Happy Diablo IV day to all who celebrate. The action-RPG’s Vessel of Hatred expansion is finally here, though it will end up going live later than expected due to “a small issue on the backend,” Blizzard confirmed on Monday. Read more...
Published: 2024-10-07 22:30:00
The Joker 2 (officially called Joker: Folie à Deux)is out and it’s not doing very well. Critics don’t seem to like it, audiences don’t enjoy it, and it’s not making nearly as much money as its 2019 blockbuster predecessor. And if you are a big fan of the first Joker and decided to still go see the movie after all the…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-07 21:20:00
Gilbert Auchinleck, better known as Doc Harris, the man whose narration on the English version of Dragon Ball Z has reached iconic meme status over the decades, has died at age 76. News of his passing was first posted by Broadcast Dialogue, which reported Harris died on Saturday, October 5, following “minor surgery”…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-07 21:00:24
Laucnhing for everyone on Tuesday, the Silent Hill 2 remake from Bloober Team and Konami is a very well-made recreation of the original horror game. However, while somefans are complaining about certain changes made in the remake, the original game’s director is praising these tweaks online.Read more...
Published: 2024-10-07 20:00:00
Unreal Engine is so good at making games look hyper realistic that it’s become a meme for a certain style of uncanny fan video showing everything from The Legend of Zelda to The Simpsons remade with ultra detailed CGI effects. Well, now Halo’s Master Chief is getting that treatment for real, and the initial tease…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-07 19:50:00
Metaphor: ReFantazio may be one of the most stylish-looking games ever made, even more so than Persona 5, the incredibly flashy Atlus RPG that preceded it. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it turns out the menus that play a huge role in establishing the visual identities of these games are very hard to make.Read more...
Published: 2024-10-07 18:50:00
Over the years, Persona, Atlus’ high school social sim RPG series, has captured my heart as the quintessential “power of friendship” games. The games have meaningful things to say about human connection as they follow high schoolers trying to save the world and still study for their final exams. But even when the…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-07 17:30:00
In addition to a brand new story, tons of quality-of-life improvements, many new mechanics, and even some new endgame dungeons to enjoy, Diablo IV: Vessel Of Hatred also adds a new class; the Spiritborn.Read more...
Published: 2024-10-07 17:30:00
I’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 incoming…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-07 17:02:51
It’s time, once again, for The Wanderer to suit up and go dungeon crawling. This time, in the new Vessel of Hatred expansion for Diablo IV, you’re in pursuit of poor, tormented Neyrelle in the Hate-ridden lands of Nahantu. Much as I’d like to tell you that there’s a nice handy little pamphlet titled, “So, You Just…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-07 16:30:00
Star Wars is a mess at the moment. There are unvarnished bright spots like Andor, and then there’s everything else. There’s always a new hope though, and right now that’s seeing Obi-Wan Kenobi get a second season and go full live-action Clone Wars with flashbacks galore. Despite no confirmation of a season 2 from…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-07 15:55:00
New hit Throne and Liberty gives players quite a few unique spins on traditional MMO mechanics, but its most compelling is the weapon combo system. Instead of choosing a player class, by equipping two different types of weapons you earn both the active and passive skills of each, letting you create hybrid builds that…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-07 15:40:00
On Monday, Sega and Creative Assembly announced that after a decade of fans asking and pleading for an Alien: Isolation sequel, it’s actually happening. However, it’ll still probably be at least a year or two before we’ll see the highly anticipated horror game.Read more...
Published: 2024-10-07 15:30:00
In the past decade, Metroidvanias have seen a massive resurgence thanks to the indie scene. There have been dozens of new entries in the genre that introduce their own twists on the formula, and one of the best examples of this is Dead Cells. Released in 2018, the title from developers Motion Twin and Evil Empire has…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-07 15:05:00
Ever since mass layoffs at Halo maker 343 Industries, fans have wondered what the future will hold for the famed sci-fi shooter. It turns out Microsoft still has big plans for Master Chief, and they involve multiple upcoming projects as well as the franchise making the jump to Epic Games’ Unreal Engine, the tech that…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-07 14:10:00
Throughout Metaphor: ReFantazio’s roughly 80 hours, the RPG’s protagonist carries a novel with him as he travels through the fantastical world of the United Kingdom of Euchronia. The book depicts an idealized metropolis of skyscrapers where equality is written into law. It’s clear this story envisions a pristine…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-07 14:00:00
Back in February, we learned that Disney had invested an astonishing $1.5 billion in game developer Epic, as the two companies set out to create what they called “a new persistent universe.” Little more was known how this integration would work, but now an interview with Epic management by The Verge has made things a…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-07 13:35:00
Happy Sunday, gang! The weekend’s half-gone (or half-full, depending on how much you’re dreading Monday). We’ve got our Sunday mental workout ready for you, and then you can head off and get your gaming grind on. (We’ve got the new Assassin’s Creed teed up this weekend.)Read more...
Published: 2024-10-06 13:35:00
Update: With his fourth-round defeat of Khalil Rountree via TKO at UFC 307, Alex Pereira completed step one of my eight-part plan for him to capture a third UFC title and become a combat sports GOAT. But that’s not all he set in motion. He also answered questions about deficiencies in his game that caused me to doubt…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-06 13:15:00
It’s been a week, guys.From new DLC releases, to a new PS5 feature getting frustrating real fast, there was a lot to cover in this first week of October. We covered Astro Bot devs acknowledging the lack of FF7 characters in its PlayStation love letter, Microsoft asking devs why they’re skipping Xbox, Nintendo killing…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-06 13:00:00
It’s the start of a new month, which means there’s a host of hot, new games coming your way. It can get overwhelming, scanning through the various game marketplaces to decide what you should spend your hard-earned money on, so we’ve gathered 34 games coming out this month that we’re stoked for. We’ve also spotted some…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-05 14:00:00
Welcome to the weekend, puzzlers! There’s plenty of great stuff to do on this first Saturday of October that doesn’t involve consuming pumpkin spice anything. (Because, really, it’s kind of played out, and it doesn’t taste that good.) You could go see Joker: Folie à Deux, but apparently that’s also kind of played out,…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-05 13:05:00
It’s the first week of October and the chill is setting in, but, don’t worry, our takes are still hot. This week, gathered our favorite games from Tokyo Game Show for you to peruse, suggested some characters that should get added in futureAstro Bot DLC, fell in love with Shogun Showdown (after hating it at first),…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-05 13:00:00
It’s October 4. That means the Persona fandom is crying and everyone else is going about a regular Friday. You’re planning your weekend activities. Some of us might hang out with friends we couldn’t see during the work week. Others might be looking to rot in their bed for two days to recover from the unending…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-04 21:00:00
I shared the image above with some co-workers at Kotaku and asked them what game they thought it was. The most popular answer was Call of Duty. And that’s totally fair. It looks like a new Call of Duty game, maybe a mobile port of one. But nope. The screenshot above is from Fortnite. Read more...
Published: 2024-10-04 20:45:00
Some call Batman the “Caped Crusader,” while others call him Christian Bale, Kevin Conroy, Michael Keaton…In his 85-year-long tenure as a sulky billionaire with wings, Batman has found the time to be a generous movie star, so today we honor him by ranking notable movies set in the Batman universe. (Apologies, Adam…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-04 20:35:00
I finished Overwatch 2’s season 12 battle pass last night. There are only 11 days left in this season and it’s easily the longest it’s taken me to work my way through the hero shooter’s daily challenges to unlock all the skins, emotes, and voice lines Blizzard offered in these past nine weeks. As I finished the battle…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-04 20:28:42
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdomfinally makes the titular princess the playable star of the show. After a short prologue as Link, players leave the Hero of Time behind for a completely new type of Zelda adventure. However, one player recently discovered there’s a way to keep playing as Link, and the glitch…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-04 20:15:00
This month’s offerings for Xbox Game Pass subscribers is a veritable feast of good games. Baseball fans can dive into MLB The Show 24 just in time for playoff season, action fans can revisit 2022’s martial arts game Sifu, or you could enjoy some spooky vibes in card-based roguelike Inscryption. One title that might…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-04 19:45:00
For the last few years, the video game industry has seemed obsessed with building always-online live-service multiplayer experiences. And many of those live games, like Concord, have failed to find much success. Now a new survey reveals that might be because most folks prefer playing single-player games.Read more...
Published: 2024-10-04 19:35:00
Throne and Liberty is a feature-rich MMO with potentially hundreds of hours of content and character progression to enjoy. So if you’re the type of person who gets a kick out of running dungeons, farming for loot, and beating down other folks in PVP, this massive Steam hit may just be right up your alley. But since it…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-04 18:30:00
Writer and game designer Yuji Horii is largely considered the father of Dragon Quest, the long-time Final Fantasy rival up until Square Soft and Enix merged in 2003. So when he says something about the franchise, fans take note. And that’s what happened recently when he weighed in on a very small but very charged…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-04 18:05:00
Dead Rising, at its core, is a game about chopping up hordes of the undead. If you’ve made your way through the main story of the recent remake—Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster—and now need to slay more armies of grisly enemies, we’ve got you covered.Read more...
Published: 2024-10-04 17:30:00
I’ll admit that when it was first confirmed that Bloober Team was remaking Silent Hill 2, I laughed and shook my head. Bloober has a spotty track record with scary games, Silent Hill 2 is one of the most beloved horror games ever made, and Konami has done a horrible job supporting the franchise over the last decade.…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-04 16:40:00
October is here and with it brings the sudden urge to revel in all things spooky. Thankfully, 2023’s deck-building visual novel The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood exists. The indie is an exceptional story about a coven of witches on the precipice of their own demise and is filled with beautiful character designs and…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-04 16:05:00
It’s been five years since Todd Phillips’ Joker gave us a bleak, ultra-realistic take on the iconic comic book villain. Set in a seedy 1980s version of Gotham, Joker’s nihilism touched on contemporary issues such as political divides, wealth disparity, and social isolation, which only intensified after the covid…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-04 15:50:00
Shooter/hack-and-slash game Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 is popping off right now, and if you’re only just now getting into the franchise, it has a lot of history and games to sift through. It’s easy to get overwhelmed jumping into something that already has dozens of entries by the time you’ve arrived, but…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-04 15:33:00
Let’s not even pretend: Frostpunk 2 is an extremely challenging game, one that will test even the most veteran strategy and city-building fans. But if you really consider yourself a masochist, you can always up the challenge by playing the game on ‘Captain’ difficulty—something the studio recommends you do if you’ve…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-04 15:30:00
Director Todd Phillips’ 2019 Joker seemingly hit the box office at just the right time, weaving between the late Trump years and the breakout of the global pandemic and cashing in on post-Avengers: Endgame MCU exhaustion. This time around, nothing seems to be going Joker: Folie à Deux’s way. Also, based on early…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-04 15:20:00
After multiple delays and name changes, Throne and Liberty has finally been released, offering us a new MMO in a time of drought. The genre has waned in popularity, and can often seem overshadowed by more standard live service titles, but Throne and Liberty aims to shake things up with creative class design, gorgeous…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-04 14:30:00
Star Wars Outlaws is in a bit of a pickle. Ubisoft’s model of making games that are too big to fail means the severe flaws in its seemingly guaranteed hit combining the open-world scope and mechanics the developer has made its bread and butter in recent years with Star Wars have left the publisher in trouble.…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-04 13:15:00
I think I’m realizing that I’m a jacket guy. I’ve always loved layers, and love when it gets cooler in NYC so I can unearth my outerwear, but the spate of cool video game jackets recently has solidified that I’m a slut for some good ol’ fashioned outerwear. I really want the Disco Elysium jacket, for example, and one…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-03 20:50:00
Magic: The Gathering has come under a lot of fire from long-time fans in recent years following the explosion in licensed sets featuring everything from Transformers to The Lord of the Rings. Contrary to those critics, the card game’s head designer says “a quick buck” is not the driving principle behind decisions like…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-03 20:35:00
The release of a new Final Fantasy is always a massive event. Last year, PS5 owners were treated to the latest mainline entry in the iconic series of role-playing games from Square Enix, Final Fantasy XVI, and now PC players are finally getting in on the action. FF16—and its two expansions—finally released on Steam on…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-03 19:30:00
It felt like Shattered Space might finally bring space RPG Starfield closer to the original promise of its sprawling NASA-punk space adventure. Instead, the new expansion is getting slammed even harder than the base game by early players, and seems set to potentially end up being one of the worst-reviewed Bethesda…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-03 18:25:00
Long-time fans of the Kingdom Hearts franchise eat up any glimpse of information or drip of merch about the game, salivating at the opportunity to spend just a little more money on the series. But who can blame them when you have exclusive skateboard decks from Amiami that are as gorgeous as these two?Read more...
Published: 2024-10-03 18:15:00
McDonald’s Chicken Big Mac has been a well-liked menu item around the globe for a few years now. And, later this month, the large chicken sandwich will finally be available in the United States.Read more...
Published: 2024-10-03 18:00:00
I’ve never played Dead Cells, but I’ve heard about it from damn near every corner of the internet over the years. The revered roguelike and Metroidvania platformer is one of the runaway success stories of the late 2010s indie space, and it’s only continued to grow in status over the years thanks to the support that Mot…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-03 17:45:00
Jumping into Space Marine 2 multiplayer can be a bit of a shock. You’re no longer the unstoppable killing machine that you play as in the main campaign! Instead, you’re thrown into lobbies with people of all skills, and half the battle is finding the best loadout and class that works for you. To make it all a far…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-03 17:30:00
In the Legend of Zelda series, everyone knows the Hero of Hyrule Link, Princess Zelda, and the Demon King Ganondorf. The series has spanned over two dozen games and five timelines, but because the series is jumping between its codified continuities, the three Triforce bearers are some of the only constants throughout…Read more...
Published: 2024-10-03 17:17:15
11 years after it was released, Grand Theft Auto V’s starting location (snowy North Yankton) is finally being added to GTA Online as part of an upcoming, limited-time zombie survival mode that is arriving in the game next week.Read more...
Published: 2024-10-03 16:50:00