According to the fiscal report that Nintendo released today, Pokémon Legends: Arceus sold 12.64 million units last year. While it doesn’t usurp Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl’s combined sales figure of 14.65 million, it’s nevertheless impressive for an original title that deviated so far from every…
Source: Kotaku – Pokémon Legends Arceus Outsells Classic Games, Proves Risks Pay Off
Today, in its annual earnings statement, Nintendo cited the ongoing chip shortage as a reason for a precipitous annual dip in Switch hardware sales…while in the same breath saying it hit company targets. Well, technically.
Source: Kotaku – Switch Is Still Outselling Everything Else Despite Ongoing Chip Shortage
You lay your final blows on the galactic Elden Beast and welcome in an age of your choosing to the troubled Lands Between. The screen fades to black, the credits start to rain down, and as you listen to Elden Ring’s full-bodied orchestra one last time, you know that you did good. Alternatively, you got bored of dying…
Source: Kotaku – Keep Your Elden Ring Spark Alive With These 8 Electrifying, Distinct Games
During an Overwatch League (OWL) qualifier match between the Florida Mayhem and the Paris Eternals, Mayhem pulled off a galaxy-brained strategy that was so innovative it was deemed an ‘illegal maneuver’ by the OWL.
Source: Kotaku – Pro Overwatch Team’s Amazingly Fun Strat Instantly Ruled ‘Illegal’ By League
Off the top of your head, what’s the best way to increase immersion while using virtual reality? Flawless, controller-free hand tracking? Direct brain integration? Maybe some kind of smell-o-vision? Nope, sorry, the answer we’re looking for is “literally being able to feel spiders crawling on your face.”
Source: Kotaku – VR Devs Really Want You To Feel Spiders On Your Face
Next year’s FIFA won’t be called FIFA anymore, EA announced Tuesday. The mega sports franchise is parting ways with soccer’s international governing body and will be renamed EA Sports FC, but EA promises nothing else will change.
Source: Kotaku – EA’s FIFA Series Loses Its Name After Nearly 30 Years
Last month, Ben was riding on the last train home from a concert, when he spotted an odd little black object on the floor. It turned out to be a left-behind Nintendogs DS game cartridge. After getting back home, he got it to work and discovered two lost pups inside the game. His tale of rescuing these abandoned…
Source: Kotaku – Internet Hero Saves Abandoned Nintendogs Thrown Away In Old Cartridge
We’re over a year into the PlayStation 5’s lifecycle and Sony still can’t make anywhere near enough of them. It hopes that could change soon. The company is promising to sell 18 million more PS5s in the next year if the current covid lockdown in China only lasts a couple of months. With the global pandemic continuing…
Source: Kotaku – Sony Bets New PS5 Stock On A Post-Covid World (Whenever That Happens)
Starting out in 2011 as a mod for Half-Life 2 before getting its own Source engine release on Steam as a standalone game just two years later, The Stanley Parable has become an undeniable classic. Its bizarre premise of the titular character stuck in an office, hopelessly navigating a labyrinth of cubicles, hallways,…
Source: Kotaku – Stanley Parable Fans Find Ultra Rare Creeps You Likely Missed
Developer WB Games Montreal dropped a new Gotham Knights video showing gameplay for Nightwing and Red Hood, two of the four playable characters. It’s somewhat in-depth, highlighting both heroes’ combat skills, the game’s various modes of travel, and some unlockable gear. The studio also gave an update on the…
Source: Kotaku – Gotham Knights Devs Drop New 13-Minute Gameplay Video, Scrap Last-Gen Versions
If you were holding your breath for news of Mario Kart 9, you might as well exhale. The racer’s immediate predecessor, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, is still one of publisher Nintendo’s best-selling games on Switch. It has sold a hair short of 10 million copies over the past year, according to an earnings statement published…
Source: Kotaku – New Nintendo Numbers: If Mario Kart 8 Keeps Selling Like This, We’re Never Getting A Sequel
It’s not often that you see someone boldly call out Souls players for the silly habits they’ve learned over the years, but this Elden Ring account is doing so with gusto.
Source: Kotaku – Your Deepest, Darkest Elden Ring Secrets Will All Be Revealed By ‘Make Up A Tarnished Guy’
I know licensing isn’t the sexiest topic, but when it comes to certain properties—like Star Wars and major sports—it plays a super important role in what games we get to play and who makes them. Which is my way of explaining why I’m writing about the surprise announcement that EA is making its first Lord of the Rings…
Source: Kotaku – EA Is Once Again Making A Lord Of The Rings Video Game
Duke Nukem Forever began development in 1997 and was supposed to be out in 1998. It wasn’t released until 2011, and when it did, it fucking sucked. But what if the game had come out in 2001, like it was at one point supposed to?
Source: Kotaku – Massive Leak Claims To Be 2001 Build Of Duke Nukem Forever
The video you’re about to see is not camera footage of the Etchū-Daimon train station in Japan. It is a video made by 3D artist Lorenzo Drago.
Source: Kotaku – Unreal Engine 5 Video May As Well Be Real Life
Whatever your opinions of Halo Infinite, you can rest assured knowing you won’t take a financial hit for airing them. The same can’t be said for one of the best Halo players on the planet, who was recently fined after he shared some pointed criticism of the game’s ballyhooed season two update.
Source: Kotaku – Halo Infinite Pro Player Fined After Cursing Out Shooter’s Rocky Second Season
As part of a larger blog reiterating the Final Fantasy XIV team’s disapproval of mods following their prevalence in a high-profile raid event, producer and director Naoki Yoshida promised to improve the massively popular game’s HUD to match the functionality of these unofficial tools.
Source: Kotaku – Final Fantasy XIV Mod Drama May Prompt Official HUD Upgrades, Director Says
Babylon’s Fall, the troubled live-service action-RPG from action game luminaries Platinum Games, has seemingly hit life support. After two months on the market and a lukewarm reception at launch, Square Enix’s latest effort was reduced to just one player on PC last week. They revealed themselves on Twitter after VGC…
Source: Kotaku – Meet The Only Person Keeping Action RPG Babylon’s Fall Alive
Quick, without thinking too much, describe Left 4 Dead in only a few words. You probably came up with something like “a co-op zombie shooter.” Or perhaps “an online co-op FPS zombies game from Valve.” Point is, zombies would almost certainly be in there. Even so, back during Left 4 Dead’s development, Valve president…
Source: Kotaku – Valve Boss Gabe Newell Didn’t Want Zombies In Left 4 Dead
What started out as a casual ironic viewing of the NBA playoffs has quickly shifted into an unironic obsession, with the games becoming a must-watch priority in my life. Why the sudden change, you ask? I realized that the NBA is eerily like the many anime series I’ve watched.
Source: Kotaku – NBA Playoff Teams As Anime Characters