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Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Great Games We Can't Wait To Get Back To
25.7.2025
We’ve hit peak summer and probably the biggest lull in the release calendar we’re going to get until the holiday. That doesn’t mean a lot of great stuff didn’t still come out this week. What it does mean is that we have time to highlight things that might not otherwise have gotten their due. Read...
Credit Card Companies Censoring Adult Content 'Endangers Democracy Itself,' According To Nier: Automata Director
25.7.2025
As a fight with credit card companies over adult games leads to renewed concerns about censorship on Steam and even on indie platforms like itch.io, a recent warning by Nier: Automata director Yoko Taro calling censorship a “security hole that endangers democracy itself” has become relevant...
2025's Worst Game Delays Hitman Crossover As Devs Promise More Updates
25.7.2025
An upcoming crossover mission in MindsEye that was set to bring Agent 47 of the Hitman franchise to the game this summer has been delayed until a “later date” as developer Build A Rocket Boy continues to try and salvage what has become the worst-reviewed game of 2025.Read more
VShojo CEO's Apology Goes Viral With Community Note Calling Him A Liar
25.7.2025
VShojo was a Vtuber talent agency repping big names like Ironmouse that just wanted the best for everyone involved but flew too close the sun while trying desperately to raise more funds from investors. At least that’s how the now-shuttered company’s CEO pitched its downfall this week. Fans aren’t...
The Internet Is Getting Real Weird About Pedro Pascal All Of A Sudden
25.7.2025
Pedro Pascal is having a big year. He’s starring in his first Marvel movie as Mister Fantastic in Fantastic Four: First Steps, he died a gruesome death in The Last of Us’ second season, and right now, it’s entirely possible you can go to a movie theater and see him in three different films in...
Fallout Director Is Producing A Wolfenstein Series For Amazon
25.7.2025
Nazis, watch out. Wolfenstein is coming to the small screen with some help from the same people (and the same production company) behind Amazon’s hit live-action adaptation of Fallout. Read more
Hulk Hogan's Sex Tape Lawsuit Changed Kotaku Forever
25.7.2025
The Hulk Hogan sex tape lawsuit, financed by a guy who flinches at the prospect of humanity enduring, is not really my story to tell. I was merely an observer at the time. While I’m all too familiar with most of the key twists and turns in the very messy, very public trial that followed, I never...
The New Fantastic Four Movie Introduces Franklin Richards, And He Could Change The MCU Forever
25.7.2025
Fantastic Four: First Steps mostly focuses on its titular group, but Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, and the Thing aren’t the only heroes introduced in the film. One major player doesn’t get a superhero name, but is a pretty significant one in Marvel’s comics. Franklin Richards,...
Donkey Kong Bananza's Loading Screen Artwork Is So Damn Good
25.7.2025
Donkey Kong Bananza on Switch 2is a very, very good video game all about smashing stuff up and exploring gorgeous cartoon worlds as Nintendo’s favorite ape. But between all the banana eating, punching, jumping, and singing, there are loading screens featuring some wonderful retro-style artwork that...
South Park Hit Trump Where It Hurts: In His Tiny, Shriveled Ego
25.7.2025
Poor President Trump has had his ickle wickle feelings hurt again, this time by an episode of South Park that reached new heights of government-breaking satire by depicting the current president as a big stupid idiot with a tiny penis. This, implausibly predictably, bothered him so much that...
Elden Ring Nightreign's Most Requested Feature Is Finally Coming Later This Month
25.7.2025
FromSoftware’s strange but successful multiplayer experiment, Elden Ring Nightreign, is finally getting a duos option nearly two months after launch. The highly requested feature will be added in an update arriving next week. Read more
So, Is Robert Downey Jr. In Fantastic Four: First Steps As Doctor Doom?
25.7.2025
Fantastic Four: First Steps is finally in theaters, bringing the First Family to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Now, all roads lead to Avengers: Doomsday, the next big crossover event in Marvel’s uneven but never-ending comic book movie saga. Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr. is returning to...
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Rushes Out Emergency Patch Amid Review-Bombing On Steam
25.7.2025
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is getting slammed on Steam over what many users claim is terrible PC performance for those playing on anything but the most upgraded rigs. A fresh day-two update has now been rushed out to try and solve the worst issues players are experiencing, and even the publisher...
Dying Light: The Beast Slips To September 19, Despite Glowing Previews
25.7.2025
Techland’s Dying Light: The Beast was set to release mid next month, August 11. However, in a press release published today, the developer has announced an eleventh hour delay to the zombie-fighting parkour game, moving the release date to September 19. It is “to allow for extra polishing,”...
War of the Worlds Via Found Footage Looks Like A Good Time
25.7.2025
H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds is a well that so many creatives have drawn from. From the infamous nation-terrifying Orson Welles radio play of 1938, through Steven Spielberg’s 2005 movie, via 1996's Independence Day, and now to a brand new movie starring Eva Lonoria and Ice Cube, it’s never...
Here’s Our First Look At The New Avatar Sequel Series Set After Korra
24.7.2025
It’s been over a decade since The Legend of Korra concluded in 2014, and 20 years since the original Avatar: The Last Airbender. After years of waiting, a new series set in the Avatar universe called Seven Havens is finally on its way, and we got our first fleeting look at the show’s new heroes...
Clair Obscur Devs Visit Final Fantasy Offices For An 'Exchange Of Ideas'
24.7.2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is one of the biggest surprise gaming hits of 2025 and a traditional turn-based role-playing game that reminded many fans of the golden-era of PlayStation 1 JRPGs they still pine for. Some have even gone so far as to argue that the next Final Fantasy game should be more...
I Really Hope Battlefield 6 Isn't Flooded With Dumb Crossover Skins
24.7.2025
Earlier today, after months of teases, leaks, and rumors, EA and Battlefield Studios finally unveiled the first official trailer for Battlefield 6. And what we’ve seen so far seems great. I just hope that EA avoids following Call of Duty, Rainbow Six Siege, Destiny 2, and countless other games that...
VTuber CEO Admits To Spending Charity Money As Agency Implodes
24.7.2025
Earlier this week, popular VTuber Ironmouse accused talent agency VShojo of failing to pay out money she was owed, including over $500,000 for charity as part of a record-breaking Twitch subathon last fall. Now, VShojo has revealed it’s shutting down after failing to raise more investment funds...
The Internet Reacts To Hulk Hogan's Death
24.7.2025
Earlier today, as reported by TMZ, Terry Gene Bollea, aka the famous WWE wrestler Hulk Hogan, died in his home due to cardiac arrest. The wrestler had reportedly been on his deathbed for weeks. He was 71 years old. As you might expect, someone as famous and controversial as Hogan dying so suddenly...