Author: Darren Jones

Console pre-orders are a notoriously painful process. If you’re trying to get them online, scalpers and bots are likely to snatch them up at stores like Target or Best Buy. With the Switch 2 coming in hot, Nintendo is putting some restrictions in place on its online store to hopefully make sure people who actually…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.

In the years since The Last of Us Part II launched in 2020, I’ve noticed a fascinating phenomenon when people talk about Naughty Dog’s divisive sequel. Some people talk about Ellie’s revenge story in ways that seem incongruous with the game I experienced. Where I would call The Last of Us Part II a beautiful tragedy…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.

Hela is the goddess of death, and she certainly plays like it in Marvel Rivals. A powerful Duelist. viable (and exceptional) up to the highest levels of Ranked play, Hela sings when played by those with exceptional aim. 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.

Following some very tepid reviews and a year of angry internet men explaining how the film will definitely be a flop, A Minecraft Movie has smashed its opening weekend expectations, pulling in $157 million in the U.S. alone. With an estimated $300 million in ticket sales worldwide, it’s looking set to easily make a…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.

All of the cool stuff revealed in last week’s Switch 2 Direct was quickly overshadowed by worries about its higher prices, including $450 for the console and Mario Kart World being Nintendo’s first $80 game. Then the company halted pre-orders in the U.S. in the face of unprecedented tariffs that could push prices even…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.

A Minecraft Movie is fine. It’s not a surprise subversive treat like The Lego Movie, nor an unwatchable dirge, but much like 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, it lands firmly in the region of “fine.” My 10-year-old enjoyed it (with qualifications), as did the many other kids around us. It’s also an astonishing…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.

This week, we’re here to point you toward Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ legendary weapons. We’ll also help you find a Split Fiction side story that’s off the beaten path, get ready for Diablo IV’s next season, and score a sweet ring in Avowed. All this and more awaits in the pages ahead.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.

This week, the big Switch 2 reveal dominated online gaming conversations, with people gushing about their excitement for games like Mario Kart World on one hand (and falling in love with a playable cow in particular), and recoiling from the price on the other. Also, with season two of HBO’s The Last of Us almost upon…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.

Finally this week, Nintendo pulled back the curtain on the Switch 2 in a big way, giving us details about its screen, specs, and some of the games we can expect to see at launch and in the months that follow. A few days later, however, the company announced that preorders, previously set to go live on April 9, were…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.

Fans had been waiting months for Nintendo’s big Switch 2 Direct. But one thing that’s dominated the conversation following the showcase isn’t the games or the features, it’s the Switch 2’s $450 price tag. Now fans are spamming the YouTube chat for the company’s ongoing Nintendo Treehouse livestream with one simple…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.