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GTA Vice City, Goodfellas Star Ray Liotta Dead At 67
26.5.2022
Actor and producer Ray Liotta, famous for his starring role as Tommy Vercetti in the PS2 open-world classic Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, has died. He was 67 years old. He leaves behind a daughter and fiancée. Read more
Cursed Mafia III Studio Hangar 13 Hit With New Round Of Layoffs
26.5.2022
Hangar 13 can’t catch a break. The studio behind Mafia III, which suffered multiple rounds of layoffs in the years that followed its 2016 launch, is once again on the chopping block. Kotaku has learned that in addition to a steady stream of departures, developers across the studio’s three global...
Some Of The PS5’s Biggest Games Are On Sale ATM
25.5.2022
If you just bought Ghostwire, Deathloop, or any other big PlayStation game, I am so, so sorry. You probably could’ve picked it up a lot cheaper today, as PlayStation’s big spring sale kicks off.Read more
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Is Blowing TF Up
24.5.2022
Some folks are talking about Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance again, and not just that: they’re playing it, too. A 2013 hack-and-slash action game by PlatinumGames, it seems the nearly 10-year-old Revengeance really lives up to its name, a portmanteau of revenge and vengeance. Because if you look...
Spider-Man Could Have Been An Xbox Exclusive
23.5.2022
It’s wild to think about a world in which Insomniac didn’t make one of PlayStation’s fastest-selling games of all time, and yet it very nearly happened. After cutting a decade-long partnership with Activision, Marvel Games had been shopping the Spider-Man IP to other major publishers. Taking on...
Death Stranding Sequel Seemingly Acknowledged By Norman Reedus
20.5.2022
Speaking with men’s lifestyle site Leo, actor Norman Reedus seems to suggest that not only will there be a sequel to 2019’s Death Stranding, but that production has “just started.” This piece of information comes in the middle of a wide-ranging interview where the actor discusses his time on...
Tomb Raider, Deus Ex's New Owners Are Going To Milk Them For All They're Worth
20.5.2022
When the Embracer Group bought Tomb Raider, Deus Ex and a bunch of other stuff earlier this month, fans got excited that they might actually get to see a few more games out of these beloved series than the stingy Square Enix ever managed during its decade of neglect.Read more
Saints Row Previews Say Reboot Offers Bonkers Action, Deep Customization
19.5.2022
Volition’s rebooted Saints Row isn’t out yet, but some sites got some time with it via a recent hands-off preview. Impressions of the 40-or-so minutes of gameplay, full of the explosive and wacky hijinks series fans have grown to expect, are making their rounds online and the sentiment seems to...
God Of War Ragnarök Will Fix The First Game’s Biggest Smallest Problem
19.5.2022
People widely hailed 2018’s God of War as a near-perfect action game. But it stumbled in one way: Its text was too damn small! Even a post-release patch, intended specifically to increase the font size, didn’t really do much. Thankfully, that issue won’t be the case with its sequel, God of...
The Zelda-Inspired Indie Game That's Causing A Commotion
18.5.2022
A recent entry in IGN’s peculiar indie developer-funding competition, Rogue Jam, has raised eyebrows for its obvious visual similarity with Nintendo’s 2019 Switch remake of The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening. In response, many are attempting to whip up some sort of controversy, as if this isn’t...
Turns Out A Short Yakuza Is A Very Good Yakuza
18.5.2022
If the Yakuza (and its spin-off Judgment) games are famous for one thing, it’s that you can smash a dude’s face in with a bike and that it looks very funny. If they’re famous for two things, it’s that they are really long, and that their stories and cutscenes go forever.Read more
Real Lego Figures Vs Skywalker Saga’s Digital Recreations
17.5.2022
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is excellent. It’s one of my favorite video games of 2022 and is probably my favorite Star Wars game ever made. It’s also one of my favorite Lego games, too. As a big Lego fan and someone with many sets and minifigs, I decided to use some of my expensive plastic...
Take-Two CEO Acknowledges Frustrated Red Dead Online Players, But Offers Nothing Else
16.5.2022
It’s been nearly a year since Red Dead Online’s last major update. The long wait for new content has led to a growing movement among some players to #SaveRedDeadOnline, putting pressure on developer Rockstar using social media and emails. Today, Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Rockstar’s parent company...
The Best Lord Of The Rings Video Games
16.5.2022
Tolkien’s influence on video games stretches back decades. Fans have been playing games based on The Lord of the Rings (and The Hobbit) for almost as long as there have been video games, and for every misguided flop there has been a game that has been surprisingly OK for a licensed product. And...
Lego Star Wars Becomes First Non-Nintendo Game To Top Switch Charts In Over A Year
13.5.2022
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga did something very few games have done over the last few years: It topped April’s NPD Switch sales chart, becoming the first non-Nintendo published game to do so in over a year. And Skywalker Saga not only topped the Switch sales charts last month, but the charts...
Six Months Later, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy Still Needs Some Work
13.5.2022
When Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition launched last year, it was a disaster. Three of the most beloved video games of all time had been officially re-released on modern hardware and not only looked like shit, but ran like it too. Things were so bad, in fact, that Rockstar had...
Alan Wake Is Coming To Switch And Also TV Via AMC Show
12.5.2022
Today, in honor of the 12-year anniversary of Alan Wake’s original release this week, Remedy provided some fresh news about the franchise. Included was the announcement that the remastered Alan Wake is coming to Switch this year, as well as some more details about the barely-talked about TV show...
Looks Like Alan Wake 2 Concept Art Is All We’re Getting For A While
12.5.2022
After previously promising to show off Alan Wake 2 this summer, Remedy Entertainment explained today that folks will need to wait a little longer for more info on the sequel to the beloved (and recently remastered) 2010 thriller.Read more
Assassin’s Creed Streamer Beats All 12 Mainline Games Without Taking Damage
11.5.2022
An Assassin’s Creed streamer didn’t just beat one game on the highest difficulty without taking any damage, he beat the entire 12-game series, from the first Assassin’s Creed to Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. On April 11, Hayete Bahadori uploaded the second half of his Valhalla no-damage...
Waiting For Hollow Knight: Silksong? Here's The Perfect Game To Tide You Over
11.5.2022
A sign of a great game is when, no matter how many days I’ve spent with it, I justify yet another morning playing before I start to write. Haiku, the Robot is one such game, an absolutely captivating Metroid-me-do, that I want to be playing right now, instead of finally stopping to tell you to...