Years of playing RPGs have conditioned us to think we should always bring party members on their personal quests because they obviously have a vested interest in seeing how things unfold. Baldur’s Gate 3 is no exception, and each of its complex, inexplicably horny party members has lengthy personal quest lines that…
Source: Kotaku – Maybe Don’t Bring Astarion On His Personal Quest In Baldur’s Gate 3
Starfield releases in just a few days, so naturally fans are spending the remaining hours picking apart every new leak. After copies of the game got into some players’ hands early, a steady trickle of screenshots, video clips, and first-hand accounts has people debating whether Starfield is keeping its promises before…
Source: Kotaku – Starfield Fans Are Melting Down Over ‘Invisible Walls’ And The Possible Limits Of Exploration
How’s that backlog looking? What’s one more? What’s two more? Well if you were interested in grabbing a recent game you missed out on for a pretty killer deal, then there’s some good news: Amazon’s running a pretty killer deal right now that lets you buy one game and get another free.
Source: Kotaku – Amazon Is Running A Buy-One-Get-One Free Deal For Games Right Now
Final Fantasy XVI situates itself within a backdrop of swords, sorcery, and political turmoil, as its picturesque world of Valisthea is filled with inhabitants complicit in the upholding of slavery. Throughout the land, where lush evergreen forests, dank underground ruins, and rolling dunes are common sights, magic…
Source: Kotaku – Final Fantasy XVI Suffers From Its Superficial Handling Of Slavery
It’s no secret that Game Pass is an exceptionally great deal for Xbox and PC gamers: 10 bucks a month gets you access to more games than you could ever possibly hope to finish in said month. And like many online gaming services, Microsoft offered ways of trying the service out for a lower cost. That’s no longer the…
Source: Kotaku – Microsoft Axes Game Pass Free Trial Ahead Of Starfield Launch
Regigigas, one of the many Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation IV, doesn’t need me to feel sorry for it. But the normal-type titan monster has been getting the short end of the stick thanks to its signature Ability Slow Start since it debuted in 2006, and I can’t help but pity the poor, giant rock man sleeping…
Source: Kotaku – Someone At The Pokémon Company Hates Regigigas, And It’s Actually Hilarious
Every now and then I get a reminder that the kids are alright. Sure, they’re gonna be facing some of the worst economic hardships in memory after AI replaces our jobs and capitalism finishes ruining everything else, but apparently they’ll be straight-up vibing as the world burns. The latest reminder of this comes from…
Source: Kotaku – Young Super Smash Bros. Melee Player Takes Selfie Mid-Match, Owns
It’s become tradition over the last few years for modders to import Carl Johnson from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas into different video games. And with FromSoftware’s latest game, Armored Core VI, it didn’t take long for someone to add CJ. In fact, it happened in less than 24 hours.
Source: Kotaku – Someone Has Already Modded GTA’s CJ Into Armored Core VI
Baldur’s Gate 3’s newest update addresses over 1,000 bugs. That’s not a typo, the 2GB patch is extensive and fixes issues big and small, from combat glitches to short characters not being able to smooch with their taller lovers. But on top of that, it’s making it easier to avoid an unwanted romance with Gale, the…
Source: Kotaku – Baldur’s Gate 3’s Big Patch Makes It Easier To Avoid Accidental Romance
Ever since Pokémon Scarlet and Violet launched last year, a subset of fans have been asking for one particular piece of merchandise: Penny’s Eevee backpack. The satchel Penny wears throughout the game is made to look like the normal-type fox Pokémon, and given that Eevee is one of the franchise’s mascots, I’m…
Source: Kotaku – The Pokémon Company Finally Gives Us What We Want: Penny’s Eevee Backpack
Jeez, how is August basically over? We’ve reached the end of another week as we head into the final stretch of this wild, unexpected, some might say taxing, summer. Perhaps you’re looking for some games to keep you busy these next few days?
Source: Kotaku – Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 6 Games To Close Out August
Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare II have finally added a Nicki Minaj operator skin a month after it was announced, and the Barbz are taking over the battle royale and posting reactions to the bombastic character’s addition to the game.
Source: Kotaku – The Barbz Are Taking Over Call Of Duty: Warzone
Ahsoka, the latest Disney+ Star Wars streaming show, officially kicked off with a two-episode premiere on August 22. While the show introduced a lot of new characters and set up some possible mysteries to unravel, the biggest and most mysterious-est is the identity of the masked Marrok, a new Inquisitor-like villain…
Source: Kotaku – So Just Who Is That Masked Inquisitor In Star Wars: Ahsoka?
Armored Core VI is tough but it’s not impossible. In some ways it’s a lot more approachable and forgiving than the Soulsborne games FromSoftware is best known for. A couple of the boss fights absolutely wrecked me though, and Balteus was one of them.
Source: Kotaku – How To Beat Armored Core VI’s Super-Hard Chapter One Boss Fight
Bethesda’s forthcoming space epic Starfield is apparently so long, it’s made the developer’s head of publishing Pete Hines lose all sense of time. At a Bethesda MainStream event during Gamescom 2023, Hines said he felt like the action role-playing game didn’t “really […] get going” until he took 50 hours to finish…
Source: Kotaku – It Could Take 130 Hours To Really Start Starfield, Bethesda Exec Says
WWE wrestler Bray Wyatt has passed away. The beloved wrestler, known for his role as the leader of the Wyatt family and The Fiend, died at the age of 36 after suffering a heart attack.
Source: Kotaku – WWE Superstar Bray Wyatt Dies At Age 36
Developer Larian Studios released its first major patch for the behemoth 5E Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game Baldur’s Gate 3, and it is, likewise, huge. The patch addresses “over 1000 bugs, glitches, and blockers” found throughout the game, Larian wrote on Twitter August 25, resulting in a patch so vast that the…
Source: Kotaku – Baldur’s Gate 3’s First Big Patch Covers ‘Over 1000’ Problems
The saga of a now infamous Starfield leaker has ended up with a 29-year-old man booked on a felony charge after allegedly trying to sell stolen copies of the game online prior to its September 1 release date.
Source: Kotaku – Starfield Leaker Booked On Felony Charge After Allegedly Trying To Sell Stolen Copies
