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As you start your pirate journey in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii—an absolute fever dream of an experience—you’ll find your meager pirate crew proves initially lackluster. Sure, you have a washed-up drunken father who can navigate, and a cook wielding the most enormous cleaver I’ve ever seen, but what about your boarding crew? … Read more
A leaked video of Sony’s internal prototype for an AI-powered NPC has appeared online, showing Aloy from the Horizon series responding to questions both in a demo and during gameplay. Shortly after a video of a presentation on the project was posted on YouTube, it was taken down by Muso, a copyright enforcement company who … Read more
Chrono Trigger, one of the most legendary and beloved RPGs from gaming’s past, has turned 30 years old today. If by chance that has sent you spiralling into nostalgia for the good old days, you’ll be happy to learn that Square Enix is planning to celebrate the milestone with “projects beyond world of the game”. … Read more
If you’re like me, you’ve spent 90% of your waking hours since you learned that Baldur’s Village – the Stardew Valley mod which adds a town full of Baldur’s Gate 3 characters to the chill farming game – had come out wondering one thing. How its upcoming Halsin romance might handle the base game’s beary … Read more
Best: Giant Land Like the original Super Mario Bros., this sequel is such a work of genius, a product of the creative team firing on all cylinders, that it’s extremely difficult to point to one thing as the stand-out feature. But if there’s one aspect that’s particularly indicative of the game’s excellence for me, it’s … Read more
Image: Asus / Microsoft / Kotaku Microsoft may be pivoting to a multiplatform approach for its biggest games, but that doesn’t mean it’s abandoning hardware just yet. The company reportedly has an Xbox handheld planned for 2025 as it works on its next-gen consoles aiming for release in 2027. It looks like the Switch 2 … Read more
Image: Lucasfilm / Kotaku The first few episodes of Andor, the best Star Wars series in years, are now free to watch on YouTube ahead of the show’s next season, which arrives in April. And it’s on Hulu now, too. Disney really wants you to watch this show, okay? Live Forever in the Universe of ‘New … Read more
Split Fiction’s entire schtick is that it swaps back and forth between virtual recreations of its two leads’ stories. Mio, the angsty introvert of the duo, writes science fiction to cope with her difficult upbringing. Zoe, a bubbly fantasy writer, escapes into stories of dungeons and dragons to process her trauma. While playing Hazelight’s latest … Read more
Fallout’s first season ended with a big tease: New Vegas would be featured in the next season. And now, thanks to some new set leaks, we’ve got our first shaky look at New Vegas as it will appear in Fallout season 2 on Amazon Prime. Why Fallout: New Vegas Is Still Canon After The TV … Read more
In case you missed it, Warframe will be releasing its 60th playable warframe later this month, on March 19. It’s a frame like no other, packing a horrific infested guitar, various spikes and other sharp pointy bits, plus a protoframe user that bares a striking resemblance to David Bowie. It’s the MMO’s first rock star, … Read more