Photo: JC Olivera (Getty Images) Geoff Keighley’s Game Awards are far from the be-all and end-all of which games are good, creatively bold, and deserving of praise each year, but they’re still fun to get way too serious about. It’s the one day game developers get to dress fancy, goContinue Reading
One of the big breakout anime success stories over the last couple of years has been My Hero Academia, a show focused on the next generation of superheroes. For Black Friday 2023, several seasons of the anime adaptation is on sale, and if you’re looking for a charming show thatContinue Reading
The newest upcoming Sims game, codenamed Project Rene but more generally referred to as Sims 5, is looking for a way to implement multiplayer, a new interview with VP Lindsay Pearson suggests. The Sims team is looking at different examples of multiplayer gaming styles to figure out how Sims fansContinue Reading
Persona 5 Tactics riffs on a lot of the original game’s mechanics and retools them for a tactics-based grid. At first, it’s pretty simplistic, and the opening chapter painstakingly tutorializes all these mechanics with the most simple use cases. But as I played through the Phantom Thieves‘latest journey, I actuallyContinue Reading
Magic: The Gathering collectors can save on Doctor Who Commander Decks at Amazon ahead of Black Friday 2023. The decks come with everything you need to start playing. The Paradox Power and Blast from the Past Commander Decks are the most compelling offers, as each deck is down to $42Continue Reading
Baldur’s Gate 3 already has one special edition, in the form of its Collector’s Edition. We even unboxed it here at Kotaku, and it’s got a lot of cool knickknacks that pay tribute to its tabletop roots. Of course that was expensive, solely for PC and PlayStation 5 players, andContinue Reading
Image: Activision Blizzard Blizzard is hoping you’ll break away from stuffing your face full of turkey and yams for a bit next week to grind its action RPG Diablo IV. To sweeten the deal, it’s offering all players across all realms an increase to gold and XP earn rates duringContinue Reading
Ready Player One is among the most popular video game novels ever written, landing not just on the New York Times Best Seller list, but also getting a movie adaptation from Stephen Spielberg. If you haven’t read it or need a gift for the gamer in your family, consider pickingContinue Reading
Image: Blizzard Entertainment Overwatch 2 let players take Mauga, the hero shooter’s new tank character, out for a test drive during BlizzCon earlier in November. I didn’t really care for him then, and I found him somehow, despite his giant frame and powerful abilities, to be a bit of aContinue Reading
Image: Ubisoft Assassin’s Creed Mirage will get a new update in December that adds a New Game Plus mode for free, and introduces an optional difficulty setting that will absolutely stomp your face in. How Alan Wake 2 Builds Upon The ‘Remedy-Verse’ New Game Plus, as the name implies, isContinue Reading
