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Saito & Elrond Network Partner to Power Web Apps and Games
30.6.2021
Elrond network recently announced entering a partnership with Saito, the open network used to deliver web3 globally. The partnership will help developers use tokens acceptable on Elrond (like eGold) in web games and apps running on Saito’s P2P network. With the collaboration, both ventures will...
Konami Digital Entertainment Partners With Bloober Team, Developers Of The Medium
30.6.2021
Today, Konami and Bloober Team have announced that they are joining forces for a strategetic partnership.Read more
Games with Gold v dubnu přinesou Planet Alpha a Rock of Ages 3
30.6.2021
Someone Has To Draw The Skies In Video Games
30.6.2021
The stuff that exists outside the bits you actually play in is usually taken for granted, but the skybox—the part of a level that constitutes not just the sky but background environments around it that the player can’t access—can also be one of the most beautiful parts of a video game.Read more
TV-Style Commercials Are Coming To Console Games
30.6.2021
There are ads on YouTube, ads on Twitch and ads when you’re playing mobile games, but you know where there aren’t ads? Console games. And that’s something capitalism would like to change.Read more
Top Smash Bros. Competitors Want Special Treatment
30.6.2021
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate competitor Tyler “Marss” Martins set off a firestorm in the fighting game community over the weekend when he suggested top players should be able to register for open-bracket tournaments ahead of those he deemed less important.Read more
Bidoof Is Taking Over The World (Of Pokémon Go)
30.6.2021
My personal life motto is to live every Thursday like it’s Bidoof Day, but especially this Thursday, because it actually is Bidoof Day. Why? Much like Bidoof itself, the answer is unknowable.Read more
Chivalry 2 Player Only Needs Bread To Kill
29.6.2021
Despite its serious medieval trappings, Chivalry 2 matches can get pretty slapstick-y thanks to the game allowing players to use anything at their disposal to take down opponents. Case in point, this recent Reddit post showing a creative Chivalry 2 player scoring two kills in a row with a weapon...
Doom Eternal’s Next-Gen Upgrade Screws PS5 Players
29.6.2021
Doom Eternal’s next-gen upgrades are out today for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, bringing de rigueur enhancements to last year’s well-received first-person shooter. The upgrade is free, but it also more or less tells PlayStation players to go to hell. To wit: There’s no way to carry your campaign save...
Oof: That Magic Diablo Clone Didn't Even Survive Its Beta
29.6.2021
Magic: Legends, the ARPG that combined Diablo-style aesthetics with the card game mechanics of Magic: The Gathering, will shut down October 31. Read more
Surprise: Two More Control Games Are In The Works
29.6.2021
Today, Remedy Entertainment and 505 Games announced plans for a multiplayer spin-off to Control, the mind-bending third-person shooter released in 2019. The project, codenamed Condor, is being developed for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.Read more
Final Fantasy V And VI Disappear From Steam Next Month
29.6.2021
Heads up: Next month, Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VI will no longer be available via Steam. Square Enix will replace those games with the recently announced “Pixel Remaster” versions. Eventually.Read more
Here's Xbox Live Games With Gold For July
29.6.2021
Another month, another batch of Games With Gold. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active subscription to Xbox Live Gold. July’s Games With Gold are:Read more
Sony Snipes At Microsoft's Spending Sprees
29.6.2021
After a year of watching Microsoft throw around billions buying up game studios, Sony has returned fire with a small acquisition of its own. The purchase of Returnal developer Housemarque is only the second studio Sony has acquired over the last decade, however, marking a clear difference in...
Hello Kotaku, It's Me, Your New EIC
29.6.2021
Hello, Kotaku. We meet again. But this time, nobody can stop me.Read more
Sony Acquires Housemarque, Developer of PS5 Title Returnal
29.6.2021
Today, Sony announced that Housemarque had officially become an in-house studio.Read more
Traditional Japanese Handicrafts Meets Pokémon Seems Like A Great Idea
29.6.2021
Earlier today, a 48-second, live-action clip appeared on Pokémon’s official Japanese YouTube channel.Read more
Fans Unhappy That Iconic Anime Characters Being Used For Tokyo Olympics
29.6.2021
The Tokyo Olympics kicks off next month in Japan. To promote the games, iconic characters like Sailor Moon, Astro Boy, and Naruto have been enlisted.Read more
Shipping Prices For Board Games Have Gone Through The Roof
29.6.2021
Board games had a very bad 2020, with the industry hit hard by Covid thanks to manufacturing issues and the fact people literally couldn’t get together to play board games. Things were looking slightly up for 2021, until freight shipping prices just decided to fire themselves into space.Read more
Reverse-Engineered Grand Theft Auto Games Are Back, Baby
29.6.2021
In February, fans managed to reverse-engineer the source code for Grand Theft Auto III and Vice City. A week later, publisher Take-Two went after them and had the projects taken down. Now in June, they’re back again.Read more