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Games Should Let You Skip Boss Fights, Nintendo Shouldn't Brick Switches Over Piracy, And More Of The Week's Top Takes
10.5.2025
This week, we’ve got some pipin’-hot takes on offer. For one, South of Midnight gives you the option to skip boss fights, and our own John Walker argues that a lot more games should. John also has thoughts on the new revelation that Nintendo has updated its account user agreement to expressly give...
GTA 6's Delay Has Reportedly Led To Chaos At Other Studios And Publishers
9.5.2025
A new report indicates that the recent delay of Grand Theft Auto 6, now scheduled to launch in May of 2026, has had a big impact across the gaming industry as studios and publishers try to plan their next moves fearing (or hoping) that Rockstar Games might push the release date back again for what...
Doom: The Dark Ages: The Kotaku Review
9.5.2025
Doom as a franchise has evolved a lot over the decades since it first arrived in the ‘90s. But through all those changes, there remain a few things I need in a Doom game to feel satisfied with it. A Doom game checklist, if you will. It’s not long, but it does make up the core of Doom.Read more
Are layer 2s good for Ethereum, or are they ‘extractive?’
8.5.2025
Layer 2s have been a great blockchain success story. They’ve reduced congestion on the Ethereum mainnet, driving down gas fees while preserving security.But maybe they’ve become too successful, drawing chain activity and fee income from the parent that spawned them? At least...
Are layer 2s good for Ethereum, or are they ‘extractive?’
8.5.2025
Layer 2s have been a great blockchain success story. They’ve reduced congestion on the Ethereum mainnet, driving down gas fees while preserving security.But maybe they’ve become too successful, drawing chain activity and fee income from the parent that spawned them? At least...
Are layer 2s good for Ethereum, or are they ‘extractive?’
8.5.2025
Layer 2s have been a great blockchain success story. They’ve reduced congestion on the Ethereum mainnet, driving down gas fees while preserving security.But maybe they’ve become too successful, drawing chain activity and fee income from the parent that spawned them? At least...
GTA 6 Beers Look Tasty As Hell
8.5.2025
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People Can't Believe How Good The Beer Looks In Grand Theft Auto VI
7.5.2025
Rockstar Games are known for their big open worlds and ambitious cinematic swings, but they are just as much about painstaking attention to detail and meticulously fusing the real and the imaginary into an uncanny send-up of American culture that’s both fun to play and hard not to marvel at....
GTA 6's New Trailer Features A Real Couple For The First Time In Series
7.5.2025
Grand Theft Auto 6's second trailer is packed with a lot of action, crime, and vehicular mayhem. This is the kind of stuff you expect to see in a GTA game. But what it also contains is something we’ve never really seen before in a Grand Theft Auto sequel: a couple cuddling and having a real...
13 Details You Might Have Missed in GTA 6 Trailer 2
7.5.2025
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The World Of GTA 6 Looks Stunning In 70 Completely New Screenshots
6.5.2025
Just a few days after Grand Theft Auto VI’s big surprise delay, it got a big surprise second trailer and it’s a doozy. Fans have been blown away not just by how the game looks and its immaculate vibes, but also by the sheer wealth of new information Rockstar Games has unleashed into the world after...
The New GTA VI Trailer Doesn't Show Off Gameplay, And That's Fine
6.5.2025
As you’ve probably heard, Grand Theft Auto VI just got a brand new trailer, giving us our best look yet at the world, characters, and story of Rockstar’s upcoming crime epic. The trailer tells us a lot more about the game’s leading couple, Lucia and Jason, and takes time to emphasize the atmosphere...
13 Things We Spotted In GTA 6 Trailer 2
6.5.2025
16 months on from Grand Theft Auto 6's first trailer, Rockstar Games has released the second trailer for its upcoming open-world action game. And while GTA 6 is still a year away after the recent delay, we at least now have a lot screenshots and a big new trailer to look over for the next...
GTA 6 Delay Has Enormous Implications For The Industry
6.5.2025
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The Internet Reacts To GTA 6's Biggest Trailer Yet
6.5.2025
It’s been over 17 months since the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI revealed what Rockstar Games was cooking up for its return to Vice City. Fans were getting desperate for new screenshots to dissect and footage to speculate about. Now they’ve hit pay dirt with a nearly three-minute deep-dive...
Good actors were 'unfairly targeted' by SEC — OpenSea's CEO
5.5.2025
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) enforcement approach on crypto firms has left a lasting “regulatory overhang” within the industry, according to Devin Finzer, co-founder and CEO of OpenSea. Speaking to Cointelegraph, Finzer said that during Biden's...
Good actors were ‘unfairly targeted’ by SEC — OpenSea's CEO
5.5.2025
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) enforcement approach on crypto firms has left a lasting “regulatory overhang” within the industry, according to Devin Finzer, co-founder and CEO of OpenSea. Speaking to Cointelegraph, Finzer said that during Biden's...
Reflections on Those MSTR Bitcoin ‘Earnings’
5.5.2025
The 'Strategy Model' is good for BTC. But what about the rest of crypto? CoinDesk Indices’ Andy Baehr has questions
The Last Thing 2025 Needed Was GTA 6
2.5.2025
Have you heard the news? Grant Theft Auto 6, which was announced with a 2025 release window, has been delayed until May 2026. A year away. Yikes! But actually, that’s okay, because 2025 has been so jam-packed with good games (and more are coming) that we didn’t really need GTA 6 anyway. Read more
The Internet Reacts To GTA 6's Big Delay
2.5.2025
Whelp, Grand Theft Auto VI isn’t coming out in 2025 after all. Many are shocked but not surprised. Big games often get delayed, though GTA VI is the biggest of them all and had executives promising it wouldn’t slip its fall launch as recently as February. It’s a terrible bait and switch for fans...