If you’re not planning to buy the Booster Course Pass for Mario Kart 8, don’t worry. You’re not completely out of luck. The new premium tracks will be randomly available for players playing Global or Regional races online. If one of your friends owns a copy of the DLC, you don’t have to purchase it when you’re playing…
Source: Kotaku – Mario Kart 8 DLC Courses Can Be Played Without Actually Buying Them
The embargo for Horizon Forbidden West has lifted, which means reviews have dropped before the game launches on February 18. Our review praised the game for its many improvements, including overhauling the rather uninventive climbing puzzles. And the wider critical consensus suggests that this sequel is a big success…
Source: Kotaku – Horizon Forbidden West Reviews Say It’s Really Good (And Really Familiar)
Following a banner start to the year, Xbox Game Pass kicked off February not by continuing the streak but by purging some of its best games. Nothing major is getting the boot. But nothing huge is really coming, either. Here’s everything coming to Microsoft’s Netflix-for-games in the coming weeks:
Source: Kotaku – February’s Game Pass Lineup Is Kinda A Snore
CD Projekt Red’s Keanu Reeves fan fic, Cyberpunk 2077, might finally be complete. A massive update to the game rolls out today, alongside its release on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, CDPR said in a glacial, minutiae-packed livestream on its Twitch channel today.
Source: Kotaku – Cyberpunk 2077’s Return To Consoles Is Practically A Checklist Of What Everyone Mocked
Millions woke up today and played Wordle just like they always do, but not all of them were chasing the same right answer. Contrary to earlier statements by new owner The New York Times, the internet puzzle sensation has undergone a few changes, leading to a split between those playing the old version and those…
Source: Kotaku – The Feared NYT Wordle Divergence Has Begun
After leaving Sega, Toshihiro Nagoshi set up a new studio called Nagoshi Studio in Tokyo. Earlier this year, NetEase Games described the wholly-owned subsidiary’s M.O., stating it “develops high-end titles for worldwide release, with a primary focus on the console software business.”
Source: Kotaku – Yakuza Creator Toshihiro Nagoshi Won’t Be Making Smartphone Games
If you’ve been on the internet, you’ve seen commenters or social media accounts claiming to have the lowdown. Right before the most recent Nintendo Direct, a new Twitter account called Waddle Dee Knows did just that by making a flurry of predictions. Some of them, including a new Super Mario Strikers and a Wii Sports sequel
Source: Kotaku – Fake Nintendo Insider Fooled Thousands With Phony Predictions
Kevin Jenkins is an artist who has worked on stuff like Thor and Star Wars, and has also been a Senior Director at Epic Games.
Source: Kotaku – Stomp Stomp Stomp
Over the last few days, a series of mods for the PC strategy game Cities: Skylines have been removed from Steam after users began fearing that they contained all kinds of nasty stuff, from keyloggers to viruses to bitcoin mining software.
Source: Kotaku – Mods Accused of Bitcoin Mining, Viruses Removed From Steam
I remember putting on record back in 2016 how I thought Creative Assembly’s pivot to Warhammer games was a bad idea. How “seeing the series walk away from the real world was a blow”, and that “This isn’t even the good Warhammer. It’s the dorky medieval one”.
Source: Kotaku – Total War: Warhammer III: The Kotaku Review
Lost Ark is a lot of fun. I’ve played hours and hours of it and I’m excited to play more. However, the latest smash hit on Steam is facing criticism for how it portrays its female characters.
Source: Kotaku – Lost Ark’s Depiction Of Female Characters Feels A Decade Out Of Date
Not to be outdone by its more respected siblings, the handheld Resident Evil Gaiden is being remade by a group of independent developers.
Source: Kotaku – One Of The Weirdest Resident Evil Games Is Getting An Unofficial 3D Remake
A new PC mod for God of War aims to make Kratos’ arrow-wielding son, Atreus, a playable character. But it will likely be some time before he’s as agile as he is in the game’s finale.
Source: Kotaku – God of War PC Mod Makes Atreus Playable, Kinda
I was ready for Horizon Forbidden West to be a big disappointment on base PS4s. The game is a technical marvel in so many ways on PS5, and developer Guerilla Games hadn’t been showing off a ton of last-gen footage. Surely it would suffer on Sony’s old hardware. Not so. While a clear downgrade, the PS4 version of …
Source: Kotaku – Good News, Horizon Forbidden West Plays Fine And Still Looks Beautiful On Base PS4
The Uncharted movie won’t be out stateside until later this week, but it’s been out internationally for a few days, having released in a handful of markets last Thursday and Friday. So far, the cinematic adaptation of a popular video game series is being received about as well as any other cinematic adaptation of a…
Source: Kotaku – Tom Holland’s Uncharted Movie Is Getting Trashed By Critics
Following Wordle’s dream-like purchase for over a million bucks, people have assumed new owners the New York Times would inevitably make changes for the worse. I mean, of course it would. It’s a big billion-dollar corporation buying a tiny morsel of joy. That always ends in sadness, right? And knowing those bastards,…
Source: Kotaku – Everyone’s Convinced The NYT Made Wordle Harder, But It’s Exactly The Same
In the weeks since Pokémon Legends: Arceus released, players have been discovering all sorts of neat secrets about this open-world game set long before the series’ mainline entries. Now, one hacker has found a sectioned-off area containing a bedroom with modern furnishings and amenities like a laptop, a large…
Source: Kotaku – Pokémon Legends: Arceus Modder Finds Modern Room That Might Hint At DLC
A machine-learning engineer has harnessed a powerful machine-learning technology to develop a web application that lets you create images of fake pocket monsters. The results are hilarious, and I love how simple the tool is.
Source: Kotaku – This AI Generates Fake New Pokémon, And It’s Actually Pretty Good
Welcome to another edition of Kotaku’s Anime Revolution, presented by Acura, a weekly show where the otaku of Kotaku look at the hottest shows of the winter season and put them through the three-episode test to see whether they’re worth your time. This week, we’ll be taking a look at My Dress-Up Darling, which is…
Source: Kotaku – Kotaku’s 3-Episode Anime Test: My Dress Up Darling
Founded in 2012, miHoYo became world-famous with games Genshin Impact and Honkai Impact 3rd. But now, the game studio is being rebranded to make room for the metaverse.
Source: Kotaku – Genshin Impact’s miHoYo Rebrands For Global Audiences