Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, One Month Later

It’s been one month since Assassin’s Creed Odyssey released, allowing players around the world to live out their lifelong fantasies of fighting sharks and hunting down cultists. Between issues of microtransactions, canceled live events, and new quests, the game continues to generate discussion and grow bigger with each passing day. Here’s what’s happened since release.…

The Case Of The Disappearing Nancy Drew Video Games 

On March 25, 2015, the weather in Bellevue, Washington was just warming up enough to play hacky sack, a favorite activity of the employees at the game development studio Her Interactive. That morning, they had something more pressing to think about, though: they couldn’t log into their computers. Server problems, some reasoned. They were confused,…

I Don’t Want Fortnite’s Cube Monsters To Go

For the last couple weeks, cube monsters have been rampaging through Fortnite matches (don’t call them zombies or you’ll hurt Epic Games’ feelings). But on Sunday, they, along with their namesake, disappeared from the game. It was beautiful, but I was sad. Cube monsters have been my favorite thing to happen to the game since…

NPR Is Very Worried That Gaming Is Going To Turn Kids Into Nazis

In journalism, no two things are more often and easily confused than “this wild thing is happening” and “this wild thing is happening, widely.” When the wild thing is, say, mad cow disease—an immediate threat to life— the problem of weighing particulars against a greater sense of scale is critical. Readers can gauge their threat…

Both Switch And PS4 Versions Of Taiko No Tatsujin Are Fun In Different Ways

It’s a good year for drum-based rhythm games. Hot on the heels of the wonderfully quirky Gal Metal for the Switch, Bandai Namco’s released two new Taiko no Tatsujin drum games, one for Nintendo’s console and one for PlayStation 4. Which one to get depends on which sort of rhythm gamer you are. Taiko no…

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Max Gon is an artist at Lab Zero Games (Skullgirls) who has also worked at Riot. You can see more of Max’s art at his Twitter and ArtStation pages

Blizzard Explains Why Overwatch Still Doesn’t Have A Black Woman Hero

Overwatch fans disappointed with Ashe should know that six new heroes are in the works, Blizzard has told Kotaku, and that fans hoping for more diversity in the popular game’s cast of characters will hopefully find what they’re looking for in upcoming updates. “I think if you look at the history of Overwatch, there’s been…

A Makoto Action Figure From Persona 5

Hey, it’s better late than never. Good Smile have finally gotten around to releasing a Figma based on Persona 5’s Makoto, as she appears in her Queen outfit. Out in July 2019 (!!), she includes three different face plates, iron knuckles, revolver and a Phantom Thieves card.

Ah Yes, Fortnite & The NFL, Together At Last

Starting on Friday, you’ll be able to get official NFL skins for Fortnite. All 32 teams, with the NFL logo on them and everything. You’ll have to pay for them, of course. The only charity on display here is that they remembered to include the Raiders.

A List Of Weird Names My Kid Calls My Video Games

You and I, as adults, know to call things by their actual names. My kid is four, and does no such thing. For reference, he’s been playing some of these systems and games for around 18 months now. Which is why, despite now being a four year-old kid who can actually do a fairly good…

The Best-Selling Games For PS1, N64, Saturn, And Dreamcast

Historical game sales data can be hard to come by, so I was quite interested to see NPD analyst Mat Piscatella tweet a series of all-time best-seller lists for the Nintendo 64, PlayStation 1, Saturn, Dreamcast, and Game Boy Color over the weekend. Some of these might surprise you! The game industry’s sales numbers have…

Overwatch‘s Ashe Is More Than Just Another Sniper

In many ways, Overwatch’s newest hero Ashe is a contradiction. She’s pinpoint-accurate at a distance, but she’s not exactly a sniper in the same sense as Widowmaker or Hanzo. Her HP pool drains faster than a water balloon hitting a ceiling fan, but she can get down in the thick of things and help capture…

Parent Wants Just Dance To Stop Asking Their Kid To Subscribe

In response to a complaint about Just Dance 2019’s Kids mode on the Switch mixing in songs that require a monthly subscription with the free ones, a spokesperson for Ubisoft said the publisher is currently working on solving the issue. Just Dance 2019 came out a couple weeks ago, and as with other recent entries…

Red Dead Redemption 2‘s Mundane Tasks Bring The Game To Life

Much of my Red Dead Redemption 2 play-through has been spent on gunfights and long-distance rides on a faithful steed. These moments are a mixture of explosive excitement and calm. But the game’s best interactions are small. They are the tiny pieces of busy work and rote chores that give the game a sort of…

It’s not Halloween, this is Corporate Cosplay, with 76ers guard Markelle Fultz getting paid by Microsoft and Bethesda to turn up to the game against the Pistons the other day looking like he’s about to line up for a midnight launch.