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Cyberpunk 2077 Joins PS Plus For The First Time Ever Ahead Of Recently Teased Update
9.7.2025
PlayStation Plus just got a big boost: Cyberpunk 2077 is joining Sony’s subscription service and will be free for all paying members to play starting today, July 9. It feels like the 2020 sci-fi RPG is on its fourth or fifth wind right now, with new content on the way, a great Switch 2 port,...
11 Incredible Indie Games Every New Switch 2 Owner Should Have In Their Library
8.7.2025
The original Switch launched like a blank slate. With few games at release and no backwards compatibility, each new critically acclaimed gem that got ported felt like a special event. That’s not the case with Switch 2. Instead, new owners have access to a wealth of back catalog riches from...
PROMO: Girls’ Frontline 2: Exilium Gears Up With Limited-Time Drops And Anime Expo Activation
8.7.2025
Commanders, prepare for deployment. Girls’ Frontline 2: Exilium is rolling out a series of updates to help bolster your squad, vanquish enemies, and purify contaminated zones.Read more
The Nintendo Switch 2: One Month Later
7.7.2025
It’s been just over a month since the Nintendo Switch 2 launched and ushered in the next generation of Nintendo hardware. Most of us here at Kotaku own the thing and have been playing it over the past four weeks. Now that we’ve had extensive time with the Switch 2, what do we think about it?...
Kotaku’s Best Game Tips For The Week July 05, 2025
5.7.2025
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
Celebrate Indie-Penance Day With 10 More Incredible Unknown Games!
4.7.2025
Earlier today we told you about 10 fantastic-looking unknown games that really deserve your attention. But that’s not enough penance! We’ve done so much wrong. So here come another 10 indie games that are going under the radar, this Indie-Penance Day.Read more
BioWare's Maligned Loot Shooter Anthem Will Go Offline Forever Next Year
3.7.2025
BioWare’s doomed looter shooter may have had some neat aesthetics and was a competent-enough action RPG when it wanted to be, but as we all know well by now, it was a complete disaster for the devs and publisher EA. While a planned reboot of the game was canned and everyone who’s played the game...
Original Doom Designer's New FPS Is The Latest Casualty Of The Xbox Cuts
3.7.2025
Back in 2022, John Romero of Doom fame announced he was working on a new first-person shooter IP in Unreal Engine 5 for a “major publisher.” Three years later the studio says it’s canceled and employees claim the latest wave of massive cuts at Xbox are to blame, with one designer calling news, “[a]...
Rune Factory: Guardians Of Azuma Can Last As Long As You Want It To
2.7.2025
The latest entry in the long-running Rune Factory series is here. This time, Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma takes players to an eastern setting inspired by ancient Japanese culture instead of the usual fantasy and steampunk-ish settings from the previous games.Read more
Please Don't Rush Through Blue Prince
1.7.2025
If you browse the catalogue of games available as part of Sony’s PlayStation Plus service, you’ll see that the critically acclaimed puzzle sensation Blue Prince is classified as a “quick adventure.” This is a lie on par with saying that you can find a Mew under the truck by the S.S. Anne in...
Let Me Tell You About The ‘Subway Slammer’ Persona Fans Love To Hate
1.7.2025
Persona 5 is all about a group of high schoolers confronting corrupt individuals in a paranormal world, parallel to our own, called the Metaverse. When they defeat someone in this metaphysical space, the target’s real-world counterpart has a “change of heart” and repents for their crimes. In...
Some Of Our Favorite Hidden Indie Gems Are In The Big Steam Sale
1.7.2025
The Steam summer sale is an annual opportunity to add vast numbers to the teetering pile of games you’ll get around to playing someday. With bonkers 90-percent-off deals, you can grab recent big-name games for under $5, all of which you’ll definitely remember to load up someday. But it’s not just...
Games We'd Love To See On Switch 2, What Makes Rematch So Fantastic, And More Of The Week's Takes
28.6.2025
This week we championedRematch, the great new soccer game from Sifu maker Sloclap. We also shared 25 games we’d love to see make their way to the Switch 2, and celebrated the incredibly influential Deus Ex on the 25th anniversary of its release.Read more
Paper Mario-Inspired Indie RPG Has Been Abandoned But You Can Try The Demo For Free
27.6.2025
Untitled Paper RPG has been floating around for years now. Adam Gryu, who developed the critically-acclaimed exploration walking sim A Short Hike, started the project shortly after Paper Mario Color Splash was announced for the Wii U. Gryu wanted to make a turn-based tribute that stayed a bit more...
Sell The Right Things In Monster Hunter Wilds To Stay Rich
25.6.2025
Monster Hunter Wilds has two currencies for you to accumulate: Zenny and Guild Points. You’re more likely to run low on the latter, especially when you’re using the Rest mechanic to spawn in specific creatures. Still, it is possible to run out of Zenny if you’re not hunting regularly or know which...
Diablo 4 Is Free For PS Plus Subscribers In July As Sony Hints At Upcoming Price Hike
25.6.2025
The demon-slaying, action-RPG Diablo 4 is coming to PS Plus Essential in July after celebrating its two-year anniversary. It arrives just in time for PlayStation 5 and PS4 players to delve into next month’s free Sins of the Horadrim season 9 update, and as Sony hints at a possible future price hike...
How To Survive Dune: Awakening Long Enough To See The Spice Wars Unfold
24.6.2025
Following the game’s relatively short introduction, in which you create your character and their background, you’re dumped into the desert unceremoniously; the world of Arrakis sprawls as far as the eye can see. It’s daunting. And it feels like everything and everyone you encounter wants to kill...
AI Translation Of Smash Bros. Director's Comments About AI Misses Nuance, Sparks Outrage
23.6.2025
After directing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and then taking a break from game directing to moonlight as a YouTuber and educate fans about game design, Masahiro Sakurai recently revealed he’s returned to development to work on Kirby Air Riders for Switch 2. But this past weekend, a comment Sakurai...
Daredevil Actor Completely Flabbergasted By The Public Response To His Clair Obscur Voice Work
23.6.2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has an incredibly stacked voice cast. Final Fantasy XVI lead Ben Starr and Baldur’s Gate 3 star Jennifer English head the pack of expeditioners as Verso and Maelle, but perhaps the most recognizable voice among them all is Daredevil actor Charlie Cox. He plays Gustave...
There’s Never Been A Better Time To Play The Best Digimon Game
23.6.2025
Sometimes, an infectious digital virus can be a good thing, like when your brainrot spreads to all your friends’ video game consoles and they finally play a game you’ve been yelling about for a decade. Last week, after the previews went up for Digimon Story: Time Stranger, I looked on my shelf...