The Division 2 Gets Its First Notable Free Update On April 5

A major update hitting The Division 2 will add the Tidal Basin stronghold and an extension of the endgame to “world tier five.” The update was announced during the weekly State of the Game livestream. The new stronghold extends the endgame story and will help players learn more about what’s going on with the invading…

Conan Exiles And The Surge Are The PlayStation Plus April Lineup

PlayStation Plus continues with its new offering of only two games, both for PlayStation 4. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active PlayStation Plus subscription. April’s PlayStation Plus games are: Conan Exiles The Surge And…there you have it.

It’s Jarring To Play Earth Defense Force With A Hero I Made

Sandlot’s Earth Defense Force series is about generic soldiers fighting hordes of poorly animated insects. Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain is about a player-customized character fighting hordes of poorly animated insects. Giving my EDF trooper a recognizable face changes things. Since I’m a longtime fan of the series, in-depth character creation was the last thing…

Divinity: Original Sin 2 Is Getting A Spinoff Tactics Game

The makers of Divinity: Original Sin 2, one of the best role-playing games in modern memory, are putting out a brand new spinoff. It’s a strategy game called Divinity: Fallen Heroes and it’ll be out later this year for “multiple platforms.” You’ll play as a cast of characters from Divinity: Original Sin 2—all six main…

Yoshi’s Crafted World: The Kotaku Review

I think I fell in love with Yoshi’s Crafted World when I discovered the costumes. You don’t know cute until you’ve seen Yoshi running around the place in a little shonky cardboard cow outfit. My heart melted. This piece was first published on March 27, 2019. We’re bumping it today for the game’s release. Sweet…

Black Ops 4 Goes Old School With ‘Barebones’ Multiplayer

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has finally received the multiplayer mode the community has been begging to play, one that takes away all of the Specialists’ toys. The March 26 update on PlayStation 4 adds big changes to League Play and more Specialist weapons to Blackout; also, the “Ancient Evil” Zombies map is now…

Visiting Cosplayers Arrested Over Visa Issues In Malaysian Police Raid

This weekend, a cosplay event in Kuala Lumpur was suddenly called off after 12 individuals were arrested, including the event’s organizer and cosplayers invited to the event. The event, called Cosplay Festival 4, was supposed to be two days at the Sunway Putra Hotel, but the second day was suddenly canceled. According to Alvinology (via…

Sega Producer Discusses Halting Judgment‘s Sales After Cocaine Arrest

After actor and musician Pierre Taki was arrested for alleged cocaine use, Sega decided to stop selling PS4 game Judgment. In a recent livestream, Toshihiro Nagoshi discussed the decision Currently Sega’s Chief Creative Officer, Nagoshi is credited with launching the Yakuza series and now works as Executive Producer on the games and their spin-offs. Nagoshi…

Senran Kagura Creator Is Leaving Marvelous

After 13 years, Senran Kagura creator Kenichiro Takaki is leaving Marvelous. Last December, Takaki discussed how making the curvy ninja Senran Kagura games has become more complicated. “Recently, regulation of sexual depictions has gotten stronger globally and taking that into account, it’s been said [games] need to be made so that they don’t cause misunderstandings,”…

The Wolf Princess

Ignatius Tan is an artist working at League of Legends developers Riot Games, and this is one of the nicest pieces of Princess Mononoke art I have ever seen. You can see more of Tan’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Anthem’s New Update Adds More Loot And More Bugs

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Anthem gets a new update. The changes in the new update all look promising. Then, upon closer inspection, not all of the improvements are working as intended, and a few things that had previously been fixed are now busted again. Anthem’s been there before and after today’s…

Othercide is a horror-themed take on XCOM-like turn-based strategy. It focuses on “the sacrifices you must make to prevent reality from shattering”—so, you know, light, easygoing fare that’s only as serious as few heart attacks. There’ll be a system that lets you interrupt enemy attacks, which sounds interesting. It’s out later this year.  

Another Terrific Persona 5 Figure

Good Smile Company is back with another excellent Persona 5 figure, this time for the game’s most misunderstood asshole, Ryuji Releasing in October, he comes with three different faces, pipe, shotgun, calling card and alternative hair piece. He’s retailing for just under USD$60