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Elden Ring Will Be Easier, Dev Says, But No Difficulty Options
17.6.2021
Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki recently sat down with Japanese gaming outlet Famitsu to discuss the upcoming From Software adventure following its stunning reintroduction at E3 2021. While their conversation treads similar ground to other interviews, Miyazaki also got into the ways his team...
Three Hours With Tales Of Arise
17.6.2021
For years, Tales games have looked the same, felt the same, played the same, probably even smelled the same, y’know, if game code had fragrance. Each successive entry introduces a tweak or three to established formula—say, a shift to how you cook food, or an overhaul to the combat system—but...
Japan's Giant Robot Crossover Series Is Back For What Feels Like Its 1174th Game
16.6.2021
Super Robot Wars, one of the longest-running and most numerous video game series of all time, is back once more, and this time it’s celebrating its 30th birthday.Read more
Nintendo Announces Metroid Dread
15.6.2021
It’s been a minute since we first learned of the existence of Metroid Prime 4. And by that, I mean four years. And that was literally just a logo. But we’re going to have to keep waiting. In the meantime, Nintendo has decided to tide us over with [checks paper] Metroid 5???????Read more
Super Smash Bros. Gets Tekken's Kazuya
15.6.2021
Tekken’s Kazuya Mishima will be punching Mario, Kirby, Link, and the rest of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s motley crew square in their noses very soon, Nintendo announced during today’s E3 2021 presentation.Read more
Where To Watch Nintendo's E3 2021 Direct
15.6.2021
Nintendo’s E3 2021 Direct comes on the last day of the mammoth game festival, and fans are hoping for updates on tons of games, including Breath of the Wild 2, Pokémon, and Splatoon 3.Read more
Elden Ring Director Finally Opens Up About His Latest Epic
14.6.2021
Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest kicked off E3 2021 with an incredible look at Elden Ring, the next major action-RPG adventure from Dark Souls developer From Software. And while it was fantastic to see more of the upcoming game two years after its initial announcement, the dense trailer provoked...
Until Dawn Devs Are Making A Horror Game Set During The Iraq War
11.6.2021
House of Ashes is the newest game in the Dark Pictures Anthology series.Read more
From Software's Elden Ring Coming January 2022
10.6.2021
Geoff Keighley and Summer Games Fest brought the goods today, finally revealing the release date for highly anticipated From Software project Elden Ring. It’s coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on January 21, 2022.Read more
Here's Your E3 2021 Schedule, From Ubisoft To Nintendo
3.6.2021
As fan registration opens for access to the E3 2021 portal and app, organizers have released a tentative schedule of virtual press conferences for the four-day event, starting with Ubisoft and Gearbox Entertainment on Saturday, June 12, and ending with Nintendo on Tuesday, June 15.Read more
Tekken Director Challenges Virtua Fighter Team To Make Another Game
3.6.2021
In the latest video for his personal YouTube channel, Tekken series director Katsuhiro Harada spoke at length about this week’s release of Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown, sharing that he’s always viewed surpassing Sega’s foundational 3D fighting series as a personal goal.Read more
Smash Bros. Creator Masahiro Sakurai Is Thinking About Retiring
26.5.2021
Masahiro Sakurai has a regular column in Japanese game magazine Weekly Famitsu. In the latest issue, just released and read by Kotaku, Sakurai’s article is titled, “Everything comes to an end.”Read more
Bandai Namco Is Releasing A Peppa Pig Video Game
21.5.2021
It’s coming maybe 5-10 years too late for peak Peppamania, and more than a few voice actors seem to have changed since my kids were into this show, but in 2021 we’re finally getting a proper Peppa Pig video game.Read more
Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom Is Coming To Switch
20.5.2021
A version of Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom that includes both expansions is coming to Switch on September 17, Bandai Namco announced today. The role-playing game was previously only playable on PlayStation 4 and PC.Read more
Gundam's Zaku Makes A Pretty Good Japanese Teapot
12.5.2021
Quick! Out of all the Gundam mecha, if you were to pick one to make a Japanese teapot, which would you pick?Read more
Witcher 3 Director Leaves CD Projekt Following Bullying Allegations
4.5.2021
Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, director of The Witcher 3, has resigned from his position at CD Projekt after being accused of workplace bullying, Bloomberg reports.Read more
Gold Gundam Statues Go On Sale In Japan For Only $240,000
3.5.2021
Like Gundam? Have lots of money? Well, does a Japanese jewelry company have a product for you. Several, actually.Read more
New Pokémon Snap: The Kotaku Review
28.4.2021
After 21 years, gaming’s least violent on-rails shooter triumphantly returns to usher in a new generation of Pokémon paparazzi. New Pokémon Snap adds layers of complexity to the monster photo safari without straying too far from what made the original so damn lovable.Read more
Tales Of Arise Out September 10, Coming To Next-Gen Consoles Too
21.4.2021
Tales of Arise, the next game in Bandai Namco’s long-running spikey-haired angst series, will come out on September 10, according to the game’s official Twitter account. Previously announced for PC and last-gen consoles, the action-RPG will also come to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.Read more
Nexon Is Investing $1.5 Billion In Konami, Sega, Namco Bandai, And More
30.3.2021
This week, Nexon announced that last year the company greenlit up to $1.5 billion worth of investments in Konami Holdings, Bandai Namco Holdings, Sega Sammy Holdings, and Hasbro.Read more