April Fools’ is finally upon us, or as our UK editor John Walker likes to call it: “International Lying Day.” Never fear, readers. We Kotaku bloggers are vigilantly keeping alert for any announcements that seem a little bit too good or too weird to be true. Not me, though. Some April Fools’ jokes are too good to not …
Source: Kotaku – The Best (And Worst) April Fools’ Jokes In Gaming For 2022
People have been waiting for the GameStop bubble to pop for over a year now. Instead, the ailing brick and mortar video game retailer just posted another record week on Wall Street. Earnings are down. Employee morale is in the pits. But the company’s stock went from $78 per share last month to over $185 in early…
Source: Kotaku – GameStop’s Meme Stock Is Back With A Vengeance
It seems an extraordinary thing for it to be a news story that, one-and-a-half years after release, you can buy an Xbox. But we live in extraordinary times, and right now is the first time the Xbox Series X has ever been easily available. You can just buy one! You know, if you have a spare $500.
Source: Kotaku – The Xbox Series X Is Easy To Buy For The First Time In Years
YouTuber Ayato has a big project on his hands: making a DIY Kaneda bike from Akira. The Kaneda bike is one of the most iconic bikes in anime—no, make that popular culture writ large. There are numerous Kaneda bike projects on YouTube, but in my opinion, this one is the best.
In a series of clips, Ayato has been…
Source: Kotaku – Making Your Own Kaneda Bike From Akira Seems Hard
For one brief, shining moment in time over 20 years ago, Pokémon ascended from the anime/video games plane where it normally resides and became something more. Something fancier, something jauntier. And then, just as quickly as it rose, it slipped right back down again, and most folks now forget it ever happened at…
Source: Kotaku – Forgotten Pokémon Musical From 2000 Gets 68-Minute Documentary
Activision Blizzard Chief Administrative Officer Brian Bulatao (above) emailed all employees of the company earlier today, informing them that “effective immediately” the publisher was removing the mandate for employees working from offices to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and hopes to have everyone working…
Source: Kotaku – Activision Blizzard Removes Company Vaccine Mandate, ‘Effective Immediately’
Let’s imagine it’s Saturday morning. You drive up to your local Aldi parking lot, you get out of your car, you walk inside. Mostly to get some cheap groceries, but also partially so you can saunter up and down the middle aisles, perusing the special buys that are currently on rotation. Maybe you’ll see some house…
Source: Kotaku – Sonic The Hedgehog 2’s Official Sneaker Collab Is Not Great
Sony is cutting up to 90 jobs from its “merchandiser” and retail marketing teams as part of a “global transformation,” according to a new report by Axios. The layoffs come despite the continued growth of PlayStation thanks to the success of the PS5, and some employees were caught off guard by the move.
Source: Kotaku – Sony Cuts PlayStation Jobs Despite Growth
We’re one month removed from Elden Ring’s launch, probably FromSoftware’s biggest Souls-like release thus far, and the action-RPG is still top of folks’ minds. It’s still on mine, even if I managed to leave the Lands Between briefly to play Ghostwire: Tokyo. I love the characters and world of Elden Ring, but I never…
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring Characters Beat Each Other To A Pulp In Bonkers Tekken Mod
According to a new report, it might get a lot easier—and cheaper—to provide the entire family with Xbox Game Pass as Microsoft plans to launch a five-person option later this year.
Source: Kotaku – Report: Xbox Game Pass Getting Family Plan Option Later This Year
Pour one out for the “world reveals” and “world exclusives.” E3 won’t happen at all this summer, IGN reports.
Source: Kotaku – Report: E3 2022 Canceled
The first thing you’ll notice when playing Shredders is how real it feels. When riding down its slopes, you don’t turn. You carve. You don’t jump. You pop. In fact, the hot new snowboarding game feels so realistic that its creators say players who snowboard in real life have a way easier time picking it up than those…
Source: Kotaku – Shredders Devs Dish On How They Made The Most Realistic Snowboarding Game Ever
Nearly a decade later, Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto V remains incredibly popular. Its multiplayer mode, GTA Online, is still one of the most-played games in the world. And it just launched on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. So one way or another, it’s very likely you’ve played GTA V. In fact, it’s very likely you’ve…
Source: Kotaku – 9 Games Like GTA V Worth Checking Out In 2022
Ghostwire: Tokyo, Tango Gameworks’ new action-adventure game with immersive sim-like elements, is a frustrating juxtaposition of highs and lows. It’s at once a compelling narrative about loss and the lengths we go to recover that which is gone, and a plodding first-person shooter with seriously underwhelming enemy AI.…
Source: Kotaku – Ghostwire: Tokyo’s Captivating World Is Overshadowed By Weak Combat
The most fascinating aspect of Weird West’s design is how friendly the game is to my fuck-ups. Have you ever thought to yourself: “I would like to play a top-down Dishonored game, but as a western?” Say no more. Even if that’s not a thought you’ve ever had, you should consider it. Weird West, which came out today for…
Source: Kotaku – A Horror Game That Commits So Hard To Consequences, It’s A Knockout
The video game industry faces a long-overdue reckoning. The average game developer is underpaid relative to the generous bonuses and shareholder payouts enjoyed by the CEOs above them, and recent reports and lawsuits have uncovered a wide range of mistreatment across companies big and small. Many feel that something…
Source: Kotaku – Allegations Of Sexism, Bullying, And Burnout: Inside The Microsoft Studio Behind State Of Decay 3
When it was announced that Nintendo’s former headquarters was going to be turned into a hotel, I imagined the worse case scenario: a cheesy cash-in to make some quick yen. That certainly doesn’t appear to be the end result. The hotel looks to be a stunning celebration of Nintendo’s heritage.
Source: Kotaku – The Old Nintendo Headquarters Hotel Looks Stunning Inside
Remember how hard it used to be to watch anime? Depending on where you called home, it was once difficult, if not impossible, to check out the latest shows. It was only a few decades ago that people were trading DVDs (and before that, VHS tapes!), and the idea of a simultaneous release seemed like a far-fetched…
Source: Kotaku – Over Half Of Netflix Subscribers Watched Anime In 2021
Anyone still playing Marvel’s Avengers on PS5 over the last few days may have run into an issue where the game crashes. If that’s you, as of today there is a “workaround”. It’s just a rather drastic one.
Source: Kotaku – Marvel’s Avengers Has An Avengers-Level ‘Workaround’ For A PS5 Crash
