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Kotaku Asks: What Do You Want From A Potential ‘PS5 Pro’?
11.12.2023
Rumors about a supercharged PS5 (or “PS5 Pro,” if you will) are floating around the internet once more. Whether there’s merit to these rumors, of course, remains to be seen. There’s little use speculating about specs for a rumored, potentially nonexistent console. So, instead, let’s ask if we would...
Dev Behind Controversial Shooter The Day Before Shuts Down Days After Massive Steam Launch
11.12.2023
The drama-filled saga behind one of Steam’s most-anticipated games of 2023 just took its weirdest turn yet. The Day Before maker Fntastic announced it will cease operations less than a week after accusations of swindling players with a massive bait-and-switch when it came to the true nature of...
‘Florida Joker’ Demands $2 Million Over GTA 6 Parody, Red Dead 2 Actor Fires Back
11.12.2023
A Florida man is calling on Rockstar Games to pay him $2 million for showing literally one second of a character who looks like him in the reveal trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6. Lawrence Sullivan, AKA “Florida Joker,” accused the studio of stealing his likeness in his latest TikTok video. But a...
The Week In Games: What’s Coming Out Beyond Pokémon: The Indigo Disk
11.12.2023
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Surprise: Kojima Hid Silent Hill References In OD Trailer
11.12.2023
Hideo Kojima showed off a creepy trailer for his upcoming game, OD, at The Game Awards last week. Featuring three different actors speaking what sounds like creepy gibberish at the camera, it didn’t tell us a whole lot about what this game will even be. But since its reveal, fans have noticed a...
The Week's Hottest Gaming Takes, From The Game Awards And Fallout To GTA 6
10.12.2023
It was a big week for the scantily clad at Kotaku this week, with both GTA 6 and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth giving players plenty of skin. We’re also feeling very excited about the new Fallout show, but decidedly less enthusiastic about the minimal focus on the actual awards at this week’s Game...
Kotaku’s Best Game Tips For The Week December 09, 2023
9.12.2023
If you’re stuck on a tricky boss fight or a challenging puzzle, or just want to make the most of your time with a new release, we’ve got you covered. Here are some of the tips we found most helpful this week.Read more
The Week's Biggest Gaming News, From GTA 6 To The Game Awards
9.12.2023
Gaming’s biggest night has come and gone, and perhaps the biggest surprise of all was just how little time devs were given to thank their family, fans, and recently deceased colleagues during their acceptance speeches. But before that, we finally got our first in-depth look at Rockstar’s GTA 6,...
If The Game Awards Is All About The Devs, Then Let Them Speak
8.12.2023
At the opening of last night’s 2023 edition of The Game Awards, Geoff Keighley hyped the event up as an evening “to recognize outstanding creative work in games in 2023.” But as the night went on, the luminaries who were being awarded for their “outstanding creative work” seemed like they weren’t...
I’m So Ready For Square Enix To Finally Make A Good Mana RPG Again
8.12.2023
It’s been 15 years since the last proper game in the Mana series, and that one wasn’t even any good. The Final Fantasy action-RPG spin-off’s legacy has been marked by more downs than ups, but the peaks still burn so brightly in fans’ memories that it’s hard to believe the franchise won’t one...
Kotaku's Weekend Guide: Apparently It's RPG Week
8.12.2023
It’s the weekend, which is wonderful because right now that means I’m writing about something other than some small detail on that big game everyone’s talking about this week. Seriously, it’s a gift. Like, I have the freedom to talk about anything right now. Well, maybe not. It’s the weekend guide...
Let Cid Smoke In Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
8.12.2023
Look, I’m just gonna cut to the chase: Cid from Final Fantasy VII needs to be a smoker. Yes, smoking’s bad for your lungs. And yeah, smoking’s bad for the environment, and Final Fantasy VII is nothing if not environmentally conscious. But Cid Highwind needs to smell like an ashtray at all times....
I’m Here For Everything Rise Of The Ronin Is Serving
8.12.2023
The Game Awards was quite the packed showcase of upcoming games. It ran a little over three-and-a-half hours, after all, so it’s easy to miss many of the night’s announcements and reveals. However, one you should totally keep your eye on is Team Ninja’s Rise of the Ronin, which got a new gameplay...
The Game Awards' Weirdest, Wildest Act Was A Must-See Triumph
8.12.2023
Last night’s Game Awards had a couple of musical delights, but one stood out above the rest. Finnish rock band Poets of the Fall took to the stage as Old Gods of Asgard, the fictional band they play in Alan Wake 2, to perform the song “Herald of Darkness” from the game, and the whole spectacle...
Final Fantasy XVI Update Adds Heartbreaking New Detail About Your Beloved Wolf
8.12.2023
Torgal is a standout character in Final Fantasy XVI. Clive’s frost wolf companion is a constant throughout our hero’s adventure, and as such, he meets a lot of heroes and villains the Dominant of Ifrit befriends and fights throughout the world of Valisthea. Now we also know that he’s a perceptive...
Is It Too Late to Buy Optimism? OP Price Gains 25% as a Futuristic Meme Coin Attracts $2.7 Million
8.12.2023
Optimism’s OP price surged 26.80% as Kraken enabled Tether deposits on the network. Image by akif, Adobe Stock. The recent price surge of the native Optimism token OP may be driven by Kraken’s launch of Tether (USDT) deposits and withdrawals on the Optimism network. ???? $USDT...
Exclusive: Crypto Gaming Platform Portal Taps Top Hollywood Agency WME
8.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / AhmadSoleh Web3 gaming platform Portal has signed with the top Hollywood-based talent agency WME to enhance distribution in the gaming sector. Portal will be represented by WME across various entertainment sectors, the firm revealed exclusively to CryptoNews. WME manages...
Xbox's Big 2024 Xbox Exclusive Looks Intense AF
8.12.2023
Developer Ninja Theory showed up and showed out during The Game Awards, dropping a new trailer for the atmospheric and brutal action-adventure game Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, and I’ve got chills running down my spine after watching that dark, gripping video.Read more
Starfield Testers Had To Unionize To Get A Copy Of The Game
8.12.2023
Microsoft has agreed to add 77 temporary game testers the recently established quality assurance union at ZeniMax Studios. In a breakthrough moment for the industry’s growing labor movement, 23 of the workers will become full-time, while all will get raises and free copies of Starfield,...
Firefight’s Back In Halo! What Is Firefight?
8.12.2023
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