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Tips & GuidesWhat You Need To Know To Get Started With Destiny 2’s Trials Of Osiris
Destiny’s elite competitive end-game mode, Trials of Osiris, makes its triumphant return today. The last time anyone got to play it was back in August 2017. If you play Destiny 2, you should give it a shot, since while challenging, it’s also historically been one of the best things in the series. Here’s how to…
By Ethan Gach Published March 13, 2020 -
CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for making some more bread. I made an actual successful loaf of bread last weekend and I’m totally roaring with confidence to try some new recipes. (Did that sound convincing?) Bread needs a lot of time to do its solo bread magic thing, so that’s plenty of time to play video games…
By Riley MacLeod Published March 13, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesHow To Prep Your Xbox One Or PS4 For A Massive Download
If you play video games today, you’re no stranger to massive downloads. Red Dead Redemption 2 is 90 GB, before updates and add-ons. Halo: The Master Chief Collection currently clocks in at 115 GB. Sure, the base game of Destiny 2 may be just 31 GB, but if you want all of the expansions—essential for…
By Ari Notis Published March 13, 2020 -
ReviewsPlayStationNioh 2: The Kotaku Review
The Dark Souls formula is tried and true. It’s been adapted into science fiction settings, placed into 2D, and refined time and time again. 2017’s Nioh is arguably the most successful spin on the genre, adding flashy combat and the turbulent politics of medieval Japan. Nioh 2 is an improvement on every front. There’s no…
By Heather Alexandra Published March 13, 2020 -
CulturePokémon Go Makes It Easier For Players To Stay Put During The Pandemic
Pokémon Go encourages players to go out into the world and meet each other, but that’s not the best idea when the world is trying to slow the spread of coronavirus covid-19. Developer Niantic has implemented temporary changes in the game to make catching Pokémon without going anywhere easier. Along with postponing the Abra Community Day…
By Mike Fahey Published March 13, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsThe Xbox One’s New Free-To-Play MMO Is Something To Do
Launched this week for the Xbox One, Bandai Namco’s Bless Unleashed is a free-to-play fantasy MMO that sprang from the ashes of canceled Neowiz PC game Bless Online. I don’t know why it was resurrected, renamed, and turned into an Xbox One exclusive, but it’s here, it’s free, and it’s kept me from thinking about…
By Mike Fahey Published March 13, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsRoundguard Is A Fantasy RPG Powered By Peggle
Launching on Steam, Switch, and Xbox One on Friday the 13th (and PS4 later), Roundguard is basically Peggle turned into a dungeon-crawling role-playing game. A ball-bouncing roguelike, if you will. In other words, it’s my jam. Seattle-based Wonderbelly Games combined the Pachinko-style gameplay of Peggle with randomized loot, character-specific skills, and RPG progression to create…
By Mike Fahey Published March 13, 2020 -
CultureTrack: The Waterfront | Artist: John Lee Hooker | Album: The Best of John Lee Hooker
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 13, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanJapanese Porn Company Makes 200 Movies Available For Free Due To Coronavirus Covid-19
Because of coronavirus covid-19 concerns, “social distancing” has become the word of the day. Folks are at home. They might need something to do. Well, thanks to one Japanese adult video maker, they can watch adult videos for free. As reported on Livedoor News, Japanese porn maker Soft on Demand has made around 200 videos…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 13, 2020 -
UncategorizedControl Has Some Advice On Washing Your Hands
Remember, in these new and challenging times, to wash your hands for at least 20 seconds. Wet them, use soap, scrub and…leave your insides by the door? Control, I know you’re trying to help, but you’re also a game set in a brutalist bureaucratic psychological nightmare upside down world. These tips don’t work out here. In…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2020 -
CultureAT&T Is Suspending Bullshit Data Caps
Broadband data caps, which exist solely as a means for telecommunications providers to gouge you on pricing, are some grade-A bullshit. As proved by the fact AT&T has today made the decision to suspend all of them for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic. As VICE reports, AT&T is the first major company to make…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2020 -
CultureCoronavirus Has Broken Some Of NBA 2K20’s Simulation
The entire NBA season has been suspended until further notice, in a move that’s so unprecedented that NBA 2K20 just doesn’t know how to handle it. The game has a feature called Start Today in its MyLeague mode, which lets you begin a career based on the current standings and stats of the NBA and…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2020 -
CultureTwitchProfessor Calls Student’s Idea To Teach Class On Twitch ‘Terrible,’ Does It Anyway
NYU Game Center professor and independent developer Robert Yang never thought teaching a class on Twitch would be a good idea, but only once he was in the thick of things did the enormity of the task dawn on him. “Oh hello, Amber,” he said to a student who’d identified herself in chat. “And hello,…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 12, 2020 -
UncategorizedSecret Bunkers And Mysterious Telephones Are Puzzling Warzone Players
What, did you think Warzone wouldn’t have an Easter egg hunt buried in its gigantic map? Mysterious bunkers are making puzzle-loving players flex their brain cells in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s new battle royale. Call of Duty’s new free-to-play battle royale launched on March 10 with cross-play on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.…
By S.E. Doster Published March 12, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesHow To Increase Footstep Volume In Call of Duty Warzone
Earlier this week, Activision released Warzone for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Warzone is a free-to-play Call of Duty battle royale, similar in structure to popular games of the genre. The gimmick of Warzone is that it’s staggeringly massive—and that it’s a stealth game, apparently, with many players complaining that the game’s footsteps are…
By Ari Notis Published March 12, 2020 -
CultureSpeedrunners Can’t Stop Playing The Final Fantasy VII Remake Demo
The Final Fantasy VII Remake demo has only been out for a week, but already speedrunners have played through it dozens of times trying to master it as if it were a standalone game. The demo, which went live last Monday, runs barely an hour, only showing off the first mission of what promises to…
By Ethan Gach Published March 12, 2020 -
CultureMy Little Pony-Inspired 2D Fighting Game Will Leave Early Access April 2
Them’s Fightin’ Herds began in 2011 as a fan-made fighting game called My Little Pony: Fighting is Magic. The project was shut down by Hasbro’s lawyers in 2013, only to return in 2015 with a new name and original characters designed by My Little Pony series creator Lauren Faust. On April 2, the four-legged fighter…
By Mike Fahey Published March 12, 2020 -
CultureBorderlands 3 Patch Will Rebalance Late-Game Areas For New Characters
Most of the Borderlands 3 hotfixes have focused on adjusting characters and weapons, but the next update will also pay attention to balancing late-game areas. “We found that new players were consistently entering certain areas over-leveled for the content they were playing,” wrote Gearbox in the company’s latest Borderlands 3 blog. “This occasionally trivialized those…
By Ian Walker Published March 12, 2020 -
CultureThe Prince Of Persia Is Coming To For Honor
Ubisoft’s medieval fighter For Honor is getting a new limited-time mode featuring the Prince of Persia, starting today. The new game mode, called Ruler of Time, is a variation on Dominion, the game’s traditional capture-the-zone mode. Ruler of Time features a tornado that whips around the map and occasionally spawns the Prince of Persia, the…
By Ethan Gach Published March 12, 2020
