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From What's Out To What's Coming: 17 Cool Hype Games We Can't Wait To Check Out In February
10.2.2025
Welcome to February, an otherwise quiet, wintery month that has quickly established itself in recent years as one of the hottest times for developers to release their games. Some of the biggest games of 2025 are out this month, as well as some of the longest, with February bookended by massive RPGs...
The Internet Reacts To Kendrick Lamar’s Easter Egg-Filled Super Bowl Victory Lap
10.2.2025
Yesterday was Super Bowl Sunday, and yeah, the Philadelphia Eagles denied the Kansas City Chiefs a three-peat at winning the biggest football event of the year. But sandwiched between the game’s four quarters was a spectacular performance by rapper Kendrick Lamar. Lamar’s performance transcended...
These 11 Super Bowl LIX Commercials Should Just Be TV Shows
10.2.2025
Super Bowl airtime doesn’t come cheap. In fact, this year companies spent $8 million for 30 seconds of screen time at a Super Bowl most people will only remember for Kendrick Lamar’s unprecedented rap beef victory lap. There were commercials about Meg Ryan having orgasms at a restaurant with Billy...
Sony Gives Out Free PS Plus Days But Fails To Explain Mysterious PlayStation Network Outage
10.2.2025
The PlayStation Network has been back up and running for a bit now, after a major outage took PlayStation 5 and PS4's online features offline for roughly 24 hours at the end of last week. To make up for the extended downtime, Sony is offering every paying PS Plus member a small but free extension...
Valve Bans Forced In-Game Ads From All Steam Titles
10.2.2025
If you, like most people on Earth, a frequent mobile gamer, you’ll be all-too aware of the bane of in-game ads. Because the freemium model proves by far the most successful way to release games on telephones, you pay by sitting through agonizing ads with fake countdown timers, ‘x’ buttons that...
Pointers For Marvel Rivals And Path of Exile 2, What To Play Before AC Shadows Arrives, And More Of The Week's Top Tips
9.2.2025
Whether you want to tackle Path of Exile 2 solo, make the most of Mr. Fantastic’s stretchy powers in Marvel Rivals, or just get Final Fantasy VII Rebirth looking and running its best on your Steam Deck, we’ve got the tips for you.Read more
The Internet Reacts To PlayStation Network Being Down
8.2.2025
Yes, PlayStation Network is still down over 14 hours after the initial outage started. The service for PlayStation 5 and PS4 players that lets them go online, chat with friends, and do all the other things fans expect to do on a modern console is integral for playing everything from Fortnite...
Switch 2 Price Speculation, A First Look At The Next Battlefield, And More Of The Week's Top News
8.2.2025
Our next official look at the Switch 2 is still a few months off, but that hasn’t stopped folks from speculating about its price, or obsessing over the details we may have gleaned about the packaging its games will come in. Elsewhere, EA gave us a (very brief!) first look at the next Battlefield...
PlayStation Network Currently Suffering Major Outage
8.2.2025
The PlayStation Network is suffering what appears to be a massive outage heading into the weekend. PlayStation 5 and PS4 Players across social media, including X and Reddit, are reporting being unable to connect to Sony’s online services, including multiplayer matches and the PlayStation Store....
Madden Predicts Philly Will Beat KC In Super Bowl, But Its Track Record Isn't Great
7.2.2025
Since 2004, Electronic Arts has used its Madden NFL series of sports sims to play out each year’s Super Bowl match-up, and the results of this year’s prediction have just been announced: According to EA, the winner of Super Bowl 49 will be the Philadelphia Eagles. Madden 25 says the team will...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 4 Games We're Loving Right Now
7.2.2025
Yo! We’ve arrived at yet another weekend in the year that just keeps on giving. And by giving, yeah, I’m referring to all the horrors of the modern era that you might be looking to escape from with some video games. This week we’ve got a promising entry to the point-and-click genre, the return of...
Disney Lorcana Pro Won In The Crappiest Way Possible And Paid The Price
7.2.2025
After a controversial victory involving an incorrect rule call by a judge, a professional Disney Lorcana player has seemingly been disqualified from an upcoming world tournament while his opponent has received a rare trading card worth an estimated $10,000.Read more
Insomniac Boss Says Resistance 4 Was The One That Got Away
7.2.2025
The Resistance games were never among Sony’s most popular franchises but they still have a special place in some players’ hearts, especially those who remained ride-or-die through the tough early days of the PlayStation 3. And while 2011's Resistance 3 capped off the alternate sci-fi history about...
Become The Ultimate Marvel Rivals Ninja Warrior With Psylocke
7.2.2025
The Duelist is Marvel Rivals’ go-to damage class, a group of characters that makes up over half the roster. But while there is plenty of variety when it comes to the different heroes and how they play, few look as badass as the psychic ninja mutant known as Psylocke.Read more
An AI Bread Horse Was The Most Popular Thing On Facebook Last Month
7.2.2025
While Facebook has sucked for a long time, its become much worse in the last year or so thanks to the rise of AI-generated slop that has completely taken over the site. And now, according to newly published data, it seems that one of those AI slop posts was the biggest thing on the site last month....
'Montoya, Por Favor' Might Be The Most Riveting Two Minutes Of Reality TV Ever Produced
7.2.2025
Where were you when you first saw Montoya scamper onto the beach at night beneath thunder and lightning as his heart was torn asunder by romantic betrayal and reality TV antics? I was putting the finishing touches on a steaming pot of three-bean chili when I opened my phone to refresh my feeds...
Voice Behind Over 100 Simpsons Characters Doesn't Want AI Stealing Them
7.2.2025
The Simpsonsis sometimes an insightful satire about the absurdities of family life and the media landscape in modern America, sometimes a slapstick comedy about Homer putting his body through hell for his latest feat of stupidity, but whatever it is on any given week, the show is always anchored...
Blastoise Is Finally Winning A Popularity Contest Over Charizard, And It Rules
7.2.2025
Being a Pokémon fan can sometimes feel like watching a neverending popularity contest. Pikachu is the mascot, so he gets all the attention and merch, but it’s Charizard—the original Fire-type starter from Pokémon Red and Blue on the Game Boy—who always seems to drive the most feverish fandom....
How To Beat The Nephilim Mini-Game In Indiana Jones And The Great Circle
7.2.2025
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is full of all kinds of puzzles, exploration, pulp adventure and fascists who need to feel the sweet fist of justice. But while you won’t find the last one in the Nephilim temple in Siam, you will find a fun mini-game, one that can be a little confusing at first....
Get 2024's Funniest Game (And 26 Others) For Just $15
7.2.2025
The Safe In Our World PC game bundle is now available, which means that for just $15 you can get over two dozen games, including one of the funniest games ever, and you get to support a charity dedicated to helping people with their mental health. Read more