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Xbox Game Pass Makes $5 Billion As Microsoft Reports Massive Growth
31.7.2025
Microsoft has announced that Game Pass has hit almost $5 billion in revenue over the last fiscal year, with 500 million active users. In fact, the whole of Microsoft has just reported annual revenue of $76.4 billion, up 18 percent on the previous year. These figures are being announced less than...
I Can't Wait To Fall Into The Newest Octopath Traveler Trap
31.7.2025
A third Octopath Traveler game is on the way and the Square Enix JRPG series looks as stunningly retro as ever. This one is called Octopath Traveler 0 and includes a bunch of new features. It also looks perfectly positioned to once again trick me into thinking I will fall in love with these games....
Everything We Saw At Today's Nintendo Direct
31.7.2025
Hey! Today we were treated to another lovely look at some games coming to both the original Switch and the fancy new Switch 2. Nintendo’s latest Direct went all in on third-party titles, so alas, no Metroid Prime 4. But there were still a ton of cool-looking titles, many of which feature co-op,...
Persona 3 Reload Is Coming To Switch 2 So You Have No Excuse
31.7.2025
Persona 3 Reload, the from-the-ground-up remake of the original PS2 RPG, is coming to Switch 2. Atlus announced the port on today’s Nintendo Direct partner showcase, and it’s coming to the system pretty soon. The port will launch on Nintendo’s system on October 23, with both physical and digital...
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Is Somehow Coming To Both Switch And Switch 2
31.7.2025
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is effectively Budokai Tenkaichi 4, bringing the hit manga and anime to modern consoles with better graphics and fresh levels of fan service. It seemed like only a matter of time before it arrived on Switch 2, but I didn’t expect to see it on Nintendo’s older hardware...
Monster Hunter Wilds Rushing Out New Content As Capcom Faces Tough Questions
31.7.2025
This hasn’t been the wet, hot, summer extravaganza Monster Hunter Wilds was hoping for. Despite Capcom breaking glass on an event themed bikini for its fan-favorite blacksmith Gemma, community vibes remain off and the publisher is getting grilled on why more players aren’t flocking to...
How VTubers Are Leading The Backlash Against Adult Game Censorship
31.7.2025
If you’ve been on social media over the past week, then you’re probably familiar with the backlash against MasterCard, Visa, PayPal, and Stripe. A ragtag movement of gamers, artists, adult content creators, sex workers and queer activists are uniting to resist payment processor-based censorship...
Nintendo Just Blew Mario Kart World's Record Race Wide Open
30.7.2025
A surprise Mario Kart World update has breathed new life into the Switch 2 exclusive, but it’s one of the changes that goes unmentioned by Nintendo which could have the biggest impact on the game’s competitive scene. Read more
'Netflix For AI' CEO Hyping Animated Slop Admits 'Maybe Nobody Wants This'
30.7.2025
Showrunner is a new video content platform that will specialize in user-generated AI slop. The idea is people will pay to use generative AI tools to produce their own TV, starting with short animated sketches. Who asked for this? Amazon for starters, which is investing an undisclosed amount in...
Getting Your Ass Kicked In Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Just Became A Little Less Frustrating
30.7.2025
Turn-based RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has already proved a phenomenally good time for fans of old-school JRPGs and those who appreciate solid storytelling and rewarding battle systems. But with today’s 1.4.0 patch, the game has received some much-needed improvements in key areas. If you’re...
Despite Everything Linkin Park Has Been Through, The AMV Band Is Alive And Well
30.7.2025
To me and millions of other people who grew up listening to alternative rock in the early 2000s, Chester Bennington was a generation-defining voice of rock music. This month marks the eighth anniversary of his passing, and I still remember exactly where I was when I heard the news. I had never been...
Bloodlines 2 Isn’t Aiming To Be A Vampire-Themed GTA, And That Rules
30.7.2025
Much like the titular monsters who inhabit its dreaded world of darkness, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2’s development has been a bit of a cursed creature. Once under the development of the team at Harsuit Labs, it was shifted to the horror pros at The Chinese Room, who recently released...
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers: Every Status Effect And How To Cure It
30.7.2025
There are seven status effects in Wuchang: Fallen Feathers. Five of them are timed debuffs, while two of them are instantly applied upon infliction—but they’re all equally dangerous in the right situation. You should always wear gear that helps protect you against any status effects in the area...
Xbox Games Are Saving The PS5 From Its Midlife Crisis
30.7.2025
2017's Horizon Zero Dawn marked an inflection point for the PlayStation 4. The console went from being a great machine for indie games and third-party blockbusters to being synonymous with top-notch first-party exclusives. Spider-Man and God of War arrived the following year. The avalanche...
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound: The Kotaku Review
30.7.2025
The gaming world hasn’t talked enough about how it feels to get good at the original Ninja Gaiden for the NES. I mean, I get it, it’s a notoriously brutal example of “Nintendo Hard” difficulty. I still have nightmares about those endlessly respawning birds that boomerang relentlessly around...
Don't Sleep On Donkey Kong Bananza's Co-Op Mode
30.7.2025
Donkey Kong Bananza is the newest entry in one of Nintendo’s longest-running franchises, and it’s a rip-roaring good time for fans eager to destroy everything in their paths. However, players only control Donkey Kong this time around, with his usual sidekicks like Diddy and Dixie taking...
The Most Expensive Cards In Pokémon TCG's Black Bolt And White Flare
30.7.2025
Pokémon TCG’s Black Bolt And White Flare might be an anticlimactic ending to the Scarlet & Violet era, but some of the cards included are fetching extraordinary prices. We’ve compiled the top ten highest selling cards in the split sets.Read more
This Cool Mod For FF7 Rebirth Shows Us What A Modern Final Fantasy 8 Remake Might Look Like
30.7.2025
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, the middle chapter in the ambitious project to remake one of the greatest video games of all time, hit PC in February of this year. It brought with it its many, often aggravating, mini-games, and by virtue of now being on a more open platform, the potential for modders...
The Bad Guys 2’s Credits Say The Film ‘May Not Be Used To Train AI’
30.7.2025
The Bad Guys 2, the sequel to the surprise 2022 animated hit starring anthropomorphic villains turned good guys, has a surprising message in its credits that, even if you’re not tuned into DreamWorks’ heist series, should delight fans of animation. The film is out on Friday, August 1, but some...
You Could Be Earning So Much More For Hunting Mutants In Stalker 2
30.7.2025
Earning coupons in the Zone was already pretty straightforward. But for those of us who’ve spent tens or hundreds of hours in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, tackling the same side quests repeatedly for cash becomes downright gruesome—more so than the mutants we fight. Thankfully, update...