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We Tested All The PS5 Demon’s Souls Graphics Filters

I’m happy to report that I’m finally playing Demon’s Souls, my most anticipated next-gen game. While full impressions will require more time, let’s take a look at the various visual filters the game provides to players on PlayStation 5. (These are 4K images captured via the console’s Create button, by the way, so be sure…

Vaping Trick Makes It Look Like New Xbox Is Blowing Smoke [Update]

Viral videos are circulating on Twitter showing the newly-released Xbox Series X seeming to billow smoke. While this would certainly be cause for concern, others have pointed out possible causes besides the console burning up, and Spanish Twitter news account Xbox Studio demonstrated how easy the effect is to recreate using an ordinary household vape.…

Diablo-lite Minecraft Dungeons is finally getting cross-play on November 17. Players on Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC will all be able to matchmake with one another to loot mobs together.

World Of Warcraft Had The Perfect Playlist To Kill Hogger To

Good morning children of the Alliance and welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make.. Today we’re vendoring trash, cleaning out our bank tabs, and disenchanting for dust as we prepare for the launch of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands with a musical nostalgia roadtrip…

Track: I Know The End | Artist: Phoebe Bridgers | Album: (Seth Meyers Live Performance)

The Brotherhood of Steel officially arrives in Fallout 76 on December 1. The game’s Steel Dawn expansion will include new story missions and player-vaults called camp shelters.

They Brought Back Destiny’s Loot Cave, But Not The Loot

Destiny’s prodigal cave has returned and it comes bearing, well, not much. Back in 2014 when Destiny 1 first launched, the loot cave was all folks could talk about. Bungie invested years and millions into making a vast shared world scifi game and all anybody wanted to do was aim their gun into a dark…

Michael B. Jordan Wants Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 On PS5 And I Can’t Argue With That

Creed and Black Panther star Michael B. Jordan already has a PlayStation 5. Such is the life of a celebrity. In a recent Instagram post, Jordan wrote that while he thinks the PlayStation 5’s gameplay and graphics are “🔥,” he also wants to see a certain old-school fighting game make a resurgence on the next-gen…

Three All Elite Wrestling Games In Development

Three separate games featuring the All Elite Wrestling (AEW) brand are currently in development, the organization announced today. This lineup of upcoming AEW games includes an as-of-yet untitled wrestling game for current and next-gen consoles helmed by former WWE 2K developer Yuke’s, mobile general manager simulator AEW Elite General Manager, and virtual gambling game AEW…

Official Spider-Man x PlayStation Sneakers Are Blergh

As we told you last month, Miles Morales—who in the recent animated film made Air Jordan 1s an iconic part of his entire character—has lost his Nike deal in exchange for an Adidas one. And it’s a definite downgrade. While originally all we had to go on were some images from the game, Adidas and…

Destiny 2‘s Steam Player Count Is Nearly At An All-Time High, Despite Beyond Light Launch Difficulties

Any time there are millions of people itching to play a new expansion, there’s bound to be difficulties. You might even call it Destiny… 2: Beyond Light’s rollout, which is happening right now. Today, Bungie’s sci-fi flavored entry in the “bad guys fall down, numbers go up” genre is within spitting distance of a new…

How PS5 Remote Play Works On PS4

A surprise application appeared on everyone’s PlayStation 4 yesterday that allows the console to remotely access the PlayStation 5. Here’s a quick primer on how this feature works. Playing PlayStation 5 games remotely on the PlayStation 4 works much the same way as the feature did between prior Sony consoles. Users will need to activate…

The PS5 Doesn’t Support 1440p Output Now, But It Could In The Future

Keep bugging Sony about it and the PS5 might one day support 1440p just like the Xbox Series X/S. This ray of hope comes via an interview with Japanese tech outlet AV Watch in which two Sony VPs explain that there’s nothing technically holding the PS5 back from outputting in 1440p, the native resolution of…

RepliCade’s Dragon’s Lair Is The Coolest Mini Arcade Machine I’ve Played

It’s an astounding little tribute to one of arcade gaming’s greatest.

Akira Yamaoka Signed Every Shadows Of The Damned Soundtrack Sold In The West

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re revisiting 2011’s Shadows of the Damned, which has one particular track that flies in the face of its goth, heavy metal aesthetics. Grasshopper Manufacture’s Shadows of the Damned (playlist / longplay / VGMdb) is…

Destiny 2‘s Live Event Has Let Players Into Its Gorgeous Last City

Destiny 2 servers are set to shutdown tonight for maintenance ahead of tomorrow’s launch of the Beyond Light expansion, but just before they do Bungie decide to treat players to a nice relaxing stroll through the game’s breathtaking Last City. Players have been anticipating some sort of live in-game event to cap of the game’s…

I Just Want To Play Watch Dogs: Legion

Nearly two weeks ago, Watch Dogs: Legion came out. One day later, I booted it up on my PC for a breezy three-or-so-hour play session. One day after that, I once again tried to play the latest cyberpunk entry in a genre that, for expediency’s sake, we will just call “Ubisoft,” only for the loading…

Some Amazon Customers Might Not Get Their Xbox Series X Until Christmas

While some people are already opening up their brand new Xbox Series X consoles, for others—specifically those who ordered through Amazon—there might be a bit of a wait. As many on Twitter are now sharing, Amazon has today sent out emails to some customers telling them: Hello, We’re contacting you with an update regarding your…

There’s A Tiny Master Chief Inside Every Xbox Series S

When the Xbox One X and One S launched in 2017, it didn’t take folks long to notice that inside the consoles, stamped on the hardware itself, were tiny little homages to the Halo series. In 2020, with the launch of the Xbox Series S, that’s now a tradition. Having got their hands on a…

PS5 Designer Originally Wanted It To Be Even Bigger

Yes, you read that right. The biggest console in modern gaming history started out even bigger when Sony senior art director Yujin Morisawa first put pen to paper. “In the beginning, when I started drawing, it was much larger even though I didn’t know what engineering was going to do,” Morisawa said in an interview…