Most people who have played Metroid Dread say the game is very good, but what if you are not one of those people, and for whatever reason do not trust those people? Well, now you can simply download part of the game for free and try it for yourself.Rea…
Lost Judgment: The Kotaku Review
I loved Judgment, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s 2018 spinoff from the Yakuza series. Arriving just as the main games were getting ready to go through the biggest changes in their long-running history, along came a lawyer and his himbo best friend to keep some…
Star Ocean Is Back And It Looks Kinda Like Monster Hunter
At long last, Square Enix’s interstellar JRPG series Star Ocean is back. Star Ocean The Divine Force is set to launch on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Series X/S, and PC in 2022, the company revealed during today’s PlayStation State of Play livestream.Read more….
GOTY Contender Death’s Door Heads To PlayStation And Switch Next Month
Announced today via Sony’s State of Play event and on Twitter via Devolver Digital, Acid Nerve’s acclaimed dungeon crawler Death’s Door makes the jump from PC and Xbox to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch on November 23. Read more…
Deathverse Is A Surprise Follow-Up To Suda’s Let It Die
In 2016, Goichi Suda’s Grasshopper Manufacture and Supertrick Games released Let It Die, a roguelike that had players climbing up a tower killing everything in their paths. Today, Sony announced a surprise successor to the game, only this time it’s a m…
Call Of Duty’s Ridiculous Donnie Darko Crossover Is Kinda Funny, Kinda Sad
Suffice to say, video game crossovers can be pretty bogus outside of the Super Smash Bros. series. But putting Donnie Darko stuff in Call of Duty: Warzone and Black Ops Cold War takes the cake. This might be the single most ridiculous mash-up I’ve ever…
Darkest Dungeon II Tries Something New, And It Mostly Works
Darkest Dungeon II is nothing if not evocative—a positive quirk it shares with the first game. When my party reaches the Mountain at its heart, they are brought low. This place has haunted their dreams for weeks—a different configuration for each of th…
Minigame That Gave Kids ‘Cuts, Blisters & Burns’ Returns To Mario Party With A Warning
The upcoming Mario Party Superstars on the Switch features 100 minigames drawn from the long-running history of the series. One of those, Tug o’ War, is making a somewhat surprising return after what happened last time the game was available to play wi…
The Week In Games: Groot And His Pals Are Ready To Save The Galaxy
Guardians of the Galaxy is out later this week on all major platforms. I’m excited to play it if only because the soundtrack seems great and I’m in the mood for a nice, single-player-only sci-fi action game. (A reminder that the Switch edition of the g…
GTA Has A Weird History On Nintendo Consoles
Grand Theft Auto is one of the biggest, most popular video game franchises in history. It has sold millions of games across nearly every platform released since the PS1 and courted more controversy than perhaps any other video game series ever created….