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Smash Community’s Conduct Panel Reaches Breaking Point After Tumultuous Summer
16.12.2020
The independent Super Smash Bros. Code of Conduct Panel is formally disbanding after a summer that saw the competitive Smash community explode with allegations of sexual misconduct.Read more
Cyberpunk 2077 Execs Say They 'Ignored' Signals That The Console Versions They Hyped Were In Rough Shape
16.12.2020
It’s clear by now that Cyberpunk 2077 is a bit of a disaster, especially on consoles. During a recent conference call with CD Projekt Group’s management board, executives said they knew the game was busted before its December 10 launch.Read more
GameStop's Last-Minute Console Rush Puts Workers At Risk
14.12.2020
A new allocation of PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X / S bundles brought crowds of hopeful customers to physical GameStop locations over the weekend, according to a report by Bloomberg and corroboration by a Kotaku source. Staffing shortages and the threat of the ongoing covid-19 pandemic in...
Bitcoin.com Exchange to List Free TON Token as the Next Step in a Decentralised Crypto World
12.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Bitcoin.com Exchange is thrilled to announce the upcoming listing of TON on the 14th of December 2020 at 17:00 UTC. Bitcoin.com Exchange will be the first major cryptocurrency exchange in the industry to list Free TON on the platform. Founded in May 2018, TON Labs is the core...
Report: Cyberpunk 2077 Devs Will Now Receive Bonuses No Matter How It Reviews
12.12.2020
CD Projekt executives said they accept responsibility for Cyberpunk 2077’s shortcomings in an email sent to staff earlier today, Bloomberg reports.Read more
Demon's Souls, One Month Later
12.12.2020
Can you believe it’s been a month since flagship PlayStation 5 game Demon’s Souls released? I feel like I’ve spent every waking hour of the past 30 days with the Bluepoint Games remake. While the game is mostly the same as the PlayStation 3 original, the community has been hard at work sussing...
Cyberpunk 2077 Gets Epilepsy Fix
11.12.2020
Cyberpunk 2077 was updated today with a patch that, among other things, fixes the strobing effects that reportedly caused a Game Informer journalist to suffer an epileptic seizure.Read more
Among Us Gets New Map Set On Airship
11.12.2020
Among Us, which has already earned its developer Innersloth two awards at The Game Awards, just revealed a brand-new map.Read more
Sephiroth Is Coming To Smash
11.12.2020
During tonight’s broadcast of The Game Awards, Nintendo announced that Final Fantasy villain Sephiroth will be heading to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.Read more
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