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Death Stranding 2: On The Beach: The Kotaku Review
23.6.2025
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach assumes two things about anyone jumping into Hideo Kojima’s new cinematic post-apocalyptic open-world delivery sim...err, sorry, I mean strand-type game. One: It assumes you have played the first game and (mostly) understood what happened. And two: It assumes...
Trumps May Have Sold Platform Stake as U.S. Stablecoins See Wave of Good News
20.6.2025
Based on close readings of World Liberty Financial's website disclosures, the family of President Donald Trump may have dropped out of its majority holding
Sprite + Tea Review: This Crap Needs To Be Outlawed
20.6.2025
When I first heard about the actually real product Sprite + Tea, I was intrigued. I like tea. I like Sprite. In fact, I’d go as far as to say Sprite is one of my favorite soft drinks. But would this odd combo work? Would it be my new favorite drink on a hot Summer day? No. It sucks.Read more
Elden Ring Movie Director Explains His Secret To Getting Good At Dark Souls
18.6.2025
Everyone who plays a FromSoftware game gets to that point where it feels like they’re just smashing their head into a brick wall over and over again. It can come early in a playthrough or toward the end. Some people give up while others persevere. 28 Years Later writer Alex Garland, who’s also...
Robert Downey Jr. Passes Iron Man Torch To Ironheart's Dominque Thorne In Touching Video
17.6.2025
The torch has been officially passed. During a recent Good Morning America interview, Ironheart stars Dominique Thorne and Anthony Ramos were surprised with a video message from Robert Downey Jr. In the clip, the OG Iron Man shares his support and jokes about a similarity between Ramos’s Parker...
Home on the (BTC) Range
16.6.2025
Is a range-bound bitcoin price a good or bad thing?
There's Good News And Bad News For Fans Of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
13.6.2025
In a streaming world where new series are decreasingly unlikely to get a second season (let alone a third) even if they appear to perform incredibly well, it’s something of a treat that Paramount keeps giving its various incarnations of Star Trek five season runs. The company has recently...
David Lynch's Cancelled Netflix Series Would Have Been So Good, Says Former Colleague
10.6.2025
Master filmmaker David Lynch wasn’t done telling mind-bending stories before his untimely passing in January 2025, and we finally have details on what was meant to be his latest one. In a revelatory interview with The Film Stage, Lynch’s longtime cinematographer Peter Deming shared rare details...
Active memecoin ETFs have a ‘good chance’ next year: Analyst
9.6.2025
The current memecoin market capitalization is over $60 billion, more than Tron and Cardano combined
Active memecoin ETFs have a ‘good chance’ next year: Analyst
9.6.2025
The current memecoin market capitalization is over $60 billion, more than Tron and Cardano combined
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Prison Sentence Could be Cut by Over 4 Years: Business Insider
26.5.2025
His sentence could be reduced due to accumulated “Good Conduct Time” and participation in prison programs
Good Vibes Shattered as Trump Revives Trade War, Sending Bitcoin Tumbling Below $109K
23.5.2025
The president Friday morning threatened an imminent 50% tariff on all EU imports as well as a 25% levy on imported Apple iPhones
Here's The GTA 6 Trailer Recreated In San Andreas
22.5.2025
Someone has perfectly recreated the second Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer in the PS2-era GTA game San Andreas (with some help from Vice City, too). Read more
Crypto's lack of 'frothy use case' a good sign: WisdomTree exec
16.5.2025
Jason Guthrie, head of product at asset manager WisdomTree, says he’s optimistic despite a noticeable lack of hype that typically comes along with a crypto bull run. There hasn't been a “really frothy use case that has typically driven these market cycles previously,” such...
GTA 6 Needed More Time To Achieve Vision With 'No Limits' And Probably Won't Be Delayed Again
15.5.2025
One of the biggest questions coming into 2025 was whether Grand Theft Auto 6 would somehow get delayed. Earlier this month, Rockstar Games revealed it would. The head of its parent company now says that delay was necessary to help the studio deliver the game without compromises. Will it get delayed...
A Pre-Consensus Lift Amidst Lingering Recession Whispers
14.5.2025
Following weeks of turbulence, a shift in sentiment sparked a notable crypto rally coinciding with CoinDesk's Consensus conference in Toronto, creating an atmosphere of optimism and good vibes, says CoinDesk Indices’ Andy Baehr
Games Should Let You Skip Boss Fights, Nintendo Shouldn't Brick Switches Over Piracy, And More Of The Week's Top Takes
10.5.2025
This week, we’ve got some pipin’-hot takes on offer. For one, South of Midnight gives you the option to skip boss fights, and our own John Walker argues that a lot more games should. John also has thoughts on the new revelation that Nintendo has updated its account user agreement to expressly give...
GTA 6's Delay Has Reportedly Led To Chaos At Other Studios And Publishers
9.5.2025
A new report indicates that the recent delay of Grand Theft Auto 6, now scheduled to launch in May of 2026, has had a big impact across the gaming industry as studios and publishers try to plan their next moves fearing (or hoping) that Rockstar Games might push the release date back again for what...
Doom: The Dark Ages: The Kotaku Review
9.5.2025
Doom as a franchise has evolved a lot over the decades since it first arrived in the ‘90s. But through all those changes, there remain a few things I need in a Doom game to feel satisfied with it. A Doom game checklist, if you will. It’s not long, but it does make up the core of Doom.Read more
Are layer 2s good for Ethereum, or are they ‘extractive?’
8.5.2025
Layer 2s have been a great blockchain success story. They’ve reduced congestion on the Ethereum mainnet, driving down gas fees while preserving security.But maybe they’ve become too successful, drawing chain activity and fee income from the parent that spawned them? At least...