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Control 2 Unaffected By Mysterious Annapurna Interactive Implosion, Remedy Confirms
13.9.2024
Annapurna Interactive has spent the last eight years publishing some of the most creatively bold and critically-acclaimed games from smaller studios and developers, parlaying an impressive hit rate into a seal of quality whenever its label appears in the opening credits. Now just about everyone...
The Penguin Series Is So Much More Than A Batman Comic Book Show—It’s A Crime Epic
12.9.2024
From the moment Colin Farrell limps into frame as the scarred and strange Oswald Cobb, it’s clear that The Penguin is going to be special. Set immediately after the events of 2022’s The Batman, the HBO limited series tells the story of the infamous villain in a grittier, more grounded version...
Chappell Roan Turned The VMAs Into An Elden Ring Cutscene
12.9.2024
Chappell Roan, your favorite artist’s favorite artist, recently came under fire for canceling tour dates to rehearse for the 2024 Video Music Awards that took place on September 11 at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York. Fans were rightfully disappointed, but after seeing the “Hot to Go” singer...
Five New Features Are Coming To PS5 Starting Today And One Of Them Sounds Really Neat
12.9.2024
The PlayStation 5 is getting another system update that will begin rolling out five new features, including a surprise one that lets players add a little more customization to the home screen. It’s not full-blown background themes as fans keep asking for, but it’s a start. Read more
Final Venom: The Last Dance Trailer Showcases Buddy Comedy Hijinks And Teases A Surprise Marvel Villain
12.9.2024
Marvel’s disgusting brothers are back for one more charmingly gross ride-along to save themselves, and possibly the planet. The final trailer for Venom: The Last Dance is here ahead of the film’s October release, and the trilogy closer looks poised to send the codependent duo off with a comedic...
Transformers One: The Kotaku Review
12.9.2024
Maybe ten minutes into Transformers One, the computer-animated prequel to the entire existing saga of Hasbro’s robots in disguise, Scarlett Johansson’s focused mining manager Elita says to Chris Hemsworth’s idealistic worker Orion Pax, “You don’t have the touch or the power.” It’s a clunky, forced...
Disney Sued For Using Peter Cushing's Face In Star Wars: Rogue One
11.9.2024
Remember that moment during Rogue One: A Star Wars Story when you felt pure, unadulterated horror, brutal shivers down your spine as a flock of geese trampled your grave? Brrrrr, that first time you see the ghoulish CG soup that is supposed to be a reanimated Grand Moff Tarkin. It turns out that...
Here’s Some Comparisons of Games Running On PlayStation 5 Pro
11.9.2024
If you haven’t heard, Sony announced the PlayStation 5 Pro today, September 10, and that sucker is $700. That’s before you buy a disc drive and a vertical stand, which will run you another $110. The company is asking for nearly a grand to get the full experience, all in the name of a technical leap...
Hayao Miyazaki And The Heron Is An Essential Companion Piece To The Famed Director's Greatest Film
10.9.2024
The Boy and the Heron is legendary director Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece. The 2023 Studio Ghibli film is a triumphant work of art that revisits and interrogates every theme Miyazaki has spent his lengthy career digging into across numerous animated features that have become classics across...
PS5 Pro Pre-Orders: When They Start And How to Get One
10.9.2024
On September 10, Sony officially unveiled the PlayStation 5 Pro. The console is planned to be the company’s most powerful PlayStation and will provide players with higher frame rates and better-looking visuals in PS5 and PS4 games. Read more
13 Games Guaranteed To Look Better On PS5 Pro At Launch
10.9.2024
The PS5 Pro boasts more powerful components and a new AI-upscaling method for better visuals, but games will needed to be updated in order to take advantage of all the bells and whistles on the pricey new hardware. So far, Sony has confirmed at least 13 games that will feature better resolutions...
Everything We Learned About The PS5 Pro
10.9.2024
After months and months of rumors and teases, Sony finally officially unveiled the PlayStation 5 Pro. When the console arrives later this year it will be the most powerful PlayStation ever created and will act as a sort of mid-gen refresh, giving devs more power to play around with while also...
James Earl Jones, The Iconic Voice Of Darth Vader, Has Died
9.9.2024
Earlier this morning, talented and beloved screen and stage actor James Earl Jones died in Dutchess County, NY. Jones was 93 years old. Read more
World Of Warcraft: The War Within: The Kotaku Review
9.9.2024
World of Warcraft: The War Within has a lot to live up to. The first in a trilogy of expansions Blizzard has dubbed The Worldsoul Saga and the followup to the stellar previous expansion in Dragonflight, it’s easy to imagine it crumbling under lofty expectations. Luckily, however, The War Within...
The Beetlejuice Sequel Has Already Beaten The Original Film's Box Office Numbers
9.9.2024
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice had a phenomenal opening weekend at the box office. The latest film from director Tim Burton managed to bring in over $140 million globally, easily beating the total box office earnings for the original Beetlejuice in just three days. Read more
Sony Reveals Surprise 9-Minute Tech Showcase For What Sounds Like A PS5 Pro
9.9.2024
Sony is holding a surprise tech showcase this week to update PS5 players on “innovations in gaming technology,” the company revealed today. It didn’t mention the PS5 Pro at all, but with rumors swirling around the mid-gen update, it certainly sounds like the kind of thing designed to let Sony show...
Writer Of Hit Single Says Rockstar Offered $7,500 To Put It In GTA 6: 'Go F*** Yourself'
9.9.2024
Grand Theft Auto games are beloved for their licensed music radio stations players can listen to as they drive around the games’ sprawling open worlds. But one musical artist recently hit back at the makers of the franchise, Rockstar Games, after the studio apparently offered him only $7,500...
If It Seems Like We’re Obsessed With Sonic 3, It’s Because We Are — Here’s Why
8.9.2024
It’s been a big month for Sonic the Hedgehog fans. Now that we finally have the first trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog 3, the third movie in Paramount’s push to give the blue blur a cinematic universe, fans are going feral with theories and finally have a place to release all their pent-up excitement...
15 Years Ago, The Beatles: Rock Band Made Me A Fab Four Fan For Life
8.9.2024
Plain and simple, I am a Beatles fan because of video games—prior to a specific game, I didn’t give two shits about one of the most influential acts in modern music history. But this week, the sole reason for my fandom, The Beatles: Rock Band, turns 15. Harmonix’s rhythm game masterpiece feels...
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Is Too Much Nostalgia And Too Little Substance
6.9.2024
Nostalgia has been the driving force behind so many recently released movies, with sequels, prequels, reboots and remakes of films that we love from the past dominating theaters in the last several years. From Ghostbusters to Indiana Jones, Scream to Spider-Man, Twister to Deadpool, It feels like...