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New York Times Simulator Is A Gripping Exploration Of Modern Media Pitfalls
2.4.2024
The goal of The New York Times Simulator, a new, free game, is simple: keep readers happy and don’t get shut down. It’s a problem any modern media outlet knows well. But this new game doesn’t just make you any old journalist struggling to make a living in today’s fraught media landscape. No,...
The Best Survival Horror Game Ever Made Joins PlayStation Plus This Month
11.1.2024
In 2019, Capcom blew our minds with a brutal remake of 1998’s Resident Evil 2, this time with a new camera perspective, modern graphics, and the return of two classic horror protagonists: Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield. Starting on January 16, you’ll be able to download this incredible remake...
The Most Exciting TV Shows of 2024
8.1.2024
It’s a new year, people, which means it’s high time to get excited about plenty of premiering (and returning) TV shows. The next 12 months promise some real bangers, from star-studded murder mysteries to buzzy book adaptations, from genre-bending comedies to the next chapters of House Of The Dragon...
Every Single-Player Final Fantasy Game, Ranked From Worst To Best
21.6.2023
The Final Fantasy series has become synonymous with experimentation and continual reinvention, with each entry taking you to a new world with new characters, new systems, and new experiences. As such, it’s not uncommon to ask a bunch of fans for their favorite and get as many different answers....
Circle and BlockFi questioned on banking with SVB by Warren and AOC
12.4.2023
Circle and BlockFi executives were questioned after the lawmakers accused SVB of “coddling” and giving “white glove” treatment to its largest depositors
Data Shows Global Financial Conditions Tightest in 2 Years, Shaky Bond Markets Point to Long-Run Inflation
8.3.2022
At the end of the trading day on Monday, Wall Street was roiled once again as major stocks plunged during the day’s trading sessions. Most news outlets indicate the Russia-Ukraine war is causing the bleak outlook and reports show strained financial conditions worldwide are currently...
Hearthstone Streamer Swatted Live On Twitch
11.2.2022
Twitch streamer Alexandra “Alliestrasza” Macpherson, a prominent Hearthstone player and a member of esports organization Fade 2 Karma, was arrested on February 9. But it wasn’t her fault. She was swatted while playing the collectible card game live on stream, with police showing up fully strapped...
Six Months At Kotaku: The Renata Price Review
28.1.2022
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Between Tyler The Creator and Rosalia, GTA Online's Expanded Radio Stations Will Be Full of Bangers
13.12.2021
Hot off the heels of last week’s announcement about Grand Theft Auto Online’s next major update, Rockstar has provided details on what new and old music is coming to the game to accompany the fresh story content. As part of an upcoming update, titled The Contract, GTA Online will see one brand-new...
Psychonauts 2 Hides An Mpreg Secret By The Creator of Adventure Time
8.9.2021
Letting Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward near your project is always going to be a risk. For Double Fine and the recently released Psychonauts 2, that collaboration appears to have resulted in a crudely animated Easter egg in which, well, central character Raz is pregnant.Read more
Analogue Pocket Pre-orders: The Kotaku Review
6.8.2021
The other day a Redditor pointed out that a full god-dang year has passed since Analogue Inc. offered the world a fleeting, three-minute window to pump its coffers full of cash in exchange for a promise that we’d one day receive a physical device called the Analogue Pocket, billed to be...
Goodbye Ash, Hornt Correspondent Extraordinaire
5.8.2021
Ash Parrish, Kotaku’s co-host of Splitscreen and esteemed expert on all things Lady Dimitrescu, Final Fantasy, and hornt, has left us. Read more
Are You Intrigued By The Steam Deck?
19.7.2021
It’s Monday and time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take.Read more
Psychonauts 2 Hands-On: It's More Psychonauts, And That's Fine By Me
19.7.2021
Psychonauts 2 is a game that, for a long time, felt like it was never going to happen. But then in December 2015, Double Fine ran a successful crowdfunding campaign to create the sequel. Now, almost six years later, the game is nearly here—and I’ve played a few early levels ahead of its August...
Your Summer 2021 Anime Guide
7.7.2021
In Japan right now, it’s the rainy season. The humidity is kicking in, and we’re just waiting for the sweltering heat. Maybe it’s hot where you are. Maybe you should stay inside and watch anime. Read more
Do You Feel Comfortable Attending PAX Or Another Gaming Event Yet?
30.6.2021
It’s time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take.Read more
Goodbye Riley MacLeod, We Never Deserved You
26.6.2021
When Riley Macleod told me he was quitting the first thing he said was, “I’m sorry.” The second was, “Please roast me.”Read more
Who Are The Best And Worst Resident Evil Heroes?
18.5.2021
It’s time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take.Read more
That’s A Wrap On Backlog Month
8.5.2021
This past month was Backlog Month at Kotaku. April, our thinking went, would be fairly slim in terms of new games, bookended by two blockbusters (Outriders and Returnal) but devoid of tentpoles in the interim. What better time to play the games we already have?Read more
Did You Like The New Mortal Kombat Movie?
3.5.2021
It’s Monday and time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take.Read more