During today’s State of Play stream, Capcom and PlayStation finally revealed Resident Evil 4 Remake. It’s coming to PlayStation 5 on March 24, 2023.
Source: Kotaku – Surprise! Resident Evil 4 Remake Is Real And Coming In 2023
Category Archives: Kotaku
Microsoft Promises To Play Nice With Future Unions Too
Microsoft is trying to strike a more conciliatory tone with organized labor as it looks to get its $69 billion mega video game merger with Activision Blizzard OK’d by the Federal Trade Commission. Vice chairman and president Brad Smith wrote that the company is “committed to creative and collaborative approaches with…
Source: Kotaku – Microsoft Promises To Play Nice With Future Unions Too
Obi-Wan Kenobi Just Crossed Over With Jedi Fallen Order
The third and most recent episode of the newest Disney Star Wars show, Obi-Wan Kenobi, featured a pretty big and wild appearance by a classic character. That moment probably distracted a lot of folks from a less big, but also cool reference to the Respawn-developed video game, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
Source: Kotaku – Obi-Wan Kenobi Just Crossed Over With Jedi Fallen Order
Lechonk, The Cute New Hog Pokémon, Spotted In AEW Audience
During the most recent episode of All Elite Wrestling’s flagship program, AEW Dynamite, eagle-eyed viewers spotted someone in the crowd of thousands commemorating the day’s latest Pokémon news.
Source: Kotaku – Lechonk, The Cute New Hog Pokémon, Spotted In AEW Audience
River City Girls Sequel Aims To Perfect That Juicy Fusion Of Anime And Wrestling
As an otaku, wrestling mark, and a gamer, my disparate interests rarely align neatly into one medium. While I’ve seen games, wrestlers, and anime cheekily reference one another, the overlap usually ends there without fully committing to crafting the perfect gumbo chock full of the high-octane action from anime, the…
Source: Kotaku – River City Girls Sequel Aims To Perfect That Juicy Fusion Of Anime And Wrestling
10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting V Rising
I’m playing an apex predator in V Rising, and I’m mere steps away from my fortified abode as the sun comes up. Just before I manage to open the gate door, a carnivorous plant shoots a mouthful of gunk at me, depleting my last sliver of health. [Record scratch. Freeze frame.] You’re probably wondering how I got into…
Source: Kotaku – 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting V Rising
Some Pokémon Fans Think Scarlet And Violet’s Hot Professors Are The Villains
In the mainline Pokémon games, there’s always a professor, and they’re always a mentor. It’s practically inviolable at this point. But some fans think the (hot) professors in this year’s Pokémon Scarlet and Violet might actually be the villains. Yes, this is just a theory, but it’s not as far-fetched as you’d think.
Source: Kotaku – Some Pokémon Fans Think Scarlet And Violet’s Hot Professors Are The Villains
Elden Ring Player Will Keep Crushing Malenia With New Builds Until DLC Comes
Elden Ring is gigantic. The Lands Between is full of stuff to see, like cut content that reveals entire quest lines or some of the best drip around. Yet still, a vocal set of players can’t stop clamoring for a little bit of that delicious DLC. The subject of downloadable content regularly pops up in Elden Ring’s…
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring Player Will Keep Crushing Malenia With New Builds Until DLC Comes
Smash Bros. Ultimate Is Getting Shaken Up By Its Own Wave-Dashing Moment
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate fans are obsessed with ranking the game’s extensive, crossover cast of video game characters in tier lists. Tier lists constantly change to reflect alterations to the game’s meta, caused by balance updates released by Nintendo, but also players finding new techniques. The Smash community…
Source: Kotaku – Smash Bros. Ultimate Is Getting Shaken Up By Its Own Wave-Dashing Moment
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Seems To Offer Better Character Creation Options
Of all the details revealed in yesterday’s Pokémon Scarlet and Violet news, one of the more subtle highlights was revealed in fleeting glances. For the first time in the franchise, it looks like character customization might have begun to acknowledge a neglected section of its fanbase.
Source: Kotaku – Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Seems To Offer Better Character Creation Options
Game Devs Tell Elon Musk He's Wrong About What It Takes To Make Something Good
The Ls are stacking up for Elon Musk. Tesla’s shitposter-in-chief got ratio’d over the weekend for trying to dunk on a satirical gaming site and is now taking heat for an incredibly aggro company email about how remote work is for lazy frauds. A lot of people in the tech world aren’t having it, including some game…
Source: Kotaku – Game Devs Tell Elon Musk He’s Wrong About What It Takes To Make Something Good
Take-Two CEO 'Skeptical' Of Metaverses Filled With Empty Land Supposedly Worth Millions
The metaverse has quickly become a popular topic of speculation for tech companies and rich CEOs as they scramble to not be left behind while people look for ways to escape our hellish current-day digital landscape. But the metaverse is (probably) a giant bust, and Strauss Zelnick, CEO of GTA and Borderlands publisher…
Source: Kotaku – Take-Two CEO ‘Skeptical’ Of Metaverses Filled With Empty Land Supposedly Worth Millions
This Road Trip Indie Game Took Me For A Cosmically Introspective Ride
Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between isn’t necessarily what I thought it was going to be. On paper, the indie title from Silverstring Media is an experimental, “surreal” trip through transitive spaces like long car rides, trains, airports, and parks. You move through these areas, listen to ambient sounds around you, and…
Source: Kotaku – This Road Trip Indie Game Took Me For A Cosmically Introspective Ride
ANOTHER Guy Has Leaked Classified Military Documents On The SAME TANK GAME'S forums
Can you keep a secret? Of course you can, you’re an adult. Could you keep military secrets? If threatened with prison (or worse) for revealing them, I bet you could. So why, in God’s name, do people playing the tank video game War Thunder (of all things!) and keep leaking classified military documents?
Source: Kotaku – ANOTHER Guy Has Leaked Classified Military Documents On The SAME TANK GAME’S forums
YouTuber Pulls Nintendo Soundtracks After Receiving Over 500 Copyright Claims
DeoxysPrime, who runs a YouTube account with 165,000 subscribers that is home to all kinds of video game soundtracks, has had to remove their entire library of Nintendo music after receiving over 500 copyright claims from the trigger-happy company.
Source: Kotaku – YouTuber Pulls Nintendo Soundtracks After Receiving Over 500 Copyright Claims
French Institution Bans English Words Like 'esports' And 'Streaming'
For centuries now, the Académie Française has basically overseen the entire French language, being responsible for everything from grammar to publishing French dictionaries to acting as the “official authority on the language”. An important part of that role in recent decades has been to ward off the slow invasion of…
Source: Kotaku – French Institution Bans English Words Like ‘esports’ And ‘Streaming’
New Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Trailer Features Hot Profs, 4-Player Co-Op, And Lechonk, The Hero We Deserve
The Pokemon Violet Legendary Looks Like A Dick
Look, we get that it’s immature. We appreciate that a better site would rise above it. But we’re not that site, and we can’t not say it. Miraidon, one of the legendary Pokémon revealed in today’s Pokémon Scarlet and Violet announcement, looks like a very fancy penis.
Source: Kotaku – The Pokemon Violet Legendary Looks Like A Dick
5 Big Things You May Have Missed In The Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Trailer
Whenever a new Pokémon trailer goes live, the internet’s sleuths get busy. Info about these games tends to release in carefully curated bursts, sparking the sort of breathless speculation that leads to fans, um, mistakenly identifying a wheelbarrow as a previously undiscovered Pokémon. Today, hereby known as Holy…
Source: Kotaku – 5 Big Things You May Have Missed In The Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Trailer
Diablo Immortal Is Enjoyable If You Can Ignore All The Mobile Game Crap
Having Diablo in your pocket, playable at any time and anywhere, is a delicious and wonderful thing. It’s also dangerous if you want to focus on anything else; Diablo Immortal’s portability and accessibility come with a cost: a constant, nagging sense that the game really wants you to spend more money on it. And while…
Source: Kotaku – Diablo Immortal Is Enjoyable If You Can Ignore All The Mobile Game Crap