Hypnospace Outlaw‘s Switch Port Supports Keyboard And Mouse

Hypnospace Outlaw will support keyboard and mouse when it arrives on Switch next Thursday. While the console does recognize most keyboards, the ability to play games with the setup has been limited. This is sure to make browsing the game’s alternate reality internet that much more enjoyable.

Spiritfarer Is A Chill, Touching Take On A Stressful Genre

Spiritfarer, which is described by developer Thunder Lotus Games as a “cozy management game about dying,” came out yesterday for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC. I’m only a few hours into this massive, striking game—it’s reportedly 30 to 40 hours long—but those words seem remarkably accurate so far. To play Spiritfarer is…

Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War Is The Next Call Of Duty

A teaser trailer released today revealed that the next Call of Duty will be Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War. Claiming to be inspired by true events, the teaser trailer features the story of a Soviet spy, codenamed “Perseus,” who was allegedly involved in attempts to sabotage the United States. Check out the trailer:…

Rogue Legacy 2 Is Definitely More Rogue Legacy So Far

Rogue Legacy 2, now available in early access on Steam, leans heavily on the first two nouns in its title. It’s a roguelike in which the player guides generations of adventurers through a grand castle in search of fame and fortune, leaving behind a legacy for the next family member to take up the cause.…

Fall Guys Celebrates 1 Million Twitter Followers With A Yellow Team Tornado

The Twitter for bean-flavored battle royale Fall Guys reached one million followers today, prompting the popular account to unleash a video depicting a nightmarish version of the Egg Scramble mini-game in which everyone is yellow team. Or a dream-come-true, depending on where your alliance lies. Me, I always end up on team yellow, so the…

Writer On Original Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines Has Been Fired From The Sequel

Brian Mitsoda, a lead writer on the original Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, has been laid off from the development team working on Bloodlines 2, Hardsuit Labs and Paradox Interactive announced on the game’s website today. Creative director Ka’ai Cluney is also no longer working on the game as part of larger “organizational changes” to…

Red Dead Redemption 2 Is Already Leaving Xbox Game Pass

Like the Wild West world it depicted, Red Dead Redemption 2’s time on Xbox Game Pass is coming to a sudden, ignominious end. Despite just joining the service in May, Red Dead Redemption 2 will become unavailable on September 7. Red Dead Redemption 2’s departure follows a similar path as Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V,…

Horizon Zero Dawn for PC got a 1.02 patch today, which further addresses performance issues. “This patch aims to resolve some of the more frustrating crashes we’ve been seeing since launch,” the developers wrote on Reddit.

How’s It Going? I Can See My House From Here Edition

I spent this morning trying to find the house I live in within a video game. Welcome back to our daily open thread. I’ve been fiddling with Microsoft Flight Simulator for the past couple of days, mainly just poking about until my new flight stick arrives. One goal of mine, which I imagine is the…

Persona 4 Golden‘s Steam Success Has Sega Aiming For More PC Ports

Sega Sammy did not have a great first quarter financially. Most of the company’s businesses, which include pachinko, arcades and arcade machines, and resorts, suffered due to the covid-19 crisis. The surprise release of Persona 4 Golden on PC, however, was an overwhelming success, which Sega aims to capitalize on with more PC ports and…

Fantasy Miniatures In Battle-Ready Wheelchairs Please Me Greatly

First the outstanding Sara Thompson creates a set of rules for combat wheelchairs for Dungeons & Dragons 5E. Now Strata Miniatures, makers of small role-playing figures, has created a line of wheeled fantasy heroes ready to roll into battle, with a portion of all sales going towards Ehlers-Danlos Support UK I have to admit, it’s…

Bionic Commando’s Got That Signature Capcom Sound

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 listening to the unexpectedly great NES port of an arcade underachiever. A number of arcade-to-NES ports were outright superior to the coin-ops that spawned them, in gameplay if not technical aspects. Tecmo’s Ninja…

Anime Magic Spell Turned Into Covid-19 Barrier

To protect from the novel coronavirus, stores in Japan (and around the world) have installed plastic barriers. They might be effective, but they’re rather dull. Twitter user Takumi Armory, a company which specializes in fantasy-themed props, has created this anime magic spell-style divider that it says can “defend against viruses.” Priced at 15,000 yen ($143),…

Compile Heart has announced a Neptunia game for the PS5. Titled Go! Go! 5D Game: Neptune re★Verse, the game currently does not have a release date. However, the announcement was made on the tenth anniversary of the series. Can you believe it? Ten years of Neptunia 

Why Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 Isn’t Available In China

Microsoft just released a new Flight Simulator. Players around the world are enjoying the game—save for China. The last Flight Simulator came out on Steam in 2014, and that version previously came out in 2006. But this latest edition hasn’t made it to China. As South China Morning Post reports, the game has not been…

The New Total War Is Not A Complete Mess

Total War is a series whose games can swing wildly between “all-time classics” and “oh no”. So a few years back, developers Creative Assembly had a very good idea: in between major releases, they’d work on smaller, more experimental games, where they could test new ideas and features before rolling them out into the bigger,…