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Nintendo Finally Adds Bluetooth Audio to the Switch
15.9.2021
When the Nintendo Switch went on sale in March 2017, it did not have Bluetooth audio support. Now, thanks to Nintendo’s latest update, it does. Read more
Even Beefy Rigs Aren't Saving Deathloop From PC Issues
14.9.2021
Deathloop is, by all accounts, a damn good game. That said, its reception on Steam is sitting shakily in “Mixed” territory due to the various performance-related issues currently plaguing PC players.Read more
The World Seems Ready For A Nintendo Switch Price Cut
14.9.2021
The Nintendo Switch has received its first price cut in certain parts of the world, dropping from €330 in Europe and €280 in the UK down to €270 and €260, respectively. But while fans hoped the same could happen in the U.S., especially with sites like VGC insisting a cut is coming, Nintendo says...
Pokémon Go Gets 'Form Changes' For Fashion Week
14.9.2021
You probably know that fashion week happens eight times per year, twice annually in Paris, Milan, London, and New York. But soon, the so-called “Big Four” will face some serious competition for the limelight when Pokémon Go kicks off its own fashion week event next Tuesday.Read more
Workers Accuse Activision Blizzard Of Union Busting
14.9.2021
Activision Blizzard employees represented by the ABetterABK worker group filed a lawsuit against the Call of Duty publisher with the National Labor Review Board yesterday accusing it of union busting. It comes in the wake of a bombshell California lawsuit alleging widespread sexual harassment...
Nobody Wants A Driver TV Show, Ubisoft
14.9.2021
Ubisoft plans to revive the Driver franchise, the company announced today...with a live-action streaming series. Those sounds you just heard were millions of excited fans collectively scooting forward in their seats and then immediately slumping back in disappointment.Read more
I Just Read 1,025 Chapters Of One Piece, And It's A Damn Masterpiece
14.9.2021
Only three things in life are certain for a shonen otaku: tournament arcs, Studio Trigger series finales ending in space, and One Piece continuing until the heat death of the universe. I’d made prior attempts to read One Piece, but each time I got too intimidated by its length, which has...
Your Boy’s Here, So Let’s Get Real
14.9.2021
What’s up, Kotaku? I’m Jeremy Winslow, your second Black staff writer, and while I hustled for this spot and know that I earned it through years of hard work and dedication, part of me still can’t believe I actually made it here.Read more
Splitgate’s Getting Bigger And Better, Thanks To A Cool $100M
14.9.2021
Developer 1047 Games has raised $100 million from a bunch of venture capital investors, the studio announced via press release today. The eye-popping fundraising haul will allow the outfit to remain independent and beef up work on its enormously popular free-to-play arena shooter, Splitgate.Read...
Ren And Stimpy Are Coming To The Nick Fighting Game As A Duo
14.9.2021
Hailing from the darkly humorous animated show, Ren and Stimpy are the newest additions to the Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl roster, developer Ludosity announced on Tuesday.Read more
Cyberpunk 2077 Patch Makes Its Roads Wet Again
14.9.2021
For a minute there, Cyberpunk 2077 wasn’t wet enough. Today, it is, thanks to an update that restores missing water effects in the troubled open-world shooter.Read more
Game Pass Is Really Blowing Up In September
14.9.2021
As a cynical, bitter, battle-worn games critic, I would like nothing better than to declare what a disastrous mess Microsoft is making of Game Pass. But damn them, they’re not, and the line-up of new additions coming in the second half of September is pleasingly strong. Another 13 games are getting...
Opus: Echo Of Starsong: The Kotaku Review
14.9.2021
While most science fiction games ask me what it means to be human, Opus: Echo of Starsong asked me: “Is it enough to be human?” This philosophical space opera is a staggeringly emotional game that deserves a spot among indie narrative greats such as Transistor and What Remains of Edith Finch. Read...
The PS5 Is Getting A Major Update
14.9.2021
The PS5 is getting a slew of new features in a massive software update set to go live around the world on September 15, Sony announced in a PlayStation blog post today.Read more
Dying Light 2 Delayed To 2022
14.9.2021
Dying Light 2: Stay Human, the first-person zombie parkour game slated for a December 7 release, has been delayed, developer Techland announced in a tweet today. It’ll now come out on February 4, 2022, for Xbox, PlayStation, and PC, contributing to what’s shaping up to be the most stacked release...
Attack on Titan Gets Freaky-Looking Trash And Recycling Bins
14.9.2021
In Attack on Titan, the human-eating Titans are horrifying and freaky. So naturally, when an official Titan trash and recycling bins were introduced in Japan, they also look unsettling—even more so when placed next to Coca-Cola vending machines. As part of an effort to promote recycling and good...
Keisuke Honda Played Himself In Pro Evo And Wasn't Happy
14.9.2021
It’s a tale as old as time—or at least as old as sports games. Athlete plays the in-game version of themselves and is sorely disappointed by what they see. Keisuke Honda, you are not alone!Read more
The Nintendo GameCube Is Now Twenty Years Old
14.9.2021
On September 14, 2001, the GameCube first went on sale for the first time in Japan. Two months later, on November 18, the console was released in North America. Can you believe it’s been twenty years? Facing off against the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox, the GameCube was the first Nintendo console...
Everyone Who Worked On A Game Should Be In The Credits
14.9.2021
Deathloop is out, and by all accounts it’s pretty good! It’s a shame, then, that it’s also the reason we’re revisiting the topic of “video games people being weirdly shitty about who makes it into the credits and who doesn’t”.Read more
Nike's 'Gundam' Sneakers Look Badass
14.9.2021
These have been teased by sneaker types for months now, but over the last few days Nike have finally come out and made them official: over the next few weeks we’re getting not one but two pairs of Dunk Highs paying homage to Gundam.Read more