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Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 6 Games With Feel-Good Vibes
21.7.2023
Summer weekends mean fresh air, sunny beaches, barbeque—oh, who am I kidding? This is “I’m locked inside all day bathed in air conditioning and glued to a video game” weather, and this weekend we’ve got some more games for you to consider adhering to. Our guide this week features some more retro...
Every Street Fighter Game, Ranked From Worst To Best
21.7.2023
1987 saw the start of something huge, though no one knew it at the time. Capcom’s Street Fighter seemed like just another arcade game. Nice graphics, sure, but no one could have guessed that just four years later its sequel would spark a revolution that transformed arcades as we knew them. Suddenly...
Xbox Head Phil Spencer Is Probably Playing Starfield Right Now
17.7.2023
Starfield isn’t out until September 6, but Xbox head Phil Spencer already appears to be playing the massive spacefaring RPG.Read more
9 Street Fighter 6 Settings To Tweak Before You Start Throwing Hands
5.7.2023
Street Fighter 6 is a frontrunner for my game of the year, but sometimes it feels like I spend more time fighting with its menus than I do throwing hands with other players online. I’ve put around 80 hours into Capcom’s latest fighter and have dealt with several annoyances just trying to change...
Grand Theft Auto V Is Back On Xbox Game Pass
5.7.2023
Grand Theft Auto V is one again crashing the party on Xbox Game Pass just in time for the summer vacation. It headlines the subscription service’s slate of new games for July 2023, alongside some smaller indie releases and Capcom’s new dino-shooter, Exoprimal. Read more
Put These July 2023 Game Releases On Your Radar
4.7.2023
Summer is upon us, and the heat’s on the rise.. This year has already seen a number of great games, but there are still more to come. While July’s release slate isn’t packed with household names, there are more than a few titles you might recognize here. Read more
Skullgirls Players In Shambles After Devs Hide Butt, Nuke Nazi References
28.6.2023
2012 2D anime fighter Skullgirls is under siege by some fans after a recent update made micro-adjustments to scantily clad women and got rid of Nazi symbols among a host of other tweaks to the decade old game. The tweaks led to review bombing on Steam and claims by fans that the small changes have...
10 Highlights From Classic Mega Man’s Newly Released Design Doc
14.6.2023
At the recent Summer Game Fest Capcom announced the launch of Capcom Town, its new…website…online community…thing? That will act as a hub of sorts for, er, Capcom stuff of some sort. (Capcom just turned 40, so maybe it’s a midlife crisis sort of thing.)Read more
Capcom's Big Sci-Fi Game Has Been Delayed Into Oblivion
13.6.2023
In what is fast becoming a tradition, Capcom’s very cool-looking sci-fi game Pragmata has used a big stage to release a trailer that not only shows the game off, but also apologises for a delay in its release.Read more
Everything At Capcom's Summer Showcase
13.6.2023
Today, June 12, Capcom took to the digital stage as part of Geoff Keighley’s big, not-E3 Summer Game Fest 2023 extravaganza. Capcom has been on a bit of a hot streak lately, with hits like the Resident Evil 4 remake, Street Fighter 6, and Monster Hunter Rise. So today was an opportunity for Capcom...
Dragon's Dogma II Director Promises More Of What Fans Love
13.6.2023
Just weeks after its first gameplay reveal during the recent PlayStation Showcase, Capcom showed more of its eagerly anticipated action-RPG sequel Dragon’s Dogma II in today’s Summer Game Fest Capcom Showcase stream, with director Hideaki Itsuno showing up to share new details.Read more
Everything Shown At Xbox's Big Summer Showcase
11.6.2023
Today, June 11, Xbox took the stage during Geoff Keighley’s big not-E3 Summer Game Fest 2023 extravaganza to show off the future of Xbox and Game Pass. Microsoft has struggled in recent years to release big hits and this year’s Redfall flop didn’t help right the ship. So today was a big deal...
Everything At Summer Game Fest 2023's Main Showcase
9.6.2023
Summer Game Fest is now the big gaming event of the summery season. With E3 seeming ever-more unlikely to ever return, it’s Geoff Keighley’s schmooze-a-thon alone for all your big game announcement news. And we have this year’s show covered, with every single game announced, shown or even mumbled...
Street Fighter 6 Collab Makes Ryu A Sexy, Dino-Fighting Robot
8.6.2023
Today at the 2023 Summer Game Fest, Capcom and Geoff Keighley pulled a fast one on me by teasing what initially seemed like new content for the recently-launched and excellent Street Fighter 6, but then Ryu, my himbo boomer boyfriend, showed up on the stream as a terrifying and sexy android...
How To Watch Summer Game Fest, 2023's Biggest News Event Yet
7.6.2023
With E3 out of the picture this year, Summer Game Fest and all its satellite shows have the stage for video gamings’ annual summer showcase. Since all the presentations happening this week aren’t all in the same place, it might be hard to keep track of where to tune in. That’s what we’re here...
Street Fighter 6 Lets You Fail At Thirst Texting, And It's Amazing
6.6.2023
Street Fighter 6 already has a lot going for it as a return to form for Capcom’s marquee fighting game, but one of the best parts of the game has very little to do with fighting. Instead, one of the most memorable parts of the experience is the World Tour mode’s social elements that let you become...
Street Fighter 6 Fans Are Making Characters Based On Famous People, Like Taylor Swift
5.6.2023
Street Fighter 6’s character creator is one of the best parts of an excellent game. On top of its tools having enough precise detail that you can create near-perfect replicas of just about anyone you want, the game also recognizes character builds so it can reflect them in fights. If you make...
10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Playing Street Fighter 6
2.6.2023
Street Fighter 6 has a lot of modes to check out and knobs to turn, to the point where it might seem overwhelming if you don’t know where to start. The sickest of fighting game sickos will likely head straight for the training room to discover the finer points of their preferred fighter and figure...
2023 Already Has More Great Games Than 2022
31.5.2023
2023 is barely halfway over and yet this year has already seenh great games coming out across nearly every platform. And upcoming releases are shaping up to be bangers, too. Read more
Street Fighter 6: The Kotaku Review
30.5.2023
To say Capcom fumbled Street Fighter V is an understatement. SF5 launched in an incomplete state, going all-in on “esports” to the point that it shipped without even basic single-player modes, and the flat, offense-heavy combat came off so canned, so rote, that it almost felt turn-based. (Also,...