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Fighting FF7's Sephiroth Is Way Harder In Kingdom Hearts
26.3.2024
I was out with friends recently and the age-old topic of games that pushed us to the point where controllers were thrown came up during a conversation about Smash pro Riddles doing that very thing at a big tournament last year. The usual suspects were discussed over drinks: FromSoft games like Dark...
9 Things To Know Before Starting Rise Of The Ronin
22.3.2024
Rise of the Ronin is Team Ninja’s most ambitious game to date, one that takes the studio’s best elements and combines them into a kind of “Greatest Hits” album. It’s also the developer’s biggest game thus far, with an open-world environment replete with side activities to complete and map markers...
Princess Peach: Showtime! Sounds Like A Stylish, If Simplistic, Platformer
21.3.2024
Nearly two decades after Super Princess Peach released on the Nintendo DS, the titular leading lady is finally getting another chance at headlining her own game. Princess Peach: Showtime! opens the metaphorical theater doors for players worldwide on March 22, but reviews for the game are out...
Princess Peach: Showtime! Previews Set The Stage For A Charming Platformer
20.2.2024
Ever since Nintendo announced Princess Peach: Showtime! last June, fans of the Mushroom Kingdom’s ruler have been waiting with baited breath for the game’s release on March 22. So far fans have had a series of trailers spotlighting the game’s unique transformation mechanic that sees Peach donning...
Valkyrae On The Family Plan, Working Retail, And How To Stream Authentically
12.2.2024
Rachell Hofstetter always wants to do more. With four million subscribers on YouTube, the streamer known as Valkyrae has become one of the top women creators in gaming since she started back in 2015. Viewers can’t get enough of her bubbly personality and quirky antics, devouring her streams as...
PlayStation’s State Of Play: How To Watch And What To Expect
29.1.2024
It’s that time again: PlayStation’s State of Play is back on January 31, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. ET to show off more games you can expect to be playing soon on that pretty PS5 of yours. And with a 40-minute showing, it’ll be a bit longer than usual this time. Here’s where you can watch it and what...
The Best Part Of The Xbox Direct Happened Before It Started
18.1.2024
Thursday’s Xbox showcase included some big games that I can’t wait to play. But if you tuned it right when the action started you might have missed the best part of the show: a series of fun pop-up facts and trivia about various Xbox-owned studios. Read more
Everything We Saw At Xbox’s January Developer Direct
18.1.2024
Xbox just held its January Developer Direct, which showcased a handful of its upcoming first-party games. If you missed out on the 50-minute stream and want to watch the whole thing, you can watch it here on Xbox’s YouTube channel, but if you want a quick rundown of everything they showed, read...
Hellblade 2 Revamps Combat, Doubles Down On Psychosis
18.1.2024
Xbox dropped a new Developer Direct presentation on January 18 that gave us updates on many of the company’s upcoming first-party games, including Obsidian Entertainment’s fantasy RPG Avowed and Bethesda Softworks’ Indiana Jones. Among the news was a new trailer and release date for Ninja Theory’s...
How And When To Watch Xbox’s Developer Direct 2024
16.1.2024
Xbox’s Developer_Direct stream returns this year, promising a close look at some of Microsoft’s upcoming titles, including actual gameplay and conversations with devs for various titles. If you’d like to get a sense of what to expect and when to tune in, we’ve got you covered.Read more
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Games To Shield You From The Cold
15.12.2023
It’s that time again: We’ve arrived at the weekend after another long series of cursed weekdays, and that, hopefully, means it’s time to get some gaming in.Read more
I’m Here For Everything Rise Of The Ronin Is Serving
8.12.2023
The Game Awards was quite the packed showcase of upcoming games. It ran a little over three-and-a-half hours, after all, so it’s easy to miss many of the night’s announcements and reveals. However, one you should totally keep your eye on is Team Ninja’s Rise of the Ronin, which got a new gameplay...
Xbox's Big 2024 Xbox Exclusive Looks Intense AF
8.12.2023
Developer Ninja Theory showed up and showed out during The Game Awards, dropping a new trailer for the atmospheric and brutal action-adventure game Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, and I’ve got chills running down my spine after watching that dark, gripping video.Read more
Silent Hill, Naruto Games Deny AI Usage Amid Fan Freakouts
30.11.2023
The internet is starting to fill up with AI-generated junk, and more and more people are now worried that the worst parts of the games they play might be AI-generated too. Fans of Naruto X Boruto Ultimate Ninja and Silent Hill Ascension recently accused both of using AI. The developers promised...
Fortnite Blows Up Again After Original Map Returns
3.11.2023
Just over a month after Epic Games cut nearly 900 employees, players have come roaring back to Fortnite to play its new nostalgia trip through the battle royale’s original map. Player count trackers like Fortnite.gg estimate the hit free-to-play game peaked at over 5 million concurrent players...
All The Best Game Deals From Amazon’s October Prime Day
10.10.2023
Amazon is currently running its Prime Big Deal Days, sometimes called October Prime Day, which means it’s a great time to score a couple of games that might’ve been on your radar recently. Read more
That TMNT Movie Was So Successful It’s Getting A Video Game Sequel
6.9.2023
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are in the midst of a comeback of sorts, or at least a little renaissance. Nickelodeon’s big summer animated film, TMNT: Mutant Mayhem, is getting a video game tie-in set in the movie’s universe that promises to combine the film’s “bold, painterly art style” with...
That TMNT Movie Was So Successful It’s Getting A Video Game Sequel
6.9.2023
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are in the midst of a comeback of sorts, or at least a little renaissance. Nickelodeon’s big summer animated film, TMNT: Mutant Mayhem, is getting a video game tie-in set in the movie’s universe that promises to combine the film’s “bold, painterly art style” with...
The 9 Best Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Games
9.8.2023
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles revival is in full swing. Shredder’s Revenge was a GotY contender in 2022, and Mutant Mayhem is one of the best Hollywood blockbusters of the year in an otherwise crowded field. So it’s a good time to revisit the crime-fighting ninjas’ best video game outings while...
Street Fighter 6's Four TMNT Costumes Cost Almost As Much As The Game
8.8.2023
I love a video game crossover as much as the next person, and fighting games are a perfect platform for absurd matchups. Unfortunately, at $15 each, the price of new Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello costumes in Street Fighter 6 is giving a lot of players sticker shock.Read more