Feels From Heals: Healing In Final Fantasy XIV Is Super Rewarding

The first thing I did upon setting foot in Foundation, the hub world central to Final Fantasy XIV’s Heavensward expansion, was sign up for the Astrologian and Dark Knight job class. This is extremely out of character for me because I only play damage dealers in MMOs, and Astrolgian and Dark Knight are healer and…

Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time: The Kotaku Review

The marsupial of legend returns and he’s never been so fluffy. But there’s nothing soft and cuddly about Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time. In true Crash fashion, this cute and colorful platformer is here to kick your ass. Originally published 10/10/2020. Re-upped for the next-gen and Switch release. The Crash series has never been…

April Fallout 76 Update Will Finally Let Players Have Multiple Camps

Camp building is at the center of Fallout 76 and the game’s April 27 update will finally let players create, store, and manage multiple campsites, a massive boon to the game’s more industrious architects. Called “Locked and Loaded,” the April update, which also includes a new loadout manager to quickly swap between character builds, will…

G.I. Joe And Cobra Face Off In World Of Tanks

Following up on last year’s bizarre crossover between World of Warships and Transformers, Wargaming and Hasbro have partnered again for the somewhat more sensible pairing of G.I. Joe and World of Tanks. We have the obviously evil red and black tank versus bulbous and friendly green tank, as the Joes’ B.T.T. (Breakthrough Tank) trades ordinance…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for being happy. The weekend is also for cyanide. Combine the two, and what do you get? Man, I don’t know. While I try to figure it out, I’ll be playing Cyanide & Happiness: Freakpocalypse, a point-and-click adventure about a horrible boy named Coop who is horrible. Seriously, he is just the…

Loop Hero Will Soon Let You Save The Dang Game

The deck-building, dungeon-making roguelite RPG Loop Hero is getting some much needed quality-of-life improvements in an upcoming update, the game’s developers announced yesterday. The most important of these fixes? Finally letting you save your game. Technically, Loop Hero does that already, saving all progress automatically as you complete expeditions. But there’s no way to save…

Lo-Fi Chill Beats Anime Girl Now A Collectible Statue

The face of lo-fi chill beats music on YouTube is being turned into a 12 inch collectible statue because if you love something set it free, or in this case make a toy out of it. Lo-fi chill beats became a thing back in the summer of 2018, with channels blowing up on YouTube that featured…

Burning Rangers‘ Music Makes Me Want To Kick A Fire’s Ass

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re setting the morning on fire with the rock, pop, rap, and techno-jazz of Sega’s Burning Rangers. And then we’ll put it out, which is only polite. Way back in 1998, during the final months…

Track: These Days | Artist: Nico | Album: Chelsea Girl

Bloodborne’s Doll Used To Have A Lot More To Say

Everyone’s favorite video game archaeologist Lance McDonald is back with a new Bloodborne video. This time around, he’s exploring unused dialogue for the Doll, the 2015 game’s level up-granting NPC. And while the alternate voice acting is neat, it’s what she used to say that really piqued my interest. Bloodborne, like most From Software games,…

Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s Menus Suck

Booting up the newest Call of Duty, I was greeted by terrible-looking menus, an overwhelming amount of options, too much information, and some ugly-looking ads. It’s not a great first impression and feels like a cobbled-together mess. In other words: It bad. There was a time when I played every new Call of Duty game.…

Borderlands 3‘s Next Expansion Delayed To April 8

Gearbox announced this morning that it has delayed the release of the upcoming Borderlands 3 expansion Director’s Cut almost a full month due to the severe winter storms that recently swept through its home state of Texas. The update will now launch on April 8. “Thankfully, all of our team members and their families are…

PSA: Surviving Mars and Metro 2033 Are Currently Free On PC

Each week, the Epic Games Store puts up a free game, which you can add to your library no strings attached. This week’s offering is Surviving Mars, the space-faring city-builder game about…surviving on Mars. It’ll be available until March 18. Surviving Mars, if you haven’t played it, is more or less exactly what you picture…

Oddworld: New ‘N’ Tasty Guilted Me Into My First 100% Completion

I started playing Oddworld: New ‘N Tasty and oh god, I’m going to have to save all 299 of these Mudokons, aren’t I? In 2014’s Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty, you play as the Mudokon Abe, an overworked, underpaid alien wo’rking for a company that destroys the ecosystem and drives indigenous creatures extinct—so your typical Amazon…

Crash Bandicoot 4 Runs Great On PS5, Passably On Switch

Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time arrives on Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, PC, and Switch tomorrow, giving us some of the most polished versions of last year’s excellent platformer alongside one that struggles a lot but gets the job done. Digital Foundry compared the PS5 and Switch versions side by side, and the differences…