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This may have been a short workweek, but the chaotic world of gaming never rests. Read on for Kotaku’s top stories from Thanksgiving week. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/8gMXoT5 via New free games

If you, or the severed you who binge-watches television, need a refresher on Apple TV+’s breakout hit Severance , two of the main men behind it have you covered. Debuting on January 7, ten days before the show’s second season debuts, Severance executive producer Ben Stiller and the show’s leading man Adam Scott will… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/vYtMbgo via New free games

Thanksgaming 24 continues into Bleak Friday, to bring joy and light into the darkness. Here are another 20 games you’ve almost definitely never heard of before, but each offering something unique, special, or outright bizarre. Get your wishlist-clicking fingers ready. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/hvZM3IF via New free games

Honestly, most of us are just grown children, even Award-winning directors. On a recent episode of The Town podcast , Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve allows his intrusive thoughts to win when he explains how his childhood disappointment in Return of the Jedi is still preventing him from ever directing a Star… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/JVZcsSj via New free games

After getting stale for a bit too long for a launch month, Pokémon TCG Pocket has finally launched a new event into its rather echoey corridors—the Venusaur Drop Event. And oh wow, it comes with a winnable card that’ll go straight to the top of your binder. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/FjCtSUB via New free games

We’re nine months through 2024 now, and this year has carried over two significant trends for the video game industry from 2023 into 2024: a lot of excellent games are coming out , and, unfortunately, the people who make them are suffering. We’ve gotten some fantastic new games like Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and the… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/1QlIFBh via New free games

Nintendo, currently predicting 2024 net sales of $8.4 billion and operating profits of $2.4 billion, is continuing its furious crackdown on those modding or emulating its systems and games. Its latest target, via a story by Game File , is the Reddit sub SwitchPirates, while also asking to subpoena information from a… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/FMKY04W via New free games

Once upon a time, the United States of America would enjoy a holiday called “Thanksgiving.” However, over time, as culture shifted and the country changed, it eventually evolved into the day of celebration we now all know and love. That’s right, Thanksgaming! It’s the day of the year when everyone in America—and all… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/W5fhEYN via New free games

It’s the Thanksgiving holiday week, and that means if you work for a company worth a damn (and some that aren’t worth a damn, but I digress), you probably have the next couple of days off. (Apologies to anyone who works retail.) You might be buying some games you missed this year during Black Friday sales, or perhaps… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/5wpzqVJ via New free games

Look to your left. Look to your right. One of those people is about to discover Balatro for the first time . The other has already been secretly playing it every spare moment they get. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/TVq5ONm via New free games

It’s cold outside and nearly Thanksgiving, so its time for Valve’s annual Autumn Sale, or Fall Sale for those of you who ain’t too fancy. A lot of games are currently discounted on Valve’s massive digital storefront, so we’ve dug in and found some of the biggest and best discounts to check out. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/WjfsZ5w via New free games

Baldur’s Gate 3 is over a year old now , and developer Larian Studios is still bringing a bevy of new features to the RPG in its upcoming eighth patch. Some of these features were announced a while ago but are finally making their way to the game with this update which, it seems, is currently a few months out. Larian… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/prWP1yS via New free games

Sony’s head of independent development at PlayStation and long-time game development leader for the console maker, Shuhei Yoshida, is retiring after over three decades at the company. He helped produce some of the PlayStation’s earliest hits before moving onto help lead the global platform across multiple console… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/EjzgboR via New free games

The film adaptation of Wicked is breaking box office records and is likely to be the biggest movie of the Thanksgiving season. But it’s also become ground zero for a newly invigorated debate about theater etiquette that’s been raging for a few years now and is only getting more heated as more people than ever whip out… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/2OXTzcu via New free games

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is nearly here. The big first-person action-puzzler arrives on Xbox and PC next month and if you’ve been wondering just how big Indy’s next digital adventure will be, well, we don’t have a specific number yet, but it sounds big. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/Kl3OCV8 via New free games

Another holiday season approaches and video games are once again awash in sales , discounts , and end-of-year inventory liquidations . Everywhere you click there’s another price with a red line through it and the promise of big savings. It’s overwhelming and easy to tune out, so we’ve consolidated a much shorter list of… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/o6DWAbz via New free games

It happens to the best of us: You’re delving into a dank, decrepit bunker in the post-apocalypse searching for rare loot, casually popping off shots at the various rat-like mutants scurrying through the dark when your weapon jams. In a moment of panic, you attempt to reload and clear the jam, but your weapon is so… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/nYjpBKO via New free games

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 got a new trailer this morning , and it really underlines how this movie is an adaptation of Sonic Adventure 2. We knew it would be taking pieces of the Dreamcast game, such as introducing Shadow the Hedgehog and delving into his tortured past, but this new trailer really brings home that some of… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/zvaPRA9 via New free games

Star Wars Outlaws finally came to Steam last week. Unfortunately, there’s also an issue with the latest version of Windows that makes it so the sci-fi open-world adventure and other Ubisoft games don’t work. Microsoft has acknowledged the issue and is pausing the update in the meantime. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/iau3esg via New free games

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is just under a month away, and that means we are a mere three weeks from hearing Keanu Reeves voice Shadow the Hedgehog . Today, Paramount has released the second trailer for the film, and we get to see a little bit more of Shadow and the returning cast, as well as get a better sense of how the… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/T7Ir0Kc via New free games

Bloomberg is reporting this morning that Sony is working on a portable version of the PlayStation 5. This comes hot on the heels of news from Microsoft that a portable Xbox is being worked on , and of course ahead of the imminent announcement of the Switch 2. Everyone’s going handheld! Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/rAyNjXV via New free games

Another day, another Dune: Prophecy episode going where no Dune movie went before. After killing off its youngest character on-screen in the pilot, the latest episode shows the most formidable power in both Dune movies being thwarted more than 10,000 years earlier. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/q5g0zJy via New free games

This week, perhaps nothing sparked more discussion than the announcement of the 2024 Game Awards nominees. We weighed in ourselves with a breakdown of the seven biggest surprises in what got nominated, and what didn’t. Also this week, both Sony and Microsoft announced new forays into game streaming, and we took a look… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/zOvp2tI via New free games

If you’ve got a big family but very little to talk to them about, the holidays can see you go from happy to helpless real quick. What are you to do when Thanksgiving dinner is two hours late and you’ve run out of small talk with that one uncle from out of town who may or may not have voted for the worst person in the… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/9Rkfd0v via New free games

Lego are neat, fun, and incredibly durable. Long after our names have been forgotten and our ancestral bloodlines have been wiped out, their colorful plastic bodies will persist until the heat death of the universe. They also hurt like hell to step on in bare feet. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/pla4uW6 via New free games

Big changes are happening at Disney World in Florida . The company has announced that it plans to shutdown a popular Muppets attraction to make room for a new Monsters, Inc.-themed area and ride. And there was bad news for Aerosmith fans, too. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/PgTDIXC via New free games

We live in a time of plenty. Perhaps even excess. Before I finish a game, or sometimes even start it, the developers are already releasing free updates ranging from new quality-of-life settings to full-blown content add-ons. Each one makes the game worth revisiting and adds to the pull of picking it up for the first… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/aF5RqSp via New free games

It’s late in November, so its time for another big Black Friday sale. Sure, Black Friday used to be a day, but now it’s spread out over two weeks. And PlayStation is the latest big company to offer a bunch of discounts as we get closer to Thanksgiving. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/WnNkPYy via New free games

It was nighttime and I was creeping through grass of S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2' s digital recreation of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. I needed to meet up with someone, but getting anywhere in the “Zone”— the eerie, desolate, but oddly beautiful irradiated setting of the game—is dangerous. To make sure I was going the right way I… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/S8CjwBP via New free games

If you ever feel embarrassed that you’ve spent the equivalent of two and a half weeks on a video game, just remember that some of the most accomplished and busy entertainers in the world have done the same. During a sit-down chat with Scott Lussier , creative director of western-themed extraction shooter Hunt: Showdown… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/KSc0gqj via New free games

Marvel fans, it sounds like our patience will soon be rewarded. After nearly two decades of the Marvel Cinematic Universe being a world-changing wrecking ball to the film industry and our lives, the X-Men we’ve long wanted to see join the party are coming. At least, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige sure thinks so. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/z0w8SWH via New free games

Xbox is expanding its streaming options and will now let players stream some games they already own that aren’t included in Game Pass on any device that supports it. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/ivJbqQl via New free games

Buying a new television can be a stressful and confusing process these days as there are more options than ever. So let me help you with your upcoming TV purchase by giving you some tips on what to look for in a TV, what’s important, and a recommendation or two if you really don’t want to shop around. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/YPjWomG via New free games

The impending arrival of Overwatch 2’s next tank hero has been teased through graffiti in the game’s Oasis map since the beginning of its ongoing 13th season. Now, we finally have our first look at Hazard, the 42nd hero in the shooter’s roster, and he’ll be playable briefly this weekend for those looking to test him… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/tmhlRei via New free games

Earlier this year, we ranked the party members from all the Dragon Age games, but kept our rankings for each game separate. So Origins’ companions got their own ranking, as did Dragon Age II’s and Inquisition’s . Now that The Veilguard is out (and we ranked those newcomers, as well) we thought we’d see how each of… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/vB8gjK7 via New free games

One of the best Assassin’s Creed games ever released, Syndicate , has received a small but greatly appreciated update that lets the open-world action game run at 60FPS on current-gen consoles. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/QS9YdBG via New free games

The nominees for The Game Awards 2024 have been revealed and it will offer plenty for fans to fight over. The 10th Anniversary of host Geoff Keighley’s Oscars-like celebration of interactive arts will choose from the following for the best game of the year: Astro Bot, Balatro, Black Myth Wukong, Elden Ring: Shadow of… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/D7KVnaW via New free games

The PlayStation 5 Pro has been out in the wild for over a week now, and while it offers impressive improvements on many existing games, there are also some for which it seems to introduce new issues that make things look worse. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and the Silent Hill 2 remake are just a couple of games that new… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/Z9sGEgw via New free games

Two years after the Lego Tallneck was released, Sony has announced its second Horizon Zero Dawn crossover set with the toy brick company, and just in time for the launch of the abridged, Lego Horizon Adventures adaptation of the open-world RPG. The set is actually affordable, too. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/qgdlavN via New free games

Dune: Prophecy wasted relatively little time setting itself apart from the movies. In the season one premiere of the Dune prequel series, a war is violently declared by the killing of likely the youngest person ever murdered onscreen in director Denis Villeneuve’s Dune universe. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/NzA7RM9 via New free games

From the best decks in Pokémon TCG Pocket to a ludicrously expensive card in the original game—and a bunch of other updates, guides, and recommendations in between—here are the most helpful tips we published this week. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/2eyZYRk via New free games

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is full of attention to detail and love for the 40-year-old franchise. Of course, that doesn’t mean it has every reference or detail that fans are looking for. Those playing the PC version have already taken the responsibility of fixing that into their own hands. Since the game’s launch,… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/OeJ5UnD via New free games

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is a game packed with numerous characters and mechanics alike. Although it does feature training modes to help you master the various systems available, some things just aren’t explained well. Impact Actions are a great example even though it’s a commonly encountered mechanic. Something that… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/NYw0UBO via New free games

There are few series that have revolutionized video games quite like Dragon Quest. Debuting all the way back in 1986, the first Dragon Quest made its mark by distilling the complex mechanics of early RPGs such as Wizardry and Ultima into a form that even casual gamers could enjoy. Featuring the artwork of the… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/J69qo5w via New free games

As we get deeper into November, more and more companies are announcing Black Friday deals. Xbox has joined the holiday tradition and revealed a ton of deals on games, consoles, and controllers. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/kdyC7Sl via New free games

Pokémon TCG Pocket has introduced a decent amount of cards through its Genetic Apex expansion. And even though all of its many currencies and systems can make for a confusing impression, it didn’t take long for players to figure out metas. And now we can share that information with you! From the three available… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/bUJe5EH via New free games

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake may have beautiful, updated graphics, but the soul of this adventure is as old-school as ever. As one of the first tasks of your adventure, you’ll need to make your way over to Patty’s Party Planning Place to recruit three companions. Whether you choose to take along the premade… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/A63GCLj via New free games

I started playing Overwatch in 2019. By the time I was pushing payloads and getting Play of the Game with a well-placed Tactical Visor, a lot of the old hero kits and team compositions that were infamous when the hero shooter launched in 2016 were more like cautionary tales for relative newbies. But since I never… Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/SWVT9l5 via New free games

Mega hit action-adventure game Black Myth: Wukong is one of the biggest games of 2024. However, it’s only been available on PlayStation 5 and PC since launching earlier this year. Now, Microsoft CEO of gaming Phil Spencer says he knows whether or not Black Myth: Wukong is coming to Xbox...he just won’t tell us. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/HsETML4 via New free games

Blizzard has announced that two decades after its release, World of Warcraft is finally going to let players build a home and live in it. The feature has long been requested by WoW players and now it’s finally coming in the game’s next expansion. Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/kgLJzmd via New free games