Image: Square-Enix Octopath Traveler. Triangle Strategy. Forspoken. These are just a few of Square Enix’s weirder game titles. But today, the Final Fantasy publisher reminded the world of one of its all-time-greats: Various Daylife. The iOS JRPG now has a Switch port. It came out today and it’s still called, well, that. I’m not sure … Read more
Image: Blizzard In the real world, everything runs on dunkin. In Diablo Immortal, it’s powered by orbs. Eternal Orbs, to be precise. And players are once again reckoning with the mobile action-RPG’s microtransaction economy after Blizzard announced that players who’d purchased hundreds of thousands of illicit orbs from third-party sellers won’t be banned. “This is … Read more
Photo: Kotaku Selling stolen goods to the place you took them from in the first place may not be the most brilliant of thievery plans, but it certainly saves on police paperwork. This is the alleged crime of a Washington man, who the Bellingham Herald reports stole a whole bunch of Pokemon and Magic: The … Read more
Image: Niantic As has been chronicled on Kotakumy journey into Pokemon GO has been one that began two years ago in lockdown-induced happinessand then slowly descended into disappointment after disappointment. However, this weekend, despite what appear to be Niantic’s best effortsI finally experienced Pokemon GO at its absolute best: A joyful day out with a … Read more
screenshot: The Pokémon Company / Kotaku Three months out from release, there’s still at your end pokemon scarlet and Purple we don’t know, but a new trailer shown during the 2022 World Championship sheds a little more light on how the Gen 9 games will shake up the competitive scene in some big ways. Plus, … Read more
Image: Bungie Bungie revealed its massive Arc 3.0 rework of Destiny 2‘s lightning abilities today, and while the rundown includes a number of changes that are sure to make fans happy, one of its biggest surprises calls back to one of the game’s darker community moments earlier this year. Fortunately, the developer on the receiving … Read more
Image: Google/Kotaku/Zoa.Arts (Shutterstock) Google Stadia hasn’t really been in the mainstream spotlight since its high-profile launch in 2019. And outside of bad news and poor reviews, it mainly disappeared from most gaming sites and YouTube channels. But the players who’ve invested hundreds or even thousands of hours into Google’s video game streaming service don’t seem … Read more
screenshot: Nintendo / Kotaku Xenoblade Chronicles 3 has been five years in the making and it shows. Monolith Soft’s latest open-field JRPG odyssey has more systems and more to do than either previous game in the trilogy (not to mention the often overlooked Xenoblade Chronicles X). I’m enjoying it to your sofa. I’m also learning … Read more
screenshot: The Pokemon Company Vulpix or Growlithe? Zangoose or Seviper? Ever since Arceus made the world in its image, Pokemon fans have had to grapple with a huge choice: which version to get. That quandary will remain in place for the latest games, pokemon scarlet and Purple. Every generation of Nintendo’s zeitgeisty monster-hunting RPGs splits … Read more
screenshot: Brendan Hesse Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is one of the year’s best-reviewed Nintendo Switch games, thanks to its deep combat, sweeping story, and giant world that’s fun to explore. The game is engrossing from the moment you start, but there’s a way to get even more immersed in this epic JRPG. As pointed out by … Read more