Search
The Makers Of Pokémon Are About To Break A 15-Year Cycle
27.2.2025
Today’s Pokémon Presents was more notable for what it didn’t include than for what it did. While news of Legends: Z-A was very welcome, what was not mentioned—nor ever rumored to be mentioned—was Pokémon’s next mainline entry. And yet, based on the pattern of the last decade-and-a-half, this should...
Pokémon Legends: Z-A's Starters Revealed And Everyone's Favorite Fire Pig Is Back
27.2.2025
We finally have our first real look at Pokémon Legends: Z-A and which Pokémon will grace its world. This time around players are headed to the Kalos region and the starters they get to pick from are Chikorita, Tepig, and Totodile. While I’m a grass-type enthusiast at heart, there’s no question...
Everything We Saw During The Pokémon Day Presents Showcase
27.2.2025
It’s that time of year when Pokémon fans get to have an early Christmas. It’s Pokémon Day, which commemorates the anniversary of the launch of the original Pokemon Red and Green in Japan in 1996. Each year, The Pokémon Company puts on a livestream to talk about upcoming games, updates on current...
Here’s Your First Look At Pokémon Legends: Z-A
27.2.2025
After a year of waiting since seeing that tantalizing teaser last Pokémon Day, Game Freak has finally revealed the first in-game footage of Pokémon Legends: Z-A. Before today, all we knew about the Switch game was what was revealed on Pokémon Day 2024. Legends Z-A is set entirely in the Kalos...
This App Is On A Mission To Recommend You The Perfect Game
27.2.2025
What if finding the perfect game to play was as easy as swiping left and right in a dating app, minus the actual horrors of online dating? That’s part of the pitch behind Ludoscene, an app for game recommendations that uses humans rather than machines to tell you what to play. The other part of...
Elden Ring Is Definitely Not An RPG: A Kotaku Debate
26.2.2025
What is a role-playing game? You probably have your own definition and exceptions. And as you might expect, nearly everyone at Kotaku has thoughts and opinions on what is and isn’t an RPG. For example, some think Elden Ring is an RPG. Others disagree strongly. And then some think the idea...
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Is Free For PlayStation Plus Just Months After Launch
26.2.2025
After it endured a decade of development hell and heaps of culture war bullshit, it’s a shame more people haven’t played Dragon Age: The Veilguard. (That’s not to even mention the restructuring at BioWare that followed in the wake of the game’s release.) Publisher EA says about 1.5 million people...
Pokémon TCG Pocket's Next Set Leaks Making Fans Anxious About Having Even More Cards To Collect
26.2.2025
It’s only been a month since Pokémon TCG Pocket’s Diamond and Pearl-inspired Space-Time Smackdown expansion released, and it looks like the mobile card game’s next set of cards is already here. A promo for a set called Triumphant Light, starring the god Pokémon Arceus, appeared to leak overnight....
Why Darkrai ex Is Dominating Pokémon TCG Pocket
26.2.2025
The Space-Time Smackdown expansion is a few weeks old now in Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, and it has shifted the game’s competitive landscape by leaps and bounds. Up to this point, Psychic decks have ruled the roost. Mewtwo ex, combined with the Energy generation of Gardevoir, inflicted such...
Two Point Museum Is A Very Silly And Nearly Perfect Tycoon Game
26.2.2025
Two Point Museum—out March 4 on PC and consoles—is the latest game in the Two Point series of wacky British business simulators. This time around, instead of running a hospital or building a profitable college, you are tasked with building and maintaining a successful museum. Doing so is tricky...
Wield The Mighty Excalibur For Trophy Goodness In Big Helmet Heroes
26.2.2025
Big Helmet Heroes is a 3D brawler with a selection of unique side objectives for you to complete if you’d like to collect every trophy or achievement it has to offer. And since the game is already fairly laid back, it doesn’t hurt to do so for some added replay value. One of these extra tasks...
Report: Warner Bros. Cancels Wonder Woman Game And Shuts Down Shadow Of Mordor Studio
25.2.2025
Monolith Productions revealed it was making a Wonder Woman game back in 2021. Now Bloomberg reports it’s been canceled and the studio best known for the Middle-Earth: Shadow of War games is being shutdown as well as part of larger cuts at Warner Bros. Games after 2024's Suicide Squad bombed...
How To Master Iron Man In Marvel Rivals
25.2.2025
Tony Stark, as we all know, is a brilliant engineer, the Iron Man suit testament to his capabilities. Flexible and reliable, Iron Man is also a fantastic Dualist in Marvel Rivals, where he excels in keeping constant pressure on his enemies with long range attacks, the ability to fly freely to avoid...
Studio Behind Acclaimed Silent Hill 2 Remake Reveals It's Working On A New Mystery Game
25.2.2025
In addition to getting generally great reviews from critics, Bloober Team’s remake of Silent Hill 2 also went on to sell over 2 million copies across PlayStation 5 and PC. Based on that success, Konami is now letting the Polish horror studio work on a brand-new game based on one of the Japanese...
Xbox Delays Its Big Fantasy RPG Blockbuster Fable To 2026
25.2.2025
On Tuesday, Playground Games and Xbox announced that the upcoming Fable reboot has been delayed. It was set to arrive later this year but has now been pushed back until 2026. The reboot of the popular RPG franchise was first revealed by Xbox in 2020. Read more
Which Class Should You Choose When Starting Avowed?
25.2.2025
Avowed features three starting classes, each focused on specific archetypes that most role-playing fans are certain to recognize. While you can mix and match abilities between these different classes throughout your adventure, picking the one that appeals most to you can have a significant impact...
Whoa, A Ton Of Cool New Games Just Got Announced For Xbox Game Pass
24.2.2025
It’s looking like a good Game Pass harvest this year, especially because Microsoft’s backlog of big first-party Xbox games like Doom: The Dark Ages and Fable are coming in 2025. But tons of other cool stuff is headed to the subscription service as well, and a bunch of them were announced during...
Remembering Viktor Antonov, Beloved Artist Behind Half-Life 2 And Dishonored
24.2.2025
It was announced earlier this week that video game artist Viktor Antonov had died at the unreasonably young age of 52. With stints working at big-name studios like Valve and Arkane, Antonov’s work was a key part of some of the most loved games of all time. It was his unmistakable style that defined...
How Long Is Avowed? It Depends On How You Play
24.2.2025
Role-playing games are known to be lengthy adventures that can keep you busy for weeks, months, or years, some totalling well over 100 hours. As such, it’s not surprising you’d want to know just how long you’ll be spending in Obsidian Entertainment’s newest RPG, Avowed, and whether it’s worth your...
Assassin's Creed Shadows Has Leaked A Month Before Launch
24.2.2025
It looks like at least a few people have got their hands on physical copies of Assassin’s Creed Shadows ahead of the game’s official March 20 launch. Reportedly, one player streamed themselves playing the next entry in Ubisoft’s long-running franchise online. (No spoilers are included below.) Read...