Longtime Activision Blizzard CEO, Bobby Kotick, is almost gone, but not quite yet. Nearly two years after over 1,000 of his employees called on the controversial executive to resign, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer confirmed that Kotick will remain the head of the Call of Duty publisher until the end of 2023, to…
Source: Kotaku – Microsoft Asks Controversial Activision CEO Bobby Kotick To Stay For Two More Months
Another weekend draws near, this time preceded by a Friday the 13th, in October of all months. Spooky vibes for sure, but if you’re looking to ward off some bad luck, might I suggest playing some video games?
Source: Kotaku – Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 6 Games To Escape From Reality With
The video game industry just got a lot smaller. The long and winding saga of Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard has finally come to a close with the companies announcing the completed merger today following one last greenlight from regulators in the UK. Call of Duty is now part of Xbox and the…
Source: Kotaku – Microsoft Finally Closes Massive Activision Blizzard Deal, Making Call Of Duty Officially Part Of Xbox Now
EA’s next soccer game is going to be a bit different than most of its countless sports releases. That’s because, unlike FIFA or Madden, its upcoming FC Tactical is a turn-based RPG-like soccer game featuring magical-seeming special moves. Weird, but intriguing!
Source: Kotaku – EA’s Next Soccer Game Is Turn-Based And Looks Like An RPG
Diablo IV’s second season, the “Season of Blood,” is set to go live next week, bringing with it some big changes that Blizzard hopes will improve the action-RPG and bring back players. And while we’ll have to wait to see if Patch 1.2.0 can pull that off, I can at least tell you that, yes, update 1.2 is massive, with…
Source: Kotaku – Diablo IV’s Season 2 Patch Notes Are Over 10,000 Words Long
Today at New York Comic Con, Toei Animation announced a brand-new Dragon Ball anime series coming next fall.
Source: Kotaku – Dragon Ball Daima Is The Newest DBZ Series And Toriyama Is Back
After announcing that he would do so late last month, Bayonetta director Hideki Kamiya left his job as vice president at PlatinumGames on October 12. And the very same day he became free of the studio he’d co-founded, he also hard-launched a new YouTube channel, “Hideki Kamiya Channel.” Its first and only video (which…
Source: Kotaku – Bayonetta Creator ‘Over’ PlatinumGames, Starts YouTube Channel Instead
Microsoft’s getting ready for the holiday shopping season with a new Xbox Series S bundle that includes three months of Game Pass Ultimate at no additional cost. When you consider how many great games are available on Game Pass and how solid the tinier Xbox Series S is as a console, this new starter bundle might be…
Source: Kotaku – Xbox Series S Starter Bundle Might Be Best Gaming Deal Of 2023
Fans believe they might have discovered who the new actor for Mario is in Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
Source: Kotaku – Hackers Think They’ve Found Mario’s New Wonder Voice Actor
The Switch version of Mortal Kombat 1 released in an absolute state. It’s one of the widest gaps in quality we’ve seen between Nintendo’s device and its console contemporaries. But for better or worse, NetherRealm Studios and the port teams at Shiver Entertainment and Saber Interactive are still supporting it, and…
Source: Kotaku – Mortal Kombat 1 Switch Patch Attempts To Fix The Disastrous Port
Lords of the Fallen sounds like the best and worst parts of the Soulsborne genre all rolled into one. Hexworks’ grim action-RPG arrives in a year full of homages to FromSoftware’s Dark Souls, and so far critical assessments run the gamut from high praise to exhausted disappointment.
Source: Kotaku – Lords Of The Fallen Sounds Like 2023’s Most Divisive Soulsborne
When you first fire up The Making of Karateka, Digital Eclipse’s excellent interactive retrospective about Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner’s 1984 masterpiece, you’re greeted with this quote from his journals, written when he was just 18 years old:
Source: Kotaku – This ‘Playable Documentary’ About A 1984 Classic Is One Of The Year’s Best Games
Bowser is attracted to Princess Peach. We didn’t need Jack Black singing about it in the massively successful Mario movie to figure that out. However, according to official Nintendo marketing materials, it seems Bowser prefers his Princesses bigger and thicker.
Source: Kotaku – Nintendo Reveals Bowser Likes ‘Em Thicc
Sony’s cloud gaming efforts are starting to ramp up. PS Plus subscribers will be able to start streaming big-name games like Spider-Man: Miles Morales and the Resident Evil 4 remake directly to their PlayStation 5s in the coming weeks. The company also hints that PS5 cloud gaming might be coming to other devices, like…
Source: Kotaku – PS5 Finally Gets Cloud Gaming Later This Month
Halloween is fast approaching, and with it comes a new medley of games for PlayStation Plus subscribers that’ll become available Tuesday, October 17.
Source: Kotaku – PS Plus October Lineup Includes Disco Elysium And Gotham Knights
Overwatch 2’s newest season is now live and suitably spooky, featuring demons, monsters, Diablo characters, and nipple rings on a hamster. Wait, what?
Source: Kotaku – Excuse Me, They Gave The Overwatch Hamster Nipple Rings
Lauded for its story, characters, and density of quality fantasy narrative, BioWare’s 2000 RPG Baldur’s Gate II is one of the most celebrated computer games of all time. An adaptation of the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, it aspired to digitize the rich experience of playing at a table among friends,…
Source: Kotaku – Baldur’s Gate 2’s Characters Were ‘Cardboard Cutouts’ Until Devs Played Final Fantasy VII
The Last Exterminator might not be an official Duke Nukem 3D sequel, but its crunchy combat, interactive environments, and retro visuals provide a much better alternative to the actual Duke Nukem sequel we got back in 2011.
Source: Kotaku – New Shooter Is The Duke Nukem Sequel We Deserve
Overwatch 2’s Halloween-infused seventh season, Rise of Darkness, went live on Monday, bringing with it a swath of creepy new skins for its heroes, including a hotly anticipated skin based on Diablo IV’s Lilith for sardonic healer Moira. Unfortunately, players who eagerly dived into the season for a chance to acquire…
Source: Kotaku – Overwatch 2 Players Raise Hell Over Moira’s Pricey Lilith Skin
