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Cyberpunk 2077 Bosses Will Reportedly Get Millions In Bonuses
30.4.2021
Cyberpunk 2077 has been a profitable disaster for developer CD Projekt, recouping its development cost in pre-orders and earning record-breaking profits for the company. This is despite the game’s infamously poor launch state, a lot of which can be chalked up to mismanagement—management who will...
The Matrix Online Died 12 Years Ago, But Fans Are Still Keeping It Alive
30.4.2021
Nothing lasts forever. Neither you nor I, and especially not video games. Despite the promise of digital immortality, recent games have suffered the slings and arrows of content being retired, servers getting sunsetted, and entire storefronts falling away into the sea. Oh, and who could forget...
How To Not Die (As Much) In Returnal
30.4.2021
The science-fiction action game Returnal, out today for PlayStation 5, drops you all by your lonesome on a haunting, uncharted exoplanet. It’s a gorgeous, fresh, fascinating game that’s well worth sticking with. It’s also quite difficult. As with any game built around a live-die-repeat structure...
Resident Evil Village Makes For A Delightfully Demented Puppet Show
30.4.2021
Resident Evil Village the video game? Seems scary! But the puppet show? Absolutely adorable and totally messed up.Read more
Godzilla vs. Kong Delayed In Japan Due To Covid-19
30.4.2021
Originally slated for release on May 14, the Japanese release of Godzilla vs. Kong has been delayed due to the state of covid-19 in the country.Read more
Giant Gundam Statue Finished In China
30.4.2021
A life-sized, one-to-one scale Freedom Gundam statue has been completed in Shanghai.Read more
T-Pain Throws Racist Call of Duty Players Straight Into The Trash
30.4.2021
T-Pain may have been in the news today for his heartbreaking Instagram confession, but don’t let that distract you from the fact he has also been busy distributing swift and remorseless justice to racist assholes on Call of Duty.Read more
Mall Craze Is A Shopping Mall Management Game
30.4.2021
I remember when I was younger, seeing games like Theme Park and Rollercoaster Tycoon, and wondering why nobody could do something like that only for my teenage spiritual home: the mall.Read more
Baseball Superstar Mike Trout Answers Call Of Duty Hecklers In The Middle Of A Game
30.4.2021
An actual game of Major League Baseball, that is, not a round of Call of Duty.Read more
Here’s A Whole Lot Of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Gameplay
29.4.2021
Today, during Sony’s State of Play event, developer Insomniac Games revealed new gameplay footage from Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, the latest entry in the long-running series of oddball action games.Read more
Sorry, Your Cis White Woman Protagonist Isn’t Progressive
29.4.2021
The future is bright for the current and upcoming crop of AAA releases. Reviews for Returnal are positive. I’m gassed as hell to have Lady Dimitrescu chase me around in Resident Evil Village before I let her snap me in half. Rift Apart looks so sharp on the PS5 that it might become my first Ratchet...
Monster Hunter Rise Companion Poll Overrun By Dog People
29.4.2021
Are you a cat person or a dog person? A life of raising pets traditionally imbues one with a preference, but a new poll shows Monster Hunter Rise players are overwhelmingly in favor of its canine companions.Read more
Watching Animals On Twitch Is My New Daily Dose Of Chill
29.4.2021
The baby geese have just started showing up at CritterVision, making things a bit tricky for the squirrels. On HootHouseLivestream, mother Hootie has her wings full with rapidly-growing babies Dax, Jin, San, and Fiz. Speaking of babies, a new litter just arrived at Adorable_Kittens. I’ve become...
It's A Shooter With Dinosaurs, And That's Enough For Me
29.4.2021
Dinosaurs are rad. Sadly, they rarely appear in video games. So I was excited to play Second Extinction, a new shooter featuring dinosaurs, both big and small. What I wasn’t expecting was how much this early access game would remind me of Destiny, or how much fun I would have playing it.Read more
Grand Theft Auto Speedrunner Has Terrible Luck
29.4.2021
Speedrunning takes a tremendous amount of skill, but there are still many moments in even the most well-understood games that boil down to luck. A hapless Grand Theft Auto player known as English Ben was recently reminded of the fickle whims of the universe firsthand.Read more
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick Halves Pay, Still Rich
29.4.2021
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is voluntarily halving his salary, as well as his target annual bonus. But in case you were worried, he’s still making a ton of money.Read more
The Nintendo Download: Oh Snap
29.4.2021
There are only 19 games coming to the Nintendo Switch over the next week, but don’t be sad. One of them is New Pokémon Snap, another is R-Type Final 2, and none of them are sexy anime mahjong.Read more
Microsoft Will Give More Of The Revenue To PC Developers
29.4.2021
Game developers on the Microsoft store will soon get a greater cut of the profits, Microsoft announced today. The change comes at a time when many developers and storefronts are rethinking the way profits are split.Read more
Returnal: The Kotaku Review
29.4.2021
I’m sure you’ve felt it too. For the past year and some change, life has fallen into a rut more than usual. Life is always cyclical to some degree—humans are, after all, creatures of habit—but the stresses that go hand-in-hand with a certain mismanaged pandemic have made the day-to-day feel more...
Dark Forces II's Opening Remade In Unreal Engine 4
29.4.2021
The original Dark Forces might be our Best Star Wars Game Ever, but its sequel is also great. It is, however, a little dated in 2021, so game developer and artist Acke Hallgren decided to see what it could look like with a modern coat of paint.Read more