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10 Hopes And Predictions For Summer Game Fest
4.6.2024
It’s almost time for this year’s not-E3, Summer Game Fest. Geoff Keighley’s annual World Premierathon, and several ostensibly unrelated events orbit it, pile vast mountains of gaming news upon us. For a breakdown of everything going down in the next week, check out this handy dandy guide for when...
Following Fallout, Amazon Prime Announces Yakuza TV Series
4.6.2024
Amazon Prime clearly knows it’s onto a good thing as it mines the seams of video games for new TV series. Falloutwas an astonishing success for the streamer, and you can only imagine how many meetings must have been held with every imaginable publisher for the last few months. One winner is Sega...
Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail Just Hinted That Players Will Go On An Anime-Style Tournament Arc
31.5.2024
There’s just over a month left until Dawntrail, the next expansion for Square Enix’s hit MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, releases in early access. Yet we still don’t know too much about the next chapter of the game, beyond it being a kind of summer vacation for players. That mystery is intentional,...
Silent Hill 2 Remake’s Character Models Have Fans Divided
31.5.2024
It seems like every time Konami shows off the upcoming Silent Hill 2 remake, something doesn’t sit right with fans. It started with the game’s announcement when it was revealed Layers of Fear and The Medium developer Bloober Team would be helming the reimaging of the seminal survival horror title...
There Are ‘Hours’ Of Official Recordings Of Shadow The Hedgehog Saying ‘F***’
31.5.2024
When Shadow the Hedgehog launched in 2005 as an edgier take on the Sonic series, it was lambasted for including firearms, vehicles, and swearing in what was typically seen as a family-friendly franchise. Sure, it never quite went the route of the M-rated Conker’s Bad Fur Day, but he’d let out...
Monster Hunter Wilds Shown Off At PlayStation State Of Play
31.5.2024
The next highly anticipated title in Capcom’s Monster Hunter series has finally reappeared at PlayStation’s recent State of Play showcase. The upcoming RPG, called Monster Hunter Wilds, appears to borrow elements from both Monster Hunter: World and Monster Hunter Rise, melding them into an even...
We’re Finally Getting A New Astro Bot Game
31.5.2024
One of the best surprises from Sony’s State of Play presentation today was the announcement of a new Astro Bot game. Astro’s Playroom, the pack-in game installed on PlayStation 5s in 2020, was a delightful platformer that paid tribute to PlayStation’s history, showed off the tech of the DualSense...
Someone Dumped $400,000 Worth Of Stolen Playdate Gaming Handhelds At A Random Restaurant
31.5.2024
Earlier this year, Panic, the company behind the whimsical Playdate gaming handheld, revealed that a shipment containing more than a thousand of the devices had been stolen. Several months and a lot of sleuthing later, the rogue shipments have been discovered after seemingly being dumped on...
A Decade Later, Mario Kart 8 Is Still Impossible To Top
29.5.2024
My best friends and I have a typical rotation of games we play on game nights. These are often competitive shooters or cooperative survival games, which lend themselves particularly well to our needs. However, one night about two years back, we came to an impasse until one of us jokingly tossed...
Studio Behind One Of 2021’s Best Games Goes Into 'Hibernation'
29.5.2024
In a time when layoffs are running rampant through the video game industry and it feels like every studio you like is posting a giant wall of text on social media to deliver bad news, Wildermyth developer Worldwalker Games has somewhat bucked the trend. The team behind the 2021 tactics RPG...
Multiversus’ Re-Launch Already Has Its Competitive Fans Upset
28.5.2024
Multiversus, the Warner Bros. crossover platform fighter starring Batman, Shaggy, Arya Stark and more, is out for real this time after going into a year-long hibernation. Now that it’s back and out of beta, the fighting game community is assessing if it could have the longevity of fighting games...
Fans Can’t Stop Putting Random Pop Culture Characters In Hades 2
28.5.2024
With the release of Hades 2 in Early Access, fans are tearing up the Underworld (and beyond), which already holds so much to discover. In fact, the sequel to Supergiant Games’ seminal 2020 action roguelike is already bigger than the original, despite still being worked on. Among other things,...
Fans Are Convinced The Dragon Quest III Remake Is Actually A Trilogy
28.5.2024
Hey, remember that Dragon Quest III remake Square Enix announced back in 2021, then never spoke about again? Well, it still exists. In celebration of Dragon Quest Day on May 27 (the day in 1986 when the first game in the series released), Square Enix finally posted a Dragon Quest 3 update that...
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Is On Sale For The First Time
28.5.2024
Have you been wanting to jump into the second game in the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy but decided to wait for the price to go down? Well, you’re in luck, friend. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is currently discounted from its usual $70 PlayStation 5 game price tag, and will now run you...
Two More Resident Evil Remakes Are Reportedly In the Works
28.5.2024
The next entries in the Resident Evil franchise to get the remake treatment will reportedly be 2000’s CODE: Veronica and 2002’s Zero. This would follow Capcom’s trend of delivering remakes of its old titles, the most recent being the 2023 Resident Evil 4 remake. The rumor comes from Dusk Golem,...
Wow, Even Super Nintendo World's Bathrooms Have Great Music
24.5.2024
Going to the bathroom is (hopefully) not a memorable part of your trip to a theme park or resort. However, the bathrooms in Super Nintendo World—with their wonderful, chill music—seem so good that you’ll be excited when nature calls. Read more
Go Spend $10 To Play Chrono Cross Remastered Right Now
24.5.2024
On the eve of Chrono Cross’ 25th anniversary, it’s a good time to dive back into Square Enix’s weirdest direct sequel ever, and one of the more underappreciated RPGs from the PS1 era. The remastered version is also 50 percent off right now on PSN, making it an easy retro pickup for the PlayStation...
Fans Are So Hungry For Persona 6 They're Excited About A Placeholder Logo
24.5.2024
We’re all waiting with bated breath for news about Persona 6. We’ve been living in Persona 5’s world for nearly a decade, it’s time for Atlus to give us a new story about teenagers summoning demon versions of their inner selves to fight monsters. But right now, all we know about Persona 6 comes...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Enticing Games That Will Send You On Epic Adventures
24.5.2024
We’ve reached the end of yet another week here on planet Earth, so we’re turning our attention to the games we’re hoping to check out for the first time, or those we want to spend more time with. This weekend we’ve got two perspectives on a certain popular fantasy MMO, and sword-swinging action...
Did Fans Get Characters Modeled After Hideo Kojima Into The Silent Hill Interactive Show?
24.5.2024
Do y’all remember that interactive Silent Hill show that premiered last November and was real bad? Did you know it was still going for several months before its final chapter premiered on May 2? I had completely wiped Silent Hill: Ascension from my memory, but now that I’ve learned that there...