Today, 12 new characters become available in Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga via two new character DLC packs. One is based on the movie Rogue One, while the other draws inspiration from the classic Lego Star Wars minifigs from late 1999. Both packs are available now across all platforms.
Source: Kotaku – Lego Star Wars DLCs Add Rogue One, Classic ’90s Minifigs
The recently released PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions of Grand Theft Auto V seem to be missing some content that was considered by many to be transphobic. These elements had received criticism from some journalists and players, though Rockstar Games has not commented publicly on what motivated the decision to make…
Source: Kotaku – GTA V’s Next-Gen Ports Remove Some Transphobic Content
On April 15, an anonymous employee filed a complaint against Nintendo and contracting company Aston Carter with the National Labor Relations Board. The public case docket lists allegations of coercive statements, discharge, retaliation against concerted activities, and surveillance.
Source: Kotaku – Nintendo Worker Files Complaint With National Labor Relations Board
Elden Ring’s latest update includes a proper ending to Patches’ quest that sees the fan favorite NPC reward players with his iconic pose.
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring Patch Patches Patches
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands hasn’t even been out for a month and it’s already getting DLC. The first, “Coiled Captors,” is part of the “Mirrors of Mystery” series of additional biomes to shoot and loot your way through, which itself is part of the game’s season pass. It’s out Thursday for all platforms.
Source: Kotaku – Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands Already Has DLC, Will Never Let You Go
Blizzard pulled back the curtain on the next chapter in World of Warcraft in a developer livestream Tuesday, and it’s all about dragons. The appropriately titled Dragonflight expansion will unleash players upon the Dragon Isles and let them roll as a new playable dragon race called the Dracthyr. And of course you ride…
Source: Kotaku – New World Of Warcraft Expansion Lets You Fly Dragons
Among the many changes buried in Elden Ring’s latest patch, one harks back to the very beginning of the game. Like many games, Elden Ring offers a combat tutorial a little after creating your Tarnished near the start of the game. Unlike most games, the tutorial is a side path that’s so easy to miss, many players went…
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring Patch Really Wants Folks To Finally Notice The Damn Tutorial
I’m a long-suffering Star Wars fan. A fan of the movies almost since birth, I have fond memories of the original games, too. But lately, the ongoing discourse around the series has caused my love of it to dim. I even grew a bit bitter about it all. So thank the Maker that Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga recently…
Source: Kotaku – Lego Star Wars Is Exactly What I Needed After Years Of Toxic Star Wars Fandom
Assassin’s Creed Origins, one of the best Ubisoft maps games of the modern era, is coming to Game Pass. But…not anytime soon. Microsoft says it’ll hit the games-on-demand service “in the next two months.” In the meantime, the library is getting beefed up by a lineup that’s frankly underwhelming. Here’s everything…
Source: Kotaku – Xbox Game Pass’ April Lineup Is Kind Of A Letdown
FromSoftware released another massive update to Elden Ring on Tuesday and players are celebrating and beamoning its long list of balance changes and bug fixes. Rather than weaken fan favorite weapons like the Moonveil katana, the game’s biggest patch yet makes a ton of other stuff stronger. Plus bleed, one of the…
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring’s Biggest Patch Yet Nerfs Bleed, Fixes Huge Bugged Quest, And Way More
I’m used to Roblox being almost everywhere, but I wasn’t expecting to see it in a clip of The Kardashians. On the April 14 episode “Burn Them All to the Fucking Ground,” Kim Kardashian became visibly upset after her son Saint supposedly discovered an in-game advertisement that used an image of her crying face. She…
Source: Kotaku – Kim Kardashian Threatens To Sue Roblox Over Sex Tape Ad, Creator Banned
Earlier this month we learned that Sega’s big, secret “Super Game” that has been in development for a while was actually a series of “AAA games”. Bloomberg is now reporting that the first two of those are “big-budget” Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi reboots.
Source: Kotaku – Report: Sega Developing New, ‘Big-Budget’ Jet Set Radio & Crazy Taxi Games
It’s 2022 and Microsoft is in the process of tying up a deal to purchase Blizzard. This isn’t the first time the computing giant has tried to buy the company, though; according to Ed Fries, who led development of the first Xbox console, it’s actually the third.
Source: Kotaku – Former Xbox Boss Remembers Microsoft Trying To Buy Blizzard, Westwood Back In The Day
Passengers at Boston’s Logan International Airport were evacuated from a terminal on Saturday and the local bomb squad called in after TSA agents found a “suspicious item” inside a Delta passenger’s bag that turned out to be a “PlayStation”.
Source: Kotaku – Crusty PlayStation Leads To Bomb Scare At Boston Airport
While you would think that a blockbuster multiplayer shooter featuring up to 128 players at a time would be built entirely upon voice communication, ever since its launch last year Battlefield 2042 has not allowed players to chat via VoIP. That’s finally about to change.
Source: Kotaku – It’s April 2022, And Battlefield 2042 Is Finally Getting VoIP
2022 continues to offer up headlines that seem like they were created by a rogue AI learning how to play Mad Libs. Today’s example: It’s reported that, following the continued success of the Sonic films, Sega and dj2 Entertainment are working with the writer of John Wick on a movie adaptation of classic Sega beat ‘em…
Source: Kotaku – Report: Streets Of Rage Film Happening, Script By John Wick Creator
The retro library for Nintendo Switch Online might be getting beefed up any day now. Game Boy and Game Boy Advance emulators for the service developed by Nintendo have apparently leaked online, and it looks like a long list of games, including Mario Kart, Golden Sun, and Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire, have been…
Source: Kotaku – Nintendo’s GBA Emulator For Switch Online Seemingly Leaks
Legendary Elden Ring hero Let Me Solo Her, who’s stolen the community’s heart by aiding battered Tarnished struggling to beat Malenia, hasn’t just had their bravery immortalized in 3D-printed sculptures and fan art: They’re also now a summonable ally. Thanks to a modder named Garden of Eyes, PC players can now call…
Source: Kotaku – Butt-Naked Elden Ring Legend ‘Let Me Solo Her’ Has Been Modded Into A Badass Spirit Summon
