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How Does A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead Fit In The Movie Universe?
23.10.2024
I wasn’t wholly convinced when A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead was announced—how many movie video game adaptations succeed? Sure, there’s a handful of notable titles, but this seemed the unlikeliest choice of IP to port over. Yet, this survival horror focused on noise genuinely impressed me,...
Bernie Sanders Bringing His Cantankerous Charm To Twitch To Talk Politics With Pokimane and Valkyrae
22.10.2024
83-year-old Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders will join two of Twitch’s biggest stars to talk politics on Tuesday night as the neck-and-neck 2024 presidential race reaches its endgame. He’ll be stumping for Vice President Kamala Harris and talking about everything from the minimum wage to climate...
Mass Wave Of Twitch Bans Hits Arab Streamers Following 'Habibi' Ratings At TwitchCon
22.10.2024
Streaming platform Twitch has banned several high-profile Arab streamers for a panel that took place at TwitchCon last month. The banned streamers include CapriSunnPapi, Fr0gan, Raffoulticket, DenimsTV, and Vio, all of whom took part in a live-streamed panel during day two of TwitchCon San Diego...
Asmongold Twitch Ban, Massive Pokémon Leak, And More Of The Week's Biggest News
19.10.2024
Well, kids, it’s been a week. From a popular Twitch streamer getting banned for racist remarks to a huge leak of one of Nintendo’s biggest properties, there’s been a lot going on in the gaming world. We also got a warning from an ex-PlayStation boss about the future of the industry and a short...
Kotaku Weekend Guide: 5+ Great Games We Can’t Wait To Dive Into
18.10.2024
How’s your weekend going, Kotaku reader? You enjoying the colder weather? You got your Halloween costume picked out? There’s still time, don’t stress. But if you’re figured that out, you might have some time to kill. It’s that time again, folks, here are some games we’re playing this weekend that...
Asmongold On Suspension Over Genocide Comments: 'I've Slowly Been Devolving Into The Most Mean-Spirited... Psychopathic Version Of Myself'
16.10.2024
Yesterday, Twitch suspended an account that belonged to streamer and famous YouTuber Zack “Asmongold” Hoyt after he made racist comments about the death of Palestinians in Gaza. Now, the YouTuber has responded to the temporary ban with surprisingly clear-eyed assessment of the controversy and what...
Twitch Streamer Asmongold Banned After Racist Rant About Palestinians
15.10.2024
Twitch streamer and famous YouTuber Zack “Asmongold” Hoyt has had his zackrawrr account banned after a racist rant about Muslims and Palestinians killed in Gaza went viral on social media. “My bad,” he shared on X (formerly Twitter) following an online backlash. “Looking back on it, I was way...
The 20 Best Horror Games Of The Last 20 Years
14.10.2024
Horror games scare you in ways that nothing else can. The tactility of their terror and the immersiveness of their worlds can make it hard for scaredy cats to even give one a chance, let alone get through it. Beating a horror game is one of the most triumphant feelings you can experience as...
Kotaku Weekend Guide: 5 Big, Spooky, And Exciting Games We Can't Wait To Play
4.10.2024
It’s October 4. That means the Persona fandom is crying and everyone else is going about a regular Friday. You’re planning your weekend activities. Some of us might hang out with friends we couldn’t see during the work week. Others might be looking to rot in their bed for two days to recover from...
Now That You Have More Time, Catch Up On The Latest Assassin’s Creed For Cheap
1.10.2024
Assassin’s Creed Shadows was supposed to be out next month. Ubisoft announced last week that the open-world RPG would be pushed to February 25 thanks to “soft” Star Wars Outlaws sales. The team says it will be using lessons learned to improve the game with those additional months, but what are...
30th Anniversary PS5 Pre-Orders Were A Mess, February 2025 Is Too Packed With Big Games, And More Of The Week's Takes
28.9.2024
This week, Sony opened up pre-orders for the items in its 30th Anniversary PlayStation 5 collection, and for many at least, the experience of trying to snag anything was one of confusion and frustration. Also, we’ll tell you about a great arcade platformer called Bzzzt that’s now available...
Our Staff Has Wildly Differing Opinions On The PS5 Pro — Here's Why
15.9.2024
To be able to afford something means more than just having the money that it costs. It also means having the requisite desire and perceived need to convince yourself its cost is commensurate with its value. When I say I can’t afford to take a $40 Uber home from the office but then spend $60 on Uber...
The PS5 Pro Can't Convince Me To Care About Tiny Graphical Upgrades
10.9.2024
Today, Sony officially unveiled the PS5 Pro, a mid-gen refresh of the 2020 PS5 console that boasts some new bells and whistles and a $700 price tag. During the 9-minute-long technical presentation, system architect Mark Cerny showed us all the new features, from advanced ray tracing to an upgraded...
Sorry, The Minecraft Movie Isn't Meant To Be For You
5.9.2024
As the Minecraft movie trailer broke yesterday afternoon, the internet was immediately abuzz with cynicism and disappointment, as adults across the world simultaneously expressed one thought: “Who is this film even for?” What almost every single one of them forgot is that they’re...
Every Big Announcement From Gamescom, Breaking Down The Borderlands 4 Trailer, And More Of The Week's Gaming News
24.8.2024
This week, one of the three events each year in which we’re routinely graced with the presence of Geoff Keighley took place, with Gamescom Opening Night Live kicking off the week-long convention in Cologne, Germany. A host of World Premiere trailers and other announcements came out of that...
Dr Disrespect Deletes Statement, Hyped Modern Warfare 2 Mod Gets Killed, And More Of The Week's Top Stories
17.8.2024
This week saw Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm delete a post from late June in which he’d admitted to “inappropriate” behavior with a minor, and instead post a new tweet teasing a forthcoming return and the statement, “we have lots to talk about.” Additionally, we’ll fill you in on that new Valve game...
5 Hopes And Predictions For Gamescom’s Opening Night Live
16.8.2024
It’s nearly time for the next Geoff Keighley World Premiereathon. The Gamescom Opening Night Live showcase is set to stream on Tuesday, August 20 at 2 p.m. Eastern/ 11 a.m. Pacific, and will include new trailers, announcements, and developers talking about their upcoming projects. We asked...
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...
Behold $1,000 Worth Of Amazing-Looking Final Fantasy VII Action Figures
25.7.2024
Earlier this year, Square Enix announced a new line of action figures to celebrate the release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. The designs harken back to how the characters looked in the original 1997 PlayStation game, and the figures themselves begin shipping later this year. I want them all,...
Why You Keep Dying In The Elden Ring DLC And More Of The Week's Tips
30.6.2024
If you keep dying in Elden Ring’s new Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, we’ve got a tip that may help make you more resilient against the dangers of the Land of Shadow. We’ve also got a primer on how to explain the whole Dr Disrespect situation to the normal people in your life, explainers for Shin...