The Outer Worlds is getting some story DLC next year. Developers Obsidian Entertainment has announced plans to expand the story of The Outer Worlds via DLC released in 2020.
We’ll be streaming some of Destiny 2's new Season of Dawn over on Kotaku’s Twitch channel shortly. You can come watch us breakdown the new grind, take a look at some of the game’s new weapons, and show off how Osiris’ Sundial multiplayer activity works.
Axiom Verge is getting a sequel. Axiom Verge 2 was just announced during Nintendo’s Indie World showcase, and is coming Fall of 2020. It looks....like Axiom Verge! Hooray!
A new heist is being added to GTA Online next week. The new heist will task players with breaking into the recently added casino and according to Rockstar it will feature more options and choices than previous heists. It will be available on December 12 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
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The Nintendo Switch version of Alien: Isolation will arrive December 5th. The port will come with all 7 DLC add-ons, so get ready to bring your pal the Xenomorph with you on all your holiday travels.
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Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers now has a Japanese release date and a brand new trailer. The musou take on Persona drops in Japan on February 20, 2020, for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. It also looks slick as heck, as you might expect from a Persona 5 spin-off.
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Manifold Garden, a gorgeous mind-bending puzzle game long in the works, is finally out tomorrow. The former PS4 exclusive is now coming to Apple Arcade and the Epic Games Store on October 18.
Google Stadia will launch November 19. The release date was announced at today’s hardware-focused Google event unveiling the Pixel 4 smartphone, which you can read more about on Gizmodo.
The PlayStation 4's firmware update 7.00 is set to launch this week. The update brings Remote Play to Android devices running Android 5.0 or later, adds DualShock 4 support for Remote Play, and increases the max party size to 16.
Rockstar is giving away $1 million of in-game money to everyone who logins into Grand Theft Auto Online between now and Oct. 2. The large sum of cash is being given away to celebrate the six-year anniversary of GTA Online. Players will receive the funds by October 9th.
Anthem’s limited-time Cataclysm event is sticking around. Scheduled to end this week, EA Community Lead Jesse Anderson tweeted Wednesday night that a hotfix has gone live keeping the Cataclysm fully active and bringing back the seasonal store.
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Haven Island, the next location in the Hitman 2 Expansion Pass, arrives September 24. Set in the Maldives and following up on the events of the previous Bank map, Haven comes with a host of new challenges and full support for Contracts mode. It also comes with this excellent new trailer.
Wolfenstein: Youngblood just got a little less frustrating. The game’s 1.05 patch—out now for PC and coming soon to consoles—comes with a bevy of tweaks, the biggest ones affecting enemy “bullet sponginess” and adding checkpoints. Still can’t pause in co-op, obviously. (Though you now can offline, thanks to update 1.0…
The developers of Cuphead have made the game’s excellent soundtrack available for purchase as sheet music. It’s very cool to see they’ve made separate arrangements for high school jazz band, high school concert band, professionals, and barbershop quartets.
Psst. Hey. Ben here. If you’re in need of a fun gaming podcast, you should definitely check out my newest show — Memory Card. Every episode covers the history surrounding a weird and wonderful character, console, accessory or game. You can find it on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, and Spotify.
Gamesindustry.biz has followed up their summer investigation into console manufacturer’s sourcing of conflict minerals with information from Nintendo. The company has improved its sourcing by a disappointing 3%, reporting that 79% of said minerals come from whitelisted smelters and refiners.
Manga creator Konami Sonoda of ChocoMimi fame has passed away due to breast cancer. ChocoMimi debuted in 2003 and a live-action version followed in 2007.
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Disintegration, the new game from V1 Interactive, the studio headed by Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto, just got its first trailer. There’s only a bit of gameplay, but it looks fun—and will reportedly come with both a story campaign and multiplayer.
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The Eternal Cylinder is the newest game from Ace Team, the makers of Rock of Ages. It’s a survival game where you play a cute round alien friend that must evolve and adapt to a hostile environment, but adorably. Looks neat!
Sony will be releasing the DualShock 4 in four brand-new colors this September: Rose Gold, Titanium Blue, Electric Purple, and Red Camouflage. Rose Gold fans get to double dip: The Gold wireless headset will also come in that color.