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Last Of Us Studio Says Goodbye To Another Exec
10.11.2023
Another veteran executive is leaving Naughty Dog in what’s felt like a weird year full of ups and downs for the acclaimed studio behind The Last of Us. Head of technology Christian Gyrling is leaving after 17 years. He was appointed to the position just a few months ago—the last time a veteran...
Don’t Miss Out On This Hard Sci-Fi Gem
10.11.2023
God, science fiction is great, isn’t it? It’s a testament to the incredible brilliance of human beings that we have imaginations that stretch out into the cosmos, and feel this innate drive to explore the complexities of our own humanity through the allegory of unrealized technology. Which is...
PlayStation Portal Feels Better Than It Looks
10.11.2023
There’s no getting around it. The PlayStation Portal, Sony’s new wireless PS5 handheld, is very weird-looking. Essentially a DualSense controller split in half with a touchscreen in the middle, it’s the handheld equivalent of a Hummer turned into a stretch limousine. When I saw the first images...
Spider-Man 2 Patch Fixes Fan-Favorite Venom Glitch
10.11.2023
Before you read any more of this story, please understand that there are some spoilers for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 below. If you haven’t beaten that game yet and don’t want to be spoiled on anything that happens in the later sections, stop reading now. Read more
The Top 10 Most-Played Games On Steam Deck: October 2023 Edition
9.11.2023
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Spider-Man 2 Update Fixes Some Game-Breaking Bugs
8.11.2023
Developer Insomniac Games dropped a new update for its action-adventure game, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, which addresses game-breaking bugs, gives MJ some buffs, puts your phone on silent, and improves overall stability.Read more
Starfield's Controversial Missing PC Feature Arrives In New Update
8.11.2023
Starfield’s long-promised DLSS update is finally available through a beta test on PC.Read more
Our Picks For Link, Ganon, And More In The Live-Action Zelda Movie
8.11.2023
Nintendo announced on November 7 that it has been quietly laboring on the first-ever live-action The Legend of Zelda movie, and fans’ minds detonated with the implications. The movie, which game director Shigeru Miyamoto said has been in the works “for many years now,” is being made alongside...
Starfield’s Player Character Was Almost Voiced By These Companions
8.11.2023
I love a “what could’ve been” story. Today’s concerns Starfield’s silent galactic problem solver of a protagonist and how they could’ve been voiced by at least two actors who now play other prominent roles in the game.Read more
RoboCop: Rogue City: The Kotaku Review
8.11.2023
For years and years, video games—especially shooters—have gotten faster and faster. RoboCop: Rogue City, out now on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC, bucks this trend and puts you in the clunky, lumbering metal boots of RoboCop himself. But the real surprise isn’t how much fun it is to be a slow-walking...
Night In The Woods Devs Cancel Highly Anticipated Follow-Up
7.11.2023
Revenant Hill, an adventure game about cute animals and shitty landlords, was supposed to be the next project from the makers of the critically-acclaimed 2017 GOTY contender, Night in the Woods. Today, indie collective The Glory Society announced it would effectively be canceled following...
Tears Of The Kingdom Sales Prove Open-World Zelda Is Here To Stay
7.11.2023
Link’s latest adventure, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, has already proven to be a massive success for Nintendo. The company announced in its November 7 earnings report that the open-world adventure game has sold nearly 20 million copies.Read more
Silent Hill 2 Remake Fans Losing It Over Possible Gameplay Change
6.11.2023
Fans will go searching underneath their couch cushions to find more information about Silent Hill 2, the highly anticipated but, as of now, secretive remake of the beloved survival horror game by Layers of Fear developer Bloober Team. The game does not yet have a release date (though fans have...
Alan Wake 2: The Kotaku Review
6.11.2023
I put off writing this Alan Wake 2 review because I was scared. Scared that I’d look into myself and find I wasn’t up to the task, that I lacked the right words, with nothing to offer but emptiness and failure. It’s not at all uncommon, though, for writers to be wracked with doubt. Many years...
Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Kotaku Review
6.11.2023
Kazuma Kiryu has been hitting the cigs pretty hard.Read more
Super Mario RPG Preview Roundup: Faithful And Fresh
3.11.2023
Super Mario RPG, the remake of Square Enix’s 1996 2D pixel art classic, will be out on Nintendo Switch on November 17. The charming-looking turn-based game sees Mario and Peach join forces with the dastardly Bowser to stop a mechanical creature named Smithy from destroying the Mushroom Kingdom....
21 Years Later, This Cult-Classic Game Is Finally Playable In English
2.11.2023
Boku no Natsuyasumi 2, which translates to My Summer Vacation 2, is the sequel to the chill simulation game, Boku no Natsuyasumi. The game follows Boku on summer vacation with his family in the countryside, as he spends his time fishing, collecting stag beetles, and making new friends. The game...
Baldur’s Gate 3’s Latest Big Patch Brings Over 1,000 More Tweaks And Fixes
2.11.2023
Larian has dropped another colossal patch for its hugely successful Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Baldur’s Gate 3, and it brings over 1000 individual fixes and tweaks to the game just as we head into its three-month anniversary.Read more
Adidas Is Selling Miles Morales' 'Worst' Spider-Man 2 Suit
1.11.2023
Miles Morales has a lot of stylish new suits in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. Unfortunately, one of the new suits Miles is getting virtually tarred and feathered online for being one of his absolute worst superhero looks. Someone probably should’ve let Adidas know, because now the athletic clothing...
Remedy’s Return To Max Payne Is An Opportunity To Reinvent The Series
1.11.2023
The Max Payne remake project has entered “production readiness,” according to developer Remedy Entertainment in a message to investors. Read more