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Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time: The Kotaku Review
12.3.2021
The marsupial of legend returns and he’s never been so fluffy. But there’s nothing soft and cuddly about Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time. In true Crash fashion, this cute and colorful platformer is here to kick your ass.Read more
April Fallout 76 Update Will Finally Let Players Have Multiple Camps
12.3.2021
Camp building is at the center of Fallout 76 and the game’s April 27 update will finally let players create, store, and manage multiple campsites, a massive boon to the game’s more industrious architects.Read more
Loop Hero Will Soon Let You Save The Dang Game
12.3.2021
The deck-building, dungeon-making roguelite RPG Loop Hero is getting some much needed quality-of-life improvements in an upcoming update, the game’s developers announced yesterday. The most important of these fixes? Finally letting you save your game.Read more
This NeoGeo Arcade Stick Controller Comes Pre-Installed With 20 SNK Fighting Games for $101
12.3.2021
NeoGeo Arcade Stick Pro | $101 | AmazonRead more
Burning Rangers' Music Makes Me Want To Kick A Fire’s Ass
12.3.2021
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re setting the morning on fire with the rock, pop, rap, and techno-jazz of Sega’s Burning Rangers. And then we’ll put it out, which is only polite. Read more
Glitch Turns Breath of the Wild Into A First-Person Game, It Seems
12.3.2021
Mods already makes the first-person view possible in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. One player, however, has apparently figured out how to do that without one.Read more
Bloodborne’s Doll Used To Have A Lot More To Say
12.3.2021
Everyone’s favorite video game archaeologist Lance McDonald is back with a new Bloodborne video. This time around, he’s exploring unused dialogue for the Doll, the 2015 game’s level up-granting NPC. And while the alternate voice acting is neat, it’s what she used to say that really piqued...
Another Paradox Game Jumps To The Tabletop, Blows Past Kickstarter Goal
12.3.2021
After the so-so Crusader Kings effort, another Paradox strategy title—Stellaris—is on its way to board gaming after successfully meeting its Kickstarter funding goal.Read more
Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War's Menus Suck
11.3.2021
Booting up the newest Call of Duty, I was greeted by terrible-looking menus, an overwhelming amount of options, too much information, and some ugly-looking ads. It’s not a great first impression and feels like a cobbled-together mess. In other words: It bad.Read more
Borderlands 3's Next Expansion Delayed To April 8
11.3.2021
Gearbox announced this morning that it has delayed the release of the upcoming Borderlands 3 expansion Director’s Cut almost a full month due to the severe winter storms that recently swept through its home state of Texas. The update will now launch on April 8.Read more
PSA: Surviving Mars and Metro 2033 Are Currently Free On PC
11.3.2021
Each week, the Epic Games Store puts up a free game, which you can add to your library no strings attached. This week’s offering is Surviving Mars, the space-faring city-builder game about...surviving on Mars. It’ll be available until March 18.Read more
Oddworld: New ‘N’ Tasty Guilted Me Into My First 100% Completion
11.3.2021
I started playing Oddworld: New ‘N Tasty and oh god, I’m going to have to save all 299 of these Mudokons, aren’t I? Read more
Crash Bandicoot 4 Runs Great On PS5, Passably On Switch
11.3.2021
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time arrives on Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, PC, and Switch tomorrow, giving us some of the most polished versions of last year’s excellent platformer alongside one that struggles a lot but gets the job done. Digital Foundry compared the PS5 and Switch versions side...
Enough With The Social Hubs In Video Games
11.3.2021
Here’s a radical idea: Turn every social space in a video game into a menu.Read more
A Bunch Of Bethesda Games Are Joining Xbox Game Pass Tomorrow
11.3.2021
During today’s conversation about Microsoft’s acquisition of ZeniMax Media, the panel announced that a grip of amazing Bethesda games will join Xbox Game Pass tomorrow.Read more
Square Enix Will Reveal New Life Is Strange During Digital Event Next Week
11.3.2021
Square Enix announced it will debut the first episode of its very own Nintendo Direct-style digital event, known as “Square Enix Presents,” next Thursday, March 18.Read more
Destiny 2's New Boss Is Turning Players Into Reply Guys
11.3.2021
Much of Destiny’s story exists anywhere but the main game. The version you get from playing through its campaign today is very different from the one that existed only a year ago, and it’s also very different from the one you’ll get having played Destiny for hundreds of hours, soaking up its lowkey...
Star Citizen Developers Fed Up After Being Expected To Work During Devastating Texas Snowstorm
11.3.2021
Last month, the entirety of Texas ground to a halt after a colossal winter storm pushed the state’s cordoned-off power grid to the brink. Power and heat outages, as well as resulting food and water shortages, led many businesses to temporarily shut down. This included a large number of Texan video...
Roblox Goes Public, Wall Street Decides It's Worth Six Bethesdas
11.3.2021
The Roblox Corporation, maker of the online game creation platform Roblox, went public yesterday, selling shares in the company on the New York Stock Exchange for the first time since it was founded back in 2004. It ended the day trading at just under $70, giving it a valuation of $45 billion,...
Fan Reimagines The Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Remakes
11.3.2021
Earlier this year, Game Freak announced Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. These remakes used a chibi-3D art style but still kept the top-down point of view while exploring the Sinnoh region.Read more