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Most Players Prefer Single-Player Games, New Study Claims
4.10.2024
For the last few years, the video game industry has seemed obsessed with building always-online live-service multiplayer experiences. And many of those live games, like Concord, have failed to find much success. Now a new survey reveals that might be because most folks prefer playing single-player...
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,...
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
Nintendo will not use generative AI to build game titles
4.7.2024
Nintendo’s president addresses the risks of intellectual property breaches with generative AI at a shareholder meeting
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...
New Twitter Trend Highlights Incredible Indie Games And Their Inspirations
8.5.2024
The first step to a video game becoming a success is finding the right audience. And while that’s easier for AAA games backed by big companies with equally big marketing budgets, indie games have a harder time getting the word out to the right players. This is why a new trend on X (formerly...
Roblox Boss: We Aren't Exploiting Child Labor, We're Giving Kids In ‘The Slum’ A Job
4.4.2024
Roblox is one of the biggest games in the world, letting people (who are mostly under 16 years old) create and play their own custom creations and share them with others. Roblox has also been at the center of controversy, as some believe the game exploits child labor and doesn’t do enough...
60 Percent Of Playtime In 2023 Went To 6-Year-Old Or Older Games, New Data Shows
2.4.2024
A newly released game industry report by market researcher Newzoo shows that while the PC and console market grew 2.6 percent in 2023, overall playtime decreased as gamers spent more and more time in a smaller list of old games like Fortnite and League of Legends. Read more
The Among Us Animated Show’s Cast Is Stacked
15.3.2024
If you didn’t know or, like me, completely jettisoned the information from your brain, popular social deduction game Among Us is getting an animated series by way of CBS Studios. Today, Variety reported the series’ cast, and it’s absolutely stacked with talent, including actors from some...
New Jaws Game Is-OH GOD THE FACES
27.2.2024
I was ready to be excited when I heard we were getting a new Jaws game. Past video games based on the classic ‘70s shark attack film have been great. Even that short-lived mobile Jaws game. Even if this new game is just in Roblox—a free-to-play online game built out of user-created maps...
Immortals Of Aveum Proves It's A Grim Time For Single-Player Games
13.2.2024
In 2024, AAA games are often built around the idea of continuous revenue streams with microtransactions and live-service elements. Perhaps it’s corporate delusion that makes leadership think a needlessly large budget makes for a better game, but making adequate money back on a big-budget...
Hellblade II and Alan Wake 2 Are Signs of A Worrying Trend
19.1.2024
Senua’s Saga: Hellbade II is Xbox’s next big console exclusive video game coming this year. We learned a lot about the upcoming action game during Thursday’s Developer Direct. We also learned, afterward, that Hellblade II won’t get a physical release, continuing a trend of big AAA console games...
[BREAKING] E3 Is Officially Dead, Press 'F' To Pay Respects
12.12.2023
E3, the video game conference that’s taken place annually in Los Angeles since 1995, is officially dead. After several years of struggles and rumors of its demise, its end was confirmed in The Washington Post’s exclusive interview with president and CEO of the Entertainment Software Association...
The Intellivision Amico Console Is Somehow Still Not Dead
23.11.2023
We bet you’d forgotten about sort-of-Intellivision’s disastrous attempted console, the Amico. Revealed in 2020 as this super-cheap, super-exclusive, family-friendly gaming machine, replete with exclusive $8 games, the following years saw the business go through clusterfuck after clusterfuck....
Dear Video Game Industry, Please Name A Woman
14.11.2023
It’s been nearly a decade since GamerGate, the misogynistic game industry tantrum that harassed women under the guise of demanding journalistic ethics—yet 2023 has felt like we’re not that far past it at all. Read more