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If A PS5 Slim Is Coming, This Is Probably What It Looks Like
11.8.2023
A new online video appears to show what looks like a PlayStation 5 Slim, the heavily rumored but not-yet-announced smaller version of Sony’s current-gen console. Read more
Roblox Will Soon Start To Interview Some Job Seekers In-Game
11.8.2023
Interviewing for a job isn’t fun. Today, so many companies make candidates jump through numerous hoops and several interviews just to get a chance to work for them. And now, the company behind the free-to-play online game Roblox is preparing to take the next, horrible step: interviewing people...
Baldur's Gate 3 Fans Who Pick An Origin Largely Go With Gale, Stats Show
11.8.2023
Baldur’s Gate 3 has been out for about a week now, and developer Larian Studios is revealing some early stats based on the decisions players have made. This includes what characters seem most popular to the community according to hard numbers. And fellow Gale romancers, our boy is winning in...
Pokémon Tourney Cracks Down On Hacked Monsters, Disqualifies Tons Of Players
11.8.2023
The biggest Pokémon tournament of the year is going on right now and tons of players are getting disqualified for fielding hacked teams. The first Pokémon World Championship since Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s big launch, the stricter checks are apparently catching some pros off guard, and ending...
Fan Painstakingly Ports WipeOut, Dares PlayStation To Shut Him Down And Make Its Own Remaster
11.8.2023
WipeOut was Sony’s initial first-party exclusive for the original PlayStation when it launched back in 1995. The anti-gravity racing game was phenomenal. Now it’s abandoned. So one dedicated programmer took it upon himself to excavate the game’s leaked source code and make it playable for free...
Popular GTA Role-Play Community Scooped Up By Rockstar Ahead Of GTA 6
11.8.2023
The team behind the biggest Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2 role-playing communities, Cfx.re, is officially becoming part of Rockstar Games. The new partnership comes ahead of the possible launch of GTA VI in 2024, and will lead to an updated policy that officially allows the addition...
Tekken Producer Has Had Enough With The 'Silly' Death Threats
11.8.2023
No one likes death threats or otherwise intimidating remarks that threaten violence. Such comments are callous, dehumanizing, pointless, unproductive, and do nothing for anyone. Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada made that expressly clear, telling folks to not ask him for shit if all they’re going...
13 Things That You Can Play Doom On (But Probably Shouldn't)
10.8.2023
A talented modder has created a keyboard keycap that can play the original ‘90s hit shooter Doom. It even has sound! The new creation is just one more example of how the open-sourced shooter can be played on just about anything with a screen.Read more
Diablo 4 Build Lets Barbarian Hit For Nearly A Billion Damage
10.8.2023
Diablo IV’s Barbarian class has struggled since the game came out two months ago. Even after some recent patches that buffed a few aspects of the character, its endgame doesn’t perform that well compared to other classes. But a streamer has uncovered a busted combo that makes Barbs deal nearly...
9 Things You Should Never Say To A Mass Effect Fan
10.8.2023
If you have a friend or significant other in your life who won’t shut up about how they’re on their umpteenth playthrough of the Mass Effect series, chances are you’ve slipped up and said something you probably shouldn’t have, possibly even questioning their love of BioWare’s space opera.Read more
Baldur’s Gate 3 Surpasses Zelda: TotK With 2023’s Highest Metacritic Review Score
10.8.2023
Baldur’s Gate 3 has surpassed The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom as the highest-ratest game of 2023 on Metacritic. As of this writing, Larian Studios’ Dungeons & Dragons fantasy RPG is sitting at a 97 on the review aggregate site, edging it out by one point over Tears of the Kingdom’s...
Diablo 4's Inventory Situation Is Pretty Crummy
9.8.2023
It’s been two months since Diablo IV came out and players are airing their frustrations with the game, particularly now that season one is underway. One of the most contentious aspects of the loot-hunting action-RPG right now is inventory management, which has become a hot topic in...
Get All The Mainline Resident Evil Games For Just $35
9.8.2023
Have you been wanting to play (or replay) all of the main entries that make up Capcom’s long-running horror series, Resident Evil? Well, buddy, I got a deal for you: A new bundle available until later this month combines 11 Resident Evil games, plus some DLC, into a $35 package.Read more
Pokémon Sleep: The Kotaku Review
9.8.2023
I don’t think Pokémon Sleep is for people like me. By that, I mean adults with a relatively consistent sleep schedule with things to do as soon as they wake up. Adults who don’t want to be bombarded with numbers and thoughts of collecting Pokémon the moment their eyes open. But I definitely see...
Take-Two CEO: $50 For Red Dead Redemption On Switch, PS4 Is ‘Great Value’
9.8.2023
Today, during a Take-Two earnings call, the publisher’s CEO, Strauss Zelnick, responded to the $50 price tag attached to the upcoming PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch ports of beloved cowboy adventure Red Dead Redemption. According to him, that’s the right price. And he had no additional news...
Baldur's Gate 3 May Not Get DLC Due To D&D's OP Leveling
8.8.2023
The recently released Baldur’s Gate 3 is a massive RPG with high replay value due to all the choices you can make, so it might seem weird to be talking about the game getting an expansion. But the question has been asked, and the response from the people behind the hit RPG is basically, probably...
All The Announcements Packed In Pokémon's Big Event
8.8.2023
The Pokémon Company held a new Pokémon Presents showcase to talk about upcoming projects in the series. If you missed the show, you can catch the VOD right here, but if you just want to know the highlights, read on.Read more
Completely New Pokémon Are Coming To Scarlet And Violet
8.8.2023
During today’s Pokémon Presents, Game Freak showed gave us a new look at the upcoming Scarlet and Violet expansions The Teal Mask and The Indigo Disk. Here we learned that there are several new Pokémon coming alongside the DLCs, including new Paradox legendary Pokémon.Read more
Pokémon Go Adding Scarlet and Violet Starters And More From Paldea
8.8.2023
The Pokémon Company confirmed that Pokémon from 2022 open-world games Scarlet and Violet’s Paldea region are coming to augmented reality app Pokémon Go during a Pokémon Presents event on August 8. Though a May 2023 leak kicked off rumors that the popular mobile game would be getting new ‘mons, it’s...
The Old-School Pokémon Trading Card Game Comes To Switch Online
8.8.2023
Nintendo Switch Online gets its first Game Boy Pokémon game on August 8 by way of the trading card RPG adaptation, Pokémon Trading Card Game. For anyone who’s too overwhelmed by the prospect (or the cost) of buying and collecting actual Pokémon cards and doesn’t have time to mess around with...