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Nintendo Switch 2 Direct: How To Watch And Everything Else You Need To Know
1.4.2025
Clip your overalls, put on your caps, and strap in: Nintendo’s big Switch 2 reveal is upon us. Below you can find out how to watch the Switch 2 Direct and everything else you should know about Nintendo’s plans for the new console this week. Read more
Netflix's Spirit Crossing Is A Gorgeous Cozy MMO With A Lot To Prove
21.3.2025
Spirit Crossing is the next life sim from the Netflix-owned studio Spry Fox, makers of the beloved Animal Crossing-like Cozy Grove. Netflix announced the ambitious social MMO this week alongside some other games and a renewed commitment to investing in gaming for years to come. Spirit Crossing will...
Solana’s 5th birthday: From pandemic origins to US crypto stockpile
17.3.2025
Layer-1 blockchain Solana is celebrating its fifth year since its mainnet launch in 2020 — becoming one of the biggest chains by transaction activity and one of few select cryptocurrencies included in a proposed US digital asset stockpile. Since the first Solana block was built on March...
How To Stop The Plague In Civilization 7
13.3.2025
Civilization VII features a variety of crises throughout each age, including a full-on invasion, a war of religion, and the ultimate crisis that will test all empire builders: the plague. It spreads rapidly, moving from town to city with ease, wiping out entire populations. If you don’t turn...
Bad Bunny Wants To Return To The WWE To Risk His Life
14.1.2025
Some people want to make their mothers proud, others don’t, and then there’s Bad Bunny. In his recent Rolling Stone interview, the multi-platinum superstar expressed his interest in returning to the WWE ring, only if he can take it to a level that would frighten his mother. Read more
Roblox's New Child Safety Changes Reveal How Dangerous It's Been For Years
24.10.2024
Today’s news that Roblox is adding new child safety measures to the phenomenally popular game platform is certainly good to hear, but the nature of these scant changes reveals just how careless and callous the app has been for so many years, and how it continues to offer almost no protections...
A New King Is Crowned In Our Post-Bad Blood WWE Pound-For-Pound Rankings
8.10.2024
With our Bash in Berlin rankings in the rearview, we assess the first WWE Bad Blood event in over 20 years. Headlining in a brutal Hell in a Cell match, Drew McIntyre and CM Punk had an encounter for the ages. We also saw Roman Reigns’ first match since losing his title at WrestleMania. Meanwhile...
Former Commerce Secretary Warns US Headed for Recession
16.9.2024
Former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has warned of an impending U.S. recession due to the lingering effects of pandemic-related stimulus. While Wall Street maintains a more optimistic outlook, citing strong GDP and low unemployment, Ross argues that the economy was artificially inflated by the...
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,...
Pandemic Fears Ignite as Mpox Outbreak Leads to High-Stakes Betting on Polymarket
17.8.2024
Recently, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), officially declared that the Mpox outbreak, commonly known as monkeypox, is now a public health emergency of international concern. Following this announcement, Polymarket users have started...
Everyone Is Playing This Girly Dress-Up Game For Kids
14.8.2024
Viral Roblox dress-up game Dress to Impress first hit my radar a few months ago via TikTok algorithm. Several gameplay videos showed off what looked like an ‘00s-era Bratz game: big-lipped, big-headed femme characters with bedroom eyes in a variety of skimpy outfits walking down a runway and posing...
Country Bans Roblox Due To Possibility Of Child Exploitation
8.8.2024
The popular online free-to-play game Roblox has been banned in Turkey due to concerns the country’s government has over possible child exploitation. Read more
Market Panic: Bitwise CIO Reflects on Bitcoin’s Resilience Amid Market Turmoil
6.8.2024
The chief investment officer at asset management firm Bitwise has addressed the current market downturn, drawing parallels with the market crash on March 12, 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic caused global panic. “People smash the sell button for liquid assets during broad-based panics....
9 Incredible Games To Get For Cheap During Steam's Big Indie Festival Sale
15.7.2024
After this year’s Steam Summer Sale, you might be thinking you don’t need to buy more games. Well the Independent Games Festival’s Celebration Days is here to change your mind.Read more
Cate Blanchett Explains Why She's In The Borderlands Movie
2.7.2024
It always seemed a bit weird that famed, Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett decided to be a part of the Borderlands live-action movie. Now we know the story of how this odd casting happened and it seems we can blame covid-19. Read more
Geoff Keighley: Big Companies Have To Treat Their Developers Right
7.6.2024
The host of E3 replacement Summer Game Fest, Geoff Keighley, kicked off the showcase’s fourth year by doing wat many have called on the veteran industry insider to do for months: acknowledge the current state of mass layoffs, cuts, and cancellations at some of gaming’s biggest publishers...
A 1-Minute Trailer At Summer Game Fest Costs $250K
6.6.2024
Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest begins later this week and people around the world are excited to see all the trailers and teasers. And a new report, corroborated by Kotaku, reveals the high price it costs publishers and devs to show their games at the event.Read more
Geoff Keighley Wants You To Lower Your Expectations For Summer Game Fest
3.6.2024
If you are hoping to see an endless parade of “World Premiere!” announcements at this year’s Summer Game Fest, maybe don’t. The show’s host, Geoff Keighley, is getting out ahead of this year’s iteration of the annual June showcase to set expectations for fans about what exactly will be at the show....
Kotaku’s Best Game Tips For The Week June 01, 2024
1.6.2024
If you’re stuck on a tricky boss fight or a challenging puzzle, or just want to make the most of your time with a new release, we’ve got you covered. Here are some of the tips we found most helpful this week.Read more
Every Video Game Showcase Happening During Not-E3 And Summer Game Fest 2024
30.5.2024
What’s dead may never die. E3 may finally be gone for good but its spirit lives on in Summer Game Fest. Hosted by The Game Awards creator Geoff Keighley, the event kicks off in June and promises teases, trailers, and world premieres for the biggest games of tomorrow and beyond. Here’s every gaming...