CategoriesNews GamingImage: Mossmouth / Kotaku Amid UFO 50’s bounty of games from a fictional developer of the 1980s is Grimstone, a JRPG that’s aesthetically and mechanically akin to games of the era like the original Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest but that also distinguishes itself in some important ways. It eschews the fantasy settings that dominated […]
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CategoriesNews GamingMarvel Rivals is the hottest new thing in the realm of hero shooters. And, it has launched with over 30 popular characters from the Marvel universe. While it’s important to spend time trying out every character to find one that works best for you, they all have different skill ceilings to consider. So, if you’re […]
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CategoriesNews GamingImage: Sony, BioWare, Lucasfilm / Amazon / Team17 / Kotaku, Lego / Kotaku, NetEase / Papergames / MachineGames / Kotaku, Sony, Screenshot: BioWare / Kotaku, Microsoft, Warner Bros. Interactive, Koei Tecmo Games / Kotaku This week, holiday sales and giveaways are in full swing, and we’ve got the lowdown on all the games Amazon is […]
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CategoriesNews GamingRole-playing games tend to rank among the most emotionally-charged video games out there, with many franchises in the genre becoming popular largely based on their deeply-realized characters, heart-stopping soundtracks, and recurring themes that can invoke a wide range of emotions, such as a sense of nostalgia. It’s no surprise, then, that new games featuring beloved […]
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CategoriesNews GamingNeva is an emotional rollercoaster of a game. It’s easy to recommend it to anyone willing to shed a tear. Though the game seems to function primarily as an allegory for pollution and protecting the planet, it can also hit particularly hard for those of us who have lost pets, as it deals with love, […]
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CategoriesNews GamingImage: Blizzard Blizzard is delisting Warcraft I and II from GOG, the only PC gaming storefront the real-time strategy classics were available on outside of the company’s own Battle.net launcher. The move comes after the recent launch of its own expensive and lackluster remasters of the two games, but GOG is using that now-standard business […]
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CategoriesNews GamingPoor old Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League hasn’t had a good year. Launched to be Warner’s big live-service hope for 2024, it instead belly-flopped to very low player counts and deeply middling reviews. This all followed a very difficult development, and things haven’t improved much since launch. So, wanna buy it? It’s 95 percent […]
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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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