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Daisy Ridley Still Likes The 'Super Divisive' Star Wars sequels
5.2.2024
Daisy Ridley is back in the Star Wars business, with Lucasfilm announcing a new movie about Rey set 15 years after Rise Of Skywalker at the Star Wars Celebration event in London over the summer, and that means she once again must take on the thankless task of being an ambassador for a franchise...
Dead Space's 'New Game Plus' Is A Good Reminder That Being OP Can Be Awesome
29.3.2023
I’d skulked my way through the dark corridors of the Ishimura, holding my breath the entire time. Never forgetting that at any moment, a deadly necromorph could pop out from the vents and make short work of me, I held my weapon aloft all the while. If I chanced upon an explosive canister, I’d...
Ranking Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's New Character Introductions Over The Last 5 Years
20.12.2021
Game director Masahiro Sakurai has said there are no plans for a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sequel, despite claiming it might not totally end the series. Either way, we know Kingdom Hearts’ Sora was the crossover fighter’s last DLC, meaning no other newcomers are joining the roster....
Dear Metroid Dread: Samus Doesn’t Need To Be An Emotionless Robot To Be Badass
18.10.2021
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Big Boy Kraid Returns In Metroid Dread
27.8.2021
Nintendo dropped some new Metroid Dread info this morning, complete with a video detailing the different skills franchise heroine Samus Aran brings to the table in the upcoming Switch game when it launches on October 8. But this all pales in comparison to the reveal that Kraid, a secondary...
Aliens: Fireteam Elite Isn’t A Great Aliens Game
23.8.2021
I’ve had many friends wish they were in my position—or offer their assistance—when it comes to reviewing video games. Much rarer is the opposite reaction, where friends demanded beers as compensation for forcing them to play a video game.Read more
James McAvoy Was Playing Too Much Oblivion, So He Destroyed The Disc
22.8.2021
I think we all have had at least one game in our life that consumes your every waking hour. A game that you stay up late playing, then wake up early and play some more. For James McAvoy in 2006 that game was The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Things got so bad that the actor had to burn the disc...
The Late-Summer Game Pass Lineup Is Stacked
17.8.2021
Xbox Game Pass’ initial August additions were somewhat of a letdown, thanks to a lineup anchored by Hades (amazing) but not much else. For the back half of the month, Microsoft seems to have turned up the heat...with a cloud version of Need for Speed Heat. (I’m so sorry. I can’t help myself.)...
The Week In Games: Twelve Minutes Launches In Like 4,680 Minutes
16.8.2021
After years of previews, indie game Twelve Minutes finally releases later this week with a star-studded cast including Daisy Ridley and Willem Dafoe.Read more
Prime 2D Is The Coolest Metroid In Over A Decade
5.4.2021
A group of independent developers known as Team SCU recently released a demo for Prime 2D, an impressive side-scrolling remake of 2002’s Metroid Prime that has been in the works for over 15 years. After spending some time with it, I can say it was definitely worth the wait, even if Nintendo’s...
Chaos Walking Has Too Much Walking, Too Little Chaos
3.3.2021
Actually, let me take that back slightly—there is quite a lot of chaos in Chaos Walking, but only in the sense that attempting to navigate a coherent arc through its jumbled, disjointed scenes is a frustratingly messy ask of its audience. Despite its big names, Chaos Walking’s languid energy...
What’s Your Favorite Video Game Boss Encounter?
1.3.2021
It’s Monday and time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take.Read more
The Mistake That Changed the History of Blade Runner
4.2.2021
These days, Blade Runner is considered one of the all-time masterpieces of science fiction. The combination of Philip K. Dick’s idea, Ridley Scott’s direction, Harrison Ford’s performance, and a laundry list of technical masters behind the scenes created a film that has stood the test of time....
The Star Wars Kids YouTube Channel Tries to Condense the Plot of The Rise of Skywalker Into Five Minutes
13.12.2020
Star Wars Kids does a great job of making
entertaining, accessibly bite-sized chunks of Star
Wars that are probably great for children. But this latest time they had
an unenviable task: condensing The Rise of
Skywalker, which has a… less than simple plot, into a scant five
minutes. Read more