Like I’ve said before, there are too many Warhammer games, and one of the big downfalls of that carefree licensing is that when there are so many games coming out with the same branding they just become background noise. Which is a shame when one comes along that deserves to stand out.
Source: Kotaku – New 40K Game Is XCOM With Space Marines, And It’s Great
Streamer Kjanecaron was doing a subathon earlier today for her 92,000 followers and decided to spend some of that time doing some cooking. It was a bad idea.
Source: Kotaku – Twitch Streamer Nearly Burns Down Kitchen
Pour one out for every kid who one-strapped a backpack in middle school, as they’re likely in mourning today. With Apple’s discontinuation of the 7th-generation iPod Touch, announced yesterday, it’s official: the iPod is dead.
Source: Kotaku – RIP iPod, Home Of The Mobile Gaming Renaissance (2001–2022)
At least two Final Fantasy XIV players pulled into an in-game jail by moderators while streaming the massively multiplayer online game this week. Many believe this was done to reprimand them for using third-party modifications to optimize HUD details for high-level raiding, a frequent pain point in the relationship…
Source: Kotaku – Final Fantasy XIV Players Sent To In-Game Jail As Devs Mull Mod Controversy
An Assassin’s Creed streamer didn’t just beat one game on the highest difficulty without taking any damage, he beat the entire 12-game series, from the first Assassin’s Creed to Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. On April 11, Hayete Bahadori uploaded the second half of his Valhalla no-damage run, completing his lengthy and…
Source: Kotaku – Assassin’s Creed Streamer Beats All 12 Mainline Games Without Taking Damage
Well, folks, he’s done it. Klein Tsuboi, the famed Elden Ring hero we’ve come to know as ‘Let Me Solo Her,’ has bodied one of the Lands Between’s hardest bosses more times than you or I ever could. In fact, LMSH took to YouTube on May 10 to livestream himself slaying the redheaded goddess Malenia, Blade of Miquella…
Source: Kotaku – True Elden Ring Lord Let Me Solo Her Kills Malenia 1,000 Times
A U.S. district judge has decided that an antitrust lawsuit against Valve over how it operates and uses the Steam platform can move forward. The company suing Valve, Wolfire Games, alleges that the Half-Life and Portal developer uses its digital storefront and its huge amount of control over the PC gaming market to…
Source: Kotaku – Lawsuit Claiming Steam Gives Valve Too Much Power Is Moving Forward After All
Elon Musk, who is 50 years old, is just like any other 13-year-old. Between long days spent fanboy-tweeting at Metal Gear Solid video game designer Hideo Kojima, drinking chocolate milk, and determining the definition and reach of “free speech”, Musk plays Elden Ring.
Source: Kotaku – Elon Musk’s Dumb Elden Ring Build Proves The Billionaire Is Maidenless
Yesterday, Gotham Knights showed off a dozen minutes of gameplay and my excitement started to fizzle. Weird, floaty superpowers. Chunky Jason Todd. And a menu screen that looks ripped straight out of every failed live-service loot game. Gotham Knights may turn out to be great, but right now it’s just reminding me how…
Source: Kotaku – Now Would Have Been A Good Time For Another Batman Arkham Game
A sign of a great game is when, no matter how many days I’ve spent with it, I justify yet another morning playing before I start to write. Haiku, the Robot is one such game, an absolutely captivating Metroid-me-do, that I want to be playing right now, instead of finally stopping to tell you to do the same.
Source: Kotaku – Waiting For Hollow Knight: Silksong? Here’s The Perfect Game To Tide You Over
E3 proper might be skipping this year, but that doesn’t mean we’re not getting an E3 season. Nintendo kicked it off today with a 20-minute Direct focused on indie games coming to Switch in the coming weeks and months.
Source: Kotaku – Everything At Nintendo’s First Switch World Showcase Of The Summer
Nara is an artist from Korea who, as a fun side project, has imagined a game with the visuals of Link to the Past or an early Pokémon title, but with none of that combat or danger messing up the vibes.
Source: Kotaku – Let’s All Retire To The Happiest Village In Video Games
Pokémon and Converse Japan have announced a collaboration that will see four pairs of Chuck Taylors released, each one—appropriately, given the shoe in question—paying a coloured homage to the series’ earliest roots.
Source: Kotaku – Pokémon x Converse Sneaker Collab Looks Lovely
You know how yesterday we wrote about that 2001 build of the infamous Duke Nukem Forever, and how it was supposed to be released to the public in June? Yeah, by “June”, they meant “the day after”, because it’s now available to download and try out.
Source: Kotaku – You Can Now (Try And) Play The Leaked 2001 Duke Nukem Forever Build
If there’s one thing Mass Effect’s Commander Shepard has earned, it’s some goddamned rest.
Source: Kotaku – Mass Effect 4 Merch Has Fans Talking About Commander Shepard’s Return
Last week, Epic Games won its lawsuit against a man accused of selling Fortnite cheats, GameSpot reports.
Source: Kotaku – Fortnite Cheat Seller Ordered To Pay Epic Games Undisclosed Damages
A few years ago, Resident Evil 7 successfully took the classic horror franchise in a new direction with its jump to a first-person perspective. RE7 was very good and very scary, and made me think about what a classic Resident Evil game would be like in first-person. Thankfully, Nightmare of Decay is here to provide…
Source: Kotaku – Scary, Retro FPS Perfectly Captures Classic Resident Evil Vibes
Elden Ring players are still finding new ways to play FromSoftware’s latest notoriously challenging RPG. Some have beaten it while overloaded on equipment. Others have modded it to fight as non-canon Tarnished like Darth Vader and Homer Simpson. Now, speedrunner Christopher “star0chris” Campanella has taken to beating…
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring Speedrunner Decides Eyes Are OP, Beats Bosses While Blindfolded
