Six Players, Coach Banned From Official NBA 2K League Over Gambling Scandal
28.10.2022
The NBA 2K League, the official esports competition that’s a team effort of both the NBA and NBA 2K publishers Take-Two, has just “indefinitely disqualified” six players and a coach for their role in a betting scandal.Read more
Father & 'Adult Son' Found Guilty Over Pokémon Go 'Brawl'
28.10.2022
In June 2018 a brawl erupted in a park in St Louis that led to a victim suffering a “traumatic eye injury”. The fight was captured on video and led to two men being arrested on serious assault charges. Those men have finally been tried, with a court finding both guilty of felony third-degree...
Oops: Gotham Knights Briefly Ditched Its Anti-Piracy Protection
28.10.2022
Gotham Knights got its first significant post-launch patch on PC yesterday. The update was aimed at fixing online multiplayer errors and squashing some bugs. Unfortunately, it also temporarily squashed the Batman game’s Denuvo DRM protections, seemingly leaving it vulnerable to pirates. That’s...
RECENZE: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II je epická jízda ve filmovém stylu
28.10.2022
Staří známí i nováčci, teroristé nebo drogové kartely, nejen to si užijete v novém přírůstku do dlouholeté série Call of Duty. Recenzujeme příběhovou kampaň, multiplayeru se budeme věnovat v samostatném článku
Steam Game Bails On Loot Boxes To Win Back Players
27.10.2022
These days it’s rare to see an online game without built-in live-service monetization, let alone one that’s getting rid of that stuff. But that’s exactly what the Subnautica devs behind Moonbreaker are doing. Recently launched in Early Access on Steam, the tabletop RPG is throwing out both...
Yoko Taro Is Gonna Delete These Fans' Saves Forever And They're Gonna Like It
27.10.2022
Usually, when a game’s online servers are sunsetted, players don’t get the opportunity to go out in a self-aware blaze of glory before the final dawn arrives. But then again, most games don’t have the bizarre Nier creator, Yoko Taro, as their director.Read more
New Bodycam Horror Game Looks Freaking Terrifying
27.10.2022
Sometimes the scariest thing isn’t a giant monster or an army of zombies. Instead, it can be something so believable and straightforward that it feels like it could happen to you one day. Take, for example, a new trailer for an upcoming bodycam horror game going viral online. It only features...
My OCD Doesn’t Want Me To Play Horror Games, But I Do It Anyway
27.10.2022
It’s difficult to know how to start talking about obsessive-compulsive disorder, the debilitating anxiety condition that has made persistent laps around my life for 14 years, like a flickering koi fish, and I’m the swampy backyard pond.Read more
GameStop Workers Reveal The Junk They Can’t Sell That’s Piling Up
27.10.2022
As Kotaku reported last week, retail giant GameStop has been increasingly stocking its retail stores with weird, random junk instead of, well, video games. Dissatisfied GameStop employees have been grousing online about the massive amounts of toys the warehouses are sending. And as it turns...
The Games That Scared The Hell Out Of Us As Kids
27.10.2022
As Halloween draws near, more and more people are loading up their favorite scary games to enjoy some digital frights. But this isn’t a new tradition. In fact, many of us here at Kotaku have been playing spooky, creepy games since we were old enough to pick up controllers or mash keyboards....
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Fans Can't Believe They Have To Play In Fair Matches
27.10.2022
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 drops on October 28, though if you preordered it, you’ve likely already gotten some through some of the campaign. But ahead of the game’s full release, which will give folks full access to the multiplayer component, some are decrying the game’s skill-based matchmaking...
Marvel Snap Players Have Bot Paranoia (And They Might Be Right)
27.10.2022
If you’ve spent any time at all playing the new hit mobile card game Marvel Snap, you’ve probably wondered whether the person on the other side of the virtual board was human or not. And you’re not alone. The game doesn’t make it clear when you’re playing against a real person, and as a result...