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BioWare has announced it’s increasing some of the loot drop rates in Anthem in a server-side update today. Missions on Grandmaster 2 and 3 difficulties will now drop more Masterwork and Legendary loot, as will Legendary enemies. The game’s community manager has called the drop rate increases “pretty significant.”

No Man’s Sky Is Getting A ‘New Multiplayer Experience’

Eight months since No Man’s Sky’s last major update, Hello Games has finally announced a new update for the game. In a press release today, Hello Games co-founder Sean Murray revealed No Man’s Sky’s next update, called Beyond. The update, Murray wrote, will make sizable changes to the game similar to last July’s Next. The…

The previously delayed Yokai Watch 4 now has a release date in Japan. It will be out on the Switch on June 6. The game was originally scheduled for last winter. No word yet on its international release.  

Mutazione is an adventure game that describes itself as “a mutant soap opera where small-town gossip meets the supernatural.” It’s from the developers of Where Is My Heart? and Johann Sebastian Joust, and it’ll be focused on both personal drama and “high-stakes” adventure. It’s coming to PC and PS4 later this year.

Ten Kids Arrested In India For Playing PUBG

The Indian state of Gujarat recently banned children from playing PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, after local authorities decided the shooter was to blame for an upswing in “violent traits” among local kids. The police report announcing the ban says that “Due to these games, the education of children and youth are being affected and it affects the…

Five Free Switch Games Worth Playing

There’s no shortage of great games you could buy on Switch, but there are also a handful that are free. There was a time when a game being free-to-play marked it as subpar in some way. Now, free games can often be every bit as good as the paid ones and sometimes they aren’t even…

The Division 2’s World Is So Satisfying To Explore

I love when a game encourages me to explore a world full, to the point where it’s fun to get lost in it. The Division 2’s Washington D.C. does that constantly. As I roam the game’s streets in search of audio logs, “echo” holograms, and signs of the life that once filled this place, I…

Fans Are Finally Coming To Terms With The Vita’s Death

The PlayStation Vita spent much of its brief life dying. Now that Sony has officially ended production in Japan, who’s left to mourn its passing and pour one out for all the good times? In May of 2015, then-CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Andrew House referred to to the Vita as a “legacy platform,” eliciting…

30,000 Players On The Same Game Server Is An Impressive Sight

One of the goals of Dual Universe, an upcoming massively multiplayer science fiction sandbox game, is to have every one of its players, potentially millions, playing on the same game server together. Earlier this month developer Novaquark ran a large-scale experiment, simulating 30,000 concurrent players wandering the same in-game planet. It’s a sight to see.…

Cheat-Makers Say They’re Cleaning Up In Apex Legends

According to five creators and sellers of aimbots and hacks who spoke with Kotaku, Apex Legends has become big business for cheat-makers. Just a week after Apex Legends’ explosive release, a cascade of cheating allegations flooded player forums and every corner of the internet where the survival shooter’s players lurk. On esports newswires, articles over…

If Apex Legends Were An Anime

Ever wondered what Apex Legends would look like if it was an anime? We got you, fam. Aiden Phan, a freelance videographer who is both an Apex and an anime fan, cut together an incredible anime style opening sequence for the game, set to the song “Shin Sekai” by the Japanese band Hello Sleepwalkers. You…

New Microsoft App Lets You Play PC Games On Xbox, Sometimes

After years of testing via the Xbox Insider program, Microsoft has finally officially released its free Wireless Display app, enabling PC streaming to Xbox One, complete with controller support. It’s neat when it works. In my experience thus far, it doesn’t work often. Harnessingindustry standard Miracast technology, the Wireless Display app from Microsoft is designed…

Devil May Cry 5‘s Live-Action Cutscenes Are An Absolute Delight

Devil May Cry 5’s cutscenes are stylish as hell, and it must have taken a lot of work to get them right. The Deluxe Edition breaks down that process with behind-the-scenes versions of some of the best cutscenes, and it’s amazing. The Deluxe Edition has a few extras, including access to the Mega Man mega…

We know that the newest U.S. presidents in The Division 2 are fictional, but a close look at an in-game museum exhibit about past presidents shows we don’t even know if Reagan succeeded Carter. Mysteries! We’ll have impressions of how the game actually plays tomorrow. So far, so good.

The developers of Left 4 Dead are making a spiritual successor. Valve might not make games anymore*, but Turtle Rock still does, andthe studio has teamed up with publisher Warner Bros. for Back 4 Blood, a zombie co-op shooter with a not-so-subtle name. More to come on this one later—there isn’t even a screenshot yet,…

Firestorm, Battlefield V’s battle royale mode, will launch on March 25th. The reveal trailer showed drivable tractors and other vehicles, as well as the fiery death circle dogging players. Seems neat, but time will tell if it can compete against other battle royales.

Why Japan Is So Strict About Drugs

If you’re in Japan, keep this mantra in mind: Never do drugs in this country. Ever. As previously reported, actor and musician Pierre Taki was arrested earlier this week on suspected cocaine use. What happened next seemed inevitable. Sega pulled Judgment, a PS4 game in which Taki voices a character. Walt Disney Japan said it…

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim has a release window for Japan: Fall 2019. No word yet on when it’ll be out internationally. Last year, the Vanillaware-develop game’s PS Vita version was cancelled. It is now PS4 only.

The Way Is Shut

Sean Evans is an artist who used to work at Rockstar, and is based in San Diego. Most of the stuff below is for an unsuccessful pitch to Netflix for a Norse mythology series called Midgard: Daughter of Odin You can see more of Sean’s work at his personal site

Shigeru Miyamoto Is Now Nintendo’s Dad

Former Kotaku UK boss Keza MacDonald got to interview Nintendo’s Shinya Takahashi and Hisashi Nogami over at The Guardian, and while the entire thing is a joy to read, there’s one part in particular—about what it’s like working with the legendary Shigeru Miyamoto in 2019—that I thought stood out. Because he’s now serving as a…