Unlike other role-playing games, Elden Ring’s lack of a quest log requires players to really pay attention to dialogue and the world around them to follow along with certain NPC storylines. But the beginning of one questline was so well-hidden that FromSoftware took steps to make sure folks would naturally gravitate…
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring’s Devs Really Don’t Want You To Miss This Heartbreaking Quest
It’s 2022 and you can once again play one of the best JRPGs from Square Enix’s golden age on a modern handheld. But even enjoying it as I have been on Switch, it’s hard not to feel like the Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition remaster is another missed opportunity by a publisher intent on doing the bare minimum…
Source: Kotaku – The Chrono Cross ‘Remaster’ Is Another Barebones Square Enix Port
That sound you hear? That low hum, that ceaseless wailing? It’s an elegy of Halo Infinite fans around the world. Developer 343 Industries will soon nerf the best weapon in its multiplayer shooter, fulfilling a longtime request of top-flight players—and thumbing its nose at the desires of the hoi polloi.
Source: Kotaku – Halo Infinite Listens To Pros, Nerfs Best Gun
We’ve seen an eye-popping gorgeous tech demo for a not-real game that I totally wish was real. We’ve seen Keanu Reeves (‘90s edition) alongside Keanu Reeves (modern-day edition). We’ve seen…a beard. But today, Epic Games presented by far the biggest look into its Unreal 5 3D creation engine, which can render visuals…
Source: Kotaku – The Next Generation Of Video Game Graphics Is Looking Pretty Good
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga did what Disney wouldn’t and finally made the Tumblr-famous FinnPoe ship canon.
Source: Kotaku – Everybody Say Thank You To Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga For Making FinnPoe Canon
There are approximately 40,000 playable characters and ships in the new Lego Star Wars game. (Editor’s note: No, there’s only like 350.) But most of them are locked when you start, and while completing all of the story missions will unlock some of these heroes and villains from a galaxy far far away, you’ll still need…
Source: Kotaku – Codes To Unlock Secret Characters And Ships In Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
If you thought that mysterious survival horror game Abandoned by Blue Box Game Studios couldn’t get any more enigmatic, wait until you hear this. The game was thrust back into public consciousness this week, but not because the developer had anything to show off. No, instead, information was quietly removed from the…
Source: Kotaku – Hyped PS5 Horror Game No One’s Really Seen Hasn’t Been Canceled, Dev Swears
Elden Ring has a new rune farming strategy that revolves around hiding in seeminglyunreachable parts of the map until your opponent dies or gets bored and leaves. Now, players who just wanted a good old fashion PVP showdown are finding new ways to fight back. The results are entertaining and brutal, but will they be…
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring Players Are At War With AFK Rune Farmers
Horizon Forbidden West has one of the most extraordinary suites of in-game and accessibility options, making for a frankly daunting collection of tweaks and changes available to adapt the game for exactly how you want to play it. But there’s one feature buried there that you’ve likely missed, and it’s amazing:…
Source: Kotaku – Horizon Forbidden West’s Best Hidden Feature
Over the past few months, Microsoft has bucked expectations and irritated games journalists everywhere by dropping gems, like Tunic and Paradise Killer, on Game Pass without warning. Then it went silent on the Game Pass front for weeks. For a while there, some reasonable observers (hi) assumed Microsoft did away with…
Source: Kotaku – April’s Game Pass Lineup Is No Joke
With folks constantly on the prowl for hands-off strategies in Elden Ring, it was only a matter of time before someone figured out how to reach the end of the game without fighting anything at all.
Source: Kotaku – It’s Possible To Beat Elden Ring As A Pacifist
Razer is known for its black-and-green gaming keyboards, headsets and desktops. And now, add regional headquarters to that illuminated list.
Pointed out by VR dev Kenji Iguchi in a now-viral tweet, Razer’s new Southeast Asia headquarters is the most Razer-y thing imaginable. I mean, just look at it! You couldn’t…
Source: Kotaku – Razer’s Headquarters Looks Like One Of Its Gaming Peripherals
As much as I’ve enjoyed Battlefield 2042, I’m also aware that most long-time fans of the series have not been enjoying the game’s launch, equipped with a long list of complaints that range from the game’s lack of polish to its overall feel. And while DICE have slowly been chipping away at some of those smaller issues (…
Source: Kotaku – Battlefield 2042’s First Serious Changes Are Coming (Slowly)
F1 Delta Time, an official NFT and crypto-powered racing game that launched back in 2019, closed its doors last month, leaving everyone who had spent money and invested in the project probably wishing they had done something else with their time.
Source: Kotaku – Official Formula 1 ‘Ethereum NFT Game’ Shuts Down
Joel Embiid is a gift to the game of basketball, a guy who is one of the best players in the NBA and a real chance to be named the league’s MVP this year. He is an unstoppable force on the court, so it may not surprise you too much to know he’s just as relentless off it as well. Even when he’s playing video games.…
Source: Kotaku – A Very Good Story About Joel Embiid Crushing Kids At Video Games
Who produced this amazing pixel art of Elden Ring’s Ranni sitting next to the protagonist of Hollow Knight, and why? The answer is r/Place, a Reddit battlefield where anyone can place a dot and change the course of meme history. In an era where so much of the modern internet is trash, r/Place has returned and it’s…
Source: Kotaku – Reddit Is Hosting What May Be The Internet’s Most Wholesome Fan War
I love Star Wars, like a lot. Since the movies first excited my imagination I’ve spent far too much money on this franchise, buying up games, books, comics, and Lego sets. So, understand that what I’m about to say comes from a place of pure love and care: Star Wars is really silly and dumb. And because of this, it’s…
Source: Kotaku – Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga: The Kotaku Review
Monkey Island, the iconic point-and-click adventure series developed by genre heavyweights Ron Gilbert, David Grossman, and Tim Schafer, is coming back to life in 2022 with Return to Monkey Island. Better yet, Gilbert and Grossman are in charge once again, ending a 30-year absence from the franchise they helped create.
Source: Kotaku – Monkey Island Returns With A New Game From Original Creators Later This Year
When Sony’s revamped version of PS Plus launches in June, its priciest tier will cost twice as much as what you’re currently paying. But there’s a way to slash that in half: If you can secure a year of PS Now now, you’ll be able to temporarily lock in the new service at a lower price point. Unfortunately, perhaps…
Source: Kotaku – Players Stock Up On PS Now Subs To Save Big On New PS Plus
Hit freemium developer Wargaming is abandoning its operations in Belarus and Russia over the invasion of Ukraine, now in its 39th day. The World of Tanks maker said it has turned over live operations of its games in both countries to its now-former studio in Russia and will “not profit from this process either today…
Source: Kotaku – Military MMO Dev Wargaming Cuts Ties With Belarus, Russia Over Invasion works