For gaming collectors and preservationists, it’s a high score: hundreds of classic games, many of which, according to video footage of the discovery, appear to be factory sealed. The entire thing is eventually getting sold, and when it does, it could clock in as one of the big ones, potentially raking in somewhere…
Source: Kotaku – Hundreds Of Sealed Retro ’90s Games That Were Just Publicly Revealed Could Be Worth A Million Bucks
Osaka-based esports team Cyclops Athlete Gaming has fired yet another player. Yesterday, it cancelled the contract of Tekken player Tanukana after a history of abusive comments, the last being about men under a certain height. Today, following revelations about some really unpleasant tweets, it let go the…
Source: Kotaku – Another Pro Gamer With History Of Homophobia Fired In Wake Of Men’s Height Controversy
The United Kingdom today is being battered by its worst storm in 30 years. Storm Eunice is reported to have reached wind speeds of 122 mph as it sweeps through the Southern half of the UK, breaking all-time records. So what are the Brits doing in response? Yes, that’s right, they’re tuning in to a live stream of…
Source: Kotaku – Hundreds of Thousands of People Are Watching Dozens of Planes Landing In Brutal Storm, Live
Horizon Forbidden West, Guerrilla Games’ sumptuous homage to the concept of lens flare, is massive—so massive, in fact, that it doesn’t have a skill tree. Nope, it has six.
Source: Kotaku – The 10 Best Skills You Should Get ASAP In Horizon Forbidden West
So, you wanna go fast? You wanna win every race? Well, I can’t help with that last one because racing is more about skill and luck than the car you drive, but I can help you go faster with this handy-dandy list of the top 10 fastest cars in Grand Theft Auto Online.
Source: Kotaku – The Fastest Cars In GTA Online In 2022
The only thing bigger than Horizon Forbidden West’s open-world is its suite of options. Guerrilla’s splashy PlayStation action-adventure game features dozens of settings, some of which—difficulty sliders, controller presets, visual modes—are par for the course. But others, like the ability to slow down time, or make…
Source: Kotaku – Before You Start: Five Settings To Change In Horizon Forbidden West
I love Metroid, but being a longtime fan does weird things to you. Take, for example, the latest kerfuffle over Retro Studios updating its Twitter banner. Where a normal person might see a cool piece of Samus Aran concept art, the ravenous Metroid fan, their hunger unsatiated by Metroid Dread, imagines a portal hiding…
Source: Kotaku – Desperate Metroid Fans Are Convinced This Image Holds Prime 4 Clues
Nintendo’s decision to close its Wii U and 3DS stores has been met with widespread criticism, not for the closures themselves—this always happens to old hardware—but for the way it has once again reminded the world of how terribly Nintendo handles access to its back catalogue, easily the most beloved (and valuable) in…
Source: Kotaku – Video Game History Foundation Goes Off On Nintendo’s ‘Destructive’ Retro Policies
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that, following the company’s recent sale to Microsoft, efforts to pursue Activision Blizzard—and its embattled CEO Bobby Kotick—have escalated at both the state and federal level.
Source: Kotaku – Bobby Kotick’s Police Records Subpoenaed As Harassment Investigations Ramp Up [Update]
The complete Kingdom Hearts series—if such a thing actually exists—hit Nintendo Switch on February 10, though not in an official capacity. The version that’s available on the console-handheld hybrid is a cloud port, meaning you stream Square Enix’s RPG over the internet. Such ports are becoming increasingly common for…
Source: Kotaku – Kingdom Hearts Fans Say The Switch Cloud Ports Suck
Earlier this week, developer CD Projekt Red rolled out a massive patch for its Blade Runner homage, Cyberpunk 2077. It’s the type of update that could turn a troubled RPG around, retooling everything from the notoriously wonky combat to the unbalanced skill tree. But my favorite new change is more subtle: The map.
Source: Kotaku – Cyberpunk 2077’s Best Improvement Is Secretly Its Overhauled Map
Yes, you read that right. CNBC recently uncovered that Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick established not one but two secret companies through which he donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to political campaigns.
Source: Kotaku – Report: Bobby Kotick Has Two Secret Companies Making Big Republican Donations
Cyberpunk 2077 disappointed a lot of players when it launched without many of its originally promised features. The quests were incredibly light on dynamic player choices, and advertised features like apartment customization and body augmentations were not in the final game. The gameplay was so lacking in previously…
Source: Kotaku – After Cyberpunk 2077’s Big Update, Dev Says It’s An RPG Now—But Fans Differ
With three massive game industry acquisitions this year already, everyone’s wondering what will happen to the few big publishers and studios left. Chief among those question marks is Ubisoft, the Assassin’s Creed maker currently struggling to make new hits. Amidst delays and employee frustration, analysts grilled the…
Source: Kotaku – As Billions Fly, Ubisoft Analyst Just Wondering Why Nobody Wants To Buy It
Dark Souls developer From Studios’ next adventure, the open-world Elden Ring, is right around the corner, which naturally means copies are leaking into the wild ahead of its official February 25 release date. And while gameplay is all well and good, we’ve seen a bunch of that already. No, what has me more excited is…
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring’s Moody Intro Proves From Software Is Back On Its BS
After countless delays and a huge amount of work on the part of developer CD Projekt Red, Cyberpunk 2077 finally hit PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on February 15. This enhanced version launched with a massive patch that added some much-needed quality-of-life improvements and gameplay tweaks, including an overhaul to the…
Source: Kotaku – Cyberpunk 2077’s PS5 Controller Haptics Are A Real Game-Changer
Horizon Forbidden West, an open-world game about validating every kindergartener’s dream of being a paleontologist, gives you a vast collection of high-tech bows and arrows to play with. Like many video game bows, this arsenal can be finicky when aiming with a thumbstick, so some players will be happy to hear that …
Source: Kotaku – Horizon Forbidden West’s Hidden Gyro Aiming Feature Is Actually Good
How do you fill up a giant open world so that it doesn’t feel dead and empty? You can litter the map with points of interest, unleash a swarm of prehistoric robots to roam its peaks and valleys, and make sure every other vista is exploding with lens flair. Or, in Horizon Forbidden West’s case, you can do all three and…
Source: Kotaku – I Can’t Stop Ogling Horizon Forbidden West’s Wind
Horizon Forbidden West is almost out, and it basically picks up exactly where the previous game left off. The opening hours will pelt you with strange names, supposedly familiar faces, and a helpful but extremely brief recap of the events of Horizon Zero Dawn. If you’re planning on jumping into the new game or you’re…
Source: Kotaku – Everything You Need To Know About Horizon Zero Dawn’s Story Before You Play Forbidden West
These days, it seems like so many game companies are interested in NFTs. So while Konami is rushing into the NFT space, don’t expect Platinum Games to follow suit.
Source: Kotaku – Platinum Games On NFTs: “No Positive Impact” And “Zero Interest”