The common connection for many universes in movies and TV is corporate. So, what joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe is, well, Marvel. Of course, there are exceptions. The latest of which is the newly announced Shin Japan Heroes Universe.
This upcoming collab will bring Godzilla, Ultraman, Kamen Rider, and Evangelion…
Source: Kotaku – Hideaki Anno Is Creating His Version Of The Marvel Universe
For a game about exploring the unknown, Horizon Forbidden West sure plays it safe.
Source: Kotaku – Horizon Forbidden West: The Kotaku Review
While there have been many expensive, individual Pokémon cards going up for sale lately, and even some boxes of cards, an upcoming auction is going to be listing something far more interesting: a whole sheet of Pokémon cards that never made it to a packet in the first place.
Source: Kotaku – Sheet Of Uncut 1998 Pokémon Cards Found, Up For Auction
Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns is, like the rest of you, playing Wordle on a daily basis, then tweeting about it straight after. But when he shared his results last week, more experienced players noticed something was very off.
Source: Kotaku – NBA Star Accused Of Lying About His Wordle Score
It’s time for another large open-world game. Have you had enough time to finish the last one? Well, regardless, Horizon Forbidden West releases on PS4 and PS5 this Friday.
Source: Kotaku – The Week In Games: What’s On The Horizon?
Please, be careful the next time you slip on a virtual reality headset and go jumping into the latest MMO craze or Beat Saber. Otherwise, you might end up hurting yourself, someone else, or breaking something. If so, you won’t be alone. According to an insurance company in the UK, VR-related claims are on the rise,…
Source: Kotaku – 2021 Saw A 31% Increase In VR-Related Insurance Claims
Today is the day that thousands of people head to Google and search for “How do I watch the Super Bowl?” or “When is the Super Bowl?” And today, I have some answers for how to watch the big game on one of your video game consoles.
Source: Kotaku – How To Watch The Super Bowl On Your Xbox Or PlayStation Console
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon.
Source: Kotaku – Sunday Comics: Unbearable
Dying Light 2 has a large and cool Doom Easter egg in it. It’s very nice, complete with a special new shotgun and a visual filter that makes the game look more retro. However, the folks at Techland decided that wasn’t enough and stuck a separate and also cool Star Wars Easter egg in this already elaborate secret…
Source: Kotaku – Dying Light 2 Has A Star Wars Easter Egg Hidden Inside A Doom Easter Egg
Lost Ark has become one of the very few games on Steam to reach over 1 million concurrent players. Not only that, but the Diablo-like MMO has now surpassed DOTA 2 to become one of the most played games in the entire history of Steam.
Source: Kotaku – Lost Ark Is Now The Third Most Played Game In Steam History (Update)
The moment Kirby sucked up a car in the latest Nintendo Direct, things changed. The internet is now filled with countless memes starring Carby—the name of Kirby when they have a giant car in their mouth. So it’s not surprising that after only a few days, someone has brought Carby into Mario Kart 8 via modding.
Source: Kotaku – Someone Already Modded Carby Into Mario Kart 8
Grand Theft Auto V is one of the best-selling games of all time. It has sold over 160 million copies since it was first released back in 2013 for PS3 and Xbox 360. But to really put that number into perspective, it helps to look at all the video game franchises that GTA V, by itself, has completely outsold. Be…
Source: Kotaku – All The Video Game Franchises GTA V Has Outsold (It’s A Long List)
Despite how good Pokémon Legends: Arceus is, some folks just can’t stop obsessing over its graphics. Fortunately for them, independent developers are already pumping out mods that make it so they don’t have to deal with the horror of seeing muddy textures, low-res models, or Pokémon that animate at less than 30 frames…
Source: Kotaku – Pokémon Legends: Arceus Modders Are Improving Its Visuals
In a reported meeting between Call of Duty developers and select content creators and influencers, the Warzone devs admitted that the free-to-play battle royale was in a bad state, telling those in attendance that they had “fucked up” and that the current state of the popular online shooter was “embarrassing.” The…
Source: Kotaku – Report: Warzone Devs: ‘We F**ked Stuff Up. We Broke It.’
An independent retro video game translator known appropriately as RetroTranslator recently announced that his team’s work translating Konami’s seminal 1990s dating simulator Tokimeki Memorial into English is almost complete. But there’s a catch: It’s the less-than-perfect Super Famicom port that’s been translated, not…
Source: Kotaku – Konami’s Iconic Dating Sim Is Finally Being Translated Into English, Just Not The Version Everyone Wants
Internet language sensation Wordle is now owned by The New York Times and housed firmly on the Gray Lady’s servers. That’s meant a rickety migration for some players, but also changes to the game itself. Words like “sluts” have recently been banned from being used as guesses, and the paper of record has confirmed it…
Source: Kotaku – Wordle’s New Owner Is Banning ‘Offensive’ Guesses
You may know The New York Times for its reputation as the paper of record and the paper of recommending-you-put-peas-in-guac. But now the Gray Lady has joined the likes of EA, Bungie, 343 Industries, and other developers of live-service games as it rapidly tries to extinguish fires for its newly acquired puzzle game, …
Source: Kotaku – The New York Times Rushes To Fix Broken Wordle Streaks
Ubisoft employees continue to push back on the company’s plans to utilize blockchain technology for, among other things, the distribution of NFTs (non-fungible tokens), according to a new Bloomberg report.
Source: Kotaku – Report: Ubisoft Employees Are Still Telling Their Bosses That NFTs Suck
Battlefield 2042 is having a really messy launch. Now, as it becomes clear that fixes for BF2042 aren’t coming anytime soon, more than 150,000 players have signed a Change.org petition asking Electronic Arts to offer refunds to all players on all platforms.
Source: Kotaku – More Than 160,000 Battlefield 2042 Players Sign Petition Asking For Money Back
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and we all know how annoying it can be to doomscroll past a seemingly infinite number of photos of people boo’d up, accompanied by eye-roll-inducing song lyric captions meant to encapsulate their love. So why not protect your peace by playing a visual novel where you doom humanity…
Source: Kotaku – This Lovecraftian Visual Novel Is The Perfect Valentine’s Day Game For Monster-Lovers