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2023 in video games - what do we know already?
31.10.2022
Also: new Steam release dates, Netflix's latest buy, & lots more!
Science Has Determined This Is The Scariest Game Of All Time
31.10.2022
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EA’s Got At Least Three New Marvel Games In The Works
31.10.2022
Today, Marvel and EA announced a new deal that will see the Madden publisher releasing “at least” three new games based on Marvel characters. We already know that one of these games will star Iron Man and is currently being developed by EA Motive, the same team behind the upcoming Dead Space...
Bitcoin.com Games Invites you to Celebrate Halloween with a Magical Tournament
30.10.2022
It’s Halloween! Play spookilicious casino games and celebrate this festival of hallowed magic with Bitcoin.com Games! Monsters???? Bats???? Witches???? Vampires???? Our very own premium casino brand, Bitcoin.com Games, has launched the Halloween Magic Tournament where you can play horror-themed...
Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Calls Today’s Metaverse a ‘Poorly Built Video Game’
29.10.2022
Phil Spencer, CEO of gaming at Microsoft and head of Xbox, directed some criticism at the idea of the metaverse and how it is being executed. Spencer remarked that for him, the current metaverse is a “poorly built video game,” but also that the sector was still in its early stages...
The new development from Gala Games: Superior playtest
28.10.2022
The new internet hype is the new “play-to-earn” (P2E) games powered by blockchain, which combine gaming and investing. Amid the excitement surrounding NFTs and virtual worlds, these games can be lucrative, drawing millions of players and cash from investors who view the games as...
My OCD Doesn’t Want Me To Play Horror Games, But I Do It Anyway
27.10.2022
It’s difficult to know how to start talking about obsessive-compulsive disorder, the debilitating anxiety condition that has made persistent laps around my life for 14 years, like a flickering koi fish, and I’m the swampy backyard pond.Read more
The Games That Scared The Hell Out Of Us As Kids
27.10.2022
As Halloween draws near, more and more people are loading up their favorite scary games to enjoy some digital frights. But this isn’t a new tradition. In fact, many of us here at Kotaku have been playing spooky, creepy games since we were old enough to pick up controllers or mash keyboards....
Gaming Store Robbed At Gunpoint Months After $14,000 Burglary
26.10.2022
This Monday, a man with a gun robbed a popular video game store in Seattle, Washington. No one was hurt, though the store owner is worried that the thief might return. He is still currently at large.Read more
The 12 Best Horror Games On PS Plus
26.10.2022
There are plenty of great horror games on PlayStation, and a bunch of them can be played for free if you’re already a paid PS Plus subscriber at the Extra tier or above. Ever since Sony expanded the program to emulate Game Pass’ Netflix-style library of downloadable and streaming games, fans...
Marvel Snap Ignored A Card Game Staple And It Worked
26.10.2022
Marvel Snap is a very good card game that recently left early access and is now playable on Android, iOS, and Steam. However, unlike basically every other digital card game, Snap doesn’t include a mulligan option at the start of the match, letting you ditch some or all of your cards for new cards....
10 Horror Games Worse Than The Movies They're Based On
25.10.2022
I love to catalog things. I’m a scrapbooker, a flower presser, and I need to log every movie I watch on Letterboxd or I’ll cease breathing. My desire to collect could be pathological, but I often wish I could capture all the games I play in the same way. Some games I want to remember forever, long...
Bayonetta 3 Reviews Say It’s Stylish And Fun But Flubs The Ending
25.10.2022
Bayonetta 3 reviews are in, and we finally get to find out if Platinum Games has done its titular protagonist any justice. The high-octane action series is known for its over-the-top combat and its aggressively sexualized, superpowered dominatrix hero, and the third entry of the series delivers...
The Week In Games: Modern Witch Warfare
25.10.2022
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Brand New ‘Emergent Entertainment PLC’ Forms to Offer Next Generation of Digital and Immersive Entertainment
25.10.2022
PRESS RELEASE. 25 October 2022: Today, the formation of a new entertainment PLC EMERGENT ENTERTAINMENT is announced. Emergent Entertainment officially merges London-based video game studio Maze Theory with blockchain veterans and developers Pluto Digital PLC, following a successful joint venture...
13 Frightening Moments In Games That Live In Our Heads Rent Free
21.10.2022
We’re about a week and some days away from Halloween, my fave holiday, but the spooky season is already in full swing here at Kotaku. While I’ve recently blogged about FromSoftware games—and Bloodborne’s Amygdala—giving me the creeps, I figured I’d expand the scope and round up some of the most...
The Ultimate Game To Hit Your '90s Music Nostalgia
19.10.2022
Riley & Rochelle marks the zenith of a concept Sheinman Games has been working on for three years. A period of recent music history is chosen, imagined bands and singers are created, songs written and performed, and then your task as the player is to piece together scattered information into...
Destiny 2’s Halloween Event Is On Fire
19.10.2022
Destiny 2’s annual spooky loot event is back and it’s a mess. Festival of the Lost went live yesterday riddled with issues from a bug that blocked quest progress to players being saddled with old, obsolete loot. It was not good, especially for an event that is mostly unchanged from the year prior...
Shoppers in India can now order a sneaker in Metaverse for a week
19.10.2022
Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart partnered with Polygon-incubated organization eDAO to launch a virtual shopping world in the metaverse
Getting Into The Pokémon Trading Card Game Is Way Easier Than You Think
18.10.2022
Do you live surrounded by Pokémon cards, perhaps in piles on every surface in your house, abandoned either by you or your kids? Have you ever thought, “Hang on, aren’t these meant to be used for something other than being disappointed they’re not Charizards?” Yes, me too. So I became determined...