Screenshot: Square Enix / Kotaku Price: $350 What You Get: Like a Russian nesting doll, getting the collector’s edition of FFXVI, which is only available as a physical copy, nets you every bonus in-game item offered with pre-orders for standard and deluxe editions of the game with download access to Blood Sword, an upcoming FFXVI

The same things that make Monster Hunter super popular—wild boss designs, deep loot progressions, and big multiplayer brawls—are what can make it feel impenetrable to the uninitiated. I have no idea if Monster Hunter Now, Niantic’s latest augmented reality social game, can be as successful as Monster Hunter World or Rise, the most recent console

Twitch’s mid-life platform crisis continues. After rolling out controversial new 50/50 revenue splits for top streamers last fall, the massively popular online gaming hangout is now announcing a new “Partner Plus Program” that will return certain channels to the previous 70/30 split, but with tons of caveats. It’s already not going over well. We Need

A newly discovered The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom glitch allows Link to endlessly double-jump his way to victory, using the Fuse ability to its most natural end. We Taste-Tested Cold Stone Creamery’s Special Nintendo Flavors YouTuber and Twitch streamer SmallAnt demonstrates the trick in a clip he posted to Twitter. But to

In a new interview, Xbox game studio chief Matt Booty confirmed that the company is done developing first-party games for the older Xbox One consoles, explaining that Microsoft has “moved on” from the prior-generation machine and is now focused on Xbox Series X/S. It’s yet another sign that the old consoles are being left behind

Not only does The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom simulate wind, electricity, aerodynamics, and inertia, it also simulates the phenomenon of pressure waves detected by our ears: i.e. sound. As players have been slowly realizing, when stuck in the ground to various depths, Zonai Stakes vibrate at different frequencies when struck. Line a

The war between Russia and Ukraine, which began in 2014 but ramped up in February 2022 as Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, has claimed yet another life. 21-year-old Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro Ostap “0ni” Onistrat was reportedly killed in action defending his home country of Ukraine. This Lesbian Mafia Anime Might Actually Make

There’s a lot to admire about Layers of Fear, Polish studio Bloober Team’s new reimagining of its (relatively) excellent surreal, psychological adventure horror series. Developed alongside Anshar Studios, which previously assisted Bloober in expanding its sci-fi horror Observer in 2020, this new version of Layers of Fear compounds the original 2016 game, its DLC, Layers

Gif: Square Enix / Kotaku Final Fantasy XVI doesn’t hit PlayStation 5 until June 22, but players have already gotten a chance to check out the Game of Thrones-influenced action-RPG early thanks to a two-hour demo on the PlayStation Store. It’s excellent, and also reveals some cool features I hadn’t been aware of before. My