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Replacing Your Gamer Friends With AI Chatbots Sounds Terrifyingly Effective
26.1.2026
Can't get anyone to play Escape from Tarkov with you? Beware of paying AI to do it
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Escape From Tarkov Dev Trolls Players By Making Its Impossible Ending Even More Brutal
6.1.2026
After player feedback said that the ending was too ruthless, developer Battlestate Games made it even more so
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Goldfish That Took Down One Of Elden Ring’s Toughest Bosses Has Died
2.12.2025
Also: Megabonk is so back (in the running for the 2025 TGAs)
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Escape From Tarkov Is Finally On Steam And Nobody’s Happy
17.11.2025
The long-awaited 1.0 release of the landmark extraction shooter hasn't exactly gone smoothly
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12 Things I Wish I Knew Before Playing Escape From Duckov
29.10.2025
The duck-themed extraction shooter is brilliant, but under-explained
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A Duck With A Gun Has Replaced Battlefield 6 In The Top 5 Most-Played Steam Games
24.10.2025
These ducks aren’t messing around
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There’s A Damned Good Reason Escape From Duckov Has Sold A Million Copies In A Week
23.10.2025
The duck-themed extraction shooter isn't a gag, but rather a compelling and in-depth experience
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Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: Six Great Games We Can’t Wait To Get Back To (Plus Demos!)
17.10.2025
We return with some choice games and a handful of Steam Next Fest demos you shouldn’t miss
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Escape From Tarkov On Steam Will Require A Separate Purchase
16.9.2025
The Steam listing also includes some pretty steep system requirements
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Bungie's Ambitious Sci-Fi Extraction Shooter Marathon Launches This Year: Here's Everything We Know
12.4.2025
Marathon is looking very much like a colorful cybernetic riff on Escape from Tarkov, but with Bungie’s unique spin-on the extraction shooter genre and hopefully some big surprises along the way. The studio behind Halo and Destiny pulled back the curtain today to reveal a bunch of new information...
Bungie's Sci-Fi Extraction Shooter Marathon Continues To Look Stunning As It Resurfaces Ahead Of Gameplay Showcase
7.4.2025
Marathon is Bungie’s first new project in over a decade. It feels like a lot is riding on the extraction shooter as the studio behind Halo and Destiny becomes slowly subsumed into the larger PlayStation portfolio. But in the meantime, all we know is Marathon continues to be one of...
The 13 Most Badass Movie Presidents We'd Want To Protect America
20.1.2025
For decades, politically minded action movies often involve the President of the United States (fictional ones, usually). While most POTUSes need to be rescued from evil terrorists or rivals, there are times when the Big Cheese takes matters into their own hands. You don’t get to win the Electoral...
Bungie Sci-Fi Extraction Shooter Marathon Does Not Sound Ready For 2025
28.10.2024
Marathon was originally supposed to arrive this year. Instead, Bungie’s new sci-fi extraction shooter was delayed until 2025 and still hasn’t reemerged with new gameplay since its initial PlayStation Showcase reveal. At least now, however, we do have a new development update from the project’s...
Escape From Tarkov Puts Bounties On Cheaters, Rewards Players For Reporting Them
5.7.2024
What better way to incentivize players to help keep the community clean than by offering up a reward? Plenty of online video games have a cheater problem, but sometimes developers need players’ help to track them down. That’s what Escape From Tarkov developer Battlestate Games is doing, offering...
Paper Mario Translation Wins, Suicide Squad Costume Fumbles, And More Of The Week's Top News
25.5.2024
You probably haven’t thought about the phrase “Gamer Girl Bath Water” in years, and maybe you were happy about that. If so, I’m sorry, but there’s been a new development, and we’ve got the details. Also, we’ve got some insight into what it’s like to trade in your Pokémon cards at GameStop, and...
Escape From Tarkov Developers Somehow Make A Bad Situation Even Worse
21.5.2024
It might be a good idea for Escape From Tarkov developers Battlestate Games to hire a PR person. It’s arguable that the team’s current approach of just making awful decisions as loudly as possible isn’t doing enormous good for its reputation. Last month saw a new PvE mode for the first-person...
Starfield's Tiny Cities, An Escape From Tarkov Debacle And More Of The Week's Gaming News
4.5.2024
This week, we’ve got stories on Square Enix eating significant losses and shifting its strategy, a look back at Dragon’s Dogma 2's wild first month, and more. Click on for a roundup of the week’s biggest stories.Read more
Realistic Extraction Shooter Blowing Up On Steam, 400k Copies Sold In 48 Hours
2.5.2024
Another day, another realistic military sim is blowing up on Steam. This time it’s Gray Zone Warfare, an Early Access extraction shooter that features a unique health system and some frustrating technical issues. But that hasn’t stopped over 400,000 players from giving the new game a shot, making...
Escape From Tarkov Devs Flail After Putting PvE Behind $250 Paywall
29.4.2024
Multiplayer tactical shooter Escape From Tarkov caused much upset in its passionate community last week when it announced it would be adding PvE to the game, but only for those who spent an astonishing $250 on a new bundle, The Unheard Edition. This was made even worse after those who’d previously...
11 Games (That Aren't Fallout) To Play After Watching Fallout
17.4.2024
Amazon’s new Fallout series is a smash hit and also, pretty dang good, too! And while the series is based on Bethesda’s popular post-apocalyptic RPG franchise of the same name, there are plenty of other games you can play after watching the show if you want more Fallout vibes. Read more