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Resident Evil Village's Lady Dimitrescu Was Worth The Wait
7.5.2021
After the internet spent months pining and meme-ing, she’s finally here: Lady Dimitrescu—and also Resident Evil Village, I guess. But was she (and, I suppose, the game) worth all the hype and marketing-driven hoopla? On this week’s village- (and Village-) themed episode of Splitscreen, we find...
Returnal’s Lack Of A Save Feature Is Ruining Players’ Runs
3.5.2021
I made a mistake. Yesterday, I had to stop playing Returnal, a tough-as-nails action game released last week exclusively for PS5, mid-run to tend to some chores. You know, like shopping for groceries and drinking rosé on my roof. When I returned to my PlayStation 5 this morning, a pop-up...
'Shop Contest: More Donald Ducks!
11.4.2021
One Donald Duck ain’t enough for my colleague Ian Walker. So let’s give him more Donalds!Read more
This Week's Toys Feel Like They're Wearing Nothin' at All, Nothin' at All, Nothin' at All...
2.4.2021
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the coolest merchandise on the internet lately. This week: head back to Middle-earth’s Second Age, Lego strikes out on DC and Marvel with classic Batman and Venom sets, the perfect Star Trek Rubik’s Cube, and more. Check it out!Read more
Outriders Launches To A Day Of Server Problems, Like Every Other Online Game
2.4.2021
If you play video games in the 21st century, you’re no stranger to this: A popular game launches that demands an internet connection. Interested players buy it, can’t access the servers, and can’t play the thing they paid for. The latest offender is Outriders, a class-based loot shooter from...
The Falcon and The Winter Soldier's Solid Surprises Bolster an Otherwise Repetitive Episode
2.4.2021
Well, we didn’t see that coming. Or that coming. Or that coming. The third episode of Disney+ and Marvel’s The Falcon and The Winter Soldier saw our heroes hot on the trail of the super-soldier serum—and their investigation was filled with some pretty excellent surprises that helped to cover...
What’s A Game You Like That Doesn’t Get Enough Love?
29.3.2021
It’s Monday and time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take.Read more
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s Commentary on Race Is Too Much, and Not Enough
27.3.2021
Beyond simply continuing Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes’ respective superhero stories in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, Disney+’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier has been billed as the studio’s latest foray into social commentary using its larger-than-life characters to reflect some of the real-world...
On The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, the Struggle to Deal With Cap’s Legacy Is Real
26.3.2021
One of the biggest memes of the past week has utilized the surprise appearance by John Walker as “the new Captain America” at the end of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s premiere episode. Seeing this seemingly goofy, obviously inferior, version of the superhero—previously characterized by Chris...
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Starts By Exploring the Dense, Depressed, Post-Blip World
19.3.2021
Thanks to the Avengers, half the beings in the universe reappeared out of thin air five years after disappearing. While Marvel fans saw how that occurred in Avengers: Endgame, that film, and the ones after it, only scratched the surface of what it all meant in-universe. Well, the premiere...
So, It's Been A Year, Huh
18.3.2021
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the growing outbreak of covid-19 a pandemic. In the year since, over 120 million people have been infected by the virus worldwide, and 2.5 million people have died because of covid-19. Life has forever been changed. We wear masks. Avoid...
Ghost Of Tsushima Devs Didn't Think Those Fast Load Speeds Were So Special
15.3.2021
If you played Ghost of Tsushima, you were likely floored by how fast it loads. Despite taking place on an enormous open world, you can fast-travel from one end to the other in seconds, which might give you the impression that Sucker Punch, the game’s developer, employs literal wizards. That’s...
Grindstone’s Irresistible Hip-Hop-Inflected Tunes Made Me Abandon My Principles
10.3.2021
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re hacking our way through the music of Grindstone, which was good enough to make a mockery out of my best intentions.Read more
Writer Torrey Peters Wants a Punk Utopia for Trans Girls and a Cuisinart Mixer
8.3.2021
My friend and colleague Harron Walker once found it difficult to preface the force that is Torrey Peters. Now, here I am, repeating that confusion, at a loss for how to possibly describe a writer who refuses to be pinned down by other’s expectations. Her debut novel, Detransition, Baby, published...
Valheim Is Great Because It Doesn't Care About Boring Survival Stuff Like Eating And Pooping
5.3.2021
Survival is a term you hear a lot in video games, but what does it actually mean? For some, it’s all about crafting and base building. Or eating and sleeping. Or razing other people’s bases in the cold, cruel night. For others, it might mean a totally different genre—like survival-horror—or...
Mario Is Making Animal Crossing Weird For Me
5.3.2021
Before Animal Crossing: New Horizons added Mario items on March 1, my island was a pleasant place that was not being stalked by a dead-eyed plumber cosplayer with an axe.Read more
What’s Your Favorite Video Game Boss Encounter?
1.3.2021
It’s Monday and time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take.Read more
John Walker’s Top 10 Games Of 2020
24.12.2020
The eternally burning tire fire that is 2020 hasn’t exactly been a laugh riot. And yet, as I reflect on what have been some of the most gruelling times I can remember, it’s interesting how much video games have played a part in getting me through. As pure colorful distraction, or even daily...
Ian Walker’s Top 10 Games Of 2020
23.12.2020
This is the first time I’m doing one of these…well, professionally, at least. I was hired at Kotaku right before the world went to shit, and despite a tumultuous year, I’m still here. I broke news. I reviewed the PlayStation 5. I wrote about a digital dog’s butt.Read more
The Monster Hunter Movie Was Inspired By A Metal Gear Solid Collab
4.12.2020
When the first trailer for the live-action Monster Hunter movie debut, some fans might have been surprised by the soldiers and military hardware. For director Paul W.S. Anderson, this was not out of left field. It was, as he said, organic.Read more