How To Easily Uncover Every Skill In Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

Ever spend dozens of hours with a game only to discover something so blindingly obvious yet critically helpful that you can’t help but kick yourself in a fit of despair? Yeah, me neither. On an unrelated note, after I hit the 40-hour mark in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, I learned something essential about the skill tree.…

Dragon Age: Inquisition Saved My Life

Yesterday was Dragon Age: Inquisition’s sixth anniversary. To mark the occasion, instead of opining on Dragon Age 4 or loading up the game for another playthrough (which I’ll probably still do anyway), I sent a tweet to a couple of my friends marking our sixth(ish) friendship-iversary. I say “ish” because we all met some indeterminate…

PS5 Demon’s Souls Players Are Ransacking Boletaria In Search Of New Coins

Rolling through breakable environmental objects is one of the Souls community’s favorite pastimes. But in the new Demon’s Souls remake for PlayStation 5, this might actually be the secret to deciphering some of the game’s lingering mysteries. Late last night, Demon’s Souls discussion exploded with the discovery of a brand-new item, a Ceramic Coin that…

Google Is Bringing Stadia To iOS

Google announced today that public testing for a web app version of Stadia on iOS will begin rolling out in the next several weeks. Launched a year ago, Google’s video game streaming service is currently available on any desktop or laptop with a Chrome browser, most Android phones and tablets, and TVs using the Chromecast…

Avengers Gets Its First New Hero, Kate Bishop, On December 8

Not that we’ll ever truly get tired of Captain America, Ms. Marvel, Black Widow, Thor, Iron Man, and The Hulk, but it’s nice to see some new blood on the way. Kate “Hawkeye” Bishop joins the roster of Marvel’s Avengers on December 8, bringing with her a whole new story arc and a quiver full…

Rockstar Teases GTA Online Expansion That Will Add To Game’s Map

Today, Rockstar Games revealed the first look at a new map expansion for Grand Theft Auto Online that will be out later this year. This will be the first major map expansion for GTA Online since the game’s release in 2013. In a short video teaser, Rockstar showcased new locations that aren’t currently in GTA…

Nintendo Continues Cracking Down On People Selling Switch Hacks

Nintendo filed a lawsuit Wednesday against an Amazon Marketplace user who was allegedly selling devices called RCM loaders. Used to help people jailbreak their Switch, shutting these down is the latest in the company’s efforts to stop players from pirating its games. As first reported by Polygon, the lawsuit against reseller Le Hoang Minh seeks…

The Makers Of Hitman Are Working On A New James Bond Game

IO Interactive, the Danish video game studio behind the stealth series Hitman, announced today they’re working on a James Bond game currently titled Project 007 Here’s the teaser: It doesn’t reveal much. Over on IO Interactive’s website, the studio says this game will be an original Bond origin story where players work to achieve Bond’s…

Sinistar’s Roars Were So Terrifying They Still Inspire Songs

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re talking about Sinistar, the antagonist of which likely gave nightmares to a generation of kids with its howling banshee shrieks. Sinistar (longplay), released to arcades by Williams Electronics in 1983, is a simple game.…

Track: The Emergency | Artist: BT | Album: These Hopeful Machines 

Sunset Overdrive Was Good

The last console generation saw the release of approximately one metric bazillion games. Some were great, some not so great. Some were unforgettably remarkable, some remarkably forgettable. Some were Fortnite. We can debate such things until the heat death of the universe, and likely will. But one case is inarguable: Sunset Overdrive was awesome. Insomniac’s…