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What’s The First Setting You Change In Any Game?
8.3.2021
It’s Monday and time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take.Read more
Ultra (UOS) hits a new all-time high as blockchain gaming and NFTs boom
8.3.2021
Ultra gains momentum as the popularity of NFTs and cross-chain interoperability help propel UOS token to new highs
Call of Duty's Zombie Easter Eggs Were Too Hard, So Cold War Season 2 Is Simplifying Things
8.3.2021
Secrets have long been a part of the Call of Duty Zombies formula. But while players have loved hunting for Easter eggs to reveal new bits of lore, according to Black Ops Cold War developer Treyarch, very few players find these secrets in-game. So for its latest take on zombies, Treyarch...
How To Get Around The PS5's Screenshot Restrictions
8.3.2021
Hitman 3 is a looker. But if you try to take a screenshot on PlayStation 5, you’ll run into an issue: Hitting the Create button causes Hitman 3 itself to pause, meaning you’ll only be able to get a screenshot of the game’s menu. It’s a lovely menu, for sure, but not exactly on par with...
Jakks' Super Mario Bowser Airship Is The Toy Boat I've Always Wanted
8.3.2021
Coming this fall from Nintendo and Jakks Pacific, the $40 Super Mario deluxe Bowser Ship playset plays the airship theme as the 2.5-inch plumber climbs aboard to wreak havoc. Read more
The Most Anticipated Games of 2021 That Might Actually Come Out This Year
8.3.2021
Outriders | $60 | Best BuyRead more
Regulators Approve Microsoft's $7.5 Billion Acquisition Of Bethesda Parent Company Zenimax Media
8.3.2021
Microsoft’s $7.5 billion purchase of Zenimax Media, parent company of Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, and Doom maker Bethesda, has cleared another set of hurdles, winning approval to proceed from both the European Commission and US Securities and Exchange Commissions.Read more
I Found Some Rad Tracks At This Virtual Japanese Music Festival
8.3.2021
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Instead of highlighting a single soundtrack today, I wanna tell you about my visit to a virtual music festival this weekend, where I found lots of great tracks.Read more
Walmart's MAR10 Sale is Here, Featuring Mario Switch Games for $39
8.3.2021
MAR10 Sale | WalmartRead more
Admit That You Kind of Want the Mario LEGO Set and Then Buy the Starter Course for $48
8.3.2021
Super Mario LEGO Starter Course | $48 | AmazonRead more
The Week In Games: Apex Legends Drops On Switch
7.3.2021
Mark a spot on the map, grab some guns, and get ready to (hopefully) be the last team standing when Apex Legends comes out for free on Switch later this week. Read more
Over 5,000 Final Fantasy XIV Players Were Banned For Using Or Advertising Real Money Trading
7.3.2021
Square Enix announced earlier this week that over 5,000 Final Fantasy XIV players were banned after they were caught using or advertising real money in-game.Read more
Watch Dogs: Legion's Multiplayer On PC Has Been Delayed Indefinitely Because Of Bugs
6.3.2021
Yesterday, Ubisoft announced that the Watch Dogs Legion’s online mode on PC has been delayed indefinitely due to serious bugs that need to be fixed. And some parts of multiplayer on the console will also be delayed due to, you guessed it, more bugs.Read more
The Division 2 Will Get A New Mode Later This Year, But Not Much Else
6.3.2021
Good news for Division 2 players: Ubisoft and Massive have laid out plans for the future of the game, including a brand new mode later this year. Bad news: Don’t expect anything new for a while.Read more
Genshin Impact's 1.4 Update Comes Out March 17, Adds A New Character And Mini-Games
6.3.2021
Genshin Impact’s next big update releases on March 17 and with it comes the start of a new event, the Windblume Festival, bringing new mini-games, a new playable character, the opportunity to go on dates with select characters, and some quality of life changes. Read more
Whiscash Sleeps All Day, Eats Anything And Predicts Earthquakes
6.3.2021
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Whiscash!Read more
Minecraft Dungeons Is Getting Turned Into An Arcade Game
6.3.2021
Mojang announced yesterday that Minecraft Dungeons Arcade cabinets are on their way to arcades in North America for limited testing, with more cabinets coming later this year. Read more
The PS2 Turns 21, The Future Of Twitch, Doom 3 VR Comes To PS4, Valve Kills Artifact And More
6.3.2021
This week on Morning Checkpoint we remember the launch of the PS2, make bananas into controllers, discuss the future of Twitch, check out what’s happening with Hitman 3 this month, find out what game died this week, and stop buying movies on the PlayStation Store.Read more
Morrowind Mod Lets You Buy Argonian McNuggets
5.3.2021
McDonald’s is a massive fast-food empire with 38,695 locations spanning 122 countries. It’s become so ubiquitous in the real world that I’m sure the corporation would investigate franchising opportunities in fictional worlds if it could, even the famously chaotic realm of Tamriel.Read more
Mario Is Making Animal Crossing Weird For Me
5.3.2021
Before Animal Crossing: New Horizons added Mario items on March 1, my island was a pleasant place that was not being stalked by a dead-eyed plumber cosplayer with an axe.Read more