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The Internet Reacts To Switch 2 And Mario Kart Sticker Shock
2.4.2025
A Nintendo Switch 2 will set you back $450. Mario Kart World will be $90 for the physical version. There’s a tutorial for the new hardware and its features complete with demos and minigames called Switch 2 Welcome Tour. It will also cost money. Nintendo is preparing to launch its most anticipated...
Okami 2: 7 Small Details We Now Know About The Mysterious Sequel To A PS2 Cult Classic
14.2.2025
Okami 2 was one of the most surprising game reveals ever, as evidenced by the fact that host Geoff Keighley almost broke into tears when talking about it at The Game Awards 2024. But there’s still a ton we don’t know about the sequel to the beloved PlayStation 2 cult hit, including its official...
The 15 Biggest Video Game Disappointments Of 2024
24.12.2024
Wow! Another year down. It feels like 2024 went by in a flash, and also feels like I spent half my life slowly trudging through this mostly awful year filled with a lot of bad news.Read more
Everything We Saw At The 2024 Game Awards And More Of The Week's Top Stories
14.12.2024
The 2024 Game Awards were held this past Thursday and unsurprisingly, the reveals that occurred atGeoff Keighley’s big show dwarfed most other happenings in the world of games this week. In addition to our exhaustive breakdown of everything revealed at this year’s event, we’ve got closer looks...
The Flawed Game Awards Delivered Its Best Show In Years
13.12.2024
The Game Awards creator and host Geoff Keighley has spent his life in the vicinity of the video game industry’s Hollywood-inferiority complex. He’s been attached to weird collisions of gaming culture, pageantry, and celebrity cameos dating back to Cybermania ‘94 where, at 15 years old, he was...
Everything We Saw At The 2024 Game Awards
13.12.2024
It’s that time of year when the video game industry gathers in Los Angeles to hear Geoff Keighley talk about what a good year it was, whether that’s actually true or not. But as we reflect on the last 12 months, we also get several trailers for games that are coming out in the future. If...
Here Are All Of The 2024 Game Award Winners (And Losers)
13.12.2024
And so, another Game Awards is done. Geoff Keighley’s annual trailer-a-thon once again included some game awards shoved in between all the ads and teasers and more ads. If you want to know who won what (and who lost), we’ve got you covered.Read more
The Best Part Of The Game Awards Were These Two Bastards
13.12.2024
During tonight’s Game Awards, a lot of big games were announced and a long list of awards were handed out. And that was all fine. There were even some really exciting surprises that I liked. But the best part of the show by far was whenever Statler and Waldorf from The Muppets showed up to heckle...
Some Classic Call Of Duty Games Might Be Coming To Game Pass
10.12.2024
It looks like some more Call of Duty games might be making the leap to Xbox Game Pass, but likely only on PC. Read more
The Balatro Takeover Has Only Just Begun
27.11.2024
Look to your left. Look to your right. One of those people is about to discover Balatro for the first time. The other has already been secretly playing it every spare moment they get. Read more
The Biggest Surprises From The Game Awards Nominees And More Of The Week's Top Takes
24.11.2024
This week, perhaps nothing sparked more discussion than the announcement of the 2024 Game Awards nominees. We weighed in ourselves with a breakdown of the seven biggest surprises in what got nominated, and what didn’t. Also this week, both Sony and Microsoft announced new forays into game...
The 7 Biggest Surprises From The 2024 Game Awards Nominees
18.11.2024
Game Awards host Geoff Keighley revealed the 2024 nominees across dozens of categories on Monday. It included something for everyone, unless you’re a fan of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which is quickly becoming this year’s Starfield. Read more
Metaphor: ReFantazio, As Told By Steam Reviews
18.11.2024
The year isn’t over yet, but if you follow any RPG fans online, then you know they’re calling Metaphor: ReFantazio game of the year material. Well, based on the Steam reviews, those people may be onto something. It’s a highly popular anime-style RPG from developer ATLUS, known for the phenomenal...
Here Are Your 2024 GOTY Nominees For Geoff Keighley's 10th Annual Game Awards
18.11.2024
The nominees for The Game Awards 2024 have been revealed and it will offer plenty for fans to fight over. The 10th Anniversary of host Geoff Keighley’s Oscars-like celebration of interactive arts will choose from the following for the best game of the year: Astro Bot, Balatro, Black Myth Wukong...
Is Sony Teasing A December PlayStation Showcase In Its Latest PS5 Ad?
12.11.2024
Sony released a new “Play Has No Limits” ad for the PlayStation 5 on Tuesday to mark four years since its 2020 launch. No one would have thought twice about it, except that fans spotted a seemingly innocent but potentially telling split-second reference to a December date. Could Sony have...
Death Stranding 2 Shows Off Wild Photo Shoot Mode And Teases Release Date
30.9.2024
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach is still on its way to the PlayStation 5 and at Tokyo Game Show 2024 over the weekend, director Hideo Kojima teased more gameplay, new features, and an in-game performance by Japanese singer Daichi Miura and a group of Death Stranding 2's unnerving Dollmen. Read more
Why Gamescom Dominates Where E3 Failed
3.9.2024
Gamescom is something of an anomaly. The annual event, in the German city of Cologne (or Köln to the locals), is the largest, most visited gaming exhibition in the world, dwarfing its nearest rivals, and has outlasted many alternative public and industry events. It adapted rapidly to covid,...
Every Big Announcement From Gamescom, Breaking Down The Borderlands 4 Trailer, And More Of The Week's Gaming News
24.8.2024
This week, one of the three events each year in which we’re routinely graced with the presence of Geoff Keighley took place, with Gamescom Opening Night Live kicking off the week-long convention in Cologne, Germany. A host of World Premiere trailers and other announcements came out of that...
Every Kotaku Black Myth: Wukong Guide From The Game's First Week
24.8.2024
In a week that included a Geoff Keighley-led showcase and dozens of announcements, the most talked-about topic in games was Black Myth: Wukong, the Chinese action-RPG that earned a mixed Kotaku review for at times undermining its own epic ambitions. As those ambitions have awed some players...
17 Cool Indie Games That Didn't Pay $100K For A Gamescom Trailer
22.8.2024
Gamescom is the biggest video game convention in the world and getting your video game trailer in the Gamescom Opening Night Live showcase is expensive, so a bunch of indie games are sharing beautiful GIFs or short videos of their games online for free instead. Here are 17 that look incredible...