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Kotaku’s Biggest Gaming Culture News For The Week July 05, 2025
5.7.2025
From mergers to memes, the landscape of interactive entertainment is always in motion. Here’s your cheat sheet for the week’s most important stories in gaming.Read more
Oh God, No, Pokémon, What Have You Done?
3.7.2025
My eyes! What is this monstrosity?! Fetch me wooden stakes, holy water, silver bullets, shotguns, anything! Or has the Pokémon Company (TPCi) hired David Cronenberg to design its latest batch of plushies? Read more
Nintendo And Amazon Deny Being In An Ongoing Switch 2 Feud
30.6.2025
Anyone who’s recently tried to buy stuff from Nintendo through Amazon will have noticed that something weird is going on. Lots of new games you’d expect to find on the online retailer aren’t available there, and the ones that are often arrive with region codes indicating they were originally...
The Most Impressive Cosplay At Canada's Anime North 2025
27.6.2025
Anime North is an annual event in Toronto, Canada, that celebrates much of Japanese art, television, manga, music and games. This year, the intrepid team at Mineralblu were there to snap some of the best cosplay on display at the convention.Read more
Digimon Is Quietly Eating Pokémon’s Lunch, And More People Should Know
18.6.2025
Remember how, when Palworld was blowing up, fans were excited that a Pokémon competitor might force The Pokémon Company to get its act together and stop releasing busted games like Scarlet and Violet? Whether that pans out remains to be seen, but given that Digimon, arguably the most notable...
The Highest Prices You Can Get For Pokémon TCG's Destined Rivals
16.6.2025
Prices are finally calming down on the Pokémon TCG’s latest set, Destined Rivals, meaning the resale market is no longer quite so bonkers. As such, it makes for a good time to see which pulls from the long-awaited return of Team Rocket are fetching the big bucks, and how much you’re going to need...
This Week's Tips For Helldivers 2, Monster Hunter Wilds, Oblivion Remastered, And More
15.6.2025
You know what we all need sometimes? A little advice. How do I plan for a future that’s so uncertain? Will AI take my job? If I go back to school and use AI to cheat, will I graduate and work for an AI boss? Read more
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet's Switch 2 Upgrade May Have Broken Shiny Hunting, And Fans Are Conflicted
13.6.2025
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are among the handful of Switch games that got a technical upgrade on the Switch 2, and anyone who’s paid attention knows they are infamous for being absolutely busted on the original system. These games run like shit, are full of bugs, and that undeniable truth...
The 5 Strongest Non-Ex Pokémon To Use In Pokémon TCG Pocket
11.6.2025
It’s official: ex Pokémon no longer rule unchallenged Pokémon TCG Pocket. While these powerful cards are still prevalent in the competitive landscape, the rise of ex-specific counters have made many of these monsters risky to bring. It’s never been more vital to find strong Pokémon that...
Don’t Rely On Ex Pokémon In Pokémon TCG Pocket Anymore
11.6.2025
During the initial months of Pokémon TCG Pocket, ex monsters dominated the competitive landscape. These monsters are (usually) stronger than their non-ex counterparts, and they can come with game-changing abilities that determine how your entire deck plays. In the past, players could create...
Pokémon Cafes To Serve Incredible-Looking Plate Of Food That Can Mega Evolve Before Your Eyes
2.6.2025
For most of us, the words “Pokémon Cafe” mean that free-to-play video game, Pokémon Cafe Remix. But if you’re lucky enough to live in Osaka or Tokyo, it’s a real-life restaurant, that serves food that looks even more extraordinary than the fantasy concoctions in the game. That picture above? That’s...
Pokémon Legends: Z-A vyjdou v říjnu. Další prezentace plná pokémoních novinek nás čeká v červenci
29.5.2025
Pokémon Legends: Z-A
29.5.2025
Datum vydání nových Pokémonů odhaleno, na Switchi 2 nabídnou lepší grafiku
29.5.2025
Očekávaná hra Pokémon Legends: Z-A, tedy nový díl z hlavní série, vyjde letos v říjnu, a to jak na Switch, tak nadcházející Switch 2
Next Pokémon Presents Is Announced For The End Of July
28.5.2025
Nintendo and The Pokémon Company International have just announced the date for the next Pokémon Presents, due to be with us before the end of July.Read more
Pokémon Legends Z-A Comes Out In October, With $10 Upgrade For Switch 2
28.5.2025
Pokémon Legends Z-A, the much-anticipated sequel to 2022'sPokémon Legends: Arceus, and the first new full-scale Pokémon game since late 2022’s Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, finally has an official release date. It’s due to be with us on October 16, with pre-orders starting as early as June 5.Read more
Fortnite Criticized For Use Of AI Darth Vader, Cyberpunk 2077 Sequel Will Introduce New City, And More Top Stories
24.5.2025
This week saw Fortnite targeted by SAG-AFTRA for its use of an AI-powered Darth Vader voice that mimics that of the late James Earl Jones. Also, the folks behind Assassin’s Creed Shadows told us why they opted not to let you kill animals in the open-world adventure, fans of Clair Obscur react...
There's Something Very Suspicious About These New Pokémon Plushies
21.5.2025
Refreshing the Pokémon Center to see what new items have been added each day has become something of an obsession for me. The site adds new stock so incredibly frequently as to be constantly astonishing, and today is no different. The latest arrivals on the store are a new collection of plushies...
Fresh Pokémon Card Madness Has GameStop Limiting Collectors To One Box Each
20.5.2025
The Pokémon card scene is getting out of control again. Things appeared to die down for a bit following a pandemic-fueled collecting frenzy, but new sets in 2025 are selling out and prices on the secondhand market are skyrocketing. And it’s coming to a head at GameStop, the unlikely new epicenter...
Here's What Cyberpunk 2077, Pokémon Scarlet And Violet, And More Look Like On Switch 2
19.5.2025
Notoriously, Cyberpunk 2077 looked so bad on PlayStation when it launched back in 2020 that Sony took the unprecedented step of completely removing it from their store until it was better optimized. That might imply an uphill battle for getting a port to look and play well on Switch 2, but recent...