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Game Delayed For 22 Years Is Finally Out
In 2002 a group of friends in Italy started developing an action-platformer with RPG elements for Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance handheld. Then 22 years passed and now, in 2024, Kien is finally launching on GBA, ending one of the longest delays in video game history. Read more...
Satisfactory 1.0 is finally out in September with two megaton changes: easier-to-manufacture computers and flushable toilets
The best building/automation game on PC leaves early access on September 10.
After a year of competitive dino survival, Capcom ends new updates for Exoprimal
Though it sounds impossible, the mix of mech suits and dino fights didn't find a large enough audience to justify continued development.
Factorio's big Space Age expansion arrives in October and it's going to be even bigger than we thought
What's better than four new planets? Try five.
After Just A Year, Capcom's Live-Service Dino Game Is Going Extinct
Capcom announced today that after just a year of updates, its live-service dino killin’ game— Exoprimal —will be going on life support as it has no further plans to add new seasonal content to the game after its last update. Read more...
Helldivers 2 Players Fear They’ve Been Tricked Into Unlocking A Weapon They Don’t Want
Arrowhead, the developers behind the hit co-op shooter Helldivers 2 , have recently been struggling to get a bit of weaponry into the hands of its community. Helldivers 2 players have consistently failed to unlock a new stratagem—deployable weapons and tools to use
Dawntrail's launch gave Final Fantasy XIV its biggest player count in 11 years
Despite launch issues, Final Fantasy XIV's newest adventure appears to be another hit for Square Enix.
Your First Look At Shadow In The Sonic 3 Movie Is Via A Leaked Popcorn Bucket
We are just about five months away from Sonic the Hedgehog 3’s theatrical release on December 20. It’s been three months since Paramount gave fans a private premiere of footage from the film in April, but after months of waiting and theorizing about when a public trailer might
It's Time To Jump Into One Of The Longest-Running Japanese RPG Series Out There
Everyone knows at least one super fan in their life who won’t shut up about the Trails series, Nihon Falcom’s sprawling universe of beefy RPGs with an overwhelming number of sequels, subseries, and interwoven narrative arcs spread out across multiple decades. Fortunately, the
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 6 Great Games We’re Kicking Off July With
July is here and so are its wonderfully (or not so wonderful) high temperatures. Here in the States, we just wrapped a holiday that feels…well, do I need to spell out how discordant and weird things are here right now? Probably not. Oh, hey, that’s right: Video games! Escapism
Ex-Rockstar dev says GTA Online got so big, it killed GTA 5's story DLC
GTA V's multiplayer has been such a beast unto itself, it's very nearly consumed the idea of what Grand Theft Auto is these days.
Card-based city-builder Tiny Kingdom might look cosy, but there's no time to relax when the fate of the realm is literally in your hand
I need trees, piers, and a bakery stat.
One Of The Worst Movies Ever Made Almost Had A PS2 Tie-In Game
Foodfight! , an infamously horrible CG animated comedy starring product mascots, almost got a tie-in PS2-era video game. And while the tie-in game was never finished, largely because the movie lingered in development hell, we now have access to assets from the Foodfight! game
GTA V’s Story DLC Was Canceled Because Of ‘Cash Cow’ GTA Online, Former Dev Claims
As one of the best-selling video games of all time , one that has individually outsold entire video game series like Assassin’s Creed , it’s always been disappointing that Grand Theft Auto V never got story DLC. The franchise has had incredible DLC in the past, like GTA 4’s
Genshin Impact version 4.8 livestream codes
Image: Hoyoverse via Polygon Use these codes for easy Primogems Continue reading…
Support studio Tose posts multiple financial losses after cancelled projects
The co-developer on Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion and Paper Mario: Origami King was hit hard by several projects getting the axe by their developers.
Today I learned F1 cars can have their engines disabled wirelessly via IP connection
Mr. Robot eat your heart out. No, wait… Vin Diesel, eat your heart out?
Escape From Tarkov Puts Bounties On Cheaters, Rewards Players For Reporting Them
What better way to incentivize players to help keep the community clean than by offering up a reward? Plenty of online video games have a cheater problem , but sometimes developers need players’ help to track them down. That’s what Escape From Tarkov developer Battlestate Games
Studio Ponoc wants its anime to change the world — and escape Studio Ghibli’s shadow
Image: Studio Ponoc/Netflix Ponoc’s founder on how the studio’s new anime film The Imaginary, now on Netflix, is meant to shift the needle Continue reading…
Adult Swim delists more games, casts doubt on developers re-acquiring rights
The defunct publisher has delisted more indie games, including Super House of Dead Ninjas, Traverser, Mega Coin Squad, and Zenzizenzic.
'It was so much of a cash cow': Former GTA 5 dev implies ill-fated Agent Trevor DLC was sacrificed at the altar of GTA Online
"It was hard to make an argument that a standalone DLC would outcompete that."
Newest Elden Ring Patch Weakens A Bunch Of DLC Weapons, Nerfs Final Boss Cheese Strat
If Elden Ring : Shadow of the Erdtree ’s first patch was meant to make the DLC easier , this second one is out for blood again. Effectively, patch 1.12.3 issues a host of balance changes that weaken a bunch of Shadow of the Erdtree’s new weapons and Ash of War skills, including
Switch Gets 7 More Random NES Games, Including One Programmed By Nintendo's Former President
Nearly six years after it launched, Nintendo Switch Online is still getting new NES classics added to its on-demand subscription service. Nintendo announced seven more games are now available to play. The esoteric bunch, which includes Mach Rider and The Mystery of Atlantis,
Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit’s NPCs are a conversation between developer and player
Concept art of the Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit island. | Image: Noemí Gómez Nogales/Spry Fox The game’s iconic bears are constructed from a lot of Spry Fox’s personalities Continue reading…
With Dawntrail, Final Fantasy 14 Hits Highest Player Count In A Decade
It’s normal for an MMO’s peaks and valleys in player counts to correlate with expansion releases and the fallow years in between. So it isn’t surprising that Dawntrail , the new expansion to Final Fantasy 14 , has brought up the player numbers for Square Enix’s decade-old MMO.
Summer Games Done Quick Gives Us The Best Video Game Moment Of 2024
Summer Games Done Quick is typically a beacon for good things. Every year, players break good games and perform wild acts of digital acrobatics as they do speedruns for a good cause. And the best good thing was the goodest of good boys Peanut Butter, a four-year-old Shiba Inu,
Horizon series appears stalled at Netflix as showrunner is accused of abuse
The man who would have made a Horizon show for Netflix has been accused of abusive behavior in the workplace.
Space Cadet is a spiritual successor to Legally Blonde
Image: Amazon Prime Video To the stars… with a lot of glitter and tie-dye! Continue reading…
Here's your reminder how close AMD came to financial collapse and just how much we owe to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
Do you remember Bulldozer or have you blocked out those dark times, too?
Nintendo Will No Longer Fix That Console You Never Used
The poor Wii U. That inexplicable console that was simultaneously too confusing to be useful, but too unexceptional to be inspiring. Meaninglessly carrying the weight of the name of the phenomenal success of the Nintendo Wii, it was—by most metrics—a rare miss and a colossal
The mischievous history of Elden Ring’s Patches, FromSoftware’s eternal scamp
Image: FromSoftware/Bandai Namco via Polygon FromSoftware’s mischievous heel has been part of the Souls games since the beginning Continue reading…
Analyzing New Game Ideas for Market Success: Strategic Toolkit
A toolbox for approaching the strategic analysis of new game ideas.
All Genshin Impact codes from the 4.8 livestream
Grab the new livestream Primogems before they expire.
Microsoft patents a technique to display encrypted documents so only you can see them
It seems to be a better system than AMD's Privacy View feature but like all of them, it can't solve one key issue.
Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail players are baffled by proposed changes to Viper, a job that's existed for less than week, and honestly so am I
"Y'all can't just press True North?"
The Game Boy Camera can now be used as a webcam, providing 16,000 pixels of grainy black and white glory
Black and white and previously dead all over—but thanks to this dock, resurrected.
Best Mini-ITX motherboards in 2024: My pick from all the mini mobo marvels I've tested
The best Mini-ITX motherboards for both Intel and AMD.