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‘It Wasn’t Meant To Be This Lightning Rod’: Valve Developer Looks Back At Company’s Epic Store Exclusivity Comments

When Metro Exodus was made an Epic Store exclusive just two weeks before its launch, Valve added fuel to the fire by appending a note to the game’s Steam page that called the move “unfair to Steam customers.” A Valve developer has told Kotaku that it wasn’t expecting the vitriolic reaction that followed. It’s as…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: Did I Make A Mistake Getting Married?

Hello, you evil bone machines, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column to help you remaster your love life. This week, we’re tackling the hard questions about relationships: What do you do when you think your marriage may have been a mistake… four days after the wedding? How do you deal…

Sakurai Playing Smash With Two Controllers Is Always A Pleasure

In a video last night, Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai casually took out two controllers to show off the new Super Smash Bros. Ultimate fighter Banjo-Kazooie. He was on his own. That’s how he sometimes plays the game. Against himself. If you’re a Smash aficionado, you might already know about this. There are pictures…

I’m Suddenly Proud Of The Collector’s Edition World Of Warcraft Pets I’ve Had Since 2004

I never intended to have tiny Diablo, zergling, and Panda pets following me around World of Warcraft. Purchasing the collector’s edition of the original game back in 2004, where these three rare in-game companions were a bonus, was a fluke. Now I’ve brought them into World of Warcraft Classic. Since the cuddly trio are the…

The State Of Overwatch In 2019

Overwatch is a game with gravity. Assembled from the scraps of the never-released MMORPG Titan by one of the most trusted game companies of all time, the first-person team shooter was always too big too fail. And since its release three years ago, its publisher Blizzard has continued feeding it, nourishing and fluffing its feathers,…

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A cool bit of news from the Japanese Nintendo Direct: In 2020, Nintendo will release Switch remakes of its Famicom Detective Club adventure games, originally released on the Famicom Disk System in the late 1980s. No English version planned yet, but who knows what’ll happen.

Return of the Obra Dinn, which was announced for the Switch earlier today, is also coming to the PS4 and Xbox One in the Fall

Everything Announced During Today’s Nintendo Direct

Super Nintendo games are finally coming to Switch Online. And I’m sure there were other announcements during today’s 40-minute Nintendo Direct, too. Like Xenoblade Chronicles and Tokyo Mirage Sessions coming to Switch. Or Fatal Fury’s Terry Bogard coming to Smash. Actually, there was a lot. Here it all is. Super Nintendo games are finally coming…

Super Nintendo Games Are Coming To Switch For Online Subscribers

You’ve been asking for it since 2016, and now you’re getting it. Nintendo just announced that a range of Super Nintendo titles will be made available for Nintendo Switch Online. The first lineup of games includes: Rewind function will be available at launch, and there’ll also be online multiplayer. Oh, and like with the NES,…

Wii U Gem Tokyo Mirage Sessions Is Coming To Switch

Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE, the crossover between Shin Megami Tensei and Fire Emblem, is coming to Switch. Rejoice! I never got to play Tokyo Mirage Sessions, despite it being one hundred percent my thing. You’re play a high schooler who’s also a pop star, who also has a kinda sorta persona, like in the series Persona, and…

Fatal Fury‘s Terry Is Coming To Super Smash Bros.

“Who the hell is Terry?” thousands of Super Smash Bros. fans all asked in unison just one moment ago. Well, according to Nintendo, he’s your next Smash fighter! Also, you know, a 30-year-old video game character from another well-respected franchise. Today’s Nintendo Direct brought news of the fourth highly anticipated Smash fighter. Terry Bogard is…

Boat-based mystery darling Return of the Obra Dinn is coming to Switch. Nintendo announced during today’s Nintendo Direct that the Switch version of the 2018 already-classic will be out sometime this fall.

Ikumi Nakamura, creative director at Tango Gameworks, has left the studio after nine years. You may remember her from this past E3, where she charmed the audience by introducing the spooky game she was working on, GhostWire: Tokyo.

Apex Legends‘ New Outfit Is Great But Expensive

Apex Legends fans appear to agree that the new limited-time skin for the character Wraith is pretty awesome. They are less sure that it is worth $18. The currently ongoing Voidwalker event has avoided the biggest pitfalls of the last Apex Legends event when it comes to skins. Rather than jumping through microtransaction hoops in…

Steam Libraries Are Getting Long-Awaited Overhaul In September

In the time since Valve first started alluding to (and accidentally leaking mock-ups of) a mysterious Steam library overhaul, eras have ended, empires have risen and fallen, and we’ve all grown weary and hunched. Or at least, it feels that way. Now, the time for change is nearly upon us: Valve will begin rolling out…

Sims 4 Players Are Freaking Out Over Stairs

In a free update for the game’s fifth anniversary, The Sims 4 will get new “Muslim-inspired” architecture and clothes, like hijabs and nehru collars, as well as some new patio items. But there’s one update in particular that Simmers are losing their minds about: customizable stairs. There are so many kinds of houses you can…

The original Puzzle Quest is coming to Switch. Revealed via an eShop listing, Puzzle Quest: The Legend Returns includes the classic match-3 RPG and its Plague Lord expansion, plus a new expansion, new quests, and more character classes. It’s out September 19.