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I’m Still on My BS, But Now I Get Healthcare
24.8.2021
Hello again, Kotaku readers. My name is Sisi. I am an award-nominated game designer, a roleplaying game enthusiast, and mobile gaming casual. Maybe you’ve already read some of my pieces about Genshin Impact, and I’m psyched to be doing this for you on a full-time basis. Read more
The Best Gamescom Surprise So Far Is This Spell-Casting Shooter
24.8.2021
Fans of fast-paced first-person shooters that send you beyond the earthly plane to murder demons while heavy metal plays in the background should have their interest piqued by a certain upcoming release. No, no, not another Doom. We’re talking about an indie game called Into the Pit, which looks...
Holy Crap, Gjallarhorn Is Coming Back To Destiny 2
24.8.2021
Today’s big Destiny 2 info drop included details about the release date for The Witch Queen expansion (a bunch of 2s) and the specific height of its villain (very tall). That’s cool and all, but here’s the real meat and potatoes: Gjallarhorn, the comically powerful rocket launcher that more or less...
Destiny 2 Witch Queen Out February 2022, Adds Weapon Crafting
24.8.2021
Bungie finally revealed Destiny 2's Witch Queen expansion today and it looks like it’s exactly what the game needs, even if it won’t be launching until February 22, 2022.Read more
Major Game Devs Set Up Fake Company To Launch New Game
24.8.2021
What do you do if you’re a developer so incredibly famous for one particular game, and you want to release something completely different? If you’re Supercell, the creators of mobile phenomenon Clash Of Clans, you create an entirely fake developer and soft-launch your new product under a fake...
Destiny 2 Latest Game To Boldly Announce Gargantuan Gal
24.8.2021
Today, Bungie proudly joins the ranks of Capcom, FromSoftware, and other lovers of big ladies everywhere. The upcoming Destiny 2 expansion stars the Hive Witch Savathun, a long-teased major villain from the part of the lore I actually know about (ask me anything about sword logic), and Bungie...
Is This The Real Life Or Is It Just A Sims Stream?
24.8.2021
Life imitates. Or art imitates life. Or the two imitate each other enough that we can’t tell which is which. And if we can’t tell which is which, then how can we know if we exist in life or in art? How are we to know that this life isn’t just a giant Sims playthrough?Read more
The Best Strategy Games On PC
24.8.2021
The PC is home to just about every type of video game under the sun, but few are as quintessentially PC as strategy games.Read more
Modders Finally Add Wall-Running To Apex Legends
24.8.2021
Know what the coolest thing about Titanfall was? Piloting spritely, giant robots. Know what the second coolest thing was? Being able to run along the walls. So it has long been very strange that Apex Legends, a game set in the same universe as Titanfall, has allowed you to do neither of those...
Trees Have Become The Pokémon Fandom's Ultimate Brain Worms
23.8.2021
While the latest trailer for Pokémon Legends: Arceus shows the open-world monster-collecting game shaping up nicely compared to its initial reveal, some onlookers are not impressed. And so, for the second time in recent memory, the Pokémon fandom is once again talking about trees.Read more
Bungie Escalates War On Destiny 2 Cheat Makers
23.8.2021
Bungie’s legal war against businesses distributing Destiny 2 cheat codes escalated last week with fresh lawsuits for copyright infringement filed against Elite Boss Tech, Lavicheats, and VeteranCheats.Read more
Twelve Minutes Might Have The Worst Video Game Ending Of The Year
23.8.2021
Twelve Minutes is, or at least should be, a game about trauma. It is, but it isn’t.Read more
The Giant Destiny 2 Leak Everyone Can’t Stop Talking About
23.8.2021
Speculation over a notorious batch of supposed Destiny 2 leaks has reached a fever pitch ahead of the Season 15 and Witch Queen expansion reveals. Bungie’s live-service loot shooter is no stranger to data mining deep dives from players and theorizing based on those findings, but what makes...
When Your Fallout Mod Is So Good Bethesda Hires You Before It Comes Out
23.8.2021
Stephanie Zachariadis, head writer of the highly anticipated Fallout: London mod, is leaving the development team after being hired as an associate quest designer at Bethesda Game Studios, project lead Dean Carter announced recently.Read more
Crypto exchange Bybit signs esports deals with Astralis and Alliance
23.8.2021
Cryptocurrency exchanges have identified esports as a potential growth driver. The industry has experienced significant growth in recent years as leagues look to monetize the competitive nature of video games
Battlefield 2042 Cheats Advertised Months Before Release
23.8.2021
Officially announced on June 9 and slated for release on October 22, Battlefield 2042 left a very narrow window for the international cheat machine to spring into action, but spring they have with at least one website already advertising aimbots and ESP-style player location sensing to ruin Dice’s...
Aliens: Fireteam Elite Isn’t A Great Aliens Game
23.8.2021
I’ve had many friends wish they were in my position—or offer their assistance—when it comes to reviewing video games. Much rarer is the opposite reaction, where friends demanded beers as compensation for forcing them to play a video game.Read more
First Look At Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop, Which Might Not Suck
23.8.2021
We haven’t seen the actual show yet. It could still suck! But if we’re going to be superficial, it sure looks like Netflix is getting the look of its Cowboy Bebop adaptation sorta, well, right.Read more
Stardew Valley Creator Holding $40,000 Tournament To Separate Wheat From Chaff
23.8.2021
Every game gets at least 15 minutes of esport fame. Stardew Valley’s competitive time to shine just happens to be coming five years after it was initially released. In a tribute to the game’s biggest speedrunners and content creators, and the passionate farming sim community they’ve helped create...
Psychonauts 2: The Kotaku Review
23.8.2021
People are complicated. Nobody is simply selfish or sad. No one is born bad or heroic. We are a collection of memories and experiences, some good and some…not so good. These messes of thoughts and emotions can be hard to handle sometimes, but they’re also what makes us unique. It’s what makes...