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Kotaku's Weekend Guide: 5 Games We'll Be Spending More Time With
7.9.2024
The short week is over and you’ve already reached another weekend — or perhaps have finally made it to another weekend, depending on how much you hate your job. Because we love ours, we’ve decided to make this week’s Weekend Guide all about the games we’ve had the pleasure of reviewing recently....
How To Get The Best Out Of All Six Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2 Classes
6.9.2024
The Tyranids and Thousand Sons are dangerous armies to fight, but fortunately, the Emperor has the backing of the Space Marines to help keep humanity safe. While playing Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 in Operations mode and PvP, you can pick from six different classes. This guide will detail...
11 Things To Know Before Playing Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2
4.9.2024
Serving The Emperor in Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 can initially be a bit daunting. The game throws a lot at you, especially when you’re fighting the horde army, or going toe-to-toe with Heretics in PvP. Here are 11 tips you should know before signing up to become a Space Marine.Read more
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2: The Kotaku Review
4.9.2024
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 is a sequel I never expected. The original Space Marine, developed by Relic and released in 2011, was a fun, action-focused shooter, with just enough story and good ideas to keep you around until the credits rolled. A sequel seemed like a long shot, even if I and other...
Capcom Just Made Its Disastrous Mobile Resident Evil Games Even Worse
2.9.2024
Capcom’s ambition to bring some of its big-hitting AAA games to mobile devices is certainly to be applauded. It’s a bold ambition, to see Resident Evil 7 on a tablet. So it’s a shame the project has been pretty disastrous, the games barely shifting any copies. And Capcom’s reaction? Make it...
Pick Up This Outstanding, Delightfully Weird Shooter On Sale
30.8.2024
Last year, Remedy released the survival horror title Alan Wake 2, a sequel effectively 13 years in the making and the next step in the studio’s universe of connected games. Among them is Control, a brilliant and utterly weird third-person shooter focusing on the character Jesse Faden and...
The Remedy Connected Universe May Be Coming To TV And Movies Soon
29.8.2024
You might be seeing the likes of fictional horror writer Alan Wake and super-powered government agent Jesse Faden on the big and small screens sometime soon. Remedy, the developer of the Control and Alan Wake games, just announced a partnership with film and game distributor Annapurna that could...
Space Marine 2's Roadmap Promises New Maps, Missions, And More
27.8.2024
Space Marine 2 is shaping up to quietly be one of the coolest games of 2024 and possibly the best Warhammer 40K game in some time. Ahead of its launch next month, developer Saber Interactive revealed a roadmap promising new weapons, maps, and more at no additional cost. Read more
The Video Game Sequel To One Of The Best Action Movies Ever Is On Sale For $2
22.8.2024
Hard Boiled, the 1992 film from legendary director John Woo, is probably the best action movie ever made. What you might not know is that it has a sequel, but it isn’t a movie. In 2007, developer Midway and Woo released Stranglehold, an action video game that transfers the director’s signature...
It Sure Looks Like Keanu Reeves Is Starring In An Armored Core Short Film For Amazon
20.8.2024
Earlier this month, Amazon announced that it had ordered an animated series full of shorts based on video games like Spelunky and Mega Man, called Secret Level. Now we’ve gotten our first look at the teaser trailer for the series, and it certainly looks like there’s a short based on Armored Core...
Everything We Saw At Gamescom's Opening Night Live
20.8.2024
It’s time for Gamescom, friendos. Geoff Keighley is back to host another big video game showcase, and this time it’s the Opening Night Live presentation before Gamescom. The German event is taking place from August 21 to 25 in Cologne, but before fans, press, and developers explore the showfloor...
Dr Disrespect Deletes Statement, Hyped Modern Warfare 2 Mod Gets Killed, And More Of The Week's Top Stories
17.8.2024
This week saw Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm delete a post from late June in which he’d admitted to “inappropriate” behavior with a minor, and instead post a new tweet teasing a forthcoming return and the statement, “we have lots to talk about.” Additionally, we’ll fill you in on that new Valve game...
This Remaster Of A Weird And Beloved Classic Is Now On Sale
14.8.2024
Back in 2012, Remedy put out Alan Wake, a pulpy third-person shooter about a troubled author literally battling the forces of darkness, as well as his own demons, with a flashlight and a gun. It didn’t light the world on fire, but over the years, it did become a bit of a cult classic, and now it’s...
A Bunch Of Star Wars Games Are On Sale Ahead Of Outlaws
14.8.2024
Star Wars Outlaws is just around the corner. The Ubisoft open-world game set between the Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi will take you scheming throughout the galaxy as scoundrel Kay Vess. But the galaxy far, far away has plenty of adventures you can dive into while you wait for Outlaws...
The 14-Year Wait For Red Dead Redemption On PC Is Nearly Over, PlayStation Leak Suggests
13.8.2024
There have been rumblings that Red Dead Redemption would finally get a PC port for a while now, and it looks like the Western epic could be closer than ever to hitting Steam and other PC gaming storefronts. A leaked description on PlayStation Network of all places points to an imminent launch.Read...
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 Sounds Like A Fun, Old-School Sci-Fi Gorefest
7.8.2024
The original Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine was a cult-classic mashup of shooting and melee carnage back when 40K games were few and far between. Thirteen years later, the sequel is trying to rekindle that grim, bloody magic in a much more crowded and refined field. It’s a tall order, but one that...
How To Change Worlds And Play With Your Friends In Once Human
6.8.2024
A big part of the appeal of Once Human is surviving in a chaotic, ethereal world alongside a friend or two, building up a sprawling base and defeating otherworldly beings together. But that’s all easier said than done, as the server and world system in the survival game proves rather challenging...
Fallout: London Arrives, Call Of Duty Hits Game Pass, And More Of The Week's Top News
27.7.2024
This week, the long-anticipated Fallout: London mod finally arrived. That’s cool! Less cool is the Cybertruck showing up in Fortnite. Also, a Call of Duty game has finally arrived on Game Pass, some time after Microsoft completed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, but the specific series entry...
Another Game Just Got Review-Bombed Into Dropping Controversial Login Requirement
26.7.2024
Good news! There’s a new Earth Defense Force game and it’s out now! Bad news, if you want to play the game online on Steam you’ll have to create an Epic Games account. This fact was revealed on launch day and went over so poorly with players that the devs behind the new giant bug-killin’ game...
PlayStation's Hero Shooter Won't Have A Battle Pass: 'You Own Concord, Concord Doesn't Own You'
24.7.2024
At a time when it feels like not a whole lot sets Concord apart from other hero-based online shooters, the developers behind the sci-fi live service game just revealed one big difference: Concord won’t have a battle pass.Read more