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Space Jam Sequel Getting A Tie-In Beat 'Em Up Game
23.6.2021
Today, Xbox announced that Space Jam: A New Legacy is getting a beat ‘em up tie-in game that will be available on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on July 1.Read more
The New Olympics Game Lets Me Be Tubby, And I Appreciate That
21.6.2021
Sega’s Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 lets players who’d otherwise never see the inside of an Olympic stadium imagine themselves taking on the world’s finest on the global stage. Thanks to the game’s character creator that includes my avatar, the completely lovable chonkiest Olympian.Read more
GTA Online Player Tries Performing Hamlet, Dies
16.6.2021
It is not uncommon for people to put on performances in Grand Theft Auto Online. These days, there are entire role play servers with special modifications that allow players to better strut and fret their hour upon the stage, and they’re hugely popular. But players don’t usually do much acting...
Niantic Is Making An AR Transformers Game
14.6.2021
Niantic of Pokémon Go fame is bringing their real-world augmented reality know-how to Transformers.Read more
Ubisoft’s Avatar Frontiers of Pandora Coming 2022
12.6.2021
Today, we finally got a fresh glimpse at Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Ubisoft’s new Avatar game that’s been in development for the last four years. Originally going by “The Avatar Project,” Frontiers of Pandora was teased during today’s Ubisoft E3 presentation. The video revealed more of Ubisoft’s...
'Shop Contest: LeBron James Toy, Winners!
12.6.2021
LeBron James might be one of the best basketball players in history, but he’s also in a movie called Space Jam: A New Legacy. And as such he is now a toy. So we had some fun with this piece of movie merchandise. Read more
Beautiful Hand-Written Walkthrough Found In Old PC Game Box
11.6.2021
Younger readers will just take things like YouTube walkthroughs, or even sites like GameFAQs, for granted, but old heads will remember days when finding their way through a video game was hard work. Which could, in rare instances like this, also be beautiful work.Read more
Jurassic World Evolution 2 Coming This Year
10.6.2021
Today during Geoff Keighley’s Summer Games Fest, a different Jeff—one of the Goldblum variety—announced Jurassic Park Evolution 2.Read more
Backbone: The Kotaku Review
9.6.2021
I’m pretty tired of fantasy racism. At this point, portraying racism in video games through the proxies of elves forced into squalid ghettos, stateless space alien nomads, and disenfranchised robots feels a cop out. So I was surprised that I enjoyed Backbone so much, a noir adventure set...
Huge Fallout 2 Mod Finally Translated From Russian Into English
8.6.2021
Olympus 2027, a famous Fallout 2 mod that completely replaces the original game with a new setting and storyline, is now finally available to play for those of us who can’t read a word of Russian.Read more
Super Mario Bros. Movie Restoration Adds 20 Minutes Of Deleted Scenes
2.6.2021
For years now, Super Mario Bros. The Movie Archive has been working to obtain and restore a bunch of deleted scenes from Nintendo’s 1993 disaster. That work is now largely done, leaving us with a sort of “director’s cut” of the film that runs for 20 minutes longer than the original.Read more
Ubisoft's Second Movie Is Looking Much More Entertaining Than Assassin's Creed
27.5.2021
In theaters on June 25 and on demand July 2, Ubisoft Film & Television’s Werewolves Within is a supernatural whodunnit described in its trailer as “a good old-fashioned sleepover with guns.” Judging by the trailer it might just be a lot of fun. See for yourself. Read more
Who Goes There?: The Kotaku Review
26.5.2021
You’ve seen The Thing, right? Well this is the board game adaptation.Read more
Lies Of P Is A (Checks Notes) Pinocchio Souls-Like
20.5.2021
Round8 Studio and Neowiz today announced Lies of P, an upcoming Souls-like based on the classic story of Pinocchio, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. Just typing that out makes me feel a little like I’m losing my mind.Read more
Player Completes Grand Theft Auto V In Nine Hours Without Taking A Single Hit
19.5.2021
Here we have GTAV player UnNameD not only finishing the entire singleplayer storyline in a blistering nine hours, but somehow doing the entire thing without taking a single punch, stab or stray bullet in the process.Read more
Who Are The Best And Worst Resident Evil Heroes?
18.5.2021
It’s time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take.Read more
FIFA 21 Will Feature A Player Tragically Murdered In 2006
18.5.2021
At just 15 years of age, talented footballer Kiyan Prince—part of the academy at London club Queens Park Rangers—was murdered outside his school. This week, he is being symbolically resigned as a player by QPR, and will also be appearing tomorrow (May 18) as a player in FIFA 21.Read more
Another Beautiful Day In The Galactic Empire
14.5.2021
Thom Tenery is an artist who has worked on Star Wars projects like Force Awakens, Rogue One and Solo.Read more
Not Even Mass Effect Legendary Edition Will Compel Me To Make Different Choices
13.5.2021
Vanguard class. Colonist. Sole Survivor. Paragon.Read more
True Horror Is A Baby Chris Redfield Mod
11.5.2021
The scariest thing about Resident Evil Village isn’t the monsters, or the vampires, of the locals. It’s tucking wee baby Chris Redfield into bed.Read more