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How Alan Wake 2 Builds Upon The 'Remedy-Verse'
27.10.2023
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Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 8 Certified Chillers For Your Halloween Enjoyment
27.10.2023
Halloween lands on a weekday this year, which means this upcoming weekend is the single best time to enjoy the spooky vibes of the season. But if you’re like me, no one’s invited you to a Halloween party. Not to worry, that just means there’s time to stay indoors with the haunting glow of a game...
Total Recall: Is Alan Wake Worth Playing Before Its Sequel?
26.10.2023
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2023's Best Horror Remake Just Landed On Xbox Game Pass
26.10.2023
If you are a Game Pass subscriber and need to play a spooky video game this Halloween worry not, because you now have access to one of this year’s best horror games: Dead Space.Read more
Alan Wake 2's Epic Games Store Achievements Are Its Biggest Nightmare
26.10.2023
I am carefully making my way through a haunting forest of crushing darkness. Wolves snarl at me as twisted beings who were once human stumble about, their aggressive muttering filling my head with fear. My heart rate is elevated; I’m completely immersed in the dark fantasy of Alan Wake II. Then...
Alan Wake Creator Says Sequel Is 'More Intense, More Brutal'
25.10.2023
The other day, the official Twitter account for Alan Wake 2 tweeted, “You must write to escape…” and I felt my blood run cold. As a writer who knows the agony of writer’s block—the fear of looking inside myself and having to face all the doubts and insecurities lurking in my dark places as...
The Week In Games: What’s Coming Out Beyond Alan Wake 2
23.10.2023
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Before Alan Wake 2, Check Out This Creepy Fortnite Recap
17.10.2023
Remedy’s action-horror cult hit Alan Wake was first released back in 2010. Later this month, after 13 years, Alan Wake 2 is finally launching. And to help folks remember what happened in the first game over a decade ago, Remedy and Epic have partnered up to create a short, playable recap inside...
GTA VI Superfans Hopeful The Big Reveal Is Imminent (Again)
17.10.2023
A 4chan user alleges they’ve watched a new trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI, Rockstar Games’ years-in-the-making action-adventure game that’s already been leaked so hard we might as well call it a river. And GTA fans, always eager for the smallest morsel about their upcoming obsession, seemed ready...
Around 100 Devs At Just Cause Studio Are Unionizing
6.10.2023
Around 100 employees at Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios Group are unionizing. This means around a fifth of the 500-person Swedish team is now bargaining with the company’s management for a fair contract.Read more
Last Of Us Studio Naughty Dog Is Cutting Developers
3.10.2023
The video game industry is currently facing a big wave of layoffs, and even contract developers at PlayStation first-party studio Naughty Dog aren’t immune. Kotaku has learned that the maker of hits like Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and The Last of Us Part II has begun cutting contracts short...
Fortnite Brings Back 'Share The Wealth' Emote On Same Day As Mass Layoffs
29.9.2023
The video game industry is still reeling from Epic Games’ September 28 announcement that it will lay off nearly 900 employees. If developers at the Fortnite money-printing factory aren’t safe, nobody is. In perhaps the worst-timed microtransaction ever, Fortnite’s “Share The Wealth” emote went back...
Max Payne + Creepy PS1 Vibes = One Of The Best Shooters Of 2023
26.9.2023
A single good memory can often be enough to convince (or trick) us into ignoring pain, suffering, fear, and sadness. And when that single, solitary good memory is connected to someone you love, it’s almost impossible to rip yourself away from that pocket of happiness and face reality. It’s even...
Ubisoft Announces The Division 3, Adding To Its Pile Of Unreleased Division Games
21.9.2023
Ubisoft just announced a new entry in its popular third-person tactical military online looter shooter series, The Division. You probably didn’t notice The Division 3 was revealed because Ubisoft buried the news inside a corporate press release announcing a new executive producer for the “Division...
Xbox Expected A Red Dead Redemption 2 Next-Gen Update, Wanted It On Game Pass
19.9.2023
Fans have long wanted Rockstar Games to release a next-gen patch or updated version of Red Dead Redemption 2 that would let the large game take advantage of the more powerful PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles. That’s not happened yet, even though many have speculated about it. And new documents...
Armored Core VI’s New Game Plus Mode Is A Must-Play
6.9.2023
It can feel good to put the controller down at the end of Armored Core VI, comforted by the knowledge that you survived its most brutal skill check bosses and learned to configure your complex mech for whatever new hazard Rubicon threw your way. It would be a mistake not to pick it back up again...
Armored Core VI’s New Game Plus Mode Is A Must-Play
6.9.2023
It can feel good to put the controller down at the end of Armored Core VI, comforted by the knowledge that you survived its most brutal skill check bosses and learned to configure your complex mech for whatever new hazard Rubicon threw your way. It would be a mistake not to pick it back up again...
Armored Core VI’s Fastest Money Farm Is A Rookie Pilot Murder Spree
31.8.2023
A key aspect of Armored Core VI is earning cash to unlock new guns and mech parts. Once you complete a mission you can replay it as much as you want for extra pay, and players have now found one of the fastest money farms in the entire game: brutally murdering a rookie test pilot in under a minute...
Armored Core VI: How Does It Run On Steam Deck?
31.8.2023
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon launched on August 25, and folks have been loving it. If you haven’t yet taken it for a spin, know that satisfying, explosive combat, gorgeous visuals, and the thrill of building your very own mech to go out and earn some money for corporations is yours to have....
Armored Core VI, As Told By Steam Reviews
30.8.2023
Armored Core VI is the first game in the long-running mech action series to get a PC release, and in its first weekend became the second most-played FromSoftware game ever on Steam at launch. Critics raved about it and fans have been elated to see the series finally return, but what are the Steam...