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A Scrapped Overwatch Netflix Show, A Proposed Call Of Duty RTS, And Four More Details From An Upcoming Book On Blizzard
30.9.2024
Activision Blizzard has been the subject of immense attention and scrutiny over the past three years, ever since the company was sued over an alleged culture of workplace harassment in 2021. This was followed by a $69 billion acquisition by Microsoft and over 2000 layoffs at the company. With...
KFC Won't Let Colonel Sanders Appear In Tekken
30.9.2024
Tekken development chief Katsuhiro Harada has long dreamed of adding Kentucky Fried Chicken’s founder-turned-mascot Colonel Sanders to the long-running fighting game. But according to Harada, KFC isn’t interested in the crossover. And it seems unlikely that you’ll get a Waffle House stage...
You Can Get The Entire Myst Series For Just $25 On Humble Bundle Right Now
30.9.2024
If you’re a puzzle fan, then this year’s Riven remake was one of the most exciting releases of 2024. The updated version of the original 1997 adventure and a sequel to the equally iconic Myst, is an absolute joy to play for those who love unique game worlds filled with striking environments...
Death Stranding 2 Shows Off Wild Photo Shoot Mode And Teases Release Date
30.9.2024
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach is still on its way to the PlayStation 5 and at Tokyo Game Show 2024 over the weekend, director Hideo Kojima teased more gameplay, new features, and an in-game performance by Japanese singer Daichi Miura and a group of Death Stranding 2's unnerving Dollmen. Read more
Astro Bot Dev Acknowledges Final Fantasy VII Erasure
30.9.2024
Astro Bot isn’t just a brilliant adventure platformer, it’s also an homage to PlayStation history. Sometimes that can make it feel like a Funko Pop branding exercise, but it’s also fun to see all of the nods to important games and characters from the platform’s past. That’s made some absences, like...
Epic Fires Off Fresh Lawsuits Over What A Pain It Is To Download Fortnite
30.9.2024
Epic, the company behind the Unreal Engine and infinite money machine Fortnite, are yet again suing Google. Having recently won against Google in an anti-competitive practices suit, the games company is doing it all over again, this time dragging in Samsung in a suit over the way their tech...
Every Movie In The Batman Universe, Ranked From Worst To Best
30.9.2024
Some call Batman the “Caped Crusader,” while others call him Christian Bale, Kevin Conroy, Michael Keaton…In his 85-year-long tenure as a sulky billionaire with wings, Batman has found the time to be a generous movie star, so today we honor him by ranking notable movies set in the Batman universe....
Both Twitch And TwitchCon Are Everything Inclusive Spaces Should Be
29.9.2024
Twitch’s evolution as a platform felt palpable throughout the streaming service’s annual three-day convention. From drag shows to discussions on diversity, most of the sights and sounds of TwitchCon 2024 affirmed the strides the platform has made in creating inclusive spaces for gamers. And Kotaku...
Multiple Meanings For "Sham" Have Got Some NYT Connections Players Stumped Today
29.9.2024
One day left in the weekend, puzzlers—make it count! Maybe with some lighter fare like The Wild Robot? Grab the kids and go, or just take yourself—nothing wrong with a little popcorn and animation to wrap up your weekend!Read more
PS5 Pro Pre-Orders, Dragon Age: Veilguard Advice, And More Hot Tips Of The Week
29.9.2024
It was quite the week in gaming, from impossible-to-secure pre-orders of the newly announced PS5 Pro, to huge sales on major Capcom and Xbox games, to confirmation about which of your Dragon Age choices will carry over to Veilguard. As always, we covered them all, and now they’re in one spot here...
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...
Today's NYT Connections Groups Are Shockingly Easy If You Don't Get Tripped Up On "Compound"
28.9.2024
Welcome to the weekend, puzzlers! And what better way to start the weekend with a nice short puzzle? Challenging, but short. There are advantages to not being sucked into a weeks-long epic slog of a game.Read more
Sony's Big State Of Play, An Assassin's Creed Shadows Delay, And More Of The Week's Top Stories
28.9.2024
Sony held a State of Play showcase this week that showed off a few new games alongside updates for Astro Bot, Alan Wake 2, and others, with the biggest reveal being our first look at the sequel to Ghost of Tsushima. Meanwhile, Xbox held an event of its own at Tokyo Game Show, images of some of...
Kotaku Weekend Guide: 6 Great Games To Play Before The Next Avalanche Of Releases
27.9.2024
We are but mere days away from October, and that’s when the video game industry is going to start dropping some big games. Metaphor: ReFantazio, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 are just a few of the big releases coming out next month. Luckily...
This Stunning Outer Wilds: Design Works Collector's Package Reminds Us Why We Love The 2019 GOTY
27.9.2024
Outer Wilds is often touted as one of the greatest video games in recent memory, winning Game of the Year in 2019 from numerous publications. If you ask anyone online for an exploration-based game, not even mentioning the space setting, chances are someone will recommend this masterpiece from...
Star Wars Outlaws Reveals Roadmap To Get The Massive Open-World Game Back On Track
27.9.2024
Star Wars Outlaws is an impressive but messy game. It’s offers an incredibly immersive open world but puts clumsy stealth at the center of its gameplay. The beginning is slow and easy to fall off of. In the words of one Kotaku writer: “it’s a crappy masterpiece.” Publisher Ubisoft seems committed...
Short, Wonderful Games Like Astro Bot Are The Antidote To The Industry's Scope Problem
27.9.2024
I’ve been on a tear the last few weeks. I often fall into long stretches where I pick up and play a lot of games for varying periods of time, but never finish them. Thanks to the job, I just rarely have the time to linger on a thing for too long outside of a professional obligation. Fortunately...
Deadlock Cheaters Are Getting Punished In The Best Way Possible
27.9.2024
Cheating in online games has been a scourge since time in memoriam, but the ways that developers deal with malicious players continue to evolve and innovate. Deadlock, the Valve hero shooter quietly taking over Steam in its closed beta, is the latest multiplayer game to move the art forward...
Twitch Is Transforming Into A Home For Political Commentary And Caroline Kwan Is Leading The Charge
27.9.2024
Caroline Kwan is tired, but you can’t tell. The political fundraiser turned actor turned Twitch streamer is sitting across from me in a TwitchCon meeting room on the last day of the convention, wearing a pink boilersuit and sneakers, her hair pulled back off her face, looking clear-eyed and alert....
The Developers Behind Astonishing Disaster The Day Before Are Back, And They Want Your Money
27.9.2024
Remember The Day Before? If anything, the blandness of its name might have caused the clown-car series of scandals surrounding it last holiday season to fade from memory. But the zombie survival MMO’s sudden collapse and closure is back on our radar thanks to its developer Fntastic, who is rather...