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Hollow Knight: Silksong Developer Sends Proof Of Life
20.1.2025
There are certain games that become so famous for not being released that it occludes almost everything else about them. Following the likes of Duke Nukem Forever and Half-Life 3, after years of no news, no trailers, no nothing, Hollow Knight: Silksong has now very much become the go-to example...
The 13 Most Badass Movie Presidents We'd Want To Protect America
20.1.2025
For decades, politically minded action movies often involve the President of the United States (fictional ones, usually). While most POTUSes need to be rescued from evil terrorists or rivals, there are times when the Big Cheese takes matters into their own hands. You don’t get to win the Electoral...
Kai Cenat And Mark Phillips Among Streamers Named In Drake's Lawsuit Against UMG
19.1.2025
That Drake filed an official defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG), accusing the company of spreading the false narrative that he is a pedophile through Kendrick Lamar’s now-legendary diss track, “Not Like Us” has annoyed many in the Hip-Hop community.Read more
Our Reactions To The Switch 2 Reveal And More Of The Week's Takes
19.1.2025
This week, we share some of our own thoughts on the reveal of the Switch 2, as well as look at reactions from across the internet. We also talk about a serious problem impacting the Pokémon TCG, consider the suggestion that GTA 6 should cost $80+, and go hands-on with the upcoming Like a Dragon:...
Ranking Marvel Rivals' Heroes, Spotting Details In The New Mario Kart, And More Notes For The Week
18.1.2025
This week’s catch-all of nifty tips, info, and observations features rankings of two of the three groups of heroes in Marvel Rivals: the support heroes and the damage dealers. So if you’ve got strong feelings about where, say, the Punisher should land in such a tally, you can see for yourself just...
O’Shea Jackson Jr. Explains Why He, Wale, And Everyone Else Booed Hulk Hogan At Raw
18.1.2025
While O’Shea Jackson Jr. and rapper Wale might be huge wrestling fans, they’re not keen on one particular WWE Hall of Famer: Hulk Hogan. In fact, they’re not really feeling him at all and now we know exactly why.Read more
This Oscar-Nominated Marvel Actor’s Recent Admission May Shock You
18.1.2025
“Amistad.” “Blood Diamond.” “In America.” All major blockbuster films starring Djimon Hounsou that earned him widespread awards recognition and critical acclaim. Yet, in a recent interview, the actor revealed he still has difficulty making ends meet as a working artist.Read more
Nintendo Finally Reveals The Switch 2, Elon Musk And Asmongold Clash, And More Of The Week's Top Stories
18.1.2025
The week’s top story is easily the fact that our long wait for a first look at the Switch 2 is finally over. Nintendo finally showed off the device (and what seems to be a new Mario Kart) in a sleek new trailer, and though we’ll seemingly have to wait until early April to get much in the way...
Kotaku Weekend Guide: 5 Amazing Games We Just Can’t Quit
17.1.2025
Gaming’s ever-shrinking winter doldrums are almost over. In the quiet before the February release storm, we’re spending the three-day Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend getting cozy with some older games and one new one.Read more
Far Cry 3 Does What Every Game Should And Ditches Unobtainable Multiplayer Achievements
17.1.2025
Far Cry 3 was released over a decade ago, and while it supported achievements on console and Ubisoft’s own PC launcher, it didn’t include any Steam achievements. But as Ubisoft returns to Steam, it’s also going back and adding these missing challenges to older games, including Far Cry 3. And even...
A Ton Of 4K Blu-Ray Box Sets Are On Sale Right Now
17.1.2025
A big 4K Blu-ray movie collection sale is happening right now, letting you grab all of the movies in some popular franchises—like Harry Potter and Mad Max—for around the cost of a single, new UHD film. But you’d better act fast as this deal ends in a few days! Read more
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero's First DLC Reveals Big Upgrades For Gohan And Piccolo
17.1.2025
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero felt a bit content-lite when it launched last year. Its first DLC pack will remedy some of that. Bandai Namco revealed that 11 new playable characters will join the arena fighter later this month, including all forms of Gohan and Piccolo from the most recent Dragon Ball...
Pokémon TCG's Prismatic Evolutions Is A Fantastic Set, If You Can Find It
17.1.2025
The Pokémon TCG is in a bit of a precarious place right now. Due to unprecedented interest in new cards driven by Pokémon TCG Pocket, spiking resale prices, and over-excitement at a new Eevee-based special set, the latest sets are selling out everywhere before regular customers can find them. It’s...
Bayonetta Director Calls For Switch 2 Leakers To Be Covered In Poop And Shot Into Space
17.1.2025
Hideki Kamiya, the director behind Platinum Games’ Bayonetta series who’s now working on Okami 2 under a new studio, has never been one to hold back. The latest targets of his ire are Switch 2 leakers who basically beat Nintendo to revealing the console weeks ago. Kamiya used the occasion of...
Donkey Kong Looks Old-School In New Mario Kart And Not Everyone's Happy
17.1.2025
Nintendo finally unveiled the Switch 2 yesterday, giving us some bits of information and plenty of new cause for speculation, but the only game we saw was the next Mario Kart. Fans are already calling the kart racer Mario Kart 9 despite us having no official title yet. Though we only saw a...
God Of War Multiplayer Game And More Canceled Following Concord Flop
17.1.2025
Questions about Sony’s live-service plans continue to mount. The company confirmed two games were canceled at Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games, responding to a report by Bloomberg that the PlayStation 5 maker had canned two projects were part of the company’s ongoing multiplayer push. Neither studio...
Pokémon TCG Pocket Reveals Trading Rules That Will Keep Players From Sharing Their Rarest Cards
17.1.2025
Since it launched last year, Pokémon TCG Pocket players have been eager to get to do the “trading” part of the game’s title. Well, the feature is finally coming to the hit mobile adaptation later this month, and the developers have revealed how that system will actually work in practice. Will...
There's A VR Game All The Kids Are Playing, And They're Convinced It's Haunted
17.1.2025
There is a game that you’ve likely never heard of, yet it’s by far one of the most popular VR games ever made. What is ostensibly a simple game of multiplayer tag for pre-adolescent children is also, I have recently discovered, a wild hotbed of ludicrous in-universe conspiracies fuelling a genuine...
Severance's Creepiest Addition Since The Goats Is A Child
17.1.2025
“Why are you a child?”Read more
Severance Season 1 Finale Was Almost Shot From The Innies' Perspective
16.1.2025
Much as we viewers try to mentally piece together all the scenes in Severance to better grasp the big picture of its mysteries, Ben Stiller and his team engage in the similar process of considering how to present those scenes to us. On the final episode of The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller...