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Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: The One Where We Say Goodbye To 2023
22.12.2023
Happy holidays! Hopefully you’ll be able to take a break from the upcoming festivities to enjoy some gaming. Should you find yourself at a loss of what to play, we’ve got a few recs. Read more
The 12 Buggiest Video Games Of 2023
13.12.2023
We made it. After a tumultuous 11 months of really high highs (the games) and really low lows (the layoffs), we’re finally rounding out the last month of 2023. Good riddance. And to really underscore that goodbye, we here at Kotaku thought it’d be fitting to take a look back at what felt like...
Dishonored Devs Working On Marvel's Blade
8.12.2023
Announced tonight during The Game Awards, Arkane’s next game includes vampires, but it isn’t a Redfall sequel. Instead, the studio is making a Blade game that it says will be an “immersive third-person” adventure. Read more
Big Xbox Shakeup Might Avoid Another Redfall Debacle
26.10.2023
Today Microsoft announced a re-organization within its Xbox division that will see ZeniMax and Bethesda Game Studios report more directly to head of game services, Matt Booty. The shift comes after vampire shooter Redfall was so poorly recieved that Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer went on a...
Redfall Finally Gets 60fps Mode On Console In Its Biggest Update Yet
6.10.2023
After months of silence, vampire shooter Redfall is receiving its biggest update yet following a disastrous launch back in May. The second big patch will add the Game Pass multiplayer game’s long-awaited 60 frames-per-second mode on Xbox Series X/S, as well as a host of gameplay improvements...
Bethesda Road Map Leaks, Includes Oblivion Remaster And Dishonored 3
19.9.2023
Bethesda is (or was) reportedly working on remasters for Fallout 3 and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, according to a document released as part of a massive Microsoft leak. A bevy of partially redacted/confidential emails and documents that were a part of the FTC case against the monolithic game...
Meet The Fans Still Playing The Worst Xbox Exclusive Of The Year
7.7.2023
Earlier this year, Arkane Austin’s Redfall entered the pantheon of terrible game launches. Taking up its place alongside Cyberpunk 2077, Fallout 76, No Man’s Sky, and many more, the long-awaited Xbox exclusive struggled with performance, felt incomplete, and was full of opposing ideas that just...
It’s Sony’s Fault We Have Console Exclusives, Says Microsoft CEO
29.6.2023
As the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continues to drag Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard under a microscope, the company’s CEO wants you to know it’s actually Sony’s fault that console exclusives exist.Read more
Amazon Prime Is Giving Away Some Pretty Good PC Games, Overwatch Levels For Free
23.6.2023
Amazon Prime Day is still a couple weeks away, but from now until July 12 you can begin picking up some extra free gaming perks for those already subscribed to the service. First up is Prey, the excellent 2017 immersive sim that Arkane Austin made before shipping the troubled Game Pass exclusive...
Todd Howard: Starfield Locked At 30FPS On Console For 'Consistency'
12.6.2023
Since Starfield was revealed, fans have been wondering what framerate the sci-fi RPG would run at on console. In a new interview with IGN, creative director Todd Howard confirmed the Xbox Series X/S version would remain locked at 30fps to maintain a consistent look and feel throughout the game....
People Are Not Having A Great Time With Redfall
3.5.2023
Redfall, a vampire shooter out this week on Xbox and PC, was developed by Arkane Studios, the same team behind classics like Dishonored and Prey. It’s one of Microsoft’s first-party exclusives for 2023, a big release for the company’s Game Pass subscription service. And by most accounts,...
Not Even The Official Account For Xbox’s Big New Shooter Was Safe From Microsoft’s Leak Takedown
1.5.2023
Redfall, Arkane’s new co-op, immersive-sim, vampire-killer game is out on May 2, and naturally leaks of the game are spilling out on Twitter. At the same time, the official Twitter account for the title is doing its usual round of hype promo posts. The timing of these two forces, however, can lead...
The Best Version Of Xbox’s Next Big Exclusive Won’t Arrive At Launch
12.4.2023
Just days after Redfall gameplay footage from IGN was lampooned across the internet for looking stiff and unimpressive, Microsoft revealed that its first big blockbuster of 2023 won’t support 60fps at launch. It’s another disappointing data point for a first-person shooter arriving as a new-gen...
Xbox Cans PS5 Version Of Big Game Despite All The Talk About Player Choice
22.3.2023
Redfall, the upcoming vampire shooter from Arkane, is only going to be available on Xbox and PC when it launches later this year. However, it seems that wasn’t always the case. A new interview has revealed that Arkane was working on a PlayStation 5 version of the game until Microsoft bought...
After Backlash, Xbox's Next Big Game Wants To Ditch 'Always Online'
22.3.2023
It recently became clear that Xbox and Arkane’s upcoming shooter, Redfall, would require an always-online internet connection. This isn’t great for a host of reasons and people, predictably and understandably, cried foul, launching a barrage of complaints. Now, it seems Arkane has heard...
31 Of The Biggest Games Coming In 2023
10.1.2023
Another year, another 12 months where we get to collectively complain about how there are too many games and not enough dollars in our wallets and hours in our days to play them. As such, it’s probably best to start looking ahead and planning what you want to prioritize in your gaming allowance...
Deathloop: The Kotaku Review
20.9.2022
Video games are inescapably intertwined with iteration and do-overs. It’s written into the technology that builds them, the development practices that craft them, and often the very rules governing how they work: win-lose, trial and error. Some games have tried to mask this artifice in the service...
Two People Made A Killer Immersive Sim That Holds Up Against Prey, A Genre Classic
4.8.2022
Imagine if I told you there was a new immersive sim—think Prey, Dishonored, etc—but made by a team of just two people. And then imagine I told you it was really damned good. And now stop imagining, because it’s real, obviously. It’d be a weird intro if it weren’t. Ctrl Alt Ego is a PC game about...
Tensions Rise At Bethesda As Employees Pressure Company On Abortion Measures
1.7.2022
In the wake of Roe v. Wade being struck down last week, many employees at Skyrim maker Bethesda Game Studios and its parent company ZeniMax Media have grown increasingly frustrated by what they see as their employer’s unwillingness to clearly support employees’ access to reproductive healthcare....
Bethesda Really Wants Y’all To Know That Redfall Ain’t Left 4 Dead
14.6.2022
Redfall is the next big game from Bethesda and Arkane, makers of immersive sims like Prey and Dishonored. It opened last weekend’s Xbox showcase event. And a lot of the trailers and footage shown so far make it look a lot like Left 4 Dead. Bethesda, it seems, is not pleased about those comparisons...