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How To View (And Share) Your 2023 Steam Year In Review
20.12.2023
Eager to show off just just how much time you spend playing video games? If you use Steam, then you might already know that Valve compiles everyone’s many hours spent in digital realms into a “Steam Year in Review,” which breaks down how many games you’ve played, the percentage of your top games...
Zooko Wilcox Ends Eight-Year Association With Company Behind Privacy Coin Zcash
20.12.2023
Zooko Wilcox, the CEO of Electric Coin Co., revealed on Dec. 18 that he is ending his eight-year association with the entity which is behind the privacy coin zcash. Despite leaving his role as the company’s top executive, Wilcox said he remains committed to anything focused on human freedom....
The 10 Biggest Kotaku Stories Of 2023
18.12.2023
What were you loyal Kotaku readers most interested in this year? Despite 2023 offering us scammers in Congress, a megolomaniac destroying one of the most popular social media websites of all time, and a pop star dating an NFL football hero, gamers remained laser-focused on the things that matter...
Here's How To Make Pokémon Scarlet And Violet's BP Grind Easier
15.12.2023
The Blueberry Points grind is the worst part of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s Indigo Disk DLC. To access most of the new features the expansion adds, you have to earn Blueberry Academy’s fake currency by doing menial open-world tasks. The game barely gives you any BP for each Blueberry Quest, and...
The Baldur’s Gate 3 Game Of The Year Speech You Didn’t Get To Hear
14.12.2023
The 2023 Game Awards was full of new trailers and announcements but light on actual awards. Host Geoff Keighley ended up speedrunning through many of them, ultimately denying the winners an acceptance speech or cutting them off before they could finish one. Fortunately, some of the devs behind...
Valve To Steam Deck Owners: Stop Huffing Its Vent Fumes
12.12.2023
Valve has a message to all you folks (myself included) who love huffing your Steam Deck exhaust fumes: Stop it. Please. Read more
A Decade Later, GTA Online Finally Has Animals Running Around
12.12.2023
‘Tis the season, once again, for Rockstar Games to drop another massive (and free) Grand Theft Auto Online update. And this time, not only has the company added a whole new chop shop business, but it’s also added drift races, new cars, and animals, too. Yes, it took a decade and three console...
The Best Reveals From The Game Awards 2023
11.12.2023
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If The Game Awards Is All About The Devs, Then Let Them Speak
8.12.2023
At the opening of last night’s 2023 edition of The Game Awards, Geoff Keighley hyped the event up as an evening “to recognize outstanding creative work in games in 2023.” But as the night went on, the luminaries who were being awarded for their “outstanding creative work” seemed like they weren’t...
TOTK Devs Says Zelda May Be Playable One Day, Maybe
8.12.2023
The series is called The Legend of Zelda, but unless you’ve played something like Hyrule Warriors or Super Smash Bros., it’s rare that you get to control the Hylian princess herself. That doesn’t mean it might not happen someday in the main franchise, however, as producer Eiji Aonuma pulled...
The Game Awards Needs To Drop The Act And Just Become Winter E3
8.12.2023
And so that’s that. The Game Awards 2023 are over. 32 awards were handed out over three and a half hours. You might think, with that much time to spare, the show took its time and truly celebrated all the creators and games nominated for what the show calls “Gaming’s Biggest Night.” Nope. Instead...
Monster Hunter Wilds Takes Aim At 2025 Release
8.12.2023
Capcom celebrated its 40th anniversary by shelling out the big bucks for the grand finale in the world premiere extravaganza that was this year’s Game Awards, debuting Monster Hunter Wilds to the world. The new trailer offers a 90-second glimpse into an open, but perilous world.Read more
Ikumi Nakamura Came Back To The Game Awards And Brought Her New Game With Her
8.12.2023
Amidst the glitz, fits, and Muppets at this year’s Game Awards, fans of genuinely delightful people got an appearance from beloved developer Ikumi Nakamura who took to the stage to give us all a first look at her latest game, Kemuri.Read more
Matthew McConaughey Shows Off New Time-Bending Sci-Fi Game Exodus
8.12.2023
Today, at The Game Awards Exodus was officially announced via a new trailer and an on-stage appearance by actor Matthew McConaughey who stars in the game.Read more
Bowser Drops Bars In Jack Black's New 'Peaches' Remix
7.12.2023
The Super Mario Bros. Movie has ended its theatrical run, but still thrives on a handful of different streaming services. After making a billion dollars and garnering middling reviews, the greatest gift Mario’s animated romp gave us was the song “Peaches,” sung by Bowser about his unrequited love...
New Steam Sale Contains Some Of The Best Games Ever
6.12.2023
The 2023 Game Awards are happening on December 7. And to celebrate a night of mostly trailers, ads, and celebrities with maybe (if we’re lucky) a few awards tossed in, Steam and The Game Awards have teamed up for a big sales event discounting some of the best games of the last decade.Read more
GTA 6 Trailer Makes Tom Petty Song Explode On Spotify
6.12.2023
Earlier this week, Rockstar Games released the long-awaited first trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI, the massive sequel to 2013's GTA 5. And while the trailer itself is quickly racking up millions of views every hour, the Tom Petty song featured in it is also doing pretty dang well, too.Read more
The Game Awards: How To Watch And What To Expect
6.12.2023
The time is almost upon us: Geoff Keighley’s Game Awards are happening on Thursday, December 7, celebrating the games of the past year and likely offering a look at some of what’s to come in 2024. To get you prepared for the imminent event, we’ve compiled everything you need to know, as well...
The Top 10 Most-Played Games On Steam Deck: November 2023 Edition
5.12.2023
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The GTA 6 Trailer Is Already Breaking World Records
5.12.2023
The first trailer for Rockstar’s massive open-world sequel, Grant Theft Auto VI, has already surpassed 85 million views and become the publisher’s second-biggest video on YouTube in record time, less than 24 hours after its debut.Read more