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Dark Souls 3 Streamer Blows Minds By Beating Game With Single Button
25.10.2021
Have you ever picked up a FromSoftware game, played it for a while, got your ass whooped repeatedly, and wondered how you’re ever supposed to beat the game? It’s probably a question every Dark Souls 3 player has asked at least once. However, you probably haven’t asked yourself how you’re supposed...
GTA III Made Just Vibing In Its World Incredible
25.10.2021
God, the feeling of playing Grand Theft Auto III upon release. Were you there for it? Do you remember it? You could actually sense, in the moment, that you were experiencing a cultural shift, a game that was going to change things forever. But why? How? What defines the influence and impact of...
Destiny 2 Glitch Breaks Game, Will Get You Banned
25.10.2021
Destiny 2 has an easy to pull-off trick called the min/max glitch on PC that gives players infinite orbs and a host of other advantages that break a lot of the game’s big activities. Bungie confirmed over the weekend that it’s working on a fix, but in the meantime the developer is warning players...
Halo Infinite's Campaign Finally Re-Revealed, And It's Looking Much Better
25.10.2021
After what’s felt like an infinity of waiting, we finally have an idea of what Halo Infinite’s campaign will look like. Developer 343 Industries re-revealed the mode for the first-person shooter in a digital showcase today. Take a look:Read more
Minigame That Gave Kids 'Cuts, Blisters & Burns' Returns To Mario Party With A Warning
25.10.2021
The upcoming Mario Party Superstars on the Switch features 100 minigames drawn from the long-running history of the series. One of those, Tug o’ War, is making a somewhat surprising return after what happened last time the game was available to play with an analogue stick.Read more
Feds Say Man Spent Covid Loan On $57,000 Pokémon Card
25.10.2021
Vinath Oudomsine, from Dublin, Georgia, has been accused by federal prosecutors of fraudulently applying for a an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL). The man claimed to be running a business, but reportedly spent most of the money on a rare Pokémon card instead.Read more
The Week In Games: Groot And His Pals Are Ready To Save The Galaxy
25.10.2021
Guardians of the Galaxy is out later this week on all major platforms. I’m excited to play it if only because the soundtrack seems great and I’m in the mood for a nice, single-player-only sci-fi action game. (A reminder that the Switch edition of the game is actually a streaming, Stadia-like...
GTA Has A Weird History On Nintendo Consoles
24.10.2021
Grand Theft Auto is one of the biggest, most popular video game franchises in history. It has sold millions of games across nearly every platform released since the PS1 and courted more controversy than perhaps any other video game series ever created. And it’s done all this while mostly avoiding...
Every Far Cry Game, Ranked From Worst To Best
23.10.2021
Way back in 2004 a then-unknown developer called Crytek released the first game in what would become the Far Cry series, wowing players with its impressive visuals and sprawling, outdoor maps. Crytek moved on to creating the Crysis series, Ubisoft bought up Far Cry and continues to make new entries...
Flipnote Studio Creations Find New Life On Crank-y Playdate Handheld
23.10.2021
Although it won’t officially be in our hands until later this year (if you got in on the first wave of pre-orders, that is), Panic’s unique Playdate handheld is already being poked and prodded by folks lucky enough to score a dev unit. One such developer recently shared a neat little project that...
Final Fantasy XIV Has Many Mounts, But Only One Sneezes
23.10.2021
The hype for Endwalker’s impending launch recently pushed me back into the arms of Final Fantasy XIV. Instead of doing the smart thing and working my way through the massively multiplayer role-playing game’s litany of main story quests so I’d be caught up in time for the expansion’s November...
The GTA Trilogy Remasters Look Great, But Shouldn’t Replace The Originals
23.10.2021
Today Rockstar finally showed footage of the Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy remasters and they look surprisingly good, but also very different from the original games. This has raised concerns about erasing the series’ past, and also called to mind the fragmented state of game preservation.Read more
The 16 Best Cards In Back 4 Blood
22.10.2021
For the most part, Left 4 Dead 3– wait, no, that’s not what it’s called...for the most part, Back 4 Blood is a first-person shooter about teaming up with your friends to mow down hordes of zombies. But Back 4 Blood flips the script by including a decidedly non-shooting mechanic: a deck-building...
You’re Probably Not Actually Stuck In Metroid Dread
22.10.2021
Maybe you’ve been playing Metroid Dread since it hit Nintendo Switch on October 8, but put it down out of frustration from being stuck in the dang game. Or is that just me? Good news: you’re not actually stuck. It’s just easy to not realize what blocks are destroyable while you’re exploring.Read...
Here's What Will Improve After Battlefield 2042's Chaotic, Buggy Beta
22.10.2021
The open beta for Battlefield 2042 was chaotic, buggy, and pretty limited given the scope of the latest game in the long-running shooter series. For developer DICE the beta was one more thing: a learning experience. In an article posted yesterday Battlefield 2042 devs introduce five new specialists...
Square Enix Is Removing The Hated Denuvo DRM From A Bunch Of Games
22.10.2021
Square Enix patched the controversial digital rights management and anti-cheat software Denuvo out of Nier Replicant, Rise of the Tomb Raider, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider earlier this week. Read more
What Lost In Random, 2021’s Most Innovative Game, Shares With Star Wars
22.10.2021
“Random rules! Random rules!”Read more
What Happens When AI Tries To Review A Video Game
22.10.2021
It’s a comment I’ve seen hundreds of times, or variations of throughout my time here at Kotaku: internet complaints about the quality of reviews. “A bot can do better than this,” some would cry. So let’s put that to the test.Read more
Remastered GTA San Andreas Is Coming To Xbox Game Pass
22.10.2021
Alongside news that Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy—a remastered bundle of the first three 3D GTA games—drops on November 11, Rockstar stealthily revealed that GTA: San Andreas will also hit Xbox Game Pass the same day. Oh, and GTA III is making its way to PlayStation Now soon, too.Read more
Nintendo Delays Advance Wars Switch Remakes Until 2022
22.10.2021
The hottest Nintendo Switch game of the season is the latest to get hit with a delay. Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp won’t be out until spring 2022, Nintendo revealed this morning, completely upending my holiday plans in the process.Read more