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It’s Official: Control Is Coming To Xbox Game Pass

Well, the rumors were true. Control is coming to Xbox Game Pass. Starting December 3, you’ll be able to play the darkest third-person shooter in human history on Xbox consoles via Microsoft’s games-on-demand services. It’ll also join the list of playable Game Pass games available on Android. On Sunday, a post on the Xbox Game…

Yakuza: Like A Dragon‘s Crowded Pharmacy Really Stresses Me Out

In addition to battling randos and dodging traffic in the streets of Japan, I’ve spent a lot of time in Yakuza: Like a Dragon browsing the wares of various pharmacies and convenience stores. But one store is always so crowded that it’s impossible to navigate without shoving my fellow patrons out of the way, which…

After A Disappointing Start, WoW: Shadowlands’ Story Picks Up Big-Time In Maldraxxus

The more I think about Bastion, the more I’m glad I put the golden fields and star-dotted skies of that deceptively beautiful hell behind me for the pus-green, boil-covered and fleshy pastures of Maldraxxus. Seriously. Even though I knew I’d be trading one of the most beautiful zones ever designed in 13 years of World…

I Hate That Everybody In Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Can Read

As granite-hewn Viking woman Eivor, I’ve done a lot of things in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: I’ve run across boundless landscapes. I’ve raided more churches than I can count. I’ve stabbed guys and thrown their bodies at other guys, who I’ve then proceeded to stab, thus beginning anew a process I like to call The Circle…

Tempest 2000 Was The Rare Jag Game Worth Crankin’ The Volume For

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re listening to the Atari Jaguar game that sounded like a rave at a llama ranch, Jeff Minter’s psychedelic retro update Tempest 2000 Since 1993’s ill-fated Atari Jaguar was billed as a 64-bit Interactive Multimedia…

Track: I Will Follow | Artist: U2 | Album: Boy 

Sex Game Uses Far-Right YouTuber For Promo, Claims To Be “Unaware” Of His “Polarizing Background”

The developers of Subverse, one of the most anticipated adult games of all time, thought it would be a great idea to publicise their game via a video with Arch, formerly known as Arch Warhammer, a man who we last saw calling Creative Assembly “cuck beta leftists” As The Daily Dot report, developers Studio FOW…

New Nintendo Switch Firmware Actually Adds Useful Features

We can all appreciate general system stability improvements that enhance the user’s experience, but tonight’s Nintendo Switch firmware update actually adds some features to the console, like new ways to manage your screenshots. You can read the full changelog here, but the highlights are being able to transfer screens and video to a phone (albeit…

The Xbox Series X Can Run…PS2 Games?

What a world we live in, when Microsoft’s next-gen console has better PlayStation backwards compatibility than the PlayStation 5. Both the Xbox Series S and X have a developer mode users can activate, which can let you run UWP (Universal Windows Protocol) apps. That’s an application designed to be able to run not just in…

Yakuza: Like A Dragon Patch Adds Major Feature I Didn’t Even Know Was Missing

Unbeknownst to me, Yakuza: Like a Dragon somehow left Japan bereft of one key feature: in-battle weakness indicators. But today, almost three weeks after its Western launch, a patch has added this game-changing mechanic to the wacky gangster RPG. As in any good role-playing game, the characters of Yakuza: Like a Dragon bring their own…

Bungie Writer Makes Destiny 2‘s Queer Romance Official

One of Destiny 2’s writers took to Twitter over the weekend to dispel some players’ confusion and confirm that two of the game’s biggest characters are, in fact, gay and in love. The romantic relationship between Osiris, the exiled Warlock, and Saint-14, the boisterous Exo Titan, has been subtext in Destiny 2 for some time.…

Wasting My Time In WoW And Destiny 2 Is Good Actually

In World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, I’m level 59 and 7/8ths, have completed three of the five new zones, and I still don’t think I’m enjoying myself. In Destiny 2, I’m stumbling around Europa while I clumsily figure out (sometimes embarrassingly late) what the hell all my warlock powers do. Other than a few, fleeting moments,…

Swery’s Cat Game The Good Life Finally Finds A Publisher

The Good Life, the next game from designer Hidetaka “Swery” Suehiro, has finally found a publisher in The Irregular Corporation. It’s scheduled to launch on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC in summer 2021. Swery has had a hell of a time getting The Good Life out the door since its initial reveal in…

PS4’s Share Button Was So Great Everyone Copied It

The Nintendo Switch, the PS5, and the Xbox Series X all have something in common: A controller button that lets you quickly and easily take screenshots of games. While this feature feels like something obvious that’s been around for a long time, it only first became a thing in 2013’s PS4. The share button has…

Xbox Series X/S is getting a new update adding dynamic backgrounds, Game Pass game pre-loading, and a few other features There’s even a retro dashboard screen from Xboxes past thrown in there.

Trying To Buy A Next-Gen Console Is Still A Nightmare

The PS5 and Xbox Series X/S are in high demand but short supply. That’s not completely surprising given the challenges of launching next-gen consoles in the middle of a pandemic. But trying to get a hold of one continues to be a bigger headache than it otherwise might be due to scalpers, scammers, and the…

Demon’s Souls Invader Destroyed By Game’s Worst Attack

While a neat concept, getting invaded by other players in the Demon’s Souls remake can be super frustrating. Sometimes it feels impossible to land a single hit due to the typical online latency. But a notable Souls player recently managed to banish an invader from his world with the worst and most unwieldy attack in…

Official Die-Cast Poké Ball Replicas Run $100 Apiece, Should Not Be Thrown

Launching just in time for Pokémon Day, February 27, The Wand Company has turned everybody’s favorite pocket monster prison into a $100 metal replica, complete with proximity-sensing lights, a numbered collector’s case, and a warning for it to never, ever be thrown. Obviously, someone is going to spend $100 on this metal beauty and chuck…

Final Fantasy XIV’s final update of 2020, Futures Rewritten patch 5.4, launches on December 8. Along with new dungeons, main story quests, and trials, the patch adds Explorer Mode, which lets players explore dungeons and take screenshots without worrying about getting murdered by enemies. I’m down for some of that. 

The Week In Games: Empire Of Fenyx

It’s often a letdown when a holiday ends, but at least this week has some games to be excited about. Ubisoft’s Zelda-like Immortals Fenyx Rising comes out, along with Romero Games’ Empire of Sin and Dontnod’s Twin Mirror December 1 Chronos: Before The Ashes | Xbox, PC, PlayStation Empire of Sin | Xbox, PlayStation, PC,…