For the fourth run of its samurai event, Halo Infinite is selling a weapon attachment shaped like a dragon. It affixes to the barrel of your battle rifle, in theory making your gun look like it’s spitting fire every time you shoot. Only problem? From a first-person perspective—y’know, the perspective from which you…
Source: Kotaku – Sad Halo Fans Buy Cool Dragon Gun Attachment, Discover It Looks Like A Cheeto Instead
Not only does Street Fighter 6’s logo look like $80 clip art, but it also looks like the old logo of a Taiwanese company.
Source: Kotaku – The Street Fighter 6 Logo Also Looks Like A Taiwanese Retailer’s Old Logo
If you’ve been to Kyoto, you might have made the journey out to Nintendo’s headquarters—well, at least, to stand outside the gates.
Source: Kotaku – ‘It Seems Like A Prison,’ And Other Online Reactions To Nintendo’s Headquarters
Until today, Ubisoft had been planning on holding a “Six Major”, a competitive event for Rainbow Six Siege players, in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates. After a massive fan protest on social media, though, the publisher has now decided to move the tournament to another “region”.
Source: Kotaku – Ubisoft Moves Rainbow Six Tournament From Abu Dhabi After Fans Protest
Elden Ring may look a lot like Dark Souls but, as far as we know right now, it’s entirely its own thing in terms of narrative and lore. That doesn’t mean, however, there aren’t legitimate links between From Software’s latest action RPG and previous games like Demon’s Souls, Bloodborne, and even Armored Core.
Source: Kotaku – One Annoying NPC Connects Elden Ring To Dark Souls, Bloodborne, And Armored Core
Atlus’ announcement on Twitter yesterday that the long-dormant Shin Megami Tensei spin-off series Soul Hackers was being revived came as quite a shock to fans. However, the surprises didn’t stop there, as the trailer for the poppy, hacker-centric sequel also revealed that the game has a female protagonist, something…
Source: Kotaku – Here’s Why The Next Atlus JRPG Is Such A Big Deal To Hardcore Fans
The Call of Duty series, a sales juggernaut since its debut in 2003, will for the first time in decades be skipping a year in 2023, following reports that Activision has delayed next year’s mainline game.
Source: Kotaku – Report: There Will Be No Mainline Call Of Duty Game Released In 2023
Easily one of the worst trends to hit PC gaming in the last decade has been the obsession major publishers have had with creating their own launchers and digital marketplaces, moves which have done little for the user but make botting up a game fiddlier and more tedious.
Source: Kotaku – Bethesda Ditching Its Stupid Launcher, Returning To Steam
Surviving in Horizon Forbidden West, an open-world game about what happens when Elon Musk funds one too many projects, is only partially contingent on skill. But if you want to thrive in the robo-dino apocalypse, you’ll need to equip yourself with the best gear around.
Source: Kotaku – The Best Gear In Horizon Forbidden West (And Where To Find It)
Apart from the game’s crappy, minimalistic logo, some of the most consistent chatter surrounding the recent Street Fighter 6 reveal has to do with series protagonist Ryu. He’s wide, folks, sporting sandals and that much-beloved “Hot Ryu” facial hair, but what seems to have folks most intrigued about his updated design…
Source: Kotaku – People Think They Can See Ryu’s Dick In The Street Fighter 6 Reveal
Destiny 2’s long-awaited Witch Queen expansion is finally here and players are starting to dig in. Unless they’re on PS4. Thanks to a unique set of circumstances players on Sony’s last-gen console are currently waiting in line just to download a giant 72 GB update.
Source: Kotaku – Destiny 2’s Big Witch Queen PS4 Launch Hit An Unfortunate Snag
Twitch has a new rising star, one that’s quickly surpassed the platform’s highest performers like Hasanabi and xQc in some respects. Her name is Ironmouse, and she’s a virtual pink-haired anime VTuber that’s been doing an uncapped subathon for going on 18 days now. She has also broken a bunch of livestreaming records…
Source: Kotaku – VTuber Ironmouse Is Breaking All Kinds Of Twitch Records
When the main story of Genshin Impact’s Inazuma region concluded last September, a lot of fans (including yours truly) felt a little bit let down. The story felt incomplete, and the actions of its main villain, the goddess Raiden Ei, didn’t seem very logical. Later story updates helped to clarify the historical…
Source: Kotaku – Genshin Impact Turns A Bad Storyline Into A Sublime Portrayal Of Grief
The Guardians of the Galaxy have a new foe: lofty publisher expectations. The interstellar misfit band’s latest outing, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, underperformed unstated sales targets, according to a recent financial filing from publisher Square Enix.
Source: Kotaku – Square Enix Is Impossible To Please
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl had a ton of glitches when they came out. Some were funny, most were harmless, but a few made it extremely easy for players to clone rare and powerful Pokémon en masse. It was an absolute feeding frenzy. Now the developers behind the Gen 4 remakes are fighting back with a…
Source: Kotaku – Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl Crack Down On ‘Illicit’ Clone Pokémon
I’m a big fan of sake—so big, I even wrote a book on it! And I sure like video games. But do we really need sake for gamers? Do we? Apparently, sake bottler Hitomaku thinks so.
Source: Kotaku – Drink Up Because ‘Gaming Sake’ Is Coming To Japan
This April, a new Pokémon variety show is coming to television in Japan. The live-action program is called Poké Doko: Pokémon to Doko Iku?! (“Where’s Poké: Where Are You Going With Pokémon?!”). It features Pikachu bus.
The concept is that the variety program will visit Pokémon fans and go on trips. Considering how the…
Source: Kotaku – Pokémon Travel Show With A Pikachu Bus Coming To Japanese TV
At the end of March, Valve is making changes to the way studios and publishers can offer their games at a discount on Steam, which sounds like a minor administrative thing is also something the more financially-savvy Steam game purchasers among you might want to keep an eye on.
Source: Kotaku – Steam’s Biggest (And Smallest) Discounts Are Going Away
We didn’t really get to see much of Street Fighter 6 when it was revealed yesterday, but one thing we did get a look at was the game’s logo, and I did not think we could get to a point where fans are (rightly!) questioning a new game’s logo in the absence of anything more substantial to complain about, but here we are.
Source: Kotaku – Street Fighter 6’s Logo Looks Like Clipart
I just got friend-zoned by London.
Source: Kotaku – The Hilarious Visual Novel In Which You Date Villages