Bethesda Confirms Fallout TV Show Is Canon In First Official Preview

In a newly released preview of Amazon Prime’s upcoming Fallout TV show, we learned a lot of new details about the world, characters, and story of the highly anticipated live-action adaptation of Bethesda’s popular post-apocalyptic RPG franchise. For example, the show is considered canon with the games. And Walter…

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Source: Kotaku – Bethesda Confirms Fallout TV Show Is Canon In First Official Preview

Why Is Starfield Hemorrhaging Active Players?

In the weeks following the launch of Skyrim developer Bethesda’s highly anticipated RPG Starfield, the game has caught a bit of attention for its plummeting player numbers on Steam. Its ranking from user reviews has also dropped on Valve’s digital storefront, falling from “Positive” into the pale orange of “Mixed.”…

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Source: Kotaku – Why Is Starfield Hemorrhaging Active Players?

Zelda Devs Reveal Why They Made Ganon ‘Robust And Sexy’ In TOTK

When you think of Ganondorf, the villainous entity that plagues The Legend of Zelda’s Hyrule, what comes to mind? Despicable, evil, heinous, repulsive, vile—all good adjectives for the Demon King. “Robust and sexy” might not cross your brain, but those two words were purposeful descriptors to sketch his appearance in T…

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Source: Kotaku – Zelda Devs Reveal Why They Made Ganon ‘Robust And Sexy’ In TOTK

Scott Pilgrim Anime Ending Isn't the Season 2 Tease You Think

Netflix’s Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, the eight-episode anime series based on Bryan Lee O’Malley’s stylish graphic novels, is a pretty great spin on the original story, albeit a divisive one among fans who wanted a more straightforward retelling. The series follows Scott and Ramona, who, after establishing a budding…

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Source: Kotaku – Scott Pilgrim Anime Ending Isn’t the Season 2 Tease You Think

Starfield Isn’t Boring Actually, Bethesda Tells Steam Reviewers

The meta-narrative around Starfield just took a very weird turn. Steam reviews for the sprawling sci-fi RPG recently fell to “mixed” on Valve’s storefront, and now Bethesda employees are arguing with players in the comments about why the game isn’t as boring and soulless as some of them claim.

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Source: Kotaku – Starfield Isn’t Boring Actually, Bethesda Tells Steam Reviewers

Meet Regitube, The ‘Fake’ Pokémon Who’s A Hit Among Fans

Fan-made Pokémon are nothing new, but the community seldom rallies around one like they have Regitube (or Regifloat, depending on who you ask). The hypothetical water-type Legendary Giant originated in a TikTok shitpost and has since become a legend within the Pokémon fandom, inspiring fan art, memes, and even modded…

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Source: Kotaku – Meet Regitube, The ‘Fake’ Pokémon Who’s A Hit Among Fans

New Disney Movie Wish Could Have Big Ramifications For Kingdom Hearts

Wish, the 62nd film released by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is a bad movie. The film is meant to celebrate the studio’s 100th anniversary, but instead, its incoherent story and reliance on millennial cliches for cheap jokes come off like it was fed into an AI generator and spat out onto the big screen. And the…

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Source: Kotaku – New Disney Movie Wish Could Have Big Ramifications For Kingdom Hearts

GTA: Vice City's Weird Moon Easter Egg Finally Explained

In 2001’s genre-defining PlayStation 2 smash Grand Theft Auto III, if you pulled out a sniper rifle and shot at the moon, it would change size. For years, fans tried to explain why this funny little secret was included in the game. Was it a reference to something? A smaller part of a larger secret? Now, in 2023,…

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Source: Kotaku – GTA: Vice City’s Weird Moon Easter Egg Finally Explained

TGA’s Geoff Keighley Weighs In On Dave The Diver Nomination Controversy

An intense debate ignited November 13, when The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley announced the nominees for this year’s trophy ceremony. While some folks were surprised Pikachu face by Starfield’s absence, most people were shook by one particular title offered up for the “Best Independent Game” category. Now, after a…

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Source: Kotaku – TGA’s Geoff Keighley Weighs In On Dave The Diver Nomination Controversy

Kids Want Digital Currency And Subscriptions More Than New Games This Xmas

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has revealed new data showing kids want video game-related gifts more than anything else this holiday season. But if you dig into the data a little bit more, you’ll discover that most kids don’t want a new physical game. Instead, what they’re really looking for in their…

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Source: Kotaku – Kids Want Digital Currency And Subscriptions More Than New Games This Xmas

Destiny 2 Promises More Content To Fill Void Left By Big Expansion Delay

Bungie has finally confirmed that The Final Shape, Destiny 2’s major expansion 10 years in the making, has been delayed, and will now arrive June 4 instead of on its previously planned release date of February 27. More importantly, the studio explained what players will be doing in the meantime.

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Source: Kotaku – Destiny 2 Promises More Content To Fill Void Left By Big Expansion Delay

It Happened To Me: The GameStop Black Friday Deal From Hell

One of my favorite Black Friday traditions is scrolling through GameStop on my phone and getting a bunch of cool games for cheap. Usually it works out just fine. Last weekend it was a nightmare. It’s hard to convey just how terrible navigating the experience of trying to buy something from GameStop has become in 2023,…

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Source: Kotaku – It Happened To Me: The GameStop Black Friday Deal From Hell

The Game Awards Is Beefing Up Security Following Stage Invasions

Award ceremonies aren’t important, and if we all stopped looking at them, they’d stop existing. Anyway, The Game Awards are coming up next week, December 7, and we’re hearing news about some planned changes for this year’s outing. Will they let women on stage? Ha ha, no one’s mentioned that. But we have heard they’ll…

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Source: Kotaku – The Game Awards Is Beefing Up Security Following Stage Invasions

Spider-Man 2 Reportedly Cut A Ton Of Venom Content

About one month on from Marvel’s Spider-Man 2‘s launch, we’re learning some new details about Insomniac Games’ open-world robber-stopper RPG. According to a report by YouTuber Evan Filarca, the game had a ton of content cut before releasing on October 20, particularly relating to the big-bad Venom.

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Source: Kotaku – Spider-Man 2 Reportedly Cut A Ton Of Venom Content

Baldur’s Gate 3 Takes Place In A Very Small Part Of The Dungeons & Dragons Map

Larian Studios’ hit RPG Baldur’s Gate 3 is expansive and consuming, but its map isn’t quite the size of something you’d expect in open-world games like The Witcher 3 or The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. So it shouldn’t be surprising that a fan was able to pretty much mark exactly where in the Dungeons & Dragons universe…

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Source: Kotaku – Baldur’s Gate 3 Takes Place In A Very Small Part Of The Dungeons & Dragons Map

One Of The Best Assassin's Creed Games Is Free On PC

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, the Ubisoft stealth adventure series’ 2015 entry featuring dual protagonists that’s set in 19th century London, is currently free on PC until December 6. There’s just one twist: You’ll need to get it from Ubisoft Connect launcher (insert horror emoji). Don’t hate the messenger.

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Source: Kotaku – One Of The Best Assassin’s Creed Games Is Free On PC