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Fallout 76 Boss Teases Future Fallout Season 2 Crossovers
10.7.2025
2018's online MMO Fallout 76 wasn’t a smash hit right out of the gate. In fact, it was a complete mess. But over the years, after updates added NPCs and new areas to explore, the game turned into something pretty cool. And now, the director behind Fallout 76 is teasing future plans involving...
PlayStation’s Days of Play Brings Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, NBA 2K25 & More To PS Plus
27.5.2025
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A Splashy Ode To Jet Set Radio And More Hit PS Plus In June
27.5.2025
Beautiful 3D platformer Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is hitting PS Plus this month. The hyper-stylish homage to Jet Set Radio arrives alongside NBA 2K25 and a Destiny 2 takeover in June. Some noteworthy classics are also joining the subscription service catalog, including PlayStation 2's Grand Theft Auto...
Hey, PlayStation, If You’re Putting Games On Switch, Here’s A Few More Ideas
28.3.2025
One of the more surprising announcements from yesterday’s Nintendo Direct was that not one but two more PlayStation series are coming to Switch. No, it was nothing quite as colossal as God of War or The Last of Us coming to the handheld console, but a remaster of the first two Patapons and the next...
Star Wars Outlaws Is Ditching Its Most Annoying Feature
21.11.2024
Star Wars Outlaws’ road to redemption has hit a major milestone today with the release of its first story pack, fourth major update, and long-awaited arrival on Steam. There will be a lot to unpack about the state of Ubisoft’s open-world stealth adventure in the days and weeks ahead but the most...
9 Of Our Favorite Halloween Gaming Updates To End Spooky Season
28.10.2024
The era of the Halloween-themed cartoon and sitcom episode has been replaced by the seasonal Halloween gaming event. Whether you like battle royales or car soccer, sci-fi shooting or life sim-ing, there’s plenty of scary game updates to partake in this year. If you’ve already picked up the best...
The Penguin Is About Sofia Falcone, Actually
15.10.2024
For most of the latest episode of HBO’s The Penguin, Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti) suffers at the hands of men. We learn how she was forced into Arkham Asylum by her father after she questioned how her mother died, and was then repeatedly violated by the male doctor there and stripped of...
Ubisoft Begins The Long, Painful Road Toward Fixing Star Wars Outlaws
4.10.2024
Star Wars Outlaws is in a bit of a pickle. Ubisoft’s model of making games that are too big to fail means the severe flaws in its seemingly guaranteed hit combining the open-world scope and mechanics the developer has made its bread and butter in recent years with Star Wars have left the publisher...
Making Hi-Fi Rush 2 Is About 'Legacy' Not Money, Says New Owner
19.9.2024
It was a surprising bit of feel-good news when Krafton, which publishes the hit battle royale PUBG, swooped in to buy Hi-Fi Rush maker Tango Gameworks after it was suddenly shut down by Microsoft amid budget cuts earlier this year. While that deal still isn’t fully finalized, Krafton’s CEO says...
9 Games To Pick Up During PlayStation’s End Of Summer Sale
30.8.2024
Before we get into the typically busy fall season, videogame publishers and storefronts tend to host huge sales on a shotgun spread of titles both big and small . These sales are often great opportunities to buy games you might’ve missed or may never have heard of for a pretty good price....
7 Amazing Gems To Get For Cheap During Steam’s Big Rhythm Game Sale
21.8.2024
It seems like every day there is some amazing sale going on on Steam, and today is no different. If you’re a fan of rhythm games, then the latest roundup of discounts will be of particular interest to you. The Steam Rhythm Fest event is currently running until August 26 and slashes prices on some...
Hi-Fi Rush Dev Is Back From The Dead, Will ‘Continue Developing’ The Series
12.8.2024
Three months after Microsoft unceremoniously shut the studio down, Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks is being revived by PUBG publisher Krafton. The company has acquired both the studio and the rights to the Hi-Fi Rush IP, and plans to expand upon the rhythm-based action game as part of...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 6 Great Games To Play In Between Summer Game Fest News
7.6.2024
It’s officially summer season! Well, at least as far as gaming is concerned, because Summer Game Fest is here. Also, the weather is much warmer and the actual summer solstice is just a few weeks away. So yeah, I’m callin’ it summer. Read more
Dead Video Game Franchises We'd Like To See Return
29.5.2024
Everyone has a sequel they’re waiting for someone to greenlight. Some of our favorite video game franchises exist in a sad state of limbo. It’s only natural that after decades of companies making games and trying to earn the most money from them, that some good titles would fall through the cracks...
Hi-Fi Rush Devs Fix The Tiniest Bugs In One Last Update
15.5.2024
Hi-Fi Rush, developed by Tango Gameworks, is a colorful action-rhythm game that got a surprise release in 2023 and ended up being one of the best games of the year. But the studio behind it was recently closed by Xbox, making the game’s final update a somber farewell to fans. Read more
Hi-Fi Rush: The Kotaku Retrospective Review
13.5.2024
There’s a scene late in Hi-Fi Rush, the rhythm action game by the now-defunct Tango Gameworks, in which protagonist Chai explores a museum dedicated to the antagonistic, oppressive megacorp Vandelay Technologies. In it, the corporation tells a sanitized version of its own history, one that glosses...
Xbox’s Shift To ‘High-Impact’ Games Is Misguided At Best, Reckless At Worst
8.5.2024
Earlier this week, Xbox announced that it would be shuttering several studios it had attained as part of its $7.5 billion purchase of Bethesda, including Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog Games, and Roundhouse Studios, the last of which is being absorbed into another team. Collectively,...
Hi-Fi Rush Was The Hit Xbox Needed, And It Still Wasn't Enough For Them
7.5.2024
Today, May 7, Xbox announced it’s shutting down three studios and merging another. This includes Redfall developer Arkane Austin and Mobile Doom studio Alpha Dog Games, while Roundhouse Games is being absorbed into Elder Scrolls Online developer ZeniMax Online Studios. But perhaps most shocking...
Microsoft Closes Studios Behind Redfall, Hi-Fi Rush, And More To Prioritize 'High-Impact' Games
7.5.2024
Xbox is shutting down four studios in its first-party stable, specifically ones that fall under the Bethesda/ZeniMax umbrella. The brutal cuts will affect Redfall developer Arkane Austin, Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, and Mobile Doom developer Alpha Dog Games. ZeniMax subsidiary Roundhouse...
Avalanche Doubles Down on Meme Coins: Announces $1 Million Liquidity Mining Incentives Program
23.3.2024
The Avalanche Foundation announced the launch of Memecoin Rush, a program designed to incentivize meme coin liquidity providers on selected platforms in the AVAX environment. The program will allocate $1 million to participants that provide liquidity for these tokens on Trader Joe and Steakhut,...