The Week In Games: The Last Week Of 2021
26.12.2021
Congrats, everyone! We made it. This horrible, awful year (filled with some pretty good games...) is nearly over. Now, I know that a new year doesn’t magically change anything. But at least we can all collectively look back at 2021 and say “Fuck off” together. Read more
20 Years Ago, Nintendo Had Plans To Bring Email, Internet Searching, And Live Streams To The Game Boy Color
26.12.2021
The Game Boy Color was released in 1998, a few years before the earliest and crudest smartphones had hit the market. Back then, the internet was still fairly new and the idea of carrying around a single device that could email people, search the web, send photos and stream live videos was years...
Zack Zwiezen's Top 10 Games Of 2021
26.12.2021
Well, 2021 was a wild, awful mess of a year. I don’t need to recap what made 2021 so bad because, if you are reading this, you already know. We all live on Earth (I assume) so no point going over it all. Just, yeah, what a shitty year, huh?Read more
Sunday Comics: Wonderful!
26.12.2021
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon.Read more
Holiday special: did Steam really just get banned in China?
26.12.2021
No - but it's complicated
Podívejte se na nejhezčí momentky z letošních videoher
26.12.2021
Nová generace konzolí už je tady s námi více než rok a za tu dobu nám už dokázala přinést spoustu fantastických zážitků. Pojďte se s námi podívat na několik výrazných momentů z letošní produkce, na které jen tak nezapomeneme
PŘEHLED: Videoherní padouši, kteří dělají špatné věci z nepochopitelných důvodů
26.12.2021
Jsou skvělí videoherní padouši, jsou průměrní videoherní padouši a jsou špatní videoherní padouši. A pak jsou tu padouši, kteří jsou docela fajn, ale motivace k tomu, proč páchají zlo, je diskutabilnější než hraní Fortnite v Číně
11 Things Every New Nintendo Switch Owner Should Try Or Consider
25.12.2021
So you just got a Nintendo Switch. Lucky you! Or maybe you got one for someone else and want to help them make the most of it. How kind! In either case, here are some good things to know after you open up everyone’s favorite portable hybrid console.Read more
Nintendo Switch eShop Sees Big Server Issues Christmas Morning
25.12.2021
Across the country, folks everywhere are unwrapping their new Nintendo portable hardware, booting up their accounts, and trying to buy new digital games. But over the last few hours, per social media, the Nintendo Switch storefront known as the eShop has been in and out of commission. Sometimes...
11 Things Every New Xbox Series X/S Owner Should Try Or Consider
25.12.2021
Congratulations, you got a next-gen console. It’s hard to believe that over a year after the launch of the Xbox Series X/S, it’s still so damn hard to find one. But you did it. Or someone who really loves you did and gifted it to you for the holidays. How nice of them! Either way, now that you...
16 Things Every New PS5 Owner Should Try Or Consider
25.12.2021
So, you got your hands on a PlayStation 5. Congrats! You’re officially in the next generation of console gaming, a member of an exclusive club allowed to play games about malicious space tentacle monsters and whatever the hell a lombax is. The PS5 might seem like a straightforward (if oddly shaped)...
The Unique Artist Behind Bomberman's Catchy Beats
25.12.2021
I’ve always had a thing for June Chikuma’s music, though it took me a while to realize it. Even today, I often find myself humming the “mantra” track from Faxanadu, the difficult, side-scrolling action-RPG for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Faxanadu resonated because it conveyed a fantasy world...