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Spider-Verse Fans Have Compelling Evidence That Gwen Is Trans
6.6.2023
Just in time for Pride, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse moviegoers think the summer box-office phenomenon offers some pretty compelling evidence that one of its heroes, Gwen Stacy, is trans.Read more
Fight Me: Spider-Punk Is Spider-Verse's Best New Hero
6.6.2023
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse did the impossible. And no, I don’t mean being a sequel film that far exceeds the emotional heights of its predecessor (don’t @ me). Across The Spider-Verse, you’ll note, is the only animated film to grace us with the outspoken brilliance of Spider-Punk,...
One Of The Coolest Bits In Across The Spider-Verse Was Made By A Single Teenager
5.6.2023
Days after the debut of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the sequel is already being lauded as a marvel of animation and a fascinating mix of mediums. There’s even a small reference to Insomniac’s upcoming Spider-Man game hidden in the film.Read more
This Game Has The Best Depiction Of X-Men Women We’ve Ever Seen
2.5.2023
Getting to play as Storm, Mistress of the Elements, is a highlight of any X-Men gaming experience, whether it be Konami’s classic arcade beat ‘em up, the beloved action-RPG X-Men: Legends, or as part of the Certified Gay trio of Storm, Rogue, and Psylocke in Marvel vs. Capcom 2. As a lover of...
Huge Avengers: Infinity War Deleted Scene Would Have Shown Thanos Getting The First Gem
17.4.2023
Avengers: Infinity War almost started with a 45-minute invasion of Xandar showing Thanos retrieving the Power Stone, according to the characters’ creator, Jim Starlin. It probably would have been epic, but Marvel apparently ultimately scrapped footage for the ambitious prologue to save money...
RIP: New PS5 VR Horror Game Makes Things Scarier If You Blink
17.2.2023
The Dark Pictures Anthology developer Supermassive Games will release a scary, shooter spinoff for the PS VR2, Switchback VR, later this month. A new gameplay walkthrough trailer reveals a grim roller coaster ride into a series of nightmares, made even more gruesome by eye-tracking technology that...
Marvel Snap's Most Popular Cards Are Now Less Powerful
9.2.2023
The Marvel Snap meta is shaking up a lot right now. First, the addition of M.O.D.O.K. likely means you’re seeing a ton more discard decks that take advantage of the card’s ability to destroy your entire hand. Before that, Marvel Snap’s intensely-hated Leader card, which copies your opponent’s...
Report: Callisto Protocol Devs Left Out Of Credits Despite ‘Intense’ Work
9.1.2023
Some developers on the space horror blockbuster Callisto Protocol say they were omitted from the end credits sequence despite extensive work on the game and key contributions to the finished product. The claims come amid a renewed push throughout the video game industry to fix a broken crediting...
The Best Marvel Snap Deck For Winning With Agatha Harkness
21.12.2022
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If You Get This New Marvel Snap Location ,You’re Gonna Have A Bad Time
21.12.2022
Just when I was about to settle down for my long winter’s nap and play a shit ton of Marvel Snap, the hit mobile card game just threw its worst location yet into heavy rotation. Vormir is where stuff goes to die, including my sanity thanks to some brutal slowdown and quirky bugs.Read more
Spider-Man 2 Comes To PS5 In 2023, Insomniac Confirms
15.12.2022
It looks like Spider-Man fans are going to have a busy year in 2023, as Insomniac has confirmed Spider-Man 2 will launch on PlayStation 5 next fall.Read more
The Callisto Protocol, The Kotaku Review
2.12.2022
Bizarrely, after a biophage mutant, limbs falling off it as easily as scooping into a pudding, puts its hands into my mouth and rips my jaw from my face for the fifth time, it comes to me: Oh, this is a transportation game.Read more
Upcoming Dead Space-Like Horror Game Locking Some Death Animations Behind A Season Pass
23.11.2022
Callisto Protocol, out next month on consoles and PC, is a horror game that looks and plays a lot like the beloved Dead Space franchise. And like Dead Space, Callisto Protocol will feature some gnarly-looking deaths, both for you when you screw up and bite it, and for your alien foes when...
Voice Actor 'Bummed' He Was Recast In PS5 Spider-Man Sequel Due To Age
18.11.2022
Insomniac’s 2018 Spider-Man was a very good open-world superhero game that featured a large cast of villains, heroes, and supporting characters like Aunt May and Mary Jane. It also included the voice of Peter Parker’s friend, Harry Osborn, who didn’t appear in the game physically, but was heard...
Marvel’s Midnight Suns Seems Good Enough To Turn Me, A Hater, Into A Fan
17.11.2022
I tend to land on the Martin Scorsese side of the superhero craze—“The problem is the amusement park films,” he said in 2019—and so I admittedly went into Marvel’s Midnight Suns feeling bratty. The tactical role-playing game, which was delayed twice before finally landing on its current December...
Marvel’s Avengers Reminds You It Still Exists With Addition Of Winter Soldier
15.11.2022
We may be preoccupied with big-budget new releases like Gotham Knights and God of War Ragnarök, but did you know that the Marvel’s Avengers game is still a thing? The servers are still kicking and developer Crystal Dynamics continues to drop new content for the live-service spectacle fighter, like...
Marvel Snap's Big New Black Panther Season: What's Worth Knowing
8.11.2022
It makes perfect sense that Kotaku’s new obsession, Marvel Snap, would tie itself into the major events of the rest of the Marvel universe. Today, as the deckbuilding strategic card game enters its second season, the theme is Wakanda, just in time for this week’s release of the MCU’s Black Panther:...
EA’s Got At Least Three New Marvel Games In The Works
31.10.2022
Today, Marvel and EA announced a new deal that will see the Madden publisher releasing “at least” three new games based on Marvel characters. We already know that one of these games will star Iron Man and is currently being developed by EA Motive, the same team behind the upcoming Dead Space...
The Best New Marvel Game Makes Uncle Ben's Death A Good Thing
24.10.2022
Marvel Snap, a recently released free-to-play card game, contains over 200 cards representing various superheroes, villains, and other Marvel-related characters and animals. The obvious heroes are included, like Wolverine and The Hulk, but there are some deep cuts and odd choices, too. For example...
Marvel's Captain America X Black Panther Game: 4 New Things We Just Learned
12.9.2022
Disney’s big fan expo last weekend had an entire gaming block in which the entertainment company revealed the first trailer for a new Marvel game. But that was just the first glimpse. Later on, D23 also held a chat between Skydance developers Amy Hennig and Marc Bernardin, who, while vague about...