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The Best (And Worst) April Fools’ Jokes In Gaming For 2023
1.4.2023
April Fool’s Day has finally come to add a little bit more chaos to the week, as jokes and lies fly around unrestricted. But we understand what April 1 is all about—a chance for developers to sneak in some humor in our favorite games. These April Fools’ jokes are getting a little more advanced...
The Evolution Of Games Like Fortnite And Warzone Is Already Here
31.3.2023
Battle royales have managed to pull off an unlikely scenario. The genre has remained relevant for players, streamers, and competitive-level play. And it’s not just one game: The genre currently has multiple, big-budget competitors existing alongside each other with relatively healthy player counts....
Huobi partners Gala Games for L1 and Web3 development
31.3.2023
Huobi Global has joined hands with Gala Games, a blockchain-based play-to-earn gaming platform, to work together on investment and listing of Web3 projects
Huobi announces partnership with Gala Games
31.3.2023
Huobi has taken to Twitter to announce that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Gala Games with the core aim of developing its ecosystem. The primary goal of the strategic alliance is to collaborate on investment and project listing of high-quality projects. This could include...
The Great War Tries Once Again To Bring WW1 To Video Games
31.3.2023
For such a momentous period in human history, the First World War has been relatively under-served by video games. Mostly because the defining theatre of the conflict—the nightmarish trench warfare of the Western Front—is almost impossible to recreate in the medium.Read more
Report: E3 2023 Canceled
30.3.2023
E3 2023 has reportedly been canceled according to IGN. This follows multiple video game publishers and companies pulling out of the upcoming Electronic Entertainment Expo over the last few weeks.Read more
New Doom Game Is Cute And Fun Until You Run Out Of Energy
30.3.2023
Mighty Doom, out now on iOS and Android, is a free-to-play Archero-like top-down shooter starring the one and only Doom Slayer, aka the Doomguy. In many ways, it reminds me of those weird ‘80s cartoons that adapted gory, adult action films into kid-friendly animated shows, like Rambo or RoboCop....
Axie Infinity creator works with studios to push Web3 adoption through new games
30.3.2023
Sky Mavis head of business development Kathleen Osgood told Cointelegraph that their goal is to onboard as many people into the ecosystem as possible
Australian Government Wants To Give 18+ Ratings To Any Game With Gambling
30.3.2023
The Australian Federal Government have announced this week that they’ll be pushing to “apply an R18+ rating to all video games that contain simulated gambling”, a move that appears to be the strictest of its type we’ve seen.Read more
The state of Quest 2 VR games: 2023 edition!
29.3.2023
Also: why Early Access can be a double-edged sword, and lots more
PlayStation Plus Has A Couple Of Hidden Gems For April
29.3.2023
The time has come once again for PlayStation enjoyers to fire up their console’s jet engine and check out April’s helping of PlayStation Plus games. Imma keep it a buck with you, I half expected Sony to come out of the gates swinging with a cavalcade of Capcom titles this month, more specifically...
Blizzard Just Fixed A 15-Year-Old Bug In World Of Warcraft Classic
29.3.2023
If you ever suspected that your version of the legendary weapon, Val’anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings, could trigger shields that would absorb more damage than seemed normal, Blizzard’s QA department might have just proved you right. As it turns out, Val’anyrs’ stats contained an extra zero. Whoops!...
GameStop Blames Its Lower Sales On Lack Of Games
29.3.2023
GameStop may have made a profit in 2022, but sales are still below expectations, particularly in North America. In the company’s full year financial report for 2022, meant for investors but funny to read regardless of who you are, it outlined what it believes to be a significant hurdle: there...
11 ‘Bad’ Games We’ll Die Defending
28.3.2023
What is a “bad” game, really? Yes, video games are these multifaceted technical miracles that can break and crash on you. But if you really enjoy your time with an absolute mess, is it “bad?” Maybe! But beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and we’ve gathered a list of games people think...
10 Meh Games That Became Killer With Updates
28.3.2023
While the words “is it finally good?” seem to be a reflexive phrase for discussing games these days, not every game is able to pull a 360 after failed first impressions. One could write a ballad, or perhaps an anthem, as a tribute to those fallen titles. But today we’ll shine a light on those that...
Fortnite's Story Is Way Better Than It Gets Credit For
28.3.2023
What makes Fortnite so engaging? Ask players what they love, and there’s a number of things they might mention about the hugely popular battle royale. The gameplay loop is fun, with solid third-person shooter controls and the unique complexity of its building mechanic nicely complicating the simple...
Fortnite’s New Unreal Editor Has Limits On What Fans Can Make, Monetize
27.3.2023
Last week, Epic Games revealed its exciting new Unreal Editor for Fortnite, which gives players incredible freedom to design their own unique experiences within the battle royale. Already, they’ve made everything from chapter one map to recreations of Mario Kart maps and original game ideas. While...
This Horror Time Loop Game Stole PAX (And You Can Play It Right Now)
27.3.2023
At PAX East 2023, there was one game I couldn’t walk the show floor without hearing about, and after playing one route of Black Tabby Games’ Slay The Princess, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it, either. The demo that other attendees and I played is available on Steam, and it illustrates...
The Week In Games: Fishing For Mysteries And Gang Wars
27.3.2023
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Welcome To Kotaku Royale, Exploring The Genre That's Defining Modern Gaming
27.3.2023
It’s Aries season, Women’s History Month, the start of spring, and Kotaku Royale week. What’s that last one, you ask? Well, we’re spending all week bringing you exclusive interviews with the teams behind your favorite battle royales, pointed opinions about the state of Warzone and the genre...