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CultureReport: $250 Collector’s Edition Of Cyberpunk 2077 Gets Refunded, Player Gets To Keep It Anyway
For the last month, digital storefronts, brick-and-mortar retailers, and developer CD Projekt Red have been processing refunds for Cyberpunk 2077’s busted console version. That includes the game’s $250 collector’s edition, which in one case CDPR refunded without making the customer in question return it, according to a new report by Vice Games “I was surprised…
By Ethan Gach Published January 21, 2021 -
CultureBreath Of The Wild Mod Makes Link’s House Suck Less
Much like his fellow millennials (who may or may not also technically be over 100 years old due to Calamity-induced death sleeps), Breath of the Wild’s Link dreams of home ownership. Unlike the rest of us, he can actually achieve that goal. There’s just one problem: The house is bad. Between the initial purchase and…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 21, 2021 -
CultureKotaku Game Diary37 Days In, There’s No Sign I’ll Stop Playing Grindstone
I have a new love, and its name is Grindstone. We spend time together every night before we go to sleep. I do love a reliable indie developer. Capybara Games certainly meet that remit, having broken away from franchise work in 2011 with their astounding Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP. Then came Super Time Force…
By John Walker Published January 21, 2021 -
CultureBugsnax Devs Say The Ending Could Have Been A Lot Darker
I’ve been thinking about Bugsnax so much that it feels like I’ve eaten one of the suspiciously addicting little critters myself. It’s been a week since I’ve finished the game and I still catch myself muttering “bunger bunger bunger” as I go about my day. To satiate my hunger for more Bugsnax without actually consuming…
By Ash Parrish Published January 21, 2021 -
CultureKotaku Game Diary200 Hours In The Division 2 Surprises Me With A Sentient, Murderous RC Car
Eventually, games stop surprising you. That’s just how it goes. You put enough hours into a game, and eventually you’ve seen all there is to see. I thought I had reached that point with The Division 2. Yet, after 220 hours of playing, last night I encountered a battle bot that was the leader of…
By Zack Zwiezen Published January 21, 2021 -
CulturePUBG‘s New Reputation System Will Let Other Players Know If You’re An Asshole
PUBG’s latest update adds a souped-up new sports car, more improvements to test out in the lab version, and most importantly a reputation system that will try to give you a score based on how toxic you are as a player. That sounds amazing. More games should have this. Out today as part of patch…
By Ethan Gach Published January 21, 2021 -
CultureBioWare Artist Shares Concepts From Canceled Revolver Project
BioWare art director Matt Rhodes spent the holidays uploading some interesting concept art from Revolver, a project that never saw the light of day. Revolver was first conceived as a follow-up to 2005’s Jade Empire that went through several iterations. The developers eventually dropped the ancient Chinese setting for sci-fi and shifted from a martial…
By Ian Walker Published January 21, 2021 -
OpinionImpressionsThe End Of My Covenant’s Campaign Is A Good Stopping Point For World Of Warcraft: Shadowlands
After a month and a half of conquering quests, leveling alt characters, and exploring every inch of World of Warcraft’s afterlife, my whirlwind romance with the Shadowlands expansion is starting to fizzle out. Now that my main dwarf Stu has completed his covenant story campaign I’m not finding much motivation to keep playing. To understand…
By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2021 -
CultureLucky Winners Of Newegg’s Lottery Get To Pay Full Price For PC Parts
A lottery for prized graphics cards and processors went up briefly on PC part seller Newegg’s site yesterday. It’s a testament to the ongoing shortage of all things gaming during the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. The “Newegg Shuffle Event,” screencaps of which were saved over on Imgur and first reported on by PCMag, invited customers to…
By Ethan Gach Published January 21, 2021 -
Culture505 Games Announces Puzzle Quest 3, Coming Out This Year
Earlier this month, publisher 505 Games acquired Infinity Plus Two, the Australian studio that created the hybrid match-three/RPG series Puzzle Quest. This morning 505 Games announced Puzzle Quest 3, a free-to-play sequel that takes place 500 years after the original. A direct follow-up to 2007 surprise hit Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, Puzzle Quest…
By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2021 -
CultureNew Mod Brings Another Massive Chunk Of Skyrim To 2002’s Morrowind
The main Elder Scrolls series consist of five games released across nearly two decades, and as a result the game’s fans have spent much of that time modding pieces of the older games into the newer ones. Or in this case modding parts of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim into the now ancient third game…
By Ethan Gach Published January 21, 2021 -
AnimeRussia Starts Banning Death Note And Other Anime
This Wednesday, a St. Petersburg court has banned the Death Note, Tokyo Ghoul, and Inuyashiki anime after concerns that teenagers would mimic on-screen violence. During the trial, the prosecution screened episodes to underscore its argument. According to The Moscow Times, the district court stated, “Every episode contains cruelty, murder, violence.” In mid-December, five lawsuits were…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 21, 2021 -
CultureFinal Fantasy Creator’s New RPG Looks Unique And Will Be Out This Year
Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of Final Fantasy, has been working on the follow up to his Terra Battle role-playing games. It’s called Fantasian According to Sakaguchi, the game has been in development for the past three years and is slated to hit Apple Arcade sometime soon this year. Nobuo Uematsu is doing the score. “The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 21, 2021 -
CultureUmurangi Generation Will Have Gyro Controls On Switch
When photography game Umurangi Generation hits Switch sometime this year, it’ll do so, the developers just announced, with an updated suite of mechanics that make use of the console’s unique features. One of these will be gyro controls, to help you snap the perfect picture. I tend to turn off motion stuff when I play…
By Ian Walker Published January 20, 2021 -
CultureTotal RecallLost Video Takes Us Inside Nintendo In 1990, Shows NES Consoles Being Made
This 20-minute collection of B-roll footage, shot as part of a news report and only uploaded to YouTube this week, gives us a fascinating look behind the scenes at Nintendo of America in 1990, showing everything from manufacturing to R&D to the Nintendo Power Line. While some of it is narrated or is part of…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2021 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryMy Nine-Day Final Fantasy XV Blitz Commences Tonight
Let me explain. Final Fantasy XV is one of my “ones that got away”—a game that I deeply enjoyed without ever finishing despite getting very close to its end. One day I just put down FF15 and walked away, like Andy abandoning Woody. Thanks to Xbox Game Pass, however, I have the opportunity to correct…
By Ash Parrish Published January 20, 2021 -
Culture1994’s NBA Jam Has Been Updated With 2021 Rosters
I love NBA Jam, and I love 90s basketball, but look, I don’t always want to play as Tom Gugliotta or Kendall Gill. Sometimes, I want to play NBA Jam and play as Alex Caruso or Bam Adebayo, and now I can. This excellent mod for 1994’s NBA Jam Tournament Edition (not 1993’s NBA Jam)…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsYou Can Buy A 912lb Box Of PlayStation Consoles
What an age we live in. PlayStation consoles, by the pound. From time to time—thanks, Goodwill Goblin!—Goodwill will clear out excess stock online in bulk, and here are two very big examples of that. First, a “GAYLORD OF VARIOUS PLAYSTATION CONSOLES” (as a non-American, I had to google that one, it means a very big,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2021