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Desperately Need More Stardew Valley? Try Stardew Valley Expanded
9.10.2024
Like most human beings, I have spent countless hundreds of hours playing Stardew Valley across multiple systems. It’s a joyfully engaging game, with one of the most satisfying progression loops, and all while being so very charming. But there comes a time when you need more. You’ve grown every...
Cities Skylines 2 Publisher Opens Up About Recent String Of Mess-Ups
8.10.2024
Paradox Entertainment is the Swedish company behind some of the biggest, densest strategy games around, from Europa Universalis IV to Crusader Kings III. It’s also been responsible for a number of major blunders lately. Now some of its executives are on an apology tour promising a return to better...
Our Faves From Tokyo Game Show, New Astro Bot Characters, And More Hot Takes
5.10.2024
It’s the first week of October and the chill is setting in, but, don’t worry, our takes are still hot. This week, gathered our favorite games from Tokyo Game Show for you to peruse, suggested some characters that should get added in futureAstro Bot DLC, fell in love with Shogun Showdown (after...
Windblown Hands-On: Dead Cells Developer’s New 3D Roguelike Is Lightning-Fast Fun
3.10.2024
I’ve never played Dead Cells, but I’ve heard about it from damn near every corner of the internet over the years. The revered roguelike and Metroidvania platformer is one of the runaway success stories of the late 2010s indie space, and it’s only continued to grow in status over the years thanks...
First I Hated Shogun Showdown, Then I Realized It's Fantastic
2.10.2024
My first mistake was rushing in. Shogun Showdown is a game about planning and patience. Things can go from bad to dead in just a few turns. Unless you take a step back and try to see the larger picture, it can feel like an overly simplistic and needlessly punishing experience. My first, brief...
Age Of Mythology Remake DLC Is Just Old JPEGs And People Aren't Happy About It
4.9.2024
Age of Mythology: Retold is out today on Xbox and PC. Critics seem to like it and people who paid extra to play early are mostly happy with this remastered version of the classic 2002 PC strategy game. However, players aren’t excited at all about being asked to spend money on 22-year-old JPEGs....
9 Out-Of-This-World Games To Grab During Steam’s Big Space Sale
3.9.2024
Steam sales, your wallet’s final frontier, a chance to boldly add more games to your cart than any man has before. Sure the huge summer sale has already passed but the PC gaming storefront is always running some new event offering amazing deals on equally amazing games. This time around the savings...
Get One Of The Best Co-op Games Ever Made For Cheap In The Latest Humble Bundle
26.8.2024
It feels like every list of the best co-op games to play with a friend always includes the same handful of recommendations, and while the likes of Portal 2 and It Takes Two are great, you can only play them so many times. But there is a more recent game perfect for those in search of a challenging...
Dying Light: The Beast Aims To Be An Adrenaline Shot To The Long-Running Zombie Series
22.8.2024
How do you know when a DLC isn’t a DLC any more? That was the question that faced Dying Light developers Techland as they worked on the next entry for the long-running zombie-battling parkour franchise. Intended to be the second major piece of DLC for 2022’s Dying Light 2, what has now been...
This Classic Lara Croft Tomb Raider Statue Looks Great And Is Just 90 Bucks
22.8.2024
The Tomb Raider video games are in a bit of limbo right now, primarily staying in the public consciousness through remasters and off-the-wall crossover events. Developer Crystal Dynamics is working on a new titl, but the most imminent Tomb Raider projects are in television, rather than games....
Get The Whole Dying Light Series For Cheap Ahead Of The Beast’s Release
21.8.2024
Techland announced the newest Dying Light game at Gamescom earlier this week. Subtitled The Beast, the new first-person zombie game (which began as DLC for Dying Light 2) will follow the protagonist of the first title, Kyle Crane, as he embarks on a journey for revenge. What is he getting revenge...
New Dying Light Is A Revenge Story Starring The Guy From The Original Game
20.8.2024
At Gamescom Opening Night Live, Techland unveiled a first look at the next game in its Dying Light series, subtitled The Beast. It started development as a DLC for Dying Light 2: Stay Human, but a new game was eventually spun off into its own title. Owners of the Ultimate edition of Dying Light...
This Underrated And Immersive Shooter Series Is On Sale At The Moment
20.8.2024
In the early 2010s an odd little shooter by the name of Metro 2033 emerged out of nowhere. Adapted from a similarly named sci-fi novel by author Dmitry Glukhovsky, it didn’t quite take the world by storm, but the story-driven FPS about a community trying to survive the nuclear apocalypse by hiding...
Get The Best Platformer Of The 2010s On Sale Right Now
20.8.2024
It is never a bad time to pick up Celeste. Widely heralded as one of the best platformers ever, and one of the best games of the 2010s, this title set the gaming world on fire when it was released in 2018. Celeste has always been a beloved game, whether that’s for its tough-but-fair difficulty,...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 New And Old Games We Can't Wait To Play
17.8.2024
It’s finally Friday, and in addition to rewatching old Alien movies, making horse memes, and explaining Dragon Age to our clueless friends, we’re of course getting into some video games! Some of us are playing new releases while others are catching up on titles our mutauls haven’t stopped jabbering...
Valve's Yet-To-Be-Announced Multiplayer Game Already Has Thousands Of Players On Steam
12.8.2024
Officially, Valve—the company behind Steam, Half-Life, and more—has yet to announce its next big game. However, thousands of people are currently playing and posting about Deadlock, Valve’s next big game, literally right now. So uh, what’s going on? Read more
2023's Best Narrative Game Is Bundled With Other Incredible Indies
9.8.2024
I keep a list of indie games that I will advocate for to my friends, coworkers, and random passersby on the street. Slay the Princess, Black Tabby Games’ time loop horror game, is pretty high on that list. It was one of my favorite games of 2023, and while it didn’t edge out Baldur’s Gate 3...
New Doom Console Port Flooded With Old Mario Mods And More
9.8.2024
The newest official port of Doom and Doom 2—classic ‘90s shooters from id Software—fully supports player-created mods and maps. And in less than 48 hours, you can now shoot Mario characters in Doom on your Xbox thanks to modders.Read more
You Play This Bullet Hell With Just One Button And It’s Terrific
7.8.2024
Everything you need to know about the new bullet hell game One Btn Bosses is right there in the title. You press one button and you take on a series of bosses. It’s a simple premise that developer Midnight Munchies delivers on and then some. With just one button, you might think that the game would...
Valve Seems To Be Working On A New Half-Life Game That Doesn't Use VR
5.8.2024
There’s growing evidence, via datamining and voice actor leaks, that Valve is working on a brand new, yet-to-be-announced Half-Life video game. And before you go running to tell folks that, finally, Half-Life 3 is confirmed, keep in mind that we don’t know if that’s true. Read more