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Twitch Takes A Half-Assed Swipe At Gambling Streams
13.8.2021
Twitch has announced a new rule for streamers that prohibits the sharing of links or referral codes to sites that offer real-money slots, roulette, or dice games. The company says this will protect its viewers from “harm and scams.” Another cool thing Twitch could do to stop the glorification...
Goodbye Ash, Hornt Correspondent Extraordinaire
5.8.2021
Ash Parrish, Kotaku’s co-host of Splitscreen and esteemed expert on all things Lady Dimitrescu, Final Fantasy, and hornt, has left us. Read more
Someone Brought A Dream SMP Minecraft Flag To An Anti-Vax Rally
24.7.2021
Today in London, a large a rally was held as part of a series of global gatherings against masks, vaccine passports, and lockdowns. And for some reason, a person at Saturday’s event was spotted waving around a flag connected to a popular Minecraft roleplay server. Read more
Saying Goodbye To Friends, In-Game And Otherwise, Sucks
24.7.2021
No one likes goodbyes, whether it be saying farewell to the characters in your favorite video game as the final credits roll, or saying goodbye to two of the three voices who made this incarnation of the Splitscreen podcast so damn special. Bring some tissues, kids.Read more
Goodbye Nathan, Wordsmith And Internet Whisperer
24.7.2021
Senior reporter, Twitch expert, and longtime Steamed proprietor Nathan Grayson is leaving us today. We tried to get him to stay but after seven belly-achingly long years he decided it was time to finally go join Facebook Gaming as its new head of Good Community Vibes. Read more
RIP To Me, The Person Writing This, A Real One
23.7.2021
Are you allowed to call yourself a real one? No, I would argue, you are not. That pretty much immediately disqualifies you from being a real one, so I’m already off to a rough start here. But today’s my last day at Kotaku, so I consider it my solemn duty to close out my award-wanting “RIP To A Real...
The Activision Blizzard Lawsuit Fallout Is What Women Have Been Saying All Along
23.7.2021
A bombshell lawsuit filed against Activision Blizzard by California regulators has once again forced the gaming world to publicly reckon with longstanding issues around its exploitation and mistreatment of women. It’s not the first time, and it won’t be the last. But developers, advocates,...
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
Harold Halibut, You Have My Attention
7.4.2021
We last saw Harold Halibut at GDC 2018, but the folks at German indie studio Slow Bros. are back with another fascinating preview of this unique game.Read more
What's New on Amazon Prime Video in March 2021
25.2.2021
The television adaptation of horror comic The Walking Dead is expected to come to a close in 2022 at the end of its 11th season—an impressive stretch that has nothing on the comic’s 17-year, 193-issue run. But throughout much of that time, franchise creator Robert Kirkman was plugging away...
11 of the Best and Brightest Batman: The Brave and the Bold Episodes to Stream on HBO Max
22.2.2021
There’s a cavalcade of DC Animation on HBO Max now, from Static Shock to Justice League, and, of course, more Batman than you can shake a batarang at. But instead of re-indulging in the giddy highs of The Animated Series, why not check out the finest of Batman’s animated hidden gems, Batman:...
Batman Forever: The Retro FAQ
16.2.2021
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and things must be desperate here because I just watched Joel Schumacher’s first Batman movie, Batman Forever. Read more
Nathan Grayson's Top 10 Games Of 2020 (That Aren't From 2020)
31.12.2020
Wow, what’s a year it’s been. I memorized the pattern of tiny paint bubbles on the wall behind my computer monitor. I also re-watched the same three TV shows one thousand times. I’ve become convinced that the outside world is a hologram, and I’m about to embark on a lucrative YouTube career...
Dena Grayson Believes Trump is Mishandling the Covid19 Outbreak!
13.3.2020
Dr. Dena Grayson a former Democratic Candidate for U.S Congress, a Physician and a Scientist, made an appearance on a news channel to talk about how Trump has been incompetent in his response to the Coronavirus Outbreak. Recent reports, there are more than 750 cases confirmed and suspected in...