Occasionally, in times of crisis, gaming studios and publishers have worked to raise funds for people in dire need of humanitarian aid. Last year, for instance, Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red contributed to a fund for victims of the war in Ukraine, and Fortnite publisher Epic Games funneled the proceeds of…
Source: Kotaku – Devolver Digital Just Set A Precedent More Studios Should Follow
FromSoftware’s 2022 action role-playing game Elden Ring is aesthetically decadent, resplendent in its towering, but tumbling castles and suits of elaborate metal armor, leather, and dyed fabric. In its debut collection “The Lands Between,” a collaboration with FromSoftware, luxury brand ARK/8 presumably sought to…
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring Luxury Streetwear Is Here To Save The Maidenless
2018’s Spider-Man was my first PlayStation platinum trophy. Insomniac’s open-world adventure game made finding collectibles and 100 percenting the game straightforward and, even more importantly, a lot of fun. Fortunately, it’s no different in the just-released sequel. Here’s how to earn every regular and hidden…
Source: Kotaku – Make Spider-Man 2 Your First PS5 Platinum Trophy
After years of hype and numerous teasers, Spider-Man 2 is finally here. For PS5 players looking to hop into the latest superhero open-world action game from Insomniac, we have some useful tips that should make saving NYC as either Miles Morales or Peter Parker just a bit easier.
Source: Kotaku – 19 Things We Wish We Knew About Spider-Man 2 Before We Started
As a young girl, I would spend hours sitting around the kitchen table watching my mom and Yia-Yia complete the New York Times crossword puzzle in pen, sipping too-strong coffee while they argued over potential answers and begrudgingly grabbed the Wite-Out to fix a rare mistake. They didn’t let me participate in this…
Source: Kotaku – I Am Embarrassingly Bad At The New York Times’ Connections Puzzle
Spider-Man 2 has seen its fair share of unusual, occasionally absurd marketing tactics deployed to get players hyped for the PlayStation 5 exclusive’s release on October 20. By far the most hilarious bit of marketing was PlayStation UK’s infamous tweet beckoning fans to buy Spider-Man 2’s expensive Collector’s Edition…
Source: Kotaku – Limited Edition Spider-Man 2 Wheaties Selling For
Spider-Man 2’s New York city sandbox is bigger than ever, with the addition of Queens and Brooklyn taking the superheroes across the East River for the first time in the series. Fortunately, the game’s fast-travel feature is super quick and more convenient than ever. Here’s how to unlock it.
Source: Kotaku – How To Unlock Fast Travel In Spider-Man 2
Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game Baldur’s Gate 3 contains a variety of fantastical races, some of them cute, others…not. The humanoid BG3 Githyanki race comes in shades of sulfur, with pinched noses and stretched ears, which, tragically, makes it the least popular choice for custom characters. But players on…
Source: Kotaku – Baldur’s Gate 3’s Least Popular Race Is Also Its Most Powerful
Spider-Man 2 comes out on October 20, but a big post-launch update will follow later in the year. The patch will add a new game plus mode, more accessibility options, and the ability to replay older missions.
Source: Kotaku – Spider-Man 2 Getting New Game Plus And More By The End Of 2023
For the first time ever Awesome Games Done Quick, the huge annual speedrunning charity event where players compete to set world records in crafty ways, will have a dog compete onstage. I suppose this is the logical culmination of speedrunning.
Source: Kotaku – World’s Coolest Dog Set To Speedrun Unbeloved Nintendo Game
Spider-Man 2 features two superheroes this time around instead of just one, and there’s a ton more stuff to upgrade as a result. Whether you’re primarily playing as Peter Parker or Miles Morales, here are all of the abilities, skills, and suit powers you should focus on powering up first.
Source: Kotaku – The Best Skills And Abilities To Unlock ASAP In Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 2 doesn’t waste any time showing you all of the ways it’s bigger and better than the first two games. The result is one of the best video game openings ever.
Source: Kotaku – Spider-Man 2 Has One Hell Of An Opening
Bethesda’s newest giant role-playing game Starfield, which hit Xbox’s Game Pass service the day of its release, enjoyed a very loud launch last month. In fact, its developer singled it out as “the biggest Bethesda game launch of all time.” Now new data from consumer analytics company Circana backs up that boast with…
Source: Kotaku – Starfield Just Busted The Biggest Myth About Xbox Game Pass
Good news skater punks: The recently released Steam version of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 is now playable offline. But in totally wack and weird news: This offline mode is only for Steam Deck users.
Source: Kotaku – You Can Now Play Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 Offline, But There’s A Catch
Super Mario Bros. Wonder’s release is right around the corner, but what won’t be arriving with the 2D platformer on October 20 is live commentary. Its developers spent six months making the scrapped feature, which added a voice that walked you through the game. The discarded feature, which would have been a first for …
Source: Kotaku – Super Mario Bros. Wonder Almost Had A Live Commentary Feature
Social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram are massive beasts that are hard to control, moderate, and keep profitable. Balancing user safety, privacy, ad revenue, employee mental health, and more is tricky. Luckily, you can find out just how tricky it is in a new free web game that essentially tasks you…
Source: Kotaku – New Game Tasks You With Running Twitter, Good Luck
Spider-Man 2 is full of impressive technical achievements, but the one that’s currently blowing everyone’s minds is just how quick fast travel is. The PlayStation 5 exclusive lets you travel from one end of its sprawling map to the other in just a couple of seconds. It’s so good players thought Insomniac Games must be…
Source: Kotaku – Spider-Man 2 Fast Travel Is So Quick Players Think It’s A Trick
Doug “Censor” Martin got heated and started flaming his teammate during a recent Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Twitch stream. Things got so bad that he eventually called the other player a “f*****.” The former two-time national Call of Duty champion immediately took to social media to apologize.
Source: Kotaku – Former Call Of Duty Champion Apologizes For Homophobic Slur
If you live in New York City, you have seen your fair share of rats. There’s the infamous pizza rat, Scabby the Rat, the recently appointed Rat Czar, and just an overall deluge of the (I think) adorable critters skittering about the city that never sleeps. Now, you can seek out those rats in a real-life version of Poke…
Source: Kotaku – NYC Transit App Is Like Pokémon Go For Rats
Overwatch 2 has been taking a page out of Fortnite’s book lately, increasingly making cross-cultural, in-game collaborations part of its repertoire. We’ve already seen crossovers with the popular Shonen Jump anime One Punch Man, WWE superstar John Cena, and a Blizzard in-house collaboration with Diablo IV. Now, the…
Source: Kotaku – Overwatch 2 Is In Its K-Pop Era With New Collab Event