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New Cyberpunk Bundle Includes Loads Of Cyberpunk Games That Aren't Cyberpunk 2077
10.12.2020
Interested in the cyberpunk genre but not willing to shell out money to CD Projekt Red for Cyberpunk 2077? Well, the “Be a Better Cyberpunk” bundle on itch.io might be right up your alley.Read more
With Flash Games On The Chopping Block, One Popular Site Turns To Emulation
9.12.2020
Armor Games, one of the largest repositories of Adobe Flash-based games on the internet, is choosing to shift to emulation next year as a way to mitigate Adobe’s planned phasing out of Flash after December 2020.Read more
A Video Take On Cyberpunk 2077: Familiar, Convoluted, But Also A Good Time
9.12.2020
Cyberpunk 2077 is undoubtedly the most anticipated release of 2020. Over the past handful of years, fans have dreamt of the possibilities. And The Witcher 3 being a damn fine game only fueled the hype-train further. Remember when Keanu Reeves came out on Microsoft’s E3 2019 stage? I was fortunate...
Yakuza: Like A Dragon’s Best Boss Theme Makes Me Wanna Break Stuff (In A Good Way)
9.12.2020
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today, we’re looking at what I think is the best boss battle theme in modern history.Read more
It’s Super Easy To Make Kanye West In Demon’s Souls
8.12.2020
Unlike the original Demon’s Souls, the PlayStation 5 remake includes a fairly robust character creation system. While I was mostly content to make a generic, purple-skinned lady for my first playthrough, folks have been able to craft some interesting characters.Read more
Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time Remake Pushed Back To March 18
8.12.2020
The upcoming Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake won’t be able to make its original January 2021 release window, developer Ubisoft announced today. It will now arrive on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on March 18, 2021.Read more
Square Enix’s Project Athia Is Console Exclusive On PS5 For ‘At Least 24 Months’
8.12.2020
Project Athia, the next game from the team behind Final Fantasy XV, will be console-exclusive to the PlayStation 5 for “at least 24 months,” a new Sony demo reel of upcoming games revealed.Read more
Blockchain-Based Immunity Passports Don’t Resolve Core Privacy Issues: Report
7.12.2020
Proposals for immunity or vaccine passes have resurfaced with promising news about vaccines, but the web standards they’re based on contain flaws
Quick Resume Is Working For More Xbox Series X Games
7.12.2020
Microsoft is slowly starting to roll out more Quick Resume support on Xbox Series X|S again, after it took the supposedly signature next-gen feature offline for some games right before the console’s launch last month. This is according to Xbox director of program management Jason Ronald.Read more
Streamer Finds Extremely Rare Pokémon, Freaks Out
5.12.2020
Sometimes, with everything on fire and no end in sight, it’s nice to have a wholesome moment to remind us there are still beacons of light in this cruel world. I think this clip of Twitch streamer AjentVee getting super mega ultra excited over finding a rare Pokémon fits the bill. Let’s watch.Read...
Those Weird Noises In Demon’s Souls? Just A Glitch, Says Sony
4.12.2020
After weeks of speculation, we finally have an answer regarding those loud, seemingly random sound effects haunting the Demon’s Souls remake: Sony told Kotaku they’re a glitch, nothing more.Read more
Report: Metal Gear Solid Movie Taps Oscar Isaac To Play Solid Snake
4.12.2020
Sony Pictures’ upcoming Metal Gear Solid movie will feature Star Wars and Ex Machina star Oscar Isaac in the lead role of Solid Snake, according to Deadline.Read more
New Mars Game Isn't A City-Builder, It's A Planet-Builder
4.12.2020
Per Aspera is a new PC game out this week that has you playing as an AI responsible for transforming Mars from a big cold rock into somewhere humans can walk their dogs outside in a grassy green park.Read more
Markiplier Fans Celebrate His Bowel Movement
3.12.2020
Mark “Markiplier” Fischbach is one of the biggest YouTube stars in the world. At almost 30 million subscribers, he’s afforded a level of celebrity that can make even a mundane activity, like taking a dump, a big deal.Read more
Demon’s Souls Was Filled With Rubber Duckies During Development
3.12.2020
Just like the PlayStation 3 original, the Demon’s Souls remake on PlayStation 5 is a moody, atmospheric game with very little in the way of brightness or joy. But that wasn’t always the case.Read more
Case study: making Core Defense a solo dev success
3.12.2020
A guest post with advice galore!
Silent Hill and Gravity Rush Creator Keiichiro Toyama Has Left Sony
3.12.2020
Keiichiro Toyama first made a name for himself, writing and directing the first Silent Hill while at Konami. In 1999, he joined Sony’s Japan Studio, and today, he’s announced that he has left to form his own studio.Read more
PlayStation Vita’s Store Isn’t Working For Some Reason
3.12.2020
Widespread issues with PlayStation Network on PlayStation Vita have kept players from downloading or transferring games to the handheld for almost 24 hours. Kotaku contacted Sony earlier in the day for more information but didn’t hear back before publication.Read more
Genshin Impact’s Mobile Haul Is Nearly $400 Million (And Counting)
3.12.2020
Open-world adventure game Genshin Impact has made its developer miHoYo around $393 million in revenue since launching in late September, according to mobile analytics firm Sensor Tower. The wild part? That number only accounts for the game’s mobile income.Read more
Scientists Are Trying To Work Out Why You Weirdos Invert Your Controls
3.12.2020
After The Guardian ran a story earlier this year on gamers inverting their controls, a group of scientists—who have shifted their studies into online stuff during Covid—are now going to do a little research and try to find out why some people play video games the normal way while others try...