Ethan Gach

Minecraft Player Makes Futuristic Metropolis Inspired By Cyberpunk 2077

CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 is still several months away, but Minecraft players who want to get in the spirit of exploring neon-fueled dystopias will soon be able to visit their own version of Night City. Minecraft YouTuber Elysium Fire released a trailer for their upcoming tribute to Cyberpunk 2077‘s world earlier this month (thanks…

Anthem Is Still Pretty

It’s felt like years since I last thought about Anthem, but following the game’s seasonal update last week I decided to pick it back up and was immediately struck by how beautiful its new wintery vistas are. Anthem’s Icetide event added flight time trials, a mission called Coolant Harvesting, and a new way to earn…

Street Fighter V is getting Seth as part of the Champion Edition coming February 14, Capcom revealed during last night’s Capcom Cup finals. The Street Fighter IV villain is a genetically engineered M. Bison clone who’s able to copy other characters’ move sets 

Control’s New Combat-Focused Update Is Fun Even When It’s Destroying Me

When I first heard about Control’s new Expeditions mode, timed events based around combat that went live last night during the Game Awards, I was skeptical. Control is an atmospheric thriller, and while I think it handles third-person action combat well, it’s not the reason I’d recommend the game (which I definitely would). But here…

Gears Tactics is coming to Xbox One and PC (including on Steam) on April 28, 2020. Microsoft showed off a new trailer at the Game Awards tonight and the game looks exactly like you’d expect the baby of Gears of War and XCOM to.

Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance Is Coming Back With A Brand New Game

A spiritual successor to 2001’s Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance is coming next year, Wizards of the Coast announced tonight at the Game Awards. Called Dark Alliance, the action role-playing game is based on Dungeons & Dragons’ Forgotten Realms campaign and will follow the exploits of the dark elf Drizzt Do’Urden, created by fantasy writer R.…

A New Bravely Default Is Coming To Switch

The beloved 3DS JRPG series Bravely Default is getting a third game on Nintendo Switch next year. The first Bravely Default started out as a sequel to Final Fantasy: 4 Heroes of Light, but ended up becoming its own series and getting a direct sequel, Bravely Second: End Layer. The games have beautiful towns, grindy…

Season Of Dawn Is A Nice Break From The Destiny 2 Power Grind

Destiny 2’s latest season features Saint-14, a legendary Titan whom players have been eager to meet. The only catch is that they’ll have to spend a lot of time doing boring stuff before they get to learn more about him. Season of Dawn, which went live on December 10, begins with the return of Osiris,…

For Honor is getting a battle pass starting next year. Each of the four seasons in 2020 will havea free battle pass players can rank up to to earn rewards, with the option to buy a premium version with additional stuff to collect. The game will also get two new fighters.

The prices for items in Rocket League’s new microtransaction shop have been slashed in half following a player backlash Players who already purchased items at the old prices will be refunded the difference.

Forza Horizon 4 Is Getting A 72-Car Battle Royale Mode

Racing through Britain’s pastoral countryside is about to become a matter of life and death. Forza Horizon 4’s December 12 update will add the series’ first-ever battle royale mode, called Eliminator, Playground Games announced during its developer livestream today. The new mode pits 72 players against one another in a race to the center of…

New Fallout 76 Bugs Are Making Armor Weak And Weapons Brittle

It wouldn’t be a Fallout 76 patch if it didn’t introduce a few unusual new bugs, and yesterday’s update was no exception. Some players are discovering that reloading their weapons causes their defense stats to drop. The bug is pretty straightforward: A player reloads their weapon and then sees the defense stats for their some…

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.

It’s not too late to claim any Season of Undying rewards you may have missed in Destiny 2 Although Season of Dawn went live yesterday, and the new season pass along with it, you can still access your old season pass over on Bungie’s website to collect anything you might have missed.

PSA: If Destiny 2‘s Osiris Says He Doesn’t Have New Quests, Keep Asking

Destiny 2‘s Season of Dawn began today, and with it came all sorts of changes, including the return of the mysterious exiled Warlock Osiris. He has new quests for you, but for some reason, he likes to hide them. Osiris appears to be the main quest giver this season, and as a result, players will…

RedBox Is Ending Its Video Game Rentals, And I’ll Miss Them A Lot

There’s a small stall that occupies approximately 10 square feet of the sprawling, glass-roofed warehouse where I buy my groceries. Inside are a handful of discs—a rotating shortlist of the most popular console blockbusters—that I can take home, try, and return for only a few bucks. Redbox, you’ve burned me in the past, but damn…

Destiny Player Earns Every Title In The Game (And It Only Took 1,200 Hours)

One Destiny 2 player has collected every Guardian title that currently exists in the game. It took him over 1,000 hours to pull off, yet, he tells Kotaku, he doesn’t regret it. Titles in Destiny 2 are special achievements that players earn by completing various tasks, some very grindy and others incredibly hard. They range…

Minecraft PS4 Players Are Finally Getting The Latest Version Of The Game And Cross-Play

At long last, Minecraft’s Bedrock Edition, the latest version of the game, is coming to PS4. PS4 players who couldn’t play with their friends on other platforms, as well as being barred from Microsoft’s latest version of the game, will be brought back into the fold on December 10. Previously, Minecraft players on PS4 were…

King Of Cards Adds A Fun Card Game To Everything That Already Makes Shovel Knight Great

Shovel Knight: King of Cards is the perfect reason to jump back into Yacht Club Games’ ever-expanding shovel-verse. The game’s terrific platforming and treasure hunting are back, but there’s also a great new mini-game now, and it’s all a blast to play. I wish every great indie game received the DLC treatment Shovel Knight has.…

2K Games Officially Announces It’s Working On A New Bioshock

Today 2K Games announced the formation of a new studio called Cloud Chamber to work on the next BioShock, a game that’s still a few years out from release according to the publisher. “A collective of storytellers eager to push the frontlines of interactive entertainment by making unique, entertaining and thoughtful experiences that engage the…