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Genshin Impact Made Over $1 Billion In Just Six Months
24.3.2021
You folks hear of this game Genshin Impact? Pretty big deal. So big that it’s raked in over $1 billion (that’s three commas, people) in mobile revenue since it launched nearly six months ago on September 28.Read more
Ikumi Nakamura Talks About Her New Studio While Exploring Spooky Buildings
24.3.2021
Ikumi Nakamura, the former GhostWire: Tokyo creative director who made a huge splash with her brief appearance at E3 2019, is finally ready to talk about opening her own game development studio after leaving Tango Gameworks in 2019. Fittingly, she did so while exploring some creepy, abandoned...
Super Smash Bros. Devotes An Entire Update To Nerfing Wii Fit Trainer
24.3.2021
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate balance changes tend to come in waves. Whenever the developers add new content to the game, players can expect to be greeted by a handful of character adjustments across the expansive roster. But in the latest update, the decision-makers at Nintendo set their sights...
The WoW Classic Burning Crusade Beta Is Live, If You're Into That Sort Of Thing
24.3.2021
Look I don’t know why folks are excited to replay Blizzard’s first attempt at a World of Warcraft expansion, with its endless walking and “kill x of y” quests, but if you’ve opted-in for the World of Warcraft Classic Burning Crusade beta, now’s your time. Read more
Valheim Mod Lets You Do A Real Number On Your Character's Bones
24.3.2021
Do you want to turn your Valheim character into a chimera creature with a skyscraper torso and legs that resemble a barstool? Me neither, but, uh, now you can!Read more
Rocket League Is Coming To Smartphones
24.3.2021
Rocket League Sideswipe is a new 2D mobile version of car soccer sim Rocket League coming to iOS and Android later this year, developer Psyonix announced today.Read more
You Don’t Have To Run The Exclusive Reveal For The War Crime Game
24.3.2021
Rebooted war crime simulator Six Days in Fallujah got its official gameplay reveal yesterday in a new trailer that seems to confirm some people’s criticisms of the game as one-sided propaganda for the U.S. war machine. The trailer was debuted exclusively by IGN, the same website that just days...
Hitman 3 Is Getting DLC Based On The Seven Deadly Sins
24.3.2021
Next week, Hitman 3 will receive downloadable content based on the seven deadly sins, developer IO Interactive announced in a blog post today. Just don’t expect it to be quite like the DLC from Hitman 2.Read more
New Pokémon Snap Is Like Old Pokémon Snap, Only Much Prettier
24.3.2021
Pokémon Snap for the Nintendo 64 is a game about rolling through islands, leisurely taking pictures of pocket monsters. All the upcoming sequel needs to please fans of the original is more of that with nicer graphics. I am pleased to report New Pokémon Snap is exactly that.Read more
Secret Little Haven Is 10 Minutes Of Weapons-Grade Vaporwave Nostalgia
24.3.2021
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’ll take a trip back to 1999 by way of 2018 with a breezy 10 minutes of refreshingly chill cyber-vibes. Read more
Japanese Company Creates "Monster Hunter Holiday" For New Game's Release
24.3.2021
Whenever a massive game is released, no doubt, diehard fans wish nothing more than to take the day off. Some may suddenly find themselves coming down with a cold and the only recipe for recovery is a day of gaming.Read more
Konami Closes 16 Of Its Sports Clubs In Japan Due To Covid-19
24.3.2021
In Japan, Konami doesn’t only make video games. It also has a major chain of sports clubs. Gyms have been hit hard by the novel coronavirus pandemic, and Konami has to shutter a number of its locations.Read more
Australian Government Official's Anime Figures, Joker Statue Declared A "Psychological Hazard"
24.3.2021
An Australian government official’s display of pop culture, comics and anime figurines in their office has been declared a ‘psychological hazard’, according to a statement from the Comcare government agency.Read more
1000s Of Steam Games Now Let You Play With People Who Don't Even Have Steam Accounts
24.3.2021
An update to Steam released earlier this week has, tucked away in its changelog, a very cool piece of news: if you’re playing a game that supports Remote Play Together, you can now invite anyone to play with you, even if they don’t have a Steam account.Read more
Incredible Yakuza: Like A Dragon Cosplay Is Punching Me In The Face
24.3.2021
The last time we saw Enyen dabbling in Yakuza cosplay, it was as a solitary star of the gangster saga. This time, he’s back, and just like Ichiban in Like a Dragon, he’s brought some friends.Read more
Epic Games Store Is Draining Some Laptop Batteries
24.3.2021
My annoyances with Epic’s store are generally limited to Fortnite pop-ups and forgetting I even had games installed there, but then I play games on a big desktop PC. If you’re using a laptop, you might want to keep an eye on the store, and in particular what it’s doing to your battery.Read more
Blizzard Isn't Making Any More Skins For Overwatch League MVPs
24.3.2021
After this year, the Overwatch League will no longer create special skins to honor the League’s MVP. Earlier today, the Overwatch League announced the release of two special Overwatch skins celebrating the San Francisco Shock’s second championship win and Byung-sun “Fleta” Kim earning 2020’s...
Livestream Of Boulder Mass Shooting Raises Questions About What YouTube And Twitch Should Allow
24.3.2021
Yesterday, a shooter opened fire at the King Soopers store in Boulder, Colorado and killed 10 people. Not long after the attack, a streamer, Dean Schiller, arrived on the scene and broadcast to an audience that topped out at nearly 30,000 concurrent viewers. The resulting video has been viewed over...
Final Fantasy XI Reboot Cancelled After Six Years Of Nothingness
24.3.2021
You will probably not remember this, but back in 2015, Nexon and Square Enix announced a mobile version of Final Fantasy XI that was due for release in 2016. It did not come out in 2016, or 2017, or 2018, or 2019, or 2020, and now will never be coming out, since it’s finally been put out of...
GameStop's Most Popular Earnings Call Ever Is A Bust
23.3.2021
After weeks of record-breaking days on Wall Street thanks to a meme stock frenzy engineered by Reddit, people were hoping for some answers from GameStop’s executives during today’s call with investors. They got none.Read more