Search
Video Games Are Giving Up On The Idea That We Can Save The World
1.11.2022
The summer of 2022 was one for the record books. Wildfires raged across North America and Europe, tens of thousands died in brutal heatwaves, water in reservoirs dried up revealing bodies long forgotten, and flooding displaced millions. All of this is awful, and it seems likely that it will only...
Game Pass Is Shaping Up For Another Low-Key Killer Month
1.11.2022
Xbox Game Pass closed out October with a bang, and November is already off to a great start. The first-party drought is temporarily over, with Obsidian Entertainment’s Renaissance-era murder mystery RPG Pentiment on the way in the coming weeks. If you just want to turn your brain off, however...
Gorgeous Retro Soulslike RPG Looks Just Like Octopath Traveler
31.10.2022
Duel Corp. looks so pretty that you’d be forgiving for thinking that it’s an upcoming RPG from Square Enix. But it’s actually made by some indie developers who decided to make a Soulslike from retro pixel art. And the effect is incredible. Read more
Gotham Knights Is Kinda Mid
29.10.2022
Gotham Knights came out a week ago and I’ve found it exceedingly difficult to find anything to love about the open-world loot brawler. Red Hood’s snickerdoodle recipe, maybe? The latest Batman game borrows from a ton of other, mostly better rivals, and struggles to craft a clear identity in...
Steam Game Bails On Loot Boxes To Win Back Players
27.10.2022
These days it’s rare to see an online game without built-in live-service monetization, let alone one that’s getting rid of that stuff. But that’s exactly what the Subnautica devs behind Moonbreaker are doing. Recently launched in Early Access on Steam, the tabletop RPG is throwing out both...
Yoko Taro Is Gonna Delete These Fans' Saves Forever And They're Gonna Like It
27.10.2022
Usually, when a game’s online servers are sunsetted, players don’t get the opportunity to go out in a self-aware blaze of glory before the final dawn arrives. But then again, most games don’t have the bizarre Nier creator, Yoko Taro, as their director.Read more
The Games That Scared The Hell Out Of Us As Kids
27.10.2022
As Halloween draws near, more and more people are loading up their favorite scary games to enjoy some digital frights. But this isn’t a new tradition. In fact, many of us here at Kotaku have been playing spooky, creepy games since we were old enough to pick up controllers or mash keyboards....
Pioneering Sega Developer Reiko Kodama Has Died
27.10.2022
Reiko Kodama, one of the most important developers in the history of both Sega and the wider role-playing genre, has died at the age of 59.Read more
The Red Ring Of Death Stalked All My Friends, And Then It Came For Me
26.10.2022
Hidden from the bustle of Jamaica Avenue, down a winding flight of stairs, the shop looked like a mausoleum, with stacks of busted PS2s, OG Xboxes, and GameCubes lining the walls. That small store in the Jamaica Colosseum Mall was the same place I’d once purchased Splinter Cell on PS2, Doom 3...
The Original Witcher Is Getting A Fancy New Unreal 5 Remake
26.10.2022
Today, CD Projekt Red has announced that a remake of 2007’s original Witcher is in development. The project is being handled by Polish studio Fool’s Theory and is being built from the ground up in Unreal Engine 5 using the same tools CDPR is creating for its own future Witcher games. Read more
The 12 Best Horror Games On PS Plus
26.10.2022
There are plenty of great horror games on PlayStation, and a bunch of them can be played for free if you’re already a paid PS Plus subscriber at the Extra tier or above. Ever since Sony expanded the program to emulate Game Pass’ Netflix-style library of downloadable and streaming games, fans...
Steam's Big Halloween Sale: The 10 Most Terrifying Deals To Check Out
26.10.2022
You likely haven’t heard, but there’s an arcane tradition around these parts where every October 31 we recognize All Hallow’s Eve. It takes place the night before the international celebration of All Saints’ Day, the festival in recognition of the ‘90s English girl-band. Known by some...
11 Gotham Knights Tips To Kick Criminal Ass And Clean The Streets In Style
26.10.2022
When you’re first getting to grips with Gotham Knights, it can be a counterintuitive mix of familiar mechanics grafted onto a confusing hodgepodge of systems from other games. There’s Arkham-inspired melee combat, a Destiny-style progression system, and RPG elements that might lure you into...
Report: After Sony, Microsoft Wants Its Own Genshin Impact Now
26.10.2022
I was today years old when I found out that Microsoft tried to turn Genshin Impact into an Xbox console exclusive. According to sources, its failure to do so is one of the big reasons why the publisher is trying to sign deals with Chinese gaming studios. Read more
Gotham Knights’ Cops Are The Only Enemies That Don’t Give XP
25.10.2022
With Gotham Knights being an open-world action RPG where you level up by beating the crap out of goons doing crimes, you’d imagine that everyone’s fair game. If you demolish this guy or pummel that girl, there’s the expectation that their bodies would explode in a cascade of brightly colored...
Fallout 4’s Getting One Last Next-Gen Update For PS5, Xbox
24.10.2022
Well, I guess we’re going back to Boston again, folks. Bethesda announced this week that its post-apocalyptic open-world RPG, Fallout 4, will be refreshed on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S/X, and PC next year with a bunch of enhancements and improvements.Read more
Writer Of Groundbreaking RPG Disco Elysium Suing Former Studio
24.10.2022
The sad situation regarding the breaking down of the collective who created Disco Elysium, ZA/UM, has taken yet another turn, with writer Robert Kurvitz suing the remaining ZA/UM company.Read more
Nier: Automata Is A Great Time On Switch, Aside From The Hand Cramps
20.10.2022
If you find yourself in dire need to play a PlatinumGames uh, game on your Nintendo Switch without all the baggage of Bayonetta 3’s messy voice-acting controversy muddling your enjoyment of a rollicking kick-ass character action game with a powerful and fashionable leading lady, you can rest...
Gotham Knights Sounds Like A Big Disappointment
20.10.2022
Reviews for Warner Bros. first Batman game since 2015’s Arkham Knight dropped today, and they are not reassuring. While a few critics like Gotham Knights just fine, many are underwhelmed by its story, bored with its repetitive missions, and report issues with framerate drops and other aspects...
Cyberpunk 2077: This ‘Trickshot Grenade’ Build Will Totally Change The Combat
20.10.2022
Most builds in Cyberpunk aim for very familiar concepts: stealthy hackers, invincible punching machines, frighteningly accurate snipers, deadly fast katana wielding samurais, and many more. Those are all fun ways to play for sure, but if you want something that shows off smart choices in skill...