CategoriesNews GamingIf you ask me, 2024 has been a fairly dire year for big, mainstream games. Of course there have been a few gems in that space, but most that I’ve played have felt overly safe, or focused on gameplay ideas that I don’t think are successful. Against this backdrop, however, some “smaller” games have really […]
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CategoriesNews GamingImage: Humanoid Origin In 2021, former BioWare general manager Casey Hudson announced a new studio called Humanoid Origin. It was working on a sci-fi blockbuster and hiring for an ambitious future. On Monday, however, the studio announced it was shutting down just a few years later, having failed to acquire the funding needed to continue. […]
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CategoriesNews GamingPhoto: @Xavier75 / X, Kevin Winter (Getty Images), Screenshot: FromSoftware, Obsidian Entertainment, Xbox, BioWare / Kotaku, Ubisoft / Kotaku, Image: Digital Foundry / Kotaku, Rockstar Games / Kotaku, Lego / Sony This week Geoff Keighley graced our phones and laptops to reveal which games will compete for honors at this year’s Game Awards. Games like […]
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CategoriesNews GamingImage: Square Enix Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake may have beautiful, updated graphics, but the soul of this adventure is as old-school as ever. As one of the first tasks of your adventure, you’ll need to make your way over to Patty’s Party Planning Place to recruit three companions. Whether you choose to take along […]
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CategoriesNews GamingImage: MachineGames / Bethesda Hey, everything sucks right now. There’s no getting around it, and we’re going to have to live with the consequences of this shit for the rest of our lives. So, if you’re feeling angry about things, like say, the rise of fascism in America, why not grab the Wolfenstein games and […]
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CategoriesNews GamingImage: Sony, Sony / Kotaku, The Pokémon Company / Kotaku, Leikir Studio / Dotemu, Screenshot: BioWare / Kotaku, BioWare / Kotaku, The Pokemon Company / Kotaku We won’t belabor the point because if you’re a normal person with normal mutuals, chances are your timeline is already doing that—this week sucked, and so will the next […]
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CategoriesNews GamingImage: BioWare It took 10 years to get here, but we finally have Dragon Age: The Veilguard, the fourth entry in BioWare’s beloved (but divisive) fantasy RPG series. The sequel is a direct continuation of 2014’s Inquisition, and it’s made the full shift to action RPG. Your mileage may vary on that, but I loved […]
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CategoriesNews GamingI’ll be real with you, there’s a lot to play right now. The fall season of releases is in full swing and is especially full of heavyweight RPGS like Metaphor: ReFantazio and Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which are coming down the pipeline later this month. However, if I could draw your attention away from the […]
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CategoriesNews GamingImage: Sony, BioWare, Xbox, Konami, Square Enix, René Rother / Devolver Digital, Screenshot: Larian Studios / Kotaku, Coal Supper / Kotaku, Sega / Kotaku, Sega / Kotaku It was quite the week in gaming, from impossible-to-secure pre-orders of the newly announced PS5 Pro, to huge sales on major Capcom and Xbox games, to confirmation about […]
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CategoriesNews GamingOn September 25, BioWare revealed the choices that will carry over from previous Dragon Age RPGs in the upcoming fourth game, Dragon Age: The Veilguard. For the past decade and a half, the studio has largely positioned itself as, above all, a maker of games in which choices matter, and that’s extended across multiple series. […]
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