It’s one thing to beat Halo Infinite on its highest difficulty, where enemy ammunition packs an extra punch. It’s another thing entirely to waltz your way through the shooter’s future-Brutalist architecture with such grace that your enemy’s firepower makes zero difference whatsoever.
Source: Kotaku – Legendary Halo Infinite Player Beats Game On The Highest Difficulty Without Taking Damage
When I woke up this morning, I did not expect to catch an eyeful of Final Fantasy VII villain Sephiroth’s perky nipples. Yet here we are. Life always finds a way, you know? Here’s FantasyToys’ life-size Sephiroth bust for your viewing pleasure.
Source: Kotaku – Life-Sized Final Fantasy Bust Has Realistic Sephiroth Nipples, And They’re Excited To See You
History’s face-punchiest man, Adolf Hitler, is the star of a new sex game, fittingly titled Sex with Hitler. (Heads up, that link is very NSFW.) It’s currently riding high on Steam’s “New Releases” charts, but as Vice reports, some players are upset about a minor feature: The genocidal dictator has two testicles.…
Source: Kotaku – Hitler Sex Game Riles Up Steam Users Over Extra Testicle
Wordle, the browser-based word-guessing game that has overtaken Twitter, is very good. It is so good, in fact, that it has spawned over half a dozen different variants (and some rip-offs) made by fans of the original. These range from the antagonistic Absurdle to the extremely difficult, two-word Dordle. Wordle is not…
Source: Kotaku – There Are Many Wordle Clones And Variants And That’s Good, Actually
Who’s ready for the latest game starring Pokémon that’s not quite a traditional turn-based RPG? Pokémon Legends: Arceus arrives this week, the latest in a long line of side-stories and spinoffs that let us play with our pocket monsters in new and different ways.Pokémon Legends: Arceus, for example, mixes elements of…
Source: Kotaku – 10 Pokémon Games That Defied The Classic Turn-Based RPG Formula
With EA’s Star Wars exclusivity deal about to expire next year, the publisher has finally announced a barrage of new games inspired by a galaxy far, far away. In addition to confirming that Respawn Entertainment has a sequel to 2019’s excellent Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order in the works, EA announced today the Apex…
Source: Kotaku – More Star Wars Games Are Being Developed By Jedi: Fallen Order Studio Respawn
Wordle, the browser-based word-guessing game that has overtaken Twitter, is very good. It is so good, in fact, that it has spawned over half a dozen different variants (and some rip-offs) made by fans of the original. These range from the antagonistic Absurdle to the extremely difficult, two-word Dordle. Wordle is not…
Source: Kotaku – Strange Wordle Variants Show Just How Finely Crafted The Original Is
It was only a few days ago that 34 quality assurance testers at Raven, one of the studios working exclusively on the Call Of Duty series, formed the first ever union among Activision Blizzard employees. Today, management has responded to their success with some changes.
Source: Kotaku – Raven’s New ‘Organizational Change’ Conveniently Breaks Up Union Members
Early copies of Pokémon Legends: Arceus somehow broke street date last week, setting the internet ablaze with details about the highly anticipated game. We recently took a look at all the new pocket monsters players will be able to train when Arceus launches on January 28, but now it’s time to get into the important…
Source: Kotaku – Pokémon Legends: Arceus Has Giant Pokémon And Of Course Everyone Wants To Be Stepped On
Unpacking was one of the best games of 2021, to the point where it didn’t just make my personal GOTY list, but the entire site’s as well. It is currently available on PC, Mac, Switch and Xbox One. It is most definitely not available on Apple’s iOS devices.
Source: Kotaku – Shameless Unpacking Clone Is The App Store’s Top Download
It’s being reported by multiple outlets that ESL, one of the world’s oldest and biggest esports companies, has been bought for $1 billion by Savvy Gaming, an esports investment company that is backed by the Saudi Arabian Government’s wealthy and controversial Public Investment Fund.
Source: Kotaku – Saudi-Backed Company Buys ESL For Billion
They say necessity is the mother of invention, so when speedrunning Super Mario Odyssey became “too easy” for Twitch streamer DougDoug he decided to spice things up by making the game’s heads-up display get progressively… uh, worse the longer he played.
Source: Kotaku – Mario Odyssey Speedrunner Completes Absurd, Nearly Unplayable ‘HUD Challenge’
Japanese studio Pocketpair is back with another early look at Palworld, the Pokémon-like game that so masterfully shocked us with its reveal last summer.
Source: Kotaku – Palworld Is What Happens When You Mix Pokémon And Capitalism
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild community is bonkers, combining all sorts of glitches to reach areas that the game would normally bar you from entering. These impossible-to-reach areas that exist outside the borders of the map sometimes contain random items, like treasure chests that were likely forgotten or…
Source: Kotaku – Nine Months Later, Breath of the Wild Player Is First To Collect ‘Impossible’ Arrow
Since its launch in November, much hooplah has been made about Halo Infinite’s customization options. Between the dearth of variety in free options (too many grays) and the sticker prices of paid options (too many $$$s), there’s a sense that looking great in 343 Industries’ popular multiplayer shooter costs money. But…
Source: Kotaku – The Halo Infinite Players Who Look Amazing Without Spending A Penny
Don’t fret if you’ve had absolutely terrible luck rolling for characters in Genshin Impact gacha banners. The Lantern Rite Festival is running again this year, which means that every player will be able to earn a free four-star character in the Fleeting Colors in Flight event. After accumulating enough event points,…
Source: Kotaku – How To Pick The Best Four-Star Character In Genshin Impact’s Lantern Rite Event
Clearly someone hasn’t learned about the Curse Of Wordle. A grade-A prick has created a Twitter bot that looks for those tweeting their score for that day’s word puzzle, and replies with a spoiler for the following day’s word. The bot’s goal, apparently, is “to terminate Wordle bragging.”
Source: Kotaku – A Troll Bot Is Ruining Wordle By Forcing Innocent Players To See The Next Day’s Answer
I love the mechanics of Konami’s long-running collectible card game Yu-Gi-Oh!, but I’m too impatient to wade through banal anime tales of pointy-haired teens learning about friendship and sportsmanship in order to get my collectible card game fix. Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel, the free-to-play game released this week on PC…
Source: Kotaku – Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel Is Some Damn Fine (And Free) Card Fighting
Last week DICE launched a new game mode for Battlefield 2042 called Zombie Survival, which would pit a small team of human players against a horde of the undead. It lasted about a day before it had to be removed, for reasons that had nothing to do with Zombie Survival itself.
Source: Kotaku – Battlefield 2042 Launches Zombie Mode, Immediately Pulls It After It Breaks XP
Every year ahead of the actual Game Developers Conference the show’s organisers run an industry survey, polling creators around the world on what’s happening and what could be happening in the games business. With 2022 promising to be a tumultuous 12 months, this year’s results are perhaps a bit more interesting than…
Source: Kotaku – Survey Says Developers Are Definitely Not Interested In Crypto Or NFTs