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New Genesis starts on June 9th

New Genesis starts on June 9th

Screenshot: Sega Here we go. Sega announced that Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis starts on June 9th. This is next wednesday! PSO2: NGS marks the twentieth anniversary of Phantasy Star Online – and ten years of PSO2. This is a massive expansion with a revamped graphics engine and updated game system. Here is the ...

If you want indie gaming news all you have to do is ask

If you want indie gaming news all you have to do is ask

Screenshot: Cinder cone / modern wolf Earlier today, I tweeted explain that for some crazy reason Kotaku left me behind the wheel of their website today and asked my followers to post AAA news to fill in the awkward Monday-holiday-driven silence in the game world. Turns out they don’t know what Triple-A means, but what ...

Learn how to play EVE online on the new website

Learn how to play EVE online on the new website

picture:: CCP games EVE Online is a difficult game to learn without much effort and support. The good news is that there is now an easier way to get started: the EVE academy, a new companion website for the 18 year old MMO, was created specifically to show new players the ropes and possibly also ...

Graven looks fine, but it’s a bit boring right now

Graven looks fine, but it’s a bit boring right now

Screenshot:: 3D Realms / Kotaku dig is the newest game from the resurrected publisher 3D Realms. Like his recent releases Ion rage and anger, dig is a throwback to PC first-person shooters from the 90s, this time as the spiritual successor to Witches and Heretic. It’s a visual delight to run around the world of ...

Benoît Sokal, creator of the Syberia series, has died

Benoît Sokal, creator of the Syberia series, has died

photo:: Microids Belgian comic artist Benoît Sokal, creator of the adventure game series Syberia, died on May 28th after a long-term illness. He was 66 years old. The news of his death has been confirmed about a statement from the game manufacturer Microids. Sokal started creating comics in the 1970s. One of his first characters ...

The ritual of the night might have a sequel

The ritual of the night might have a sequel

Wait, Miriam.picture:: ArtPlay / 505 games In its final round of tax results, 505 Games’ parent company, Digital Bros, appeared to be disclosing that a Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Continuation was in progress. But when the publisher reached out for a comment, it was surprisingly aloof. The Original document from Digital Bros. included a ...

Considerations for a mass effect 1 newcomer

Considerations for a mass effect 1 newcomer

Nobody warned me that Garrus was starting out as a cop!Screenshot:: BioWare / Kotaku Mass Effect Legendary Edition gave me a chance that I missed the first time. Even though I’ve played through the other games from BioWare’s long-running space opera –3, Andromedaand years later 2in that order – I’ll tackle the first one Mass ...

Ubisoft insists on the newest game [INSERT NAME]Is not political

Ubisoft insists on the newest game [INSERT NAME]Is not political

picture:: Ubisoft Today Ubisoft showed a new gameplay from the upcoming [INSERT GENRE] game [INSERT NAME]. The footage shows that the setting and story of the game seem politically charged and possibly filled with commentary about [INSERT CURRENT EVENT]. However, as usual, Ubisoft was quick to state that this game is actually not political. You ...