It started with an unheard-of request. Reggie Fils-Aimé wasn’t yet president of Nintendo of America. Heck, he wasn’t even an employee—but rather, interviewing for a job. Yet he wanted to speak with Satoru Iwata.
Source: Kotaku – Reggie Fils-Aimé And Satoru Iwata’s Great Nintendo Friendship
When Valve’s Steam Deck launched back in February, it could only certifiably run a (relative) handful of the platform’s 1000s of titles. The exact number was 399, but now, just a few weeks later, that figure has roughly tripled.
Source: Kotaku – The Steam Deck Can Now (Officially) Run A LOT More Games
It may have had some writing done by an old white guy, and have magic and swords and monsters and the word “Ring” in the title, but Elden Ring is not Lord of the Rings. Not even close. Unless….
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring Player Does A Perfect Lord Of The Rings Impersonation
Darth Vader is a powerful Sith Lord capable of defeating the biggest, baddest, and most dangerous foes in the galaxy. And now, thanks to a talented modder, one of the most iconic villains in cinema history has been added to the PC version of Elden Ring. Impressive. Most impressive.
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring Mod Lets You Rampage As Darth Vader
Osceola County Sheriff’s Office deputies opened fire on four suspects believed to have stolen Pokémon cards and a pizza, Vice reports. One died after being transported to a hospital, while two others were charged with petty theft.
Source: Kotaku – Florida Cops Killed Someone Over Shoplifted Pokémon Cards
When Halo Infinite launched last fall, it came with something new to the franchise: weekly rewards. Some players said these challenges “weren’t Halo” and wrote them off. Others deemed them tedious and unrewarding. But a select few actually stuck with the slog for the entire season. Kotaku caught up with one to see…
Source: Kotaku – Damn, Some Halo Infinite Players Actually Completed Every Weekly Challenge
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands was released on March 25. At launch, the game suffered from numerous server issues and problems with lag. Eventually, a lot of that was fixed. However, 38 days later, crossplay across certain platforms is still a mess. And so, tired of waiting for the crossplay woes to be resolved, I finally…
Source: Kotaku – Wonderlands Crossplay Is Still So Broken I Just Bought A Second Xbox
Friends don’t excitedly text me their black, yellow, and green Wordle clusters anymore. They no longer boast about how quickly they completed the daily word puzzle game, nor do they complain about how the New York Times totally rigged it after buying it from its creator, Josh Wardle. For the most part, Wordle has…
Source: Kotaku – Wordle’s Creator Just Endorsed An Excellent New Word Puzzler
It’s time once again to reset the clock on the innovative and weird milestones players are up to in the Elden Ring community. This time around, a gamer modded a children’s toy into a playable Xbox controller. This isn’t an Onion article, you’re in the right place.
Source: Kotaku – The Fisher-Price Controller, Modded To Play Baby Game Elden Ring
The video game industry is undergoing a tidal wave of consolidation right now, and Swedish holding company Embracer Group is riding it to become one of the newest players in a rapidly shrinking space. A few years ago most people had never heard of it. Now it’s bigger than rivals like Ubisoft and Capcom, and set to get…
Source: Kotaku – Tomb Raider’s New Owners Have Been Snatching Up Old Series For Years Now
It’s like we’re back in the 2000s. Cropped cardigans are making a comeback, Biden is still in the White House, and Nintendo dropped a Wii Sports sequel in the form of Switch Sports. The nostalgia is so uncanny that players of Nintendo’s quirky sports simulator are once again flinging controllers from their hands…
Source: Kotaku – Nintendo Switch Sports Fans Are Accidentally Smashing TVs Again
It’s been a long six years for Deus Ex fans, who’ve understandably been concerned that the long-dormant cyberpunk series would remain untouched. But today, in the cold, harsh light of an industry-shaking acquisition, we’re feeling…is it hope? This is what hope feels like, right?
Source: Kotaku – It’s Time To Bring Back Deus Ex, The Kick-Ass Cyberpunk Series
The Embracer Group, a planet-swallowing mass of video game publishers that already includes the likes of Gearbox and THQ Nordic, tonight announced a deal to purchase a number of storied studios and properties from Square Enix.
Source: Kotaku – Square Enix Selling Tomb Raider, Deus Ex & Thief Studios (And Their Games As Well)
Elden Ring can be tough enough as it is, but it’s even tougher when you pick up too much crap and become overloaded. When this happens, as anyone who has played a Bethesda RPG will know, you go from being a nimble killing machine to a near-immovable lump of stone. It’s supposed to be a temporary effect, designed to…
Source: Kotaku – Huh, You Can Beat Elden Ring While Overloaded
An otherwise unremarkable (at least for the wider public) weekend of DOTA 2 action got a lot more controversial on Saturday when Virtus.pro’s Ivan ‘Pure’ Moskalenko was caught allegedly drawing a symbol of support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine over the in-game minimap.
Source: Kotaku – Russian DOTA 2 Player Dumped Over Alleged In-Game Support Of Ukraine Invasion
A new Final Fantasy VII Remake mod gives party member Barret Wallace an updated aesthetic that hews closer to the pre-development concept art created by famed illustrator Yoshitaka Amano.
Source: Kotaku – Final Fantasy VII Remake Mod Gives Barret A Classic Amano Makeover
Bungie was served a bit of a loss this week in its ongoing legal war against cheat makers and sellers. On Wednesday, a federal judge dismissed Bungie’s copyright infringement claims against website AimJunkies while agreeing with the cheat seller’s legal defense that the Destiny publisher’s other, non-trademark-related…
Source: Kotaku – Bungie Sees Multiple Claims Against Destiny Cheat Seller Dismissed In Federal Court
Overwatch had a nontraditional approach to keeping score. Typically, competitive shooters like Apex Legends and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds keep a running list of kills, points, and team ranking on a shared scoreboard. Overwatch, instead, used a less specific system that awarded an individual gold, silver, and…
Source: Kotaku – Everything You Need To Know About That New Overwatch 2 Scoreboard
