Apple is increasingly focusing on building its own devices and expanding its ecosystem by taking steps towards a more native experience for users and relying less on third-party accessories. While the Cupertino-based tech giant's HomePod and AppleTV have left quite the mark in the smart home category, it generally relies more on outsourcing cameras and other hardware for smart homes. Now, a new report suggests that the company intends to create a fully integrated experience by developing its own smart home accessories. Gurman hints about Apple working on making smart home products like security cameras for a more integrated experience […]
We’re continuing our Best of Black Friday posts today with a look at the best current deals on power stations and their respective bundle options. Folks across the country and beyond have been steadily investing more and more in the industry for a vari...
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 m...
Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds will receive the Godspawn update, adding a new 50-player boss battle, a new 10-player raid, and a legendary spear. Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds is getting the first major update "Godspawn" on November 19th, expanding the story with new story chapters The MMORPG Guild Wars 2 by ArenaNet is receiving its first major update for the Janthir Wilds expansion soon. It's the first of three major updates, and it'll land on November 19. The update will add new content to the game for the players. The Janthir Wilds expansion DLC was released in August this year, […]
Today, Bandai Namco announced SWORD ART ONLINE Fractured Daydream. Fans of the franchise know that the universe's lore is based on protagonists playing VR MMORPGs, but ironically, the games never allowed that. SWORD ART ONLINE Fractured Daydream aims to be the closest thing yet. Bandai Namco described it as a large scale cooperative multiplayer battle action game featuring cooperative quests and raids for up to 20 players. The following modes will be included: Boss Raid Online exclusive mode where you join in as a part of a raid team consisting of 20 members divided into four five-member parties! How you […]
After much waiting and hoping, Bandai Namco and FromSoftware promised to finally give us the first trailer for Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree today, and boy did they deliver. This first three-minute look at the expansion focuses heavily on new bosses, and they look like a very intimidating lot – a towering flaming effigy, a twisted Chinese dragon type thing, what appears to be a giant stick bug, and more. This is all lorded over by what would seem to be the new big bad of the expansion, Messmer the Impaler (that’s him in the header image). Beyond the […]
Microsoft has announced the final set of games that will close out February for Xbox Game Pass subscribers. This crop of titles offers a variety of genres, from anime-ass RPGs to open-world shark adventures to sports simulators. As usual, there’s a lit...
An interesting new Tekken 8 PC mod has been released, boosting the game's graphical fidelity beyond the game's ultra graphic settings. Created by 'xowny', this mod enhances the game's visuals by using full-resolution screen-space reflections. In addition, the modder's configuration file enables GTAO Ambient Occlusion (instead of SSAO), which allows for more for more precise and stable ambient occlusion results. "GTAO, on the other hand, is a more advanced technique that takes advantage of temporal anti-aliasing (TAA) information. It uses information from previous frames to improve the accuracy of occlusion calculations", the creator of the mod explains. This mod also […]
“That seems familiar.” It’s a phrase I said to myself a dozen times or more in the first two hours of Cygames’ Granblue Fantasy Relink. When a giant monster attacked my boat during the prologue. When I realized my sidekick was a tiny, flying mascot wit...
Powered by Unreal Engine 5, Tekken 8 comes with a decent selection of graphics settings that can be tweaked to achieve a good balance between visual quality and smooth performance. As the game is among the most demanding fighting games currently available on PC, you will need to tweak some settings to achieve that rock-solid 60 FPS framerate that is needed to enjoy the game both offline and online without issues. How to Achieve Rock Solid 60 FPS With Great Visual Quality in Tekken 8 on PC Before you begin tweaking your Tekken 8 graphics settings, you should go into […]
The first month of 2024 is coming to a close, and we’ve already been enjoying some fine games here at Kotaku. We hope this year has brought you some pleasant gaming experiences as well. Read more...
Tekken 8 is out now on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, and judging by the reviews, it rules. I’m stoked to play the game this weekend, particularly to take the French swordsman Victor Chevalier to the training lab. The roster is quite eclectic,...
Like every modern fighting game, Tekken 8 comes with an online mode that allows players to put their skills to the test against other players. Powered by rollback netcode, like other games such as Street Fighter 6 and Guilty Gear Strive, the new entry in the series provides a slightly more customizable online experience, offering players three different rollback settings. Only one of them, however, is the one to choose for the smoothest gameplay in ranked and quick matches. What's the Best Rollback Setting in Tekken 8? By default, Tekken 8 utilizes the Standard rollback setting, which balances both fluidity […]
New Tekken 8 comparison videos were shared online, highlighting how much the game's visuals and character models have changed since the game's original reveal and the previous entry in the series. The new videos, which have been put together by Cycu1, highlight how the launch version's visuals have been downgraded considerably over the reveal trailer. While the character models for Jin and Kazuya seem to be identical, the changes made to lighting are considerable, resulting in worse visuals in the final release. The second Tekken 8 comparison video, also by Cycu1, highlights how the character models of all returning characters […]
Today, Bandai Namco announced SWORD ART ONLINE Fractured Daydream. Fans of the franchise know that the universe's lore is based on protagonists playing VR MMORPGs, but ironically, the games never allowed that. SWORD ART ONLINE Fractured Daydream aims to be the closest thing yet. Bandai Namco described it as a large scale cooperative multiplayer battle action game featuring cooperative quests and raids for up to 20 players. The following modes will be included: Boss Raid Online exclusive mode where you join in as a part of a raid team consisting of 20 members divided into four five-member parties! How you […]
After much waiting and hoping, Bandai Namco and FromSoftware promised to finally give us the first trailer for Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree today, and boy did they deliver. This first three-minute look at the expansion focuses heavily on new bosses, and they look like a very intimidating lot – a towering flaming effigy, a twisted Chinese dragon type thing, what appears to be a giant stick bug, and more. This is all lorded over by what would seem to be the new big bad of the expansion, Messmer the Impaler (that’s him in the header image). Beyond the […]
Microsoft has announced the final set of games that will close out February for Xbox Game Pass subscribers. This crop of titles offers a variety of genres, from anime-ass RPGs to open-world shark adventures to sports simulators. As usual, there’s a lit...
An interesting new Tekken 8 PC mod has been released, boosting the game's graphical fidelity beyond the game's ultra graphic settings. Created by 'xowny', this mod enhances the game's visuals by using full-resolution screen-space reflections. In addition, the modder's configuration file enables GTAO Ambient Occlusion (instead of SSAO), which allows for more for more precise and stable ambient occlusion results. "GTAO, on the other hand, is a more advanced technique that takes advantage of temporal anti-aliasing (TAA) information. It uses information from previous frames to improve the accuracy of occlusion calculations", the creator of the mod explains. This mod also […]
“That seems familiar.” It’s a phrase I said to myself a dozen times or more in the first two hours of Cygames’ Granblue Fantasy Relink. When a giant monster attacked my boat during the prologue. When I realized my sidekick was a tiny, flying mascot wit...
Powered by Unreal Engine 5, Tekken 8 comes with a decent selection of graphics settings that can be tweaked to achieve a good balance between visual quality and smooth performance. As the game is among the most demanding fighting games currently available on PC, you will need to tweak some settings to achieve that rock-solid 60 FPS framerate that is needed to enjoy the game both offline and online without issues. How to Achieve Rock Solid 60 FPS With Great Visual Quality in Tekken 8 on PC Before you begin tweaking your Tekken 8 graphics settings, you should go into […]
The first month of 2024 is coming to a close, and we’ve already been enjoying some fine games here at Kotaku. We hope this year has brought you some pleasant gaming experiences as well. Read more...
Tekken 8 is out now on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, and judging by the reviews, it rules. I’m stoked to play the game this weekend, particularly to take the French swordsman Victor Chevalier to the training lab. The roster is quite eclectic,...
Like every modern fighting game, Tekken 8 comes with an online mode that allows players to put their skills to the test against other players. Powered by rollback netcode, like other games such as Street Fighter 6 and Guilty Gear Strive, the new entry in the series provides a slightly more customizable online experience, offering players three different rollback settings. Only one of them, however, is the one to choose for the smoothest gameplay in ranked and quick matches. What's the Best Rollback Setting in Tekken 8? By default, Tekken 8 utilizes the Standard rollback setting, which balances both fluidity […]
New Tekken 8 comparison videos were shared online, highlighting how much the game's visuals and character models have changed since the game's original reveal and the previous entry in the series. The new videos, which have been put together by Cycu1, highlight how the launch version's visuals have been downgraded considerably over the reveal trailer. While the character models for Jin and Kazuya seem to be identical, the changes made to lighting are considerable, resulting in worse visuals in the final release. The second Tekken 8 comparison video, also by Cycu1, highlights how the character models of all returning characters […]