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That Xbox Podcast Announcement Coulda Been An Email
16.2.2024
It’s been a whirlwind week or so for Xbox. The weekend of February 3, rumors began swirling that major console exclusives like Starfield and the upcoming Indiana Jones game would head to other platforms, and Xbox fans’ reactions were intense, to say the least. The backlash prompted head honcho Phil...
We May Already Know Which 4 Xbox Games Are Going Multiplatform
15.2.2024
During a special episode of the Official Xbox Podcast, Phil Spencer revealed the first wave of Xbox titles coming to rival platforms will include four games. “We are currently in the process of bringing four Xbox games to other platforms. These are titles which have been available to Xbox players...
Everything Announced In Today's Big Xbox Podcast
15.2.2024
After weeks of reports, rumors, and speculation around Xbox first-party games coming to competing platforms and potentially even making an exit from the console market entirely, Xbox publicly addressed the elephant in the room in an episode of the Official Xbox Podcast. The show featured Microsoft...
Diablo IV Will Be The First Activision Blizzard Title On Game Pass
15.2.2024
After weeks of rumors and leaks about what the future holds for Xbox, the company finally shared some official news via a special episode of the Official Xbox Podcast. One lingering question that Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond, and Matt Booty addressed during the episode was just when Activision Blizzard...
Next-Gen Xbox Aims To Be 'The Largest Technical Leap You've Ever Seen'
15.2.2024
On Thursday, the leadership of Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division shared an update on their plans for the platform going forward. And, surprise! It wasn’t nearly as much as a paradigm shift as the internet doomsayers had predicted. Yes, some Xbox games will be going multiplatform—we don’t know...
Indiana Jones And Starfield Will Remain Xbox Exclusives
15.2.2024
After weeks of rumors regarding Xbox games’ exclusivity and whether or not big-budget titles like Bethesda’s Starfield or the upcoming Indiana Jones and The Great Circle would end up on other consoles, we’ve got some clarification. The February 15 special edition of the Official Xbox Podcast...
How To Tune In For Today's Big Xbox Podcast Announcement (And What To Expect)
15.2.2024
Last week things got a little hectic in the world of Xbox. Following January reports and speculation that Xbox exclusives Sea of Thieves and Hi-Fi Rush could arrive on PS5, February saw convincing rumors about higher profile games like Starfield and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, as well...
The Most Ambitious Space Game Ever Made Is Free This Weekend
15.2.2024
If you’ve never jumped into Hello Games’ open-galaxy exploration game No Man’s Sky, there’s no time like the present. The studio is making the game free for everyone this weekend as part of its big Omega update.Read more
Halo Season 2 Episode 3 Brings Out The Covenant’s ‘Demon’
15.2.2024
The opening scene in Halo season 2’s third episode (titled “Visegrad”) has a telltale marker of prestige television: It’s dark as shit. As John/Master Chief (Pablo Schreiber) and the rest of his crew head off to pick up the cliffhanger from episode two, I’m squinting like a grunt staring into...
Halo Infinite Just Refreshed Its Most Neglected Playlist
14.2.2024
Free-to-play shooter Halo Infinite just got a long, long overdue update to one of its more troubled modes: Big Team Battle. Featuring 24 players at once, Infinite’s large-scale playlist was always beleaguered by the fact that it had too few maps. Any session spent in large brawls would inevitably...
Kotaku Asks: Who Is Your Biggest Video Game Crush?
14.2.2024
It’s Valentine’s Day, which means love is in the air. Maybe you have someone to squeeze, or maybe you’re holding on to an unrequested crush. And to be clear, we’re talking about video game characters. Because let’s be honest, for some of us who have been playing video games since we were kids, game...
PS Plus Closes Out February With A Trifecta Of Big RPGs
14.2.2024
The start of February brought a short list of new games to PlayStation Plus, and while it did have some underrated gems, it was lacking big hitters. The subscription service is rectifying that in a big way as it approaches the end of February by adding a slew of new hugely popular titles...
Bummer: PS5 Entering 'The Latter Stage Of Its Life Cycle,' Sony Says
14.2.2024
Sony announced its third-quarter earnings on February 14, and they weren’t exactly full of glad tidings for PlayStation fans. For starters, the company revealed it doesn’t plan to release any new titles in its major franchises for the remainder of 2024. Sony execs also said that its current-gen...
The Mario vs. Donkey Kong Remake Sounds Like Simple, Good Fun
14.2.2024
After the welcome reception of the Super Mario RPG remake just three months ago, Nintendo is back with another remake in the form of Mario vs. Donkey Kong. The original 2004 title on the Game Boy Advance was a charming puzzle platformer that pits the two titular stars and age-old rivals against...
PlayStation 5 Is About To Have A Quiet Year
14.2.2024
If you were wondering what Sony’s up to after its latest State of Play presentation didn’t have much in the way of first-party games, it sounds like there was a reason for that. It looks like PlayStation 5’s 2024 will have a dearth of first-party games over the next year, as the company...
The Industry Is Divided On How To Write Video Game Romance
14.2.2024
In 2011, BioWare’s Dragon Age II portrayed its four main romantic conquests as bisexual, allowing them to be pursued by either the male or female version of main character Hawke. At the time, I was a young, mostly-but-not-completely out gay high school student, and I spent hours each week on...
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered: The Kotaku Review
13.2.2024
How you define “remastered” means will certainly color your experience of playing Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft—the full, extraordinarily silly title of this collection. It’s an ambiguous word, and one that in gaming can mean anything from new packaging to remade from scratch....
Diablo 4’s New Fast-Travel Portal Colors Cost $30
13.2.2024
You know those portals that appear in Diablo IV when you teleport or fast-travel somewhere? Wouldn’t it be neat if you could change how they look? Maybe alter their colors? Yeah. Well, you’ll need to pay Blizzard $30 to do so.Read more
The Essential Helldivers 2 Settings To Change Before Dropping In
13.2.2024
Third-person cooperative shooter Helldivers 2 recently landed on PC and PS5. Featuring intense, chaotic gun fights against alien threats across the galaxy it’s proven pretty popular—so much so that you might be struggling to get into a match right now due to server load. Assuming you can get into...
Immortals Of Aveum Proves It's A Grim Time For Single-Player Games
13.2.2024
In 2024, AAA games are often built around the idea of continuous revenue streams with microtransactions and live-service elements. Perhaps it’s corporate delusion that makes leadership think a needlessly large budget makes for a better game, but making adequate money back on a big-budget...