eFootball has been an utter fiasco. The game hasn’t been up to snuff and has let down a lot of fans. I know it, you know it, and well, Konami does, too.
Source: Kotaku – Even Konami Agrees With The Criticism About eFootball’s Quality
Category Archives: Kotaku
Maybe We Don't Need These Expensive Video Game Remakes
As video games get more expensive to make, and publishers grow ever more adverse to taking risks with that expenditure, the last few years have seen a growing trend of old video games being made new once more.
Source: Kotaku – Maybe We Don’t Need These Expensive Video Game Remakes
A Look At A Script For The Cancelled Deus Ex Movie
Did you know it has been ten years since a Deus Ex movie was announced? What once seemed a natural step, a big-screen adaptation of a triumphantly resurgent video game franchise, ended up being nothing of the sort as the series floundered through publisher mismanagement and the film itself ended up barely making it…
Source: Kotaku – A Look At A Script For The Cancelled Deus Ex Movie
Remedy Remaking Max Payne 1 And 2 Inside Control Engine
Film noir sad sack Max Payne is getting his due with a full remake of the first two games, developer Remedy Entertainment announced today. The new compilation will include both Max Payne and Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max and be exclusive to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
Source: Kotaku – Remedy Remaking Max Payne 1 And 2 Inside Control Engine
For These Players, It’s All About The Elden Bling
You would think the importance of wearing the best battle-ready equipment you can find for the frenetic combat crucible of a Souls game is obvious. For the most part, it is. Whether running through the gothic world of Bloodborne or the high-fantasy setting of Dark Souls, many players try to ensure that they’re geared…
Source: Kotaku – For These Players, It’s All About The Elden Bling
Lego Star Wars Makes Comboing Younglings A Real Strategy
The Jedi Code says one must not “seek adventure and excitement” and to use the Force for “knowledge and defense, never for attack,” blah blah blah. Someone should’ve told Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga that, because fans have discovered that it lets you get some sick air by comboing Jedi younglings.
Source: Kotaku – Lego Star Wars Makes Comboing Younglings A Real Strategy
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands Already Has A ‘Best Gun’
You’d think it’d take a while for the community of a game with 87 bazillion guns to determine the best one. But players of the loot-shooter Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands (fact check: out for less than two weeks) have already crowned a reigning champ: a legendary-tiered pistol called Liquid Cooling.
Source: Kotaku – Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands Already Has A ‘Best Gun’
Nintendo Walked Right Into Porn When Promoting Switch Sports
If you’ve been bowling, there’s a good chance you’ve seen those corny 3D animations that unfold whenever you get a strike, spare, split, or miss the pins outright. These 90s relics are having a bit of a horny renaissance right now, thanks to an artist who recently posted a salacious bowling animation that has set the…
Source: Kotaku – Nintendo Walked Right Into Porn When Promoting Switch Sports
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, As Told By Steam Reviews
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is exactly what it says on the tin. The open-world action game is TT Games’ latest entry in the Lego Star Wars series, and it’s pure nostalgia for anyone who grew up watching the Star Wars movies. It’s reviewed very well for being faithful to the movies ahumorous, and our review…
Source: Kotaku – Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, As Told By Steam Reviews
GameStop Fans Dissect Chairman's Poop Tweet For Meme Stock Clues
GameStop’s most enthusiastic investors don’t believe in the dying retailer. They believe in Ryan Cohen, its tech-savvy chairman and potential savior. If you want proof of the billionaire backer’s cult of personality, look no further than his post yesterday about poop.
Source: Kotaku – GameStop Fans Dissect Chairman’s Poop Tweet For Meme Stock Clues
One Of The Worst People In The World Now Owns Over 96% Of SNK
Electronic Gaming Development Company (EGDC), a subsidiary of a foundation run by Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, now owns 96.18% of Japanese developer SNK following a massive investment.
Source: Kotaku – One Of The Worst People In The World Now Owns Over 96% Of SNK
Sources: New Ghost Recon In Development As Ubisoft Moves On From Breakpoint NFT Controversy
Ghost Recon Breakpoint has officially received its last update, Ubisoft announced yesterday. The news comes just a few months after the publisher’s disastrous experiment with adding NFTs to the game, and, we have learned, as its Paris studio works on the next mainline entry in the Ghost Recon series, according to two…
Source: Kotaku – Sources: New Ghost Recon In Development As Ubisoft Moves On From Breakpoint NFT Controversy
Look Out, Horizon Forbidden West Has A Hole In It
Horizon Forbidden West is an absolutely extraordinary game. It’s also enormous and littered with hundreds upon hundreds of little secrets and hidden details. Although one recently discovered by Reddit user squidflowpro is certainly not meant to be there—it’s a cave that lets you jump straight out of the world. We had…
Source: Kotaku – Look Out, Horizon Forbidden West Has A Hole In It
The First 17 Minutes Of Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
The Best Kirby and the Forgotten Land Power-Ups To Reach Maximum Poyo Mode
Having fully shifted into poyo-mode with roughly two-thirds (or three fifths, some sort of fraction. Math is hard) of Kirby and the Forgotten Land finished, I can finally say I’ve nestled myself into a comfortable groove of go-to power load outs. Venturing out into the dystopian world with nothing but my wits and…
Source: Kotaku – The Best Kirby and the Forgotten Land Power-Ups To Reach Maximum Poyo Mode
Funimation's YouTube Channel Is Now Crunchyroll Dubs
If you’ve been looking for Funimation’s YouTube channel, you won’t find it. The channel has been rebranded as Crunchyroll Dubs. While the name has changed, what it’s offering, so far, hasn’t. Anime News Network reports that it will still stream trailers, clips, and episodes of English-dubbed anime.
Source: Kotaku – Funimation’s YouTube Channel Is Now Crunchyroll Dubs
Logan Paul's New Website Will Take Collectibles, Lock Them In A 'Vault' Then Sell Tokens
Internet person Logan Paul, fresh off wearing a $6 million Pokémon card to Wrestlemania—a sentence I am reeling from having had to type—has also this week opened a site called Liquid Marketplace, which claims to be selling stakes in physical collectibles, but in reality sounds like a disaster waiting to happen on…
Source: Kotaku – Logan Paul’s New Website Will Take Collectibles, Lock Them In A ‘Vault’ Then Sell Tokens
Will Arnett's Villainous Dragon Lord Is The Best Part Of Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
Horizon Forbidden West Quietly Adds Feature That Now Feels Essential
It’s a good thing Horizon Forbidden West has a bottomless inventory. Developer Guerrilla Games recently sped up looting in its robot-busting adventure through the quiet addition of one simple feature: the option to disable pickup animations.
Source: Kotaku – Horizon Forbidden West Quietly Adds Feature That Now Feels Essential
Next Tomb Raider Game Will Use Unreal Engine 5
Development on the next Tomb Raider game was announced on today’s “The State of Unreal” livestream. The general manager at Crystal Dynamics, Dallas Dickinson, confirmed that the studio has started developing Lara Croft’s next adventure in Unreal Engine 5.
Source: Kotaku – Next Tomb Raider Game Will Use Unreal Engine 5