On the heels of The Game Awards, this week noticed the launch of two expansions for fan-fave video games: God of War Ragnarok and Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. We additionally took a meaty deep dive into Analogue’s newest and biggest new retro console and did a year-three rundown on the state of the PS5.
From the most recent and biggest to cult gems and retro classics, these are the video games and consoles we’re loving—and loathing—this week.
God Of War Ragnarök: Valhalla: The Kotaku Review
Valhalla takes place after the occasions of Ragnarök, as Kratos seeks out the titular corridor of heroes on account of a mysterious invitation. Once inside, he finds himself confronted with fight arenas constructed from his reminiscences that repeat as he ascends by Valhalla. Old vistas and enemies are an honest sufficient framing system, and an efficient technique to unpack Kratos’ almost 20 years of baggage. While the 2018 reboot used disgrace and fatherhood to interrogate the pornographic violence and carnage of the sequence’ previous, Valhalla actualizes that concept with out having to be tied to his relationship together with his son Atreus. – Kenneth Shepard Read More
The 12 Buggiest Video Games Of 2023
We made it. After a tumultuous 11 months of actually excessive highs (the video games) and actually low lows (the layoffs), we’re lastly rounding out the final month of 2023. Good riddance. And to essentially underscore that goodbye, we right here at Kotaku thought it’d be becoming to have a look again at what felt just like the longest yr but to compile some of essentially the most buggy, damaged, and busted video games to drop in 2023. – Levi Winslow Read More
Analogue Duo: The Kotaku Review
Today the corporate’s launching one other retro console recreation, the Analogue Duo. And this time, it’s one thing of a deeper reduce.
Just…god, there’s a lot random information you gotta know to grasp this factor’s deal. So earlier than we get into it, right here’s a tl;dr: Analogue Duo is a really stable PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 substitute that appears fairly good on fashionable shows and controls fairly effectively, too. It’s additionally not for everybody. It might not even be for me. – Alexandra Hall Read More
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet: The Indigo Disk: The Kotaku Review
The Indigo Disk picks up with new characters Kieran and Carmine returning to their Unova-based faculty, Blueberry Academy. The faculty invitations you to be an change scholar, and Blueberry Academy is a Pokémon coach’s dream facility, because it’s constructed round a terarium that emulates 4 completely different biomes. Students seize and examine Pokémon in habitats analogous to their pure properties. It’s an honest sufficient framing for a fairly sized open-world atmosphere, whereas additionally bringing some acquainted Pokémon again into the fray. – Kenneth Shepard Read More
The State Of The PlayStation 5
A slick new VR headset, a “slim” console refresh, tons of flashy new equipment, and a number of exclusives, together with the quickest promoting PlayStation sport ever, Spider-Man 2. The PlayStation 5 made massive strikes in 2023. So why does it really feel just like the console spent most of it resting on its laurels whereas flailing for a brand new path? – Ethan Gach Read More
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