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Nintendo Defends Controversial Switch 2 Pricing Strategy And Says $450 Isn't Because Of Tariffs
7.4.2025
All of the cool stuff revealed in last week’s Switch 2 Direct was quickly overshadowed by worries about its higher prices, including $450 for the console and Mario Kart World being Nintendo’s first $80 game. Then the company halted pre-orders in the U.S. in the face of unprecedented tariffs that...
A Minecraft Movie Has Some Fantastic Things To Say About Toxic Masculinity
7.4.2025
A Minecraft Movie is fine. It’s not a surprise subversive treat like The Lego Movie, nor an unwatchable dirge, but much like 2023's The Super Mario Bros. Movie, it lands firmly in the region of “fine.” My 10-year-old enjoyed it (with qualifications), as did the many other kids around us. It’s also...
How To Snag Assassin's Creed Shadows' Legendary Weapons And More Of The Week's Top Tips
6.4.2025
This week, we’re here to point you toward Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ legendary weapons. We’ll also help you find a Split Fiction side story that’s off the beaten path, get ready for Diablo IV’s next season, and score a sweet ring in Avowed. All this and more awaits in the pages ahead.Read more
The Internet Reacts To The Switch 2 Price And Falls In Love With A Mario Kart World Cow As Last Of Us Discourse Revs Up Once Again
5.4.2025
This week, the big Switch 2 reveal dominated online gaming conversations, with people gushing about their excitement for games like Mario Kart World on one hand (and falling in love with a playable cow in particular), and recoiling from the price on the other. Also, with season two of HBO’s...
Nintendo's Big Switch 2 Reveal, Pre-Orders Delayed Due To Trump's Tariffs, And More Of The Week's Big News
5.4.2025
Finally this week, Nintendo pulled back the curtain on the Switch 2 in a big way, giving us details about its screen, specs, and some of the games we can expect to see at launch and in the months that follow. A few days later, however, the company announced that preorders, previously set to go live...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Games To Welcome In April
4.4.2025
Here we are at the end of another week of…well, ain’t the world just a fantastic place right now? Fortunately, civilization has provided us with a number of means of escaping the realities around us. And, you know, that’s not inherently a bad thing. Times sure are interesting and uncertain, and...
Ubisoft Briefly Censors Nudity In An 11-Year Old Far Cry By Accident
4.4.2025
There’s a scene in Far Cry 4 in which a female NPC chastises the player if they look down at her bare chest. “Stop looking at my tits,” she says. Well, at least one player was shocked to find the scene censored when they were playing the 11-year-old Ubisoft game this week. The French publisher says...
No Matter The Hunt, These Are The Most Essential Items To Craft In Monster Hunter Wilds
4.4.2025
Given its name, you’d be forgiven for thinking Monster Hunter Wilds is solely about hunting down monsters. Sure, that’s a big part of the game, but there’s more to a hunt than slinging swords and shooting rocket arrows at beasts in the field. There’s the preparation, the anticipation…the crafting....
The Unfinished Version Of The Minecraft Movie Is Going Viral Online
4.4.2025
An unfinished digital version of The Minecraft Movie starring Jack Black recently leaked online via digital pirates, and clips of it have started going viral due to some very silly-looking moments. Read more
This First Berserker: Khazan Armor Set Is Perfect For Parrying Builds
4.4.2025
The First Berserker: Khazan is filled with various cool armor sets from which to choose, with excellent options for each type of build. But if you’re an especially big fan of parrying, you may be drawn to the Dragonscale Set. Read more
The Internet Reacts To Trump's War On Nintendo
4.4.2025
On Friday, Nintendo announced that players won’t be able to pre-order a Switch 2 on April 9. The company directly blamed President Donald Trump’s planned tariffs against basically every country on the planet (except Russia and North Korea, weirdly) for the delay. This has led to some people...
Marvel Rivals: Everything You Need To Know About The Meta Ahead Of Season 2's Launch
4.4.2025
Marvel Rivals is a constantly evolving game. And with the new season arriving on April 11, 2025, we can expect even more changes. But if you’ve been a little checked out and are planning to return for Season Two and want to know where the meta currently is on this wildly successful hero shooter...
Marvel Rivals Fans Are Having Trouble Telling All Of The Blondes Apart
4.4.2025
Yesterday, Marvel Rivals unveiled two new heroes coming to the shooter in season 2: the telepathic mutant Emma Frost and the unshackled AI Ultron. We haven’t seen much of Ultron yet, as he’ll be added later in the season. Emma Frost will join the roster when season 2 begins on April 11. Fans...
Nintendo Halts Switch 2 Pre-Orders Over Trump's Tariffs
4.4.2025
Switch 2 pre-orders were supposed to begin on April 9. No longer. In an unprecedented move, Nintendo announced on Friday that it’s halting pre-orders for its upcoming $450 hardware launch because of new tariffs in the U.S. set to go into effect on April 5. Read more
12 Years Late, This Kickstarter-Funded Tribute To A Legendary Adventure Game Series Is A Complete Disaster
4.4.2025
In 2012, renowned developers Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe launched a Kickstarter to spiritually revive their classic Space Quest series, a game to be called SpaceVenture. Some 13 years later, following numerous delays and botched half-launches, the game has finally arrived on Steam. And oh no, it’s...
Elden Ring Director Hidetaka Miyazaki Explains What You Actually Do In Bloodborne-Looking Switch 2 Exclusive Duskbloods
4.4.2025
The Duskbloods was far and away the most surprising thing revealed during the Switch 2 Nintendo Direct this week. First, there was the fact that FromSoftware was making a new game that certainly had the vibe of a Bloodborne spiritual successor. Second, it was revealed to be a Switch 2 exclusive....
Switch 2 Has Physical Game Collectors Freaking Out, And Elden Ring Is A Perfect Example
3.4.2025
While players on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S ditched physical games in favor of digital downloads in droves, Switch fans had been holding the line. But that might change with the Switch 2, thanks to physical edition price hikes and controversial game-key cards that don’t include the full game...
Disney Reportedly Pauses Live Action Tangled Remake Following Snow White Flop
3.4.2025
The era of Disney trying to turn every animated movie into a live-action blockbuster might be coming to an end, as it’s been reported that the planned Tangled live-action remake has been “paused.” And even if more live-action remakes eventually happen, it seems that the Mickey Mouse company might...
This Strange Monster Hunter Wilds Weapon Lets You Team Up With Insects
3.4.2025
I like choosing the strangest weapons in almost every game I play. I can’t help it. And much to my enjoyment, Monster Hunter Wilds gives me some good options. Although the Charge Blade earns some major cool points for its transforming gimmick, there is nothing quite like fighting alongside a...
My Excitement For The Switch 2 Is Dying By A Thousand Cuts
3.4.2025
Let me get this out of the way first: I’m not a Nintendo girlie. A couple of decades ago, my parents gave me a choice between N64 or PlayStation for my birthday, and I chose the team with the badass bandicoot and didn’t regret it. It wouldn’t be until 2019 that I’d pick up a Switch and still,...