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What To Do When Monster Hunter Wilds Won't Let You Rest
14.4.2025
Monster Hunter Wilds has brought a ton of new features along for the latest entry in the series. While both the Wounds System and Power Clash mechanics are vital for combat, equally exciting is the addition of a Day/Night cycle, complete with weather events. Naturally, there is also a Rest feature...
EA's Next Big Star Wars Game Is Single-Player And Turn-Based
14.4.2025
Following a leak earlier this month, Electronic Arts and Lucasfilm Games have officially announced Star Wars Zero Company, a turn-based single-player tactics game that sounds like might be very similar to XCOM.Read more
Pokémon's New Keychain Starter Plushies Are Almost Too Cute
14.4.2025
The Pokémon Company may be absolutely terrible at keeping Pokémon TCG cards in stock, but one thing it’s great at is making me want to buy more plushies. The Pokémon Center online stores add new ranges on an almost weekly basis, while updating current ranges with ever more obscure inclusions....
How To Take Down Hades 2's Typhon Without Losing Your Mind
14.4.2025
If you’re coming back to Hades 2 after some time away, you’ll be pleased to find the game received a generous update that, among other cool additions, tossed in a new boss: Typhon, Father of All Monsters. Read more
PS5 Getting Another Price Increase In Some Countries
14.4.2025
Over the weekend, Sony announced a price increase for the PlayStation 5 Digital Edition console in four different regions of the world, including Europe and Australia. It’s yet another price hike on Sony’s popular home console. Read more
The Mass Effect And Dragon Age Teams ‘Didn’t Get Along,’ According To Ex-BioWare Dev
14.4.2025
David Gaider, the co-founder of Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical developer Summerfall Studios, has opened up a bit more about his time at BioWare, where he served as the original lead writer on the Dragon Age series. Taking to social media, he chose to explain more about his decision to leave...
Marathon Sounds Like A Way More Approachable Take On A Brutal Genre
12.4.2025
As someone who has tried to convince friends to join me in extraction shooters, only to see too many folks fall away after their first or second loss, I’m all too familiar with how off-putting the genre can be. Death can come fast in this kind of game, and since you lose all the stuff you’re...
Can Marathon Afford Not To Be Free?
12.4.2025
Marathon is Bungie’s next big multiplayer blockbuster and its first live service launch as part of PlayStation. The extraction shooter hails from a genre that’s never been for the faint of heart but from a big-budget studio that doesn’t do anything on the cheap. So how much will Marathon cost when...
7 Incredibly Fresh Looks At The Next Game From The Makers Of Halo And Destiny
12.4.2025
We finally have our first look at Marathon’s gameplay and it looks just as clean and techwear-infused as the game’s original PlayStation teaser suggested. During a showcase for the sci-fi extraction shooter today, Bungie provided an overview of how its PvPvE multiplayer matches will work, as well...
Bungie's Ambitious Sci-Fi Extraction Shooter Marathon Launches This Year: Here's Everything We Know
12.4.2025
Marathon is looking very much like a colorful cybernetic riff on Escape from Tarkov, but with Bungie’s unique spin-on the extraction shooter genre and hopefully some big surprises along the way. The studio behind Halo and Destiny pulled back the curtain today to reveal a bunch of new information...
Over 1000 Classic PC Games Are Dirt Cheap Right Now On GOG
11.4.2025
Good Old Games aka GOG is having a massive sale on a whole bunch of older PC games. Stuff like Deus Ex, Fear, Theme Hospital, Sim City 4, Fallout New Vegas and many more are part of the deal. But don’t wait too long, as the sale ends on April 25. Read more
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Games To Play While Prices Are Still Normal
11.4.2025
I say this apolitically: Things are about to be more expensive than they’ve ever been. While you’re donating plasma and cashing coins in anticipation of the Switch 2 (by the way, what the actual hell is Nintendo doing right now?), we suggest you spend time settling in with some more modestly priced...
PC Players Spend More On Microtransactions Than Actual Games
11.4.2025
We’ve known that in recent years older games have been monopolizing more and more of players’ time, especially on PC, but it turns out that’s also been translating to players spending more and more of their money on stuff that’s not actual games. Namely things like battle passes and Call of Duty...
What The Heck Is Weapon 'Affinity' In Monster Hunter Wilds?
11.4.2025
Between the numerous mechanics and awkward co-op system, Monster Hunter Wilds can be quite a confusing game. This is most evident when you’re looking at the stat page for a weapon and come across the term “Affinity.” What exactly is that supposed to do? While the term sounds strange and there isn’t...
How To Use Every Offset Attack In Monster Hunter Wilds
11.4.2025
Monster Hunter Wilds introduces a lot of new mechanics to help you halt the momentum of the beasts you’re hunting. While the easiest way to topple them over is attacking their flashing red wounds, another option is parrying them with Offset Attacks. Mastering these can be a tough challenge, but...
Mastering This Complex Monster Hunter Wilds Mechanic Will Make You Look Like A Badass
11.4.2025
The Wounds System in Monster Hunter Wilds is certainly a standout among the new mechanics introduced. The most flashy one, however, has to be Power Clash. Going toe-to-toe and counterattacking a giant beast is sure to inject some hype into any hunt. However, this is yet another feature that isn’t...
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...
Devs Behind Controversial Sexual Assault Game Defend It, But Say They're Pulling It From Steam Anyway
10.4.2025
The studio behind No Mercy, a recently released 3D visual novel featuring non-consensual sex and incest, has announced that it plans to remove the game entirely from Steam after the game attracted controversy online. Valve pulled the game from the United Kingdom version of Steam after a government...
All 36 Games We Saw At The Triple-i Spring Indie Showcase Extravaganza
10.4.2025
Big gaming showcases shouldn’t just be for major console makers and Geoff Keighley, which is why the team behind Dead Cells’ ongoing support, Evil Empire, launched the Triple-i Initiative last year. The event puts the spotlight on smaller projects ahead of Summer Game Fest season and returned this...
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