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Xbox Has Made A Gamer Credit Card
11.9.2023
If the last time you were at the store you thought, “I wish it was more clear that I am a gamer while buying these groceries,” then Xbox has a solution for you: the official Xbox Mastercard. Announced in an Xbox news blog on September 11, the new Xbox Mastercard (issued by Barclays) will let...
New Nintendo Controller Patent Shows Possible Joy-Con Drift Fix
11.9.2023
A patent for a new Nintendo controller, published by the United States Patent Office on September 7, indicates the Super Mario developer is at least considering how to permanently shake its Joy-Con drift issue. Joy-Con drift, a phenomenon in which your Switch responds to phantom Joy-Con movement...
Borderlands Dev Gearbox Might Be Getting Sold Off Soon
11.9.2023
Gearbox Software, the studio most well-known for the Borderlands franchise, is reportedly up for sale as parent company Embracer Group considers options to “shore up its finances,” according to a September 11 Reuters report.Read more
Starfield Isn’t The Future Of Video Games, And That’s Okay
8.9.2023
In the months (nay, years) leading up to Starfield’s September 6 release, the hype for the Bethesda RPG grew and grew until it was a heretofore unseen beast, a giant Kaiju of expectation that threatened to take down Sony, upend 2023’s GOTY race, and suck up all of gamers’ precious free time.Read...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Games To Rejuvenate The Soul
8.9.2023
We’re a good week into September, though if you’re based on the east coast of the United States, the temperature sure doesn’t feel like it. No matter: There’s air conditioning and video games to keep us distracted from irrational weather.Read more
Mega Bloks Xbox 360 Collector Set Is A Pricey Nostalgia Trip
8.9.2023
On September 8, seemingly out of nowhere, Microsoft announced the Mega 3:4 scale Xbox 360 collector set. It will propel you back to the halcyon days of 2007, at least if you’re willing to throwdown $150 for a collectible that doesn’t actually play any games.Read more
Twitch Sensation Only Up! Removed From Steam So Dev Can Find ‘Peace Of Mind And Healing’
8.9.2023
Only Up! Is a brutal janky platformer that blew up on Steam earlier this summer after becoming a hit with Twitch viewers. A number of controversies later, its creator has removed the game from Valve’s digital storefront seemingly forever, saying they made a lot of mistakes and need time to heal...
Payday 3 Hands-On: A Real-Life Bank Heist And Better Gunplay
7.9.2023
I walk up the stone steps of Brooklyn’s Williamsburg Savings Bank just as the J train loudly scrapes by overhead. I’m here for an “immersive” Payday 3 hands-on experience, which includes a champagne tower that glitters and winks at me as soon as I cross through the double doors, an actor posing...
Every Pokémon TCG Card Revealed So Far In Pokémon 151
7.9.2023
Pokémon 151 is set to be one of the biggest sets the Pokémon Trading Card Game has ever seen. Releasing on September 22, it’s a celebration of the original 151 Gen I Kanto pocket monsters, uniting the gang in full for the first time ever. Things are likely going to get loud, with pre-orders already...
Mortal Kombat Brings Nitara Back As Megan Fox
7.9.2023
Mortal Kombat publisher Warner Bros. Games has announced that vampire warrior Nitara, who debuted in 2002’s Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance and was rarely seen again, will return to the series in forthcoming reboot Mortal Kombat 1. If you’ve tragically lost Nitara in the 21 years of cobwebs that...
E3 More Dead Than Ever As Organizers Work On 'Complete Reinvention' Of The Gaming Showcase
7.9.2023
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which controls E3, and ReedPop, which organizes events like PAX, announced they’re no longer working together after failing to put on the biggest gaming showcase of the year back in June. The once-annual, once-dominant trade event hasn’t been held...
Report: Nintendo Is Holding Secret Switch 2 Demos For Developers
7.9.2023
A successor to Nintendo’s massively popular Switch gaming console has been rumored for years, but actual Switch 2 hardware now appears to be out in the wild. Eurogamer reports that Nintendo used a special version of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild to demo the new console for developers...
That TMNT Movie Was So Successful It’s Getting A Video Game Sequel
6.9.2023
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are in the midst of a comeback of sorts, or at least a little renaissance. Nickelodeon’s big summer animated film, TMNT: Mutant Mayhem, is getting a video game tie-in set in the movie’s universe that promises to combine the film’s “bold, painterly art style” with...
That TMNT Movie Was So Successful It’s Getting A Video Game Sequel
6.9.2023
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are in the midst of a comeback of sorts, or at least a little renaissance. Nickelodeon’s big summer animated film, TMNT: Mutant Mayhem, is getting a video game tie-in set in the movie’s universe that promises to combine the film’s “bold, painterly art style” with...
Nintendo’s Genius Plan To Sell More Switches Depends On Kids Fighting
6.9.2023
The Nintendo Switch has sold an unprecedented 125 million units so far, putting it right behind the Nintendo DS (154 million) and Sony’s PlayStation 2 (over 155 million) on a list of best-selling consoles of all-time. Could the handheld hybrid surpass them and become the best-selling gaming device...
Nintendo’s Genius Plan To Sell More Switches Depends On Kids Fighting
6.9.2023
The Nintendo Switch has sold an unprecedented 125 million units so far, putting it right behind the Nintendo DS (154 million) and Sony’s PlayStation 2 (over 155 million) on a list of best-selling consoles of all-time. Could the handheld hybrid surpass them and become the best-selling gaming device...
Todd Howard: Starfield’s Xbox Exclusivity Made It ‘Better’
6.9.2023
Starfield, Bethesda’s newest and biggest open-world RPG, is out now for everyone. Well, at least for everyone who owns an Xbox or a gaming PC. And according to Starfield director Todd Howard, the game’s no-show status on PlayStation is actually a good thing, as it made Starfield “a better...
Todd Howard: Starfield’s Xbox Exclusivity Made It ‘Better’
6.9.2023
Starfield, Bethesda’s newest and biggest open-world RPG, is out now for everyone. Well, at least for everyone who owns an Xbox or a gaming PC. And according to Starfield director Todd Howard, the game’s no-show status on PlayStation is actually a good thing, as it made Starfield “a better...
Skull And Bones Loses Another Creative Director, Faces Union Campaign
6.9.2023
Ubisoft’s open seas pirate fantasy from hell has lost its third creative director. Kotaku has learned that Elisabeth Pellen, who began working with the Skull and Bones team back in 2018, left Ubisoft Singapore to return to the French publisher’s Paris headquarters earlier this summer. The game’s...
Skull And Bones Loses Another Creative Director, Faces Union Campaign
6.9.2023
Ubisoft’s open seas pirate fantasy from hell has lost its third creative director. Kotaku has learned that Elisabeth Pellen, who began working with the Skull and Bones team back in 2018, left Ubisoft Singapore to return to the French publisher’s Paris headquarters earlier this summer. The game’s...