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Grimes collaboration with music platform makes 200+ AI songs available for creators
6.11.2023
Grimes’ manager Daouda Leonard and music platform Slip.stream explain the importance of artists owning their data and controlling their rights to stay ahead in their approach to AI
The Thing That Makes This Musical RPG Special Is Also Its Worst Aspect
17.8.2023
The initial pitch for Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical, a choice-based musical where player decisions inform the direction a song goes is great. Summerfall Studios’ debut game sets a stage adorned by a modern-day Greek mythology backdrop, and conceptually, I should be lapping this up. In some...
GTA 6 Should Steal This Feature From Fortnite
3.7.2023
Last night, as I was playing Fortnite’s latest season, I hopped into a car to drive off into some empty part of the map to finish up a quest. As I drove, I noticed some new songs on the in-game radio that I hadn’t heard before. And I realized how nice that was, and how I really hope Rockstar does...
Players Angry That OG Call of Duty: Warzone Will Shut Down This Fall
22.6.2023
It’s official: Warzone Caldera, formerly known as the original Call of Duty: Warzone, is shutting down later this year so developers can focus on the battle royale’s sequel and players are angry. The announcement came in a Call of Duty blog post titled “An update on Call of Duty: Warzone Caldera”...
16-Year-Old Gamer Breaks Record For Fastest Typist In World At 300 WPM
12.6.2023
Honestly, the most extraordinary thing about this 16-year-old breaking the record for typing by hitting over 300 words per minute is that he’s ever heard of a keyboard. Shouldn’t he be tapping at a phone screen so fast that his thumbs are a fleshy blur? Either way, I bet you didn’t know...
Diablo IV Players Keep Nicknaming Themselves 'Trash'
9.6.2023
I met “Rare Trash” during the middle of (yet another) late-night session of Diablo IV. The large barbarian leaped into action to help me out during a random event involving demons attacking helpless travelers. I thanked them with an emote and moved on. And then another player helped me later that...
Amnesia: The Bunker Might Be This Year’s Scariest Horror Game
5.6.2023
I’ve played horror games completely drenched in blood this year—nasty games with bombs and meat grinders rendered in high fidelity detail, but none have made me scream until the more straightforward Amnesia: The Bunker. Read more
10 Indie Games That Are Bursting With Imagination
29.5.2023
If you’re as sick of AAA development practices and staff treatment as you say you are, then you really ought to be looking a lot deeper into the world of indie development. And wouldn’t you know it, along with nine from earlier today, we’ve another 10 unknown or under-known indie games that...
9 Of The Most Fascinating Indie Games For Your Steam Wishlist
29.5.2023
Hello, sit down, and welcome. It’s time for some Indiegeddon! This is where I distract the entire Kotaku crew with a barbecue-based holiday, and take over the site with indie games that otherwise struggle to get coverage on major gaming sites. You, in turn, wishlist then buy all these games...
Take Care Of This House Now That I’m Leaving, OK?
19.5.2023
Before I became a game reviewer, an investigative reporter, and an all-around troublemaker, I was an award-nominated game designer who put stories in video games. Alas, that didn’t pay very well or consistently. So, as I ran out of my parents’ healthcare, I moseyed over to this website thinking...
Redfall’s Single-Player Is No Prey Or Dishonored
9.5.2023
At this point, saying Redfall ain’t that great of a time is hardly a new or hot take. But, to be fair, it kind of felt like the stakes were out for developer Arkane’s co-op infected immersive sim even before its release. So is our collective disappointment just a self-fulfilling prophecy? Are...
Spotify reportedly deletes thousands of AI-generated songs
9.5.2023
The music streaming platform has removed tens of thousands of AI-generated songs from the platform created on the AI music-making platform Boomy
In This Horror Game You're A DJ And All Your Callers Are Getting Murdered
5.5.2023
Indie developer Team17’s Killer Frequency, out June 1, surprises me by having some of the best, most convincing voice acting and dialogue I’ve witnessed in a horror game. It’s a tragicomedy set in a radio station in the ‘80s, and this necessitates a schmooze-y charm for its characters, but...
I Must Know What Video Game Erling Haaland Is Playing
5.5.2023
Norwegian giant Erling Haaland broke the single-season Premier League goal-scoring record earlier this week, scoring his 35th of the campaign—which still has four games left—in a 3-0 win over West Ham. He was interviewed by Sky afterwards, and said something that has been stuck in my head ever...
Elden Ring Player Murks Malenia In 15 Seconds On Hardest Difficulty
28.4.2023
Elden Ring legend Let Me Solo Her might want to watch his back, as another Tarnished is out here making a name for themselves by killing Malenia, Blade of Miquella in record time. Sure, Let Me Solo Her might have beaten her over 1,000 times, but this guy has killed Malenia in roughly 15 seconds....
Crime Boss: Rockay City Is So Bad The Culture Has Rejected It Entirely
27.4.2023
Crime Boss: Rockay City, a game announced last year with a trailer that seemed like the world’s most ill-timed April Fool’s Joke (it was December), is out! You may not know this, though, because nobody is talking about it.Read more
Horizon Update Helps Players Afraid Of Underwater Sections
19.4.2023
A recent update for Horizon Forbidden West (coming alongside the new Burning Shores DLC) has something interesting tucked away beside some subtitle and item changes: there’s now a toggle for anyone who suffers from Thalassophobia, or “the persistent and intense fear of deep bodies of water such...
The Highs (And Lows) Of Taking Apart My Steam Deck
18.4.2023
Note: This is not a guide for taking your Steam Deck apart and is more an example of what not to do. Always use the right tools for the right job and seek out professional repair if you’re not confident in your skills.Read more
Fabledom Wants To Be The Settlers Successor You've Been Waiting For
18.4.2023
I feel like for the past 12 months I have done nothing but play city-builders. They’re everywhere on Steam right now, but to its credit Fabledom isn’t really a city-builder. It’s more of a big town.Read more
15+ Games We Simply Must Install On Every New PC
7.4.2023
Every new PC requires the obligatory christening of your browser of choice, Steam, other game storefronts, and miscellaneous productivity apps (in my case, that’s Obsidian, VCV, Reaper, Guitar Pro, and Reason..new computer days are super busy for me) are obvious immediate downloads. But once you’ve...