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Which showcase should you announce your game at?
6.2.2023
We rank 'em, subjectively. Also: Sony results & lots of news
What Game Is This? (Wrong, It's Minecraft)
6.2.2023
Without the use of a single mod, one skilled Minecraft superfan and YouTuber spent nearly a month recreating the original Legend of Zelda inside the blocky survival game. Using a load of command blocks, custom textures, and in-game tricks, the end result is an impressive creation that you...
We Played The Award-Winning Game Boy Game About Sex Work And Shame
6.2.2023
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The Week In Games: Hogwarts Syllabus Week
6.2.2023
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Assassin's Creed Wins Grammy, Presenter Absolutely Butchers The Pronunciation
6.2.2023
For the first time ever, tonight’s Grammy awards featured a category just for video game soundtracks. And the first ever winner in this new category was Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed. Congratulations! A momentous occasion for everyone involved, but for the rest of us, also a very funny moment of live...
Car Crashes Through Front Of Games Store, Trashes The Place
6.2.2023
A video game store called Gameco, in Joplin, Missouri, was absolutely trashed over the weekend when a car drove straight through the front wall and ploughed through several shelves of stock, tyres screeching the whole time. Read more
Debate Intensifies Over Significance and Implications of Ordinal Inscriptions on Bitcoin Blockchain
4.2.2023
During the past two weeks, members of the cryptocurrency community have discussed the non-fungible token (NFT) concept known as Ordinals. Since the 3.96 MB block (#774,628) was mined, there has been a significant increase in Ordinal inscriptions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Ordinal Inscriptions...
Trek To Yomi Is The Best Time You’ll Never Want To Have Again
4.2.2023
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YouTuber Logan Paul Slapped With Class-Action Lawsuit Over NFT 'Game'
3.2.2023
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Apparently Video Game Characters Look Great In Drag
3.2.2023
There are many gifts to be found on self-proclaimed “video game siren” Velvet Caveat’s TikTok, like gay Team Rocket and, most recently, an electric blue Gyrados puppet holding down Ariana Grande’s part of “Rain On Me” during a lip-sync performance. Read more
Real-Life Squid Game Contestants Claim ‘Rigged’ Reality Show Caused ‘Torment and Trauma’
3.2.2023
Remember when we all thought the idea of turning Netflix’s Squid Game into a real-world reality show was a bad idea? Turns out we were right because a bunch of contestants are seeking legal action against the Netflix-produced reality show for unsafe working conditions, trauma, and participating...
Season: A Letter To The Future - The Kotaku Review
3.2.2023
Season: A Letter to the Future is the disappointing evidence that beauty is only skin and texture deep. This slow-paced explore ‘em up, in which you must chronicle and journal the end of an era, is rigid-jawed with sincerity, though lacking in anything meaningful to say.Read more
Yet Another Online Game Is Shutting Down, Devs Promise 'Private Server' PC Version
3.2.2023
What a week. It was only Tuesday that we wrote about Rumbleverse, a battle royale game that was shutting down less than six months after launch. Now, on Thursday, we’ve got another, only this time it’s Knockout City.Read more
It’s OK If A Game Wraps Up, They Don’t All Have To Be Fortnite
3.2.2023
Earlier today the developer behind co-op shooter Back 4 Blood--released in 2021 on console and PC—announced that, having released multiple updates and three expansions, it was moving on. And the reaction to this was mostly negative, with players calling the game dead and suggesting the team...
The Pokémon Spin-off Games Ranked From Worst To Best
2.2.2023
If you’re a Pokémon fan, you have no doubt experienced the mainline games with all their catching, battling, and being the very best like no one ever was. But the series has a wide selection of spin-off games that span different genres and subject matter. Even if you’ve only ever played the RPGs...
Tom Brady's Video Game Career Dates Back To The 20th Century
2.2.2023
You can hear someone tell you Tom Brady’s age (45!) and it doesn’t really hit you, because the guy still looks pretty fit and healthy. To fully grasp the length of Brady’s tenure on this Earth, then, you need to realise that the man has appeared in a video game for the PlayStation. Like,...
It's Time For This Great, Forgotten Dead Space Game To Return
1.2.2023
The recently released Dead Space remake is a triumph among video game remakes, many of which haven’t been very well received by fans over the last few years. And as a massive Dead Space fan, I’m so damn happy to see EA spending money on the franchise again—with great results. But, I can’t help...
Report: EA Cancels Joint Apex Legends And Titanfall Game
1.2.2023
Titanfall 2 fans have been desperate for something resembling a sequel for years now, and it sounds like Electronic Arts may have just cancelled the next best thing. Bloomberg reports that a project called Titanfall Legends was quietly cancelled yesterday amid a series of other cuts at the FIFA...
Winning at game discovery on TikTok (& Instagram Reels!)
1.2.2023
Also: why network effects help platforms, perspectives for game genres & more
NASCAR: No More Video Game Crap After Driver’s Dangerous 'Wall Ride'
1.2.2023
This past October, NASCAR driver Ross Chastain caught the world’s attention when he deployed a “wall-riding” trick he had previously only pulled off in a video game as a kid to jump from 10th to 5th in an actual race. This move was very cool, really dangerous, and got him to the next stage of...