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Elden Ring Sleuths Think Shadow Of The Erdtree DLC Is Coming Soon
16.1.2024
It’s no secret that fans of FromSoftware are desperate for any news about the developer’s upcoming expansion for 2022’s smash hit, Elden Ring. The team recently made a change to Elden Ring’s backend on Steam, leading folks to believe a Shadow of the Erdtree DLC announcement could be right around...
What To Expect From Starfield's First Beta Update Of 2024
12.1.2024
Starfield, Bethesda’s enormous, 1,000-planet wide space RPG, arrived on September 6, 2023. After years of considerable hype, the game has had somewhat of a rocky first year. That said, Bethesda has promised new features, critical bug fixes, and more in 2024 and it’s opening the door for Steam users...
Matrix Star Laurence Fishburne Will Suck Blood In Witcher Season 4
12.1.2024
We don’t have a release date for the next season of Netflix’s live-action adaption of The Witcher yet, we do have an official piece of casting news. Legendary actor Laurence Fishburne, best known as The Matrix’s Redpill Resistance operative Morpheus, will join the fantasy drama series as...
Elden Ring Gets A New Update But Fans Just Want DLC News
11.1.2024
We still know next to nothing about Elden Ring’s upcoming DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, but that hasn’t stopped folks from clamoring for news about the expansion. Developer FromSoftware released a small update for the critically acclaimed open-world game on January 11, and fans inundated the tweet...
Apex Legends’ Final Fantasy VII Crossover Prompts Fan Outcry
8.1.2024
EA’s popular battle royale shooter Apex Legends will kick off a brand-new crossover with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on January 9. The event brings cosmetics and gear inspired by the upcoming RPG sequel, including the iconic Buster Sword. However, Apex Legends fans are pretty pissed about the price...
Tetris Conquered, Star Wars Outlaws and More Of The Week's Biggest Gaming News
6.1.2024
Think the first week of January is a slow one for news? Think again. A 13-year-old Tetris phenom has boldly gone where no one has gone before, beating the NES version of the classic puzzler by reaching a “kill screen” on level 157. Steam announced the occasionally baffling results of its annual...
Horror Game Studio Shuts Down Due To Cyberattacks, Poor Sales
3.1.2024
Just two months after the third-person action-horror game Stray Souls came out, developer Jukai Studio abruptly shuttered its doors, citing myriad issues including poor game sales and multiple cyberattacks from an unknown perpetrator.The developer took to X/Twitter on December 22 to announce...
Bethesda's Biggest Game Ever Is Free And Remastered
3.1.2024
Before Starfield, before Skyrim, before Fallout 3 and Oblivion, before your parents even knew how to make you, there was The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall. It was, and remains, Bethesda’s biggest-ever game, and now a fan-made rebuilding of the entire vast world in Unity has reached its 1.0 release....
Kotaku Asks: What Hugely Popular Game Just Isn't For You?
3.1.2024
We all have our favorite franchises and one-and-done games, be it classics like Super Mario Bros., Final Fantasy, Tetris, or more modern series like The Last of Us, Halo, or Uncharted Others we happily play, but they don’t become go-to favorites. And then there are those games that we’re just...
Cyberpunk 2077 Dev CD Projekt Red Wants To Stay Independent
3.1.2024
As the games industry continues to consolidate itself through a combination of developer acquisitions and studio closures, CD Projekt Red, the beloved studio behind Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher, wants to keep the independence it has had for almost 30 years now.Read more
So, Uh, What's Up With The Steam Awards?
3.1.2024
The results of 2023’s Steam Awards are in. Each year, Steam turns to the community to vote on the year’s best games across a wide variety of categories. This year saw Larian Studios’ RPG Baldur’s Gate 3 grab game of the year, while Lethal Company, a first-person cooperative horror game, got...
Tips For 2023's Biggest Games And What To Watch Out For In Early 2024
1.1.2024
Maybe you finally got Baldur’s Gate 3 this past week after pining for it for months and want some help tackling its tactical battles, or maybe you’re more interested in looking ahead to what early 2024 has to offer. Whatever the case, our roundup of tips and informative posts likely has something...
The Best RPGs Of 2023
28.12.2023
The last few years have been full of amazing RPGs, but 2023 took things to a whole new level. It was the year we got Final Fantasy XVI, Diablo 4, and Bethesda’s long awaited Starfield. It was also the year Baldur’s Gate 3 appeared and blew them all out of the water. Fans of stat-based combat...
2024 Is Starting Out With An Avalanche Of Video Games
27.12.2023
2023 was a messy and horrible year that, despite itself, gave us some excellent games. You could even argue that this year gave us too many games! If you were looking for a break to catch up on what you missed, well, next year doesn’t seem to be offering much of a reprieve—at least not at...
RoboCop To Spider-Man: Zack Zwiezen's Most Captivating Games Of 2023
27.12.2023
Last year, I said 2022 was an odd year for games, with some feeling that it was largely devoid of great releases and others, myself included, finding them plentiful. But this year was even stranger, as it was better than ever while simultaneously being the worst in a long time. Read more
You Probably Missed This GTA Reference In Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
26.12.2023
Cyberpunk 2077’s one-and-done expansion, Phantom Liberty, arrived on September 26, 2023, bringing with it a new story and a new location to explore. But fans have found another unique addition the expansion introduces: a subtle reference to another open-world game also set in a fictional take...
Steam Users Gave Starfield A Lump Of Coal For Christmas
26.12.2023
Hope you had a nice holiday, because a certain open-world space RPG certainly did not. As of right around December 25, 2023, Starfield had received enough thumbs-downs on Steam to push its user rating status into “Mostly Negative” territory. It’s an upsetting fall for such a hyped title from one...
FF7 Advent Children Gets Theatrical Run Ahead of Rebirth Launch
26.12.2023
Before there was a PlayStation 4 remake that blew the doors off its own canon, Final Fantasy VII lived on through various spinoffs that expanded the world of the classic RPG. One of those was Advent Children, the 2005 CG film which followed on from the events of the original game. If you’ve never...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: The One Where We Say Goodbye To 2023
22.12.2023
Happy holidays! Hopefully you’ll be able to take a break from the upcoming festivities to enjoy some gaming. Should you find yourself at a loss of what to play, we’ve got a few recs. Read more
7 More Things We Just Learned About Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
21.12.2023
Every new thing I hear about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth makes the wait for its February 29, 2024 release that much harder. And Square Enix just opened the floodgates on another series of new details, hints, and teases about the upcoming “open-area” RPG remake that have me even more intrigued.Read...