Only One Of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s Bonus Quests Is Good

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is a big game, filled with things to do, places to go, and gear to collect. To add to this huge pile of stuff, if you pre-ordered the game or purchased the season pass, you get a bit of extra content in the form of extra quests. One of these bonus quests…

How To Share Games Between Accounts On Your PlayStation 5

These days, with downloadable games being the norm, sharing your games isn’t as easy as handing your friend a disc. Maybe you’ve run into a situation on your PlayStation 4 where, even though a game is downloaded on your machine, you can’t play it, since the license is technically owned by a different user. The…

Your PS5 May Be Playing The PS4 Version Of Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

Download bugs and weird defaults are making it a pain for some people to get the PS5 to install and play the next-gen version of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. As first reported by Eurogamer over the weekend, PS5 players with the Cross-Gen bundle or Ultimate Editions of the latest Call of Duty…

Destiny Has A New Loot Cave

Players have discovered a new monster closet that can be farmed for easy loot and I’ve already spent an hour mindlessly shooting into it. Naturally, it’s in the Cosmodrome, the same planetary location as the original loot cave that quickly became the stuff of legend back when the first Destiny launched. While Bungie did bring…

Missing Sequential Collectibles Is The Worst

In Sackboy: A Big Aventure, a mostly harmless platforming game for PlayStations 4 and 5, each level has a series of Imagination Orbs that Sackboy must find. As they are collected, the Imagination Orbs fill a little cloud-looking object in the order they appear in each level. Should the first Orb you collect show up…

The Week In Games: Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is the big release this week, coming to the Switch on November 20. That new Hyrule Warriors game looks cool, I might play it. But can I ask a question? What’s up with all the casino and gambling themed games releasing this week? Did all the publishers and developers get…

Blaster Master’s Composer Wrote Sheet Music For Sunsoft’s ‘Performers’

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re checkin’ in on one of the great sleeper hits of the early NES library, a little ditty called Blaster Master Quiz for any capitalists who might’ve stumbled in here: It’s 1988. How do you…

Naruto Creator Will Start Writing The Boruto Manga

Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto will begin writing the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations manga starting with Chapter 52, which goes on sale this month. Up to now, Ukyo Kodachi has written Chapters One to 52, with Mikio Ikemoto handling the illustration duties. Kodachi has published novels and also written scripts for Gundam and Macross. Kishimoto, who…

Cute Animal Crossing Clothing To Wear At Home

It’s 2020. People are staying home for obvious reasons. But! That doesn’t mean we should forgo looking absolutely adorable. Japanese clothing brand Gelato Pique is releasing a line of Animal Crossing loungewear because it’s safer to be cute at home. Included are sets of character-themed hoodies and shorts, a hooded blanket with ears, and the…

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Capcom Details What Data Was Compromised In Cyberattack

As Kotaku previously reported, Capcom was hit by a cyberattack, with a group claiming to have stolen 1TB of employee and customer data. Today, Capcom has detailed what data was compromised. In an official release, Capcom lists the leaked data it has confirmed so far, adding that “additional personal and corporate information may have been…

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Has A Secret Death Stranding Mission

In Assassin’s Creed Valhalla you can find some items that need to be delivered, a list of people who want those items, and their locations. But to bring each person their specific item you’ll need to do some walking, like Sam Porter in Death Stranding. Turns out, this isn’t just a coincidence… How to find…

These New Consoles Need New Beep-Boops

The next generation is officially here. As I write this, I’ve just received and hooked up my PS5, next to my recently purchased Xbox Series X. They are two big blocks of expensive technology and plastic, with tons of new features and more powerful innards. Yet, these new consoles still make the same beep-boop noises…

‘Shop Contest: The Metapod Man

2020 has sucked. So, I’m going to buy one of these wild Metapod…pods and hide away until things get better. I’m thinking 2023-ish. But one downside of being trapped, safely and warmly, in one of these pods is that you can’t go anywhere or play games or do anything. Let us help the sad man…

Huh, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag’s Fantastic Pirate Tunes Are By The Tokyo Drift Guy

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we jump aboard our pirate ship and search the seas for Templars and loot in Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag.  I’ll admit that when 2013’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (playlist / longplay / VGMdb) first…