Undaunted: Normandy: The Kotaku Review

Undaunted: Normandy is a World War Two game about combat on a very small scale. While there are loads of WW2 board games, too many to count really, this one somehow manages to find room to stand out from the crowd thanks to its elegant game design and focus on the war’s smallest battles. A…

Game’s $2,200 Limited Edition Includes Full-Size Foosball Table

What would an over-the-top soccer game be without an over-the-top collector’s edition? Bandai Namco has put together several Europe-exclusive packages for the August 28 release of Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions, the largest of which includes a full-size, customizable foosball table For the low, low price of €1,989 EUR—that’s just over $2,200 USD for…

Highlight Reel is taking a break for the week. We’re still answering emails and reaching out for clips and the show will air next week. As always, feel free to send your clips to our email line here Looking for ways to advocate for black lives? Check out this list of resources by our sister…

Some Activision Shareholders Think Bobby Kotick Makes Too Much Money

In a recent filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, an investment group representing some Activision Blizzard shareholders argued that the video game company “finds multiple ways to unnecessarily enrich” chief executive officer Bobby Kotick. More directly, this translates to “Why the fuck is this one dude making so much money?” CtW Investment…

Game Gear Micro Is Missing The Best Portable Sonic Game

Earlier this week, Sega announced the release of the Game Gear Micro as a part of its 60th anniversary celebration. The ludicrously small handheld console comes in four different colors, each of which has four different games. I’m sad to say that Sonic: Triple Trouble isn’t one of them. Two of the four Game Gear…

If You’ve Never Played Xenoblade, The Switch Version Is A Great Starting Place

Kotaku’s Mike Fahey put it best when he said that Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition “makes an excellent third impression.” As a newcomer to the series, I’d like to add to that: It makes an excellent first impression, as well. Nintendo’s latest Switch game isn’t exactly full of surprises. Monolith Soft’s venerable role-playing game, spiritual successor…

Here’s the opening 22 minutes of The Outer Worlds on Switch running in handheld mode It’s…not pretty. While the game plays mostly fine, the vibrant visuals of the original have been lost in a blurry haze of down-scaling.

2K has postponed the release of Borderlands 3‘s second Takedown “out of respect for what’s going on in the world.” The event was scheduled to launch today but will now be delayed indefinitely. 2K will also be adding an additional $1 million in funding to its 2K Foundations program.

The excellent roguelike card game Slay the Spire is coming to iOS later this month, according to a new post on Steam by Mega Crit Games. An Android port is also in the works, but further out the studio said. 

Wizards of the Coast announced today’s livestream event featuring previews of the Core 2021 set will be delayed until Friday, June 5th at 7 a.m. PST. This delay also affects updates to MTG: Arena and Online that would have implemented the latest banned and restricted ruleset.

The Outer Worlds Looks Terrible On Switch

The Outer Worlds looks so bad on Switch I’m tempted to tell even people who have no other means of playing it to stay away. The Switch port of Obsidian’s sci-fi role-playing game by Virtuos Games comes out June 5, and it’s clear the journey to Nintendo’s handheld home-console hybrid has been anything but smooth.…

Kingdoms Of Amalur Is Getting Remastered As Re-Reckoning

A new listing on the Microsoft store has revealed a remaster of the 2012 action-RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning coming August 18. According to the listing, the remaster will have “improved graphical fidelity” and “refined gameplay.” It’ll also come with all the DLC from the original release. It’s also getting a ridiculous new title: Kingdoms…