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Who's top of Steam Next Fest for October 2023?
16.10.2023
Also: the indie game 'bubble' & lots of game discovery news
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 6 Games To Escape From Reality With
13.10.2023
Another weekend draws near, this time preceded by a Friday the 13th, in October of all months. Spooky vibes for sure, but if you’re looking to ward off some bad luck, might I suggest playing some video games? Read more
Crab Soulslike Lets You Whip Out A Gun When Going Gets Tough
10.10.2023
Have you ever wished you could exercise your Second Amendment right on a formidable video game boss? Well, one upcoming Soulslike will let you pull out a gun and one-tap bosses if it prove too impossible to “git gud” and vanquish them the normal way.Read more
Rocket League Will Ban Item Trading, Nuking Market For Secondhand Skins
10.10.2023
A major shakeup is coming to Rocket League’s player community. The popular car soccer game will turn off the option to trade items starting in Season 13, destroying the vibrant market around buying and selling cosmetics in the process. Fans appear universally shocked, confused, and frustrated...
Creator Of Hit Pigeon-Dating Sim Says Epic Never Paid Her Royalties
2.10.2023
Mediatonic is best known for the colorful battle royale Fall Guys. Long before it was purchased by Epic Games, however, the UK-based studio created the international HD remaster of the cult-hit dating sim about pigeons that go to high school, Hatoful Boyfriend. The game’s original creator, manga...
Beloved Battle Royale Fall Guys Among Those Hit By Epic Games Layoffs
28.9.2023
Epic Games acquired Mediatonic in 2021 after its colorful battle royale, Fall Guys, became a multiplayer sensation early in the covid-19 pandemic. Now, it’s laying off tons of developers at the UK-based studio as part massive cost cutting at the Fortnite maker. Read more
Cocoon: The Kotaku Review
28.9.2023
There was a moment near the end of Cocoon when my brain could not keep up with the game. Like being curled up in a wave and then flipped head over heels against the surf, my mind sluggishly tried to work backwards what precisely had just occurred. Where did I just come from? How did I get here?...
Collectible Maker Claims Sony Suddenly Ordered Destruction Of Playstation Merchandise
28.9.2023
A video game-themed collectible storefront claims Sony ordered it to destroy all of its licensed PlayStation-themed merchandise, chief among them being statues based on The Last Of Us Part II, God of War, and Bloodborne.Read more
Meet The Early Lies Of P Mini-Boss That’s Terrifying Players
21.9.2023
Lies of P, the punishing Soulslike about Pinocchio looking for his dad Geppetto, has plenty of tough enemies waiting to meet you. They’re all terrifying, ranging from a poison-imbued slug beast to a dude who literally thinks he’s God, but there’s one mini-boss who sucks so much I can’t wait to meet...
In A Year Of Big Games, Sea Of Stars Is Refreshingly Small
19.9.2023
There are a lot of games to play in 2023, so many that right after I beat Sea of Stars, the new indie RPG inspired by genre classics like Chrono Trigger, I immediately turn my attention to Baldur’s Gate 3. The switch reflects a jarring sea change in the design of role-playing games: after...
That Gothic Pinocchio Soulslike Has A Pretty Neat Weapon Durability Mechanic
15.9.2023
Look, if you ask me, weapon durability is some bullshit. It’s ostensibly meant to encourage experimentation, but its implementation in games like Dead Island 2 and The Legend of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom does more to create headaches than to inspire some extemporaneous testing of a variety...
11 Minutes Of Saturday Morning Cartoon Roguelike Gameplay
15.9.2023
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V adopci kryptoměn obyčejnými lidmi vede Indie, Ukrajina je pátá, říká zpráva Chainalysis
13.9.2023
I když má celosvětová masová adopce kryptoměn svůj prime time momentálně za sebou, ve světě je stále dost míst, kde na kryptoaktiva nedají dopustit. Vyplývá to ze zprávy společnosti Chainalysis
Devs React To Unity's Newly Announced Fee For Game Installs: ‘Not To Be Trusted’
12.9.2023
Unity, the cross-platform game engine that powers games like Rust, Hollow Knight, and Pokémon Go, has introduced a new, controversial fee for developers, set to take effect next year. Indie developers quickly responded to the announcement, with many suggesting the costs of this policy would kill...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Games To Rejuvenate The Soul
8.9.2023
We’re a good week into September, though if you’re based on the east coast of the United States, the temperature sure doesn’t feel like it. No matter: There’s air conditioning and video games to keep us distracted from irrational weather.Read more
Twitch Sensation Only Up! Removed From Steam So Dev Can Find ‘Peace Of Mind And Healing’
8.9.2023
Only Up! Is a brutal janky platformer that blew up on Steam earlier this summer after becoming a hit with Twitch viewers. A number of controversies later, its creator has removed the game from Valve’s digital storefront seemingly forever, saying they made a lot of mistakes and need time to heal...
Stray, That Cute Cat Game From Last Year, Is Getting An Animated Movie
5.9.2023
Last year, the internet and gamers went wild over Stray, a platformer about a lone cat wandering around a futuristic city. Now, Annapurna’s animation studio is actively developing an animated film based on 2022’s most famous cat game. Read more
Stray, That Cute Cat Game From Last Year, Is Getting An Animated Movie
5.9.2023
Last year, the internet and gamers went wild over Stray, a platformer about a lone cat wandering around a futuristic city. Now, Annapurna’s animation studio is actively developing an animated film based on 2022’s most famous cat game. Read more
Someone’s Already Beat Starfield In Less Than 3 Hours
5.9.2023
Though Starfield isn’t even out of its Early Access period yet (its full release will happen at 12:00 a.m. UTC on September 6, or 8 p.m. Eastern on September 5), one speedrunner has already managed to beat Bethesda’s hundreds-of-hours long game in less time than it takes to watch Barbenheimer....
Someone’s Already Beat Starfield In Less Than 3 Hours
5.9.2023
Though Starfield isn’t even out of its Early Access period yet (its full release will happen at 12:00 a.m. UTC on September 6, or 8 p.m. Eastern on September 5), one speedrunner has already managed to beat Bethesda’s hundreds-of-hours long game in less time than it takes to watch Barbenheimer....