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Look At All The Ways You Can Kill People In Deathloop
28.9.2021
Deathloop has some of Arkane Studios’ biggest, most kinetic-feeling levels to date. Yes, they’re beautiful to behold, and a joy to traverse, but their best quality may be a little more subtle. They’ve proven to be perfect laboratories for players to experiment with ever more dastardly and amusing...
Sable: The Kotaku Review
28.9.2021
When I meet the mask crafter for the first time, I am unsure if I am touching a spirit, god, or machine. The machinists, whose ranks I plan to join today, would probably dismiss the distinction altogether. As I remember this, my hoverbike Simoon purrs outside the tent. She has been a good...
Cruis'n Blast On The Switch Is Arcade Racing At Its Most Ridiculous
28.9.2021
Microsoft and Sony can have their Forzas and Gran Turismos with hyper-realistic graphics, authentic engine noises, and true-to-life physics. The Nintendo Switch has Cruis’n Blast, in which your vaguely Nissan GT-R-shaped vehicle barrels off a cliff at breakneck speed toward a massive yeti which...
New Nintendo Switch Pokémon Will Have Bits That Look Kinda Like A Game Boy
28.9.2021
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl got a new trailer Tuesday morning, showing off all kinds of neat new details. For example, there will be an improved Pokétch utility watch, Pokémon hangout parks, and surfing Bidoofs. It also sounds like all those pesky HMs present in the original games...
The Maligned Avengers Get Second Chance on Xbox Game Pass
28.9.2021
In a world where blockbuster comic book video games flounder due to repetitive endgame content, one subscription game service takes Earth’s mightiest heroes under its wing. It’s Xbox Game Pass to Marvel’s Avengers’ rescue as the multiplayer superhero game joins Microsoft’s service this...
Pokémon Legends: Arceus Introduces 'Noble' Monsters
28.9.2021
A new Pokémon Legends: Arceus trailer has just hatched, and alongside lots of new footage of the game, it reveals the existence of a whole new class of monsters: Noble Pokémon. The first of which is Kleavor.Read more
Pokémon Unite Survey Suggests Huge Changes Could Be Coming
27.9.2021
Now that Pokémon Unite has made its Android and iOS debut, developer TiMi Studio Group has pushed out an in-game survey for players to complete. The questionnaire suggests that some new features, like additional game modes and more ways to interact with your monsters, might come to the popular MOBA...
Eastward: The Kotaku Review
27.9.2021
Eastward is a phenomenally constructed video game. All of its music hits. The characters are relentlessly charming. Its art and level design are nothing short of extraordinary. Disregarding a few pacing missteps, the game fires on all cylinders for its entire duration. Hell, they even put a second...
Death Stranding Director’s Cut Makes Its Private Rooms Even Creepier
27.9.2021
The new Director’s Cut edition of Death Stranding has only been out for a few days, but folks are already finding a slew of new Easter eggs, some of which add to the nightmare fuel that occasionally haunted unsuspecting players in the original game’s private rooms.Read more
Arknights Low Rarity Characters Are Better Than High Rarity Ones
27.9.2021
Arknights, the enormously successful tower defense game, does something special in the crowded field of gacha games: Some of the most common characters in the game can help clear difficult levels that their rarer counterparts can’t. By giving the consolation prize characters unique niches...
Breathedge Would Be Amazing, If It Didn't Insist On Being Bad
27.9.2021
I have longed for a space survival game that makes me feel the same way Subnautica does. That sense of methodical management, combined with serene isolation, is my gaming happy place, and I was so delighted to see Breathedge popping up on Game Pass this month, a game that looked like it would...
Overwatch 2 Debuts At Tourney, Seemingly Missing Jeff Kaplan Nod
27.9.2021
Some of the best players in the world took the reins to Overwatch 2 over the weekend during the recent Overwatch League 2021 championship. During the tourney broadcast, these pros showed off a couple of big character reworks and strategic overhauls coming to the sequel, while also highlighting...
Hands On: Metroid Dread's First Hour Is Legit Kinda Terrifying
27.9.2021
If there’s one thing I want from Metroid games above all else, it’s a feeling of dread.Read more
First Image Of The Last Of Us Live-Action Series From HBO
27.9.2021
Naughty Dog’s post-apocalyptic survival yarn is getting a live-action series from HBO. Here’s a first look at the upcoming show.Read more
Astria Ascending Is The Prettiest Turn-Based Game I’ve Ever Played
27.9.2021
Astria Ascending is a turn-based JRPG with gameplay that pays homage to Bravely Default and Octopath Traveler. I enjoyed the combat in both of those titles, but the colorful art style of Astria Ascending felt like an upgrade from the somber color palette of those games. It also puts an interesting...
If You Want Bayonetta 3 On PlayStation Or Xbox, Tell Nintendo Says Hideki Kamiya
27.9.2021
The first Bayonetta was multiplatform. But the game’s sequel was a Nintendo exclusive, as is the upcoming Bayonetta 3. Other than getting a Switch, what should PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S owners do if they want to play the game? Tell Nintendo, says the game’s executive director Hideki Kamiya....
Step Aside Lady Dimitrescu, There's A New Evil And Tall Video Game Queen
26.9.2021
Lady Dimitrescu aka the tall vampire woman from Resident Evil Village is great. She quickly became super popular online and around these parts, many Kotaku staffers adored her too. But when the game came out she fizzled out and was barely involved in the overall story or action of Village. That’s...
DeFi and Web 3.0: Unleashing creative juices with decentralized finance
26.9.2021
The creator economy is one of the most rapidly developing industries, and decentralized technologies have a chance to unlock its full potential
The Witcher Renewed For Season 3 On Netflix Alongside A Spin-Off For Kids
25.9.2021
Netflix is continuing to expand The Witcher into a giant franchise, announcing today that the main show starring Henry Cavill is getting a third season, while also announcing a second anime film and oddly, a spin-off aimed at kids and families too. The streaming giant also released some new footage...
Netflix's Live-Action Cowboy Bebop Intro Is Good
25.9.2021
I’m still not sure how I feel about this upcoming Netflix adaptation of the classic Cowboy Bebop series, but thanks in large part to the show’s classic “Tank!” theme song, the intro is a banger at least.Read more