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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…

Hitman 3 Comes Out January 20, Next-Gen Upgrades Will Be Free

Hitman 3 will be out January 20 on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, Stadia and PC via Epic Games Store, IO Interactive announced today. It’ll also let players upgrade digital copies of the game to their next-gen versions for free. “Yes, we’re doing a next-gen upgrade for consoles and yes, it’s free,” the…

How’s It Going? Movie Time Edition

Let’s all go to the lobby and get ourselves infected. Welcome back to our daily open thread. Who’s going to see New Mutants in the theater this weekend, and what the heck is wrong with you? I’ve been waiting forever for this movie to release, and there’s no way in hell I am going out…

Netflix Confirms It’s Working On A Resident Evil TV Series

A new live-action series based on Resident Evil is in development over at Netflix, the livestreaming platform announced today on Twitter. The show will apparently focus on the “Wesker kids”, a possible allusion to Albert Wesker, a central antagonist in Resident Evil and one of several children who were part of a eugenics projects involving…

Osamu Sato’s Transmigration Is Music To Trip To

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s new, daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re getting esoteric with an album spun off of a very weird CD-ROM adventure game. (Or was it the other way around?) And oh, it’s by the guy who conceived LSD: Dream Emulator The…

Fortnite‘s Season 4 Marvel Theme Is Mostly Cosmetic So Far

Fortnite’s Chapter 2, Season 4 is, as long-teased, a crossover with the Marvel universe. If you can put aside the terrifying implications of a Peely with Wolverine claws, you’ll find what largely appear to be cosmetic changes, with a few gameplay elements mixed in so far. Called Nexus War, Season 4 sees Thor and other…

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Fall Guys Fans Create Wonderful Concept Skins

Fall Guys is the most downloaded PlayStation 4 game ever. We’ve already started seeing some collab costumes, such as the Gordon Freeman skin, and we’re bound to see many, many more. Yoko Taro, for example, is interested in a Nier-themed outfit for the giant-bean characters. I am certain he is not alone! In the meantime,…

Report: Microsoft Appoints Halo Veteran To Get Infinite “Back on Track” [Update]

After a disappointing gameplay reveal—it’s hard making blockbuster games from home!—Halo Infinite has been pushed back to 2021. It’s also now getting some outside help, with a report that Microsoft is parachuting Halo veteran Joseph Staten in to help with development. As Bloomberg report, Staten—one of the main writers on earlier Halo games at Bungie,…

1992 Neo Geo Game Just Had Its “Taiwan” Names Removed

Baseball Stars 2 was released on the Neo Geo in 1992 (one year after the greatest baseball game ever made, with which it has a lot in common), and for the last 28 years has been just fine with teams like the “Tokyo Ninjas” and “Spanish Galleons”. The “Taipei Hawks”, however, have just been removed…

Sony Is Offering PS5 Preorders, Only You Don’t Know How Much It Costs

As we’ve already discussed today, nobody has any idea what’s going on with the PS5 launch. But if you’d still like to pre-order one on the basis of blind faith and a susceptibility to hype, then Sony has the deal for you. The company is offering pre-orders for a brand new PS5 at launch, despite…

How Much Call Of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War Will Cost (In Plain English)

Earlier today, after a week of hype, Activision revealed release-day information for Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War. It comes out on November 13 and will cost some amount of U.S. dollars. Yes, today’s info dump spawned some confusion around pricing, chiefly because there are a vexing amount of purchasing options for even the…

How Animal Crossing: New Horizons Players Use The Game’s Customization To Make It More Accessible

“It turns out that Animal Crossing [New Horizons] is very, very blind-friendly,” says Ross Minor in thefirst oftwo videos he uploaded to YouTube this spring. In them, the blind athlete and YouTuber demonstrates how a combination of the game’s sound design, mechanics, and customizability enable him to enjoy the game in a way that doesn’t…