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Stadia Leadership Praised Development Studios For 'Great Progress' Just One Week Before Laying Them All Off
16.2.2021
Developers at Google’s recently formed game studios were shocked February 1 when they were notified that the studios would be shut down, according to four sources with knowledge of what transpired. Just the week prior, Google Stadia vice president and general manager Phil Harrison sent an email...
You Can Instantly Summon Bowser In Bowser’s Fury With An Amiibo
16.2.2021
The most infuriating part of Bowser’s Fury is Bowser himself. King Koopa’s arrival can both ruin your day and grant access to previously inaccessible areas, meaning the bite-sized Bowser’s Fury is somewhat of a waiting game. But you don’t have to wait for Bowser to do his thing. You just need...
Silent Hill Creator Returning To Horror With New Studio’s First Game
16.2.2021
Keiichiro Toyama, creator of the Silent Hill, Siren, and Gravity Rush series, left Sony Interactive Entertainment in 2020 to open his own company, Bokeh Game Studio. Now, he’s ready to pull the curtain back a bit on its first project, which he says is inspired by his past as a horror game...
Marvel’s Avengers Receives Hawkeye, Next-Gen Versions On March 18
16.2.2021
The Avengers can’t stop assembling. Clint Barton—also known as Hawkeye, or the “Really? Him?” Avenger—is coming to Marvel’s Avengers on March 18, alongside dedicated next-gen versions of the game.Read more
Amazon's New World MMO Delayed Again, Now Due August 31
16.2.2021
Originally slated for release in May of 2020, Amazon Game Studios’ free-to-play MMO New World slipped to August of 2020 and then to spring of 2021. According to the latest developer update, the game is now launching on August 31, 2021, with a closed beta starting July 20. Read more
Thank God, Blaseball Returns On March 1
16.2.2021
The cultural event of Blaseball returns on March 1, developer The Game Band announced today.Read more
Today’s Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Update Finally Adds Those Mysterious Skills
16.2.2021
Last month, three skills mysteriously showed up in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, but only if you disconnected your console from the internet. Now, those skills are officially available, included in the game’s 1.1.2 patch, out today for all platforms.Read more
There's A Nintendo Direct Tomorrow, Finally
16.2.2021
Earlier today, Nintendo announced their first Nintendo Direct of 2021 will take place tomorrow at 5 p.m. ET.Read more
Report: Epic Games Is Behind North Dakota App Store Bill
16.2.2021
Epic Games lobbyists drafted legislation that will be heard in North Dakota this week, attempting to bar app stores owned by the likes of Apple and Google from taking a cut of app sales, according to a report over the weekend by The New York Times.Read more
Transform Your Nintendo Switch Lite With This Woodtone Animal Crossing Skin for $4
16.2.2021
Animal Crossing Woodtone Switch Lite Skin | $4 | AmazonRead more
Big Skyrim Mod Comes Back From The Dead
16.2.2021
Wyrmstooth, a hugely popular mod for Skyrim, was taken down in 2016 when its author removed all traces of it from sites like Nexus Mods. This month, it returns!Read more
Vice City & Grand Theft Auto III's Source Code Has Been Reverse-Engineered
16.2.2021
A team of fans have managed to reverse-engineer the source code for both Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto Vice City, making the files available for download.Read more
Somehow, Six Days In Fallujah's Publisher Says The Game Is "Not Trying To Make A Political Commentary"
15.2.2021
In 2009, Konami tried to release Six Days In Fallujah as an apolitical depiction of the Iraq War, before canning it when pretty much everyone said that was a bad idea. Now, with the game back from the dead, its publisher is trying to...peddle that exact same message?Read more
What are your game's pre-release 'story beats'?
15.2.2021
Nobody beats the biz
What are your game's pre-release 'story beats'?
15.2.2021
Nobody beats the biz
What’s The Best Co-op Game To Ruin A Relationship With?
15.2.2021
Fellow post-Valentine survivors, it’s time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take.Read more
The Room 4: Old Sins Is Out For PC, And Prettier Than Ever
15.2.2021
Long before you kids in your short pants and fashionable haircuts were escaping escape rooms, there was one developer far ahead of that curve. In 2012, Fireproof Games released their first game in their The Room series of puzzle games. Last week they just released The Room 4: Old Sins on PC,...
Luigi Lives Life On Hard Mode
15.2.2021
Luigi is the most exceptional, brave, and loyal character Nintendo has ever created. Because despite knowing all too well what others think of him, he carries on regardless.Read more
Control Developers Doubled Their Profits In 2020 Without Making A Game
15.2.2021
Remedy Entertainment, they behind Max Payne and 2019's Control, made more than twice as much money in 2020 as they did the year before. Yet they didn’t release a new game. They just kept releasing an old one instead.Read more
Bowser's Fury Should Be A Template For Future Nintendo Projects
15.2.2021
I played Bowser’s Fury this weekend. I’d intended to save it until I’d finished my first run through the Switch’s remake of Super Mario 3D World, having—like most humans—never owned a Wii U. But boy did I get bored of that quickly. And there was Bowser, just waiting on the launch screen, tempting...