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The Nemesis System Was One Of The Best Things Gaming Ever Did And WB Just Killed It
25.2.2025
Today, February 25, it was announced Warner Bros. is shutting down Monolith Productions, Player First Games, and Warner Bros. Games San Diego, as well as canceling Monolith’s Wonder Woman game. This follows multiple stories of turnover at the company, including the shutdown of crossover fighter...
Report: Warner Bros. Cancels Wonder Woman Game And Shuts Down Shadow Of Mordor Studio
25.2.2025
Monolith Productions revealed it was making a Wonder Woman game back in 2021. Now Bloomberg reports it’s been canceled and the studio best known for the Middle-Earth: Shadow of War games is being shutdown as well as part of larger cuts at Warner Bros. Games after 2024's Suicide Squad bombed...
MultiVersus Director Calls Out Violent Threats Amid Shutdown Backlash And Roster Rumors
3.2.2025
MultiVersus’ final season update isn’t even live yet and conversation around the game has already broken down dramatically. Since the team behind the multiplayer game announced it would shut down just a year after returning, online discourse has turned ugly. “When there are threats to harm it’s...
Smash Bros.-Inspired MultiVersus Is Shutting Down A Second Time
31.1.2025
Warner Bros. is pulling the plug on another failed multiplayer game. Its Smash Bros.-inspired platform fighter MultiVersus will shut down at the end of season 5, just a year after it’s bumpy return from live-service purgatory. The game will still be available to play offline, but there won’t be...
MultiVersus Datamine Teases Wild Bunch Of Crossover Stages
24.7.2024
MultiVersus, the platform fighter that brings characters from Warner Bros. properties together in the field of combat, just got a big update, and dataminers have used it to learn even more about what’s to come. The latest datamine has unearthed stages based on Barbie and Harry Potter, and even some...
Report: League Of Legends Maker Canceled A Smash Bros.-Style Fighter Because Of What Happened To MultiVersus
10.7.2024
Riot Games has been trying to turn the popularity of League of Legends into an extended universe of multi-genre games for years now. That plan apparently included prototyping a Super Smash Bros.-style game starring League characters called Pool Party, but according to a new report the project...
MultiVersus: The Kotaku Review
2.7.2024
Sometimes when I sit down to play MultiVersus, it kinda feels like I’m a child reaching into a cookie jar. Part of me knows, if I want to be a good boy, I shouldn’t be doing it. But cookies taste good as hell. That rush of mind-melting bliss when biting into a gooey, sugary treat easily overtakes...
MultiVersus Character Guide: Jason Voorhees
17.6.2024
Welcome to the first in a long line of MultiVersus character guides. As the first wave of post-launch patches has begun, I’ll now be diving in, starting with three brand new characters in order to offer some tips and general strategies to help you get a leg up. First up, it’s Jason.Read more
MultiVersus Selling Players Extra Lives Was A 'Bug,' Dev Says
6.6.2024
In MultiVersus, Warner Bros. crossover fighter, there’s a feature that lets you pay real money to refill your lives during its campaign missions. That sounds scummy, right? Well after fans were rightfully annoyed by it, developer Player First Games has claimed that the feature was a “bug” and...
MultiVersus 'Patronizes' Losers By Making Them Fight Bots
5.6.2024
Most games tell you to get good by giving you a “Game Over” screen. MultiVersus, the newly re-released Warner Bros. crossover fighter, has something else in mind. What if players who lose too much got dumped into a different online queue that stopped them from playing against other humans? That’s...
One Of MultiVersus’ Best Characters Became Its Worst After Launch
4.6.2024
When MultiVersus, Warner Bros. crossover brawler, was in beta, Scooby-Doo’s Velma was arguably the best fighter on the roster. Two years later, the game is officially out and Jinkies, the queen has lost her crown and become one of the worst characters in the game. The fall from grace has been...
A Stunning Zelda Lego Set, A Rocky Return For MultiVersus, And More Of The Week's Top News
1.6.2024
This week, a Sony business briefing gave us a revealing glimpse into the future of the PlayStation brand. Also, the return of WB-themed platform fighter MultiVersus was rockier than many anticipated it would be, No Man’s Sky released an update that leans into loneliness, and Lego revealed...
Plus: Soulmask, Multiversus relaunch lead this week's debuts
31.5.2024
Also: any amount of console & other charts
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 7 Games To Take You To Worlds Beyond
31.5.2024
It’s the end of May, and the welcoming of June 2024. Summer is here. Pride month is here. And we’re taking the time this weekend to cram in some more gaming with a few recent titles, a wonderful indie game from a couple of years ago, the return of a GameCube title from 2004, and more. Read more
Pickle Rick Is Leaking MultiVersus Characters
30.5.2024
MultiVersus, WB’s free-to-play platform fighter, has only been out for two days and we already have two new characters in the game. But more are coming, as you might expect, and thanks to Pickle Rick (the alter-ego of the titular character from animated series Rick and Morty), we have a good idea...
MultiVersus Is Back And It's A Big Mess
29.5.2024
After an extended break, MultiVersus—WB Games’ free-to-play online platform fighter starring characters like Batman, Bugs Bunny, and Shaggy—is back. However, while fans were hoping the game’s return would be a triumphant one, the reality is that after its first day back a lot of players aren’t...
Multiversus’ Re-Launch Already Has Its Competitive Fans Upset
28.5.2024
Multiversus, the Warner Bros. crossover platform fighter starring Batman, Shaggy, Arya Stark and more, is out for real this time after going into a year-long hibernation. Now that it’s back and out of beta, the fighting game community is assessing if it could have the longevity of fighting games...
Hellblade II Combat Mastery, Rewards For Returning MultiVersus Players, And More Tips For The Week
26.5.2024
This week saw the release of Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, which we praised in our review for its rich narrative, stunning visuals, and second-to-none audio design. Here, we’ve got tips for mastering its visceral combat, as well as suggestions for making it look its best on PC, and getting the most...
MultiVersus: What Do Returning Players Get?
22.5.2024
One of the biggest questions heading into MultiVersus’ 1.0 launch has been answered. WB Games’ crossover platform fighter dropped in Open Beta in 2022, and the plan at the time seemed to be a smooth transition to a full launch. Instead the game was temporarily shut down, despite having run multiple...
MultiVersus Adds Murderer Jason Voorhees And Matrix Villain Agent Smith
20.5.2024
MultiVersus, WB’s Smash Bros. clone which launches next week, has just added two more popular faces to its odd roster: Agent Smith from The Matrix films and Friday The 13th’s hockey-mask-wearing killer Jason Voorhees. Watch out, Fortnite, there’s a new IP fever dream simulator on the block.Read more