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What Are You Playing This Weekend?
26.2.2021
The weekend is for realizing how short February is at the last moment. It’s so short. We should fix that. Also, it’s about playing an anime game that should be my jam but is currently confusing the hell out of me. Read more
Here's March 2021's PlayStation Plus Lineup
26.2.2021
PlayStation Plus seems to be on a roll right now with another great slate of games. There are, count’em, four games, headlined by the excellent Final Fantasy VII Remake, which released less than a year. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active PlayStation Plus membership.Read...
Rise and Grind: Bravely Default II is Out Today and You Can Get It for $50
26.2.2021
Bravely Default II | $50 | WalmartRead more
Great games steal, and should
26.2.2021
Every Friday, A.V. Club staffers kick off our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans and recent gaming glories, but of course, the real action is down in the comments, where we invite you to answer our eternal question: What Are You Playing This Weekend?Read more
Early Bugsnax Idea Had You Skinning And Butchering Them
26.2.2021
Look, we knew Bugsnax was a cute game with a dark heart, but this is particularly bleak.Read more
Square Enix Announces Two More Final Fantasy VII Games
26.2.2021
Just after wrapping up Sony’s media show this evening with some Final Fantasy VII x PS5 news, Square Enix announced that there are two more Final Fantasy games coming, both based on the Final Fantasy VII universe.Read more
Everything PlayStation Announced During Today's State Of Play
25.2.2021
Here’s everything PlayStation announced, revealed, or otherwise discussed during today’s State of Play broadcast.Read more
After Anthem's Failure, Dragon Age 4 Will Reportedly Be Single-Player Only
25.2.2021
We praise dancing in the Chantry y’all! According to a report from Bloomberg, EA is allowing BioWare to ditch “all multiplayer components” originally planned for the latest game in the Dragon Age series.Read more
Bloodborne Producer Masaaki Yamagiwa Is Leaving Sony
25.2.2021
Today on Twitter, producer Masaaki Yamagiwa announced that he is leaving Sony’s Tokyo-based Japan Studio. He is not leaving the game industry, however.Read more
From This Day Forth, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk Shall Be Known As Jet Set Radio 2
25.2.2021
Fans have been asking Sega for decades now to make a Jet Set Radio sequel, and since the company seemingly isn’t interesting, some fans are stepping in to do it themselves.Read more
Cyberpunk 2077's Next Big Patch Delayed Following Cyber Attack
24.2.2021
The next major patch for Cyberpunk 2077 has been delayed to an unspecified date in March, CD Projekt Red announced in a tweet today, citing the recent cyber attack against the company as a reason for the delay.Read more
I Hope Halo Infinite Sounds Half As Great As Ori And The Will Of The Wisps
24.2.2021
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today, let’s listen to the soundtrack for one of last year’s best games: Ori and the Will of the Wisps, the ethereal platformer from Moon Studios.Read more
Final Fantasy XVI Is Taking Steps For Players Who Don't Like Action Role-Playing Games
24.2.2021
During a recent radio interview, producer Naoki Yoshida was asked about Final Fantasy XVI. Previously, he’s mentioned that Square Enix didn’t want to say “something that’s half-baked” that would cause speculation. What’s more, he’s discussed the need to manage expectations for the game. Read more
Yakuza's Producer Would Like To Bring Its 17th & 19th Century Spinoffs To The West
24.2.2021
While Sega has eventually managed to bring all the main Yakuza games to the West, we’ve still never gotten the series’ two historical spinoffs, Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! and Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin!.Read more
Final Fantasy Got It Right With Two Black Fathers
23.2.2021
Lately, dads have become the video game industry’s pet trope. There are a ton of games that have won a lot of awards about trying, failing, and in very few cases, succeeding at being a dad. But that trend largely excludes Black fathers (with one extremely notable exception), since the video game...
PlayStation's 'Play At Home' Program Returns, Ratchet & Clank Free Next Month
23.2.2021
Last year, Sony kickstarted the Play At Home initiative, a program that provided free game to PlayStation players in the hopes of promoting social distancing. Next month, Sony will bring the program back.Read more
If You're Looking for Sailors, Shenmue III is $10 and It Includes a Steelbook Case
23.2.2021
Shenmue III + Steelbook Case (PS4) | $10 | Best BuyRead more
Forrest 64 Is What A Fictional Nintendo 64 Game Sounds Like
22.2.2021
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. We’ve got an odd one today: the soundtrack to a make-believe Nintendo 64 game hidden away in the Switch version of Firewatch.Read more
I Was Wrong About An Award-Winning Final Fantasy Author
22.2.2021
Back in 2014, I wrote about author M.J. Gallagher’s attempts to turn the Final Fantasy series into a giant novel, and said “it’s not going to win many literary prizes”. I am here today to eat some shit.Read more
Happy 35th Birthday, The Legend Of Zelda
22.2.2021
On February 21, 1986, the original Legend of Zelda was released on the Famicom in Japan. It did OK, Nintendo made some more Zelda games, and we’ve all been having some good times ever since. Read more