Players Are Already Upset About Red Dead Online‘s Economy

Red Dead Online’s beta launched this week, and fans have finally been able to play Rockstar’s next big online game after the mega-successful GTA Online. The initial impressions have been mostly positive, but one aspect of the game that is under a lot of scrutiny is the in-game economy. Are prices too high? Is it…

The Paradox Of Online Games’ Group-Finders

One of the great online gaming paradoxes is the group-finder, a feature intended to bring people together that often does the opposite. It’s a mainstay in online games, a one-size-fits-all solution to the ever-present social gaming problem of “How do I meet people and progress?” Functional, accessible and a little impersonal, the group-finder makes connecting…

Sexing My Way Through Ancient Greece In Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

If there’s anything I learned studying Classics at university, it’s that our respected ancient ancestors were total horndogs. That’s why I’m so happy Assassin’s Creed Odyssey embraces historical bonkery to the extent that it does. People generally imagine historical figures the way they imagine their grandparents: shirts buttoned up right to the neck, using beds…

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Is Still A Stressful Mess

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is now over a year old, and a load of changes haven’t transformed it from being the opposite of what I want from an Animal Crossing game. I play Animal Crossing to relax. When I opened up Pocket Camp today for the first time in many months, I got five alerts…

Mysterious Boats Are Falling Out Of The Sky In Red Dead Online

Red Dead Online’s beta launched this week, and it’s a looser, sillier experience than the main game. But a beta mean glitches, and there’s been nothing stranger than the cavalcade of burnt-out boats mysteriously plaguing the city of Saint Denis. Players romping around Red Dead Online are taking to social media and YouTube to share…

Farming Is A Lot Of Fun When You Aren’t Actually Farming

“I’m the farmer. I work in the fields all day.” The chorus from Barenaked Ladies’ “Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank” plays on repeat in my head as I sit in front of my computer tending virtual crops in Farming Simulator 19. That’s as close to hard outdoor work as I like to get. I…

Don’t Be Intimidated By Smash Bros.

With Smash Bros. Ultimate right on the horizon, I am experiencing my usual case of wondering if it’s way too late for me to get on that ship. I sat down with Kotaku’s Maddy Myers to figure out if now is the time for me to start playing Smash or if I should just be…

Trying To Appeal To Japan, Game Changes Character Art 

To appeal to Japanese players, the Chinese-developed smartphone game Daikoukai Utopia Golden Age Voyage is getting new character art. According to the game’s official Twitter, the character art is going to be switched out for designs mostly by the Japanese illustrator known as Cheese Pan (Cheese Bread). Forty characters already have new illustrations Here are…

Behold, The Ultimate Gaming Onesie

The is the 4G for Gamer onesie from Japan’s Bauhutte. It has hoodie holes for headphones and finger holes for controller and mouse use. What about if you need to go to the bathroom? Well… You never need to take off the 4G!

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Nintendo’s Controversial Creators Program Is Shutting Down

The Nintendo Creators Program, launched as an attempt to moderate what folks were doing with the company’s content on YouTube, is closing down next year. In its place is will be a set of guidelines that might have a pretty big impact on the way you watch Nintendo games online. Three years after its contentious…

I Just Started Playing Artifact And I’m Already Tempted To Spend Money

Valve finally has a new game out. Can you believe it? A card game based on Dota 2, Artifact launched today on Steam. After having messed around with it for several hours, I can report that there is indeed a ton of stuff going on in Artifact, but that it’s also one of the more…

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey‘s New Approach To Franchise Expansions May Indicate That These Games Are Finally Big Enough

The comically large map of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, which players can spend well over 100 hours exploring without doing all of its quests and clearing all of its caves and forts, won’t expand outward with the game’s first expansion. That’s a change from how the series has handled downloadable add-ons in in the past. Freedom…

Quiet As A Stone Is A Game About Exploring Floating Islands

Quiet as a Stone is a contemplative game about finding secrets on floating islands and creating your own perfect little spaces. Each island has resources to collect, natural formations to find, and blank spaces to plant trees or arrange rocks. It’s a quiet and relaxing escape from whatever battlefield or wild open world you’ve been…