According to new documents, GTA, Borderlands, and NBA 2K publisher Take-Two Interactive is paying two of its top execs over $70 million this year, over twice what it paid the same executives last year. And that number could increase next year, as players continue to spend more and more on in-game purchases.
Source: Kotaku – GTA Online Publisher Execs Get M Thanks To Player Spending
James Donaldson aka Mr. Beast, one of the most popular YouTube stars in the world, is suing the virtual kitchen company he partnered with after fans complained about poor-quality food being delivered to their homes. Mr. Beast says that the company sacrificed quality control in order to expand as quickly as possible.
Source: Kotaku – Mr. Beast Sues Food Company Over His ‘Revolting,’ ‘Inedible’ Burgers
Dozens of PlayStation fans have spent years dreaming about a new Patapon game, the rhythm-based strategy series for the Playstation Portable that mixed shades of Pikmin and Guitar Hero. That’s probably never happening, but creator Hiroyuki Kotani is back with the next best thing: a spiritual successor called Ratatan…
Source: Kotaku – Cult PSP Game Gets Spiritual Successor That’s Already Blowing Up Kickstarter
Remnant II, a new Souls-like shooter developed by Gunfire Games, contains a lot of secrets, including a whole, completely hidden player class. But, twist: The devs hid it so well that only dataminers would ever find it. And they just did.
Source: Kotaku – Hit Steam Game Includes Secret Designed Only For Dataminers To Discover
A new Wake Studio resin statue of Link from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has it all: the hero of time, a dual-box fan glider, explosive barrels, and a bokoblin screaming for death. And it can be yours for only $150.
Source: Kotaku – New Legend of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Statue Looks Perfectly Bonkers
Final Fantasy Tactics nailed so many things so exquisitely that, despite plenty of sequels, spiritual successors, and fan homages, there’s never been anything quite like it since. Arcadian Atlas is the latest indie strategy RPG to try and channel its greatness into something familiar but new, and sadly, it mostly…
Source: Kotaku – I Wish I Loved This Final Fantasy Tactics-Inspired SRPG 7 Years In The Making
Remember those Xbox 360/PS3-era Transformers games? Wouldn’t it be cool if you could easily buy and play those in 2023 on modern platforms? I think so. And so does Hasbro. But according to the toy company behind the popular transforming robot franchise, Activision has apparently lost the games and doesn’t know where…
Source: Kotaku – Hasbro Wants Old Transformers Games To Return, But Activision Lost Them
This past weekend, police showed up to musician and newly minted Call of Duty operator Nicki Minaj’s Los Angeles home in what’s being called a swatting prank that’s commonly used against gamers and livestreamers, TMZ reports.
Source: Kotaku – Nicki Minaj Swatted In Apparent Prank For The Third Time This Year
8BitDo has released countless controllers for every console, old and new. Now it’s getting into the mechanical keyboard frenzy with two models inspired by the NES and Famicom. They’re priced at $100 each with a planned ship-date of August 10.
Source: Kotaku – Classic Nintendo Systems Get Beautiful Mechanical Keyboard Tribute Dek
Ten years in, Final Fantasy XIV is setting sail for new horizons. Square Enix has revealed a bunch of new information about what’s next for the blockbuster MMO, including new job classes, platforms, and an expansion called Dawntrail. The new story campaign planned for 2024 will see players travel to the “New World,” a…
Source: Kotaku – 6 Things We Just Learned About Final Fantasy XIV And Its Upcoming Expansion
Nintendo is reportedly planning to release its much desired follow-up to the Nintendo Switch in the second half of 2024. Sources aware of the Zelda publisher’s next-gen console reportedly told VGC that it would be portable, like the Switch, but most details are still snugly under wraps.
Source: Kotaku – Report: Nintendo’s Switch Successor Console Releases In 2024
Early on in the PS5’s life, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart’s dimension hopping shenanigans were claimed to only be possible with a solid state drive (SSD). Now that the game is on another platform, one capable of using an old-school physical harddrive, it seems that actually was true.
Source: Kotaku – Don’t Go Playin’ Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart On PC Without An SSD
A bunch of small new features are rolling out in the latest PlayStation 5 software beta and one of them is an absolute godsend. After over a decade, it will finally be possible to mute the loud beep your PlayStation makes when you turn it on.
Source: Kotaku – PS5 Update Lets You Mute Console Gaming’s Most Annoying Beep
There seems to be another Divinity: Original Sin sequel in the future, but eager fans will need to wait until well after developer Larian Studios releases Baldur’s Gate 3 to get their hands on it.
Source: Kotaku – Baldur’s Gate 3 Dev Says Their Other Mega RPG Series Is Still Alive
On July 24, Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard filed a lawsuit in California alleging that YouTuber Anthony Fantano, a music critic who runs the immensely popular channel The Needle Drop, is misusing intellectual property law and “leveraging the popularity” of a widespread TikTok voice clip he created for…
Source: Kotaku – Activision Sues Popular YouTube Music Critic After He Tried Charging For TikTok Clip
In the words of Paula Abdul and MC Skat Kat, opposites attract. Perhaps that kernel of wisdom can explain the recent announcement that Final Fantasy XIV—an epic, fantasy MMORPG—is crossing over with Fall Guys—a colorful, small-scale battle royale—in a future update.
Source: Kotaku – Final Fantasy XIV Is Adding Fall Guys-Inspired Mini-Games
As promised, Blizzard held a livestream today, July 28, going over what Diablo IV players ought to expect from the game’s upcoming 1.1.1 patch. During the stream, the developers laid out their overall philosophy behind the expected changes, and got into some specifics about what to expect when it lands on August 8,…
Source: Kotaku – Here’s The Big Overhaul Diablo IV’s Getting After That Hated Patch
At long last, Xbox owners will soon get to enjoy the MMORPG PlayStation players have enjoyed for nearly a decade. Final Fantasy XIV is headed to Xbox Series X/S in spring 2024 after being a PlayStation console exclusive since 2014.
Source: Kotaku – Hit MMO Final Fantasy XIV Is Finally Coming To Xbox
While exploring dungeons in Diablo IV, you might encounter The Butcher, a terrifying and hard-to-kill demon boss who’s been a staple of the series since the original game in 1997. But if you get lucky, you might be able to easily kill this legendary baddie if he gets stuck behind a locked door. I’d feel bad for the…
Source: Kotaku – Diablo IV Players Are Using A 27-Year-Old Strategy To Kill The Butcher
