Rocket League Is Going Free-To-Play And Leaving Steam

The car-soccer hit Rocket League is getting an update later this summer that will make it free-to-play, developer Psyonix announced today, on the game’s blog. Rocket League will also launch on the Epic Games Store when that update arrives, and will no longer be available to download from Steam. As part of the free-to-play update,…

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Risk of Rain 2 leaves Steam early access August 11, developer Hopoo Games announced today. The developer “will have more information on the Console launch of 1.0 in the future – but it should follow a very similar cadence to the previous console launches.”

Nintendo’s Break From Constant Hype Is Refreshing

The least-important problem of 2020 might be Nintendo’s newfound reticence to hype its games, but it’s still worth taking a moment to recognize how unusual—and even potentially positive—a situation this is. At this time last year, Nintendo Switch owners were able to bank on at least one Switch-only game per month, from July through November.…

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Assault On Hoth: The Empire Strikes Back: The Kotaku Review

Let’s go back in time. Not to 1980, when Empire Strikes Back came out, that’s too far. We’re going to 1988, when West End Games, a company famous at the time for its RPGs and hardcore wargames, released a two-player board game called Assault on Hoth, which I have just played in 2020 and will…

Rogue Company Is Fine, Just Fine, Nothing More, It’s Fine

Rogue Company is totally, utterly fine. There’s nothing remarkable about it and yet nothing inherently bad with it, either. However, is that enough in 2020, when we have so many amazing online shooters to play on nearly every platform? I’m not sure it is. Developed by Hi-Rez Studios, Rogue Company is a third-person team-based tactical…

NHL 21 Isn’t Getting A PS5 Or Xbox Series X Version

EA’s latest hockey game, NHL 21, won’t be out until October this year, and it’s not going to have a special version for the PS5 or Xbox Series X consoles, the publisher announced in an update its website today. “For NHL 21, we made the decision to focus on adding innovation and new features rather…

The Best Side-Quests In Ghost Of Tsushima

Ghost of Tsushima is an open-world game, which means you spend a lot of your time tackling side-quests. Having completed all 92 quests in the game, here are the ones you don’t want to miss. Quests in Ghost of Tsushima are gussied up in unconventional nomenclature that can be tough to parse at first. Here’s…

What Are Your Top 3 Platformers Of All Time?

Welcome to Ask Kotaku, the new weekly feature in which Kotaku’s rank and file weigh in on the burning questions of our time. Each query is a crucible on which nerds and giants clash, monumental contests of wit, that…well, OK. This is just another excuse to talk vidya games. You down? This week on Ask…

Nintendo Hid Today’s Best-Looking Switch Game In The Japanese Direct

The best-looking game in today’s Nintendo Direct Mini might have been the action-platformer-farming (!) game Sakuna: Of Rice And Ruin, but you wouldn’t have seen it if you were watching the North American version of the Direct. It wasn’t in there. In Japan, though, it kicked off the presentation. It’s unclear why that is, because…

Paper Mario: The Origami King Is Better When You Turn Off Motion Controls

You won’t find many customization options in Paper Mario: The Origami King’s menu. But there is one thing you can and absolutely should change: Turn off the motion controls. For the most part, motion controls in The Origami King are relegated to a move called 1,000-Fold Arms. It’s the most dexterous of Mario’s magical abilities;…