Gather ‘round, gamers—more specifically PlayStation Plus subscribers—because a new lineup of games is coming to you this August and unlike last month’s horror-themed offerings, this month’s helpings feature a tonal variety of games, including a turned-based role-playing game hitting the service on day one. Here’s…
Source: Kotaku – PS Plus Titles For August Include Destiny 2’s Best Campaign Ever
Florida Governor, Disney hater, and high-heeled shoe fan Ron DeSantis announced the immediate suspension of a democratically elected state attorney on August 9 with the help of an online meme. The resulting scene is sad, confusing, and yet another example of how the terminally online politician is just the worst.
Source: Kotaku – Florida Gov. DeSantis Suspends Official, Smiles Behind ‘This Is Fine’ Meme
Atlas Fallen is a classic jack-of-all-trades, master of none. It’s an open-world action RPG Metroidvania platformer with co-op that tries to do so many things it rarely does any of them well. That doesn’t make it a bad game, just, more often than not, a forgettable one. I had some fun surfing its sandy dunes and…
Source: Kotaku – Atlas Fallen: The Kotaku Review
Everyone in the Final Fantasy fandom has feelings about the long-running series that are as varied as its mainline entries. Over the course of the RPG series’ decades-spanning lifetime, plenty of pressure points have emerged that, if pushed, can lead to some heated, passionate…er, discussion with Final Fantasy fans.…
Source: Kotaku – 10 Things You Should Never Say To A Final Fantasy Fan
Online game store Steam kicked off its annual Visual Novel Fest this week and, now until August 14, you’ll have the chance to demo and grab discounts on some of the horniest games humankind could imagine.
Source: Kotaku – 7 PC Games You Need To Play During Steam’s Latest Fest
During Gen Con, an annual tabletop gaming convention held yearly at the Indiana Convention Center, some thieves made off with a substantial amount of Magic: The Gathering cards worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Source: Kotaku – Men Simply Walk Away With 0,000 Of Stolen Magic: The Gathering Cards
I don’t think Pokémon Sleep is for people like me. By that, I mean adults with a relatively consistent sleep schedule with things to do as soon as they wake up. Adults who don’t want to be bombarded with numbers and thoughts of collecting Pokémon the moment their eyes open. But I definitely see the appeal for parents…
Source: Kotaku – Pokémon Sleep: The Kotaku Review
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles revival is in full swing. Shredder’s Revenge was a GotY contender in 2022, and Mutant Mayhem is one of the best Hollywood blockbusters of the year in an otherwise crowded field. So it’s a good time to revisit the crime-fighting ninjas’ best video game outings while we patiently wait…
Source: Kotaku – The 9 Best Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Games
Today, during a Take-Two earnings call, the publisher’s CEO, Strauss Zelnick, responded to the $50 price tag attached to the upcoming PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch ports of beloved cowboy adventure Red Dead Redemption. According to him, that’s the right price. And he had no additional news for PC players hoping to…
Source: Kotaku – Take-Two CEO: For Red Dead Redemption On Switch, PS4 Is ‘Great Value’
The recently released Baldur’s Gate 3 is a massive RPG with high replay value due to all the choices you can make, so it might seem weird to be talking about the game getting an expansion. But the question has been asked, and the response from the people behind the hit RPG is basically, probably not, because…
Source: Kotaku – Baldur’s Gate 3 May Not Get DLC Due To D&D’s OP Leveling
The Gran Turismo film comes out this month, but critics don’t seem sold on the video game-inspired biopic as the Neill Blomkamp-directed film holds a 57 percent on aggregator Rotten Tomatoes at the time of this writing.
Source: Kotaku – Gran Turismo Movie Review Roundup: The Critics Are Split
Valve confirmed certified refurbished Steam Decks are now on sale at GameStop and through the PC distributor’s website, following an August 7 leak detailing about as much.
Source: Kotaku – Valve Is Selling Used Steam Decks At A Great Discount
Baldur’s Gate 3 got it’s first major post-launch patch today on PC, and the patch notes mention fixes to rogue genitalia and missing undies, among other, more pedestrian things like “Fixed an issue causing you to get stuck in dialogue.”
Source: Kotaku – First Big Baldur’s Gate 3 Update Fixes D**k Clipping, Missing Underwear, And More
Though we don’t know exactly when Grand Theft Auto VI will come out, we do happen to know a hell of a lot more than what we usually do in the lead-up to a new GTA game.
Source: Kotaku – Everything We Know About Grand Theft Auto 6
I love a video game crossover as much as the next person, and fighting games are a perfect platform for absurd matchups. Unfortunately, at $15 each, the price of new Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello costumes in Street Fighter 6 is giving a lot of players sticker shock.
Source: Kotaku – Street Fighter 6’s Four TMNT Costumes Cost Almost As Much As The Game
The Gran Turismo film hits theaters on August 9 in the U.K. and August 25 in the U.S., but initial reviews aren’t looking too good. However, it’s receiving especially harsh critique for the “based on a true story” narrative retelling a harrowing real-life deadly accident to provide character motivation.
Source: Kotaku – Gran Turismo Movie Slammed For Fumbling A Tragic Real-Life Death
The Deathclaw is one of the most feared monsters in the Fallout video games. They are able to rip apart low-level or unprepared players in seconds with their long claws and powerful limbs. But did you know that a subset of Fallout players finds the Deathclaws hot? Sexy, even? It’s true—and one of the creators behind…
Source: Kotaku – Fallout Deathclaw Creator ‘Impressed,’ ‘Horrified’ By All The Porn
The great part about this role-playing approach is that Baldur’s Gate 3 is incredibly accommodating and reactive. That tabletop-style back-and-forth between the game and the player is a big part of why the game is resonating with so many people.I’m about 45 hours into Baldur’s Gate 3 and am in its third act, but…
Source: Kotaku – 45 Hours With Baldur’s Gate 3: The Best Non-Spoiler Moments (So Far)
Dead by Daylight recently revealed all the slimy sci-fi details of its much asked-for Alien collaboration, which the asymmetrical survival horror game initially confirmed with a teaser trailer on August 1. The full trailer, posted August 8, confirms a 1979-era Ellen Ripley as the 1v4’s latest defensive Survivor…
Source: Kotaku – Dead By Daylight Is Getting The Ultimate Sci-Fi Horror Collab
