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Let's Talk About That Bonkers Halo Infinite Ending
6.1.2022
Despite its name, Halo Infinite is very literally finite. Like most story-driven games, 343’s barnbuster first-person shooter comes to a conclusion—and, man, it is bananas, teeing up all sorts of implications for where Halo’s narrative could go. By now, a bunch of you have seen it for yourselves....
New Agent Neon Brings Sprinting And Sliding To Valorant
5.1.2022
In her recent (and gorgeous) reveal trailer, Neon, the newest agent about to be introduced to Riot’s team-based tactical shooter, Valorant, breaks the cardinal rule of the sweaty, tryhard, head-clicking tac-shooter genre—she can actually move fluidly.Read more
Activision Sues Call Of Duty: Warzone Cheat Maker For Selling To 'Tens Of Thousands' Of Players
5.1.2022
Call of Duty publisher Activision is kicking off 2022 by asking a court to shut down Warzone cheat maker EngineOwning, opening up a new legal front in its never-ending war against the hackers plaguing its popular online battle royale. In addition to lost revenue, the company currently under fire...
Kotaku's 2021 Games Of The Year
4.1.2022
Here, as is our custom at Kotaku, are our collective picks for the 12 best games of the past year, shared in the early days of the new one. But before we get to the games, I want to say a few words about the list, and why we present it the way we do, unranked, in alphabetical order.Read more
Halo Infinite’s Samurai Event Is Back, And It’s Actually Good This Time
4.1.2022
Halo Infinite’s contentious “Fracture: Tenrai” event returns today with a makeover that should make everyone happy. Probably. Maybe? You can never tell with these things. Players who don’t wanna trudge through big team battleBTB-themed challenges to open Fracture-themed ones will be delighted,...
Destiny 2 Players Are Rescuing One Another From Impossible Mission
4.1.2022
There’s so much to do in Destiny 2 that it’s easy to get lost, especially for new players. That’s part of why Bungie’s loot shooter automatically throws players into new events once they go live, like this season’s Dares of Eternity activity. For some new players, however, it means their first...
Report: Ken Levine's Ghost Story Studio Is Nowhere Near Releasing A Game
3.1.2022
An article appearing on Bloomberg today reports that industry veteran Ken Levine’s studio Ghost Story Games is not a happy place to be. Half the company’s founders having quit, along with many staff, and after eight years there’s still no sign of a game.Read more
Steam Breaks New Record, With More Players Than Ever Before
3.1.2022
As the unstoppable virus of Sundays continues its gruesome pandemic into a new week, it seems more humans than ever are turning to video games in order to survive. On the 10th Sunday since the outbreak began, January 2, Steam broke its concurrent user record, hitting just shy of 28 million.Read more
29 Games Coming Out In 2022 That We're Excited To Play
31.12.2021
2021 is basically done. Old news! Now all people care about is this hot new thing called 2022, and its many, many release dates. Have you heard about our upcoming stacked February? Even taking into account that the pandemic and supply issues will likely shift some things around and cause some...
Halo Infinite Player Wins 100 Free-For-All Matches In A Row
30.12.2021
Talk about redefining “unfriggenbelievable.” A Halo Infinite player recently went 100-and-0 during an impressive spree of free-for-all matches in 343 Industries’ popular multiplayer shooter.Read more
Halo Infinite Dev Dishes About The Game’s Most Shocking Moment
29.12.2021
The most shocking moment in Halo Infinite isn’t about exploding a derelict ancient space station or accidentally awakening a once-slumbering threat. It’s a brief exchange between two main characters, one that reveals the extent to which Halo protagonist Master Chief would go to fulfill what he sees...
Halo Infinite's Bots Are Currently Creating Unfair Teams
29.12.2021
Halo Infinite is currently facing a bug where bots join multiplayer teams to fill empty slots and then stick around after their actual-human replacements join the match, resulting in unbalanced teams for multiplayer matches.Read more
How Halo Infinite Used A Semi-Open World To Deliver On The Promise Of Halo
28.12.2021
Halo Infinite almost lives up to its title.Read more
Halo Infinite’s Oddball ‘Quidditch' Glitch Lets You Live Out Your Transphobic Wizard Dreams
28.12.2021
For those of you who, like me, are missing Grifball—Halo’s in- and out-of-universe football-style combat sport—in Halo Infinite, you can at the very least pretend you’re playing Quidditch, the favorite wizard sport of transphobes everywhere, thanks to a new glitch in the possession-based Oddball...
Despite Everything, Cyberpunk 2077 Was A Steam Top Seller & Most-Played Title In 2021
27.12.2021
Perhaps it was an understatement when we said Cyberpunk was having its first “good day” when it creeped its way to the top of the Steam charts earlier this year. As it turns out, the beleaguered role-playing game, which has received a number of updates since its dumpster fire of a release,...
India’s Swadeshi Jagran Manch Calls for Outright Ban on Cryptocurrency
27.12.2021
The Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), an affiliate of the nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, has reportedly passed a resolution demanding a ban on cryptocurrency in India. “Disobeying the ban should make person/entity liable to financial penalty,” the resolution states. Swadeshi...
Makers of Controversial Upcoming School Shooting Game Level Remind Team To Have Some Tact
24.12.2021
In late December, Void Interactive, makers of upcoming tactics game Ready or Not, suddenly lost its publishing partner. While not directly confirmed at the time, speculation online heavily suggested the first-person shooter shake-up was due to a recent official exchange with fans, where one worker...
Uncharted Movie's Sully Already Looked Off, But The Mustache Makes It Even Worse
23.12.2021
A new trailer for the live-action Uncharted movie dropped today and we finally got a good look at Mark Wahlberg sporting his character Sully’s famous mustache, and…it doesn’t look great. Read more
Renata Price’s Top Ten Games Of 2021
23.12.2021
2021 has been a tremendously odd year. It has also been my first year with a real job as a games writer. This means that I have a lot of pent-up feelings from the past several years about video games that I love, many of which are embodied by this very strange and messy list–which, yes, includes...
Mandates Ban Unvaccinated From Visiting Banks in Multiple Countries, Australian Premier Says ‘There’s Going to Be a Vaccinated Economy’
22.12.2021
Over the last few weeks, furious debates over Covid-19 and vaccine mandates have divided people into two classes. On December 21, one individual from Argentina explained in a forum that “banks in Argentina are not letting unvaccinated people inside.” The person said that whether...