Move over Mario, Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat pirates are setting sail in a game of their own in the upcoming, One Piece Odyssey.
Source: Kotaku – One Piece Odyssey Promises To Be a ‘Full-Blown’ JRPG Experience
Category Archives: Kotaku
Elden Ring Beaten In 20 Minutes With Ridiculous Teleporting Glitch
We’ve seen a few Elden Ring speedruns already, with folks doing things like beating the game without dying a single time in the Lands Between, among other challenge runs. But someone who’s been setting world records for finishing FromSoftware’s latest Souls-like with the fastest time possible is back with a new high…
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring Beaten In 20 Minutes With Ridiculous Teleporting Glitch
Destiny 2 Maker Blasts YouTube's Takedown System In Wild Lawsuit
Earlier this month, a bunch of Destiny 2 YouTube videos, including some by high profile content makers and even Bungie themselves, were hit by rogue copyright takedown notices generated by fake Google accounts. Bungie is now trying to sue the people responsible, and has called out YouTube for getting tricked by…
Source: Kotaku – Destiny 2 Maker Blasts YouTube’s Takedown System In Wild Lawsuit
Pokémon Characters Make For Some Terrific Needle Felting
You know what’s cuter than regular Pokémon characters? Fuzzy Pokémon characters! Beloved Pocket Monsters look even more adorable in felt.
Needle felting is, as Craftsy explains, “the process of transforming wool into 3D objects using a barbed needle.” To create needle felting crafts, it’s necessary to “agitate” the…
Source: Kotaku – Pokémon Characters Make For Some Terrific Needle Felting
That Is A Very Big Ship, Sir
Breath Of The Wild Actually Has Four Beedles, And You Can Get Them All Together
Beedle, the friendly travelling merchant from The Legend Of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, sure does get around, managing to cover almost every corner of the map during your adventures. Turns out he’s got a secret to his breadth of coverage: there are more than one of them.
Source: Kotaku – Breath Of The Wild Actually Has Four Beedles, And You Can Get Them All Together
The Week In Games: Rule The Middle Ages On Your Console
A wide variety of games, both big and small, are out this week across everything from PS5 to Switch to Mac. Possibly the biggest and most interesting release is the next-gen console ports of Crusader Kings III. Very curious to see how that plays on a TV with a controller!
Source: Kotaku – The Week In Games: Rule The Middle Ages On Your Console
Modder Adds Elden Ring's Message System To Fallout: New Vegas
One of the coolest parts of Elden Ring is the ability to leave messages for other players in the game’s large open-world environment. You can warn folks of enemies, hint towards a treasure, or troll people with silly jokes or lies. And now someone has added this feature into Fallout New Vegas via a mod for the PC…
Source: Kotaku – Modder Adds Elden Ring’s Message System To Fallout: New Vegas
Fortnite Players Have Now Raised Over $70 Million For Ukraine
Fortnite continues to provide millions of dollars in immediate aid for Ukraine. The latest update from Epic is big, announcing that as of March 25 it has raised over $70 million in aid for charities and groups supporting Ukrainians during the ongoing and horrific Russian invasion of the country.
Source: Kotaku – Fortnite Players Have Now Raised Over Million For Ukraine
Among Us Servers Have Been Down For Over 48 Hours Due To DDoS Attack
Popular online indie sneak-and-stab simulator Among Us is currently facing an ongoing DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack. According to Among Us developers Innersloth, the game has been offline in both North America and Europe for over two days due to the attack.
Source: Kotaku – Among Us Servers Have Been Down For Over 48 Hours Due To DDoS Attack
Retro Computer And Game Museum In Ukraine Destroyed By Russian Bombing
A large, privately-owned, and operated museum dedicated to retro computers and video games was destroyed earlier this week in Ukraine as a result of the ongoing and horrific invasion of the country by Russia. While a museum being destroyed doesn’t compare at all to the thousands dead and injured, it’s still a sad loss…
Source: Kotaku – Retro Computer And Game Museum In Ukraine Destroyed By Russian Bombing
Devs Announce NFT Plans For Popular Game, Get Review Bombed On Steam
Storybook Brawl is a popular free-to-play card game on Steam. It has a fairly large and active playerbase who enjoy the game a lot. And now almost all of them seem angry and are review bombing the game’s Steam page after the devs behind Storybook Brawl announced plans to integrate NFTs and blockchain technology into…
Source: Kotaku – Devs Announce NFT Plans For Popular Game, Get Review Bombed On Steam
All Of The Upcoming Video Game TV Shows Currently Announced
If you’ve been paying attention to the news lately, you’ve most likely noticed that there are a lot of video game TV shows in the works. In fact, it can sometimes feel like we can’t go more than a week or two without another story or report about some video game getting a show on Netflix or Amazon Prime. And after…
Source: Kotaku – All Of The Upcoming Video Game TV Shows Currently Announced
Elden Ring Players Love (And Hate) That Moonveil Katana
Whether you like it or not, samurai are dominating Elden Ring. It’s a good class, with some solid base stats and starting gear that can see you through the end of the game if you treat them right and level them up. The uchigatana is an especially excellent beginner weapon, but there’s another sword that has a growing…
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring Players Love (And Hate) That Moonveil Katana
Wordle Prototype's Obscure Word List Makes Its Current Puzzles Look Easy
Wordle’s creator, Josh Wardle, gave a talk at this year’s GDC, which has been bringing people joy. Described by one member of the audience as “the opposite of every NFT and Metaverse panel,” during the talk Wardle explained the hit game was created as long ago as 2013.
Source: Kotaku – Wordle Prototype’s Obscure Word List Makes Its Current Puzzles Look Easy
This Great New Snowboarding Game Belongs In The Voice Acting Hall Of Shame
A Few Hours In, I Can Tell Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands Will Destroy My Free Time
The best thing I can say about Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands is that I regret starting it.
Source: Kotaku – A Few Hours In, I Can Tell Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands Will Destroy My Free Time
Elden Ring Bleeding Glitch Makes Some Dogs Its Most Dangerous Enemies
I previously went on and on about the wildlife in Elden Ring, explaining how its bears, wolves, and birds often pose a larger problem for me than its otherworldly bosses. But a group of bloody dogs put everything else in the game to shame.
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring Bleeding Glitch Makes Some Dogs Its Most Dangerous Enemies
GTA Online's New Subscription Will Give Fans Early Access To Cars, Plus Cash And Other Perks
Today, Rockstar Games announced GTA+ a new paid monthly subscription service for Grand Theft Auto Online. GTA+, which launches March 28, will only be accessible to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S players and will offer folks who sign up for it monthly deposits of cash, exclusive access to new rewards, double and triple XP…
Source: Kotaku – GTA Online’s New Subscription Will Give Fans Early Access To Cars, Plus Cash And Other Perks
The Halo Show Isn’t Trying To Be The Game, And That’s A Good Thing
It only took one Speilberg exit and one decade of development hell, but a show based on Halo is finally here. I can’t believe I’m typing this: It’s actually good. Surprisingly so, though it’s not absent any cause for concern.
Source: Kotaku – The Halo Show Isn’t Trying To Be The Game, And That’s A Good Thing