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We’re Still Deep Into Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
22.9.2024
Many games have entered the Game of the Year conversation since Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree became a frontrunner in June. There’s Astro Bot, which some find delightful and others find disgraceful; Black Myth: Wukong, which earns its Soulslike distinction while maintaining merits unique to...
Baldur's Gate 3 Hides A Wealth Of Secrets, Only Revealed If You're A Drow
10.9.2024
One thing Baldur’s Gate 3 excels at is letting you find your own way through a variety of situations, choosing whichever path seems most interesting to you. And while there are an almost infinite number of unique routes through the game, one of my personal favorite details is how differently...
New Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Trailer Reveals It Has A Whole Second World
30.8.2024
This morning, August 30, Nintendo dropped a new look at the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. At a little over five minutes long, the latest trailer shows off a number of new features for the Hyrule Princess’ adventure. A realm called the Still World, full of complex dungeons...
How To Explain Dragon Age To Friends Who Have No Idea What You're Talking About
16.8.2024
Yesterday, BioWare announced Dragon Age: The Veilguard will finally come to PC and consoles on October 31. We broke down the 3-minute announcement trailer, but I had to restrain myself from getting too into the weeds. Yeah, theory-crafting is fun, but folks looking for a bird’s-eye view of what’s...
If You Haven’t Played It Yet, 2023’s Best Game Is On Sale For PS5
6.8.2024
Baldur’s Gate 3 just celebrated its first trip around the sun this past weekend. Have you, by chance, neglected to play the rightful Game of the Year 2023 (I’m not bitter) thus far? Well, if you have a PlayStation 5 and you’ve been waiting for the right time to jump into it, Larian Studios’...
How To Deal With Those Stab-Happy Impalers in Helldivers 2
6.8.2024
Helldivers 2’s first major update, Escalation of Freedom, has dropped and it’s packing quite a lot of changes. Among them is the addition of some new enemy types, and the Impaler is probably the most fearsome of them all. OG Helldivers players may remember them from the first game, and now they’re...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 7 Stellar Games We Can’t Wait To Jump Back Into
2.8.2024
Welcome to the first weekend of August! The weather is still hot in various parts of the world (like, way more so than it’s been lately), so what a wonderful time to stay the hell in doors, in front of an air conditioner, with some video games. Read more
Baldur’s Gate 3: One Year Later
2.8.2024
For Baldur’s Gate 3’s biggest fans who haven’t stopped talking and thinking about it since it launched, it probably doesn’t feel like Larian Studio’s Dungeons & Dragons RPG was released a year ago. Yet, here we are, a full trip around the sun since the RPG left early access and was finally...
TikTok Has Been Mourning A Goblin Named Fartbuckle And It’s As Odd As It Sounds
30.7.2024
Over the past week, I’ve watched a surprising number of people mourn a goblin named Fartbuckle. More curious than Fartbuckle’s sudden brief emergence is the fact that all of these emotional breakdowns have been set to a new Childish Gambino song that could not have less to do with the world...
The Best Class For Solo Players In Final Fantasy XIV
23.7.2024
Final Fantasy XIV might be a multiplayer game, but not all of us are social butterflies. I mean, sure, it’s one thing to see other players questing in the open world, but do you have to talk with them? Maybe even play with them? Is there a class you can pick in FF14 that minimizes how much you have...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 6 Engrossing Games To Distract You From The World
19.7.2024
Oh, hi. Welcome to a totally normal weekend after a totally normal weekend where absolutely nothing troubling or strange happened whatsoever. There’s simply nothing that we’re turning to digital worlds to keep our minds off of. Why would you suggest a thing? Read more
Dungeons Of Hinterberg: The Kotaku Review
18.7.2024
Do you believe in magic? What do you think it looks and feels like? In Dungeons of Hinterberg, magic is uncomfortably real. In the places that it has sprung up, monsters inspired by local folklore have come to life, and otherworldly dungeons have appeared. Quiet mountain towns have become booming...
The 9 Must-Watch Anime Of the Summer 2024 Season
16.7.2024
The 2024 winter and spring anime lineups will be a tough act to follow, as standout series like the wonderful end to Frieren’s first season, and the complete delight of Delicious in Dungeon, were delightful, and set a high bar for the summer season. But thankfully, it’s shaping up to have some gems...
Baldur's Gate 3 Won So Many Awards It Started To Cause Problems
15.7.2024
Baldur’s Gate 3 was one of the best games of 2023 and easily one of the year’s biggest success stories. And as you might expect, all that acclaim and adoration saw the game winning a lot of awards at various shows and events. According to the game’s director, being showered with so many accolades...
Hands-On With Star Wars Outlaws, Weighing In On Dragon Age Discourse, And More Takes For The Week
15.6.2024
With Kotaku in attendance at last week’s Summer Game Fest, we got to go hands-on with some of the biggest games on the horizon. Read on for our impressions of Star Wars Outlaws, Horizon Lego Adventures, and the delightful-looking Astro Bot, among other games. We’ve also got an early look at one...
Let’s Skip The Dragon Age: The Veilguard Vs. Baldur’s Gate 3 Comparisons, Yeah?
12.6.2024
In 2023, Larian Studios’ award-winning game Baldur’s Gate 3 filled a void in RPG fans’ hearts. As of last year, BioWare, the developer behind Dragon Age and Mass Effect, hadn’t released an RPG in six years. Larian’s take on the Dungeons & Dragons ruleset checked off a lot of boxes for fans...
Dungeons Of Hinterberg Is A Cozy Fantasy For These Trying Times
23.5.2024
Dungeons of Hinterberg begins in an awfully familiar place: burnout. Luisa, the heroine of this adventure, is actually anything but. She’s a hard-working junior at a law firm who hits the books all day and rots all weekend. By the time she’s en route to the Austrian Alps to vacation, Luisa’s...
Dead By Daylight's Sprawling Horror-verse Expanding With D&D And Castlevania
14.5.2024
Believe it or not folks, the asymmetric horror multiplayer game Dead by Daylight is somehow eight years old. Over the years, the game has swallowed multiple horror properties into it, such as Scream, Silent Hill, Resident Evil, and more. Today, as it celebrated eight long years, developer Behaviour...
There’s A Reason Why Sex Games Are Everywhere These Days
2.5.2024
Have you noticed that there are a lot more horny games lately? Despite what some people may think, there’s no shortage of sexiness in modern gaming, with salacious titles readily available on Steam and even the Nintendo eShop. And it turns out that there’s an explanation for this, and it’s...
Baldur’s Gate 3 Dev Is Working On Two New Games Based On Its Own IP
18.4.2024
Larian Studios has given a few details on what it’s up to after Baldur’s Gate 3. And it’s projects plural! The team is apparently working on two new games after the success of its Dungeons & Dragons RPG last year.Read more