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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
Sonic Amateur Games Expo Features 150+ Free Fan Games
22.8.2021
Yesterday, the Sonic Amateur Games Expo started, continuing a 21-year tradition of fans coming together to share new community-developed games, demos, mods, and engines. And while the name implies it’s all about Sonic, SAGE is more than just ROM-hacks and fan games based on Sega’s popular mascot....
Mario Got Himself Arrested Before An English Soccer Game
20.8.2021
The return of capacity crowds to English football stadiums has been a beautiful thing to see over the last couple of weeks, but in some cases, fans clearly had a few things to work out of their systems after 18 months stuck watching at home.Read more
Pokemon Legends: Arceus Can’t Be The Next Breath of the Wild, But That’s OK
19.8.2021
Sure—Pokémon Legends: Arceus looks like Breath of the Wild—this isn’t a controversial take, but what does that actually mean?Read more
Black Panther: War For Wakanda Is The Best Marvel’s Avengers DLC
18.8.2021
My least-favorite moment in the story portion of the free Black Panther: War for Wakanda expansion for Marvel’s Avengers is when the rest of the Avengers show up. Until then it’s the T’Challa and Shuri show, and it’s perfect. Read more
Yakuza's Kiryu Joins The Growing Super Monkey Ball Cinematic Universe
18.8.2021
Move over, Jet Set Radio’s Beat, you’ve been usurped as the coolest guest character in Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania. Sega announced this morning that Kazuma Kiryu, the principled protagonist of the Yakuza series, will also be playable in the upcoming game.Read more
I Need To Tell You About This Pokémon Exec's Shirt Right Now
18.8.2021
Kotaku is no stranger to discussing fashion, and so I am proud to uphold this storied tradition. Gamers do not know how to dress themselves, this much is well known. Standard press conference fare, even from executives, is a graphic tee and blazer combo that leaves much to be desired. Sure, it’s...
All That Stranger Things Stuff In Dead By Daylight Is About To Vanish
17.8.2021
Dead by Daylight, the massively popular survival horror game released by Behaviour Interactive in 2016, is going to lose its various Stranger Things-themed content on November 17, the studio announced today. But not before all that Stranger Things DLC and such is marked down 50 percent for...
Everything You Need To Know To Beat Hades (For The First Time)
16.8.2021
If you haven’t cleared a run in Hades, you’re not alone. Supergiant’s Greek-themed roguelike is many things, but “easy” sure isn’t one of them. Beating the game the first time will happen eventually, but the following advice should help you speed up the process.Read more
Fan Accidentally Discovers Massive Metal Gear Solid Glitch, Speedrunners Freaking Out
16.8.2021
Over the weekend, Twitch streamer Boba was streaming herself playing Metal Gear Solid for the first time ever, and after being attacked by some guards, she turned to fight them. At that moment, she accidentally ended up getting pushed backward through a locked door, discovering a new glitch that...
Cyberpunk 2077 Patch Will Ensure Fans Stop Having Sex With Wrong Characters
16.8.2021
Cyberpunk 2077’s next big patch, 1.3, still doesn’t have a release date—but we now have a little bit more insight into what it will include. These additions offer improved minimap directions and a perk reset option. The update will also fix the game’s infamous brothel scene where players kept...
Breath Of The Wild Trickshot Montage Is The Zelda Olympics
16.8.2021
What’s the most surefire way to make a cool thing cooler? Easy: Set it to some seriously epic music. Case in point here is a thrilling new The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild trickshot montage by BotW streamer Duplex Link. The film would be awesome on mute, but the soundtrack just makes it...
Nintendo’s Older Games Are Killing It Right Now
13.8.2021
Nintendo continues absolutely dominating the competition in terms of game sales.Read more
Getting Killed By Superman In Fortnite Feels Wrong
12.8.2021
Superman arrived in Fortnite this week, becoming the latest in a steady stream of high-profile licensed characters from across the corporate multiverse. And in my first match following Superman’s debut as a playable character, he killed me with a sniper rifle. I’m not sure how I feel about that....
Augmented Reality-Based Dogemon Go Mobile Game Allows Players to Earn Dogecoin
12.8.2021
Following this year’s hype toward the meme-based digital currency dogecoin, a team of developers revealed the launch of an augmented reality (AR) mobile game called “Dogemon Go.” Similar to the AR game Pokémon Go, players catch virtual characters dubbed “Dogemons”...
Goombas Topple Over At Super Nintendo World's Yoshi Ride
12.8.2021
Earlier this week, a moving stack Goombas toppled over at Super Nintendo World’s Yoshi’s Adventure attraction in Universal Studios Japan. You can glimpse the Goombas in the above image. Livedoor News reports that the Goomba statue, which measures several meters tall, did fell in an area where park...
Dead By Daylight Patch Fixes Pyramid Head’s Ass
11.8.2021
The latest update to multiplayer horror game Dead by Daylight fixed a lot of bugs, but the most important change has to do with Pyramid Head and his luscious booty.Read more
Japan Reaches Impressive Pokémon Manhole Milestone
11.8.2021
In August 2020, Kotaku reported that there were 100 Pokémon manhole covers in Japan. At the time, that seemed like a lot. But in the last year, the number has doubled.Read more
Skyrim Is Arguably Better With A Breath Of The Wild Glider
10.8.2021
For a game that has “Sky” in its name (and prominently features giant fire-breathing monsters with wings), Skyrim doesn’t spend much time in the sky. No longer. As spotted by PCGamesN, intrepid modders have introduced a glider to Bethesda’s expansive role-playing game.Read more
We Finally Know SOMETHING About The New Super Mario Bros. Movie
10.8.2021
It’s been almost four years since a new Mario Bros. movie was announced, and in that time we’ve learned almost nothing about it other than the fact it’s being made by the same team behind the Minions movies and that it’s going to be animated.Read more