All PC versions of the Dark Souls games will remain offline for the foreseeable future, according to a new tweet from series publisher Bandai Namco, in order to fix at least one major security vulnerability. Further, the developers are working to ensure that the same serious vulnerability does not persist in…
Source: Kotaku – Hacker: Elden Ring May Suffer Same Serious Online Exploits As Dark Souls III
Because it’s a Kirby game, and because Kirby games are never allowed to sit at the adult’s table of Nintendo’s release schedule, you would think the upcoming release of Kirby and the Forgotten Land, aka what you could assume to be just another Kirby platformer, would go unremarked by many. And yet…this game is…
Source: Kotaku – This New Kirby Game Is Messed Up
There was a Nintendo Direct held earlier today, which covered everything from Metroid to Mario Kart, and if you missed it and want to catch up on everything, or didn’t miss it and just wanted to revisit the parts that actually interested you, here you go.
Source: Kotaku – Here’s Everything Shown At Today’s Nintendo Direct
While Mario Kart fans might have anticipated the announcement of Mario Kart 9 during today’s Nintendo Direct, Nintendo instead opted to announce that remastered courses from the Mario Kart series will be hitting Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as paid DLC in the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass.
Source: Kotaku – Instead Of Announcing Mario Kart 9 Nintendo Reveals More Mario Kart 8 DLC
During today’s Direct presentation, Nintendo announced that its classic RPGs Mother (known in the West as EarthBound Beginnings) and EarthBound are coming to the Nintendo Switch’s retro libraries for NES and SNES, respectively.
Source: Kotaku – Mother, EarthBound Being Added To Nintendo Switch Online
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 exists and it’s only a few months away. Nintendo revealed the sprawling open world game will come to Switch in September 2022 and it looks even prettier than its predecessors.
Source: Kotaku – Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Coming To Nintendo Switch In September
Nintendo just announced what’s basically a sequel to the best-selling Wii game of all time, Wii Sports, only this time for the Nintendo Switch. And this latest edition is called…Nintendo Switch Sports.
Source: Kotaku – Wii Sports Is Getting A Sequel On The Nintendo Switch
It’s been fifteen years since the last Mario Strikers game, but fans of the battle soccer series don’t have to wait much longer for a new game. During today’s Nintendo Direct presentation, the company revealed Mario Strikers: Battle League, which will hit the Nintendo Switch on June 10.
Source: Kotaku – Mario Strikers Returns With Battle League, Coming June 10
Chrono Trigger pseudo-sequel Chrono Cross is being remastered for the Nintendo Switch. It’s scheduled to launch on April 7.
Source: Kotaku – Chrono Cross Remaster Coming To Switch On April 7
Procedurally generated prog rock music video No Man’s Sky is coming to Switch later this summer, Nintendo announced today during a 40-minute Nintendo Direct.
Source: Kotaku – No Man’s Sky Is (Somehow) Coming To Switch This Summer
Fire Emblem: Three Houses is coming back, this time as the frenetic hack-and-slash game Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. The Musou-style game arrives on Nintendo Switch on June 24, 2022.
Source: Kotaku – Fire Emblem: Three Houses Is Getting A Musou Spin-Off
Pokémon Legends: Arceus’ first post-launch update is live on Switch and while very small, it does accomplish one very important thing: fixing Cherrim.
Source: Kotaku – Pokémon Legends: Arceus Nerfs Cherrim So It Will Stop Torturing Players
Like so many Pokémon games, Pokémon Legends: Arceus encourages players to catch lots and lots of Pokémon. It even incentivizes you to catch tons of the same creature, in order to obtain shinies and to fully complete its enhanced Pokédex. And this time around, instead of storing all those Pokémon you catch in the…
Source: Kotaku – Legends: Arceus Players Are Begging For Better Ways To Organize Their Pokémon
Game Pass has never been more popular, and after Microsoft revealed its plan to buy Activision Blizzard and add some of that company’s biggest games to the service, an increase in the Game Pass subscription price has never felt more inevitable. Newly minted Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer recently tried to downplay…
Source: Kotaku – Head Of Xbox Downplays Fears Of Game Pass Price Hike
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla got too big for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Following two major expansions for the open-world RPG and forthcoming third one, Ubisoft is turning a planned fourth into its own spinoff, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reports.
Source: Kotaku – Report: Ubisoft Turning A Valhalla DLC Into Standalone Assassin’s Creed Game
First came the cat ears. Then came the Iron Man armor. But this week, one of Halo Infinite’s prime cosmetics options is a bit more on the nose: a literal halo.
Source: Kotaku – Halo Infinite Is Selling A Literal Halo
As a child, James Stephanie Sterling often found themselves picking apart what made games good or bad, what entertained and what left them cold. Silent Hill 2 would prove their favorite game. They adored its evocatively bleak atmosphere, and years later, that mirrors how they feel about the video game industry. While…
Source: Kotaku – Jim Sterling: From ‘Pathetic Edgelord’ To YouTube’s ‘Princess Of Pansexual Pandemonium’
It’s been seven years since OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood, Roll7’s 2015 skateboarding platformer. The skateboarding genre has seen some stellar releases in that time, including the highly customizable Session, Skater XL, and the remastered bundle Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2. There’s also last year’s minimalist…
Source: Kotaku – OlliOlli World Is A Very Sick Skateboard Nerd’s Fantasy
That’s not a massage table! You are looking at the Lying Face Down Sleep Cushion Z. Pointed out by Gizmodo Japan and PC Watch, it was specifically created for you to place your head face down between the two cushions, and play video games, look at your phone or tablet, and even read books.
Source: Kotaku – Yet Another Japanese Gaming Peripheral For The Truly Lazy
Right now, entering Japan is difficult, if not impossible, due to the country’s travel ban and quarantine requirements. If things change and the country’s Covid-19 situation improves, do I have a vacation idea for you.
As pointed out by Mondo Mascots, Slowpoke is now the tourism character for Kagawa. Let Slowpoke,…
Source: Kotaku – Take A Slowpoke Themed Vacation In Japan