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The Week In Games: It's An Odd, Odd, Odd, Oddworld
4.4.2021
This week Oddworld: Soulstorm drops on PS5, PS4, and PC. Get ready to “help” your fellow Mudokons. (You’ll probably get a bunch of them killed. It’s okay. It happens.) Read more
Single-Player Games Are Finally Making A Comeback, Sort Of
3.4.2021
Once upon a time, Shigeru Miyamoto famously said, “A delayed game is eventually good. A bad game is bad forever.” It’s a statement that felt like it would never fall out of fashion, until it did. Modern games are never finished. Bad games become good. Good games become bad. Games of all stripes...
After 22 Years, Cult-Classic PS1 Adventure Mizzurna Falls Is Playable In English
2.4.2021
What if I told you there’s an ancient PlayStation game that mixes the persistent open world of Shenmue with the surrealism of Deadly Premonition? There is, and it’s called Mizzurna Falls. Before yesterday you would have been shit out of luck when it came to playing it in English. Thankfully,...
Oh Dear, The Sony Japan Studio Exodus Continues
1.4.2021
Last month, Kotaku reported that yet another producer departed from the Japan Studio. And this month, we’re reporting that the exodus continues. Read more
Amnesia: Rebirth’s New Mode Has Fewer Scares, More Puzzles
31.3.2021
Amnesia: Rebirth is so scary that the developers at Frictional Games added a new Adventure Mode to the PC version today, with a similar update planned for PlayStation in a few weeks.Read more
Sega Lawyers Threaten Wrong Website Over Yakuza Piracy
30.3.2021
There are lawyers somewhere out there working for Sega HQ in Japan who have been tasked with hunting down the people responsible for pirating Yakuza: Like a Dragon. And they are not doing a good job.Read more
Nier Replicant Gets Off To A Really Slow Start
29.3.2021
After playing and being thoroughly wrecked by Nier: Automata, I was curious if Nier: Replicant ver.1.22474487139… the “version up” (since according to the developers it’s not a remake or a remaster) of the original Nier would inspire similar emotional devastation. I have dim memories of the first...
Killer Loops With South Asian Flair Helped Skyblazer Stand Apart
29.3.2021
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. We haven’t been covering many chiptunes lately, so today let’s start remedying that by checking out a somewhat unknown SNES gem with a sound all its own.Read more
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury is $50, So Prepare To Kill Bowser Twice
29.3.2021
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury | $50 | Best BuyRead more
Crash Bandicoot On The Run Won't Let Me Jump On Bounce Crates And It's Very Annoying
28.3.2021
Some habits are hard to break. Like reaching for a light switch after it’s been removed or trying to jump on the bouncy crates in Crash Bandicoot games. Yet that’s exactly what the new mobile Crash game wants me to do. I hate it. I hate it sooooo much.Read more
Immortals' New DLC Taught Me A Lot About Chinese Mythology
26.3.2021
It’s probably fair to say most DLC isn’t that great or memorable. That was the case with the first download for Immortals Fenyx Rising, which added a bunch of new puzzles and not much else. However, the game’s second DLC, Myths of the Eastern Realms, is a rare example of good downloadable content....
$900 Resident Evil Statue Is NSFW
26.3.2021
That’s a penis.Read more
Fallout 76 Was Right, It Was Time To Stop Playing
26.3.2021
Bored and without a large, engrossing game to play until Disco Elysium: The Final Cut drops later this month, I did the unthinkable: I downloaded Fallout 76 onto my PlayStation 5. I was almost immediately met by a game-breaking bug that, while easily rectified with a reboot, felt like a sign that...
Oh Hell Yes, We're Getting More Shadow Tactics
25.3.2021
Shadow Tactics is one of the best stealth/tactics games of all time, and with developers Mimimi games having done the just-as-good Desperados 3 last year, they’re returning to Shadow Tactics with a standalone expansion.Read more
We Finally Got A (Brief) Look At The Gollum Game
25.3.2021
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum won’t be out until 2022, but the developers at German studio Daedalic Entertainment shared a brief snippet of gameplay during today’s Future Games Show.Read more
Shinra Electric Power Company Decides To Tweet Through It
25.3.2021
The power utility, consumer electronics manufacturer, and private security force Shinra has taken to social media to respond directly to critics who have accused the tech oligopoly of exploiting workers, impoverishing local residents, and generally doing crimes against the planet.Read more
Get Past The F2P Bits And Crash Bandicoot: On The Run Is Good Crash
25.3.2021
Crash Bandicoot: On The Run, out today for iOS and Android, is a game in which Crash Bandicoot runs through narrow corridors breaking boxes and collecting Wumpa Fruit, just like every other Crash Bandicoot game. As mobile spin-offs go, it’s pretty on the nose.Read more
The Best Single-Player Board Games, According To Our Readers
25.3.2021
Top Pick: Arkham Horror | $53 | AmazonRead more
Get Resident Evil 3, Devil May Cry V, and More in This Huge Xbox Capcom Sale
25.3.2021
Xbox Capcom Sale | NeweggRead more
Koei Tecmo Couldn't Salvage The Data for Ninja Gaiden Black And Ninja Gaiden II
25.3.2021
Last month, it was announced that the Nintendo Switch was getting a Ninja Gaiden trilogy release. But to the chagrin of some, this bundle includes Ninja Gaiden Sigma 1 and Sigma 2. Read more