Epic Games recently announced an epic new wave of fundraising, notable both for the $2 billion it’s pulled in and for an eye-raising firm present among the leading partners: Sony. The makers of PlayStation VR have invested a cool $1 billion in Epic to further “the development of new digital fan experiences” and the…
Source: Kotaku – Sony Goes Big On Epic Games With Whopping Billion Investment
Noted Souls YouTuber Lance McDonald has uncovered some, hm, intoxicating content that was cut from Elden Ring’s final build fairly late into development from the looks of it. By working with another YouTuber named Sekiro Dubi, the two restored a surprisingly extensive mechanic FromSoftware removed that had you…
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring Fans Restore Cut Quests Where You Get Everyone Drunk, Learn Their Secrets
After a nine-month hiatus that put the Chinese games industry on edge, China’s culture regulators have finally started issuing new approvals for domestic games so they can be published within the country.
Source: Kotaku – The Chinese Gaming Industry Is About To Start Moving Again After Devastating Nine-Month Freeze
Paramount Pictures is in the green bill zone. The studio’s latest tentpole, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, had an absolutely massive weekend, bringing in $71 million at the domestic box office for a total international cume of $141 million. It’s the biggest opening ever for a movie based on a video game.
Source: Kotaku – Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Is On Track To Be The Biggest Video Game Movie Ever
It’s kinda flown under the radar a little, maybe because it launched straight to Netfflix, but Richard Linklater’s Apollo 10½ came out earlier this month and is, if nothing else, a very cool visual record of a very certain point in time.
Source: Kotaku – The Art Of Apollo 10½ Is A Space Age Wonder
The recently released Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is great. One of my favorite games of 2022 and the best Star Wars game ever made. Even if it didn’t include Yaddle, I’d still love this game. But it does include Yaddle. It only took 20 years, three blogs, and my entire run as weekend editor, but it finally…
Source: Kotaku – Hello Yaddle, Goodbye Weekends
Nobody Saves The World, which already had fans on Xbox and PC after releasing on those platforms in January, makes its way over to PlayStation and Nintendo Switch later this week.
Source: Kotaku – The Week In Games: Nobody Saves The World On April 14
It seems, like some other big video game publishers, Sega is also interested in adding NFTs into future games as revealed in an interview with various executives and producers. During that same interview, Sega talked more about its “Super Game” projects, confirming that it will be more than one game and some of them…
Source: Kotaku – Sega Says ‘Future Of Gaming’ Includes NFTs And Cloud Streaming
Big news! Kingdom Hearts IV was just announced today. We don’t know much about the game’s plot, when it will be released, or how it connects to other games, but we do know one thing: Series protagonist Sora no longer has his big clown shoes anymore. And the internet isn’t taking it very well.
Source: Kotaku – RIP Sora’s Big-Ass Clown Shoes, 2002-2022
As part of the series’ 20th anniversary celebrations, Square Enix just used a Sunday evening presentation in Japan to unveil two new Kingdom Hearts games, one of them being Kingdom Hearts IV.
Source: Kotaku – Kingdom Hearts IV Has Been Announced
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is a really, really big game filled with hundreds of characters, ships, planets, and weapons all pulled from every Star Wars film ever made. But, as a lifelong Star Wars nerd, I’m very skilled at nitpicking things I love and after thinking about it for some time I came up with a list…
Source: Kotaku – Seven Characters Missing From Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Yesterday, YouTuber and speedrunner MitChriz beat Elden Ring in just 12 minutes and 32 seconds, setting what appears to be a new record in the “any%” speedrunning category for the game.
Source: Kotaku – Someone Has Now Beat Elden Ring In Just 12 Minutes And 32 Seconds
Gather ‘round, folks. Take a seat by my campfire. Turn off the lights. (I don’t know why my campfire exists in a room with lights…) Now, prepare to learn the scary lore behind a creepy little droid that briefly appears in the newly released Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. You might think you know the story already…
Source: Kotaku – New Lego Star Wars Has A Droid That Might’ve Killed A Pregnant Woman
Elden Ring is full of hard bosses, esoteric secrets, and weird exploits, but the current top guide on the game’s Steam page isn’t about any of that. It’s about feet. The fleshy pads come in all different shapes and sizes, and Elden Ring, like the Souls games before it, is full of them. So of course someone decided to…
Source: Kotaku – Steam’s Top Guide For Elden Ring Is A Foot Fetishist’s Dream
Digital purchases are mysteriously expiring on classic PlayStation consoles, rendering a random assortment of games unplayable.
Source: Kotaku – Chrono Cross And Other Classics Suddenly ‘Expiring’ On PS3, Vita
Before YouTuber IShowSpeed was put under the spotlight for his toxicity, Jake Lucky, an esports commentator and the person responsible for highlighting Speed’s behavior, was also under public scrutiny. Lucky, who tried to exonerate an alleged Call of Duty: Warzone hacker with a lie detector test, was criticized for…
Source: Kotaku – Call Of Duty Cheating Accusations Lead To Controversial ‘Hacking Exam’
I didn’t try to recruit Kokomi, the water-element healer, during her initial, limited release. Instead, I opted to skip her for Childe, the water-based archer who can slay packs of enemies in seconds flat. I regret that now. After spending over a hundred wishes to get Childe (which would’ve cost around $300 if I…
Source: Kotaku – Genshin Impact’s Kokomi Used To Suck, But Now She’s Fun As Hell
For a while now, the prevailing narrative around Halo Infinite is that interest in the game, once confidently perched at the summit of Mt. First-Person Shooter, has fallen off a precipice. But that stands poised to change when season two, “Lone Wolves,” rolls around on May 3. Folks, it sounds (and looks) dope AF.
Source: Kotaku – After Months Of Disappointment, Halo Infinite Is About To Get A Whole Lot Better
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is a very good game. In fact, I’d say it’s probably one of the best Star Wars games ever made. A big reason why is that it contains such a rich assortment of characters and ships from all the films, from the most widely known to those only true Star Wars diehards have heard of.…
Source: Kotaku – How To Earn Millions Of Studs Quickly In Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Wordle produces more variants than the most prolific of viruses, with new ones finding their way to wider popularity every day. The one I’ve most recently caught is Hurdle, where you have to complete five of the five-letter word puzzles in a row.
Source: Kotaku – Hurdle Gives Wordle Addicts Five Times The Hit