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Mega Man Returns, But As A Digital Funko Pop
19.8.2024
Funko Fusion, the upcoming third-person brand-blending action game, is out next month. And to help spread the world, the devs have released a demo for Funko Fusion, as well as confirmed that not even Mega Man is safe from this mish-mash of IP. Read more
Silent Hill 2 Remake Hype Is Growing Despite The Initial Hate
19.8.2024
Silent Hill 2 Remake had a rough reveal, between some disappointment that it was being handled by hit-or-miss horror studio Bloober Team and, more recently, divisive takes on protagonist James Sunderland’s new face. But a new batch of glowing hands-on previews is giving fans something to...
Get Ready For Monster Hunter Wilds With A Huge Sale On Past Games
14.8.2024
When I first played Capcom’s Monster Hunter games, I knew they’d be a problem for me. I love games driven by a million different systems, even if they are frustrating to figure out, and Monster Hunter fits that bill cleanly. On top of that though, they are also epic, elegant, and methodical in...
Anime Is Having A Modern Video Game Boom, Now Comes The Hard Part
13.8.2024
Modern-day anime, and the industries that shape its creation and distribution, are in a stride not dissimilar to the one video games have been experiencing since around 2020 during the height of the covid pandemic, when everyone was stuck at home with nothing better to do than tackle their backlog...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 6 Stupendous Games We Can't Stop Playing
9.8.2024
It’s already the second weekend of August, and no one else has realized that time is actually speeding up. We all put it down to aging, but what if kids are experiencing it faster too? We’d never know. I’m telling you, time is out of control, and the Earth will spin off its axis any day now. So...
$30 Will Get You More Than 30 Games In This Incredible Capcom Bundle
9.8.2024
It’s been wonderful watching Capcom flourish over the past several years. Following a bit of a downturn in the early ‘10s with games like the floundering Lost Planet series and DMC: Devil May Cry, as well as the criminally overlooked Asura’s Wrath, things were looking a little dire for the legacy...
Report: Dead Rising Remake Ditches Rewards For Taking Upskirt Photos
9.8.2024
The recently announced return of Dead Rising was met with both delight and trepidation, much in light of the redesign of its main character, Frank West. Capcom’s 2006 zombie-bashing madhouse was tremendously fun, but also very much of its time. As spotted by Famitsu, via Eurogamer, the forthcoming...
Monster Hunter Wilds Gets Three New Trailers And Fans Love The Minimap
5.8.2024
Monster Hunter Wilds arrives at an interesting time, one when the franchise is caught between the popular Monster Hunter Worlds and the more recent Monster Hunter Rise, with players wondering where the newest entry will fall when it comes to old and new features. A bevy of new trailer deep-dives...
Suda51 And Shinji Mikami Really Want To Bring Back Killer7
2.8.2024
If you’ve spent nearly two decades harboring hope for 2005’s off-the-wall action game Killer7 to make some kind of return, then you’re not alone. Turns out the game’s original creators, Grasshopper Manufacture’s Goichi Suda (aka Suda51) and Shinji Mikami (of Resident Evil fame) also want to bring...
Capcom Made A Game That Doesn't Belong In 2024 And It's Fantastic
26.7.2024
The world of Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess is meant to feel fantastical and from another time, but the game itself also feels like an anachronism. Something that shouldn’t exist in 2024. It’s not a sequel in a hit franchise. It’s not working in a popular genre. And it’s not pandering to...
This Was Never About Anything Other Than Hate
23.7.2024
On July 23, in response to the ongoing backlash against a Black lead character in the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Shadows, developer Ubisoft released a lengthy statement. The responses on X (formerly Twitter) were exactly what you’d expect: racist images, slurs, and calls for historical accuracy in...
Are Physical Games Dead? It’s More Complicated Than You Might Think
23.7.2024
In 2007, console gaming got its first day-and-date digital release. The sci-fi war shooter Warhawk for the PlayStation 3 was sold as a Blu-ray disc in stores but was also available to buy digitally on PSN. The game is mostly forgotten now, but it was the first domino to fall in digital’s slow...
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess: The Kotaku Review
19.7.2024
Get a maiden to the shrine. Strike down all of the demons standing in her way. Purge defilement from a mountain and restore the land to its natural harmony and splendor. That’s Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess in a nutshell, and one of my favorite things about it is how little it strays from that...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 6 Engrossing Games To Distract You From The World
19.7.2024
Oh, hi. Welcome to a totally normal weekend after a totally normal weekend where absolutely nothing troubling or strange happened whatsoever. There’s simply nothing that we’re turning to digital worlds to keep our minds off of. Why would you suggest a thing? Read more
Resident Evil 7 Is The Latest AAA Port To Flop On iPhone
16.7.2024
New data shows that Resident Evil 7, which was recently ported to iOS devices, was purchased and downloaded by less than 2,000 players, yet another example of big games failing to succeed on Apple’s powerful portable devices. Read more
Grab 10 Games For Just $15 Before The Xbox 360 Store Shuts Down Forever
16.7.2024
Microsoft has issued its final price update for all digital Xbox 360 games before the console’s marketplace goes offline for good on July 29. That means you can get a bunch of good old games for very cheap right now. And as a tribute to its most successful gaming box ever, Microsoft has even...
Every Dead Rising Game, Ranked From Worst To Best
12.7.2024
Dead Rising has always played second fiddle to Capcom’s vastly more popular and successful Resident Evil franchise. Yet, while Dead Rising might not be as famous or beloved as Resident Evil, its quirky characters, oddball tone, endless hordes of zombies, and tension-building ticking clock made...
Resident Evil 9 Quietly Announced, Nintendo Has Plans To Thwart Switch 2 Resellers, And More Of The Week's News
6.7.2024
This week, we’ve got the latest on how Nintendo plans to prevent its Switch successor from falling into reseller hell the way its current console did upon release. Also, a game that was banned for featuring underage nudity made an appearance in a convention sales booth, and we’ve got 16 great...
After Just A Year, Capcom's Live-Service Dino Game Is Going Extinct
5.7.2024
Capcom announced today that after just a year of updates, its live-service dino killin’ game—Exoprimal—will be going on life support as it has no further plans to add new seasonal content to the game after its last update. Read more
July 4th Gaming Deals That Would Make The Founders Proud
3.7.2024
The 4th of July is a day for jingoistic mythmaking and summer merriment. I can’t think of a better way to celebrate it than by grilling food, watching things explode, and ordering a bunch of cool stuff online that you totally don’t need but will still be really awesome to have. Read more