Professional Tekken player Tanukana has been booted from Osaka-based esports team Cyclops Athlete Gaming for remarks she made in a livestream.
Source: Kotaku – Pro Gamer Fired After Making Disparaging Remarks About Men’s Height
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NBA Player's Pokémon Game Interrupted By All-Star Announcement
For a young up-and-coming NBA player, the phone call telling them they’ve been selected for their first ever All-Star game can rank as one of the most defining experiences of their entire career. Provided, that is, they’re able to pause the Pokémon game they’re playing to take the call.
Source: Kotaku – NBA Player’s Pokémon Game Interrupted By All-Star Announcement
Crusader Kings III Is Even Better In 2022
I reviewed Crusader Kings III in August 2020 and was about as glowing as I have ever been about a video game here on Kotaku.com. Yet having previewed it, then played it to death for review, when I was done I put the game down and haven’t been back to it since.
Source: Kotaku – Crusader Kings III Is Even Better In 2022
Report: EA Executives Blame Halo, Covid For Battlefield 2042's Failures
While the game has its fans (hi!), there’s no escaping the fact that in a wider context Battlefield 2042’s launch has been a disaster for Electronic Arts. Fan reception has been hostile, playercounts have dropped like a stone and the company won’t even disclose how many copies of the game have been sold.
Source: Kotaku – Report: EA Executives Blame Halo, Covid For Battlefield 2042’s Failures
Sims 4’s Queer-Friendly Wedding Expansion To Be Released In Russia After Community 'Outpouring'
The Sims 4 community has been in an uproar ever since EA announced that the game’s imminent, queer-friendly wedding expansion would not be released in Russia due to the nation’s homophobic federal laws. Today, the publisher reversed its decision. My Wedding Stories will be released in Russia, and it will be “unaltered…
Source: Kotaku – Sims 4’s Queer-Friendly Wedding Expansion To Be Released In Russia After Community ‘Outpouring’
Internet Horror Legend Sees Incredible Reimagining After Over A Decade Of Tensions
The SCP Foundation—the grassroots, collaborative, creepypasta-adjacent writing project that largely inspired 2019 third-person shooter Control—recently removed the image associated with its first and most popular entry, prompting artists to reimagine the monster at the center of one of the internet’s favorite horror…
Source: Kotaku – Internet Horror Legend Sees Incredible Reimagining After Over A Decade Of Tensions
15 Great Nintendo 3DS eShop Exclusives That We're About To Lose
Yesterday evening, Nintendo announced that the eShops for both the Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS will be ceasing operations indefinitely in March 2023. What’s more, some vital functionality will start being deactivated much sooner than that. As of May 23 of this year, you won’t be able to use credit cards to add funds to…
Source: Kotaku – 15 Great Nintendo 3DS eShop Exclusives That We’re About To Lose
Halo Infinite Community Goes Nuts Over Leaked Forge Mode
Halo Infinite’s creation mode, Forge, isn’t supposed to come out until way later this year, but apparently leaked early footage has started making the rounds this week. It looks amazing.
Source: Kotaku – Halo Infinite Community Goes Nuts Over Leaked Forge Mode
Nintendo Fans Share Surprising 3DS, Wii U Stats To Mourn eShop Closure
Just as Nintendo announced plans to sunset certain features of the digital storefronts for the 3DS and Wii U in 2023, fans are using it as an opportunity to dig into the official record-keeping website to look back on the memories they made with those two classic consoles. It’s a nice way to mourn the loss,…
Source: Kotaku – Nintendo Fans Share Surprising 3DS, Wii U Stats To Mourn eShop Closure
A Year Later, Cyberpunk 2077’s Major DLC Continues To Be MIA
After delaying them for months, CD Projekt Red has finally dropped the next-gen versions of Cyberpunk 2077. You can go download them right now, alongside a hefty 50 GB patch that makes some vital quality-of-life improvements, like rebalancing combat so enemies are smarter and more reactive. The enhanced editions of…
Source: Kotaku – A Year Later, Cyberpunk 2077’s Major DLC Continues To Be MIA
It’s 2022 And No Man’s Sky Is Still Getting Massive Free Updates
I have no idea how to even describe the game that No Man’s Sky has become at this point, and its latest free update called Sentinel is a perfect illustration of why. It overhauls combat and adds new enemies, among many, many other things, leading to missions that seem to have more in common with Mass Effect than a…
Source: Kotaku – It’s 2022 And No Man’s Sky Is Still Getting Massive Free Updates
I Can’t Stop Playing This Hades-Inspired Roguelike
When roguelike games like Hades start you off with a sword, they usually just let you wield you one at a time. Not Warm Snow. This indie roguelike starts you off with not one, not two, but six whole swords. You can throw them at enemies with deadly precision, and then magically recall all of them at once in a storm of…
Source: Kotaku – I Can’t Stop Playing This Hades-Inspired Roguelike
The Japanese Internet Reacts To Nintendo Closing 3DS & Wii U Shops
As you’ve likely heard, Nintendo is closing the Wii U and 3DS eShops. With Nintendo Switch Online in full force, the official line is that Nintendo has “no plans to offer classic content in other ways.” Yikes! The fear that many online in Japan have is that, despite Nintendo’s claims otherwise, soon it might not be…
Source: Kotaku – The Japanese Internet Reacts To Nintendo Closing 3DS & Wii U Shops
Pokémon Bank Will Survive Nintendo's eShop Shutdown
Nintendo’s decision to shutter the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U eShops doesn’t only impact games, but other things like Pokémon Bank. While it might soon become impossible to play certain games, the Pokémon app will live on—but not forever.
Source: Kotaku – Pokémon Bank Will Survive Nintendo’s eShop Shutdown
Nintendo Closing 3DS & Wii U Shops In 2023, Has 'No Plans To Offer Classic Content In Other Ways'
In a post titled “Wii U & Nintendo 3DS eShop Discontinuation,” Nintendo just announced that in March 2023 the online storefronts for both systems will be ceasing operations.
Source: Kotaku – Nintendo Closing 3DS & Wii U Shops In 2023, Has ‘No Plans To Offer Classic Content In Other Ways’
Magic: The Gathering-Loving Crypto Losers Fail To Understand Copyright Law
Destiny 2 Players Missing Major Story Reveal Because Cutscene Won't Play
Today, after months of waiting, Destiny 2 players were finally treated to Season of the Lost’s big reveal, setting up next week’s massive Witch Queen expansion. At least, that is, the players who could get the new cutscene to work. For everyone else, the only way to partake in the big moment was to watch it on YouTube.
Source: Kotaku – Destiny 2 Players Missing Major Story Reveal Because Cutscene Won’t Play
It's 2022 And People Still Want To Make A BioShock Movie
If any of you are even old enough to remember 2008, it was a time where you could read the headline “Gore Verbinski Making BioShock Movie” and it wouldn’t be a Hard Drive gag, but an actual thing.
Source: Kotaku – It’s 2022 And People Still Want To Make A BioShock Movie
Cyberpunk 2077's Next-Gen Update Is A Pain On PlayStation
At long last, the proper next-gen versions of Cyberpunk 2077 are here after they were rolled out alongside a massive update for the game. Like previous blockbusters that have leapt between console generations, the news once again highlights how much smoother this all is on Xbox compared to PlayStation.
Source: Kotaku – Cyberpunk 2077’s Next-Gen Update Is A Pain On PlayStation
Cyberpunk 2077 Is Buffing Its Romances
CD Projekt Red revealed a ton of long-awaited improvements coming to Cyberpunk 2077 today in patch 1.5, including more in-depth romances with its intriguing cast of NPCs. The changes might not turn the beleaguered open-world sci-fi RPG into a full-fledged dating sim, but they’ll hopefully make the game’s short-lived…
Source: Kotaku – Cyberpunk 2077 Is Buffing Its Romances