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No, Professor Quiggin, Crypto Is Not Worthless: Australia Should Prepare for the Rise of Digital Assets
2.1.2025
Critics like John Quiggin question bitcoin’s legitimacy, comparing it to worthless assets, but the value of any commodity, including bitcoin, often depends on community recognition and market demand. The analogy of the diamond rush in Zimbabwe illustrates that value is often realized only...
Kotaku’s 15 Most-Read Stories Of 2024
31.12.2024
If you wind up on the wrong side of Reddit or YouTube, you’ll likely come across bold declarations proclaiming “what gamers want.” Nine times out of ten, these takes are given in bad faith, often by people more concerned with imposing what they want than with understanding what the majority...
Every Official 'Kotaku Review' Of 2024
30.12.2024
Writing a review is a tall order. Especially at a place like Kotaku, where we have a whole headline format meant to declare our “definitive” word on a game, movie, or show. It can come off as if we’re putting an authoritative stamp of approval or disapproval on whatever we’re critiquing, which...
The 15 Biggest Video Game Disappointments Of 2024
24.12.2024
Wow! Another year down. It feels like 2024 went by in a flash, and also feels like I spent half my life slowly trudging through this mostly awful year filled with a lot of bad news.Read more
The 15 Best Video Game Surprises Of 2024
24.12.2024
In a lot of ways, 2024 was a worse year for the video game industry than 2023. And that’s really depressing to think about considering how bad 2023 was for game developers and the media covering the industry. Still, even a shitty year can have nice moments and wonderful surprises.Read more
Pokémon TCG Pocket's Game-Changing Update And More Of The Week's Big News
21.12.2024
The year is wrapping up but the gaming news keeps coming. This week, tales of hurt feelings and anger among some developers and fans of Black Myth: Wukong emerged after it failed to take home Game of the Year honors at this year’s Game Awards. Additionally, the announcement that pricey Killzone...
10 Awesome Movie-To-Game Adaptations To Play After Indiana Jones And The Great Circle
20.12.2024
It’s hard to say what’s more of a bummer, folks. Was it the dark days where every single big blockbuster movie got a shitty tie-in video game crunched out by some poor dev team in six months to launch alongside the film? Or is it the present, where new movies rarely get tie-in games at all outside...
Check Out Our Favorite Cosplay From CCXP 2024
20.12.2024
The biggest pop-culture convention isn’t San Diego Comic Con, nor New York Comic Con—it is in fact CCXP, an international event that mostly takes place in Brazil, but sometimes pops up in Germany too! This year’s was in its main home of the São Paulo Expo, with a raft of big-name celebs...
16 Great Games That Flew Under The Radar In 2024
20.12.2024
There are more amazing games coming out every week than ever before. Some of them instantly become breakout hits. Others slowly accrue cult status over months and years. Some are finally released and quickly overlooked, cherished by a small coterie of early players and completely unknown...
NFL Team Owner Reportedly Used Madden To Make Decisions
19.12.2024
A new report claims that Woody Johnson, who owns the NFL team the New York Jets, has used EA’s popular Madden video game series to help him make decisions involving real players. It’s even reported that a trade deal was killed due to stats found in the game. Read more
The Naughtiest And Nicest Christmas Movies, Based On Blood, Joy, And F-Bombs
18.12.2024
Just because a movie is set during Christmas doesn’t mean it’s a good Christmas movie. Some movies simply use Christmas as a sort of emotional backdrop for their naughty deeds. Meanwhile, other movies use the holiday as a narrative device meant to highlight a character’s road to redemption...
Sonic 3 Reviews Make It Sound Very Messy But Still Lots Of Fun
18.12.2024
Sonic 3 arrives in theaters on December 19 (watch out for the leaked post-credits reveal) and seems like what you’d expect from a star-studded, blockbuster adaptation of a classic gaming franchise that straddles the divide between traditional family movie and faithful blue blur fanservice. It’s...
John Carvalho Wants to Get Rid of ‘Sats’
17.12.2024
The Synonym CEO suggested the change via a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) last week. Longtime Bitcoiner Seeks to Redefine Bitcoin Units John Carvalho, CEO of Bitcoin software company Synonym wants to do away with the idea of “satoshis” or “sats” – the smallest...
How To Start Strong In Indiana Jones And The Great Circle And More Tips For The Week
15.12.2024
This week, players everywhere dove into the epic adventure that is Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. It’s a game packed with secrets and even with basic mechanics the game isn’t always great about foregrounding, so our tips can help you make the most of your time as the famed archaeologist....
Indiana Jones And The Great Circle: The Kotaku Review
10.12.2024
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is not what I was expecting. My expectation and fear was that developer MachineGames’ AAA action-adventure adaptation of the popular franchise starring Harrison Ford would play mostly like Uncharted, but in the ‘30s and with more Nazis. Thankfully, Great Circle...
December's Cant-Miss Game Releases, Amazon's Free Games For Prime Members, And More Holiday Season Tips
8.12.2024
This week, holiday sales and giveaways are in full swing, and we’ve got the lowdown on all the games Amazon is giving away to Prime subscribers, the best games to pick up in PlayStation’s 30th Anniversary sale, and more.Read more
John Patrick Mullin, Co-Founder & CEO of MANTRA, joins crypto execs at the Global Blockchain Show hosted by VAP Group
7.12.2024
The Global Blockchain Show is pleased to announce John Patrick Mullin, Co-Founder & CEO of MANTRA, as one…
Kotaku's Weekend Guide: 4 Awesome Games To Get Cozy With
6.12.2024
Folks, it’s December. That means that unless you live in a part of the world where the weather is nice all the time (or you’re in, like, Australia), you’re likely doing your best to keep the frigid temperatures at bay. And hey, if you’re looking at a weekend of being stuck indoors, I can think...
Spotify Wrapped Tells Me My Music Habits Are Not Normal
5.12.2024
Yesterday, Spotify released its annual Wrapped infographics breaking down individual users’ most-listened-to songs and artists. As the Kotaku staff rolled into Slack, we shared our respective results, and the stark difference between how some of us consume music got two of our writers reflecting...
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Directors Explain Why They Made You Make That Choice At The End
4.12.2024
Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s late-game choices have got players in their feelings, as they require some pretty big sacrifice on your part. But why did developer BioWare choose to make you do something so difficult? In an interview with IGN, Game Director Corinne Busche and Creative Director John...