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Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Will Have A 60 FPS Mode

Insomniac has confirmed today that Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart will have two different modes, one running in 4k at 30 frames per second and the other mode running in “lower resolution” at 60 frames per second. The news comes from a Famitsu interview with Insomniac about its upcoming PS5 exclusive Ratchet & Clank game.…

Monster Hunter: World‘s Final Update Adds Fatalis Boss Fight

Monster Hunter: World will get its fifth and final major update in October featuring the long-awaited face-off against the powerful black dragon Fatalis. Capcom delivered the news in a final Developer’s Diary update on the game which laid out the content it will be getting over the next couple of months. Iceborne’s one-year anniversary will…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for realizing that holy shit, the summer is almost over, the new Madden is out, nothing feels like it’s really happening anymore. Hooray. It’s that time of year again, somehow. The time when I set down a wonderful little puzzle platformer like Hello Games’ The Last Campfire, trading it for the sport…

Modder Turns Nintendo Wii Into A Slick-Looking Handheld

GingerOfMods has transformed a number of retro consoles into nifty-looking portables, but the Wiiboy Color is on another level. As technology improves, tinkers like GingerOfMods are able to revisit older gaming consoles and make them even more compact and efficient than before. It’s not easy though, and the recent Wiiboy Color mod is a testament…

Killer Cuts Was ‘90s Nintendo Failing To Be Cool

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s new, daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today’s aural treat (of sorts) is Nintendo’s 1995 freebie album Killer Cuts, which was the soundtrack to Minoru Arakawa’s illegal, underground raves. If “game recognize game,” it follows that “nerd recognize nerd.” And as a…

Track: Pretty Thing | Artist: Bo Diddley | Album: The Best of Bo Diddley 

Just Stalkin’ Around

Artyom Turskyi is an artist at GSC Game World, the team behind the STALKER games. You can see more of Artyom’s stuff at his ArtStation page

After Crucible‘s Flop, Amazon’s New MMO Is Actually Doing Well On Twitch

Up until this week, Amazon Games wasn’t exactly batting a thousand. Its most notable achievement of the year was releasing Crucible, a team-based shooter that flopped so hard it had to be un-released. Its upcoming MMO, New World, is off to a much stronger start, in part because Twitch streamers are involved in a bigger…

What The Avengers Game Would Look Like With Faces From The Movies

One of the most jarring things about the new Avengers game is that, since we’re all so used to everyone’s faces from the movies, seeing other faces just doesn’t feel right. So here’s what the game would look like if it had somehow got the rights to use the likenesses of Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth…

Finally, You Cowards Put Yaddle In A Star Wars Game Trailer

And so, nearly two years after I first lamented the absence of the great Yaddle from ALL the Star Wars games, my suffering has ended. Finally, those cowards have released the first in-game footage of Yaddle from 2021’s LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. During Gamecom’s Opening Night Live event today, we got a bunch…

Everything Announced At Gamescom’s Opening Night

Summer Game Fest, the not-E3 months-long event created by Geoff Keighley, wrapped up today with a big, live event kicking off Gamescom 2020. This has been a strange year for video game announcements and reveals. With no E3 and many other shows going digital, publishers, websites, and developers have had to create their own online…

Here’s More Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Running On The PlayStation 5

We’ve seen glimpses of PS5 gameplay before—including in one seriously impressive tech demo from May—but today’s Gamescom “Opening Night Live” showed off a deeper look. Capping off the two-hour (!!) event was a lengthy gameplay demo of Insomniac Games’ PS5 exclusive, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Here’s a look: In an interview right after the…

Destiny 2 Shows Off Cool New Crystal Powers

We got our first look at Destiny 2‘s new Stasis subclass and its abilities in a new trailer during Gamescom today, and it looks absolutely wild. Stasis, which gets added to the game when Beyond Light comes out on November 10, looks like it’s all about crystals: creating them, smashing them, and otherwise wielding them…

Fall Guys‘ Second Season Is Medieval Themed

If you ever wished your local Renaissance Faire was more colorful, you’re in luck. Fall Guys’ second season will be themed after the medieval era, developer Mediatonic revealed today during Gamescom’s “Opening Night Live” event For those who’ve spent August under the rock or in the woods (hey, I wouldn’t blame you), Fall Guys is…

The good news, here’s a new trailer for Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. The bad news, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has slipped from a 2020 release to spring 2021. At least we know what gameplay looks like now, so we can hurt about the delay more. Yay!

Time Loop Thriller 12 Minutes Stars Daisy Ridley, James McAvoy, and Willem Dafoe

Murder mystery 12 Minutes re-emerged at Gamescom 2020 opening night with even more polish and an all-star voice cast that includes Daisy Ridley, James McAvoy, and Willem Dafoe. The game, an interactive thriller about a man trapped in a 12-minute time loop, has been in development for several years now, with previews dating back to…

Beware This Pack Of Deadly Beavers In Red Dead Online

I never thought I would be afraid of beavers. But after playing a legendary animal mission recently, I’m terrified of the buck-toothed bastards. However, I’m also excited that Rockstar finally seems to be adding more creative, exciting, and silly content into Red Dead Online. The latest big update for Red Dead Online arrived last month…

Players Are Chasing Hurricanes In Microsoft Flight Simulator

Hurricane Laura made landfall over Louisiana last night, causing hundreds of thousands to lose power and severe damage to infrastructure like chemical plants even as the storm weakened over time. But from the safety of the virtual clouds, Microsoft Flight Simulator players spent the last day exploring the storm from a different angle. Flight Simulator…

Here’s Where To Watch Gamescom’s Opening Night Live Event

Gamescom’s “Opening Night Live” is the last major not-E3 event of the summer. Hosted by Geoff Keighley, pretty much every heavy hitter in the industry—from EA and Gearbox to Bungie and Bethesda—is making an appearance. Expect to get a taste of upcoming games (Ratchet & Clank: A Rift Apart, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War)…

The Division Headlines September’s Xbox Live Games With Gold

The world being what it is, you might not be feeling The Division right now, but September’s Xbox Live Games with Gold has some other fare in store for you too. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active Xbox Live Gold membership. September’s Games with Gold are: Xbox One Tom Clancy’s…