Author: Darren Jones
The growth and mainstreaming of esports has helped shine a spotlight on an important but often overshadowed corner of gaming culture. But it’s also occasionally led some developers to focus on the high-end competitive side of their games while the casual audience at home languishes. Street Fighter 6 feels in some ways…Read more… Source – kotaku.com All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.
The increasing popularity of the Persona series in the West has been a wonderful if slow-burning thing to behold, ramping up over the last decade to the point where Persona 5 was a Very Big Video Game Release, and re-releases of older games are now headline news.Read more… Source – kotaku.com All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall is important for any number of reasons, for its pioneering place in a series that would go on to include Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim to the fact it was a Game of the Year winner in its own right. The thing is, the game is a 3D adventure from 1996, and trying to play it in 2022 sucks.Read more… Source – kotaku.com All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.
Last night, developer 343 Industries rolled out a Juneteenth-themed cosmetic option for Halo Infinite, its multiplayer shooter. For a moment, the affiliated Pan-African-themed color palette was titled “Bonobo.” A bonobo, for those who don’t know, is an endangered species of great ape.Read more… Source – kotaku.com All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.
The Fire Emblem Heroes mobile game is willing to go where the mainline series won’t. Yesterday, the official Twitter account announced the new summer alternatives—that is, alternative designs—for the main lords of Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Players are especially going wild over Dimitri, whose lovingly painted abs…Read more… Source – kotaku.com All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.
Sora, the hero of Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts series, was added to Nintendo’s mash-up brawler Super Smash Bros. Ultimate last October, earning the distinction of being the final addition to the game’s massive roster. It was a heartwarming announcement for a fighter who’s actually kinda cool to play. While many…Read more… Source – kotaku.com All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.
Stop me if you’ve heard this story before…A YouTube channel that featured music, covers, or remixes of classic songs from popular Nintendo games has been forced to remove content after being contacted by Nintendo’s army of lawyers. Well, it’s happening again. A new channel now claims to be the latest casualty of…Read more… Source – kotaku.com All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.
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Morio Kishimoto, longtime Sonic Team dev and director of Sonic Frontiers, recently did his best to clarify what Sega means when it hypes up the game’s “open zone” mechanics. But his explanation seems to confirm the phrase is just a trumped-up marketing term rather than some sort of indication that Frontiers is…Read more… Source – kotaku.com All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.
Halo is getting a wave of DLC, but not for Halo Infinite. Rather than a proper narrative expansion for 343’s latest first-person shooter, the longtime sci-fi series is instead getting…a duo of tie-ins. One’s for Fall Guys, Mediatonic’s platformer royale. The other’s for Microsoft Flight Sim, Microsoft’s flight sim.…Read more… Source – kotaku.com All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.