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Sega's Iconic Akihabara Arcade is Being Taken Over By A Rival
23.2.2023
For a very long time, Sega’s big arcades were a mainstay of the Akihabara skyline, and some of the main attractions for anyone making a gaming-related pilgrimage through the streets of Tokyo.Read more
The Best And Worst Part Of Every Grand Theft Auto
22.2.2023
Starting back in 1998, Grand Theft Auto has become one of the biggest, most successful, and most controversial video game franchises of all time. These open-world action games mix crime, comedy, combat, and cars into some of the most exciting digital sandboxes ever created. Add in some classic...
Wanted: Dead Is 2023's Jankiest Game, And I Love It
22.2.2023
Remember Devil’s Third? Former Dead or Alive weirdo Tomonobu Itagaki’s 2015 Wii U exclusive combined elements of Gears of War and Ninja Gaiden to create something pretty janky but unlike anything else I’d played at the time. Devil’s Third ultimately flopped, but the idea of a character-action game...
15 Big Destiny 2 Changes Coming In Lightfall
22.2.2023
Expansions have a way of making Destiny 2 feel like an entirely new game, and Lightfall appears to be no exception. Now less than a week away, the massive update will add lots of new content as well as overhaul the loot shooter in some pretty big ways. Here’s a roundup of everything to expect from...
Microsoft President Is Carrying That Giant Sony Call of Duty Deal In Pocket, Weirdly
22.2.2023
Earlier today, Microsoft President Brad Smith and Xbox boss Phil Spencer talked briefly to the media about its ongoing attempt to consume Activision Blizzard King, continuing once again to act like the larger spat is mostly about Call of Duty. At one point, Smith said he was carrying a contract...
Bungie Wins Over $4 Million In Lawsuit Against Destiny 2 Cheat Developer
21.2.2023
Bungie’s two-year legal battle against a Destiny 2 cheat maker finally concluded last week. The judge agreed that cheat maker AimJunkies had violated Bungie’s copyright and ordered it to pay over $3.6 million in damages and $700,000 in legal expenses.Read more
The Last Of Us Fans Better Brace Themselves For The Left Behind Episode
21.2.2023
Every episode of HBO’s The Last of Us has had something emotionally devastating (some good and bad) to sit with, but episode seven, “Left Behind” is probably going to be one of the hardest to deal with of the show’s nine-episode run. That’s because, as the title suggests, it looks like we’re going...
Ubisoft Punishes 19,000 Accounts That Used Mysterious Exploit
21.2.2023
Ubisoft has placed sanctions on nearly 19,000 accounts for using an unspecified exploit, the Rainbow Six Siege developer revealed rather cryptically on Twitter earlier today. Read more
What To Expect From Valve (And Steam) In 2023
21.2.2023
Given its history of experimental hardware, its infamously vague responses when asked about what games its working on, its failure to produce much-desired sequels to beloved games, and the smashing success of its recent surprise handheld, the Steam Deck, Valve’s moves are tough to predict.Read more
The Last Of Us Show Fans Are Freaking Out About Dina Right Now
21.2.2023
A brief appearance of a girl curiously watching Ellie eat during this week’s episode of The Last of Us had fans of the games excited. And fans of just the show were likely left a little confused as to what all the fuss is about. If you’re here wondering who the hell this “Dina” the internet...
New Pokémon Presents Livestream Coming Next Week
21.2.2023
The Pokémon Company not-so-surprisingly announced its latest Pokémon Presents livestream, scheduled for the series’ anniversary, Pokémon Day, or February 27, just like it was last year (and the year before that). Read more
Chrono Cross' Wonky Port Finally Getting Some Fixes
21.2.2023
It was almost a year ago that Square Enix released Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition, a “remastered” version of the 1999 classic on the PC, Xbox One, PS4 and Switch that, as good as the original game was, was also a very bad port.Read more
It Is Finally Time For A New Civilization Game
21.2.2023
The Civilization series has been with us so long that it can sometimes feel like part of the furniture. A game comes out, is played for years, another follows, repeat until the heat death of the universe. But it has actually been a very long time since the last game!Read more
Get Your Sherlock Holmes On With Steam's Mystery Fest Sale
20.2.2023
Steam sales are now so frequent that there are concerns they’ll soon start crashing into each other, causing vast sale pile-ups that could clog great sections of the internet. However, in amongst the incessant discounts on The Witcher 3 appears something rather more interesting that most: Mystery...
Company Of Heroes 3: The Kotaku Review
20.2.2023
My love for the original Company of Heroes knows no bounds. Indeed I’ve gone so far as to call it the perfect RTS, a blend of tactics, cover and terrain so meticulously-honed that for 17 years it has remained, undefeated, as the finest example of the genre.Read more
Microsoft Reportedly Made An AI That Plays Minecraft For You
18.2.2023
Much of the science fiction genre would have you believe that artificial intelligence would bring about humanity’s downfall by rising up and slaughtering its creators, but the recent boom in AI tech has instead amounted to labor crimes like journalistic malpractice and robbing artists of their...
Genshin Impact Devs Are Making A Space Fantasy RPG With Persona 5-Like Combat
17.2.2023
After Honkai: Star Rail for a few minutes during a live media preview, I mostly liked what I saw. HoYoverse’s “space fantasy” RPG doesn’t reinvent turn-based combat, but the performance was smooth. The fighting animations were among some of the best I’ve seen out of anime games in recent years....
Dead By Daylight’s New Character Ends Game's Apparent Foot Fetish Trend
17.2.2023
The newest Dead by Daylight killer isn’t just making a killing in the tech industry, she’s also murdering the series’ track record for having its original female characters expose their toes. Read more
Giant Pokemon Scarlet And Violet Patch Tries Fixing Jank By…Spawning Fewer Monsters
17.2.2023
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet released last November with a truly hilarious and mind-boggling amount of graphical glitches and bugs. But have no fear: Nintendo just announced a huge February update that should bring us closer to the quality we usually expect from the Pokémon series. The developers...
The Best Games Of 2023 (So Far)
17.2.2023
The year of our lord 2023 has only just begun, but it’s never too early to start keeping track of what games might land on a hypothetical Game of the Year list come December. If you’ve been out of the loop for a few months and are curious about what some of the best games to come out this year...