this lovingly crafted…
Source: Kotaku – TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge Is Heckin’ Dope
When developer Wilhelm Nylund shared a video of the upcoming Haste: Broken Worlds on Twitter earlier this week, it almost immediately blew up. The preview has since garnered almost 1 million views as well as thousands of retweets and likes. Much of the ongoing conversation, however, involves wishing Haste’s speed and…
Source: Kotaku – Everyone Wishes Sonic Frontiers Looked More Like This Speedy Indie Game
Last year, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate announced that Sora from Kingdom Hearts would be the last character in the fighting game roster. But that hasn’t stopped fans from trying to add their own favorites to the game. Yesterday, a fan uploaded a mod that lets Smash players turn Hero into Crono from Chrono Trigger. And…
Source: Kotaku – Smash Bros. Ultimate Fan Mod Adds Crono From Chrono Trigger
When I first saw Ana, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds publisher Krafton’s attempt to put a face on its artificial “virtual human” technology, I was disappointed to see that this supposed Web 3.0 innovation was really just another pretty, pale girl. She’s airbrushed, but still tangible. She’s biting her tongue, looking…
Source: Kotaku – Gaming’s Latest ‘AI’ Woman Recycles The Usual Sexist Tropes
Infamous internet clown and horrible SNL host Elon Musk and his two large companies, Tesla and SpaceX, are facing a ludicrously large $258 billion lawsuit over…uh…Dogecoin. As I’ve said before, 2022 is just a wild year of headlines.
Source: Kotaku – Elon Musk Faces 8 Billion Lawsuit Over Alleged Dogecoin Pyramid Scheme
Today, WWE CEO Vince McMahon “voluntarily stepped back” from his roles within the company amid an ongoing investigation of an alleged affair and payout with a WWE employee, according to the Wall Street Journal. His daughter, Stephanie McMahon, will serve as the wrestling promotion’s interim CEO and chairperson.
Source: Kotaku – Vince McMahon Steps Back As WWE CEO Amid Investigation Of Alleged Employee Affair
Indie tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) designers will have some new rules to play with soon. Monte Cook Games announced last week that its core set of tabletop roleplaying game rules, known as the Cypher System, is switching to an open license that will allow anyone to design and sell content using its rules. The…
Source: Kotaku – Beloved Tabletop RPG Will Now Let Fans Make, Sell Their Own Games
Jay Kim is a veteran concept artist and illustrator from Korea who has worked on stuff like MapleStory 2.
Source: Kotaku – Welcome To Sushi Town
The 2022 edition of MomoCon was held a couple of weeks ago in Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center. MomoCon is neat because not only is it a big nerd show in general (over 40,000 people attended this year’s event), with cosplay and merch and celebrities, but there’s also a major gaming element as well,…
Source: Kotaku – Our Favorite Cosplay From MomoCon 2022