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Elites In Halo: Reach Contain A Gross Secret
20.3.2021
I’ve played a lot of Halo: Reach. In fact, last month I played through the entire game again with my brother via the Master Chief Collection. But I had no idea that inside the playable Elites in the game lurks a somewhat disgusting little secret: Their innards...? Guts? Bones? Hard to tell.Read more
Black Panther Coming To Avengers, Gotham Knights Delayed, Outriders Launching On Game Pass And More
20.3.2021
This week on Morning Checkpoint we celebrate the death of Fortnite’s Peely, learn more about upcoming Square Enix games, see who’s the next big hero coming to Avengers, eat a baby(?) and get a look at the next generation of PSVR controllers.Read more
Doom Eternal's Next DLC Comes Out Tomorrow
17.3.2021
Hell yeah! Doom Eternal’s next and final expansion, The Ancient Gods - Part 2, will come out tomorrow, developer iD Software announced today.Read more
Destiny 2's Trials Of Osiris Still Offline Following Match Fixing Scandal
15.3.2021
It’s been a rough year for Destiny 2's high stakes competitive mode. Trials of Osiris has been plagued by cheating, glitch exploits, and lopsided matchmaking. Now it’s a hotbed of match fixing, as players try to game the system to get its coveted rewards without actually putting in the work...
Nine Inch Nails’ Ambient, Droning Quake Soundtrack Massages My Brain
15.3.2021
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today, lull yourself into productivity with the sound of nightmares. (Hmm, I’ma keep workshopping that.)Read more
Expert Doom Players Continue To Complete Challenges Once Thought Impossible
14.3.2021
Classic Doom players are continuing to pick away at some of the hardest remaining community challenges left, beating missions without attacking a single enemy in some of the hardest retail Doom levels ever released.Read more
The Division 2, Two Years Later
13.3.2021
The Division 2 was released on March 12, 2019, making it just over two years old this week. In that time a lot has happened. Multiple updates, changes, bugs, controversies, teasers, puzzles, and more. Here’s what happened since The Division 2 came out. Read more
New TMNT Game Announced, Rust Servers Wiped Out By Fire, Microsoft Officially Buys Bethesda And More
13.3.2021
This week on Morning Checkpoint we find out what secrets still lurk in Bloodborne, learn how much money Roblox is worth to Wall Street, check out a new trailer for Outriders, eat a bad burger (again) and hear horror stories from game devs who worked through the recent winter storm.Read more
Borderlands 3's Next Expansion Delayed To April 8
11.3.2021
Gearbox announced this morning that it has delayed the release of the upcoming Borderlands 3 expansion Director’s Cut almost a full month due to the severe winter storms that recently swept through its home state of Texas. The update will now launch on April 8.Read more
Enough With The Social Hubs In Video Games
11.3.2021
Here’s a radical idea: Turn every social space in a video game into a menu.Read more
Destiny 2's New Boss Is Turning Players Into Reply Guys
11.3.2021
Much of Destiny’s story exists anywhere but the main game. The version you get from playing through its campaign today is very different from the one that existed only a year ago, and it’s also very different from the one you’ll get having played Destiny for hundreds of hours, soaking up its lowkey...
World Of Warcraft's First Player-Voted Mount Is A Big Ol' Tree You Can Get For Free
10.3.2021
Last year Blizzard held a poll to determine what sort of ride World of Warcraft players wanted as a special community mount. We chose the Wandering Ancient, and now that choice has borne fruit, or in this case, a whole damn tree, free now for everyone who owns the Shadowlands expansion. Read more
Counter-Strike Was Accidentally Removed From Steam Today
10.3.2021
Earlier today, anyone trying to find or play Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on Steam ran into a weird surprise: the game was missing. Just...gone.Read more
Destiny 2 Players Stomp Alien Ship To Death
9.3.2021
The Fallen Skiff never saw it coming.Read more
After Almost Three Years Away, Returning To Overwatch Feels Amazing
8.3.2021
I have a confession to make: Despite being Kotaku’s number one Overwatch fan, I haven’t played it myself in two years. But buffeted by my optimism for Overwatch 2 and being unable to get my Overwatch fix because Overwatch League won’t be back for another month, I decided to play again, hoping...
Call of Duty's Zombie Easter Eggs Were Too Hard, So Cold War Season 2 Is Simplifying Things
8.3.2021
Secrets have long been a part of the Call of Duty Zombies formula. But while players have loved hunting for Easter eggs to reveal new bits of lore, according to Black Ops Cold War developer Treyarch, very few players find these secrets in-game. So for its latest take on zombies, Treyarch...
I Found Some Rad Tracks At This Virtual Japanese Music Festival
8.3.2021
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Instead of highlighting a single soundtrack today, I wanna tell you about my visit to a virtual music festival this weekend, where I found lots of great tracks.Read more
Watch Dogs: Legion's Multiplayer On PC Has Been Delayed Indefinitely Because Of Bugs
6.3.2021
Yesterday, Ubisoft announced that the Watch Dogs Legion’s online mode on PC has been delayed indefinitely due to serious bugs that need to be fixed. And some parts of multiplayer on the console will also be delayed due to, you guessed it, more bugs.Read more
The Division 2 Will Get A New Mode Later This Year, But Not Much Else
6.3.2021
Good news for Division 2 players: Ubisoft and Massive have laid out plans for the future of the game, including a brand new mode later this year. Bad news: Don’t expect anything new for a while.Read more
Diablo II: Resurrected Will Work With Your Decades-Old Saves
5.3.2021
Have a special Necromancer you’ve been farming Diablo II with for years? There’s good news: Diablo II Resurrected will let you import them to continue commanding armies of the dead over 20 years later.Read more