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The Lollipop Chainsaw Remaster Is A Janky Mess
13.9.2024
According to those who have played it, the recently released remaster of 2012's Lollipop Chainsaw is a janky and hard-to-play mess with performance problems, missing features, and bugs galore.Read more
January's PS Plus Games Bring B-Movie Thrills, Plague-Ridden Chills
27.12.2023
A new month is nearly here, as well as a new year, and that means updates to the PlayStation Plus catalog. January kicks off 2024 with three new games available for Premium, Extra, and Essential members to download starting on January 2, as well as some goodies if you happen to be a space ninja....
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 6 Games To Welcome In November
3.11.2023
Oh my god, it’s November. Don’t ask me how or why. I don’t make the rules and I have no answers. What I do have, however, is a solid list of game recs for your weekend.Read more
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 7 Games Worth Staying Inside For
20.10.2023
We are cruising through October, heading straight toward the cold of winter. Thankfully, the weather doesn’t hate us yet, and instead is filled with a nice crispness that makes me want to at least consider opening a window while I stay inside and play video games. Maybe I’ll just run out for...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 6 Games To Welcome September
1.9.2023
It’s a new month, and it’s also officially T-minus five days until that big game everyone’s gonna be playing comes out (see what I did there?). With Bethesda’s latest mega-game looming in the very near future, why not take advantage of this weekend to get some time in with a few other games...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 6 Games To Close Out August
25.8.2023
Jeez, how is August basically over? We’ve reached the end of another week as we head into the final stretch of this wild, unexpected, some might say taxing, summer. Perhaps you’re looking for some games to keep you busy these next few days?Read more
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 6 Gaming Delights To Feast On
11.8.2023
Yo, it’s the weekend again. This time, I don’t have covid and that is awesome because I’ve got some gaming to do and would like to do so without constantly hating the taste of Paxlovid.Read more
Kotaku's Weekend Guide: 6 Cool Games To Check Out
4.8.2023
It feels like this week’s passed quickly…perhaps owing to the wild news? Just for starters, a certain former president got indicted a third time, pop star Lizzo broke a million hearts, and that supposed room-temperature superconductor is still keeping us nerds in suspense.Read more
Despite Advancements, Games Still Aren't Doing Enough To Stop Toxic Voice Chat
21.7.2023
I started regularly playing competitive online games in 2007, with the launch of Halo 3. Back then, participating in in-game voice chat was harrowing for a 17-year-old girl whose voice betrayed her gender and her youth. I was subjected to such frequent and horrific hostility (rape threats...
Final Fantasy XVI Has Fans Wondering What The RPG Series Is (And Should Be)
26.6.2023
The first Final Fantasy came out in 1987. Ever since, each new game in the beloved role-playing series has pushed it to grow, change, and often subvert fans’ expectations of what it can be. Final Fantasy XVI might be the biggest test yet, in some ways harkening back to the medieval world-building...
What Your Cosplay Says About You: Brutal Callout Edition
23.6.2023
Ten years ago I went to my first New York Comic Con dressed in a perfectly fine Doctor Who cosplay (Tenth Doctor, of course). My outfit was more a collection of H&M pieces and a pair of Converse I already owned rather than a bespoke look crafted by me in my parents’ garage, but donning such...
Overwatch Audio Bug Sure Sounds Like This Character Is Cursing Real Bad
21.6.2023
You probably overlooked a tiny, seemingly insignificant line about an audio bug in the latest batch of Overwatch 2 patch notes. It makes sense–the patch notes included the return of the long-missed “on fire” animation along with a host of hero updates, so a single line about “audio reverb settings”...
Ashley Bardhan's Top 5 Games Of 2022
19.12.2022
I only consider myself a “gamer” in a literal sense—I play video games every year, but only a modest handful of those already familiar to me, like my darling Bloodborne or Super Smash Bros. I started working at Kotaku this year, though, and by demand, 2022 became my most “gamer” year ever, with...
Let’s Use Dall-E Mini To Conjure Up Half-Life 3 And Other Sequels We’ll Never Get
24.6.2022
One of my favorite activities growing up as a video game nerd was randomly typing the names of fictional game, movie, or book sequels into Google just to see what came up. I didn’t care if it was real or fake. I enjoyed the daydreaming that came from imagining “what if?”Read more
I Am Going To Give You All The Tips And Guides, Kotaku
26.4.2022
Oh, hello. I don’t think we’ve met. My name is Ashley, and I’m Kotaku’s newest staff writer, where I’ll be focusing on tips and guides. Didn’t you read the headline? It’s okay, I forgive you.Read more