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New Helldivers 2 Patch Will Kick All Those AFK Players Taking Up Server Space
22.2.2024
A new Helldivers 2 patch, out now on PC and PS5, fixes some bugs and improves performance in the critically acclaimed and super popular third-person sci-fi shooter. But more importantly, it will kick AFK (away from keyboard) players after a set amount of time. The hope is that this will help...
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Book Just Dropped A Revealing Clue About Cloud's Dad
22.2.2024
Cloud Strife, the broody protagonist of Final Fantasy VII and its remakes, has a pretty elaborate backstory. He grew up in Nibelheim, went on to become a SOLDIER, and got mixed up with Sephiroth along the way. But after almost 30 years, we still don’t know who his father is. However, as Square Enix...
If You Want Mother 3 In English, Hit Up Nintendo, Creator Says
22.2.2024
Mother 3 is one of those games everyone talks about but hardly anyone has played—and for a bummer reason. The 2006 Game Boy Advance RPG was never officially released outside of Japan (it’s called Earthbound everywhere else) so unless you imported it and understood Japanese, you couldn’t experience...
You No Longer Have An Excuse To Not Play Pentiment
22.2.2024
Obsidian Entertainment, the developer responsible for sprawling RPGs likeFallout: New Vegas, released its medieval murder mystery title Pentiment in November 2022. A smaller and more reserved title compared to the rest of Obsidian’s catalog, and an expertly written story that offers the player...
Hello Kitty Island Adventure’s Latest Update Is A Flower Lover’s Paradise
22.2.2024
If you aren’t playing Hello Kitty Island Adventure, you are missing out on one of the best mobile games available right now. Released in July of last year, Island Adventure is an Apple Arcade exclusive title that blends Animal Crossing and Breath of the Wild-inspired mechanics and throws them into...
Elden Ring Is Still Selling Like Hot Cakes
22.2.2024
After two years on the market, FromSoftware’s magnum opus, Elden Ring, is still posting stellar sales numbers. In a recent press release following the reveal ofShadow of the Erdtree, publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment confirmed that the open-world death game has sold 23 million copies...
Final Fantasy VII Was Never Meant To Be This Long
22.2.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth revels in all the extra time you can spend hanging out with the original game’s iconic cast. But it also falls victim to it in a way that not even Remake did four years ago. Square Enix’s plan to recreate Final Fantasy VII as three games seemed questionable when...
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: The Kotaku Review
22.2.2024
Having fled a polluted city of unchecked corporate, militaristic oppression, I’m hit with the light of a bright blue, endless sky. Rich green grass extends endlessly before me; mountains tower in the distance. The world around me is a wellspring of life. Yet it’s haunted by a creeping shadow...
Kotaku’s Essential Guide To Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth
22.2.2024
Yakuza 8, or Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth has finally arrived on consoles and PCs, and in case you haven’t heard, this one’s a banger. Not only is it the fastest-selling game in the series so far, it’s also easy on the eyes, fun to play, and lets us spend a whole lot of time with some utterly...
New Steam Hit Mixes Vampire Survivors With Mining And Guns
21.2.2024
Vampire Survivors might not be the first auto-shoot-’em-up ever made, but it has certainly become the blueprint many clones and imitators have followed since its launch in 2021. One game in that mold, Deep Rock Galactic Survival, takes that basic formula and does something different, adding mining...
15 Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree Trailer Details You Might Have Missed
21.2.2024
After years of rumors and questions over what it would contain, we finally got to see what the Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC will entail. The three-minute-long trailer showed off a mix of gameplay and cutscene content, but of course, most of it spawned even more questions. Elden Ring’s lore...
FromSoft Boss Miyazaki ‘Happy’ That All of Us Love Bloodborne
21.2.2024
Bloodborne sickos, rejoice! While discussing the upcoming Elden Ring expansion, Shadows of the Erdtree, with Eurogamer, FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki spoke about how much the team values the beloved title and outlined what he believes makes a remaster or remake valuable. Despite...
Persona 3’s Ending Is Still Incredible Almost 20 Years Later
21.2.2024
Persona 3 is almost 20 years old, and as I stated in our review, Persona 3 Reload, the new remake of the classic RPG, solidifies how it was incredibly ahead of its time. Reload knows not to mess too much with a good thing, and that includes preserving its ending, which, after recently experiencing...
Everything We Know About Elden Ring's Shadow Of The Erdtree DLC
21.2.2024
FromSoftware showed us what’s been cooking in the Elden Ring oven, and the results have undoubtedly made Soulslike fans salivate. (I’m Soulslike fans.) The studio unveiled the first trailer for its hotly anticipated DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, and now that we know it arrives on June 21, it’s a good...
A Final Fantasy XIV Beginner’s Guide For Xbox
21.2.2024
After over a decade of waiting, Xbox players can finally play the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV. The game was previously only available on PC and PlayStation, but starting today Xbox gamers can take part in an open beta.. If you have never tried out Final Fantasy 14 then you will...
11 Years Later, The Most Memeworthy Metal Gear Game Still Holds Up
21.2.2024
2013 was a great year for games, with groundbreaking titles that pushed the medium forward and helped define an era. There was the post-apocalyptic narrative adventure The Last of Us, which spawned a huge sequel and a hit TV show. There were exciting sequels, like the pirate RPG Assassin’s Creed...
OG Star Wars: Battlefront Games Are Back With Bonus Content And Features
21.2.2024
Two incredibly popular Star Wars games— 2004’s Battlefront and 2005’s Battlefront II—are coming back in a new classic collection that will bring 64-player online action to consoles for the first time as well as other new features and bonus content, too. And you won’t have to wait long as these...
Xbox's Hi-Fi Rush Coming To PS5 In March
21.2.2024
It looks like Hi-Fi Rush, long-rumored to be coming to other platforms besides Xbox and PC, will finally make that leap next month based on a leaked trailer from Bethesda. Read more
Nintendo Switch Online Adds Some Classic Games From Rare
21.2.2024
During today’s Nintendo Partner Showcase, which confirmed that former Xbox exclusives Grounded and Pentiment will launch on the Switch this year, the company also announced that five Rare classics are downloadable right now for folks with an active Nintendo Switch Online membership. It’s a blast...
The Borderlands Movie Is Giving Discount Guardians Of The Galaxy
21.2.2024
I’ve been thinking a lot about how great actors end up in bad movies. Maybe it was prompted by Madame Web somehow trapping Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney, but it’s always sad seeing someone whose craft you admire working with bad material. Anyway, the first Borderlands live-action movie trailer...