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Assassin's Creed Shadows' Afflictions, Demystified
1.5.2025
How exhausted are you by stagger? It’s unironically the worst status affliction in video gaming history. Thankfully, it’s not much of an issue in Assassin’s Creed Shadows—at least for the player. The action-adventure from Ubisoft does have a similar status effect—Daze—but you’ll most often be...
Welp, GTA 6 Is Definitely Going To Be At Least $80 Now
1.5.2025
Grand Theft Auto 6 is set to launch later this year. Maybe in October? Regardless of when it arrives, it seems very likely now—after Nintendo and Microsoft have both announced $80 games—that the open-world sequel will cost at least $80 as well, if not more.Read more
Ubisoft Drops Heavy Hints Of A Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown Sequel
1.5.2025
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown’s developers got done dirty. The side-scrolling Metroidvania entry into the 36-year-old series sold an extraordinary 1.3 million copies, and yet despite this, Eurogamer reported last year that the internal team at Ubisoft Montpellier that had created the game...
Ubisoft Reveals Massive Post-Launch Road Map For Assassin's Creed Shadows
30.4.2025
Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Ubisoft’s latest entry in its long-running historical fiction franchise, is set to receive some big updates over the next few months as explained in a new content roadmap released on April 30. Read more
Marvel Fighting Game With Over 300 Characters Finally Coming To Steam
29.4.2025
Marvel Contest of Champions, a long-running fighting game from mobile developer Kablam, is getting an official PC port and Steam release in the near future. Read more
Someone's Already Beaten Zelda: Breath Of The Wild On Switch 2 Naked
28.4.2025
A demo event for the Switch 2 was only meant to give fans a taste of the upcoming hardware and its launch lineup, including the next-gen version of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. But one Nintendo diehard took that opportunity and used it to roll credits on the game by finishing the final...
Did You Catch The Change In The Last Of Us’ Opening Credits This Week?
28.4.2025
If there’s one thing The Last of Us loves to do, it’s twist the knife. Did you feel like you were starting to recover from the events of last week’s devastating episode? Are you ready to sit back and relax with your favorite post-apocalyptic show, even after Pedro Pascal’s grisly end in episode...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Games We’re Psyched To Jump Back Into
25.4.2025
Though the weather has taken a turn for the better recently, nothing beats staying inside for some gaming—or, if you prefer, taking a game to go with you on your portable device of choice. Should you be planning on staying in this weekend with some games or looking to log some miles with a handheld...
Wicked Director And Deadpool Writers Join Split Fiction Movie
25.4.2025
A live-action movie adaptation of Split Fiction, EA and Hazelight’s recently released hit co-op game, is moving forward according to new report claiming that the director of Wicked is set to helm the film. It’s also reported that Sydney Sweeney will star in the adaptation that is being written...
This Compelling Time Travel Adventure Is A Must-Play
23.4.2025
Seven years ago, Wadjet Eye Games released Unavowed, a point-and-click adventure that took the industry by surprise. Incorporating ideas from BioWare RPGs, this was a game in which the companions you took with you for any mission changed not only how the puzzles were solved, but how the story...
The Fall Release Calendar Takes Shape As Ghost of Yotei Rushes Out Ahead Of Grand Theft Auto 6
23.4.2025
Open-world samurai adventure Ghost of Yotei is the latest blockbuster to stake out a release date in a fall calendar overshadowed by the impending arrival of Grand Theft Auto VI. The sequel to Ghost of Tsushima will come to PlayStation 5 in October as we get more release dates for the second half...
You’re Not Going To Want To Leave 'Cat Island' In Assassin’s Creed Shadows
22.4.2025
I don’t generally consider myself a cat person (nor am I a dog person), but there’s something so very satisfying about petting an animal in a video game. I’m not the only one to think so, considering how often “Can I pet the dog?” is trending for XYZ video game release. Well, we already know...
Enhance Your Power With The Best Hideout Upgrades In Assassin’s Creed Shadows
22.4.2025
Recent titles in the Assassin’s Creed franchise offered something extra besides stealthy assassinations and roaming exploration. In between stabby murders, you could expand a base. Valhalla had a settlement you could expandand now in Assassin’s Creed Shadows introduces a hideout you can customize...
Assassin’s Creed Shadows On Steam Deck Surprised Me More Than Getting Stabbed In The Neck
21.4.2025
When I heard Ubisoft claim that Assassin’s Creed Shadows would be Steam Deck verified at launch, I responded by saying “yeah right” with all the sass I could muster. I’ve tested a lot of games on Steam Deck here at Kotaku. I’ve seen games that should be slam dunks on the device fall short, and even...
EA's Big XCOM-Like Star Wars Game Is Set During The Clone Wars And Launches 2026
19.4.2025
Today, during day two of the ongoing Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025, Lucasfilm and EA gave us our first real look Star Wars Zero Company. The upcoming turn-based single-player strategy game is being developed by BitReactor and Respawn and launches next year. Read more
Xbox's Massive Spring Sale Includes Over 900 Discounted Games
17.4.2025
The flowers are blooming and the days are getting warmer. Spring is here! Finally, it’s nice enough to go outside. But Xbox has a massive Spring sale happening right now that might tempt you to stay in for a few more days or weeks.Read more
Oh My God What Is Nintendo Doing
11.4.2025
The Switch 2 should be a slam dunk. Bigger device. Better build quality. More power. New games. But Nintendo can’t seem to get out of its own way when it comes to rolling out the successor to what might eventually end up being the best-selling console of all-time. And charging $90 for the complete...
Last Of Us Complete Bundle Announced As Sony Figures Out New Way To Sell These Games Again
10.4.2025
“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death, taxes, and Sony figuring out new ways to rerelease the Last Of Us games.”Read more
Amazon's Tomb Raider Series Could Be Dead
10.4.2025
According to the Daily Mail’s sources, the idea of Lara Croft bringing her gun-toting capoeira to Prime Video is “dead,” and we honestly should’ve seen this coming.Read more
How To Defeat The Fool In Assassin’s Creed Shadows
10.4.2025
While he didn’t do anything truly huge like, say, murder your father and leave the two of you for dead, Ise Sadaoki is an industrial grade dickhead from the second you lay eyes on him—and he earns extra dickpoints when you find out how dirty he did his brother Sadatame.Read more