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Konami, Please Don’t Forget About Metal Gear Solid 4
21.6.2023
During Wednesday’s Nintendo Direct, Konami showed off a new trailer for Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol.1. The upcoming collection of past Metal Gear games includes some of the earliest and biggest games from the popular stealth series. However, 2008’s Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of...
Legendary RPG Series Creator Wants To Help Find The Missing Titanic Sub
21.6.2023
We’re a few days into the search for a missing tourist submarine that vanished while on a trip to survey the ruins of the Titanic dominating headlines. Now, as time for those aboard grows increasingly short, an early video game luminary has thrown his hat into the ring to help find the missing sub....
Every Single-Player Final Fantasy Game, Ranked From Worst To Best
21.6.2023
The Final Fantasy series has become synonymous with experimentation and continual reinvention, with each entry taking you to a new world with new characters, new systems, and new experiences. As such, it’s not uncommon to ask a bunch of fans for their favorite and get as many different answers....
The New Detective Pikachu Game Still Exists And It's Coming This Year
21.6.2023
Detective Pikachu has more mysteries to solve. The Pokémon spin-off sequel still exists and is just a few months away with a Switch release date of October 6, 2023. Read more
Final Fantasy XVI: The Kotaku Review
21.6.2023
A bold and risky pivot toward action for Square Enix’s beloved RPG franchise, Final Fantasy XVI is a stunning achievement that revitalizes the series for a new age—and it just may be the best the series has been in more than 20 years.Read more
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Introduce Terrariums, Which Look Like A New Safari Zone
21.6.2023
During today’s Nintendo Direct, we got a new look at the upcoming Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s two-part DLC The Teal Mask and The Indigo Disk.Read more
I Wasn’t Prepared For Final Fantasy XVI’s Demo To Be So Amazing And Brutal
20.6.2023
Final Fantasy XIV is out on June 22, but you can play the opening prologue for free right now on PlayStation 5. You should. It’s incredible and the only thing I’ve wanted to play since I finished it last week.Read more
Pokémon Spoiled The TCG By Making One Set Far Too Good
19.6.2023
When it comes to buying Pokémon trading card packs, there’s pretty much one thing that people care about the most: pull rates. What are the chances of getting a special card in any given foil-wrapped packet? And with early 2023's Crown Zenith set, they suddenly got a whole lot better. Then...
Diablo 4's Most-Played Class ATM Is The Sorcerer
19.6.2023
It’s been a couple of weeks since Blizzard’s latest ARPG adventure Diablo 4 opened its hell gates to the public. With players cumulatively logging in “over 276 million hours” into the game, it’s always a fun time to look at something everyone loves: stats! Blizzard has some fun facts to share with...
This Pokémon Quest About A Dying Man Still Has Fans Shook Years Later
19.6.2023
Pokémon games have dealt with death before, but it’s often in subtext. This goes as far back as the original Pokémon Red and Blue, as fans have long speculated that your rival Blue’s Raticate passed away after a rough battle. In recent years, mortality has become a more common theme in Pokémon...
The Real-Life Dog Behind Red Dead Redemption 2’s Cain Has Died
16.6.2023
Einstein, the dog who provided the motion capture performance for Red Dead Redemption 2’s pooch Cain, has passed away according to the pup’s owner. I’m sorry to bring you this sad news.Read more
Final Fantasy XVI Devs List Their Top 3 FF Games, And The Top One Is Surprising Fans
16.6.2023
In a recent interview with IGN, three Final Fantasy XVI directors revealed their top three Final Fantasy games of all time. Surprisingly, none of the directors’ picks included mainstream fan favorites titles like mega-popular Final Fantasy VII. Instead, the devs earmarked deep-cut Final Fantasy...
The Last Of Us Comes To Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights
16.6.2023
If you’ve ever found yourself playing The Last of Us and getting frustrated that the horror was only happening behind the safety of a screen, well, I have good news for you. Starting in September, The Last of Us’ signature brand of post-apocalyptic terror is coming to Universal Studios during...
Concept Art From A Canceled, Live-Action Robotech Movie
16.6.2023
For 15 years now, people in Hollywood have been trying to get a live-action Robotech movie made. Specifically, a movie based on Robotech’s first and most popular season, which was a Western repackaging of Japanese masterpiece Macross. Read more
Playboy Founder’s Son Funds His Pokémon Obsession With An OnlyFans
15.6.2023
Marston Hefner, the son of the late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, is probably the most down-bad person on the planet. He started an OnlyFans account this year to sell tasteful and steamy nudes, and then used that secondary income to fund his habit of collecting Pokémon cards.Read more
Save A Bunch On Great Switch Games In Nintendo's Latest Summer Sale
15.6.2023
Another season, another Switch sale. In celebration of the summer solstice or just to pad those quarterly earnings, several Switch exclusives and excellent indie games have huge discounts right now. If you need something to play by the pool, like say a 2D side-scrolling arcade-y throwback like...
Layers Of Fear: The Kotaku Review
15.6.2023
There’s a lot to admire about Layers of Fear, Polish studio Bloober Team’s new reimagining of its (relatively) excellent surreal, psychological adventure horror series. Read more
Final Fantasy XVI's Menu Screen Does Something Ridiculously Neat
15.6.2023
Final Fantasy XVI doesn’t hit PlayStation 5 until June 22, but players have already gotten a chance to check out the Game of Thrones-influenced action-RPG early thanks to a two-hour demo on the PlayStation Store. It’s excellent, and also reveals some cool features I hadn’t been aware of before....
Inside Scoop On Tom Holland’s Fortnite Collab: He Was Really Adorable And A ‘Good Guy’
15.6.2023
The Hollywood Reporter published a profile of Tom Holland on June 14 and revealed to the world how cute and nice Uncharted actor Tom Holland is. As it flew around Twitter, eliciting enthusiastic GIF reactions and photosets of Holland looking deep in thought (he is multitalented), video game writer...
Lies Of P Is Giving Steampunk Bloodborne With 60 FPS Performance
15.6.2023
FromSoftware’s Bloodborne will probably linger in your mind when playing Lies of P. While the similarities are obvious, the Pinocchio Chalamet-led Soulslike is more than just a xerox of the 2015 Victorian-era masterpiece, and the recent demo makes it clear that developer Round8 Studio is more...