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CultureSquare Enix Tactical RPG Project Triangle Strategy Arrives On Switch In 2022
Square Enix surprised viewers during today’s Nintendo Direct broadcast by revealing a brand-new game, the tentatively titled Project Triangle Strategy. The game won’t be out until next year but a demo is expected to drop on the eShop later today. Project Triangle Strategy (a working title) is the next game to fall under Square Enix’s…
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CultureNo More Heroes III Launches On August 27
No More Heroes III is coming to Switch on August 27, according to today’s Nintendo Direct presentation. Wrapping up a trilogy that began in 2007, No More Heroes III tells the continuing story of otaku Travis Touchdown as he battles his way through an alien invasion. Grasshopper Manufacture’s eccentric co-founder and CEO Goichi “Suda51″ Suda…
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CultureXenoblade Chronicles 2‘s Pyra And Mythra Are In Smash
The next Super Smash Bros. Ultimate fighter isn’t Waluigi. It’s Pyra, from Xenoblade Chronicles 2. That’s not all. Mythra will join the roster as well. The two fighters will be available in March. Nintendo kicked off today’s Nintendo Direct—the first in 18 months, by the way—with the news. Pyra and Mythra appear to be a…
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CultureFall Guys Coming To Switch This Summer [Update: And Xbox]
This one’s no hill of beans. Fall Guys will come out on Switch at some point in the summer. Following a savvy, streamer-centric marketing campaign, Fall Guys first came out last August for PC and PlayStation 4, where it exploded in popularity. That month, Fall Guys was one of the “free” games available for PS…
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CultureWatch Nintendo’s Direct Here
Nintendo’s first full Direct in nearly 18 months is set to being at 5:00 p.m. ET today. According to Nintendo, it’ll run approximately 50 minutes, during which time many fans’ dreams may come true while others are shattered. The Direct is set to focus on updates to games that are already out as well as…
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CultureOdds and EndsZelda Speedrunner Beats Breath Of The Wild With His Feet
Speedrunner Joedun is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to doing the unthinkable in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Not content to have a top 10 time when it comes to 100 percenting the game, he decided to do it again earlier this month without taking any damage. Now…
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CultureNew Xbox Backward-Compatibility Feature Improves Framerates On Select Games
Microsoft announced today that it is further improving Xbox Series X/S enhancements to backward-compatible games with a new feature known as Xbox FPS Boost, which does exactly what it says on the tin. “With certain titles, we can make the experience even better, all with no work required by the developer, and no update needed…
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CultureDestiny 2’s New Weekly Challenge Shares A Slogan With The Hitler Youth [Update: Bungie Apologizes, Says It Was Unintentional]
A new weekly challenge in Destiny 2’s Season of the Chosen is called “Blood and Honor.” It’s a phrase that’s been seen in other fantasy media, but it’s also the English translation of the German phrase “Blut und Ehre,” one of the Nazi slogans used by the Hitler Youth. What’s it doing in Destiny 2?…
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CultureKotaku Game DiaryBowser’s Fury Co-Op Sucks, But Super Mario 3D World’s Is Amazing
Nintendo’s first big release of 2021, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury, packages together a re-release of a seven-year-old game alongside a new, yet bite-sized, adventure. The main draw is the latter, which offers a showcase of what an open-world Mario game could be. What’s more, Bowser’s Fury technically has a couch co-op mode.…
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CultureValve Bans ‘Very Positive’ Developer For Trying To Trick Steam Users
Emoji Evolution is a puzzle game on Steam about combining weird symbols. Or at least it was: Valve recently removed it from the storefront and banned its creator’s developer account after apparently discovering how they were exploiting Steam’s layout to try to trick people into playing the game. “Valve has banned my developer account due…
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CultureNo Man’s Sky Players Can Now Tame, Breed, And Train Alien Creatures
Showing no sign of slowing down after a 2020 filled with game-changing updates, Hello Games starts off the fifth year of No Man’s Sky with the “Companions” update, which gives players the ability to befriend procedurally-generated alien creatures, turning them into loyal universe-exploring companions. After last year’s mech, living ships, and space horror updates, I…
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CultureMorning MusicSay Whatcha Wanna About Final Fantasy XIII, You Can’t Deny Its Amazing Soundtrack
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re continuing to indulge my terminal case of Final Fantasy brain with a deep dive into Final Fantasy XIII’s mold-breaking soundtrack. I’m not here to discuss the merits of Final Fantasy XIII (playlist / longplay / VGMdb) itself,…
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CultureNew Microsoft Program Could Help Devs Make Games More Accessible
Microsoft is starting a new program that will allow developers to send in Xbox and PC games to be evaluated by a team of accessibility experts, the company announced today. “Where issues are found, they are noted with reproduction steps, screenshots, and other information to help the developer understand what aspect of a given experience…
By Ian Walker
