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Here’s Your First Look At Return To Silent Hill’s Iconic Monster
16.5.2024
On top of a slew of new Silent Hill games in the works, the franchise is also looking to make a comeback on the big screen. Return to Silent Hill, ( the first movie in the series since 2012’s Silent Hill: Revelation), is currently in the works and looking to debut during this year’s Cannes Film...
9 Demos You Need To Play During Steam’s LudoNarraCon 2024
10.5.2024
It’s that time of year again, LudoNarraCon! The annual Steam festival organized by indie publisher Fellow Traveller (known for games like Citizen Sleeper) is back as of May 9 and will run until May 13. Like previous years, the festival brings with it sales, panels with interesting developers,...
Crow Country: The Kotaku Review
8.5.2024
Playing retro-inspired games is like returning to a beloved theme park as an adult. Instinctively knowing where to go first, remembering what it was like to be there as a child —it plays to a very specific kind of nostalgia. Retro-inspired games often include familiar mechanics, recognizable...
Alone In The Dark Nails What I Love About Survival Horror
20.3.2024
Alone in the Dark, a 2024 reimagining of the 1992 survival horror classic that paved the way for generations of horror games after it, is out on March 20, 2024 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows. Following the story of either Emily Hartwood (played by actress Jodie Comer from Killing Eve)...
Two Great, Bloody Action Games Are Hitting Game Pass This Week
12.2.2024
This week love is in the air, but so are monstrous demons, brain-dead zombies, sword-swinging heroes, and plenty of gunfire. If you’re a Game Pass subscriber, you’ll be able to download 2020’s remake of Resident Evil 3 on February 13, and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night on February 14. Read more
New Alan Wake II Update Is For All You Babies Out There
31.1.2024
Alan Wake II’s 1.15 update is now live on Xbox, PlayStation and PC. It fixes a ton of bugs, improves some visual issues, and also adds an option to make the game a little less scary for all you weenies out there. Read more
The Best Survival Horror Game Ever Made Joins PlayStation Plus This Month
11.1.2024
In 2019, Capcom blew our minds with a brutal remake of 1998’s Resident Evil 2, this time with a new camera perspective, modern graphics, and the return of two classic horror protagonists: Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield. Starting on January 16, you’ll be able to download this incredible remake...
Alan Wake 2: New Game Plus Is An Excuse To Play This Work Of Art Again
11.12.2023
Alan Wake 2, Remedy’s survival horror sequel, came out in late October, but if you’re already longing for another trip through the spiral, I have good news: “The Final Draft” update has arrived, and with it a new game plus mode and new story content. Not convinced? Then just watch this trailer...
Steam’s Most-Hyped Zombie Game Is Out, And It’s A Dumpster Fire
7.12.2023
The Day Before kicked off 2023 as one of the most wishlisted games on Steam. Now, after endless controversies, the self-proclaimed open-world survival-horror MMO styled after The Last of Us is finally in Steam Early Access, and it’s getting panned. The first players to lay hands on the much-hyped...
Ready For More Resident Evil Remakes? Capcom Sure Is
1.12.2023
Revisiting the past by way of a remaster, remake, or reboot isn’t always a surefire path to success for most franchises. But things have been working out so well for Capcom’s remakes of older Resident Evil titles that the company is going all in on rebuilding other titles from the classic Japanese...
Silent Hill 2 Remake Fans Losing It Over Possible Gameplay Change
6.11.2023
Fans will go searching underneath their couch cushions to find more information about Silent Hill 2, the highly anticipated but, as of now, secretive remake of the beloved survival horror game by Layers of Fear developer Bloober Team. The game does not yet have a release date (though fans have...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 8 Certified Chillers For Your Halloween Enjoyment
27.10.2023
Halloween lands on a weekday this year, which means this upcoming weekend is the single best time to enjoy the spooky vibes of the season. But if you’re like me, no one’s invited you to a Halloween party. Not to worry, that just means there’s time to stay indoors with the haunting glow of a game...
Grab This Horror Game (And Its Sequel) For Free On PC Before It's Too Late
20.10.2023
Lookin’ for some spooky games to play on PC for the Halloween season without having to spend any money? Well good news: survival horror titles The Evil Within and The Evil Within 2 are yours for the taking on the Epic Games Store. The original is currently free, while the sequel will be available...
You Haven’t Seen Anything Like This Horror Game Before
15.9.2023
A recently released Steam demo tells me psychological survival horror game Holstin is unmistakably Slavic. I’ve been waiting for this. My Bulgarian mom and her mom, my baba, raised me to be loud and pessimistic, but always protected from true gloom by the laminated Virgin Mary we remorsefully held...
Get All The Mainline Resident Evil Games For Just $35
9.8.2023
Have you been wanting to play (or replay) all of the main entries that make up Capcom’s long-running horror series, Resident Evil? Well, buddy, I got a deal for you: A new bundle available until later this month combines 11 Resident Evil games, plus some DLC, into a $35 package.Read more
Resident Evil 4 Plus Doom Equals…2D Side-Scroller?
26.7.2023
Sometimes a game is so good that it never dies, it just evolves and adapts with time. Such is the case of Resident Evil 4, a game that continues to be remade, modded, remastered, and tweaked by Capcom and fans alike. The latest stab at reinventing the classic horror game turns it into a...
Nicolas Cage’s Dead By Daylight Voice Lines Have Zero Chill
7.7.2023
Zany and prolific actor Nicolas “Nic” Cage is coming to the asymmetrical survival-horror game Dead By Daylight on July 25. If you know anything about him, you’d expect his voice lines to be unhinged as hell. Well, they’re so unhinged that people on TikTok are marveling at Cage’s dedication to...
Tears of the Kingdom Is Another Zelda That's Low Key A Horror Game
23.6.2023
Though The Legend of Zelda franchise often dips into the eerie and the occult, its dominant mode is one of high adventure. Rather than associating the Japanese series with horror, we imagine a blonde boy swinging his sword in service of rescuing the princess against a backdrop of soaring music....
Survival Horror Alan Wake 2 Could Be Max Payne Developer Remedy’s Best Yet
9.6.2023
If you thought Control was a mindfuck, you’re not ready for Alan Wake 2. Remedy says the sequel that’s been 13 years in the making is the most expansive game the studio has ever done, and that’s saying a lot if you consider its impressive oeuvre.Read more
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...