Screenshot: Square Enix, James Lambert, Bethesda/Xbox, Naughty Dog / Kotaku, Picture: Disney/Lucasfilm After a few sleepy weeks, the gaming hype train of 2024 is finally in full swing. We saw the first big showcase of the year with Xbox Developer Direct The Last of Us Part II Remastered, and googled MachineGames’ red-hot digital duplicate of ...
Screenshot: The Pokémon Company / Kotaku After playing through Pokémon Scarlet And VioletI can safely say that I was largely disappointed by the epilogue Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC. Don’t get me wrong, the “Mochi Mayhem” episode is an hour of silly fun alongside some of the best characters from the Paldea region of ...
Picture: GameShark In a new press release from audio electronics company Altec Lansing, it has been revealed that GameShark is returning, via an artificial intelligence successor called “AI Shark”. You don’t care. Instead, the big news from this press release is that the release date for the Nintendo Switch 2 may have been leaked. – ...
Picture: Ubisoft, Atlus, Rockstar Games, Mundfish / Shedworks / Nintendo / Claire Jackson / Kotaku, Screenshot: Remedy Games / Kotaku If you’re stuck on a tricky boss fight, a challenging puzzle, or just want to make the most of your time with a new release, you’ve come to the right place. Here are some of ...
Picture: Asobo Studio / Flying Boar / Kotaku A new month and a new year are upon us, and that means updates to the PlayStation Plus catalog. January 2024 begins with three new games available to download for Premium, Extra and Essential members starting January 2nd, plus some extras if you’re a space ninja. -Claire ...
Picture: The Pokémon Company / Kotaku PokémonPikachu and Friends’ profit margins probably don’t reflect this, but the franchise has had a rough year in 2023. Without a new lead game to dominate the series’ headlines, Pikachu and Friends has instead been surrounded by controversy for the past 12 years Months. Between Pokémon Go It angers ...
photo: Claire Jackson/Kotaku The design of the video game controller as we know it has remained largely the same over the past 20 years: a D-pad, two analog sticks, four face buttons and four shoulder buttons. It ranges from the DualShock of the first PlayStation to the DualSense of the modern PS5 to various Xbox ...
You may not have a disembodied talking head to consult like Kratos, but you have us. This week we’ll help you get the most out of your Stadia controllers, explore the features Starfield plans to implement in the future, and look back at all the PC games you’ve enjoyed in 2023. Read more…
Screenshot: Nintendo/Kotaku 2023 is almost over, folks. I would say, “We did it,” but who am I kidding? 2024 will begin, and the same crap that made 2023 a non-stop hellscape will continue forever. But there were a lot of cool games in 2023 and every December we get together to talk about our favorites. ...
Screenshot: Larian Studios / Kotaku Damn what a year 2023 was, right? When I started writing about video games in 2013, I was hopeful. Play The last of us had completely changed my career path and I wanted to believe that the rest of the world valued games as much as I did. I wanted ...
