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Steam Game relies on loot boxes to win back players

Steam Game relies on loot boxes to win back players

screenshot: Unknown Worlds Entertainment These days it’s rare to see an online game without live service monetization built in, let alone one that gets rid of that stuff. But that’s what it’s all about subnautica developer Behind moonbreaker are in. Recently launched into Early Access on Steam, the tabletop RPG is throwing away both its ...

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Blizzard announces LGBTQ+ inclusive programs for Overwatch 2

Blizzard announces LGBTQ+ inclusive programs for Overwatch 2

screenshot: blizzard Today Activision Blizzard announced three upcoming programs surveillance 2‘s competitive and recreational scene. These aim to promote a healthy environment, with a focus on the new and returning LGBTQ+ player base. In a blog post titled “Calling all heroes,” the over watch Team and its competitive esports program Overwatch League (OWL) announced that ...

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Twitch streamer Keffals goes into hiding after second Dox attack

Twitch streamer Keffals goes into hiding after second Dox attack

Popular Twitch streamer Keffals used a green screen to disguise her location in her August 18 video.screenshot: Keffals / Kotaku Trans-Canadian Twitch streamer and political commentator Clara “Keffals” Sorrenti recently suffered a second attack in what was shaping up to be one hell of a summer, she revealed in one YouTube video of August 18th. ...

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FIFA 22 fans love its controversial loot boxes

FIFA 22 fans love its controversial loot boxes

Four years later Star Wars: Battlefront II‘s disastrous start galvanized the world against loot cratesEA still defends the exploitative microtransaction in its crown jewel: FIFA. In-game card packs not only bring in billions for the publisher, EA swears players love them too. “We wholeheartedly believe that Ultimate Team and FUT Packs, which have been a ...

Cuphead Studio cares more about its employees than about delays

Cuphead Studio cares more about its employees than about delays

picture: StudioMDHR / Kotaku Maja Moldenhauer, the head of the studio behind it Cuphead and its DLC recently talked about how the company’s top priority is making sure its employees are healthy and treated well. In fact, Moldenhauer explained that she doesn’t even care about delays. In conversation with IGN posted yesterday, Moldenhauer spoke openly ...

Hideo Kojima appears during the Xbox stream to tease the announcement

Hideo Kojima appears during the Xbox stream to tease the announcement

screenshot: Xbox / Kotaku Today, during Microsoft’s big Xbox and Bethesda video game showcase event, well-known game director and cinema lover Hideo Kojim presented himselfa seemed to announce that he’s working on his next game with Xbox, and um…Hmmm… Microsoft spent almost an hour today presenting countless trailers and teasers for a laundry list of ...