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Another Crab’s Treasure: The Kotaku Review
25.4.2024
I think most of us are constantly trying our hardest to fill the Dark Souls and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice-shaped holes in our lives. They’re simply some of the greatest games ever, and no one can really be blamed for seeking more of them. Time and time again, studios have tried their hands...
12 Of The Best Games To Get During Steam’s Spring Sale
14.3.2024
It seems like there is always some great sale or bundle on Steam filled with outstanding games. The ubiquitous PC games storefront is best known for its seasonal sales that offer some of the biggest games at huge discounts.Read more
You Can Wield Ranni’s Greatsword From Elden Ring IRL, If You’ve Got $500
14.3.2024
Video game weapon replicas are expensive and often used just for cosplay purposes. But let’s be honest—they’re also pretty freakin’ cool display items. I don’t have any intention of cosplaying as an Elden Ring Tarnished warrior trying to become an Elden Lord any time soon, but looking at this...
Shadow Of The Erdtree Is The Sekiro DLC We Never Got
28.2.2024
If you thought you were getting through Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC unscathed because you have a 200-hour file and an NG+ character, Hidetaka Miyazaki has recently assured you’ve got another thing coming. Speaking to Famitsu, whose interview was translated via Reddit and reported...
The Future Of Bloodborne Isn’t Up To FromSoftware
26.2.2024
2015’s Bloodborne continues to be one of the most beloved FromSoftware titles, thanks to its cosmic horror twist on the Soulslike genre. But it’s never gotten a sequel, remaster, or remake, despite the fact that fans have been clamoring for anything Bloodborne related for years at this point....
FromSoft Boss Miyazaki ‘Happy’ That All of Us Love Bloodborne
21.2.2024
Bloodborne sickos, rejoice! While discussing the upcoming Elden Ring expansion, Shadows of the Erdtree, with Eurogamer, FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki spoke about how much the team values the beloved title and outlined what he believes makes a remaster or remake valuable. Despite...
Everything We Know About Elden Ring's Shadow Of The Erdtree DLC
21.2.2024
FromSoftware showed us what’s been cooking in the Elden Ring oven, and the results have undoubtedly made Soulslike fans salivate. (I’m Soulslike fans.) The studio unveiled the first trailer for its hotly anticipated DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, and now that we know it arrives on June 21, it’s a good...
Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree DLC Takes Us To A Shadowland This June
21.2.2024
FromSoftware’s award-winning RPG Elden Ring showed off its upcoming and long-awaited Shadow Of The Erdtree DLC today with a bombastic trailer that gave us an idea of what to expect when it drops later this year. Get ready, Tarnished, because things are going to get wild.Read more
Elden Ring Sleuths Think Shadow Of The Erdtree DLC Is Coming Soon
16.1.2024
It’s no secret that fans of FromSoftware are desperate for any news about the developer’s upcoming expansion for 2022’s smash hit, Elden Ring. The team recently made a change to Elden Ring’s backend on Steam, leading folks to believe a Shadow of the Erdtree DLC announcement could be right around...
Horror Game Studio Shuts Down Due To Cyberattacks, Poor Sales
3.1.2024
Just two months after the third-person action-horror game Stray Souls came out, developer Jukai Studio abruptly shuttered its doors, citing myriad issues including poor game sales and multiple cyberattacks from an unknown perpetrator.The developer took to X/Twitter on December 22 to announce...
Kotaku Asks: What Hugely Popular Game Just Isn't For You?
3.1.2024
We all have our favorite franchises and one-and-done games, be it classics like Super Mario Bros., Final Fantasy, Tetris, or more modern series like The Last of Us, Halo, or Uncharted Others we happily play, but they don’t become go-to favorites. And then there are those games that we’re just...
10 Years Ago, Sony Redefined The Modern Console War
20.11.2023
“PS3 has no games.” Well, it actually has more than 700, but don’t tell that to 2013’s memes. A decade ago, Sony’s PlayStation 3 began its descent into twilight once its successor, PlayStation 4, was scheduled for release on November 15.Read more
Kotaku Asks: Who Got Snubbed At The Game Awards Nominations?
15.11.2023
This week, creator and host of The Game Awards, Geoff Keighley, revealed which games are in the running for prizes at his showcase in December. Dozens of games were named across over 30 categories. What was missing?Read more
This Rad Fan-Made Bloodborne Racing Game Finally Has A Release Date
1.11.2023
Last year, the creators of Bloodborne PSX, a popular fan-made demake of From Software’s beloved 2015 action role-playing game, Bloodborne (see on Amazon), made headlines announcing their next project: Bloodborne Kart. At the time, developer Lillith Walther told Kotaku that the racing game would...
Elden Ring Luxury Streetwear Is Here To Save The Maidenless
19.10.2023
FromSoftware’s 2022 action role-playing game Elden Ring is aesthetically decadent, resplendent in its towering, but tumbling castles and suits of elaborate metal armor, leather, and dyed fabric. In its debut collection “The Lands Between,” a collaboration with FromSoftware, luxury brand ARK/8...
Lords Of The Fallen Sounds Like 2023’s Most Divisive Soulsborne
12.10.2023
Lords of the Fallen sounds like the best and worst parts of the Soulsborne genre all rolled into one. Hexworks’ grim action-RPG arrives in a year full of homages to FromSoftware’s Dark Souls, and so far critical assessments run the gamut from high praise to exhausted disappointment.Read more
Crab Soulslike Lets You Whip Out A Gun When Going Gets Tough
10.10.2023
Have you ever wished you could exercise your Second Amendment right on a formidable video game boss? Well, one upcoming Soulslike will let you pull out a gun and one-tap bosses if it prove too impossible to “git gud” and vanquish them the normal way.Read more
Lies Of P: The Kotaku Review
20.9.2023
Lies of P frustrates me. The first Soulslike from developers Neowiz Games and Round8 Studio, this gothic action-RPG keeps kicking my ass no matter how many times I level up. It’s aggravating. And yet, I keep pulling myself from the comfort of my Starfield spaceship to descend into the chaos...
8 Lies Of P Tips To Help You Survive This Brutal New Soulslike
15.9.2023
Lies of P is a tough game. Everything can kill you, from the hardest of bosses to the most predictable of trash mobs, which is to be expected of a Soulslike game. Although there’s no difficulty setting to make the Bloodborne-inspired RPG any easier, there are some tips you can take with you as...
Pinocchio Soulslike's ‘ACAB’ Sign Was Cut For Being Too 'Risky'
12.9.2023
Lies of P, the upcoming Bloodborne-inspired action-RPG Soulslike based around the story of Pinocchio, featured an “All Cops Are Bastards” sign at one point. But if you go looking for it in the final game when it launches on September 19, you might come up empty-handed because the text was cut.Read...