Diablo Devs Say Activision Back To Its Old ‘Union-Busting’ Tricks
4.8.2022
Nearly two months after Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick announced the company would finally begin bargaining its first union contract with the Game Workers Alliance at Raven Software, staff at Blizzard Albany, currently working on Diablo IV, say the publisher is back to trying to union-bust....
Steam Deck’s Most Popular Title: MultiVersus, A Fighting Game Of All Things
4.8.2022
As you likely know, the Steam Deck is very popular. Valve’s portable PC has quickly developed a large community around it and it has become the preferred way for many to play their favorite Steam games on-the-go. But which games exactly are all these new Steam Deck owners playing? You’d think they...
Z nenápadné aplikace na Steamu je hit. Umožňuje Číňanům sledovat porno
4.8.2022
Na první pohled nenápadná aplikace pro vytváření animovaných pozadí na plochu Windows má na Steamu dlouhodobě větší popularitu než řada zásadních herních hitů. Není to však kvůli jejím mimořádným kvalitám, ale spíše proto, že je to jeden z nejsnazších způsobů, jak se mohou Číňané dostat...
Sales comps for your game: how not to do it.
3.8.2022
Alright - and also how to do it better!
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s New Gym Leader Makes Fans Sexually Confused
3.8.2022
When the Pokémon Presents stream showed off a new ice-type gym leader for the first time, many fans thought the trainer, Grusha, was a girl. But official materials eventually revealed that the leader of Glaseado Gym is actually a man who uses he/him pronouns. Some fans were startled when they...
This Steam Chart Topper Is A Perfect Twist On GOTY Contender Vampire Survivors
3.8.2022
Vampire Survivors is a very simple gothic roguelike that snuck onto Steam Early Access at the end of 2021. By the start of this year it had begun blowing up, and the game that lets you “be the bullet hell” has since racked up over 100,000 positive reviews. Now it has a spiritual sibling out called...
Let’s Talk About Stray’s Weird Bummer Of An Ending
3.8.2022
Stray, a post-apocalyptic adventure game about a cat, is mostly excellent. Two of us at Kotaku recently powered through its puzzles, devouring its dense, mysteriously post-apocalyptic environments and generally enjoying living out the power-fantasy of role-playing a cat. Then we hit the credits....
Sony Says Call Of Duty Is An ‘Essential Game’ Series While Microsoft Argues It Ain’t
3.8.2022
Microsoft, in a bid to downplay the possible ramifications of its attempted acquisition of Activision to various international regulating agencies, is arguing that the Call of Duty publisher it’s spending billions of dollars on doesn’t actually produce any games that could be considered “must...
Elden Ring Is Easily One Of YouTube's Most Popular Games Ever
3.8.2022
We’ve known just how hot Elden Ring has become. Released on February 25, FromSoftware’s latest Soulslike has shipped some 13.4 million copies to date, making it more successful than Sledgehammer Games’ disappointing Call of Duty: Vanguard from last year, a franchise often known for dominating...
Here’s Every Pokémon Scarlet, Violet Purchase Perk To Know Before You Buy
3.8.2022
The Pokémon Company has commanded a steady stream of information about Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet, out November 18 for the Nintendo Switch, since February to encourage maximum mouth frothing. Today, it encouraged more extreme-level mouth frothing with its Pokémon Presents livestream and...
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet's Fidough Is A Good Boy Everyone's Already Fallen In Love With
3.8.2022
Today’s Pokémon Direct brought us a slew of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet news, and of course within that were glimpses of some freshly revealed Generation IX monsters. The stand-out being the inexplicable Fidough, a cute little puppy that’s seemingly...uncooked bread?Read more
Everything We Know About Gyms In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
3.8.2022
Today’s Pokémon Presents revealed more details about how the gym system inRead more