Borderlands 3 Patch Will Rebalance Late-Game Areas For New Characters

Most of the Borderlands 3 hotfixes have focused on adjusting characters and weapons, but the next update will also pay attention to balancing late-game areas. “We found that new players were consistently entering certain areas over-leveled for the content they were playing,” wrote Gearbox in the company’s latest Borderlands 3 blog. “This occasionally trivialized those…

The Prince Of Persia Is Coming To For Honor

Ubisoft’s medieval fighter For Honor is getting a new limited-time mode featuring the Prince of Persia, starting today. The new game mode, called Ruler of Time, is a variation on Dominion, the game’s traditional capture-the-zone mode. Ruler of Time features a tornado that whips around the map and occasionally spawns the Prince of Persia, the…

Mortal Kombat 4 is now available on GOG This 1997 release marked the classic fighting game’s first foray into 3D graphics, but is mostly known for its hilarious endings. Do yourself a favor and check out some of those cutscenes if you haven’t already.

Take a look at Assassin’s Creed Odyssey protagonist Kassandra dressed as classic AC hero Ezio Auditore. (Alexios is in Ezio garb, too). This is a new, free addition to Odyssey, a game that hadn’t gotten new content since the fall, but we don’t yet know how players can unlock it.

Westwood’s classic 1997 point-and-click Blade Runner game is making a comeback Nightdive Studios, the folks behind the refreshed versions of Turok and System Shock, are bringing Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition to PC, PS4, Steam, and Xbox One with updated character models, animations, and cutscenes.

As Naughty Dog Crunches On The Last Of Us II, Developers Wonder How Much Longer This Approach Can Last

Some developers at Naughty Dog continue to ask themselves a question that has haunted the studio for years: Is it worth it?

LEGO Is Making Super Mario Themed Playsets

Yesterday, Nintendo teased LEGO sets. Today, they’re official. Nintendo and LEGO are joining forces for Super Mario themed playsets. You can see what to expect in the clip below. The LEGO Mario playsets are interactive, not only recreating the world of Super Mario in brick form but also the experience of playing the games. “I…

Ori And The Will Of The Wisps: The Kotaku Review

During my time with an early reviewable version of Ori and the Will of the Wisps,, I experienced multiple lockups, intense framerate stutter, and a bug that warped me to the other side of the map after a death. I had a boss battle I’d attempted a half-dozen times reset completely as I landed the…

Lego Is Looking Into Making This Excellent Sonic Mania Set

Witness the blocky majesty of Sonic Mania’s Green Hill Zone in Lego form. Designed by UK builder Toastergirl, it’s the latest fan creation to achieve 10,000 supporters on the Lego Ideas website, qualifying it for consideration as an official Lego set. With Lego and Nintendo teasing a Mario collaboration, can Sonic be far behind? Lego…

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Microsoft, Nintendo, Ubisoft Respond To The News Of E3’s Cancellation

Earlier today, the Entertainment Software Association said it will cancel the video game trade show E3 this year amid growing concerns over the spread of COVID-19, aka coronavirus. Since the announcement, major game publishers have said they still plan to share news about upcoming games, but in a different format. Despite Sony pulling out of…

A Note About The Work That Goes Into Our Game Reviews

We’ve informally done this for a while, but we recently officially committed to a plan at Kotaku to give staff who play a game after-hours for a deadline—usually for a game review—time off in exchange. If you’re a reader of our reviews, I hope you’ll appreciate us solidifying this approach. Playing a game for a…