As some fans have been requesting, the developers of The Division 2 have decided to add the player names of the first teams to beat the game’s tough, first raid on PC, PS4 and Xbox one in the game’s virtual White House. The developers had originally planned to only do it for the world’s first…
The short, excellent 2013 game Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons is coming to Switch on May 28, according to its publisher. The game’s unusual control scheme assigned control of one brother to one analog stick on a controller, the other brother to the other stick. The Switch version will also support co-op.
There may have been a time, a week or two ago, when I was excited to score my first Precursor Reflex Bow in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Thirty-seven Precursor Reflex Bows later? Not so much. While playing Odyssey’s Fate of Atlantis expansion, which takes the ancient Greek setting of this action-role-playing-game into an otherworldly realm crafted…
Three days after its release, The Division 2‘s eight-player raid is no longer unbeaten on consoles. The game’s PS4 leaderboards show that two eight-player teams have cleared it, the first clocking in at over 36 hours, the second at nearly 20. The Xbox One leaderboard shows a team clearing it in 17. The raid, called…
More than 24 hours since it launched, the Division 2’s raid has only been cleared by people playing the game on PC. Players on Xbox One and PS4 have failed repeatedly, leading to discussions that the raid is far too difficult for those playing on console. [Update – 9:20am, May 19: Three days after the…
It took a significant chunk of the day for any of the eight-player groups streaming The Division 2’s new Operation Dark hours raid on Twitch to finally clear it. The POG clan, led by Division streamer and YouTuber Marcostyle, managed to knock off the final boss at 5:10 p.m. In a lengthy stream of the…
Adopting the approach of its shoot-and-loot rival Destiny, The Division’s first raid, set for release on Thursday, will require that players manually connect with others to attempt the mission. Matchmaking will not be an option, the game’s developers at Ubisoft Massive have confirmed, which has infuriated some players and lit up the game’s social media…
A pair of missions that Ubisoft added to The Division 2 this morning are a welcome treat for players like me, who are more excited finding the next audio log in an open-world game than grabbing the next statistically favorable piece of loot. The missions are, for better or worse, currently exclusive to the game’s…
Last fall’s Shadow of the Tomb Raider had a season pass with a packed lineup that must have sounded great in its publisher’s boardroom and maybe in the ears of some fans: seven expansions, one a month, adding a new tomb each time. Can’t miss, right? For a while, it did miss, with each small…
Citing fan feedback, player data and “intense internal discussions,” the makers of The Division 2 will not be introducing 515-level gear in the game’s big update coming next week. That decision that may seem granular to outsiders but is actually a significant acquiescence by the game’s creators in an ongoing drama around the game that…
A personal note: This month marks my 10th anniversary at Kotaku, first as deputy editor, then as editor-in-chief. I’ve felt honored to work with so many superb writers, editors and producers, and I’m eternally grateful to the readers for your continued support of the site. Thank you for an incredible decade. My curiosity about gaming…
Let’s take a look at video games’ favorite scene from the Star Wars series: the battle of Hoth. Developers have been trying for over 30 years to get it right. Which is your favorite? (This post was originally published in May 2010. We’re bumping it today in celebration of Star Wars Day.) 1982: The Atari…
Ubisoft’s love for microtransactions and map defogging missions may be tiresome, but the company’s propensity to support its games for a long time continues to impress. The mega-publisher just announced that Ghost Recon Wildlands, fresh off two years of post-release content additions (and two years of season passes, naturally), is now getting more free missions…
The fourth installment of Hal Laboratory’s puzzle game series about box-shaped characters who can emit boxes from their bodies is tricky to recommend to series veterans, but it is a cinch to suggest to newcomers. For those who haven’t BoxBoy’d before, it should take about 16 to decide if BoxBoy + BoxGirl is something you’ll…
Nintendo just added free updates to Nintendo Switch blockbusters Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild that introduce virtual reality modes to both games, but you’ll be perfectly fine if you skip them. Mario Odyssey’s new VR mode consists of a trio of small custom levels that let you use…
I’ve spent a lot of time this console generation honing my screenshot-taking reflexes, and now my Switch, PS4 and Xbox One are full of pictures and videos I’ve captured. But what did I capture first? On my Switch, it was Link in his 100-year underwear, just waking up at the start of The Legend of…
Free and paid updates are coming to Ubisoft’s uneven sci-fi game Starlink on April 30, just in time to deliver on the promise of a big update this month. The update, called Crimson Moon, was detailed today in a trailer that shows signs of life for the young Ubisoft game that just recently had its…
For decades, Nintendo has enabled people to play games on the go. It’s been great, but it’s also been silly at times. Seriously, how did any of us even tolerate playing games on the Game Boy Advance’s dim screen? As much love as I have for the systems that brought us Advance Wars, WarioWare, Phoenix…
About a year ago, I came to grips with my failure to keep up with some of my favorite game series. I’m about two Fire Emblems behind and still about a half-game short of being caught up on Mario & Luigi. I’ve learned that I should just skip and reset with the new one, but…
The Division 2‘s first raid is being delayed from April 25 to some time in May as Ubisoft is embarking on major rebalancing of the game (following a lot of grumbling on forums about issues with builds, exotic weapons and more). A Public Test Server goes live today for anyone who has the game via…
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