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Humanity is removing Denuvo DRM before it’s even released

Humanity is removing Denuvo DRM before it’s even released

picture: mankind mankind, one of my most anticipated games of 2021, was Denuvo will act as Digital Rights Management (DRM). But after the developers found that this was affecting performance, they immediately took it out. The strategy game that evolves civilization first real competition in Years, has been playable by fans and testers for a ...

New XCOM game looks like complete shit

New XCOM game looks like complete shit

picture: XCOM legends The XCOM Games are known for their challenging tactics, squad management, and bullshit shooting percentages, so it’s surprising (or really, not at all surprising) that 2K is releasing a new mobile game that has absolutely none of these traits. XCOM legends, developed by Iridium Starfish, was “soft launched” on Android phones in ...

The Sims 2 on Nintendo DS is haunted

The Sims 2 on Nintendo DS is haunted

picture: YOU The handheld Sims Games on Nintendo DS are fantastic as well very, very strange. After hanging out in Kotaku you may have seen me say it long enough The Sims 2 on DS is my all-time all-time favorite, and while everyone doesn’t agree on the quality and technical prowess of the title, we ...

Are you interested in the Steam Deck?

Are you interested in the Steam Deck?

It’s Monday and time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deal with a single burning question. Then we ask for your admission. At first there were rumors of a Nintendo Switch Pro being in the announcement of the Switch OLED. Some fans fueled by speculation were disappointed. Enter valve. Valve, manufacturer of ...

The PS4 warehouse was used to farm FIFA Ultimate Team

The PS4 warehouse was used to farm FIFA Ultimate Team

picture: SGE While Initial reports last week suggested that a huge warehouse discovered in Ukraine full of PS4 consoles was being used to mine crypto, a little further investigation showed that the machines were probably used for agriculture FIFA Ultimate Team Cards. That is better? Worse? I leave that to you. Ukrainian side job did ...

Watch Dogs Legion Bloodline DLC: Review

Watch Dogs Legion Bloodline DLC: Review

picture: Ubisoft Watch Dogs Legion The first DLC brings back old characters in a shorter and better adventure than the main game. I was a huge fan of Guard dogs 2 and even a little Guard dogs 1 Defender. But I was so disappointed with legion, the third game in the franchise released last year. ...

The world ends with you leaks Early on Switch

The world ends with you leaks Early on Switch

picture: Square Enix People who have waited almost a decade for the sequel The world ends with you A nice little surprise in her inbox this morning: a full digital copy of the NEO: The world ends with you. Players who pre-ordered a physical copy of Switch in the Square Enix store started Receiving digital ...

Call of Duty Warzone Devs bans over 50,000 additional players

Call of Duty Warzone Devs bans over 50,000 additional players

picture: action Call of Duty Warzone The developers at Raven Software confirmed yesterday afternoon that more than 50,000 players were banned from the popular online shooter in two waves in the past week. In a July 1 tweet6 explained to Raven Software that most of the 50,000 players who were banned were repeat offenders. Raven ...

Warframe will receive cross-play support on all consoles and PCs

Warframe will receive cross-play support on all consoles and PCs

picture: Digital Extreme / Kotaku Today, Digital Extremes announced during TennoCon 2021 that his popular online shooter Warframe will get full cross-play and cross-save support later this year, allowing Space Ninjas to seamlessly guide their characters across PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X / S, and Xbox One. The big news that was revealed ...